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We're the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, with 90,000+ members in 135+ countries. Promoting engineering and allied sciences.

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It's back-to-school season, and our calendar is full of professional development and learning opportunities.
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The robot that could one day deposit medicine directly to a human organ
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Part of the @NASAInSight #MarsLanding process explained. The landing spot is called Elysium Planitia. #NASASocial @NASAJPL
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A 3D-printed copper-chromium-niobium alloy designed by @NASA can withstand temperatures up to 6,000°F:
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Hey engineers — let's connect. Like this tweet so we can follow you back!
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Our top post of 2022 was a timely one, featuring @masknerd ! Learn how Aaron Collins went from mechanical engineer to YouTube star:
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🎂 🎉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.
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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.
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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
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How Aaron Collins went from mechanical engineer to YouTube's @masknerd :
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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.
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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.
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🎊 🎁 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.
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What are you doing this weekend? You could 3D print battle armor for your cat.
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Happy #ValentinesDay ! We love everything that engineering represents: creativity, passion, and hard work. 💘 📹 : YouTube/Mark Galt; Imgur/aloofloofah
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We are here at @NASAJPL . Our introductory briefing starts soon! #NASASocial #MarsLanding
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This deep-sea rover can stay underwater for a year, gathering insight into how climate change is impacting our planet: @MBARI_News
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This is incredible! Experience @NASAInSight for yourself at . #MarsLanding #NasaSocial
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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.
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Starlab, the first free-flying commercial space station, is moving in! @Nanoracks
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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.
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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.
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Researchers are embedding metamaterials into concrete to produce electricity, opening the door to energy-harvesting building materials:
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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.
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A 3D-printed copper-chromium-niobium alloy designed by @NASA can withstand temperatures up to 6,000°F:
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What's next for space exploration? @BillNye of @exploreplanets discusses the dawn of the Space Age—and what we need to move forward.
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When you're a mechanical engineer, but not an ASME member 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩
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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:
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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.
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Starlab, the first free-flying commercial space station, is planning to move in! @Nanoracks
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This gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "switching gears."
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How it started How it’s going
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Is your resume the best it can be? 4 things you might have wrong: via @careercast
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A new algorithmic planner can delegate and divide labor between human and robot coworkers: @CMU_Robotics
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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.
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Why @Amytheengineer says embracing failure will make you a better engineer: @EFestsASME
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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.
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A new nanomaterial that's thinner than a human hair can absorb impacts from microparticles traveling at supersonic speeds: @Caltech
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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).
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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.
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Starlab, the first free-flying commercial space station, is planning to move in! @Nanoracks
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This deep-sea rover can stay underwater for a year, gathering insight into how climate change is impacting our planet: @MBARI_News
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Engineers are developing AI software that reads x-ray images and could detect brain bleeds, tumors, and more.
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It's #NYFW : a celebration of the #fashion industry's most creative thinkers. We wonder if any designers will be debuting 3D-printed collections, like this one from @Zac_Posen at the 2019 Met Gala: #3Dprinting @GEAdditive @Protolabs
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This website acts as Wikipedia for engineers, filled with open-source blueprints for hardware projects: 📸 : Carla Cargo /
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Comic book artists 🤝 engineers @deanhaspiel , Emmy and Ringo Award-winning comic book artist, shows us the clear connection between these two seemingly different occupations.
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Qualities you need for a career in engineering: ✅humility ✅empathy ✅resilience
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@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
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A 2,300 mile flight range. A 38-foot fuselage. And 0 pilots on board.
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Happy birthday to us! ASME was founded in New York City on this day in 1880. 🎉
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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:
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There are plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the future of the gas turbine industry! Here are a few of them:
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Are you ready for the American manufacturing transformation?
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Oh, the places you'll go with a degree in mechanical engineering!
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🎊 🎁 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.
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Mechanical engineers have unique abilities and skills, allowing them to work in exclusive and often dangerous situations:
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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 :
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🎂 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.
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🎂 Happy birthday, ASME! 🎂 We're 138 years old today. @ ASME (American Society of Mechanical…
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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:
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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.
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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!
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A 3D-printed copper-chromium-niobium alloy designed by @NASA can withstand temperatures up to 6,000°F:
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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
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A new body shape could help these planes cut carbon emissions by 30 percent.
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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:
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What does a successful career in mechanical engineering look like?
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What does a successful career in mechanical engineering look like?
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"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
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Nanotechnology can help revolutionize a handful of diverse industries. Here are 10 of them:
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The very first printed part...from 1983! #3dprinting #IMECE
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Happy birthday to the @Disneyland Monorail System, which opened on this day in 1959! #ASMELandmarks
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Using solar panels and artificial intelligence, @saildrone 's uncrewed vessels navigate the surface of the ocean by themselves!
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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 :
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Engineering is for everyone. Here is a list of resources that can aid Black engineers in the amazing projects they put into the world:
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Pulling water out of thin air isn't magic. It's mechanical engineering.
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A new nanomaterial that's thinner than a human hair can absorb impacts from microparticles traveling at supersonic speeds: @Caltech
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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
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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
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A 3D-printed copper-chromium-niobium alloy designed by @NASA can withstand temperatures up to 6,000°F:
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A new vibration signal analysis technique can lead to improved safety at nuclear power plants:
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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:
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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:
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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.
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This soft, robotic gripper is gentle enough to handle individual droplets, facilitating remote cleaning of biofluid spills: 📽️ : @CSUEngineering
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🗓️Calendar = full! Here are some upcoming ASME events to keep in mind:
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New engineers, here's how to take ownership of your projects—and how it can benefit your career
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We can always count on engineers to be inspired by nature -- this soft robot was inspired by the flexibility of a cheetah's spine!
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This record-setting aircraft never made it past the prototype stage.
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Nanotechnology can help revolutionize a handful of diverse industries. Here are 10 of them:
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This gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "switching gears."
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Oh, the places you'll go with a degree in mechanical engineering!
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There’s no one to change a flat tire on a Mars rover, so NASA engineers designed a tire made of metal.
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Manufacturers around the world are shifting gears to create essential medical supplies to help combat #covid19 . @Protolabs is no exception. #3Dprinting #coronavirus
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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
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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 .
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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:
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Engineering heals a broken heart! 💔 A student engineer created a device that helps people with heart problems live longer, healthier lives.
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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
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