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Iana Aranda, the senior director of Engineering for Sustainable Development at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), is leading efforts to promote sustainability in engineering. She manages programs and platforms that align with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and encourages engineers to participate and contribute to sustainable development. The demand for sustainability in engineering roles is increasing due to factors such as environmental, social, and governance considerations, as well as investments in climate action. Aranda's work includes collaborating with global partners, addressing manufacturing challenges in low-resource settings, and supporting initiatives like Engineering for Change (E4C) and the Amazon CoLab. She attributes her success to her mentors and the staff she has worked with, and she emphasizes the importance of being comfortable with discomfort when navigating uncharted territory. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the factors to consider when designing connectors for portable medical equipment. It mentions the designing of smaller connectors with more pins and the extending of connector life. It cites electrical issues such as contact resistance and shielding requirements. Furthermore, it notes finger protection and touchproof connectors for portable medical devices' safety aspect.

The article focuses on the plain bearings. They can replace rolling-element bearings in many applications. Plain bearings can meet the high-load, low-maintenance, long-life needs of demanding applications. Furthermore, larger contact areas let plain bearings bear more load, resist shocks, and tolerate misalignment.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including “A Generation of Pessimists" in the June 6, 2012 issue, "Working With Dimensional Tolerances" in the May 10, 2012 issue, and “Better Alternatives for Wind Power” in the May 10, 2012 issue.

The article explores the calculation of shoulder-fillet stresses. It notes that procedures for calculating shoulder-fillet stresses should take multiaxial stresses into account, even if loading is uniaxial. Shoulder fillets are notches that generate transverse stresses under axial loading. When calculating, the location of the maximum stress in the fillet radius is determined in degrees.

Reviews the MSC.Adams 2003 software for machine design from MSC Software.