Page 6 - ASME IMECE 2015 Program

IMECE offers a unique opportunity to bring together members of academia, industry, and government
to discuss a broad range of Mechanical Engineering topics. The 2015 IMECE theme is Engineering in Medicine and
Welcome Healthcare, and includes 20 multi-disciplinary tracks over 2200 podium and poster presentations. The breadth of
the technical tracks that have been organized by our track chairs and topic organizers is truly amazing and shows the
dedication of our volunteers.
from the IMECE will kick off with Sunday’s Opening Reception in the Exhibit Hall, giving us a chance to refresh our connections

Chairs and make new ones. Monday’s events begin with the keynote speaker Dr. William E. Cohn, Director of the Center for
Technology and Innovation, Associate Director of Laboratory Surgery Research in the Center for Cardiac Support; and
Director of the Cullen Cardiovascular Research Laboratory at the Texas Heart Institute. The focus of Dr. Cohn’s talk is
“Learning by Doing.”

The conference-wide breakfast and closing lunch sessions feature three exceptional speakers. At Tuesday’s breakfast, Sincerely,
we will hear Subhendu Ghosh, Executive Vice President, Global Engineering & Design Tata Technologies Limited, on
“Digital Manufacturing: Helping Create Products Better & Faster”. At Wednesday’s breakfast session, we are pleased
to host Dr. Hai Wang, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, who will speak on “Combustion and
Future Hybrid Propulsion Systems – Opportunities and Challenges.” At Thursday’s lunch session John Elbon, Vice
President and General Manager, Boeing Space Exploration, will discuss “Overview and Outlook for Human Space
Exploration”. We are truly honored to have these individuals speak at IMECE to give a broader perspective of the
challenges and successes that Mechanical Engineering can provide to the industrial and government arenas.
Ramakrishna Koganti
As a continuation of the highly popular “Invited Industry Speakers” series which started at IMECE 2014, we are excited
to have Dr. Bruno Barthelemy, Chief Engineer of Global Automotive Body Structures, Ford Motor Company, Dr. Andrey 2015 IMECE Technical
Filippov, Principal Technical Advisor, Halliburton, and Dr. Egidio Marotta, Systems Analysis & Modeling Manager, Systems Program Chair
Engineering and Advanced Technology (SEAT) Team, GE Oil & Gas and Stephen J. Szpunar, Advanced Mechanical and
Mechatronics System Design Manager, GE Oil & Gas. On Monday, November 16, Dr. Barthelemy will present “The 2015
F-150: The First Mass-Produced Aluminum Vehicle.” On Tuesday, November 17, Dr. Filippov will present “From Rule of Thumb
to Mathematical Physics Analysis: How Oil and Gas is Becoming High Tech Industry.” On Wednesday, November 18, Dr.
Marotta and Mr. Szpunar will present “A Systems Approach to Mechanical Design in O&G.” We are honored to have these
distinguished individuals give the industry state-of-the-art and perspective on these important topics.

Monday evening’s Honors Assembly spotlights some of the great contributions our society’s members have made. George Kardomateas
Tuesday’s featured event is the annual NSF-sponsored Micro/Nano Forum Poster competition, which brings together 2015 IMECE
researchers from across the Mechanical Engineering disciplines to share their findings in this growing area.
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Other IMECE highlights include Sunday’s Student Design Competition, Members and Students Luncheon, President’s
Luncheon as well as an exciting event to help draw and showcase the next generation of engineers to ASME and IMECE:
the Undergraduate Expo. This poster session, scheduled on Sunday night, features research performed by undergraduate
Mechanical Engineering students from around the world. We encourage everyone to attend and contribute to this
wonderful event—you may find the next graduate student or employee amongst the bright minds participating.

Additional events of interest include the ME Department Heads Forum and the Micro and Nano Forum Poster session.
The National Science Foundation will continue its active support of IMECE by holding the CBET/CMMI Info and New Francine Battaglia
initiatives session and the session on Proposal Writing. Also, the general poster session will be held on Wednesday 2015 IMECE Technical
afternoon during lunch time with the latest state-of-the-art research posters on a variety of topics encompassing the Program Vice Chair
essence of all track topics. Use the new ASME Event Connect App to schedule your time for these exciting activities!
There will also be many events hosted by the ASME divisions and committees, including the Heat Transfer Honors and
Awards Luncheon and the Applied Mechanics Dinner. Your participation in ASME division and committee meetings is the
pathway to helping us continue to improve the Society and future conferences such as IMECE.

An event of this magnitude requires the hard work and dedication of many people, from volunteer organizers to the
ASME staff and others too numerous to mention individually here. We want to thank the organizational support of the Aaron Knobloch
Congress steering committee, our operations team including our local section representatives, and the dedicated ASME 2015 Congress
staff with whom we have worked closely. The quality and breadth of the conference program is entirely due to the hard Steering Committee
work of our track chairs, topic and symposium organizers, session chairs, reviewers, and judges. These volunteers have
put forth an incalculable amount of effort to ensure that this conference has papers and presentations of innovativeness, Chair
substance, and quality. Finally, we want to recognize the authors, plenary, and keynote speakers whose contributions
and insights we have the pleasure of reading and listening to and whose time here is spent generously discussing and
exchanging ideas with us.
While attending the IMECE, please take the time to thank the ASME staff and volunteers who make IMECE run. We look
6 forward to meeting many of you in the halls of the convention center and hotel, at the special events, presentations, and
in technical sessions. We hope you enjoy IMECE!