G. E. Otto Widera, Ph.D.

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PROFESSIONAL  SOCIETY  ACTIVITIES

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Fellow)

  • -Vice-President, 1993-96
  • Council on Engineering
    -- Member, 1993-1996
    -- Member, Board of Editors, 1982-1993
    -- Member, Materials and Structures Group Board, 1990-1991, 1997
    – Chair, Materials and Structures Group Board, 1993-1996
    -- Member, Technology Executives Conference Committee, 1993-1996
    -- Member, Task Force on ASME's Involvement in Manufacturing, 1993-1994
    -- Chair,  Committee on Appointments, 1994-1996
    -- Member,  Administrative Committee, 1994-1996
  • Council on Codes and Standards
    -- Member, Board of Pressure Technology Codes and Standards, 1988-1994
  • Pressure Vessel and Piping Division
    -- Chair, 1990-1991
    -- Member, Design and Analysis Committee, 1972-1985.
    -- Papers Review Chair, Design and Analysis Committee, 1977-1980
    --Chair, Design and Analysis Committee, 1980-1983
    -- Member,  General Committee, 1980-1991
    -- Member,  Executive Committee, 1985-1991
    -- Program Chair, 1985-1989
    -- Vice-Chair, 1989-1990
    -- Historian, Senate, 1991-1992
    -- Member, Honors Committee, 1992-1995
    -- Member, Codes and Standards Technical Subcommittee, 1989-Present
    -- President, Senate, 1992-1993
    -- Member, Senate of Past Chairs, 1991-Present
  • Applied Mechanics Division
    --  Chair,  Junior Awards Committee, 1973-1976 (Committee nominee won Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal in 1974, 1975 and 1976)
  • Petroleum Division
    -- Member, Materials Committee, 1988-1998 
    -- Member, Hydrocarbon Processing Committee, 1990-1998
  • Design Engineering Division
    -- Member, Vibration and Sound Committee, 1971-1974
  • ASME Research Committee on Pressure Vessels
    -- Chair, 1982-1987
  • Chicago Section
    -- Chair,  Machine Design Division,  l967-1968
    -- Member,  Operating Board,  l967-1973
    -- Member, Executive Committee,  1970-1973
    -- Editor, Newsletter, 1971-1973
  • University of Illinois, Chicago
    --  Faculty Advisor, Student Section l966-1968, 1974-1975
    (Years l966-1968, Student Section won award as Best in Midwest)
  • Council on Education
    -- Member, Mechanical Engineering Department Heads Committee, 1983-91
    -- ABET Visitor,  1992-1993
    -- Board on Professional Development, Task Force on Local Course Delivery, 1996-97
    -- ABET Evaluator,  1993–Present
  • Milwaukee Section
    -- Chair,  Honors and Awards,  1992-1995

Society of Manufacturing Engineers (Senior Member)

Wisconsin Association of Research Managers

  • --President, 2004-2005
  • --Vice-President, 2003-2004
  • --Member, 1998-Present

Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing Productivity

  • --Member, Board of Directors, 1993-1995

Wisconsin Manufacturing Curriculum Committee

  • --Vice-Chair, 1998-2002

Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership - SE Region

  • --Member, 1992-1999

Pressure Vessel Research Council of Welding Research Council (Member)

  • -- Member,  Design Division Executive Committee, 1987-Present
  • -- Member,  Committee on Piping and Nozzles
  • -- Chair,  Subcommittee on Shell Intersections, 1983-1987
  • -- Vice-Chair,  Committee on Reinforced Openings and External Loads, 1984-1987
  • -- Chair,  Committee on Reinforced Openings and External Loads, 1987-1991
  • -- Vice-Chair,  Committee on Polymer Pressure Components, 1991-Present
  • -- Chair,  Committee on Shells and Ligaments,  1993-1997

International Council on Pressure Vessel Technology (Member)

  • -- Chair,  International Council,  1992-1996, 2003-Present
  • -- Chair,  The Americas Regional Committee,  1988-Present

American Society of Civil Engineers

  • Illinois Section
    -- Chair,  Structural Division,  1976-1977
    -- Chair,  Structural Division Seminar Committee,  1978-1979
  • Engineering Mechanics Division
    -- Member,  Elasticity Committee,  1975-1984
  • Technical Council on Research
    -- Chair,  Peer Review Committee,  1983-1984
  • Research Council on Structural Plastics
    -- Member,  Administrative Committee,  1978-1995
    -- Member,  Design Guide Book Committee,  1978-1981
    --  Member, Task Committee on Research and Development in
    Structural Plastics
    --  Member, Task Committee on Technology Transfer and Education in
    Structural Plastics
  • Aerospace Division
    -- Member,  Aerospace Materials and Structures Committee, 1991-1995

American Society for Engineering Education (Member)

Illinois Society of Professional Engineers

  • -- Member, Education and Scholarship Committee, 1975-1977

French Pressure Vessel Association (Member)
           
Second China National Standards Committee on Pressure Vessels

  • -- Honorary Consultant

Professor and Senior Associate Dean
College of Engineering
Phone: (414) 288-3543
Fax: (414) 288-1647
Email: geo.widera@marquette.edu

Marquette University
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1515 W. Wisconsin Ave.
P.O. Box 1881
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-1881