{"668184":{"#nid":"668184","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Thomas Kurfess Elected ASME President","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThomas Kurfess, Ph.D., P.E., was elected president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)--he will be the 142nd president.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EKurfess is the chief manufacturing officer of the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute. He is the HUSCO\/Ramirez Distinguished Chair in Fluid Power and Motion Control and professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHe also serves as the chief technology officer at the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences. He served as the chief manufacturing officer and founding director for the manufacturing science division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 2019 to 2021. He served as the assistant director for advanced manufacturing at the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President of the United States of America in 2012 and 2013, coordinating advanced manufacturing research and development.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.asme.org\/about-asme\/media-inquiries\/press-releases\/thomas-kurfess-begins-term-as-asmes-142nd-president,-one-new-member-and-four-nominees-to-the-board-of-governors-announced\u0022\u003EAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (news release) \u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThomas Kurfess, Ph.D., P.E., was elected the 142nd\u0026nbsp;president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society announced during its annual meeting June 6. Kurfess is an ASME Fellow and has served as a member of the Board of Governors since 2019.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Thomas Kurfess, Ph.D., P.E., was elected the 142nd president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)."}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2023-06-22 12:50:46","changed_gmt":"2023-06-23 13:21:36","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-06-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-06-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671008":{"id":"671008","type":"image","title":"Kurfess_Picture_2015 copy.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThomas Kurfess, Ph.D., P.E.\u003C\/strong\u003E, has begun his term as the 142nd\u0026nbsp;president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1687438477","gmt_created":"2023-06-22 12:54:37","changed":"1687438477","gmt_changed":"2023-06-22 12:54:37","alt":"Thomas Kurfess, Ph.D., P.E., has begun his term as the 142nd president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).","file":{"fid":"253996","name":"Kurfess_Picture_2015 copy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/06\/22\/Kurfess_Picture_2015%20copy.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/06\/22\/Kurfess_Picture_2015%20copy.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3092077,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/06\/22\/Kurfess_Picture_2015%20copy.jpg?itok=TzCKvN-S"}}},"media_ids":["671008"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:walter.rich@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["walter.rich@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}