ASME Design Engineering Division Newsletter 2007
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The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Design Engineering Division Newsletter, 2007
- Editor: Jeremy Michalek
- Planned Publication: Summer 2007
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DED Executive
Message from the Chair
by Judy Vance
Article yet to be submitted
Message from the Past Chair
by Shapour Azarm
Article yet to be submitted
DED Vice Chair and Treasurer
by
Article yet to be submitted
DED Secretary
by Larry Powell
Article yet to be submitted
DED IDETC Executive
bu Kazem Kazeronian
Article yet to be submitted
DED Technical Committee Executive and IMECE
by Ahmed A. Shabana
Article yet to be submitted
National Design Engineering Conference Chair
Report: National Manufacturing Week 2007 Submitted by: John E. Renaud, NDEC Chair of DED
The National Design Engineering Show and Conference is moving from March to September for the 2007 National Manufacturing Week (www.ManufacturingWeek.com). The Design Engineering Division traditionally sponsors more than a third of the ASME sessions at this conference. Each session involves a fifty minute presentation relevant to industrial participants. The Design Engineering Division would like to encourage members to develop sessions for next years NMW 2007. The chance to make a fifty minute presentation to a large industrial audience on a topic relevant to your company’s products or services is a great opportunity. Please submit your proposed sessions at the ASME web site: http://www.asmeconferences.org/nmw2007/
Keep in mind that ASME’s primary motivation in organizing this conference is to attract potential buyers to the show floor. These buyers include: practicing engineers, technical and mid-managers, shop floor and plant supervisors. As such, ASME is keen on organizing sessions that add immediate value to this group of people; the information that they obtain at the show and sessions can be used right away in their work place. This group also represents a major portion of ASME’s membership base and as an organization we have an incentive to provide them with programming that facilitates professional growth. To that goal, we are looking for presentations (preferably case studies) that offer the following:
- Real, practical solutions to everyday design, manufacturing and management problems
- Ways to reduce cost and increase productivity
- Ways to make money faster and more efficiently
- Ways to improve quality and reliability
- Avenues to grow professionally
Historically, sessions surrounding these general topics have performed very well and continue to be in demand. These sessions aim to provide the audience member with solutions he/she can implement today, not a couple of years down the road.
ASME Support Staff
by Noha El-Gobashy and LaShion Pettiford
Article yet to be submitted
Conferences
2006 IDETC Summary Report
by Vijay Kumar
The ASME IDETC/CIE 2006 Conference held in Philadelphia featured six conferences (MR, DAC, CIE, DTM, DFMLC, DEC, and CIE) and drew nearly 600 participants with student participation accounting for over 20%. This was the first year the International Design and Design Education (DEC) Symposium was highlighted as a IDETC conference. In addition to paper presentations, the conference featured tutorials and workshops which were formally solicited and reviewed. The conference included a networking event for students and several contributed research demonstrations and exhibits during the conference, in addition to sponsors’ exhibits. Several invited sessions were designed to engage experts from industry, academia and government to address problems and challenges facing the community.
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2007 IDETC Conference Announcement and Registration Form
2007 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers in Engineering Conference Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV, September 4-7, 2007 http://www.asmeconferences.org/idetc07
The 2007 IDETC/CIE has received submittals of a record-breaking 1,400+ papers by March 08th, contributing to IDETC/CIE’s thirteen conferences. (See Appendix for detailed listings of conferences.) Based on the current statistics, the state of the IDETC/CIE is superb. The General and Program Chairs (H.S. Tzou and Nader Jalili) would like to express their sincerest thanks to all conference and symposium organizers, technical committee chairs, ASME staffs (Erin Dolan and Christina Perakis), as well as various advisory and international committee members. Without these “leaders” and “promoters,” this new record setting is not possible. Preparation for the technical conference is progressing in accordance with planned schedules. In addition to the excellent technical program, IDETC/CIE07 plan to offer two receptions. Two engineering deans: Dr. Tom Lester, University of Kentucky (UK), and Dr. Eric Sandgren, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), will welcome all old and new friends at the Deans’ Reception planned for the first evening on UNLV campus. The IDETC/CIE will host the second reception at either Rio or Paris. (Please refer to the final program or web information for details.) Las Vegas is an exciting city to visit. Please come to enjoy not only the excellent technical program, but also the dynamic city. See you at the IDETC/CIE07, September 04-07, 2007.
H.S. Tzou, General Conference Chair (University of Kentucky) Nader Jalili, Technical Program Chair (Clemson University)
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2008 IDETC Announcement and Call for Papers
by Souran Manoochehri
Article yet to be submitted
Journal Editors: Activities Reports
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
by Ren C Luo, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
The Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics
by Subhash C. Sinha, Editor
Article yet to be submitted
Journal of Computing & Information Science in Engineering (JCISE)
by Jami J. Shah, Editor
Article yet to be submitted
The Journal of Mechanical Design (JMD)
by Michael McCarthy, Editor
Article yet to be submitted
The Journal of Medical Devices (JMeD)
by Arthur G. Erdman and Gerald E. Miller, Co-Editors
Article yet to be submitted
The Journal of Vibrations and Acoustics
by Kon-Well Wang, Editor
ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics ASME DED Newsletter Input
The Journal is experiencing an increasing rate of paper submission during the past few years. There have been 112 papers submitted in 2003, 193 in 2004, 215 in 2005, and 263 in 2006. With the increasing paper submission and backlog, we have requested a page increase from ASME. Starting 2006, JVA has been allotted an additional 200 pages per year, making the new number of annual available pages 800. In 2006, we have used 802 pages of our allotted 800.
In 2006, Brian Feeny (Michigan State University), Christopher Rahn (Penn State University), Jeffrey Vipperman (University of Pittsburgh), C. K. Sung (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan), Michael Brennan (Institute of Sound and Vibration, United Kingdom), and Jean Zu (University of Toronto, Canada) were nominated and approved as new Associate Editors (AEs). With these new AEs’ help, we are reducing the current AEs’ workload and improving the paper handling/review time.
The review and editing process of a special issue on the subject of vibration-based structural health monitoring, with Guest Editors Bogdan Epureanu (University of Michigan) and Mark Derriso (Air Force Research Labs), is almost completed. The issue is expected to be published in late 2007.
I would like to encourage you to submit your research papers in vibration and acoustics to JVA. I also want to take this opportunity to thank all the authors, reviewers, associate editors and staff members who have contributed to make the past year another good one for JVA. Please feel free to contact me regarding any issues related to the journal. I always welcome ideas and suggestions.
Prepared by: Kon-Well Wang, JVA Editor Penn State University March, 2007
Technical Committee Chairs: Activities Reports
Design Automation Committee
by Hae Chang Gea, Chair
Design Automation Committee serves an important function of promoting research and disseminating knowledge in areas dealing with Design Automation. Since the Design Automation Committee identified four major thrust areas - Design Representation, Design Optimization, Design Evaluation, and Design Integration - two years ago, we have witnessed tremendous growth and renewed focus on both research and educational efforts related to these core areas.
In the 2006 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Design Automation Conference (DAC) received 161 papers and accepted 119 papers after a rigorous peer review process. These accepted papers were grouped into 18 topics and evenly distributed within four major areas: 5 topics in Design Representation, 4 in Design Optimization, 4 in Design Evaluation, and 5 in Design Integration. These 119 papers were presented in 27 technical sessions, running in three parallel tracks. Additionally, one panel session, organized by Dr. Ren-Jye Yang from FORD Motor Company, was focused on “DAC Accomplishments, Current Status, and Future Trends and Needs: From Industry’s Prospective”.
The Design Automation Committee congratulates the winner of the 2006 Design Automation award, Professor K.K. Choi from The University of Iowa for his significant contributions to Design Automation, specifically, sensitivity analysis of structures and reliability-based design optimization with application to automotive systems, and the winners of the 2006 Best Paper Award (sponsored by the Ford Motor Company): Jiaqin Chen, Vadim Shapiro, Krishnan Suresh, and Igor Tsukano from University of Wisconsin-Madison for their paper entitled “Parametric and Topological Control in Shape Optimization”. Both awards were presented at the DAC/DTM/DFMLC/DED luncheon.
The Design Automation Committee is open to anyone interested in its activities. The next committee meeting will be held during the upcoming 2007 IDETC in Las Vegas, NV. For more information, please visit the web site of the committee at: http://cdl.engr.uconn.edu/asmeda/, or contact the Committee Chair, Professor Hae Chang Gea, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854; e-mail: gea@rci.rutgers.edu; phone: (732)445-0108
—Hae Chang Gea
Design for Manufacturing Committee
by Satyandra K Gupta, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Design Theory and Methodology Committee
by Janet Allen, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Mechanisms and Robotics Committee
by Sunil Agrawal, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Multibody Systems and Non-linear Dynamics Committee
by Subhash Sinha, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Power Transmission and Gearing Committee
The Power Transmission and Gearing (PTG) Committee is preparing with the 10th International ASME Power Transmission and Gearing Conference that will be held as part of the 2007 IDETC in Las Vegas. This international conference is held once every four years and attracts a large number of papers globally. The Committee met to define the following symposia:
- Gear Design and Analysis
- Gear Strength and Durability
- Gear Dynamics and Noise
- Gear Diagnostics
- Gear Manufacturing
- Gear Lubrication and Efficiency
- Engineered Surfaces and Tribology
- Transmissions
- Chains, Belts, & Traction Drives
- Couplings, Clutches, and Bearings
Technical session organizers for each symposium have been identified. An expanded mailing list was compiled and a Call for Papers flier was mailed more than 1000 researchers and engineers worldwide. Based on the initial response received to date, the Committee expects more than 120 paper submissions to the Power Transmission and Gearing Conference. The committee plans on meeting in early March to identify the Buckingham Lecturer and session chairs in addition to compiling a list of reviewers for the review of the draft papers.
Ahmet Kahraman Chairman, Power Transmission and Gearing Committee (kahraman.1@osu.edu).
RSAFP Technical Committee
The Reliability, Stress Analysis, and Failure Prevention (RSAFP) Committee of the Design Engineering Division participated in 2006 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition with six sessions. The 22 papers presented included contributions from Japan, China and Austria. A good mix of papers from Industry and Academia was present.
The RSAFP Committee will be participating at the IMECE 2007, as well as at the International Design Engineering Technical Conference to be held in Las Vegas, NV, September 4-7, 2007.
Erol Sancaktar, Ph.D., ASME Fellow, RSAFP Technical Committee Chair
Standing Committee Reports
Honors and Awards Committee
by Joe Davidson, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Student Affairs Committee
Pierre Larochelle, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Technical Committee on Vibration and Sound (TCVS)
William Clark, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Constitution and Bylaws Committee
by Harvey Lipkin, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Fellows Nominating Committee Chair
by Richard A. Hirsch, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Government Relations Committee
by Neil Anderson, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Information Management Committee
by Shayne Gooch, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
International Activities Committee
by Philip Doepker, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Membership Interest/Membership Development Committee
by Robert K. Paasch, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Nominating Committee
by Krishna C. Gupta, Chair
Nothing to report.
Special Committee on K-12 Awareness of Design Education
by Kathryn Jacobson, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Special Committee on Professional Engineering Licensure
by Albert V. Karvelis, Chair
Article yet to be submitted
Publicity and Newsletter Committee Chair
by Jeremy Michalek, Chair
This year I have taken over Professor Chin An Tan's duties as Publicity and Newsletter Committee Chair and Editor of the ASME DED Newsletter. Comments and suggestions on the newsletter are welcomed and encouraged. As part of the newsletter development this year, I have made a wiki page for contributing content to the newsletter. This easily editable content will remain available after publication of the newsletter as a living document for any changes and additional information that contributors with to submit. The wiki page can be found at
DED Advisory
DED Advisory Committee Chair
by Krishna Gupta, Chair Nothing to report.
DED Advisory Board Members
by Thomas Chase, Bahram Ravani, Daniel Segalman, Kenneth Waldron
Article yet to be submitted
Links
- DED website: http://divisions.asme.org/ded/
- Prior newsletters: http://divisions.asme.org/ded/newsletIndex.html