July 24th is the hottest day of the year, so naturally that is the perfect day to celebrate the contributions thermal engineers make to everyday life. You don’t know what thermal engineers do? Sadly enough, you are not alone. Thermal engineers are often overshadowed in society by electrical and software engineers when in reality, the thermal engineers are enabling electronics to function.
Thermal engineers work with heat energy and its transfer between different mediums and also into other usable forms of energy. Without thermal engineering, the electronics we use every day would not function.
ATS decided it was time for thermal engineers to gain recognition, thus, National Thermal Engineer Day was started. It is now recognized every year on July 24th. We celebrated the second annual National Thermal Engineer Day here at ATS on Friday, July 22nd, 2016. It was a success celebrating the work done by thermal engineers.
President, CEO, and founder of ATS, Kaveh Azar, shared his input on the importance of thermal engineers, “We make things happen in the electronics industry. We have a very tough job but as a result of the position, we never get recognized. We are doing the bulk of the work. We are making these things happen. We are making the electronics function.”
ATS employees spent the afternoon enjoying a barbecue and playing games, taking in the warmth of the sun on one of the hottest days of the year.
Cassandra Moore of our Sales Order Management team took a break from working with customer’s to enjoy the awesome food.
Sharon Koss, ATS’s Vice-President for Operations and Business Development, Dahra, Engineering Intern and Diane Chalmers, of our Sales Order Management Team, found the grilled steak and chicken to be great dishes for ATS’s National Thermal Engineer Day outing.
ATS’s Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Bahman Tavassoli, enjoying some rare time out of the lab.
Arlain Cherry from our Engineering team was happy to break away from his current project just long enough to enjoy some sunshine, food and good laughs.
Pete Clonda, Sr. Director of Operations Logistics, and Brent Bennett, Manufacturing Team, enjoying a friendly (but competitive!) game of bean bag toss. Peter Konstatilakis chases after a frisbee.
Many of you reading this have likely seen one of Greg Wong’s many “how to” videos including “how to make a thermocouple” and “how to apply thermal interface material: thermal tape”. He took a break from Engineering to celebrate National Thermal Engineer Day.
Marketing Specialist Becca Leonard took a break from graphics and web design to Celebrate National Thermal Engineer Day by taking the amazing photographs in this blog post!
What celebration would be complete without a cake? Our National Thermal Engineer Day Cake was a delicious hit, courtesy of Whole Foods Markets.
Celebrate with us next year and every year after that! July 24th is National Thermal Engineer Day. Learn more and sign up for a pin at this link: National Thermal Engineer Day.
See you all next year at National Thermal Engineer Day, July 24th, 2017!