Your Invitation to the Honors Assembly at the 2014 Congress

Your Invitation to the Honors Assembly at the 2014 Congress Your Invitation to the Honors Assembly at the 2014 Congress On Monday, Nov. 17, at 600 p.m., ASME will present its 2014 Honors Assembly, held in conjunction with the Societys International Mechanical Engineering Congress in Montreal, Canada. This impressive and dramatic audiovisual experience will be one Congress fest you wont want to miss. I am pleased to announce the following recipients to be recognized for their accomplishments at this years Assembly the Ralph Coats Roe Medal to Adam Hart-Davis the Melvin R. Green Codes and Standards Medal to James W. Coaker the Kate Gleason Award to Ursula M. Burns the Nancy Deloye Fitzroy and Roland V. Fitzroy Medal to Xiang Zhang Honorary Membership to Warren R. DeVries, Robert E. Nickell, Pol D. Spanos and the ASME Medal to Van C. Mow. The Honors Assembly is a free Congress event and everyone is invited to attend. A reception for all the Honors Assembly attendees will be held at 500 p.m. preceding the Honors Assembly. During this time, you will have the opportunity to personally meet and congratulate the award recipients, network with colleagues, meet old friends and make new acquaintances. For those wishing to join the honorees at the Honors Dinner, tickets can be purchased at the ASME Registration Desk. On behalf of the ASME Committee on Honors, I hope you will join us for this special evening. Sincerely, Cristina Amon, ChairASME Committee on Honors Marriner Merrill (second from left), secretary of the NEES Executive Committee, at the 2013 Micro and Nano Forum, where he served as a judge.

9 Email Mistakes That Could Cost You the Job Offer

9 Email Mistakes That Could Cost You the Job Offer9 Email Mistakes That Could Cost You the Job Offer When youre job hunding, youre on high alert for every mistake you can possibly make you run your resume by every friend you have, carefully craft a cover letter , scrutinize every detail you put into the job application and spend hours preparing for your bewerberinterview.But did you ever stop to think that you could make it all the way to a final interview only to lose the job offer to something as small as an email?Jennie Ellis, founder and CEO of Recruiting Bandwidth , wants job hunters to understand that every interaction they have with a prospective employer reflects on them, and that goes for the highly visible parts of a job hunt (like a resume, cover letter, application, and interview) and the behind-the-scenes communication that goes on in an email inbox.If you want to make sure youre presenting yourself professionally at all times, make sure youre not makin g these nine common email mistakesThe way you communicate should express respect, and that starts with being accurate and honest. Make sure youre using email subjects that convey exactly what you mean, not clickbait email headlines that encourage the reader to open but leave them disappointed in the content.I dont appreciate an intrusive, alarmist approach, explains Ellis. For example, in email subject stating someone has an urgent need to speak to me, but when I open it, its just a solicitation for a job. Simply be transparent - include the position title in the subject, or if you were referred by someone who knows the recipient, state that.In the Internet age, addressing an email To whom it may concern or an incorrect name often shows a lack of initiative - more often than not, that information is available online. Furthermore, out-of-touch salutations can be a clue for recruiters and hiring managers that you may not fit in with the culture .For example, some women dont typical ly like being addressed as Ms. or Mrs. in email, says Ellis. If someone did this to me I would think they were old school and did not get our informal tech culture.One danger of communicating with prospective employers by email is that you have plenty of time to linger on your draft until it expands into a mini-treatise on why you should be hired . Skip the long correspondence and try to keep your emails to 3-5 sentences or less.Long, rambling emails when I didnt ask for one in the first place assumes that I have nothing better to do than listen to a candidate go on about themselves, explains Ellis. Instead, think about what is the most important thing you need to convey and be clear and concise about it.You dont want to treat an email like a 10-page term paper, but you also dont want to treat it like a text to your best friend. No matter how informal a company culture, youll always need to write with full words, full sentences and good grammar and spelling.I cannot stand it when p eople use text acronyms in email messages in something that should be as formal as a cover letter, says Ellis. It shows an immaturity and disrespect for a job seeker to be that informal to someone they dont know.Using email to build a strong relationship with a recruiter or hiring manager is not the saatkorn thing as assuming you have a personal relationship right from the start. Strive to keep your tone warm, but not too intimate.Avoid anything that sounds too personal, says Ellis. Even Very best regards could be construed as too personal. After all, why would someone give me their very best regards if they dont even know me? For all they know, I could be a total jerk, so that feels inauthentic.Recruiters get it - you may be a very busy, in-demand candidate trying to coordinate interviews and follow-up materials with several companies at a time. But thats no excuse to send everyone the same content.Sending vague emails that are clearly part of a massive blind copy blast is a b ig mistake, says Ellis. Many recruiters are screening your emails to see if you pay attention to details, and getting obviously copy-and-paste responses without any personal details is a big red flag .Theres a time and place for experimenting with the way you work, but its not in the way you communicate with a recruiter or hiring manager . The only thing that should stand out about you in the interview process is the quality and efficiency of your work.Recruiters read email for the content, not for the creative expression through color and format, explains Ellis. Style choices like offbeat formatting and colored or oddly large font does not give off the most professional vibe, and smiley faces and lack of paragraph breaks just send a confusing message.Your email address should be some combination of your first name, initials and last name. Anything else should be reserved exclusively for personal use.Using an inappropriate personal email address to apply for jobs is really unprofe ssional and it may affect whether or not the hiring manager takes you seriously, says Ellis. For example, I once had an email from stoner54 come through the ATS once, and I thought it was a jokeIn a competitive job market, theres a lot of pressure to express your interest in a position. Unfortunately, this can lead a lot of candidates to be more aggressive than they should be, which runs the risk of turning off the hiring manager. Youre better off directing your energy to following directions for applying for a job and carefully reading all of the instructions you receive throughout the interview process - and nothing more. Emailing too often in the course of an interview process - especially if youve been told to expect a reply in a couple of days - can be very frustrating for a recruiter, says Ellis. Likewise, not responding in a timely manner to an email that necessitates a response from the potential employer can take you out of the running for a job.

Finding the Heat in Brain Surgery

Finding the Heat in Brain Surgery Finding the Heat in Brain Surgery Finding the Heat in Brain SurgeryTheres a reason brain surgery is used as a way to describe something that is challenging. If a surgeon is off by a certain percentage from the target on your leg or your arm, the odds of serious repercussions are less than if it happens with our most important organ.The NeuroBlate System, once called the AutoLITT System, may become an addition to many surgeons tool kits. According to the Dayton Daily News, the heat-focused device has been utilized by the Kettering Medical Center for brain neoplasie surgery.Soft TissueRichard Tyc, vice-president of technology and advanced development for Monteris Medical Corporation and a mechanical engineer, explains the workings of the device.Our device is cleared for use by the FDA and Health Canada, but cleared as a tool, he says. It is for soft tissue coagulation.The device typically raises temperatures to 60 degrees Celsius or less, says Tyc, who has both a bachelors degree in mechanical and industrial engineering from the University of Manitoba and a masters degree in mechanical engineering from the same university. But part of the key to its function is how it drills small holes to gain access to a target, something far from easy when it comes to the brain. In fact, the smallest muster is 2.2 millimeters in diameter, he says.The NeuroBlate System is a combination of hardware, software and disposable surgical devices used with an existing MRI scanner. Image MonterisAccording to Monteris.com, the laser energy comes from a gas-cooled fiber-optic probe, and its minimally invasive nature may help when it comes to blood loss.The technology monitors in real time and gets real-time feedback, Tyc says.The NeuroBlate provides control so the heating progression can go where someone wants it to go, he says. This can be an advantage when trying to get to a target that is irregularly shaped.The probe inserts to a target through a minib olt. Titanium then attaches to what is being drilled through, Tyc explains, adding that the probe flies through that, going through a probe driver.It attaches to the bolt and probe with motion, he says. You can work with the position of the target.The robotic driver probe can manipulate the tip of the probe while the surgeon can work remotely, he says. All equipment, including the cooling technology and the laser, pass through an equipment room. There is a remote monitoring station where an MRI technician works with a scanner and, in the same room, the surgeon is interfacing with a work station.MRI imaging is definitely a core technology for this system, he adds.But its not just heat thats involved. According to Tyc, the probe is also cooled, which is critical to preventing heating-related problems and protects the tip that delivers the energy, along with tissue near the probe.As for the future of the system, mora research is needed, says Tyc.Having technology in neurosurgery be ado pted can be a process. Were pursuing more evidence-based work when it comes to its success. We have a clinical trial program. Were looking for new ways it can be used for simplicity and ease of use.Eric Butterman is an independent writer. For Further DiscussionHaving technology in neurosurgery be adopted can be a process. Were pursuing more evidence-based work when it comes to its success.Richard Tyc, Monteris Medical Corporation