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Lester K. Su, Ph.D. (Member) is a Lecturer in the mechanical engineering department at Stanford University. His areas of expertise are experimental fluid mechanics, thermal sciences, and turbulent flows.
Lester previously served as a faculty member in mechanical engineering at the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Wisconsin. At JHU, he received a National Science Foundation CAREER award, won a Diversity Recognition Award from the university, and received teaching awards from the JHU Alumni Association, school of engineering, and student government association. Lester also served as an ASME Congressional Fellow in 2000-2001 in the office of Rep. Vernon Ehlers, where he worked on issues including STEM education and funding for basic research in engineering and the sciences.
Lester has been an active volunteer with ASME for over twenty years. He is currently the Senior Vice President for the Public Affairs and Outreach Sector and is a member of the Philanthropy Committee. Previously, he chaired the Committee on Government Relations and the Federal Fellows selection committee, was an alternate to the Nominating Committee, and was the faculty advisor for the Johns Hopkins University student section. While at JHU, he founded an outreach program to introduce middle-school girls to engineering that was awarded three ASME Diversity Action Grants.
Lester holds an AB in physics from the University of Chicago and did his graduate work at the University of Michigan, where he earned an MS in mathematics, and an MSE and a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering. He also did post-doctoral work at the University of Texas and Stanford University.
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The affairs of the Society shall be managed by a Board of Governors chosen from its membership which shall have full control of the activities of the Society, subject to the limitations of the Constitution and By-Laws, Society Policies and the laws of the State of New York. The voting members of the Board of Governors shall consist of the President, the most recent available past President, nine at least twelve and not more than fourteen membersat- large and the President elect (if not currently a member-at-large)., such members-at-large selected as follows:
- Twelve members-at-large elected from among the corporate members of the Society in the manner specified in C4.1.5 (“Elected Governors”).
The nine members at-largeIn the discretion of the Boardshall be elected from the corporateof Governors, up to two members-at-large, who need not be members of the Society,of Member grade or higher. The term of each member-at-large shall be three years, with the term of three members-at-large beginning and ending during the second Business Meeting of the fiscal year of the Society at a time designated annually byeach appointed by the vote of a majority of the entire Board of Governors (each, an “Appointed Governor”) upon their determination that the size of the Board of Governors.may be fixed at thirteen or fourteen, as the case may be, to include a seat for the proposed appointee and that the proposed appointee has demonstrated substantial philanthropic support of the Society’s mission and sustained engagement with the field of engineering.
The “entire Board of Governors,” as such term is used in this Constitution, shall mean the total number of members-at-large entitled to vote which the Society would have if there were no vacancies. A seat vacated by an Appointed Governor, whether by expiration of his or her term, resignation, or otherwise, shall not be treated as a vacancy, and in such event, the size of the entire Board of Governors shall be fixed without regard to the seat until such time, if any, as the Board of Governors exercises its discretion under C4.1.1 to appoint a new Appointed Governor.
All members-at-large, whether elected or appointed, shall have the rights, privileges, and fiduciary duties granted or imposed by the laws of the State of New York.
The term of each member-at-large shall be three years, with the terms of four Elected Governors and an Appointed Governor, if any, beginning each year at the second Business Meeting of the fiscal year of the Society, at a time designated annually by the Board of Governors, thereby staggering the terms of the members-at-large in office as nearly equally as possible among the three classes.
Members-at-large of the Board of Governors All members-at-large shall be limited to one full term of service. Additional service as a member-at-large may occur after an interruption of one or more years or as a consecutive partial term.
The Executive Director/CEO shall be an ex officio member of the Board of Governors without vote.
The Officers of the Society shall consist of the President, the President elect, the past President who is serving on the Board of Governors, the members-at-large of the Board of Governors, the senior vice presidents, the vice presidents, the Executive Director/CEO, the Secretary, Treasurer, and such others as the Board of Governors may appoint.
The President shall be a corporate member of the Society who has reached at least the grade of Memberappointed by the Board of Governors from among the seated Elected Governors. He or she shall be electedappointed for a term of one year. The President may not serve more than one term except if he or she is appointed to fill a vacancy.