Professional Development

This website is made available by the Chicago Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) as a central depository of information relating to Professional Development activities for its members.

The website is segmented into the following areas:

ASME Chicago Section sponsored programs.
ASME National sponsored programs.
University Sponsored Programs.
Online Programs.

Monthly Meetings

November 18th, 2008 "Renewable Energy in our Future"
The meeting was very interesting, below is Dale's presentation
Dale Gardner, Associate Director of the Department of Energy�s
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden. CO
PowerPoint Version of Dale Gardner's Presentation (109 MB)
PDF (Adobe) Version of the Presentation (15.9 MB)

Want to make a difference in a future Engineer's life? Future Cities is looking for volunteers, interested in helping our future engineers. This years topic "It�s All About Water". Middle School Students will Focus on Conservation, Reuse and Self-Sufficient Systems.

They are looking for Mentors and Judges, additional information can be found here, http://www.futurecitychicago.org/ or contact Don Wittmer at 312-930-9119, dwittmer@hntb.com

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New Employment Opportunities Available, (updated 9/3/08)
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The Spring 2008 Newsletter is available here
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The Chicago Section recently sponsored several Student groups.

The Chicago Section, sponsored the Stone School Academy Future Cities Team, and their Teacher/Mentor to the Washington Awards Dinner on Feb 22nd. There were 6 guests of the section at the dinner.

The Section gave $1000.00 to Proviso Mathematics and Science Academy, (PMSA) of Forest Park, IL, and their Monty Python Robotics Team.

The Section also sponsored an award during the Future Cities Competition. The Chicago Section, provided $500.00, it was won by Stone Scholastic Academy, from the North Side of Chicago, for their best "mechanical system" 7Additional info on the events and the groups are available here.