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Desmond Y R CHONG Section Chair 2011/12Desmond Y.R. CHONG, Section Chair 2011/12Section Activities Report (2011-2012)

Asia Pacific District Operating Board MeetingAsia Pacific District Operating Board Meeting21-22 April 2012

S l S th KSeoul, South Korea

21st Exco (2011/2012)( )

Eileen Fong, Saravanan Velayutham, Anne Phanikumar, Ng Teng Yong, Benjamin Koh, Wyren Tan

Wong Chee How, Henry Wong, Desmond Chong, Li Hua, Choo Jian Huei

Wong Chee How, Henry Wong, Desmond Chong, Li Hua, Choo Jian Huei

Not in Picture: Leong Yee Hong

21st Exco (2011/2012)( )

Technical Seminar

• PSIG/ASME-SG invited Mr Don Frikken (an internationally recognized• PSIG/ASME-SG invited Mr Don Frikken (an internationally recognized authority in piping design) for a talk on the differences between ASME B31.1 and B31.3 and when to use which.

• Seminar was held on 3 July 2011.

• Well attended by 40-50 participants (ASME and non-ASME members).

Technical Seminar• Seminar on "Corrosion Protection of Steel & Coating Application“ co-

i d b ASME SG d J t Si 16 S t b 2011organised by ASME-SG and Jotun Singapore – 16 September 2011.• Attended by about 30 ASME members and non-members.

Technical Seminar

• Technical talk by Professor Roger Kamm (MIT) entitled “Computational y g ( ) pBiology” at Nanyang Technological University – 2 November 2011.

Th t lk i iti t d b D Li H (I di t P t Ch i ) d• The talk was initiated by Dr Li Hua (Immediate Past Chair) and sponsored by ASME-SG.

• ASME and non-ASME members were invited.

Technical Seminar• Technical support for conference “API Singapore 2012” (American

P t l I tit t ) 6 8 M h 2012Petroleum Institute) – 6-8 March 2012.• ASME-SG were given five complimentary tickets to the conference.

ASME-SG/HDB Competition

C i d b ASME• Co-organised by ASME-SG, NUS & NTU StudentSections with Housing Development Board (HDB).

• Competition is held fromCompetition is held from October 2011 to August 2012.Phase 1 University• Phase 1 – University category.

• Phase 2 – Junior College and Polytechnic category.


Phase 1 / Stage 1: University CategoryPhase 1 / Stage 1: University Category.

Held at NUS Engineering LT 6 – Oct 2011.

Ki k t t th fi t d f HDB ASME C lKick start the first round of HDB-ASME Cool Ideas for better HDB living.

Over 40 registered teamsOver 40 registered teams.


Ph 1 / St 2 U i it C tPhase 1 / Stage 2: University Category.

Held at HDB Centre of Building Research –

F b 2012Feb 2012.

Display and judging of prototypes.

9 teams from stage 1.

ASME-SG/HDB CompetitionPhase 2 / Stage 1: JC/Poly Category.

Held at NTU – Mar 2012.

Phase 2 / Stage 2 to be held in Jul 2012.

Final awards presentation to be held in

August 2012.


Student organisers with HDB staff.

Phase 2 in NTU

Phase 1 in NUS

Social Events

• Professor Roger Kamm, ASME Fellow (MIT) and his wife wereFellow (MIT) and his wife, were our Guests-of-Honour.

Social Events

J i d b i d t d t• Joined by senior and student section members.

Early Career Engineers Initiativey g

• Early Career Engineers Initiative led by Mr Wyren Tan Qin Han, ASME and PSIG member, and Early Career Engineer Correspondent (Singapore).

• Attended LTC 2012 under the Early Career Delegate Program.

• To organise a forum on “Entrepreneurship and Design” for final year undergraduates (with NTU and NUS student sections) – 30 August 20122012.

• In plan to set up:- ASME-SG Young Engineers section.- Online forum for young engineers.

M t t i Si

- Mentor-mentee program in Singapore.

Students’ Organisations Sponsorships

• Singapore Polytechnic annual Merit Award (Mechanical• Singapore Polytechnic annual Merit Award (Mechanical Engineering) – S$200.

• Singapore Polytechnic and Singapore Science Centre have proposed to create a “Young Engineer Badge” to encourage more participation of Singapore’s youth in engineering. ASME-SG logo p p g p y g g gwill be included in the badge.

Student Sections

Nanyang Technological University (NTU SS)

National University of Singapore (NUS SS)

Student SectionsIndustrial Visits (NUS):• Keppel • BCA• Emerson • ExxonMobil

Student SectionsIndustrial Visits (NTU):• SAESL• SAESL • Shell• ST Marine

Student SectionsAnnual Bazaar (NUSSS).

Held at Central Forum for 3 days.

Upcoming Eventsp g• Technical visit to Housing Development Board Centre for Building Research – 12

May 2012.

• PSIG/ASME-SG Technical Seminar on “Risk-Based Management” – 7 gSeptember 2012.• Speakers to be invited include:

- Mr Jia Guodong Vice President China Special Equipment Inspection andMr Jia Guodong, Vice President, China Special Equipment Inspection and Research Institute.- Mr Michael Marerkurth, Consultant, Riccardelli Consulting Services, Inc.

Ol Si Pt Ltd ( k t b d t i d)- Olympus Singapore Pte Ltd (speaker to be determined).

• ASME Singapore Section Yearbook “The Mechanical Engineer” 14th edition – to be published in August 2012.

• Autodesk sponsored design competition to be organised by NTUSS in August

utodes spo so ed des g co pet t o to be o ga sed by USS ugust2012.

Others

• Our Chair Chair-Elect and Hon Secretary sit in the National• Our Chair, Chair-Elect and Hon Secretary sit in the National Committee of Engineering Organisations (NCEO) under Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES).

• Choo Jian Huei (Hon Secretary) and Wyren Tan (Early Career Engineer Correspondent) attended the ASME Leadership Training g p ) p gConference in New Orleans, USA, from 1-4 March 2012.

Ch i (D d Ch ) t d ASME SG t th A i P ifi• Chair (Desmond Chong) represented ASME-SG at the Asia-Pacific District Operating Board (APDOB) meeting in Seoul, South Korea, 21-22 April 2012.

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