The
Conference Coordinating Committee along with the sponsors, in keeping with
ASME's mission of "promoting and enhancing the technical competency and
professional well-being of our members," has organized this conference
as a forum for enabling early-career engineers and graduate students to
develop their "technical
credentials"
and to establish their "professional identity."
This
program is designed to enhance the ability of graduate students and early-career
engineers to compete in an ever more demanding and changing global market place
by providing and developing such skills as verbal and written communication, teamwork
and independent decision-making, system-level and integrated thinking, and Interdisciplinary
skills, and the demonstrated technical performance that will make them standout
among their peers.
In providing
conferences such as this, The Conference organizers hope to establish a bond between
ASME and the early-career engineer that encourages continued participation in
ASME activities, increased use of ASME resources and programs, and reinforces
the concept of "ASME for a Lifetime."
Click here to download the Conference Announcement in pdf format: ASME ECTC 2008 Announcement
WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE
Participation of graduate students, early-career engineers and early-career faculty members
is encouraged in three categories:
• Category A - Graduate Students
Graduate students, currently enrolled in a
Mechanical Engineering graduate program at a college or university can submit
papers. Mechanical Engineering undergraduate students involved in research in
association with their supervising faculty and/or graduate student researchers
can also submit papers as first author. For details, contact the ECTC Chair.
• Category B - Early-Career Engineers
Recent
engineering graduates who received their B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. degree in
Mechanical Engineering or related fields between January 2003 and May 2008 can
submit papers in this category.
• Category C - Early-Career Faculty Members
Early-Career faculty are also encouraged to
submit papers.
THE ASSIGNMENT
• Submit papers, subject to the guidelines listed in the "Paper Submission
Rules" Section, for presentation at the ASME Early Career
Technical Conference, October 3-4, 2008.
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THE TOPICS
• Candidates may choose any subject matter that they have worked on or submitted
as part of their academic or professional career. Topics may encompass the full
range of mechanical engineering described by the 38 technical divisions of ASME
International.
• Category A - Graduate
Students are encouraged to submit papers on a topic related to past, current and
on-going projects related to their academic work.
• Category B - Early-Career Engineers are encouraged to submit papers on topics related
to their senior or graduate projects, or a topic related to their current work
activity. (Please Note: If you are submitting a topic related to work, be sure
you have your company's approval).
• Category C - Early-Career Faculty Members
are encouraged to submit papers on topics related to their area of expertise.
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THE REWARDS
• Certificate of Appreciation: All authors of accepted papers that comply with the submission rules
will receive a Certificate of Appreciation.
• Free Registration: Accepted paper presenters will be waived the entire amount of ECTC 2008
registration fees, which is $100. Hence, paper presenters will receive complimentary registration.
• Publication in ASME Early Career Technical Journal: Papers will be reviewed and selected for publication in the ASME Early Career Technical Journal.
• Complimentary ASME Journal: Authors who have papers selected for inclusion in the Journal will
receive a complimentary copy of the Journal on a specially prepared CD.
• Publication at ASME Website: All accepted papers will be posted at the ASME Conference Website
for easy access and wider dissemination of information.
Hence, the Conference papers will enjoy wider exposure and availability to the engineering community.
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WHY SHOULD YOU PARTICIPATE
This event provides an opportunity to gain experience
that engineers need in today’s workplace to
set you apart from other engineers and enhance your career progression.
• You will develop and refine your research and writing skills.
• Learn how to better prepare a technical paper or presentation.
• Learn multi-disciplinary knowledge from other presenters.
• You will gain invaluable
experience by practicing your presentation skills in front of a small
and friendly audience. This will prepare young engineers to make successful presentations
at other conferences and industrial settings.
• By authoring and presenting
a paper, you will be building your technical resume with a tangible
technical publication.
• You will gain technical recognition
for yourself and your school or company.
• You will meet and network with other early-career
engineers, faculty members, ASME senior members and leadership and learn more about the
profession.
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DEADLINES
• Last day to submit papers: August 10, 2008
• Notification of acceptance: September 1, 2008
• Final manuscripts and authorization form due: September 10, 2008
• ASME ECTC 2008 Conference: October 3-4, 2008
• All submissions will be made to Dr. Sabri Tosunoglu at tosun@fiu.edu.
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PAPER SUBMISSION RULES
The Conference Organization Committee will not accept papers which do not comply
with the submission rules.
• Submit your papers as defined in section titled Deadlines.
• Make sure that paper preparation guidelines as summarized in
document ASME Paper Format is closely followed.
• Submit the
Authorization Form along with the final submission of your paper.
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FORMAT
• Download the template file in MS doc format
and follow instructions for the required paper format:
ASME Paper Format
• For further questions on formatting, refer to ASME paper formatting guideline at the following link:
http://www.asme.org/Publications/ConfProceedings/Author/Formatting_Paper.cfm
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AUTHORSHIP
The Conference will accept authorship in three categories:
• Category A - Graduate Students: Authorship
shall be confined to the names of the student and faculty
member.
• Category B - Early-Career Engineers:
Authorship can include the name of the entrant and any member of the
company who has assisted or monitored the effort.
CO-AUTHORSHIP WITH THE NAME OF A CO-WORKER OR EMPLOYER IS ENCOURAGED.
• Category C - Early-Career Faculty:
Authorship can include the name of the faculty and any student or collaborator
who has assisted in the research effort. Although faculty member's presentation is encourgaed,
a co-author may present the paper in this category.
•
It
is ASME policy that all those who have participated significantly in
the technical aspects of an ASME paper should be recognized as co-authors
or cited in the acknowledgments.
• The author name shall consist of first name,
middle initial, and last name.
• Affiliation shall identify the name of School
or Employer and their location (name of place and State).
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AUTHOR'S EXPENSES
• The conference does not pay the expenses incurred by authors in connection with the preparation of
papers and attendance at meetings to present them.
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CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS RESPONSIBILITY
• Statements
and opinions advanced in papers are to be understood as individual
expressions of their authors and not those of the Conference Organizers.
PROPRIETARY/OWNERSHIP OF PRINTED MATERIAL
• While the authors can own all proprietary rights to the material published
in the Early Career Technical Journal, it is recommended that acknowledgements
be made to the Early Career Technical Journal.
This enables on-going research material to be used for presentation/publication in the Journal.
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REVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE
• It
is the policy of the Conference Organizers and The American
Society of Mechanical Engineers to accept for publication
only original contributions to the engineering literature.
In most cases, this means that a paper should incorporate
substantial new information not previously published,
except it can be a part of on-going or completed research/thesis
work. Under certain circumstances, reviews or collations
or analyses of information previously published in scattered
form may be acceptable. Material that is not original must
be noted by footnotes
and/or bibliography.
• Receipt
of a manuscript by a review committee does not constitute
acceptance for presentation and publication by the Journal
editor. All manuscripts and author-prepared papers accepted
are subject to editing.
APPROVALS AND CLEARANCE
• It
is the author's responsibility to secure such company approvals
as may be required. Government clearance on Classified
material should be obtained where necessary. If approvals
or clearances are involved, the original manuscript should
note that these have been obtained. Material not approved
should be omitted from the manuscript.
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PAPER REVIEW
The Early Career Technical
Journal editor will review papers for:
• Adherence to submission rules
• Originality
of Work
• Engineering Relevance
• Scientific
Relevance
• Completeness of the Reported Work
• Acknowledgement
of the Work of Others
• Organization of the Work
• Clarity
in Writing, Tables, Graphs and Illustrations
• Acceptability
of the Papers for Publication in the Journal
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INQUIRIES AS
THEY RELATE TO THE TECHNICAL CONTENT
Direct all inquiries by e-mail to the Chair or Co-Chair of the
Conference Technical Committee:
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Dr. Sabri Tosunoglu, Chair
Conference Technical Committee
Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Florida International University
Miami, Florida
Email: tosun@fiu.edu
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Dr. Yong Tao, Co-Chair
Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Florida International University
Miami, Florida
Email: taoy@fiu.edu |
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