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A Note From the ASEM President | June 2026


Hi ASEM Members,

I hope summer is off to a great start for those living in the northern hemisphere, and happy winter to our beloved members from the southern hemisphere.

In this edition of the newsletter, we have quite a few things we will cover:

1.  Conference Registration (IAC) is now open and get your room at the        discount rate.
2.  ASEM Townhall on Constitutional Amendments.
3.  ASEM invites Secretary nominations.
4.  SCALE Pilot Program


Gana Natarajan, PhD

2025-26 ASEM President

Conference Registration

Registration for the 2026 International Conference in Madison is now open.

Please follow this link to register: https://asem.org/event-6547465

The 2026 IAC will be held October 7th to 10th, 2026 at the Madison Marriott South, Madison, Wisconsin.

Early bird registration ends August 17, 2026.

Hotel block at the IAC:

A block of rooms has been reserved for our attendees at the host hotel – Madison Marriott South. Rooms are available to be booked at the discounted rate ($179 per night before taxes and fees) through September 6, 2026.

To get the discount rates, you may:

1.  Call the hotel at +1-608-251-2300 and refer to the ASEM 2026 Annual Conference (or)
2.  Follow this link: https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1754667189127&key=GRP&app=resvlink

ASEM Member Townhall on Constitutional Amendments

ASEM is undergoing some leadership restructuring to make the board more efficient and effective. The restructuring needs amendments to our constitution. As members, you will be voting on these amendments. However, we would like to provide an informational Townhall on the amendments before releasing the ballot.

Date: June 15, 2026

Time: 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM U.S. Central Time (UTC-5:00)

Registration Link: https://asem.org/event-6712642

Once you register, a personalized Zoom link will be emailed to you.

Please remember that you must be a current member to vote on the amendments. Please check your access to your ASEM account online.

ASEM Secretary Nominations

ASEM is now accepting applications for the role of Secretary. This is the first step in the four-year leadership rotation, leading to Society President in the third year.

This is an excellent opportunity for a committed ASEM member to contribute to the governance and success of our Society by supporting Board operations, maintaining records, and helping ensure clear and timely communication. Organized, detail‑oriented members who are passionate about engineering management are encouraged to consider applying.

The successful candidate is expected to attend bi-weekly Executive Committee conference calls along with monthly Board meeting calls.  The weekly time commitment is expected to average approximately 2-4 hours. 

To be considered, applicants must be a current ASEM member and must have experience and interest in engineering management, as well as demonstrated organizational and administrative skills. This is a volunteer position.

Interested parties should submit a cover letter detailing their interests and a current resume. Nominations for this position will be accepted through June 30, 2026. Application materials should be submitted as email attachments to asem-hq@asem.org with “Secretary Nomination” in the message subject line.  Please submit this by June 30, 2026.

Questions about the position can be directed to the President-Elect at Presidentelect@asem.org

We look forward to your interest and participation in shaping ASEM’s future!

SCALE Pilot Program

Strategic Collaboration for Applied Leadership in Engineering (SCALE): Developing Engineering Leaders for Space and Defense is a 12-week leadership development program designed for engineers preparing for management and leadership roles. Through a combination of self-study, live online sessions, industry perspectives, and applied learning, participants develop the skills needed to lead teams, programs, and organizations in complex space and defense environments.

If you are interested to learn more about this program and to register please follow this link: https://asem.org/event-6719773

Program Details:

Registration Deadline: July 1, 2026
Start Date: August 24, 2026
Cohort Size: 15 participants

Registration Fees and How to Register:

Individual Registration: $3,500 per participant (register online by July 1, 2026)

Industry Partner Rate: $3,150 per participant for organizations sponsoring five or more participants. For more information and to register for this option, please contact the Industry Advisory Board Chair, Yesim Sireli, PhD, CPEM at ysireli@charlotte.edu

Thanks and warm regards, 

Gana Natarajan, Ph.D., CPEM®, F. ASEM

President – ASEM (2025 – 2026)

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ASEM Proudly Recognizes Recent CAEM, CPEM and EMSSGB Certified / Recertified Individuals:

  • Yogendra Panta
  • Cole Culver
  • Richard Mowrey
  • Ahmed Sadek
  • Phillip Power
  • Aman Gupta
  • James Marion
  • Chaitanya Sagar Tadi
  • Naeim Farahi Ghoddoosy
  • Zubin Mehta
  • Erik Tomlinson
  • Douglas Lane
  • Natalie Waters
  • Erica Ahlschwede
  • Alex Gorod
  • Kalen Berry
  • Nasrullah Khan
  • Michael Uytingco
  • John Bauer
  • Clement Potoki
  • Reginald Burroughs
  • Mike Koper
  • Steve Wang
  • Michael Burlamachi
  • Hyuk Soo Son
  • Andrea Foutch
  • Bryan Wahlfield
  • Ipek Bozkurt
  • Matthew Hennings
  • Joseph Wilck
  • Sandro Serpone
  • James Brino
  • Faizan Warraich
  • Anthony Doran
  • John Bennitts
          • Cody Mathison

          • Ahmed Elmiligy

          • Thomas Hoyt

          • Nam Nguyen

          • M. Affan Badar

          • Camille Crichton-Sumners

          • Chelsey Guillou

          • Muyiwa Dare Ogunbiyi

          • Nathan Madsen

          • Valerie Denney

          • Grant Hooson

          • Artem Shushkov

          • Bilal Janoudi

          • Ben Domingo

          • Saim Salim

          • Laith Abu Haija

          • Derrick Buck

          • Ona Egbue

          • Alireza Jamalipour

          • Vishwas Mathur

          • Seong Dae Kim

          • Alexandra Africano

          • David O'Toole

          • Reza Bahari

          • Ali Zare

          • Akhmad Yudhono

          • Aaron Ofosuhene

          • Scott Young

          • Sivakumar Natarajan

          • Joel Ludwig

          • Monib Shahzad

          • Mohamed Awwad

          • Omar Abdelkarim

          • Cristi Haygood

          • Saksham Poudel​

                        • Michael Rubin

                        • Rocky Li

                        • Felix Lu

                        • Diego Jiménez

                        • Shwetha Bayya

                        • John Bricklemyer

                        • Fayez Ghabboun

                        • Venkata Krovvidi

                        • Mohamed Almarashda

                        • Obaid Alkaabi

                        • Jason Wayment

                        • Jess Matias

                        • Joel Jackson

                        • Adnan Mahmood

                        • Walter Barnes II

                        • Tugrul Daim

                        • James Warren

                        • Chris Jardin

                        • Hares Rassuli

                        • Gariann Gelston

                        • Danielle Hilliard

                        • Feras Elimam

                        • Joseph Isodje

                        • Ibrahim Peerzada

                        • C'Anna Wiens

                        • Tara Asgarpoor

                        • Abhilash Markkassery

                        • Nicholas Hughes

                        • Robert Crowder

                        • Jonathan Sullivan

                        • Jamebel Mahan

                        • Rochelle Watson

                        • Muhammad Bilal

                        • Nicholas Underwood

                        • Raed Fatehi Hasan Ali

                                    2025 ASEM Award Winners - Congratulations!


                                    Engineering Manager of the Year

                                    David Whitehead

                                    Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories

                                    Best Dissertation Award


                                    “Feasibility Assessment and Container Traffic Forecasting of Inland Waterway Container on Barge Transportation”


                                    Dr. Fan Bu

                                    University of Arkansas


                                    Dr. Heather Nachtmann, Mentor

                                    University of Arkansas


                                    Eschenbach Award for Best Engineering Management Journal (EMJ) Paper

                                    "Exploring Lean Practices’ Importance in Sustainable Supply Chain Management Trends: An Empirical Study in Canadian Construction Industry"

                                    Phuoc Luong Le, PhD

                                    Duy Tan Nguyen, PhD


                                    Merl Baker Award

                                    Best International Conference Student Paper

                                    "Enhancing Embarkation Systems for VBSS"

                                    CDT Logan Dosan

                                    CDT Abigail Hatfield

                                    CDT Benjamin Lynch

                                    United States Military Academy at Westpoint


                                    Dr. Greg Sedrick Student Case Competition | People's Choice

                                    Peoples Choice:

                                      • 1st - Missouri S&T
                                      • 2nd West Point Team Black
                                      • 3rd West Point Gold

                                    Congratulations to

                                    ALL of the 2025 ASEM Award Winners!

                                    Bernard R. Sarchet Award

                                    Dr. Paul Componation

                                    Frank Woodbury Special

                                    Service Award

                                    Mike Holman

                                    Paul Kauffmann Professional Development Award

                                    Dr. Ben Baliga

                                    William Daughton World Headquarters Award

                                    Dr. Neal Lewis


                                    Cornelius Administrative

                                    Service Award

                                    Neesee Engebrecht

                                    University of Idaho


                                    ASEM Graduate

                                    Student Scholarship


                                    Vinithra Seshan

                                    Cal Poly


                                    Meritorious Service Award

                                    Brian Merrill

                                    Raghav Luthra

                                    Yesim Sireli


                                    Dr. Greg Sedrick Student Case Competition | Virtual

                                    Graduate

                                      • 1st: Rice University Team – Rice Krispies
                                      • 2nd: Rice University Team - One
                                      • 3rd: Northeastern University

                                    Undergraduate

                                      • 1st: USMA Team: Gold
                                      • 2nd: USMA Team: Black
                                      • 3rd: USMA Team: Green

                                    2025 ASEM Fellow Class

                                    • Carl Ise
                                    • Michael O'Connor
                                    • Natalie Scala
                                    • Raymond Smith
                                    • Woodrow Winchester, III

                                    Merritt Williamson Award for

                                    Best International Annual

                                    Conference Paper


                                    "Rethinking Project Management with Multi-Agent Systems: A Framework for AI-Driven Coordination"


                                    Raymond L. Smith III, PhD

                                    East Carolina University

                                    ASEM Founder's Award for Undergraduate Program


                                    Missouri S&T University


                                    ASEM Founder's Award for

                                    Student Chapter


                                    United States Military Academy at

                                    West Point

                                    ASEM Founder’s Award for

                                    Graduate Program

                                    University of Nebraska - Lincoln


                                    Past President of the Society Award

                                    Jena Ashgarpoor


                                    Presidential Award -

                                    Local Section

                                    Peru Section

                                    To learn more about ASEM's Society Awards and to nominate for the 2026 Awards, please visit https://asem.org/Society-Awards/

                                    September 24th - 27th, 2025

                                    The 2025 ASEM International Annual Conference was a Terrific Event!

                                    Hosted at The Grove Hotel, Boise, Idaho, USA

                                    ABET and Engineering Management

                                    The criteria comment period for "Engineering Management" and similarly named programs is open until June 15, 2024. This may be of interest to you, and if you want your voice heard - now is the time to make a comment.

                                    Link below (Scroll down to EAC area):

                                    https://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation-criteria/accreditation-changes/

                                    Professional Development Opportunities through UAH

                                    The University of Alabama in Huntsville's Office of Professional and Continuing Education is offering an online on-demand Certification Prep Course. Course registration offers 26 hours of instruction and includes:

                                    • Complimentary ASEM® Membership
                                    • Digital Course Materials
                                    • Exam Voucher for either the CAEM® or CPEM® Exam

                                    Find out more at https://www.uah.edu/opce/program-topics/ASEM



                                    Engineering Management Handbook, 3rd Edition

                                    ASEM is proud to now offer the 3rd edition of the Engineering Management Handbook. This EM Handbook edition focuses on the practical application of the domains thus differentiating it from the second edition.

                                    You may download this text through your ASEM membership portal as an member benefit. For non-members, the PDF is available for purchase on the ASEM Store website. Hardcopies will soon be available for purchase on the ASEM Store website as well.

                                    The 11 Domains covered in this handbook, each of which include related topics, are:


                                    1. Introduction to Engineering Management
                                    2. Leadership and Organizational Management
                                    3. Strategic Planning and Management
                                    4. Financial Resources Management
                                    5. Project Management
                                    6. Quality Management System
                                    7. Operations and Supply Chain Management
                                    8. Management of Technology, Research, and Development
                                    9. Systems Engineering
                                    10. Legal Issues in Engineering Management
                                    11. Professional Codes of Conduct and Ethics

                                    Women in Engineering Management: An Interview with Tiffani Teachey


                                    Is Your Organization on ASEM's EM Program Listing? Are You Part of CEMAL?


                                    Please visit https://www.asem.org/EM-Program-List/ to validate your EM Program Listing is up-to-date. Complete the form below to submit any changes or to join the Council of Engineering Management Academic Leaders. Need help? Contact asem-hq@asem.org.

                                    Validate Your Skill Set with Professional Certification through ASEM


                                    ASEM offers the two most important industry-recognized certification for technical managers. You can find CAEMs and CPEMs involved in managing and leading at all levels and types of engineering and technology-driven organizations in nearly every country. Over the past twenty years, ASEM has been engaged in intensive research and development to identify the education, skills, and knowledge critical for success as a technical management professional. This work has supported the development and continuous improvement of this formal method for recognizing the CAEM or CPEM engineering management professional designation.

                                    Visit https://asem.org/EM-Professional-Certifications to find out more, and to begin the process to becoming professionally certified as a technical manager, today!

                                    Opportunity to Contribute to ASEM Professional Certifications

                                    ASEM seeks knowledge volunteers as part of a team chartered to investigate validation or accreditation of ASEM’s growing portfolio of certifications. The use of a third-party standard, has long been discussed. Organizations such as ABET use international standards such as ISO 9000. The Institute for Credentialing Excellence (ICE) and the IACET (International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training) are two examples of U.S. organizations that accredit personnel and continuing education related certifications or certificates. The major deliverable for the Accreditation Project is a actionable plan for obtaining recognized and effectual accreditation as our certification/badging products grow. If you have applicable accreditation knowledge or experience and would like to contribute to this please contact the ASEM Executive Director (ExecutiveDirector@asem.org).


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