Europe Middle East & Africa Sections

ASME District H

The District H covers a large territory; Europe, Israel, Turkey and Russia.
In order to consider the wide and rich ranges of cultures, languages, social and economic situations, we decided that each section chair and all the active country corresponds are part of the District Operating Board.

ASME District H
ASME District H (Europe, Israel, Turkey and Russia)

 

District H Operating Board members are the followings:

District Leader: Bernard Gindroz

Past Leader: Flavio Franco

Section chairs:
France:  Bernard Gindroz 
Israel: Yoram Halevi
Italy : Francesco Alicino
Switzerland: André Burdet
Turkey: Koray Safak
UK & Ireland: Memis Acar

Active Country correspondents:
Slovenia: Leon Cizelj
Russia: Victor Kostarev

District Student Representative:
Alex Scott (UK & Ireland)

 

 

EUROPE SECTIONS

Czech Republic
Members: 22

Jiri Zdarek, Country Correspondent
Nuclear Research Inst.
Integrity and Materials Div
250 68 R E Z
Czech Republic
E-mail: zda@nri.cz
Ph: 420220940975
Fax: 420220940519

Denmark
Members: 56

Mogens Andersen, Country Correspondent
Technical Manager
Smedebakken 4, Hatting
Horsens 8700, Denmark
Phone: 4575653885
E-mail: andersenm1@asme.org

France
Members: 184

Bernard GINDROZ, Chair
E-mail: gindroz@asme.org 
Michel M. FILLON, Treasurer, Section Web Site
E-mail: fillon@lms.univ-poitiers.fr
Guy BAYLAC, Vice-Chair, Relation with Industry
E-mail: Guy_baylac@orange.fr
Didier GEIGER, Secetary, Relation with Academy
E-mail: Didier.geiger@u-pec.fr
Benyebka BOU-SAÏD,Relation with sister societies, SF ASME Award
E-mail: Benyebka.bou-said@insa-lyon.fr
Ayech BENJEDDOU, Conferences and technical events
E-mail: Ayech.benjeddou@supmeca.fr
Bastian GINDROZ, Chair of the French students, students representative, SF ASME student web page
E-mail:Gindrozb2@asme.org 

Landmarks
The Creusot Steam Hammer (1876) was designated an ASME Historical Landmark, September 1981.
The Auteuil EIFFEL Tunnel and Drop Test Machine (1903-1906) was designated an ASME Historical Landmark, October 2005.

 

Germany
Members: 250

Historical Landmark
Samson Mine Reversible Waterwheel & Man Engine (1521) - Commemorated an Historical Landmark May 1987.

Italy
Members: 263

Francesco Martelli, Honorary President
E-mail: francesco.martelli@unifi.it
Francesco Alicino, President
E-mail: francesco.alicino@studioalicino.com
Eugenio Brusa, Vice-President
E-mail: eugenio.brusa@polito.it
Luca Gaetani, Secretary
E-mail: luca.gaetani@eleo2.eu
Paolo Lista, Treasurer
E-mail: info@lista.it
Giuseppe Rega, Counselor
E-mail: giuseppe.rega@uniroma1.it

Russia
Members: 46

Victor Kostarev, Country Correspondent
CKTI-Vibroseism
3 Atamnaskaya Str.
193167
St Petersburg, Russia
E-mail: cvs@cvs.spb.su
Ph: 7 812 277 2940
Fax: 7 812 327 8599

Serbia
Members: 5

Slovenia
Members: 25

Leon Cizelj, Country Correspondent
INSTITUT
Reactor Engr. Division
Jamova 39
SI-1000 Ljubljana
E-mail: cizeljl@asme.org
Tel: 386611885215 Fax: 38615612335
Website: http://www.fs.uni-mb.si/en/org/asme/

Switzerland
Members: 167

André Burdet, Chairman
andre.burdet@power.alstom.com
 Stephen Fergusson, Treasurer
stephen.ferguson@memcenter.unibe.ch 

Historical Landmarks
The Pilatusbahn, the world's steepest cog railroad, was designated a landmark on September 21, 2002, atop Mount Pilatus, near Lake Lucerne, Switzerland.
Designated an ASME landmark in 1998,the Paddle Steamer Uri (1901 Lake Lucerne), is the oldest surviving paddle steamboat with a diagonal compound engine.
Neuchatel Gas Turbine (1939) - world's first successful electricity-generating gas turbine to go into commercial operation. Designated a landmark September 1988, Neuchatel, Switzerland.

United Kingdom & Ireland
Members: 850
  

UK & Ireland Section By-Laws

Jian Dai, section chair
Email: jian.dai@kcl.ac.uk
Dave Morris, vice chair & secretary
Email: morrisd3@asme.org
Raman Sharma, treasurer
Email: rsharma5@bechtel.com

Formed: 1990 Section includes the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.

 

 

MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA SECTIONS

Bahrain
Members: 25
Central Western Saudi Arabia
Members:64

Eastern Saudi Arabia
Current members: 166

Nizar A. Al-Khadra, Chair
Email: nizar.khadra@aramco.com
Tel: + 966 3 874 5370
Fax: + 966 3 873 6096
Dr. Maher M. Shariff , Vice-Chair
Email: maher.shariff@aramco.com
Mahammad Ibrahim , Secretary
Hasan A. Sabri, Treasurer
Email: jaralla.sudairy@aramco.com
Khaleel M. Al-Hussain, Education Chairman
Email: khaleel.hussain@aramco.com
Maaki Younes, Membership Chairman
Email: younes.makki@aramco.com
Saad S. Al-Shiha, Program Chairman
Email: shihasm@aramco.com.sa
Ahmed H. Swar, PR Chairman
Email: ahmed.swar@aramco.com 
Ammar A. Al-Nahwi, Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Luay Hadrami, ASME Faculty Advisor
Samer Al-Jishi, Officer At Large
Iftaqaruddin Mohammed, Officer At Large
Mahmoud A. Sabban, Officer At Large

Egypt
Section Members: 100

Ahmed S. Huzayyin, Country Correspondent
Professor & Dean
19 Gamblaya St, Apt 42
Libon Bldg. Zamalic
Cairo, Egypt
E-mail:solyhuz@yahoo.com                
Fax: 20213230297

Student Section
Zagazig University

Israel
Current members: 130

Yoram Halevi, Section Chair
Professor Technion-Israel Institute
Faculty of Mech Eng
Technion City
Haifa 32000
Israel
E-mail:merhy01@tx.technion.ac.il
Ph: 97248293465
Fax: 92748324533
Joshua Dayan, Past Section Chair
Technion-Israel Institute of Tech
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Technion City
Haifa 32000
Israel
E-mail: jdayan@tx.technion.ac.il
Ph: 97248292091
Fax: 97248324533
Sharon Horenstein, Secretary
Email: Sharon_p@technion.ac.il
Joshua Dayan, Treasurer

Kuwait
Current Members: 96

Student Section
Kuwait University
Dr. Majed Majeed
P.O. Box 5969
Safat 13060
Email: mmajeed@vt.edu
Ph: +965-4985086  
Fax: +965-4847131

Mohammad J. Ghuloum
Student Section Chair
E-mail: ghuloum_mohammad@hotmail.com

Nigeria
Members: 226

Qatar
Members: 47

Mark Powell
Country Correspondent
Email: mwpowell_08@yahoo.com

Student Sections
Texas A&M University at Qatar
H. Masudi, Student Section Advisor
Email: houshang.masudi@qatar.tamu.edu
Mohammed Zaid, Student Section Chair
Email: mohammad.zaid@qatar.tamu.edu

Turkey
Members: 122 (as of October 2009)

Executive Committee Officers and Other Support Committee Chairs
Koray Safak, Section Chair
E-mail: safak@yeditepe.edu.tr

Mahmut Aksit, Vice Chair
Email: aksit@sabanciuniv.edu

Tarhan Alacam, Past Chair
Email: alacam@tekkon.com.tr

Hojin Ahn, Secretary
Email: erdeman@yeditepe.edu.tr

Fethi Okyar, Treasurer
Email: okyar@yeditepe.edu.tr

Zafer Gul, Member
Email: zgul@marmara.edu.tr

Erhan Budak, Member
Email: ebudak@sabanciuniv.edu

Aydin Karacasu, Member
Email: akaracasu@intermetalflex.com

Tuba Okutucu Ozyurt, Member
Email: tubaokutucu@gmail.com

Student Sections
Eastern Mediterranean University
Istanbul Technical University
Marmara University
Middle East Technical University
TOBB Univ. of Economics & Tech
Yeditepe University

United Arab Emirates
Section Members: 173

Student Section
The Petroleum Institute
Dr. Mark Caufield-Browne
Student Section Advisor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
P.O. Box 2533
Abu Dhabi
Phone: +971 2 508 5130
Fax: +971 2 508 5200
Email: mbrowne@pi.ac.ae

Ghana Section?
Are you interested in starting an ASME group in Ghana or corresponding with other engineers in Africa?  Please contact Joy Adjorlolo (adjorloloj2@asme.org) for additional information.

Correspondents
Qatar - Mark Powell
United Arab Emirates - Hadi H. Tahboub

 

EUROPEAN STUDENT SECTIONS

The District H Student Operating Board is in charge of the student activities within the district. It is made up of students from different countries, who are working together to develop the local student sections and make them more dynamic.

For more detailed information on Student District H activities and initiatives, please click here.

District H Student Operating Board are the following:
Chair: Lynda Nwike
Vice-Chair: Yannick Gindroz
Members-at-large:
Esra Aygün
Bastian Gindroz
Past Student Representative: Alex Scott

 

SPAIN
Universidad De Zaragoza
SWITZERLAND
Federal Institute Of Technology-Zurich
Reza S. Abhari
Institute of Energy Tech
ETH Zurich Turbomachinery Lab
Sonneggstrasse 3
Zurich CH-8092
Switzerland
E-mail: rabhari@ethz.ch
Ph: 4116322691
Fax: 4116321100

Student Section Chair: Matthias Schleer
E-mail: schleer@lsm.iet.mavt.ethz.ch

TURKEY

Eastern Mediterranean University
Hikmet S. Aybar
Dept Mech Engrg
G Magusa, KKTC
Mersin 10, Turkey
E-mail: hikmet.aybar@emu.edu.tr
Ph: 90-392-630-1451
Fax:903923653715

Student Section Chair: Amin Kashanchi
E-mail: amin_kash65@yahoo.com

Istanbul Technical University
Bilin Aksun Guvenc
Dept. of Mechanical Eng.
Gumussuyu Taksim
Istanbul 80191, Turkey
E-mail:guvencb@itu.edu.tr

Student Section Chair: Mert R. Erdumlu
E-mail: merterdumlu@yahoo.com

Marmara University
Abdulkerim Kar
Omerpasa Sok NO 80/19
Erenkoy
Istanbul 81080, Turkey
E-mail: kara@asme.org
Ph: 902163637504
Fax: 902163480293
Middle East Technological University
Serkan Dag
Mech Eng Dept.
Ankara 06531
Turkey
E-mail: kider@metu.edu.tr
Yeditepe University
Akife N. Egrican
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
Kayisdagi Caddesi
Kayisdagi Istanbul 81120, Turkey
E-mail: egrican@itu.edu.tr
Ph. 902165780461
Fax: 902165780400

 

 

MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA STUDENT SECTIONS

EGYPT
Zagazig University
 
IRAN
Sharif University Of Technology
M. Durali
Sharif University of Technology
Azadi Avenue, Tehran 14588-84694
Tehran, Tehran IRAN
E-mail: durali@sharif.edu
Semnan University
Dr. Mahmood Saadat Foumani
Email: msaadat@semnan.ac.ir 
 
JORDAN
Philadelphia University in Jordan

Student Chair: Firas Ghanem
Email:  firas.ghanem@gmail.com
 
KUWAIT

Kuwait University
Dr. Majed Majeed
Kuwait University
P.O. Box 5969
Safat 13060
Kuwait
Email: mmajeed@vt.edu
Ph: +965-4985086
Fax: +965-4847131

Student Section Chair: Mohammad J. Ghuloum
E-mail: ghuloum_mohammad@hotmail.com

OMAN
Caledonian Engineering College, Muscat
Mr. Haris Kadir Mohammed
E-mail: hariskadir@caledonian.edu.om

 
LEBANON

American Univ Of Beirut
Ahmed Smaili
P.O. Box 11-0236/6541
Raid El-Solh 1107 2020
Beirut, Lebanon
E-mail: asmaili@aub.edu.lb
Ph: 9611350000

Student Section Chair: Rizk Rouhban
E-mail: rbr02@aub.edu.lb

Notre Dame University
Ghazi Asmar
P.O. Box 72
Zouk Mikayel
Lebanon
E-mail: gasmar@ndu.edu.lb
Ph: 9619218950, X2026
Mobile: 9613329020
Lebanese American University
Dr. Elie Badr
School of Engrng #1846
475 Riverside Dr.
New York, NY 10115-0065
E-mail: ebadr@lau.edu.lb
Ph: (212) 870-2592
Fax: (212) 870-2762
QATAR

Texas A&M University at Qatar
H. Masudi
Email: houshang.masudi@qatar.tamu.edu

Student Section Chair: Mohammed Zaid
Email: mohammad.zaid@qatar.tamu.edu

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Petroleum Institute
Dr. Mark Caulfield Browne
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
The Petroleum Institute
P.O. Box 2533
UAE
Email: mbrowne@pi.ac.ae

 

 

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