Julio Guerrero Looks Forward to His Term as ASME President

Julio Guerrero Looks Forward to His Term as ASME President Julio Guerrero Looks Forward to His Term as ASME President Julio Guerrero Looks Forward to His Term as ASME PresidentJulio C. Guerrero, PhD, began his term as ASMEs 134th president during the Presidents Dinner at the ASME Annual Meeting earlier this month.ASMEs new president, Julio C. Guerrero, PhD, touched on some of his expectations for his yearlong term as president during his inaugural address at the ASME Annual Meeting earlier this month. Dr. Guerreros speech followed his induction as the 134th president of the Society at the Presidents Dinner on June 9 in Jacksonville, Fla.Guerrero, who succeeded J. Robert Sims as ASMEs president, is an RD and business development lead at Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, Mass., and the founder of Cambridge Research and Technology LLC. A member of ASME for more than 20 years, Guerrero was a member of the ASME Board of Governors from 2011 to 2014, and vice-chair of the Societys Industry Ad visory Board from 2008 to 2010. In addition, he has served ASME as chair of the Sector Management Committee and reviewer for the ASME Jurnal of Mechanical Design, among other Society duties. Each President brings a focus, passion and energy to our organization, Guerrero observed during his remarks at the dinner. Over the past three years we have begun a journey, to prepare the Society to meet the needs we face in the 21st century. It began with the Pathway 2025, which galvanized our focus on globalization, workforce development, and energy. We implemented the ONE ASME initiative, to bring our strengths together to become a more powerful force for change. And this year, we have focused on the development of strategies to address the challenges and opportunities we face and to make best use of the talent we have throughout our organization. ASME Immediate Past President J. Robert Sims (right) congratulates new President Julio Guerrero at the Presidents Dinner. During my tenur e, we will focus on engineering our own transformation to give our organization a crisp articulation of what is possible and the path that will bring it to life, Guerrero continued. We know that it will be a significant yet exciting journey to become the kind of driving force for innovation and networking that we all know we can be around the world. Everything we have accomplished as a Society has prepared us for this time in our history. I believe we are ready to explore the kind of transformation that organizations undertake once in a generation to build a platform that will be a foundation for our growth for the next 30 years. Guerrero stressed that collaboration and communication were the key components necessary to make ASME an even better organization than it is now. To harness the awesome power of our organization we need a new platform to collaborate on strategies and communicate those plans so that we are all on the same page working together to truly become ONE ASME, he said. This year, we will focus on developing the capability to build and execute strategies globally. In his remarks, Guerrero also mentioned several pivotal events as a child in Peru that inspired his love for engineering. These included watching the televised moon landing and Neil Armstrongs moon walk when he was six years old, and learning how a 30,000-ton ship was able to float when he visited the largest shipyard in Peru at the age of 12. These experiences not only helped shaped my passion but helped me to understand the importance of mentors and experiences in shaping a passion for engineering, he said. I love engineering with passion, and during the next year we will work together to inspire the millions of young students and engineers worldwide to feel the passion we do about life and our profession. A member of ASME for more than 20 years, Dr. Guerrero has previously served ASME as a member of the Board of Governors and as vice-chair of the Societys Indu stry Advisory Board. Six other ASME leaders also took office the Annual Meeting. Caecilia Gotama, Bryan Erler and Sriram Somasundaram each started three-year terms as Board of Governors members on June 10, during the second meeting the Board convened during the Annual Meeting. James Coaker began his term as secretary and treasurer of ASME at the meeting as well. Paul Stevenson started his term as senior vice president, Student and Early Career Development, and Timothy Wei began his tafelgeschirr as senior vice president, Public Affairs and Outreach. During the course of its two meetings, the Board of Governors approved several motions, including changes in the ASME By-Laws that would retitle the Societys vice president positions as board chairs, and the establishment of a new Society award, the ASME Savio L-Y Woo Translational Biomechanics Medal, to recognize an individual who has translated meritorious bioengineering science to clinical practice through research, education, profe ssional development, and with service to the bioengineering community. The Board of Governors also approved the recipients of the ASME Medal and three Honorary Memberships, to be bestowed at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Houston, Texas, this November. ASME Fellow James R. Rice will receive the ASME Medal, while ASME Fellows Romesh Batra, Webb Marner, and Terry E. Shoup, will each receive Honorary Membership in the Society.