South Texas Section
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
South Texas Section of Houston, Texas, has a membership of over 4100 located in the counties in and around Houston. Besides the main Section, South Texas is composed of ten active groups, and three inactive groups. Meetings of the groups are held September through May in various locations of the South Texas area.
South Texas Section
, with speakers’ topics that cover the various engineering interests of the Section, meets the third Thursday of the month at evening dinner meetings in the central area of Houston.
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Officers for 2007- 2008
Chairman: John Bradford john.bradford@bakerhughes.com
Vice Chairman: Robert Bradshaw robert.bradshaw@hugheschris.com
Treasurer: Greg Berry greg.berry@kbr.com
Secretary: Vicki Blocker vsblocker@yahoo.com
Past Chairman: Ryan Schmidt schmidtr2@asme.org
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Sub-Sections and Technical Chapters
Apollo Sub-Section: the Turbomachinery and Rotating Equipment chapter meets on the fourth Tuesday evenings, with a dinner meeting at the Monument Inn near San Jacinto Monument. The Sub-Section presents seminars on topics of turbomachinery and rotating equipment periodically.
Apollo Subsection - Officers for 2007 - 2008
Chair: Michal Kalita
Vice Chair: James Weinnig
Treasurer: Cheryl Armitage
Secretary : Leslie Murphy
Industrial Relations: Henry Gonzalez
Past Chair: Brian Webster
Member at Large: Terry Henshaw
Member at Large: Sidney Clark
Member at Large: Bernie Price
Contact for the Apollo Subsection: webster@hal-pc.org
Coastal Bend Sub-Section: located in Victoria, Texas, has dinner meetingswithtopics that reflect the various industries located in the surrounding cities. The Sub-Section presents a Mechanical Trade Show each fall, the proceeds from which fund scholarships to high school students entering college to major in engineering.
Contacts for Coastal Bend Sub-Section:
Chairman: Michael Chiles cefc@cefc-vic.com
Past Chairman: George Schmidt George.Schmidt@alcoa.com
Gas Turbine Technical Chapter: covering Gas Turbine topics, meets five times a year on Mondays with dinner meetings at various companies, with speaker(s) and often a tour of the company’s facilities.
Contact for Gas Turbine Technical Chapter:
Past Chairman: Richard Sessions rtsessions@earthlink.net
Materials Handling Houston Chapter: topics related to Materials Handling and Processing by expert speakers in the industry, with dinner meetings the second Tuesdays of the month. The Materials Handling Houston Chapter sponsors a Process Handling Trade Show every other year.
Contacts for Material Handling Chapter:
Chairman Fritz Kronmiller fritzk_34@yahoo.com
Northwest Houston Chapter: topics covered relate to the oil and gas industries at lunch meetings on the fourth Thursdays of the month, at Stress Engineering Services, Inc. with speakers that are experts in their fields. The Northwest Chapter co-sponsors seminars periodically on current issues in the industry.
Contacts for Northwest Houston Chapter:
Chairman Rafik Boubenider rafik.boubenider@stress.com
Past Chairman Richard Boswell richard.boswell@stress.com
Vice-Chair: Dr. Stuart Harbert
Secretary: Ramon San Pedro, P.E.
Treasurer and Webmaster: Richard Boswell, P.E.
Arrangements: Wendy Davis
OMAE Houston Chapter (Offshore Mechanics & Arctic Engineering): closely related to the OOAE / Ocean, Offshore & Arctic Engineering Division of the International Petroleum Technology Institute in Houston, the group meets periodically with speaker topics related to offshore oil and gas production and facilities. OMAE Houston Chapter periodically sponsors short courses on various topics of offshore production and presents scholarships with the proceeds from these courses.
Contacts for OMAE Houston Chapter:
Chairman Paul Jacob PJacob@MMIEngineering.com
Treasurer Michael Sparks MSparks@NorthernstarNG.com
Petroleum Technical Chapter: the first group established as a part of South Texas Section over 50 years ago,presents topics by industry experts related to the petroleum industry, has lunch meetings at Stress Engineering Services, Inc. The Petroleum Chapter co-sponsors seminars periodically on current issues in the industry.
Contacts for Petroleum Technical Chapter:
Petroleum Technical Chapter for 2007 - 2008
Chair: Jack Smith, Stress Engineering Services
Secretary / Treasurer: Kyle Wiesenborn, Schlumberger
Past Chair: Ed Banker, IPSCO Incorporated
Plant Engineering & Maintenance Technical Chapter: meets the second Thursday afternoons at 3:00 p.m. at various industries in the Ship Channel area, with topics relating to plant engineering and maintenance by experts in the field. The technical chapter sponsors the Plant Engineering & Maintenance Trade Show, held each April, with technical sessions and vendors in the trade, the proceeds from which are a primary contributor to the South Texas Educational Fund which distributes the South Texas Section Scholarships annually. The technical chapter also sponsors seminars on the most current issues in the industry.
Contacts for Plant Engineering & Maintenance Technical Chapter:
Past Chairman Clint Britt clint.britt@stress.com
Pressure Vessel and Piping Technical Chapter: meets the third week of certain months at various locations, with topics relating to the pressure vessel and piping industries.
Contact for Pressure Vessel and Piping Technical Chapter:
Chairman Bharat Batra batrab@asme.org
Texas Gulf Coast Group:
The youngest group in the section, meets the third Tuesdays in Lake Jackson with dinner meetings. It is composed of members from the industries in the Freeport – Lake Jackson area, and features topics of interest to their industries.
Contact for the Texas Gulf Coast Group:
Chairman Kevin Sprague ksprague@dow.com