3rd Annual Tech Valley Engineering Symposium

The AIAA Northeast New York Section, ASME Hudson Mohawk Chapter in conjunction with the engineering schools at Union College and RPI, and the NYS Center for Automated Technologies and Systems are proud to be sponsoring the 3^rd annual Tech Valley Engineering Symposium. This event is designed to bring industry, government and academia together to highlight the areas of technological advancements in the capital district and to foster local collaborations and sharing of ideas for future advancements.

Technical Presentations

Participants who wish to make a technical presentation at the symposium are invited to submit an extended abstract of one page or less. Technical presentations are being sought from a wide spectrum of areas (including but not limited to) as follows:

Thermal Fluids and Combustion
Bioengineering and Bioinformatics
Materials and Nanotechnology
Electric Power
Electronics technology: micro electronics, electronics cooling and packaging
Systems Engineering: modeling, simulation, optimization
Experimental Techniques: methods, metrology
Robotics and Automation
Manufacturing and machine design
Renewable and Alternate Energy Systems
Engineering Education
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Work-in-progress Poster Demonstrations

This session is designed to showcase the skills and talents of students from our local colleges and high schools and also to allow other presenters who wish to present a poster instead of a technical presentation. Students are encouraged to present a poster outlining their senior thesis or graduate work. Poster session presenters must submit an abstract outlining the contents of their poster. (See Abstract Format and Abstract Submission below.)

Proposals for Special Sessions

Participants who would like to organize and chair a special session focusing on a specific topic or unifying theme are invited to contact the Chair of the Technical Program, Howard Mike Brilliant at (howard.brilliant@ge.com) before February 28^th 2007.

Continuing Education Credits

Special forums or workshops aimed at providing continuing education credits for NYS professional engineering certification are also being solicited. Detailed information on the procedures for obtaining CEU’s may be obtained by contacting Matt Cinadr (matthew_cinadr@dps.state.ny.us.)

Early Submission Deadline

Presenters who submit an accepted abstract before the early submission deadline of February 15, 2007 will be automatically entered into a drawing for a choice of either an Apple iPod nano or a gift certificate of equal value.

Abstract Format

Abstracts should not exceed one page. An author/title block should precede the body of the abstract. The title should appear in capital letters. Authors’ names, organizations and e-mail should follow the title. The author’s organization, phone numbers and e-mail address should appear after each name if the organizations are different. If they are the same, the organization name need only appear once after the author’s last name and phone number. Presenter’s name and mailing address MUST follow the body of the abstract. Please note if abstract for presentation or work-in progress poster session. Please note that a brief biography of each presenter must be forwarded with the abstract. Abstract Submission - Abstracts and biographies for both technical presentations and posters must be submitted electronically directly to the Chair of the Technical Program, Howard “Mike” Brilliant, (howard.brilliant@ge.com.) Ideally all submissions including biographies should be forwarded as Adobe PDF documents.