2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE08)

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Early Career Development Forum

Sunday, November 2, 2008
Sheraton Boston Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts

Join other early career engineers at the Early Career Development Forum that will provide first hand knowledge on professional and technical information on issues relevant to your career. This years' event will feature senior-level engineers focusing on key trends, opporunities and expectations in the engineering field.

Registration Pricing: Advance $50, Onsite $85

8:30 AM - 8:40 AM	Welcome/Introduction Anita Rebarchak, Manufacturing Process Engineer, Pratt & Whitney, East Hartford, Connecticut

8:40 AM - 9:40 AM	Systems Thinking: Managing Expectations SPEAKER: Dr. K. (Subbu) Subramanian, Director - Core Technology (SPT), High Performance Materials Sector, Saint- Gobain Co., Higgins Grinding Technology Center, Worcester, MA
	Today’s engineering work environment is multidisciplinary, global and requires engineers to work with different groups of people to accomplish objectives and develop relationships. Working within an organization (teams of people) involves planning, teamwork, cooperation, effective delegation, clear communication, scheduling and different levels of expectations. Developing an understanding for the expectations of your managers, customers, and colleagues can be a little overwhelming. This session will define ways to approach the demands of your organization and the relationships that you foster and how it affects the larger picture.

9:40 AM - 9:50 AM	Break

9:50 AM - 10:50 AM	Knowledge Transfer: Building Your Technical Expertise Across Generations MODERATOR: Anita Rebarchak, Manufacturing Process Engineer, Pratt & Whitney, East Hartford, Connecticut SPEAKERS: Joseph R. Ciras, EIT, BSME, Project Engineer and Health and Safety Coordinator, Ranor, Inc., Westminster MA Eric J. Ruggiero, Ph. D., Mechanical Engineer, Performance Technologies Lab, GE Global Research
	Building your technical expertise across generations is now becoming more critical than ever for your organization’s success and for your career. With a generation of engineers’ retirement is on the horizon, your window to enhance your own skills by acquiring their technical knowledge is shrinking. This session will explore strategies and tactics that will enable you to begin the process of developing mentoring relationships with the experienced engineers around you.

10:50 AM - 11:00 AM	Break

11:00 AM -12:00 PM	Project Management (Step 1): Creating a Roadmap for Success SPEAKER: Dr. Vijay Kanabar, Director of Project Management Programs, Boston University Metropolitan College
	Project management is essential in the world of “do more with less, faster.” But before starting a project, creating a roadmap will be one of the most important aspects for project development. This session will provide an overview of what is involved in the planning phase of a project. You’ll be able to realistically define the scope and critical paths of the project, create objectives/goals, techniques for gathering information, set up and manage your team, plan for contingencies and monitor project progress.

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch (on your own)

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Energy: Renewable and Alternative SPEAKER: Ron Edelstein, Director of Government and Regulatory Relations, Gas Technology Institute
	Between rising fuel costs and attempts by the international community to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, alternative and renewable energy sources are gaining popularity. International agencies support alternative energy activities by funding basic and applied research as well as providing assistance for the installation of new energy conversion and production facilities. This session aims to provide a high level discussion of activities and programs happening in the U.S. and abroad to counteract shrinking fossil fuel reservoirs.

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	Break

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM	Nanoscience & Engineering SPEAKER: Dr. Ahmed A. Busnaina, William Lincoln Smith Chair Professor and Director of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, High-rate Nanomanufacturing and the Center for Nano and Microcontamination Control, Northeastern University, National Science Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts
	From life sciences to materials science, nanoscale methods are being employed to push the boundaries of traditional research. Increasingly the fields of nanomanufacturing and nanofabrication are providing the valuable last-steps to transform these core discoveries from high cost lab wonders into products that can be mass-produced at a low cost. Drugs that are delivered via nanoparticles and materials assembled from carbon nanotubes will be common in the near future. This session is aimed to provide a glimpse into the future of nanoscience in the engineering world.

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM	Break

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM	Design: Concept to Reality SPEAKER: Toby Varghese, Production Test Engineer, Pratt & Whitney, East Hartford, Connecticut
	The design process does not occur in a vacuum. A successful design requires the inputs of several groups – from marketing, sales, customers, engineers, and manufacturers. In today’s economic environment, it is not enough to build a “good” product; it must be the best and able to compete on a global marketplace. This session aims to provide insight into how a design moves from concept to reality and how the internal and external customers drive improvements in order to make the best product available.

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