The International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is one of the largest interdisciplinary mechanical engineering conferences in the world. This year, it took place in Pittsburgh, PA (November 9-15, 2018). This was my first time attending IMECE, and I met a lot of great engineers and researchers from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds. There I participated in the National Science Foundation Research Poster Competition. I had the chance to learn about several exciting research, ranging from impact welding to self-cleaning polymers for solar panels.  There I had the chance to present our work on generative design models and designers’ bias, which was recently accepted in the Journal of Mechanical Design (see link).

Here are a few pictures of the event: