Career Fair Exhibitor Descriptions

							Career Fair Exhibitor Descriptions

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc (TEMA)
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc (TEMA) includes R&D and
manufacturing operations. TEMA is headquartered in Kentucky, with operations in 7 states. The
company is responsible for North American vehicle development, engineering, design, advanced
research and Toyota’s growing manufacturing activities. Currently TEMA employs over 38,000
people. By 2008, Toyota will have the annual capacity to build nearly 2 million cars and trucks,
1.44 million engines, and 600,000 automatic transmissions in North America. To view all of our
current opportunities, please go to our careers website at http://www.toyota.com/jobs and submit
your electronic resume. Take a good look at Toyota. You’ll be glad you did! EOE/AA Employer

UOP (A Honeywell Company)
UOP has been delivering cutting-edge technology to the petroleum refining, gas processing,
petrochemical production and major manufacturing industries for over 90 years. UOP engineers
have generated thousands of patents, leading to important advances in process technology, and
equipment design. UOP advances create cleaner technologies and processes for a healthier
global environment.

National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES)
NCEES is a national non-profit organization composed of engineering and surveying licensing
boards representing all U.S. states and territories. NCEES writes and scores the exams required
for engineering and surveying licensure. Contact Information: P.O. Box 1686, Clemson, SC
29633-1686, Phone: 800-250-3196, Fax: 864-654-6033, Email: outreach@ncees.org, Web:
www.engineeringlicensure.com. Products/Services: Engineering and Surveying Licensure

Grogan Advisory Services
Grogan Advisory Services is an independent financial services firm offering Investment programs,
Five (5) distinctive financial plans, and Advisory services. As a partner with ASME, our financial
services are custom designed for your specific goals and offered at significant discounts to all
ASME members. Contact Information: Larry N. Grogan, President, Grogan Advisory Services,
151 Arrowwood Place, Malta, NY 12020, Phone: 518.899.6090 Securities offered through FFP
Securities, Inc. Member NASD/SIPC Investment Advisory Representative offering services
through FFP Advisory Services, Inc.

Purdue University (Engineering Professional Education)
Engineering Professional Education (ProEd), a division within the College of Engineering, delivers quality
academic opportunities to engineers with careers in progress. Online courses and master’s degrees are
available in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Electrical and Computer, Industrial, and Mechanical
engineering. We also offer our own multidisciplinary Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) degree that
is designed for flexibility and can be customized to fit the needs of both professional engineers and
companies. A dual MSE-MBA degree program adds a management option for those aspiring to
leadership roles. In addition, ProEd delivers a variety of noncredit short courses taught online and in
person by our world-renowned faculty.
Purdue Engineering – a reputation for excellence and real world solutions.

ThomasNet.com
ThomasNet.com is where buyers and engineers from companies of all sizes, the government and
the military go to find industrial supplier websites, online product catalogs and CAD drawings. For
suppliers, ThomasNet provides a range of web solutions for creating information-rich websites
that help increase sales from new and existing customers. Contact Information: 5 Penn Plaza,
New York, New York, 10001, PHONE: 212-629-2100, FAX: 212-290-7365, EMAIL:
UserServices@ThomasNet.com, Web: www.ThomasNet.com
Sargent & Lundy LLC
Sargent & Lundy is a leader in professional services for electric power and energy intensive
clients. We provide comprehensive engineering & design, consulting, and analysis for thermal
power, nuclear power, and power delivery projects. Our "best in the business" staff is recognized
industry-wide as highly professional individuals and creative problem solvers.

NASA
NASA is much more than astronauts. The work of NASA is extensive and far reaching. Our work
ranges from the everyday operating of our facilities, to exploring the mind-boggling, furthest limits
of the past, present, and future of our universe. NASA civil service employees are responsible for
conducting aerospace research and development, managing resources, and operating our
NASA facilities. Working for NASA is truly a unique experience. Whether you are supporting the
programs that enable us to visit the outer planets, or are the very scientists and engineers that
make amazing discoveries, there is a place for you at NASA.

Boeing
Boeing Engineering, Operations & Technology supports Boeing's business units and growth
strategy by providing the right people, technologies, processes and performance worldwide. This
strategy is delivered in various ways by the primary organizational groups: Phantom Works,
Intellectual Property Management, and Information Technology. Through all its activities,
Engineering, Operations & Technology helps ensure the future success of Boeing by winning
strategic new programs, providing innovative technology and process solutions, enhancing and
protecting the company's intellectual capital, and fostering a culture of innovation.

Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
The Chicago Regional Section of the Society of Women Engineers, with over 300 members, is
one of the largest of the Society’s sections. The Chicago Regional Section covers all of the
Chicago land area - including Rockford and Northwest Indiana. The mission of SWE is
to stimulate women to achieve full potential in careers as engineers and leaders, expand the
image of the engineering profession as a positive force in the quality of life, and demonstrate the
value of diversity.

University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
The UIC Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE) offers outstanding and well-
balanced research-oriented programs of study leading to master’s and doctoral degrees in two
disciplines—Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering. In order to address
contemporary and emerging research issues of national and international importance, we have
strengthened and structured the ongoing research efforts in the department into four major
interdisciplinary research areas of emphasis: Biotechnology and Biomedical Systems,
Microsystems and Nanotechnology, Computing and Information Technology, and Energy and
Environmental Technology. Within each emphasis area, a broad range of cutting-edge
interdisciplinary topics is available for graduate research.
The UIC College of Engineering is recognized for its academic excellence with undergraduate
and graduate programs in six academic departments: Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering,
Civil and Materials Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.

Northwestern University
Northwestern University's Department of Mechanical Engineering is a leader in fundamental research in
several cutting edge technologies that are relevant to today's industry. Our graduate programs provide a
solid foundation for careers in industry, research labs, and academia. Northwestern's tradition of
interdisciplinary research provides students with exciting new opportunities in the broad areas of
Advanced Composites and Smart Materials, Computational Mechanics, Design and Manufacturing, Fluid
Dynamics, Intelligent Mechanical Systems, Micro- and Nano Electro-Mechanical Systems, and
Nondestructive Materials Characterization Tribology.

Purdue University Calumet
...is an academically comprehensive regional university and part of the world class Purdue University
system. Purdue University Calumet provides opportunities for qualified individuals who wish to work
towards a Master's degree in engineering. The engineering departments offer a strong interdisciplinary
program. All graduate faculty members have Ph.D. degrees from major universities and are active in
research. Purdue Calumet also offers professional certificates in 100+ fields of study, including such
traditional Purdue strengths as engineering and management/business.

Engineers Without Borders - USA (EWB)
ASME and Engineers Without Borders are teaming up to engineer a better world - and your student
section can help. ASME is now forming teams of engineering students, professional engineers and
engineering faculty to be an integral part of the projects. Multidisciplinary teaming is encouraged.
For more information go to http://www.asme.org/Communities/Students/Engineers_Borders_2.cfm

Engineering Management Certification Institute (EMCI)
Bridge that career gap from Engineering to Management. Take the exam and get certified!
Meet the growing demand in the industry for engineering managers. Enroll and participate in the
EMCI™ certification program and become globally certified in engineering management today.
To qualify for the EMCI exams you must hold a bachelor's degree or global equivalent in
engineering, science, or technology and 3-5 years of engineering practice experience.
www.engineeringcertification.org
Contact Heather Santa Maria at santamariah@asme.org. 212-591-8463

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
FIRST is a multinational non-profit organization, that aspires to transform culture, making science, math,
engineering, and technology as cool for kids as sports are today. Interested? Get involved and
experience again many of the reasons you chose engineering as a profession, meanwhile your employer
can contribute to the community while they prepare and create their future workforce. This unique
competition shows students that the technological fields hold many opportunities and that the basic
concepts of science, math, engineering and invention are exciting and interesting.
Log on for more details: http://www.asme.org/Events/Contests/Partnership.cfm

ASME Government Relations
Engineers have an important role to play in public policy making by providing government decision-
makers with the technical information to make informed decisions on increasingly complex issues. ASME
Government Relations is directed at affecting the outcome of issues identified by members, through the
biennial public policy agenda, as important to the practice of mechanical engineering in the public
interest. For more information, please contact Darnella Parks at parksd@asme.org.

ASME Web Feedback Program
ASME.ORG staff invites Early Career Engineers to provide constructive feedback on various aspects of
the ASME.ORG web site. Additionally, attendees will be able to sign up for ASME.ORG Feedback
Sessions occurring on Monday and Tuesday.

Center for Leadership & Diversity
The Center for L&D promotes leadership, diversity and inclusion throughout ASME by advising
governance and leadership on results, skills, strategies and tactics and by providing programs and
leadership training. The Center focuses on attracting, developing and retaining new and existing
members who will play key roles in enabling Society growth and organizational effectiveness, If you are
ready to make a difference in your career and want to gain leadership experience with high-level ASME
professionals, you are ready for the Early Career Leadership Intern Program to Serve Engineering
(ECLIPSE).

Knowledge & Communities Affinity Group: Young Engineers
Correspondents
The YEC is a grassroots network of early career volunteers organized to spur opportunities and
activities for early career members of ASME. Our primary focus is to educate and enable young
engineers to organize activities and events within existing organizations, such as senior sections
and divisions, and to organize groups of early career members at the local level in new, relevant
ways. Through these activities, we strive to increase the number of ASME-related opportunities
for early career engineers at the local level, and increase the number of early career members in
ASME. To sign up as a YEC, go to the ASME Communities of Practice at
http://cop.asme.org/COP.

Committee on Early Career Development
The growth and retention of early career professionals has been recognized throughout ASME as
one of the key initiatives to the future of the society. ASME has established the Committee on
Early Career Development (CECD), under the direction of the Center for Professional
Development, Practice and Ethics, to serve as the focal point for society initiatives and programs
pertaining to professionals early in their careers. Get to know the CECD at:
http://www.asme.org/Governance/Centers/Committee_Early_Career.cfm