Our speaker will provide a brief introduction to Value Engineering, and will cover topics including:

Developing target cost for a product,

Customer requirements ("Voice of the Customer"),

Product trees vs. function trees,

Design for manufacturability and assembly, and

Multifunctional design teams.

About the Speaker: Gaurav Shaw is currently a member of the technical staff at Applied Materials in Santa Clara. He has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Saurastra University in Rajkot, Gujarat, India and has taken graduate level courses at San Jose State University.

Time:

5:45 PM Social

6:30 PM ME Workplace Profiles

7:00 PM Dinner and Announcements

8:15 PM Presentation

Cost:

$15.00 Professionals

$8.00 Students

Menu:

Spaghetti Buffet

Directions:

Directions to SFSU

RSVP by Friday, April 21 to rsvp@sf.asme.org. Include your name and number of attendees.