Bryan Erler will begin his term as the 139th president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). An active member of ASME since 1991, Erler has been an executive and expert in the nuclear power industry for more than 45 years with significant leadership roles and responsibilities in the designing of electric power plants as an owner and SVP of Sargent & Lundy. He is the recently retired president of Erler Engineering, where he served as a consultant to the power industry.