New Leadership Nominees Named at ASME Annual Meeting

New Leadership Nominees Named at ASME Annual Meeting New Leadership Nominees Named at ASME Annual Meeting New Leadership Nominees Named at ASME Annual Meeting June 30, 2017 (Left to right) President-Nominee Said Jahanmir, ASME President Charla Wise and prompt Past President Keith Roe at the President's Dinner, which was held during the Annual Meeting in Newport Beach, Calif. ASME Honorary Member and Fellow Said Jahanmir, Ph.D., was named president-candidate of ASME recently at the Society's 2017 Annual Meeting in Newport Beach, Calif. The ASME Nominating Committee, which reported Jahanmir's choice during the President's Dinner on June 13, likewise named three new individuals from the Board of Governors, who will each will start their three-year terms next June. Dr. Jahanmir, who will fill in as ASMEs 137th president in 2018-2019, is president and CEO of the designing counseling firm Boston Tribology Associates in Cambridge, Mass. Since September 2015, he has been filling in as Senior Legislative Fellow in the U.S. Place of Representatives through the ASME Federal Government Fellowship Program, giving guidance to Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) on assembling, science and innovation strategy, STEM instruction, and workforce advancement. Jahanmir had recently filled in as president and CEO of MiTiHeart Corp. of Albany, N.Y., and as VP of its parent organization, Mohawk Innovative Technology Inc., controlling RD endeavors including implantable blood siphons, high-temperature coatings, rapid small scale machining, and fast without oil blowers. Said Jahanmir, ASME's leader chosen one. From 1987 to 2002, Jahanmir served in a few situations at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), including pioneer of the Ceramic Manufacturing Group. He was likewise the debut executive of the Tribology Program at the National Science Foundation from 1985 to 1987, senior research engineer at Exxon Research and Engineering Co. from 1980 to 1985, aide teacher of mechanical designing at Cornell University from 1977 to 1980, a speaker at the University of California at Berkeley from 1976 to 1977, and an educator at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1975 to 1976. An individual from ASME since 1985 and an ebb and flow individual from the Committee on Finance and Investment, Jahanmir has been a devoted ASME volunteer, serving in an assortment of limits inside the Society, including individual from the Board of Governors, seat of the Tribology Division, seat of the Board on Research and Technology Development, VP for Research, and seat of the International Congress Committee. He has been the beneficiary of various esteemed Society Awards, incorporating ASME Honorary Membership in 2013, the Tribology Divisions Donald Wilcock Distinguished Service Award in 2009, the Mayo D. Hersey Award in 2001, and the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 1995. Joe R. Fowler The ASME Nominating Committee likewise reported the three new individuals from the Board of Governors during the Presidents Dinner. The three chosen people will each serve a three-year term, from 2018 to 2021, when their selections are endorsed by ASME participation by means of an online voting form this fall. One of the three BOG part candidates, Joe R. Fowler, Ph.D., P.E., is the previous president and prime supporter of the Houston-based building counseling firm Stress Engineering Services Inc. An ASME Life Fellow, Dr. Fowler served ASME in various situations during his about 50 years as a Society part, including seat of the Petroleum Division from 1997 to 1998, bad habit seat of the Petroleum Division from 1995 to 1997, individual from the Committee on Member Interests from 1999 to 2002, individual from the Long Range Planning Committee from 1999 to 2000, individual from the Continuing Education Committee from 1996 to 1997, and individual from the Committee on Engineering Education from 1993 to 1995. The leader of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) in 2000-2001, he filled in as an ASME agent to ABET from 1994 to 2000. He got the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 1994. Michael Molnar Michael F. Molnar, P.E., was additionally chosen as a candidate for the Board of Governors. Molnar, an ASME Fellow, is the establishing executive of the Office of Advanced Manufacturing at NIST and the establishing chief of the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office, an interagency group attempting to arrange government exercises in cutting edge producing. Molnar, who was an ASME Federal Government Fellow in 2003-2004, filled in as seat of the Board on Division Support from 2009 to 2010, pioneer of the Group Operating Board from 2008 to 2011, seat of the Manufacturing Engineering Division from 2005 to 2008, seat of the Student Design Competition from 2005 to 2006, and VP of ASMEs Central Region from 1998 to 2002. He likewise held an assortment of posts inside the Central Indiana Section. He got the M. Eugene Merchant Manufacturing Medal of ASME/SME in 2017 and the Dedicated Service Award in 2008. Karen Thole The third BOG chosen one, ASME Fellow Karen A. Thole, Ph.D., is educator and office head of mechanical and atomic designing at The Pennsylvania State University. A present individual from the Energy Conversion and Storage Segment of ASME, Dr. Thole is likewise an individual from the R. Tom Sawyer Award Committee, the Energy Conversion and Storage Segment, the Gas Turbine Segment, and the Heat Transfer Committee. Furthermore, she filled in as pioneer of the Energy Conversion Storage Segment from 2014 to 2015, seat of the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) from 2013 to 2014, seat of the Mechanical Engineering Department Heads Committee from 2012 to 2014, and seat of the Committee on Honors from 2011 to 2014, among different positions. She got the Edwin F. Church Medal in 2016, the George Westinghouse Medal in 2015, the Dedicated Service Award in 2015, and IGTI Best Paper Awards in 2005 and 2009. Samuel Korellis In other administration news, Samuel J. Korellis, P.E., will start his three-year term as senior VP for Standards Certification on July 1. Korellis, an essential specialized pioneer at the Electrical Power Research Institute, is a Fellow of ASME and has held various positions of authority in the Society, including VP of the Council on Codes and Standards and seat of the Council on Standards and Certification, the Board on Strategic Initiatives, the ASME Energy and Environmental Standards Advisory Board, the Board on Codes and Standards Operations, and the Board on Performance Test Codes, notwithstanding serving on various different sheets and specialized panels. He got the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 2006 and the Performance Test Codes Medal in 2005.