(SME:Dearborn, MI) -- For the first time in its 78-year history, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has elected a woman to lead the organization. Barbara M. Fossum, PhD, FSME, will serve as 2010 president and was officially sworn in—along with the rest of the 2010 SME Executive Committee—at the Society’s Awards and Installation Banquet held Nov. 14, in Dearborn, Michigan.

As president, Fossum would like to coordinate efforts among professional societies and other organizations to achieve key objectives for the manufacturing community.

“I believe SME can be a catalyst among professional organizations to make progress toward a national manufacturing strategy,” says Fossum. “Working together, government, industry, and academia can rebuild U.S. manufacturing capability in key industries.”

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