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General Information
• Welcome Reception and Banquet Dinner/Keynote (Thursday) You can apply for ASME membership by registering online. Alternatively,
• Daily Lunches you can call: 1-800-THE-ASME (800-843-2763) or outside North America
• Exhibits 973-882-1167 and ASME will mail you an application, or you can e-mail to
• Opportunity to attend Technical Facility Tours request an application.
One-Day Includes:
• Electronic Access to the Final Papers For questions about the conference, hotel, and registration please
• Lunch and Conference Breakfast on selected day contact:
Mary Jakubowski, CMP
Manager, Conferences & Events
Tel: 212-591-7637
Fax: 212-591-7856
• Session-break refreshments on selected day Email: jakubowskim@asme.org
• Exhibits “No shows” are not refundable and are liable for the
full registration fee.
• You may purchase a Banquet ticket separately if your one day is on
Wednesday or Friday. Please note: First time non-members who pay full conference rate
will be eligible for one free year membership in ASME. You can apply
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT: online by going to https://www.asme.org/about-asme/professional-
membership.
Every published paper, presentation and panel presentation must
identify a designated presenter. Every presenter must register and pay TECHNICAL TOURS
the applicable conference fees. If not, the paper will not be included
for publication in the proceedings and accompanying presentation THE MONONGAHELA INCLINE TOUR
information will be removed from the conference program. Date: Friday, April 20, 2018
Time: 8:15 am – 12:00 pm
CANCELLATIONS: Cost: $5.00
All cancellation requests must be made in writing and faxed. Cancellations JRC attendees are invited to tour the Monongahela Incline. Known as the
made through March 15, 2018 will receive a full refund, less a $100 “Mon Incline”, it is a funicular located near the Smithfield Street Bridge in
administration fee. Refunds will be made within four weeks of the end of Pittsburgh that was built by John Endres and finished on May 28th, 1870.
the conference. Refunds are not available beginning March 16, 2018. “No As such, it is one of the remaining inclines to remain in service and is the
shows” are not refundable and are liable for the full registration fee oldest continuously operating funicular in the United States. It is one of
the surviving inclines from the original 17 passenger-carrying inclines built
ASME TRAVEL POLICY: in Pittsburgh starting in the late 19th century. There were several freight
inclines built in Pittsburgh, but none remain. Designated as a NATIONAL
ASME is not responsible for the purchase of non-refundable airline tickets HISTORIC MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LANDMARK, on May 11, 1977 by
or the cancellation/change fees associated with canceling a flight. ASME the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, it is a prime example of
retains the right to cancel a course/conference up until 3 weeks of the ingenuity and longevity.
scheduled presentation date.
We will leave the Omni hotel for a short walk to the LRT station at Steel
ASME PRESENTER ATTENDANCE POLICY: Plaza. Once we arrive at the Station Square LRT station, we will walk the
short distance to the lower Mon Incline station. After inspecting the lower
Paper information should not be used for citation purposes. According to facility, we will be treated to a tour of the upper station and wheel house
ASME’s presenter attendance policy, if a paper is not presented at the and explore the maze of wheel, pulleys and drives that propel the incline.
conference, the paper will not be published in the official Archival
Proceedings, which are registered with the Library of Congress, and are The Monongahela Incline is operated by the Port Authority of Allegheny
abstracted and indexed. The paper also will not be published in the ASME County, which operates the bus and Light Rail Transit system in Pittsburgh.
Digital Library, and may not be cited as a published paper.
MCCONWAY & TORLEY FACILITY TOUR
MEMBERSHIP: Date: Friday, April 20, 2018
Time: 8:15 am - 12:00 pm
It is easy to apply, and the benefits include the fellowship and recognition Cost: $25.00
from being associated with one of the largest engineering societies in the Capacity: 30
world. ASME members and student members, and members from select
countries can receive a discount to the conference registration.
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*Please note these tours run simultaneously so you can only choose one.
