Globalization

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Making Engineers: A Chat with Dale Dougherty

Dale Dougherty is in the center of a new movement. Having founded both Make Magazine and the Maker Faire he has galvanized and interconnected like minded “makers.” In this Q&A Dougherty discusses the relationship between making and engineering.

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Thomas L. Friedman Keynote Address to ASME's 2012 Annual Congress

Thomas L. Friedman Keynote Address to ASME's 2012 Annual Congress

Thomas L. Friedman told an ASME audience that globalization and the information technology revolution have converged, leading to a hyper-connected world. He also spoke about energy and standards.

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Innovation Helps Process the Baobab Fruit

Innovation Helps Process the Baobab Fruit

In Benin and elsewhere in Africa, rural villagers depend on the fruit of the giant baobab tree as a much-needed cash crop. But processing the large fruit is laborious and time consuming. Now, working with a women's cooperative in Benin, a group of Penn State University engineering students has simplified the task by developing a machine that separates the pulp from the seeds.

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Groups

Basic Engineering Technical Group (BETG)

Comprised of six Divisions concerned with the application of basic engineering principles

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Applied Mechanics Division (AMD)

Energy and Technology Management Group (ETMG)

Committee on Power Boilers

Globalization is the increasing interaction of regional cultures and economies to conduct business and commerce. This includes the field of mechanical engineering and its development into a global enterprise with numerous entities and business ventures around the world. Outsourcing is a major component of global impact, as establishing business on a global scale entails conducting business with countries possessing various levels of manpower and widely varying costs for labor and contracts.