Guerrero Becomes ASME President, President-Nominee Announced at President’s Dinner
Guerrero Becomes ASME President, President-Nominee Announced at President’s Dinner
ASME's 134th president, Julio Guerrero, PhD, began his yearlong term as leader of the Society during the President's Dinner, which was held June 9 during the ASME Annual Meeting in Jacksonville, Fla. At the banquet, the ASME Nominating Committee also announced the selection of ASME's president-nominee, K. Keith Roe, and three Board of Governors members who will begin their three-year terms in 2016.
Dr. Guerrero, an R&D and business development lead at Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, Mass., has been a member of ASME for more than 20 years. Guerrero, who is also the founder of Cambridge Research and Technology LLC, served as a member of ASME's Board of Governors from 2011 to 2014, and as vice-chair of the Society's Industry Advisory Board from 2008 to 2010. His other Society activities include serving as chair of the Sector Management Committee, reviewer for the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, and working with the steering committee that proposed the ASME Innovation Showcase (IShow) in 2006.
Guerrero, who joined Draper Laboratory in 2011, had previously been employed for 12 years as a principal research scientist at Schlumberger Research (SLB), where he initiated research collaborations with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's mechanical and electrical engineering departments, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Center (WHOI) for Marine Robotics for subsea and land oil operations.
For the past 12 years, Guerrero has also taught engineering courses as a senior lecturer at MIT, and served as a member of several doctoral committees at MIT and the University of Texas at Austin. A native of Peru, Guerrero received his master's and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin in 1995 and 1998, respectively.
During the President's Dinner, the Nominating Committee also announced the selection of K. Keith Roe, PE, as president-nominee 2016-2017.
Roe retired last year as chairman, president and chief executive officer of Burns and Roe Group Inc., a 1,500-person international engineering, construction and operations services company based in Oradell, N.J. Prior to joining Burns and Roe Group as a design engineer in 1974, Roe had served in the United States Navy, ultimately advancing to the rank of lieutenant.
Roe, an ASME Fellow, was the founding chair of the ASME Industry Advisory Board from 1987 to 1996, and a member of the Board of Governors from 2008 to 2012. He has held a number of other leadership positions within the Society, including member and Executive Committee member of the Industry Advisory Board; chair and member of the Committee on Investments; member of the Committee on Governance; member of the Executive Director Search Committee; and member of the Committee on Planning and Organization.
Roe has also been a dedicated supporter of the ASME Foundation, having served as member of the Foundation's Board of Directors from 1991 to 2008 and board chair from 1994 to 2007. Currently the Foundation's chair emeritus, Roe also served as chair of the Foundation's Board of Trustees, as well as member of the Federal Fellowship Fundraising Committee, member of the Planned Giving Advisory Committee, member of the Capital Campaign Steering Committee, and member of the Archimedes Club.
Roe has been active at the grassroots level of the Society as well, having served as secretary and member of the former Region II Operating Board, chair of the Region II Industrial Relations Committee, and chair, executive committee member, and newsletter editor for the ASME Metropolitan Section. He has received several ASME awards, including the ASME Foundation Legacy Award in 2008, the ASME President's Award in 2003, the Dedicated Service Award in 1989, the Outstanding Leadership Award in 1986, and the Metropolitan Section's Mel Purdy Award in 1984.
Roe received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Princeton University in 1968. He earned both a master's degree and engineer's degree in nuclear engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1974.
The Nominating Committee also announced the names of three Board of Governors for 2016-2019. The three nominees — Karen Ohland, Mahantesh Hiremath and William Wepfer — will begin their terms as board members at next year's Annual Meeting, following membership approval by proxy ballot this autumn.
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