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To: Mechanical Engineering
Division Chair and Officers
From: B. K. Hodge
Candidate for ASEE PIC I Chair
 By now you should have received the December
issue of the ASEE Prism. Biographical sketches for the
candidate for various ASEE positions, including the Chair of
Professional Interest Council I (PIC I), are included in that
issue. As a candidate for Chair of PIC I, I am sending this to
officers of the various divisions in PIC I.
PIC I includes the following divisions: Aerospace Engineering,
Architectural Engineering, Biological and Agricultural Engineering,
Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering,
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering Economy, Engineering
Management, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing, and Mechanical
Engineering. Thus, PIC I represents a wide range of important
disciplines and encompasses divisions with both large and small
membership numbers. From a personal standpoint, I always find
the ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition to be an invigorating
and re-charging event. At the heart of what is done in the ASEE
are the divisions, and PIC I division membership includes a substantial
portion of the engineering faculty in the United States that
are ASEE members.
On the basic level, the PIC I chair is the conduit from the PIC
I divisions to the ASEE Board of Directors for matters of concern
to the divisions. Additionally, the PIC I chair serves to pass
information from the Board to the PIC I division members via
the PIC I business meeting at the ASEE Annual Conference and
Exhibition and correspondence with division officers. This meeting
is typically held on Sunday afternoon at the beginning of the
Conference and is usually attended by division chairs and other
interested division members. However, the efforts of the PIC
I chair are more fruitful if a continuous dialog is maintained
with division officers so that information may be passed to the
Broad at all scheduled meetings, not just the Annual Conference.
In PIC I we have been fortunate to have J. P. Mohsen and John
Lamancusa as chairs the last few years. If elected I intend to
follow in their paths to help the divisions in PIC I.
As a candidate I am soliciting your vote and support as Chair
of PIC I. The short biographical sketch in the Prism delineates
my participation in the ASEE at the national, division, and section
levels. Divisions working together can certainly accomplish more
than division working separately. If I become PIC I chair, I
plan to enhance divisional cooperation and to maximize the effectiveness
of the ASEE for PIC I divisions.
Please remind the members of your division to vote in the ASEE
elections.
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