IMECE Technical Program to Feature Plenary Presentations NSF P...

IMECE Technical Program to Feature Plenary Presentations NSF P... IMECE Technical Program to Feature Plenary Presentations NSF P... IMECE Technical Program to Feature Plenary Presentations, NSF ProgrammingThis year, approximately 2,500 engineers from industry, academia, government agencies, research institutes and other areas are expected to attend ASMEs International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) the worlds largest interdisciplinary mechanical engineering conference from Nov. 9-15 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pa.The technical program for IMECE 2018 will feature more than 470 sessions over 16 technical tracks exploring such topics as advanced manufacturing energy advances in aerospace technology biomedical and biotechnology engineering engineering education heat transfer and thermal engineering dynamics, vibration and control mechanics of solids, structures and fluids materials fluids engineering design, reliability, safety and risk micro- and nanosystems engineering and packaging and acoustics, vibration and phononics.The program this year will also feature 20 track plenary presentations, including Manufacturing for X by ASME Fellow Jian Cao of Northwestern University, Autonomous Vehicle Safety Tomorrows Rewards Versus Todays Reality by ASME Fellow Roger McCarthy of McCarthy Engineering Acoustofluidics Merging Acoustics and Microfluidics for Biomedical Applications by ASME Fellow Tony Jun Huang of Duke University Thoughts on the Future of Power Generation A Low Carbon Perspective by ASME Fellow Ahmed F. Ghoniem of Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Future of Aerospace Materials Challenges and Opportunities by Richard Vaia of the Air Force Research Laboratory and Biological Materials and Mechanics Challenges and Opportunities by Marc Meyers of the University of California, San Diego.On Wednesday, Nov. 14, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will offer a full day of programming, beginning with a pa nel discussion that will provide an overview of the Foundations Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) teilen and its programs, followed by an NSF proposal development workshop covering the fundamentals of successful grant proposal writing for the NSF. The day will also include a session providing an overview of the NSFs Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET) Division as well as one-on-one sessions with NSF program directors during which principal investigators can discuss their research proposals with their choice of NSF program directors.IMECE 2018 will also offer four special Honoring Symposia commemorating the contributions of four distinguished academic leaders Yehoshua (Shuki) Frostig of the Technion ? Israel Institute of Technology, Devdas Pai of North Carolina AT State University, Kirti (Karman) Ghia of the University of Cincinnati, and ASME Medalist and Honorary Member Frank Kreith.There are still some remaining IMECE sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities. For more information, please contact Joyce J. Ginsburg at ginsburgjasme.org or (773) 456-2153.To see the complete IMECE 2018 technical program online, visit www.asme.org/events/imece/program. For more information on the ASME 2018 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, or to register, visit www.asme.org/events/imece. Get the latest updates on this years event by following IMECE2018 on Twitter.