Student Professional Development Conference 2015
On behalf of Najib Metni, Chair - ASME Board on Student Programs, it is our pleasure to invite you, and engineering and technology students to Career and Professional Development focused, 2015 Student Professional Development Conferences (SPDCs) that will be taking place during the spring at the following locations:
Where?
Georgia Tech – Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Texas Tech University – Lubbock, Texas, USA
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
University of Nevada- Las Vegas, NV, USA
Gujarat Technological University, Gujarat, India
Notre Dame University, Beirut, Lebanon
Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, Pakistan
Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey
Stay tuned for dates and more locations….
ASME SPDC
What Happens at the SPDCs?
Industry Engagement
Open to all engineering and technology student to participate anywhere at any location. Choose the program and location/s you prefer and register. ASME membership is not a requirement for the industry engagement sessions.
All registered engineering and technology students will have an opportunity to engage with, and learn from engineers and managers from a diverse set of industries to improve their understanding of engineering and business practices, challenges, strategic direction and latest innovations. Students interact with diverse group of industry professionals through webinars, round table/panel discussions/seminars etc.
esign and Technical Presentation Competitions
Student Design Competition
ASME Student Design Competition
Student Members of ASME, present their solutions to a range of design problems by designing, constructing and operating a prototype to meet the requirements of an annually determined problem statement and compete to win the following awards at the SPDC:
a. First place winner - $500
b. Second place winner - $300
c. Third place winner - $150
Top two teams from each USA SPDC will receive a team travel subsidy of up to $1, 200 to compete with other finalists from around the world at the ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) in Houston, Texas in November 2015. One team from each of the SPDCs outside of North America is provided a travel subsidy of up to $1,500 to compete at the finals for the following three awards.
· 1st Place: $3,000 plus $1,000 to the winners’ student section
· 2nd Place: $1,000 plus $500 to the winners’ student section
· 3rd Place: $ 500 plus $250 to the winners’ student section
Old Guard Competitions
Students members of ASME compete to present their technical content organization, delivery and effectiveness skills, respond to questions and compete to win the following awards
1st Place winner - $500
2nd Place winner - $150
3rd Place winner - $100
4th place winner - $50
All Old Guard Oral Competition participants receive as applicable an automatic student membership renewal/ upgrade equivalent to the price of a professional membership for one year. Each First place SPDC Old Guard Oral presentation winner from North America receives a travel subsidy of up to $1, 000. Old Guard Oral Competition winners from outside of North America receive a travel subsidy of $1,500. The first place winners will be invited to compete with other first place winners from around the world at the ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) in Houston, Texas for the following awards.
· First Place - $2,000
· Second Place - $1,500
· Third Place - $1,000
· Fourth Place - $500
· Fifth Place - $25
· Technical - $50
“ASME competition winners will be eligible to participate in a limited number of self-funded tours of Tesla Motor or SpaceX plants. Details of the tours will be communicated to the winners directly. The tours were gifted to Edison Universe by Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX when he became one of two 2014 Edison Achievement Award Winners. Edison Universe is a non-profit organization whose mission is to foster new innovators.”
We look forward to your school, and your students’ participation at the SPDCs. Please stay tuned for dates, registration and agenda at the SPDCs.
