As the new President of AIME, I am pleased to welcome you to issue two of our quarterly newsletter.

The AIME Board held its annual meeting in Jackson Hole, WY in August to update our strategic plan and rotate the officers. We have many important initiatives at present, some of which are detailed in this publication. If you have suggestions on how we can better support the Member Societies, please contact me at mkarmis@vt.edu. Here is a link to information about all of the new AIME Trustees, http://www.aimehq.org/offtrust.cfm.

I recently had the pleasure of speaking at the Emerging Leaders Alliance training in Pittsburgh, PA October 9-11. This event, offered to 50 young leaders within the 4 AIME Member Societies, ASCE, ASME, and AIChE, was very well received (see details below). Kudos to TMS on their effective and efficient leadership of this cross-disciplinary effort! The planning team is looking forward to year 2, which will include a capstone October 6-8, 2009 in the Washington, D.C. area.

While in D.C. last month meeting with the other engineering Founder Societies, AIME representatives received the exciting news that our proposals for Emerging Leaders Alliance Year 2 and the ESS:M&R Workshop were approved to receive the full amount requested of 2009 grants from the United Engineering Foundation. Additionally, the Carbon Management work proposal submitted by AIChE, on which A.I.M.E. was a sponsor, received full funding. More information about these latter two initiatives can be found below.

Finally, I will be hosting the 2009 annual Board meeting August 6-8 in Alexandria, VA. We will invite our sister engineering Founder Societies and related organizations, as well as representatives from the new administration to attend.

If you have questions or suggestions about this newsletter or AIME activities, please contact Associate Executive Director, Michele Gottwald, at gottwald@aimehq.org or 303-948-4256.

Season’s Greetings to you and yours and all the best in the New Year!

Michael Karmis
2008-2009 AIME President
SME Past President
Director, Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research
Stonie Barker Professor, Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

AIME hosted the engineering Founder Society Presidents and Executive Directors meeting in Washington, D.C. October 14th, adjacent to the United Engineering Foundation Board meeting. Many opportunities to partner on new projects were discussed.

AIME continues to stay connected on the latest sustainability and international activities through representation at the Engineers’ Forum for Sustainability and AAES International Activities Committee semi-annual meetings at the National Academy of Engineering in Washington, D.C. Trustee (and Past TMS President), Brajendra Mishra, attended the September 26th session, where he also promoted AIME’s international workshop slated for next summer (see details below).

The National Science Foundation is accepting nominations from science and engineering researchers under age 35 for its 3-year $500,000 Alan T. Waterman grant. Complete nomination packages, consisting of nominations and four letters of reference, are due by December 5, 2008. For detailed nomination information, please visit https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/honawards/.

The nomination deadline is December 31, 2008, and the awards will be presented at the AAES Awards Banquet held at National Academy of Engineering in Washington, DC, on April 20, 2009 in conjunction with the 2009 NAE Convocation and AAES Board of Directors Meeting. In addition to the nomination form and a summary of accomplishments, at least two supporting letters must accompany the nomination, as well as the candidate’s curriculum vitae. Though not required, you may also choose to submit the candidate’s bibliographical listing. All nominations must be submitted in over the signature of the Society’s member of the AAES Board of Directors.
For more information on AAES Awards, see http://www.aaes.org/communications/awards.asp or contact Connie Kyle (202) 296-2237.

AIME is leading a cross-disciplinary team planning a sustainability workshop to discuss how engineering can best help address societal challenges in the area of energy, recycling, transportation, housing, food and water, and health. Attendance at the event, July 22-24, 2009, at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland is limited and corporate sponsorship is available. Promotion will begin November 2008. Additional information can be obtained at http://www.spe.org/events/aime/

The ELA, a world-class leadership training and an online community for emerging leaders in the engineering profession, was held October 9-11, 2008. The 2009 effort will include on-line training to accompany a capstone course October 6-8 in Washington, D.C. Applications will be accepted in spring 2009. For more information, please visit www.emergingleadersalliance.org or email ela@tms.org.

AIME confers 9 Major awards and 15 other awards each year. It currently gives away approximately $60,000 in scholarships annually. The 2009 recipients have been selected by the AIME committees for ratification by the Board on its November 6th call. Once approved, their names will be posted on the AIME website at, http://www.aimehq.org/awards/awardlist.cfm and http://www.aimehq.org/scholarships/scholarshipslist.cfm. Thank you to all of the volunteers that helped AIME in selecting these leaders in the profession for this deserved recognition.

December 9, 2008	AAES Board Meeting	Washington, D.C.
January 16, 2009	Engineers Forum for Sustainability& AAES International Activities Committee Meetings	Washington, D.C.
February 15-19, 2009	TMS Annual Meeting	San Francisco, CA
February 15-21, 2009	Engineers Week	Washington, D.C.
February 22-25, 2009	SME Annual Meeting	Denver, CO
Spring 2009	Founder Society Executive Directors	Washington, D.C.
April 20-21, 2009	NAE Convocation, AAES Awards & Board Meeting, & Engineering R&D Symposium	Washington, D.C.
May 4-7, 2009	Offshore Technology Conference	Houston, TX
May 4-7, 2009	AIST Annual Meeting	St. Louis, MO
July 22-24, 2009	Engineering Solutions for Sustainability: Materials and Resources	EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
August 6-8, 2009	AIME Annual Board Meeting	Alexandria, VA
Fall 2009	Founder Society Presidents & Executive Directors	Washington, D.C.
October 4-7, 2009	SPE Annual Meeting	New Orleans, LA
October 6-8, 2009	Emerging Leaders Alliance Capstone	Washington, D.C.