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

NEW
Student Design Exposition

Opportunity to present senior design project-can be work in progress.
General Rules and 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.

2010 Venues
Student Professional Development Conference (SPDC)
District A

April 23-24, 2010 (NEW DATE)
Host: Drexel University Student Section
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Conference Website:

April 9-10, 2010 (Tentative Date)
Host: Union College Student Section
Schenectady, NY
Conference Website:

District B

March 26-28, 2010
Host: Gannon University Student Section
Erie, Pennsylvania
Conference Website: http://districts.asme.org/SPDC/Erie
Includes: Student Leadership Seminar (SLS)

District C April 9-10 , 2010
Host: St. Louis University Student Section
St. Louis, Missouri
Conference Website:
District D

April 23-24, 2010
Host: California Polytechnic State University Student Section
San Luis Obispo
Conference Website:
Includes: Graduate Student Technical Conference (GSTC)

April 9-10, 2010
Host: Oregon State University Student Section
Corvallis, OR
Conference Website:
Includes: Graduate Student Technical Conference (GSTC)

District E

March 25-27, 2010
Host: Oral Roberts University Student Section
Tulsa, OK
Conference Website: http://districts.asme.org/SPDC/OK
Includes: Early Career Technical Conference (ECTC)

District F

March 26-28, 2010
Host: University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Conference Website: http://districts.asme.org/SPDC/FL

April 23-25, 2010
Host: University of North Carolina
Charlotte, NC
Conference Website:

District G

 

District H

 

District I  
District J  


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)

 

Note: NO funding is available for persons in Districts G, H, I, or J to attend any SPDC being held in North America.