AWARDS

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THE CHARLES T. MAIN AWARD was established in 1; 1; to recognize; at the Societywide
level; an undergraduate ASME student member whose leadership and service
Cualities have contributed; for a period of more than one year; to the programs and
operations of a Student Section. In 1; ; ; ; the award was expanded to include a secondplace
award.
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HIND HA;;AR; research assistant; American - niversity of ; eirut; 09!./.3-a!/. !!! !
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Ms. Ha;;ar earned her bachelor;s degree in mechanical
engineering from the American - niversity of ; eirut
;A- ; ; in May 201; . She is currently a part-time
research assistant at A- ; ;s Munib and Angela Masri
Institute of Energy and Natural Resources. - nder the
leadership of Dr. Nesreen ; haddar; she served as a
mechanical engineering student representative on the
institute;s Steering Committee ;May–September 201; ;
for the ASHRAE International Conference on Efficient
; uilding Design; Materials and H. AC ECuipment
Technologies; which was held Sept. 22-2; in ; eirut.
While pursuing her undergraduate degree; Ha;;ar
was an intern at Khatib and Alami; where she worked
as a site engineer performing on-site building inspections
and as a design engineer on water treatment plant
design ;;uly-August 201; ;; and at ; eneral Electric–Power and Water ;; eirut; in the
power generation services–commercial gas turbine area ;;une–August 201; ;. At A- ;
she was a volunteer writer for Outlook; the university;s official student newspaper; a
secretarial assistant in the mechanical engineering department; an elected student representative
for senior students at the faculty of engineering and architecture; and a
research assistant with Dr. Issam Lakkis; working on reduced order modeling and
simulation of the airways of the lungs; and species modeling.
An ASME member; Ha;;ar got involved in Society activities during her sophomore
year at A- ; . Initially a subcommittee member ;201; –1; ;; she subseCuently served as
secretary ;201; –1; ; and vice chair ;201; –1; ; of the Student Section. As student regional
chair for Africa and the Middle East ;201; –1; ;; Ha;;ar improved the outreach and communication
among more than 20 universities in the region; this facilitated the formation
or reactivation of Student Sections and enabled the sharing of best practices. While
vice chair of the Student Section; she helped organize the Middle East Student Professional
Development Conference hosted by A- ; in April 201; . One of the other ma;or
events she helped organize was the industrial tour; where she and a dedicated team
led ; 2 Student Section members on excursions in four European cities in ;anuary 201; .
Since May 201; Ha;;ar has been serving on an ASME Task Force on increasing membership
engagement for students and early career engineers.
Among her honors; Ha;;ar received an International College Alumni Association
Scholarship Award ;2012; and she made the A- ; faculty of engineering and architecture
dean;s honor list ;fall 201; ; spring 201; ;.
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