Purpose: - Provide
a forum to train officers and future leaders.
- Create
networking opportunities.
- Host
student competitions.
- Supply
a forum for technology transfer for undergraduate and graduate students.
- Introduce
students to the real ASME (beyond pizza parties and contests to include technical
divisions and community relations) and what ASME can do for your career.
Who
Should Attend: -
All Engineering Students
-
Student Section Advisors
Other
Activities you might find at a SPDC include: - Graduate
Student Technical Conference (GSTC)
- Early
Career Technical Conference (ECTC)
- Radio
Controlled Micro Baja Car Competition
- Career/Job
Fair
- Panel
Discussions
- Early
Career Workshops
ASME
Competitions at the
Student Professional Development Conference (SPDC) |
Old
Guard Oral Presentation Competition
Limit 2 Entries per
Student Section*
General
Rules and Prize Information | Sample
Score Sheet
*Note: Some SPDCs may allow only 1 entry per student section.
Be sure to check limitations on the venue web site. Old
Guard Technical Poster Competition
Limit
2 Entries per Student Section
General
Rules and Prize Information | Sample
Score Sheet Technical
Web Page Competition
No Limit on Number of Entries per Student Section
General
Rules and Prize Information | Sample
Score Sheet Student
Design Competition
No Limit on Number of Entries per Student Section**
**Note:
A student may be a member of only ONE team.
General
Rules, Problem Statement & Prize Information Information
regarding these contests and other SPDC activities will be posted on the individual
conference web sites as information becomes available.
All contestants must
be dues paid ASME undergraduate student members prior to submittal of entry form.
Registering to attend a SPDC does not enter you into the competition, you must
also submit the proper entry form by the deadline specified. Change
of Venue Request
If a Student Section in North America
desires to attend a SPDC that is not in its home district a waiver
must be requested. To request a waiver to attend a SPDC in another district
a "Change of Venue" Form must be submitted. Click
Here for Form (MS Word File) |
| Venues
Student
Professional Development Conference (SPDC) |
| District
A | March
28-30, 2008
Host: Rochester Institute of Technology Student Section
Rochester,
NY
Conference Website: http://districts.asme.org/SPDC/NY April
5, 2008
Host: Central Connecticut State University Student Section
New
Britain, CT
Conference
Website: http://districts.asme.org/SPDC/CT | | District
B | April
4-6, 2008
Hosts: Carnegie-Mellon University Student Section
University
of Pittsburgh Student Section
Pittsburgh Section
Pittsburgh, PA
Note:
Also includes a Student Leadership Training Seminar (SLS)
Conference Website:
http://districts.asme.org/SPDC/PA | | District
C | March
28-30, 2008
Host: University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
Conference
Website: http://districts.asme.org/SPDC/MO | | District
D | March
28-29, 2008
Host: Tacoma Community College Student Section
Tacoma, WA
Note:
Also includes a Graduate Student Technical Conference (GSTC) and a Radio-controlled
baja car competition.
Conference
Website: http://districts.asme.org/SPDC/WA March
14-15, 2008
Host: California State University
Fresno, CA
Conference
Website: http://districts.asme.org/SPDC/CA
| | District
E | April
3-5, 2008
Hosts: Metropolitan State College Student Section and the
Colorado
Section
Denver, CO
Conference Website: http://districts.asme.org/SPDC/CO
April
17-19, 2008
Host: Louisiana Tech University Student Section
Ruston,
LA
Conference Website: http://districts.asme.org/SPDC/LA
April
3-5, 2008 in Denver, CO
April 17-19, 2008 in Ruston, LA
Early Career Technical
Conference (ECTC) http://districts.asme.org/DistrictE/E-ECTC.htm | | District
F | March
28-30, 2008
Host: University of Virginia Student Section
at Sweet Briar
Conference Center, Sweet Briar, VA
Conference Website: http://districts.asme.org/SPDC/VA April
4-6, 2008
Host: Florida A&M University / Florida State University Student
Section (FAMU/FSU)
Tallahassee, FL
Conference Website: http://districts.asme.org/SPDC/FL | | District
G | April
25-28, 2008
Students and Student Sections from India and Pakistan
Host:
University of Engineering & Technology
Lahore, Pakistan
Conference Website:
www.asmespdc.com | | District
I | May
29-31, 2008
ASME
UTEM (Universidad Tecnologica Metropolitana) in Santiago de Chile
For more
information contact:
Roxana Villanueva, Section Chair roxana_villanueva@hotmail.com
April
23-25, 2008
ASME Student Sections at EPN (Escuela Politecnica Nacional) and
ESPE (Escuela Politectina del Ejercito) in Quito, Ecuador
For more information
contact:
ASME EPN Section Chair: Jorge Loor, Section Chair
jorel_138@yahoo.com
or
ASME ESPE Section Chair : Vinicio Tamayo, Section
Chair vinesio@hotmail.com
or
ASME
ESPE Student Section Advisor: Ing. Mina Natchova. Student Section Advisor natchovam@asme.org
Calendar of Events |
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