Come Join ASME Silicon Valley Section Technical Dinner Talk

"Science and Scinece Policy - Insider's Perspective" 

ASME’s Congressional Fellows Describes His Capitol Hill Experience

Invited Speaker:

Mahantesh Hiremath, PhD, ASME Fellow, 2013-14 Congressinal Fellow

Earn 1.0 Professional Development Hours*

Abstract: 

Dr. Hiremath describes this as a life changing engagement for a working professional and wants to share the details of his daily work, interactions with
the committee staffers and members of the committee. As an Advisor,
Dr. Hiremath assisted the staffers with preparations of a hearing, drafting legislation, writing amendments and making briefing notes.  He also crafted position papers, one-page summaries, pros and cons of issues (e.g. fracking, SMRs etc.).  Dr. Hiremath was appeared as a speaker before the Office of Science and Technology Policy.  When the President’s Budget proposals for FY 2015 were released, he quickly incorporated the science and technology budget into excel spreadsheets, which were then utilized by the Committee to analyzing ‘what-if’ scenarios and greatly helped in drafting Committee’s response.  Dr. Hiremath thinks that he has returned to SSL an enriched person, with empathy for the decision makers on the Capitol Hill.

Come and listen to his story of working in the policy world while supporting the legislative staff with his expertise and industry  experience.

SPEAKER BIO:

Dr. Mahantesh Hiremath recently returned from Washington D.C. after completing a year working as Technical Advisor to the US Congress.  Competitively selected through a nationwide selection process as Congressional Fellow through the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Dr. Hiremath served on the Majority side of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.  This committee has jurisdiction over all the non-DOD related science excluding the NIH.  He was the only Fellow from a batch of 175 to come from the industry.  

This event is graciously hosted by Cirtec Medical Systems**

104 Cooper Court, Los Gatos, CA 95032

Dinner will be provided.
For any questions, please contact: asme.scvs (at) gmail.com.

PROGRAM (all times US Pacific):

• 6:00 PM ~ 6:30 PM: Registration, Networking, and Dinner
• 6:30 PM ~ 7:15 PM: Technical Talk
• 7:15 PM ~ 7:30 PM: Q&A and Networking
• 7:30 PM: Event ends
  

* Each engineer must determine whether this seminar meets the Board's requirements. PDH will be awarded if requested at the end of event. 1.0 PDH will be awarded for attending the entire seminar including Q&A session.

** From our host: In the field of medical device development, there can be no mistakes. Lives depend on how well we do our job. At Cirtec Medical Systems we take that responsibility seriously. We offer a unique blend of out-of-the box innovation structured by design control discipline that produces successful project execution. Cirtec is the single source solution for major projects across all therapeutic categories. Our exceptional R&D expertise which helps customers accelerate their objectives combined with our highly experienced medical device development and manufacturing teams, make Cirtec the world leader in the development of minimally invasive systems, active and passive implants, and medical electromechanical systems.

Thank you to all the sponsors of the ASME Silicon Valley Section for making events such as these possible