Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future
ASME helps engineers, innovators, and organizations address urgent global challenges by advancing responsible solutions in energy, industry, innovation, and workforce development.
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Preparing engineers to lead responsibly, adapt, and contribute throughout their careers through education,
Industrial Transformation
Helping industry modernize operations, improve efficiency, and develop sustainable approaches to manufacturing and resource management.
ISHOW
For over a decade, ASME's Innovation Showcase (ISHOW) has helped build the capacity of social ventures scaling hardware innovations designed to improve quality of life in communities around the world.- 273 ventures supported
- $1.4 million in delivered value
- 35 countries impacted by innovations
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Engineering Workforce
Preparing engineers to lead responsibly, adapt, and contribute throughout their careers through education, community, and professional development.
Engineering for Change
As a founding partner of Engineering for Change, ASME helped establish a global community and platform preparing, educating, and activating the technical workforce to improve quality of life for people and the planet.
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- Workforce development and training to equip engineers with the skills for sustainability leadership
- Worldwide opportunities to contribute to sustainable development
- Platform to publish insights, research and innovations to a global network of engineering professionals.
Create Impact
Contribute to standards development, research, and thought leadership in industry transformation.Innovation Ecosystems
Connecting entrepreneurs, startups, investors, industry leaders, and technical experts to accelerate the adoption of breakthrough technologies.ASME's Commitment
Putting Principles Into Practice
ASME measures its own progress, shares performance transparently, and incorporates sustainability into the way it operates, develops programs, and supports the engineering profession. As the first North American engineering society to complete comprehensive greenhouse gas emissions measurement across all three scopes, ASME is elevating resiliency within ASME and industry at large.
FAQs
Engineers play a critical role in addressing urgent global challenges related to energy, manufacturing, infrastructure, resource management, and more. By integrating environmental, social, and economic considerations into the design, development, and deployment of technologies and systems, engineers can help create responsible solutions that improve quality of life while supporting long-term resilience and prosperity. ASME supports this work by providing access to education, resources, community, and technical expertise.
ASME offers a range of learning opportunities designed to prepare engineers for sustainable leadership. Through courses, technical resources, fellowships, and industry-focused content, engineers can gain the knowledge and develop the skills needed to contribute to sustainable solutions and systems throughout their careers.
There are many ways to participate, depending on your interests and career stage. You can engage with ASME through volunteer opportunities, standards development activities, industry events, innovation programs, and more. Whether you're seeking to advance technical solutions, share expertise, support entrepreneurship, or contribute to thought leadership, ASME provides opportunities to make a meaningful impact.
ASME offers several communities and volunteer groups focused on sustainability and related technical challenges. These include the Committee on Sustainability, the Engineering for Sustainable Development Committee, and the Hydrogen for the Green Economy Steering Committee, as well as the Engineering for Change community and the CATALYZE network. These groups bring together engineers, researchers, industry professionals, entrepreneurs, and other stakeholders to exchange knowledge, collaborate on solutions, and help advance sustainable development.