AIAA SPACE 2010 CONFERENCE SET FOR AUGUST 30 – SEPTEMBER 2 IN ANAHEIM

Focus is on “Space: Imagine, Innovate, Collaborate”

July 13, 2010 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will hold the AIAA SPACE 2010 Conference & Exposition August 30 – September 2 at the Anaheim Convention Center and Hilton Anaheim, Anaheim, Calif., focusing on the theme: “Space: Imagine, Innovate, Collaborate.”

SPACE 2010 will examine three critical needs: developing technologies that can help further the exploration of our solar system and the universe; developing more affordable means to launch spacecraft to carry out those explorations; and promoting opportunities for government and industry to build the robust future space systems which will make further exploration and more affordable launch programs a reality.

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AIChE Press Release

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS LAUNCHES CENTER FOR ENERGY INITIATIVES

New Technological Community will bring chemical engineers involved in alternate and traditional energy together to better meet society’s energy needs.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 13, 2010
Sean Connolly
Phone: 717.214.2200
Cell: 717.525.3004
connolly@thebravogroup.com
 

NEW YORK - The Board of Directors of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has approved the formation of a Center for Energy Initiatives. In announcing the Center, AIChE President Henry “Hank” T. Kohlbrand said: “AIChE members are already working on energy-related issues from multiple perspectives. The new Center will help us network and ‘cross-fertilize’ and integrate ideas that can advance energy efforts across the board.”  

Kohlbrand, who has just retired as global research and development director in engineering and process sciences for Dow Chemical, reported that one of the Center’s first activities will be conducting the First International Congress on Energy: Sustaining Supplies. The Congress will run in conjunction with AIChE’s Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, this November 7-12.

The Center grew out of the work of AIChE’s Energy Advisory Board, which was formed in 2005, and has already undertaken a number of research and education projects. It has coordinated a project on carbon management for a group of leading engineering societies, made awards for K-12 energy education projects, and developed a “Speakers Academy” of energy experts. Work is underway on an inter-society, inter-disciplinary project to develop energy metrics that will allow for consistent comparison of diverse energy options. The Center is also developing energy education modules for the undergraduate chemical engineering curriculum.  

Membership in the Center is automatic for members of AIChE who are also members of several AIChE divisions and forums in the energy arena. For more information, visit www.aiche.org/energy. 

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About AIChE:

AIChE is a professional society of more than 40,000 chemical engineers in 92 countries. Its members work in corporations, universities and government using their knowledge of chemical processes to develop safe and useful products for the benefit of society. Through its varied programs, AIChE, which was founded in 1908, continues to be a focal point for information exchange on the frontier of chemical engineering research in such areas as nanotechnology, sustainability, hydrogen fuels, biological and environmental engineering, and chemical plant safety and security. It publishes a number of book and periodical titles, including Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy.

More information is available at www.aiche.org.

Q:  How many executives does it take to change a light bulb?

A:  None. We contract out for things like that.

A:  One, but he needs two outside consultants to help.

A:  One to spot the burned-out bulb and issue the requisition, a requisition typist, 12 clerks to file requisition copies, a mail clerk to deliver the requisition to the purchasing department, a purchasing agent to get three competing bids, a clerk to forward the bids, a clerk to review the returned bids and write an evaluation, a clerk to mail order the bulb, a receiving clerk to received the bulb, …

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 12, 2010

***MEDIA ADVISORY***   

Civil Engineers to Host 140th Annual National Conference in Las Vegas

Who & What:   The American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) 140^th Annual Civil Engineering Conference.

When:             October 21-23, 2010—please visit http://www.asceannualconference.org for a full schedule of events.

Where:            Bally’s Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas

Why:               The theme of this year’s conference is Innovating a Dynamic Future, and sessions will run the gamut from career skills and building sustainable cities to civil engineers’ roles in public policy to the impact of earthquakes that have occurred globally in 2010. There will also be several symposia and tours celebrating the 75^th anniversary of Hoover Dam.

Founded in 1852, the American Society of Civil Engineers represents more than 144,000 civil engineers worldwide and is America’s oldest national engineering society. For more information, visit www.asce.org.

Management consultant William N. Yeomans records these two principles in his book, 1000 Things You Never Learned in Business School (Penguin Books, New York).

1. The Principle of Misdirected Expectations: The less time you spend with your people discussing what you expect them to accomplish, the more chance they will accomplish something.
2. The Principle of Autocratic Inaction:  The more you tell people what to do, the greater chance they will do it at the lowest acceptable level.

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