Energy University

You can avail of several free E-Learning programs by taking up courses at the Energy University website. These are quite useful as review materials and knowledge updates for all engineering subjects especially in mechanical. Energy University is sponsored by Schneider Electric.

 You can enrol for the various courses and subjects at the following website : http://www2.schneider-electric.com/corporate/en/products-services/training/energy-university/energy-university.page

 



November 15, 2012 is International Project Management Day

The IIL (International Institute for Learning) is promoting an online virtual event to start on November 1, 2012 called the International Project Management Day with the theme : Power of the Profession. The event will be open until December 1, 2012.
I would like to invite my fellow mechanical engineers involved project management to this event.

During the event, you will be able to watch video presentations led by professionals on relevant topics in project management today, download presentations on project management, visit exhibits of the event's sponsors and interact with peers in the profession from all over the world.

Those interest can register at the following link :
http://engage.vevent.com/rt/iil~ipmd2012

See you there !

PSME Chapter Presidents' Meeting and Strategic Planning

The Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers (PSME) national office held its Chapter Presidents's Meeting and Strategic Planning on December 5, 2011 at the Philippine Columbian Association. This was followed by its 2012 Christmas Party celebration in the evening at the Mandarin Hotel.

This year's PSME Chapter Presidents' Meeting and Strategic Planning was titled "PSME - Building Global Through Commitment, Treatment and Excellence" and aims to attain Global (i.e. ASME) standards in the coming years. The big hairy audacious goals (as it was presented) of the PSME National were grouped into five critical areas and each officer reported on their own Specific Action Plans to support this with inputs from the different chapter presidents.

Worth mentioning was the lecture by Ms. Beth Nasol from Roxas Holdings, regarding the "four disciplines of execution" of Stephen Covey. Especially interesting were the discussion on how sometimes goals gets lost in the "whirlwind" due to the people being busy in their regular jobs and this bears some similarity to being an officer of the PSME and then trying to balance our work and home life with different goals. And the first discipline, "Focus on the Wildly Important Goal" is a timely reminder especially for many of who has many goals. The third discipline, "Translate Lofty Goals into Specific Action" is also of utmost importance for our goals to become a reality. You may want to check out the introductory video in youtube : http://youtu.be/ahH2WdrovPg

Free E-Learning Courses (Sample)

Free courses on the basics of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning are available at the below website :


http://www.elearning-training.com/buycourses.aspx and "buy" the two course with price of zero as shown below

I was invited by the company via E-mail and tried the courses. I just think they may be useful for some of our PSME Batangas East chapter members.

You will also discover many documents in the free library which can prove invaluable in enhancing your knowledge on refrigeration and airconditioning. Plus you can easily download them en gratis !

Alternative Power Solutions Conducts Technical Training

Alternative Power Solutions conducted a technical training presentation for the PSME Batangas East Chapter on November 25, 2011.


Our PSME Batangas East chapter engineers thank Mr. Gerald L.Castillo for his assistance in making this possible.

Members from the different companies comprising the PSME Batangas East Chapter were very interested in the program. The participanting companies included Nestlé, Maxim-IC, FODC, Sunpower and SPPS.

The training presentation on infrared thermography techniques was conducted by Mr. Ron Newport, an electrical engineer from the Institute of Infrared Thermography in Canada. He showed the varied possibilities and application procedures in using it for the predictive maintenance system.

After on short session, he proceeded to the IIEE annual convention the next day to conduct another lecture on the subject. He has been teaching predictive maintenance courses for several years now will be inviting us for a full course in the future.

Technical Presentation by Sumitomo Gearmotors

Sumitomo Cyclo Drive Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd, a division of Sumitomo Heavy Industries conducted a seminar on regarding Sumitomo Drive Technologies at the PSME Batangas East Chapter last October , 2011 in Tanauan, Batangas.

Several members of the PSME Batangas East Chapter attended the technical presentation