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Welcome from the Chairs

ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE),
November 3-9, 2017, Tampa, FL, USA

We welcome you with the utmost pleasure to IMECE In closing, we hope that you enjoy IMECE 2017 and the
2017 in Tampa, aka ‘America’s Next Greatest City.’ city of Tampa. Fortunately, it seems that ‘Big Guava’
It is an exciting time for our mechanical engineering was spared from the absolute worst of Hurricane Irma.
discipline as it is poised to contribute greatly in The sun is now out in the Sunshine State. We will be all
overcoming the key technical challenges facing the over Congress throughout the week and hope to have
world, such as health care, transportation, space the chance to welcome personally each one of you!
exploration, product innovation & design, manufacturing,
energy, and the environment. Bringing inspired people Stephen D. Tse
from academia, industry, and government together in a 2017 IMECE Technical Program Chair
forum such as this helps to ensure that our approaches
and perspectives remain at the cutting edge, with ideas Francine Battaglia
that are both relevant and revolutionary. Our conference 2017 IMECE General Chair
comprises 20 Technical Tracks with over 2,200
presentations, spanning a diverse range of topics from Olesya I. Zhupanska
the fundamental to the applied. 2017 IMECE Technical Program Vice Chair

Apart from the technical sessions, the highlights of George Kardomateas
this week include: the Opening Reception (Sunday); 2017 Congress Steering Committee Chair
Undergraduate Student R&D Expo (Sunday); Opening
Breakfast Keynote (Monday) with Charles W. Hull, Rama Koganti
‘the father of 3D printing,’ Co-Founder and Chief 2017 Steering Committee Vice Chair
Technology Officer of 3D Systems; Honors Reception
and Assembly (Monday); Track Plenary Sessions Assimina Pelegri
(Tuesday and Wednesday); General Poster Session 2017 Steering Committee Senate Chair
(Wednesday); NSF Workshop and One-on-One Meetings
with Program Managers (Wednesday), and Closing
Plenary Luncheon (Thursday). The Conference Exhibit
runs from Sunday through Wednesday. We hope you
find the program to be interesting, stimulating, and
thought provoking.

Along with networking with your colleagues, you can
engage further with the community through ASME
divisions and technical committees, whose events you
can find listed in the program. The ASME Event Connect
App can assist you with scheduling the various activities
and social breaks.

We are extremely grateful for the tremendous efforts of
the dedicated volunteer organizers and outstanding
ASME Staff; they are the sine qua non. Most of all, we
thank each of you for making IMECE successful with
your expertise, commitment, and vision. You are our
ii society’s greatest asset.