ASME - Milwaukee Section March Continuing Education and Professional Development Seminar

March 18, 2023

Earn up to 4 PDH Credits

Register Now!ONLINE REGISTRATION WILL REMAIN OPEN THROUGH MARCH 15, 2023.

 

The ASME Milwaukee Section will be holding a Continuing Education and Professional Development Seminar on Saturday March 18th, 2023 at MSOE's Grohmann Tower Room 403.  

This is a program put on by the ASME-Milwaukee Section for the benefit of ASME Members and their guests as well as any Professional Engineer.  The day will begin with a welcome at 7:30 AM and continue with four 50 minute long sessions.  Attendees will have the opportunity to leave with a certificate for 4 continuing education PDH's for the four topics offered that can be used for their Professional Engineer license renewal.  If you are only able to attend a few of the sessions, you can register for them and get PDH's for those presentations attended.  However, you must register online on/before March 15, 2023.

Below is the Schedule for March 18, 2023:

7:30-8:20 AM Setup, Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:20-8:30 AM Welcome by Section Chair Larry Miley II

8:30-8:35 AM Introduction of Speaker by Seminar Coordinator Subha Kumpaty
8:35-9:25 AM Session 1: How to Implement Reliability Centered Maintenance Successfully on Asset-Intensive Organizations by Miguel Ortiz, Kerry Ingredients

9:30-10:20 AM Session 2: STEM Center Tour and Overview by Elizabeth Taylor, STEM Director, MSOE

10:20-10:30 AM Coffee Break

10:30-10:35 AM Introduction of Speaker by Subha Kumpaty
10:35-11:25 AM Session 3: Modern Tools Available for the Failure Analyst by Liam Coen, INNIO Waukesha Gas Engines
11:30-12:20 PM Session 4: STEM Education Perspectives and Practices – Featuring Research Experiences of STEM Scholars by Dr. Subha Kumpaty and STEM Scholars Sophia Meinshausen, Anthony Whylie and Brandon Janes

12:20-12:30 PM Vote of thanks
12:30-1:30 PM Lunch and Interaction with STEM Scholars

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PRESENTATIONS

First Presentation Title:  How to Implement Reliability Centered Maintenance Successfully on Asset-Intensive Organizations (1 PDH)

Description:  Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) is a powerful tool to develop cost-effective maintenance strategies to ensure a high availability of production assets. However, few organizations succeed in using it effectively to increase the availability and reliability of their production assets. This presentation will provide key insights, based on proven experience, on the necessary steps required to deploy RCM on a manufacturing process.

Biography:  Miguel Ortiz is currently working as the North American Leader of the Foreign Material Elimination initiative for Kerry Ingredients; he has also served as the Global Director of Maintenance & Reliability for Molson Coors. He has more than 18 years of manufacturing experience leading Maintenance, Reliability, TPM and Lean Six Sigma initiatives. He obtained a Master of Science in Engineering from MSOE in 2020, and an MBA from the “Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey” in 2000.

Second Presentation Title: MSOE STEM Center Tour and Overview (1 PDH)

Description:  MSOE’s STEM Center is a one-of-a-kind asset in the Milwaukee community. Founded in September of 2020, the Center was a $1M project funded through corporate philanthropy. Continued philanthropy and MSOE operational support has enabled the Center to serve nearly 6,000 students annually along with being open to nonprofits and other organizations looking to advance STEM in Milwaukee. This presentation will share what types of programs the STEM Center supports in Milwaukee and will be accompanied by a tour of the facility.

Biography:  Elizabeth Taylor is the Director of STEM at MSOE, where she directs institutional strategy for K-12 STEM programming and outreach and oversees the operations of the We Energies STEM Center at MSOE. She advocates for the alignment of programming efforts with the needs of the Milwaukee community and ensures program options are available to students of all backgrounds. Under her leadership, STEM outreach at the University has grown from serving roughly 1,000 students annually to nearly 6,000. Her leadership was instrumental in the founding of and fundraising for the STEM Center, which opened its doors in 2020.

Elizabeth holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University and a master's degree in Nonprofit Leadership and Management from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She previously served on the board of ASME Metro-Detroit and was a founding member of the ASME student chapter at Kettering University.

Third Presentation Title: Modern Tools Available for the Failure Analyst (1 PDH)

Description: Advances in computer technology over the last 30 years has provided the failure analyst access to methods that were once the domain of theoretical research.  The applications of these techniques provide much greater insights into the root cause of the failure leading to problem resolution in a shorter time.  Additionally, the maturation of microscopy, digital photography, and color mapping of images allows for presentation of the data generated in a comprehensive form that can be understood by audiences with a wide range of exposure to material science.  This presentation will be an overview of the technologies with practical examples of their uses.

Biography:  Liam Coen is a Senior Engineer at INNIO Waukesha Gas Engines.  His nearly 30 year career has spanned across aviation, diesel-electric locomotives, and large industrial gas engines.  He earned a BS in Aeronautics focused on Aircraft Maintenance Engineering from Parks College of St. Louis University.  His studies of the aging aircraft fleet immersed him in the world of material science which provided him a wide variety of tools in his toolbox that are applicable to many different engineering disciplines.  He is an active member of the ASME Milwaukee Section and the American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA).  He is currently serving as vice-chair of the AGMA Materials and Metallurgy committee which has just finished a major revision of AGMA 923  Metallurgical Specifications for Steel and Cast Iron Gearing.

Fourth Presentation Title:  STEM Education Perspectives and Practices – Featuring Research Experiences of STEM Scholars (1 PDH)

Description:  Leadership in a STEM profession points to the critical need for the graduates’ ability to operate in more diverse settings, with cross-cultural competence for maintaining competitiveness. The Accreditation Boards for various STEM programs underscore an expectation of curriculum in which students gain the ability to understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context in science and engineering practice. How do we ensure such compliance and outcomes? Professor Kumpaty will provide guidance on experiences that enhance wholesome STEM education from his many years of teaching and research involving undergraduate students. He will include a few examples of research experiences in applications of additive manufacturing and culminating senior design experiences of undergraduate students to showcase the importance of a well-rounded education to meet the needs of STEM workforce development. STEM Scholars at MSOE will share their summer research experiences.

Biography:  Dr. Subha Kumpaty is a professor of Mechanical Engineering and the program director of Master of Science in Engineering at MSOE. He has been the principal investigator of several National Science Foundation grants including the current REU and S-STEM grants. He currently serves as ASME Process Industries Division Chair and is active in his local ASME Milwaukee section. He is also an ABET Program Evaluator through ASME. He received his doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Mississippi in 1991 and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Wisconsin.