🎂 🎉It's our birthday! The very first ASME meeting was held February 16, 1880, exactly 140 years ago. Here's a snippet of what the
@nytimes
wrote about us back then.
For centuries, engineers have documented "simple machines": the lever, the pulley, the screw, the wheel and axle, the inclined plane, and the wedge. While engineering has moved beyond the simple machines, they were a starting point for modern innovations.
It's almost time for
@NASAInSight
to arrive on Mars, and ASME will be at
@NASAJPL
for the landing! What would you like to know about InSight?
#NASASocial
Happy birthday, Nikola Tesla! The engineer and inventor was born today in 1856.
This incredible photo is a double exposure. The Tesla coil was photographed first, and then Tesla himself was photographed reading calmly in his chair.
For centuries, engineers have documented "simple machines": the lever, the pulley, the screw, the wheel and axle, the inclined plane, and the wedge. While engineering has moved beyond the simple machines, they were a starting point for modern innovations.
🎊 🎁 Today is a special day! On February 16, 1880, a meeting was held in New York to establish the group that would become the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Here's what the
@nytimes
published about the meeting.
Fighting climate change with vodka—that's a new one!
@AirCoNYC
is a carbon utilization company that fights climate change by converting captured CO2 into ethanol-based products and sustainable aviation fuel.
Ever wondered how the cars of a train are connected? The semi-automatic knuckle-style coupler was a step toward safer train operation. Previously, rail workers had to climb between cars to connect them! After adopting knuckle couplers, rail worker accidents dropped 81 percent.
Ever wondered how the cars of a train are connected? The semi-automatic knuckle-style coupler was a step toward safer train operation. Previously, rail workers had to climb between cars to connect them! After adopting knuckle couplers, rail worker accidents dropped 81 percent.
For centuries, engineers have documented "simple machines": the lever, the pulley, the screw, the wheel and axle, the inclined plane, and the wedge. While engineering has moved beyond the simple machines, they were a starting point for modern innovations.
Get ready!
#IMECE2019
is coming to Salt Lake City, Utah USA in November.
✔️ 17 tracks
✔️ 3 expert keynote speakers
✔️ 4 days of exhibits
✔️ Countless opportunities for networking and collaboration
Learn more:
One way to fight climate change: capture and liquefy carbon onsite to help eliminate CO2 emissions.
Hear from engineer and SVP at CarbonQuest, Doug Staker, who gives a tour of this first-of-its-kind carbon-capture system.
Virtual reality is useful in a variety of industries, but one of the coolest displays of it we've seen so far is in
@Boeing
's training for their 2021 Starliner mission! Using
@varjodotcom
, astronauts can train for every part of a mission entirely through VR.
Today, we're celebrating
#InternationalWomeninEngineeringDay
! There's still a long way to go, but between 1970 and 2019, women advanced from 3% of engineering workers to 15%. As more women join the field, we're excited for the future of engineering.
This is the fastest commercial electric train in the world. The Shanghai Transrapid, a magnetic levitation train, reaches a peak speed of 431 km/h (268 mph) during regular service. Amazingly, the train can travel even faster—during a 2003 test, the train hit 501 km/h (311 mph).
If you're lucky enough to have an air-conditioned spot to cool off, thank an engineer! Willis Carrier invented the first air conditioning unit in 1902.
Comic book artists 🤝 engineers
@deanhaspiel
, Emmy and Ringo Award-winning comic book artist, shows us the clear connection between these two seemingly different occupations.
@LockheedMartin
's Danielle Richey talks to ASME about the possibility of livable villages on the moon and more. Hear more on the latest episode of TechCast:
#space
#moon
In the United States, there are 129 reservoirs with more than 1 million acre-feet of capacity, and they cumulatively can hold nearly 400 million acre-feet of water. Let's take a look at these giant feats of engineering:
🎊 🎁 It's a big day for us! On this day in 1880, mechanical engineers from eight states met in New York to establish the group that would become the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Here's what the
@nytimes
published about the meeting.
What are the White House's goals for nuclear energy—and how can engineering help make these goals a reality? Learn more from Dr.
@katyhuff
, Assistant Secretary of
@GovNuclear
:
🎂 Happy 139th birthday, ASME! Our first meeting was held in 1880 in the building shown here, the offices of American Machinist magazine in New York City.
What kind of mechanical engineering work is being done in space? Find out when ASME welcomes Dr. Mike Roberts, chief scientist of
@ISS_CASIS
, on April 25. Sign up now to learn more about the research happening now in low-earth orbit:
For centuries, engineers have documented "simple machines": the lever, the pulley, the screw, the wheel and axle, the inclined plane, and the wedge. While engineering has moved beyond the simple machines, they were a starting point for modern innovations.
What if you could fly faster than the speed of sound—without a sonic boom? Engineers at
@NASA
and
@LockheedMartin
are working on a plane that can do just that!
Congratulations to this year's winners of the
@MEngineeringMag
Emerging Technology Awards! The awards recognize five ascending technologies that are poised to transform their fields—and the world we live in.
#MEAwards2018
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a handheld device that can extract water from the air using only the power of sunlight, even in arid conditions:
"Declaring a minor to your engineering major is like ordering something on the side—it’s not a full course, but it can make the meal even better." -
@Cal_Engineer
What are the White House's goals for nuclear energy—and how can engineering help make these goals a reality? Learn more from Dr.
@katyhuff
, Assistant Secretary of
@GovNuclear
:
This robot from
@AMPRobotics
is equipped with an AI-enabled vision system, allowing it to recognize unique recyclable materials and sort them accordingly.
#robot
#AI
This whale of a plane is one of the largest aircraft ever built! The Airbus Beluga XL has 78,000 cubic feet of cargo capacity and a maximum takeoff weight of 227,000 kg (500,449 lb).
📸: Wikimedia Commons/Julien.jeany
Learn how to use Finite Element Analysis to simulate real-world conditions and find vulnerabilities in your design prototypes by registering for this upcoming Virtual Classroom course:
Watching
@BattleBots
can be intense, but what's the experience like for the competitors? Find out in our December 7 webinar with Team RoboGym, sponsored by
@fictiv
. Register:
Have you ever seen an elevator like this? A paternoster lift is a series of open compartments on a continuous loop. There are no buttons, no doors, and no stops! Construction of new paternosters was stopped in the 1970s due to safety concerns—but hundreds are still in use today.
Have you created your summer bucket list yet? Make sure to include the Falkirk Wheel, a rotating boat lift in Scotland, to see an engineering marvel in action!
#ExploreWithASME
Credit: Wikimedia Commons/David Iliff
Introducing the new Special Report from
@MEngineeringMag
focusing on the latest trends and market intelligence in manufacturing.
Support for this special report is provided by
@Markforged
and
@PTC
.
Would you believe us if we told you that this is an electric car, and that it was manufactured in 1915? It's true! Learn more about the early history of EVs right here:
Drones are all fun and games...until they're not. That's why
@Raytheon
has developed a system that laser-zaps threatening drones right out of the sky.
#drones
#laser