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A roundup of recent Society events.
Mechanical Engineering Takes Home Two FOLIO: Awards
ASME’s flagship publication Mechanical Engineering magazine won two awards at the 2025 FOLIO: Eddie & Ozzie Awards in New York City on Oct. 6. ME’s Managing Editor Louise Poirier and Strategic Content Editor Sarah Alburakeh picked up both awards at the prestigious event.
“Being selected for these awards alongside some of the very best magazines in the business is an incredible honor,” Poirier said. “It’s entirely thanks to my team’s incredible talent and hard work.”
The Eddie & Ozzie Awards is one of the most prestigious recognition programs in the publishing community, recognizing excellence in editorial content and design across print and digital media. Publications worldwide submit thousands of entries into the FOLIO: Awards each year. The Eddies honor the best in editorial content, while the Ozzies recognize the greatest design.
Mechanical Engineering was honored in two categories:
- Eddies > Full Issue > Association / Nonprofit > Professional / Membership Association > Science, Engineering & Technology. Mechanical Engineering, May 2025
- Eddies > Range of Work by a Single Author > Association / Nonprofit. Louise Poirier, Mechanical Engineering
Published since 1880, Mechanical Engineering identifies emerging technologies and trends and explores their impact as they transform industries and workforce. It delivers a perspective on the role of engineering and technology advances in the world and on our lives.
> Mechanical Engineering magazine’s Strategic Content Editor Sarah Alburakeh (left) joins Managing Editor Louise Poirier to accept two 2025 FOLIO: Eddie Awards. Photo: Erika Kapin Photography
Duke Engineers Competitive Cheer
For two students attending Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University, competitive cheer at the school is less about battling stereotypes than the importance of pursuing what you love. Facing difficult challenges in the classroom and on the tumbling mats, Zoe Slentz is an ASME member, a sophomore studying mechanical engineering, and part of the cheer team. Her teammate is fellow ME student starting her first year, Sarah DiGabriele.
With a season that lasts six months, Slentz understands how demanding a schedule of a Division One athlete can be. The Hawaii native has been cheering and tumbling for years and explained that “doing the sport I love in some of the biggest arenas of college… sounded like a dream—and it is.” And as for STEM and design, “I wanted to explore mechanical engineering to foster this passion.”
For DiGabriele, cheerleading is her “first true love in life.” She began the sport right after kindergarten and became competitive very soon after. So continuing at Duke seemed natural. When attending high school in New Jersey, DiGabriele realized that she enjoyed “physics class.” So, majoring in engineering “is really exciting” to her.
Read “Duke: Cheering, Tumbling, and Engineering” to learn more about the pair.
< Sarah DiGabriele, a Long Valley, N.J. native, shared that balancing two intense commitments does bring with it pressure, but that such situations are “something my sport has taught me how to handle.” Photo: Duke University
ASME Completes Full Scope 1-3 GHG Emissions Baseline
ASME is among the first North American engineering societies to complete a comprehensive greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions baseline covering all three scopes of emissions. For fiscal year 2023, the assessment revealed 4,026.14 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂e) with 93 percent of emissions coming from Scope 3 activities.
The exercise established transparency among leading associations and provided a replicable methodology for peer institutions worldwide. With help from sustainability consultancy OnePointFive, the Society’s baseline captured emissions data across all operations. The assessment followed the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard, measuring direct emissions of 36.83 tonnes (Scope 1), purchased energy of 241.62 tonnes (Scope 2), and value chain emissions of 3,747.69 tonnes (Scope 3).
“This data tells a powerful story—93 percent of our emissions come from our value chain, particularly the goods and services we purchase,” explained ASME Managing Director of Sustainability Iana Aranda. “By being transparent about these numbers, we’re showing that real climate action requires looking beyond direct operations to address supply chain and event impacts. Our methodology provides a blueprint for any organization ready to take comprehensive accountability.”
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