ASME
Competitions at the Spring
Student Professional Development Conference (SPDC) |
Old
Guard Oral Presentation Competition
An engineer, like
all professionals, must possess a well-developed ability to communicate, both
orally and in writing. This competition is designed to emphasize the value of
an ability to deliver oral presentations. Old
Guard Technical Poster Competition
Engineers,
like all professionals, must possess a well-developed ability to communicate.
This poster competition, held at North American District ASME Student Professional
Development Conferences, is designed to emphasize the ability to deliver a visual
presentation. Subject matter is to be related to some area in the field of mechanical
engineering. Old
Guard Technical Web Page Competition
Engineers,
like all professionals, must possess a well-developed ability to communicate.
This web page competition, held at district level Student Professional Development
Conferences, is intended to encourage the delivery of visual presentations using
web page technology. The subject matter is to be related to some area in the field
of mechanical engineering. Student
Design Competition
The
ASME Student Design Competition provides a platform for ASME Student Members to
present their solutions to a range of design problems-– from everyday household
tasks to groundbreaking space exploration. Each team is required to design, construct
and operate a prototype meeting the requirements of an annually determined problem
statement. | Additional
Competitions that may be held at
Student Professional Development Conference
(SPDC) |
Design
Review Competition
Following
graduation, many engineering students find themselves participating in or leading
multidisciplinary project teams to develop design solutions to large industry
challenges. Other engineering graduates pursue entrepreneurship and self-employment,
trying to capitalize on an original idea or design by starting up their own businesses.
In these roles, and others, working engineers find numerous opportunities where
they must convince decision makers, whether they be Vice Presidents of multi-level
organizations or venture capitalists, to fund or authorize further development
or commercialization of their design or product. Rapid
Design Challenge
Innovation is widely viewed by industry as
the cornerstone of competitiveness; therefore, the ability to generate and present
creative solutions to real-world problems is a valuable skill. The Rapid Design
Challenge (RDC) provides engineering students with an opportunity to focus on
conceptual design, the foundation of the design process. Participants will be
provided with a real-world industry-focused design challenge and tasked with quickly
generating creative solutions, assessing their feasibility and selecting the most
promising concept(s). |
