American Society for Precision Engineering

The American Society for Precision Engineering is a non-profit member association, founded in 1986, dedicated to advancing the arts, sciences and technology of precision engineering, to promote its dissemination through education and training,^[1] and its use by science and industry.

Overview

The American Society for Precision Engineering (ASPE) focuses on many areas that are important in the research, design, development, manufacture and measurement of high accuracy components and systems. This collective discipline is known as Precision engineering, and includes precision controls, metrology, interferometry, materials, materials processing, nanotechnology, optical fabrication, precision optics, precision replication, scanning microscopes, semiconductor processing, standards and ultra-precision machining.

History

There has long been a "community" of precision engineers within the United States but a formal structure and common focus for the activities was lacking. This was not the case in Japan, as evidenced by the large and active Japanese Society of Precision Engineers.^[2] In November 1985, a joint US-Japanese meeting on precision engineering included a special session to discuss the possibility of forming an American Society. The enthusiasm of the participants and the overwhelming response to a subsequent questionnaire provided momentum. By November 1986, the American Society for Precision Engineering was incorporated and held its first Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas. The theme of the well-attended meeting, "Thresholds in Precision Engineering," was reflected in 28 papers covering a broad spectrum of applications. At this meeting, a Board of Directors was elected with members drawn from industry, private laboratories, government and academia.

ASPE emphasizes the foundations necessary to achieve precision in any application and seeks to bring together practitioners from all of the related fields.^[3] The Annual Meeting, held each fall, presents topics spanning the field of precision engineering.^[4]

Conferences and exhibitions

1st Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, November 1986
2nd Annual Meeting, Columbus, Ohio, November 1987
3rd Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1988
4th Annual Meeting, Monterey, California, September 1989
5th Annual Meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina, September 1990
6th Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 1991
7th Annual Meeting, Grenelefe, Florida, October 1992
8th Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, November 1993
9th Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 1994
10th Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, October 1995
11th Annual Meeting, Monterey, California, November 1996
12th Annual Meeting, Norfolk, Virginia, October 1997
13th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, October 1998
14th Annual Meeting, Monterey, California, October 1999
15th Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, Arizona, October 2000
16th Annual Meeting, Crystal City, Virginia, November 2001
17th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, October 2002
18th Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, October 2003
19th Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, October 2004
20th Annual Meeting, Norfolk, Virginia, October 2005
21st Annual Meeting, Monterey, California, October 2006
22nd Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, October 2007
23rd Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, October 2008
24th Annual Meeting, Monterey, California, October 2009
25th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, October/November 2010
26th Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October 2011
27th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, October 2012
28th Annual Meeting, St. Paul, Minnesota, October 2013
29th Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2014
30th Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, November 2015
31st Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, October 2016
32nd Annual Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina, October/November 2017
33rd Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2018
34th Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October/November 2019
35th Annual Meeting, Virtual, October 2020
36th Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 2021
37th Annual Meeting, Bellevue, Washington, October 2022
38th Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2023
39th Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, November 2024

Publications

The Society jointly publishes a peer-reviewed technical journal, Precision Engineering: Journal of the International Societies for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology, in cooperation with its European and Japanese counterparts.^[5]

Lifetime achievement award

The American Society for Precision Engineering presents the ASPE Lifetime Achievement Award to individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of Precision Engineering.^[6]

References

^ http://www.photonics.com/directory/SocietiesUniversities/Details.aspx?SocietiesUniversitiesID=10, Photonics.com, Societies and Universities, American Society for Precision Engineering(ASPE), Retrieved February 3, 2011.
^ "The Japan Society for Precision Engineering". Archived from the original on 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2010-06-04., The Japan Society for Precision Engineers, Retrieved February 3, 2011.
^ http://www.imts.com/conference/partner/p_aspe.cfm Archived 2010-10-04 at the Wayback Machine, International Manufacturing Technology Show / Sept. 10-15, 2012 IMTS 2012 - International Manufacturing Technology Show , Forum Educational Description, Retrieved February 3, 2011.
^ http://www.aspe.net/about/index.html Archived 2011-04-13 at the Wayback Machine, About ASPE.., Retrieved February 3, 2011.
^ "Precision Engineering - Journal - Elsevier". www.journals.elsevier.com. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
^ http://www.cirs.net/prix/awards.php?id=1605, Prizes and Awards, International Center for Scientific Research, Retrieved February 3, 2011.

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