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 |
April 18, 2009 (NEW DATE)
Host:
Tufts University
Medford, MA
Conference Website: http://districts.asme.org/SPDC/MA April
3-4, 2009 (NEW DATE)
Host: University of Maryland
/ Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD
Conference Website:http://districts.asme.org/SPDC/MD | | District
B | March
27-29, 2009
Host: Wright State University
Dayton, OH
Conference Website:
http://districts.asme.org/SPDC/OH
Also Information on 2009 Student Leadership Seminar | | District
C | April
16-18, 2009 (CORRECTED DATE)
Host:
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Milwaukee, WI
Conference Website:http://districts.asme.org/SPDC/WI | | District
D | April
3-4, 2009
Host: San Jose State University Student Section
San Jose,
CA
Conference
Website:http://districts.asme.org/SPDC/CA
Includes:
Graduate Student Technical Conference April
17-18, 2009
Host: Washington State University Student Section
Pullman,
WA
Conference Website: http://districts.asme.org/SPDC/WA
Includes:
Graduate Student Technical Conference | | District
E | April
17-18, 2009
Host: University of Texas / Arlington Student Section
Arlington,
TX
Conference Website:http://districts.asme.org/SPDC/TX
Includes:
Early Career Technical Conference | | District
F | March
27-29, 2009
Host: Virginia Tech University Student Section
Blacksburg,
VA
Conference Website: http://districts.asme.org/SPDC/VA April
3-5, 2009
Host: University of Alabama Student Section
Tuscaloosa, AL
Conference
Website: http://districts.asme.org/SPDC/AL | | District
G | February
28 - March 2, 2009
SLS Pakistan at EME (NUST) Student Section Rawalpindi
Pakistan.
Pakistan SLS/SPDC Information:
http://sections.asme.org/pakistan/sdob/slspakistan.html
February 20-22, 2009
SLS India at ASME BITS PILANI Student Section
India.
Specific information about the SLS and SPDC in India
http://www.invenzione09.org/
May
16-19 , 2009
SLS/SPDC in Singapore
at Nanyang Technological
University
District
G web sites for the SLSs/SPDCs: http://www.asmespdc.com
| | District
I | March
20-21, 2009
Student Leadership Seminar
Host: Universidad de Los Andes,
Merida, Venezuela.
Organizers: Jean Carlo Ramirez (Student Section Chair)
<jeancarlo79@hotmail.com>, Andres Rondon (SSC Rep / SDOB Chair) <rondona2@asme.org>
April 16-18, 2009
SPDC District I North Region / 2009 SLS
Host: Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia.
Organizers: Cindy
Garcia (SDOB Colombia Correspondent) <garcia_cindy77@hotmail.com>, Rafael
Beltran (District Leader) <rbeltran@uniandes.edu.co>
http://spdc.uniandes.edu.co/
May
13-15, 2009 2009
SPDC District I South Region
Host: Universidad Regional
del Comahue, Neuquen, Argentina.
Organizers: Matias Flores (SDOB Argentina
Correspondent) <matiaseflores@gmail.com
Date: TBD
2009 Student
Design Contest South Region
Location: Universidad Tecnologica Metropolitana,
Santiago de Chile. (To Be Confirmed)
Organizers: Roxana Villanueva (SDOB
Program Chair) <roxana_villanueva@hotmail.com>, Alvaro Ravazzano (SDOB Chile
Correspondent) <aravazza@gmail.com>
| | District
J | May
14-16, 2009
Host: Notre Dame University - Lebanon
Contact: Charles Haddad [charles1470@hotmail.com]
Tentative
Program |
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