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)
  • Student Leadership Training Seminar (SLS)
  • Student Design Exposition
  • Radio Controlled Micro Baja Car Competition
  • You Tube Competition
  • Impromptu Design Competition
  • T-Shirt Design 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

Student Design Exposition
Opportunity to present design project-can be work in progress.
No Limit on Number of Entries per Student Section. Open to ASME members and non-members.
Not held every year at all SPDCs.
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.

Competition Winners and Awards at the
Student Professional Development Conference (SPDC)

| 2010 |

2010-2011 Venues
Student Professional Development Conference (SPDC)
District A

April 1-2, 2011
Host: Temple University Student Section
Conference Website:

April 1-2, 2011
Host: University of Connecticut Student Section
Conference Website:

District B

March 25 - 27, 2011
Grand Valley State University Student section
Conference Website:
Includes: Student Leadership Seminar (SLS)

District C

April 14-16, 2011
Host: University of Kansas Student Section
Conference Website:

District D April 15-16, 2011
Host: Eastern Washington University Student Section
Conference Website:
Includes: Graduate Student Technical Conference (GSTC)

April 15-16, 2011
Host: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Section
Conference Website:
Includes: Graduate Student Technical Conference (GSTC)

District E

March 31 - April 2, 2011
Host: University of Arkansas Student Section
Conference Website:
Includes: Early Career Technical Conference (ECTC)

April 14-16, 2011
Host: ITESM Campus Ciudad de México
Mexico City, Mexico
Conference Website:

District F

March 25-27, 2011
Host: North Carolina State University Student Section
Conference Website:

April 1-3, 2011
Host: University of Central Florida Student Section
Conference Website:

District G

District H

July 14-16, 2010
Host: Yeditepe University Student Section, Istanbul, Turkey
Contact for Student Design Competition: Asil Aksekili asilaksekili@hotmail.com
Information:
http://me.yeditepe.edu.tr/asme/SPDC/SPDC.html

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.