ASME Today & Tomorrow

In order to earn the title “Professional Engineer” and with it the right to append the initials “P.E.” after one’s name, an engineer must demonstrate success in three areas, known as “the three E’s”: Education, Experience and Examination. In this episode of ASME Today & Tomorrow, Tom Costabile sat down with Dave Soukup -- who is ASME’s Managing Director of Governance, a P.E. himself, and an ASME Fellow to boot -- to learn more about the significance of that “P.E.” title and why professional licensure can make such an important difference in a mechanical engineering career.

For this episode of ASME Today & Tomorrow, Tom sat down with Debbie Holton, ASME’s Managing Director of Industry Events, to learn more about what she’s working on. Debbie joined the ASME team in November of 2018 and brings a tremendous wealth of expertise and experience to the work and the team she now leads. Beyond her exceptional expertise, Ms. Holton is also one of the most natural and enthusiastic “people-people” we know, as you’ll soon hear for yourself.

In this episode, Tom sits down with Kathleen Lobb, ASME’s Managing Director of Philanthropy and Executive Director of the ASME Foundation, and Anand Sethupathy, ASME’s Managing Director of Programs, for a wide-ranging discussion of ASME’s current Programs & Philanthropy efforts – a big part of what ASME is doing today to fulfill its historic mission “to advance engineering for the benefit of humanity.”

In this special, extended edition of ASME Today and Tomorrow, CEO/Executive Director Tom Costabile is joined by ASME’s entire Executive Management Team to discuss the myriad ways that ASME is adapting and responding to the unique challenges posed by the Covid-19 global pandemic.

In this edition of our podcast mini-series Innovators in Clean Energy, ASME Fellow Bob Stakenborghs talks with Cody Biedermann, August Erhart and Micah Ulrich of Flux Hybrids, an innovative startup devoted to using hybrid electric conversion kits to reduce the environmental impact and financial costs associated with automobiles.

In this next episode of the ASME Today & Tomorrow mini-series Innovators in Clean Energy, guest co-host and ASME Fellow Bob Stakenborghs talks with Larry Fromm, Executive VP and Chief Commercial Officer of Achates Power, a company that has re-discovered and optimized a way to build internal combustion engines that are more powerful and efficient than ever.

In this episode of ASME Today & Tomorrow, ASME Executive Director/CEO Tom Costabile sits down for a spirited discussion with Professor Ivo Nedyalkov, a lecturer in mechanical engineering at the University of New Hampshire better known as “Dr. Ivo N” when he raps about the deep connections between Fluids Engineering and rap music.

In this edition of our podcast mini-series Innovators in Clean Energy, ASME Fellow and guest host Bob Stakenborghs talks with Emily Morris of Emrgy, a visionary company that delivers hydropower without the need for construction or dams.

In this kick-off edition of a series of podcasts titled Innovators in Clean Energy, ASME Fellow and guest co-host Bob Stakenborghs talks with Adam Lineberger and Cody Biedermann of SolarPack, North Carolina State University’s solar vehicle team, about their ambition to change the way the world looks at sustainable transportation.

In this edition of ASME Today & Tomorrow, ASME Executive Director/CEO Tom Costabile sits down with Lauralyn McDaniel, ASME Industry Events Manager, about ASME’s coming AM Medical: Additive Manufacturing & 3D Innovations event, slated for late May 2020 in Minneapolis, MN.

In this edition of ASME Today & Tomorrow, ASME Executive Director/CEO Tom Costabile sits down for a wide-ranging conversation with ASME’s COO Jeff Patterson about meeting members and volunteers within the ASME Family.

In this edition of ASME Today & Tomorrow, ASME Executive Director/CEO Tom Costabile sits down for a conversation with another kind of ASME volunteer group -- ASME staff members who give their time and talent to brighten the lives of others through a wide range of volunteer service.

In this edition of ASME Today & Tomorrow, ASME Executive Director/CEO Tom Costabile sits down for a conversation with ASME’s Executive Office Intern Class of 2019 about their experience at ASME as well as about their visions and ambitions for the future.

In this special edition of ASME Today & Tomorrow, ASME Executive Director/CEO Tom Costabile welcomes Bob Stakenborghs, an ASME Fellow and nuclear engineer with a deep interest in Clean Energy.

In this special edition of ASME Today & Tomorrow, ASME Executive Director/CEO Tom Costabile hosts a wide-ranging conversation with Nancy Fitzroy (ASME’s 105th President, who served 1986-87), Sue Skemp (ASME’s 121st President in 2002-03), Vickie Rockwell (ASME’s 130th President in 2011-12), Madiha Kotb (ASME’s 132nd President in 2013-14), and Charla Wise, (ASME’s 136th President in 2017-18) – every one of the distinguished women to have served as top officer of this Society.

Article C2.1.1 of ASME’s Constitution states that “The Purposes of the Society are to … promote the art, science and practice of mechanical and multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences”; By-law B2.1 says that one of the most important ways ASME does this is to “…publish papers and reports and disseminate knowledge and experience of value to engineers.” In this episode of ASME Today & Tomorrow, ASME Executive Director/CEO Tom Costabile talks with Jane Davidson, Chair of ASME’s Pubs Committee and Philip DiVietro, ASME’s Managing Director for Publishing, to discuss some of the challenges they have handled together at the helm of ASME’s publications world.

ASME’s TEC Sector is home to ASME’s 36 technical divisions, each of which is devoted to a distinct discipline or area of mechanical engineering. ASME’s technical divisions are natural hubs for all sorts of activities within those disciplines, including production of ASME’s world-leading technical conferences and the publication of the knowledge and expertise shared at those conferences. In this episode of ASME Today & Tomorrow, Executive Director/CEO Tom Costabile speaks with Tim Graves, ASME’s Managing Director of Technical Events & Conferences, about the amazingly broad and important work of ASME’s TEC Sector, about which aspects of the ASME “technology engine” Tim and his team have been focused on recently, and about their plans to keep this vital ASME power source running smoothly and powerfully.

ASME’s volunteers are the lifeblood of this society; their dedication and excellence are the basis of everything ASME does both for engineers and for the wider world. As Executive Director/CEO Tom Costabile says: “It’s all about the volunteers.” In this episode of ASME Today & Tomorrow, Tom speaks with Pasquale Dell’Aquila, a volunteer leader based at ASME’s Oregon Section, about how he first became involved in volunteering with ASME, about the rewarding work he has done and continues to do, and about his goal to encourage engineers everywhere to share his passion for ASME.

ASME’s Learning & Development efforts are among the most important work this Society does on behalf of engineers and engineering. But in today’s world, engineering education opportunities aren’t needed only at the beginning of one’s path – they are vitally important both all throughout a career and yet also “right now,” in response to professional needs that arise in real time. In this episode of ASME Today & Tomorrow, Executive Director/CEO Tom Costabile talks with Arin Ceglia, ASME’s Director of Learning & Development, about what her team is working on to serve the life-long and yet “just-in-time” learning needs of 21st century technical professionals at every stage of their careers, as well as her vision of where ASME “Learning & Development” efforts will be within the near future.

Bioengineering is one of the five strategic technologies ASME has chosen to focus its efforts in coming years (the others are Advanced Manufacturing, Pressure Technology, Clean Energy and Robotics). In this episode of ASME Today & Tomorrow, Executive Director/CEO Tom Costabile talks with Christine Reilley, ASME’s Business Development Director for Healthcare, about ASME’s work in the areas of bioengineering and biomedical engineering, as well as how the Society is responding to the needs of the ME profession and the wider world in an era of undreamt-of possibilities at the intersection of biology and engineering.

While ASME has been dedicated to its work for engineering and the wider world for more than a century, today’s ASME is, as the saying goes, not “your grandfather’s ASME.” In this episode of ASME Today & Tomorrow, Executive Director/CEO Tom Costabile talks with ASME’s President-elect Rich Laudenat and Past President Bob Simmons and about how the Society has changed over the years while becoming more effective and focused on advancing its mission than ever.

ASME is involved in a variety of efforts to transform, revitalize and diversify engineering education, with a focus on making headway with the many conflicting demands on what students should learn, how they should learn, and who should be learning. In this episode of ASME Today & Tomorrow, ASME’s Executive Director Tom Costabile and Director of Strategic Communications Michael Cowan chat with Aisha Lawrey, ASME’s Director of Engineering Education, about the Mechanical Engineering Education Leadership Summit coming up in March and other important events this year, and about why she is such a passionate advocate for increasing diversity in engineering.

Inspiring and engaging tomorrow’s engineers is central to ASME’s mission. ASME Engineering Festivals™ (E-Fests) and the related series of activities known as ASME EFx™ are some of the most exciting ways the Society engages next generation engineers all around the globe. In this episode of ASME Today & Tomorrow, Callie Tourigny, ASME’s Senior Vice President for Student & Early Career Development, and Brandy Smith, ASME’s Senior Manager of STEM Programs, join Tom Costabile, ASME’s Executive Director, and Michael Cowan, ASME’s Director of Strategic Communications, for a discussion of how they’re raising the bar on inspiring the next generation of engineers.

There may be no more important factor in ensuring the continued vitality and impact of the engineering profession than attracting and nurturing the next generation of engineers. In this episode of ASME Today & Tomorrow, Brianna Migliaccio, President of the ASME Chapter at New York University and a member of its engineering school’s Class of 2020, joins Executive Director Tom Costabile and Michael Cowan, Director of Strategic Communications, for a discussion about what inspired her to pursue studies in mechanical engineering and why the opportunity to serve as an engineering leader means so much to her.

ASME’s Nominating Committee selects nominees for the positions of ASME President and at-large members of the Board of Governors to be filled at each annual election. In this episode of ASME Today & Tomorrow, Howard Berkof, Chair of the Presidential Task Force on Nominations as well as of ASME’s VOLT efforts, and RuthAnn Bigley, Coordinator of Governance, join Executive Director Tom Costabile and Michael Cowan, Director of Strategic Communications, for a conversation about the importance of the nominating process and ASME’s volunteer leadership pipeline.

One of ASME’s signature activities is Code Week. In this episode of ASME Today & Tomorrow, Gerry Eisenberg, Director, Pressure Technology Codes & Standards, and Steve Rossi, S&C Project Engineering Manager, join Michael Cowan, Director, Strategic Communications, for an in-depth look at Code Week.

The first episode of a new podcast from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Episode #1 features an interview with Executive Director Tom Costabile, who sat down recently with Michael Cowan, ASME’s Director of Strategic Communications, to talk about what brought him to ASME, his goals for this first year, and what he sees as the key challenges and opportunities facing the Society.