ASMEs Position Strengthens Within the Scholarly Publishing Arena

ASMEs Position Strengthens Within the Scholarly Publishing Arena ASMEs Position Strengthens Within the Scholarly Publishing Arena ASMEs Position Strengthens Within the Scholarly Publishing Arena For a second year, the ASME Journal Program has experienced significant increases in both the total number of citations and its Journal Impact Factor (JIF) rankings.According to the 2017 Journal Citation Reports, published by Clarivate Analytics last month, the total number of ASME journal citations increased by 8.75 percent compared to 2016 data. This increase in citations has resulted in a number of ASME journals receiving improved JIF scores, which reflect how ASME journals are ranked relative to others in their fields or disciplines.Applied Mechanics Reviews is the top-ranked ASME journal with a JIF score of 7.848 in 2017. Several other journals experienced a greater than 30 percent improvement in their JIF from 2016 to 2017. These journals include the Journal of Turbomachinery (2.453), J ournal of Electronic Packaging (2.210), Journal of Energy Resources Technology (2.197), Journal of Fluids Engineering (1.915), and Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology (1.182).Publishing the best research and facilitating the widest dissemination for authors are the guiding principles of our publishing mission and philosophy and the improved JIFs are one measure of our success, said Colin McAteer, manager, ASME Journals.For a full listing of the 2017 JIFs for journals, visit the Journals home page on The ASME Digital Collection at https//asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/journals.aspx and review individual titles under the Journals tab.For more information about the ASME Journal Program, contact Colin McAteer at McAteerCasme.org.

Without a plan, you do whats passive and easy not what brings real progress

Without a plan, you do whats passive and easy not what brings real progressWithout a plan, you do whats passive and easy not what brings real progressA plan is a guide for daily execution.Its your reliable system for making progress.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moraWhat most people call plans are just wishes. They want to get more work done daily, read more books, start working out, or start a passion project, but they end up procrastinating.Without a plan, youre hoping.You hope youll find a way to make progress. Hope is a terrible strategy when you have deadlines. If you really want to achieve anything worthwhile, you will make plans.The biggest impediment to maintaining a high output is not being clear on what to work on next. Procrastination is usually a symptom of unclear next steps or insufficiently easy next steps. The latter is solved by good chunking, the former is solv ed by good planning,writesNat Eliason.The bitter truth is without an action plan, or working system, you will accomplish little in life and career.A plan helps you commit yourself fully to everything you want to do.Jim Rohn once said, Dont start the day until you have it finished. Dont start the week until you have it finished. Dont start the month until you have it finished. Plan your day.He is right. Its the best way to make real progress in life and career.You can plan time to do high-value tasks every day, exercise, eat healthy, practice gratitude, read, learn a new skill, etc. It helps you stay focused and avoid the many distractions that come your way every day.Simultaneously you can plan for downtime to take a vacation, go for a walk, spend time with family, etc.Just imagine what you could achieve if you actually made plans, commit to them and get them done?- ?your life would take a quantum leap forward over the next weeks, months, and years.When you think of things ahead of time, consider how to get them done, and make plans to do them on a specific day, week or month, you will put yourself in the best position to control your time and actions.A feeling of control motivates us to act, according toresearch.For a productive day, think in advance. Its the best way to make sure that you dont overlook anything important.An action plan can help you know how much time you have in a given day and how much of it youre going to need to complete your tasks. Once you have an understanding of what you need to do, you can focus on getting your high-priority tasks done.Successful people schedule their days strategically and maximise their time and energy for peak performance. Planning your day beforehand means you can literally orchestrate a productive day.Instead of depending on your mood and your circumstances to get you through the day, choose to be proactive and make mood and circumstances respond to your work.Either you run the day or the day runs you, said Jim Rohn.The alternative is a reactive day that is controlled by actions of others, or a distracted day with little to show for it.Jocelyn K. Glei, founding editor of 99U, and author ofUnsubscribe How to Kill Email Anxiety, Avoid Distractions, and Get Real Work Donesays, Kicking off the day without a plan opens you up to the dangers of reactive work,letting other peoples demands dictate what you do with your day.Most people cant stick to a plan because they dont take it seriously or have no clear directions. Moving from to do to in progress is a big mental barrier, and poor planning can make it even bigger, says Jason Lengstorf.Clarity of purpose changes everything.Instead of rushing to gather your thoughts every morning, aim to start your days with more clarity of purpose.When you minimize your struggles in the morning, that overwhelmed feeling overwhelmed in the morning (and the rest of the day) will be a thing of the past. If you have an action plan every morning, your focus will cha nge. Even how you respond to the demands of others on your time will be different.There are thousands of reasons to get up each morning and start your day right. Youve got to find your reason. Once you find it, do everything in your power to make it happen.Ian Fleming, who is best known for his James Bond series of spy novels maintained a rigorous morning routine to stay prolific. He once saidWriting about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, Casino Royale dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no corrections until the book was finished. If I had looked back at what I had written the day before I might have despaired.By making concrete and realistic plans,What are your daily or weekly outcomes?When you review your day or weekly outcomes and plan your actions according to our expectations, your effort for the day will be aligned with the results you expect, and you will make progress towards those outcomes.Daily or weekly planning is personal.There is no perfect pla n. What works for Tim Ferris may not work for you. You can test and apply different systems for your own circumstance.You have to build a plan based on how you use your time and energy for maximum performance.And todays plan does not necessarily have to be tomorrows routine.While there are certainly benefits to daily routines in general, they dont have to the same, especially if you are not totally in control of your time.By all means, plan your day out, but dont aim for a perfect daily routine. Its OK to have unique days and still make real progress.As a general rule, the more unpredictable your days and the more interruptions and spontaneous tasks show up during your day, the more flexible your day planning method needs to be,saysChristina Willner.Find your flexibility sweet spot whilst you are still in control of your day.Planning your day is fairly simple?- ?write down all your pre-determined and high-value activities that you want to be included in your next day, identify the b est time of day to get them done, and the drag and drop them into your daily planner. You could even write out why you want to accomplish them.And most importantly, take it seriously. Commit to your schedule, and defend your time from distractions to get them done.In less than 10 minutes you can get a head-start tomorrow, knowing exactly how to start and end your day right.Proper planning doesnt need to involve hours of your time. It really just boils down to defining what success means to you?- ?before the work begins.To improve anything, build an actionable plan to continuously make progress.Key takeawayIf you dont design your own plan for tomorrow, the week, or your life, chances are youll fall into someone elses plan.Dont throw yourself headlong into projects- working as long as you can manage, hacking and slashing toward the finish line.If you strategically plan your days, it will snowball into a more successful day.This article first appeared on Medium.

This 5s Japanese principle will help you declutter your desk and keep it organized

This 5s Japanese principle will help you declutter your desk and keep it organizedThis 5s Japanese principle will help you declutter your desk and keep it organizedClutter makes you less productive.Your office space is just as important as your home space.If you spend a greater percentage of your time at work, its worth giving that space some attention to do your best work.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreThe mess on your work desk inhibits your overall productivity because everything is competing for your limited mental resources.The more stuff you have around your immediate work environment, the more each item competes for nerven betreffend representationi.e, your attention.A disorganized desk makes it harder to focus, according toresearch.So the more clutter kept on your desk, the harder it is to process information and switch between tasks successfully.Think about how stresse d you are when you cant find something (if you have to keep moving objects every day, or you cant see your desktop, its time to declutter your workspace).If you have to keep a few important things on your desk, follow the essentials only rule, according to Jennifer Ford Berry, best-selling author of theOrganize Now. Keep the items you need to get your job done within arms reach?- ?and only those items, she says.To improve mental clarity and concentration, keep items you rarely use away from your desk. Non-essentials should always be kept in desk drawers.Aim to make the space as open as possible.Use the5-S Principleto clear yourdesk5Sis a simple method for organizing your workplace in a clean, and efficient way to enhance productivity.Its the name of a workplace organization method that uses a list of five Japanese words Sort (Seiri), Set In Order (Seiton), Shine (Seiso), Standardize (Seiketsu), and Sustain (Shitsuke).Make work easier by eliminating obstacles (Sort)Arrange all necess ary items so that they can be easily selected for use (Set In Order)Clean your workplace on a daily fundament completely or set cleaning frequency (Shine)Maintain high standards at all times (Standardize)Self-discipline also translates as do without being told(Sustain)Its a simple principle to maintain a productive desk.You can use it as a guide just before you leave the office to declutter your desk.The last 20 minutes of your workday is the perfect time to prepare fortomorrowYou can easily embrace the declutter habit if you clear your desk before leaving the office.Clutter isnt evil during a project, but it certainly isnt necessary all the time. Thats why I adopted the practice of desktop zero, just like inbox zero for email At the end of a task or project, I clear my desk of everything I dont need sitting out, says Jeff Sanders, author ofThe Free-Time FormulaandThe 5 A.M. Miracle.When in doubt, rearrange.Your workspace is now your command center.You dont even have to spend a lot of time tidying your desk. A simple re-arrangement of essential objects can do the trick.Put frequently-used items on your dominant side. This saves you time.You wont need to reach across to grab an essential item when necessary.Getting up even just once a day for a pencil or paper clip is shutting your brain off a project you are working on and you will have to come back and re-center, says Amy Trager, a certified professional organizer.If you still feel still distracted after rearranging objects, try sweeping everything off your desk, except the computer, phone, planner, notepad, pen, and desk trays if use them to organize papers.Keep it nicht unter and functional with only the items you use every day.You can go a step further by making the one thing youre working on the only thing that gets to occupy space on your desk.Be deliberate and selective about what goes where.The same desk arrangement may not work for everyone.Adjust your workspace according to how you work. If you do a lot of brainstorming, paper trays, pens, and highlighters might be your essentials.If your work is primarily digital, a minimal approach ( computer, journal, and a pen) may be your essentials.Organize your desk based on how you get things done.For maximum productivity, reassess how frequent you use essential items on your desk. Take a weekly scan of your desk to make sure everything still deserves a spot on your desk.Commit to a personal organizational system to keep your desk clutter free.This article first appeared on Medium.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people

5 Unique Jobs Now Hiring and How Much They Pay

5 Unique Jobs Now Hiring and How Much They Pay5 Unique Jobs Now Hiring and How Much They PayTravel is enriching because it takes us out of our day-to-day routine. It gives us the chance to see different locals and to meet new people. During my recent travelingadventures, I was particularly mindful of the unique and interesting jobs that people were doing when I met them. I found myself repeatedly thinking I wonder what that job is like. Here are some of the professions that I looked up as soon as I returned.Music Minister Average Salary $48,330A strong music program is a key component of a church, synagogue, temple, or house of worship. It adds depth and richness to the congregations religious experience, and it keeps them coming back. Spiritually engaging people through music is an interesting job that often requires working with children, teens and adults alike. Music ministers typically work nontraditional hours, which gives them time to supplement their income with other gigsa co nvenient setup for musicians. Search Music Minister jobsBrewmaster Average Salary $61,000Brew masters are at the helm of a booming business. They help create and refine craft brew recipes that have changed the way Americans enjoy beer. Brew masters ensure that each batch is just right and develop future brews. There is great interest in this field, and those artisans versed in the trade can often find side jobs as instructors. Search Brewmaster jobsTailor/SeamstressAverage Salary $21,068In addition to assisting with basic upkeep and maintenance of clothing, these skilled artisans may also be contracted to create special garments such as costumes and occasion dresses. The DIY boom has also seen crafty amateurs aiming to hone their skills by hiring a professional to teach them the basics. There is plenty of room for an energetic entrepreneur to parlay this skill set into a bustling business. Search Tailor JobsToll CollectorAverage Salary $22,541A solitary but fast-paced job, toll coll ectors are stationed on highways, bridges and other high volume collection points throughout the country. They are responsible for receiving, counting and invoicing funds. Especially during peak times, they have to make sure that they are on their toes to keep traffic flowing smoothly.Search Toll Collector JobsEmergency Room NurseAverage Salary $57,000ER nurses have truly seen it all. Some skills they bring to the table include making sound judgements in an often chaotic work environment. They also help set an emotional tone of calm and cool in an environment that is frequently stressful. ER nurses have to be excellent team players who know how to treat patients empathetically and with medical expertise. From dog bites to car accidents, there is seldom a dull moment in the emergency room.SearchEmergency Room Nurse Jobs

Social Insects Inspire Design Autonomous Robots

Social Insects Inspire Design Autonomous Robots Social Insects Inspire Design Autonomous Robots Robots have overrun Hanover Fair, the worlds largest industrial exposition held annually in Germany. Exhibitors display hundreds of robotic arms, actuators, sensor systems, and feedback mechanisms.The growing presence of autonomous robots at Hanover reflects worldwide interest in robots that can clean house, fight wars, or serve as personal assistantsall by themselves.With autonomous robots, developers must wrestle with the most vexing of control questions How can a robot be made intelligent enough to operate without direct guidance? That goal is very different from programming an automated control system in a factory, where every piece of equipment and every possible interaction is understood ahead of time.A truly autonomous robot must be able to interact with a constantly changingand therefore, unknownenvironment.Learning from AntsOnce, theorists thought autonomous robots needed artifici al intelligencethe ability to assess the environment and make informed judgments before acting. Today, developers feel that type of thinking is far too slow for real-time decision making. Instead, engineers are looking for clues in the behavior of social insects.When simple behaviors work together, they can create what appear to be complex, problem-solving behaviors, noted Bryan Adams. Adams is a principal investigator at iRobot in Bedford, MA, which developed Roomba, the worlds most widely owned commercial robotand one inspired by the behavior of ants.Consider how some species of ants find the shortest route to food. When a randomly foraging ant finds food, it grabs a piece and wanders back to the nest, leaving behind a trail of pheromones.The RoboCup is a soccer competition for autonomous robots. To win, robots must play as both individuals and team members.Other ants set out from the nest, following that pheromone trail to seek provisions. At first, they follow it readily because the scent is recent and strong. Farther away, though, pheromones have begun to evaporate, and the ants begin to wander from the trail.The ants that find the most direct route to the food and back leave the strongest scent, and their trail is the easiest to follow.At the highest level, this looks like rationaleven intelligentbehavior. Yet it derives from rudimentary instincts walk randomly until you find food, bring the food back to the nest, follow the strongest scent back to food, and repeat.Such an approach guides Roomba, a disk on wheels that scurries around furniture and backs away from walls while randomly vacuuming rooms. Roombas instruction set looks something like wander and vacuum, go left or right upon hitting an object, back up or spiral when caught in a corner, and find the docking station to recharge when low on power.Learning Smart BehaviorCan robots actually learn behaviors with real intelligence? And can they do it with simple commands that enable them to function i n the real world?Stefan Wrobel thinks so. Wrobel, director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems near Bonn, Germany, is active in RoboCup competitionssoccer matches played by robots. In robotics, Wrobel explained while scores of students put the finishing touches on their RoboCup contenders, behaviors are just the simplest building blocks. Robots that adapt to the environment go beyond manifesting behaviors they learn while performing tasks.At the least complicated level, a robot could use simple behaviors to confirm its model of the environment. When searching for power, if there is no power source in the northwest corner, it could remember that, Wrobel said.On a more sophisticated level, a robot could assign priorities to its own behaviors, such as when to move or what to grab. According to Wrobel, designers give robots goals, and when the robot does something right, it receives a numerical leistungspunkt as a reward.TeamworkHanovers RoboCup matches have a long-term goal to develop a team of robots capable of winning a soccer match against human opponents by 2050. Humanoid robots show themselves to be limited they must stop before kicking the ball they cannot pass effectively few can lift themselves off the ground they are also painfully slow.Wheeled robots, however, speed around the field, bumping the ball to one another and then finally bouncing it towards the goal. The robots can work together and still make rapid decisions because they are organized hierarchically.Robots have to react to different things as individual robots and as team players, said Sven Behnke, head of Bonns Autonomous Intelligent Systems Group.Each of Behnkes robots have four levels of control the entire team, an individual robot, isolated body parts, and single joints. At the team level, the robots are focused on plans for the immediate future, while at the individual level, they react more to their environment.Simple and reactive are good, but consistent is even better. That begins with physical robustness. For every minute of RoboCup play, there are untold hours of preparation and recalibration. At tables around the playing field, scores of students are repairing, upgrading, or salvaging robots.Winning boils down to consistency, said Ericson Mar, who teaches robotics at Cooper Union in New York City. The robots that win are the ones that can do the task over and over again.Now that engineers have developed robots to the level of ants, can they lift robotic sophistication to the next evolutionary step? Many challenges lie ahead.Adapted from From Simple Rules, Complex Behavior by Alan S. Brown, Associate Editor, Mechanical Engineering, July 2009.When simple behaviors work together, they can create what appear to be complex, problem-solving behaviors.Bryan Adams, principal investigator, iRobot

The Downside Risk of Best Resume Format 2019 That No One Is Talking About

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Company Holiday Party Tips - Spark Hire

Company Holiday Party Tips - Spark HireIf employee engagement is on your list of things to improve in your company for the new year, what better time to start than the holidays? Not all companies partake in the holiday celebration, but many do and usually it comes in the form of a company holiday party. Just recently, Spark Hire touched on employee engagement over the holidays and promised to give out some more tips on having a company holiday party.It may seem like a simple gesture, but the truth is throwing a company-wide or department-wide party can be a difficult and stressful ordeal. Especially if you want to throw an appropriate and professional one. Sometimes the party planning will fall on the HR department and if its a flop, you may never hear the end of it. So before you get to planning or throwing a company holiday party, take a look at a few of the tips we provide below for some help.Although the holidays are generally a very busy and stressful time, most people want to e njoy the friendly and jolly atmosphere. That may be even more true if you work for a company that boasts great company culture. Therefore, having a holiday party may just seem like second-nature. Lets take a look at some of the things you can do to ensure your company is having good, clean fun at the holiday party.Leave Religion OutIf your company is diverse, as it should be, then chances are not everyone will be celebrating Christmas. That is why this is not called a company Christmas Party. If your company wants to throw a party, then you should not leave others out by creating an fest centered around a religious holiday. The truth of the matter is, many different cultures and religions partake in some sort of celebration this time of year and the politically correct way to refer to this season is the holidays. Be conscious of the many religions and cultures in your office and be sure not to segregate or leave a particular group out.In the same light, be sure not to focus on one r eligion during your holiday party. Leave out prayers or religious customs and focus on having a secular holiday party. If you cannot or do not want to do that, then make sure your company holiday party is not mandatory. You cannot force your employees to partake in any kind of religious activity, so certainly be aware of this when planning your party. Which leads us to our next tipMandatory Company Party?Before you make the company party mandatory, or hint that your employees are expected to be there, understand that any mandatory event you throw outside of geschftlicher umgang hours must be compensated. Meaning, if you throw a party outside business hours and tell your employees they have to be there, then you have to pay them for their time. That is why it is best to have a company party during business hours or to simply make the party optional.In fact, having your company party during business hours is much more convenient for your employees. As you know, the holidays are a busy time and employees may not have the time in their schedule to fit the week night company party into their schedule. If your company hosts an annual holiday party at a specific venue, then of course its tradition and most of your employees will show up. If you do throw an optional holiday party and many of your employees fail to show up, it may prove that you have a lot of work to do in terms of employee engagement, company culture or overall management style. When employees dont show support for fun work events like a holiday party, they likely arent very thrilled to be working for your company and changes should be made.Keep It Classy Mistletoe is part of the holidays, but does it have a place at the company party? The answer is a big no. Its a cute plus-rechnen to a family or friend holiday party, but it can make things very uncomfortable and awkward at a company party. Chances are the majority of your employees do not want to get that close to their coworkers- nor should they On top of that, if there is alcohol involved the situation can get really sticky. Leave the mistletoe out and keep it professional this year.Careful With AlcoholThis should go without saying, but for some reason every year there tends to be that one employee- or a couple of employees- that drink way too much at the holiday party. Since everyone is an adult, one may think that its a no-brainer to avoid getting drunk at the company holiday party, but it still happens. If you are planning the party, think about the kind of venue you want to hold it at. Are you thinking of going to a bar? If so, this can be a very bad idea. There is endless alcohol and the party can turn into a big mess full of embarrassment. Try and find a neutral venue like a restaurant where alcohol is available but is not the main focus.Similarly, if you are going to have an open bar make sure it is monitored. Have a cut-off time or a drink limit for each employee/attendee. This is even more important when you learn o f the law that holds you responsible for any injuries that result from intoxication at the company holiday party. Be sure to monitor drinking and let everyone know they should keep it professional.A company holiday party should be a fun and festive event for all involved. However, the potential for disaster is big when not handled correctly. Be sure to follow some of behauptung tips, and remember to keep it professional and classy.Do you have some company holiday party tips? Have you attended a company party that turned out to be a disaster? Share with us in the comments section belowIMAGE Courtesy of Flickr by Todd_Hobert