Society Awards and Honors
2002 Elected Positions and Offices
Walt Laity Elected Vice President, Engineering Education
Walt Laity, ESTD, has been elected Vice President, Engineering Education by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Laity is the Nuclear Safety & Technology Product Line Manager for ESTD. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State University in 1977. This honor is the result of Laity’s active and dedicated service in ASME for the past 15 years. As part of this service, he was appointed to represent ASME on the Engineering Accreditation Commission and, most recently, on the Board of Directors of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. Laity will lead the Board on Engineering Education, which is responsible for ASME’s role in promoting the quality and improvement of mechanical engineering and mechanical engineering technology education, and for managing ASME’s responsibilities as a participating society of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. Dr. Laity’s nomination was confirmed at the ASME International Congress and Exposition in November of 2002 and he will officially take office for a three-year term at the 2003 ASME Summer Annual Meeting. Additional information on ASME is available at www.amse.org. (announced 11/1/2002)