American Society of Mechanical Engineers Call-Out

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American Society of Mechanical Engineers Call-Out

• Be sure to grab some pizza
• (start with 2 slices until everyone gets some)
• Purdue ASME Student Section President Nashley
  Mascarenhas (nashleym_at_purdue.edu)

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Interested in becoming more involved?

• Open Positions
• Historian
• Vice Presidents Committee
• Activities Committee
• ASME relations Committee

• Other Committees to be involved in
• SSC
• Programs
• Activities
• Publicity
• Design
• Fundraising

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ASME Overview

• Founded in 1880
• Nonprofit educational and technical organization
• Worldwide membership of over 120,000
• To be the premier organization for promoting the
  art, science and practice of mechanical
  engineering throughout the world.

• Different levels of activities
• Student Section
• Purdue
• Professional Section
• Central Indiana
• District
• District C
• National
• International

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ASME Possibilities Scholarships Loans

• Scholarships
• Over 100,000 awarded annually
• Applications accepted from Feb. 1 to March 15
  (www.asme.org/communities/students for more info)
• Student Loans
• Borrow up to 3000 per academic year with
  interest rates 1 below federal at a fixed 4.3
• Graduate Teaching Fellowships
• 5000 per year to pursue engineering education

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ASME PossibilitiesNetworking Leadership

• Large membership
• Over 120,000 members
• 24,000 students
• 400 student sections worldwide
• Student Leadership Roles
• Student section
• Regional/Divisional
• International

• Network through
• E-mentoring
• Online message boards
• Conferences
• Technical
• Student
• Meetings
• Student Section
• Senior Section
• Contests
• Competitions

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ASME PossibilitiesCareer Assistance (Online)

• Online Job Internship Database
• Board available to post resume
• Salary Surveys and Salary Questions
• Career/Life Guide
• Job Coach
• Assistance with resumes, interviewing skills,
  behavioral assessment, and much more

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ASME PossibilitiesPublications Online Resources

• Mechanical Engineering Magazine
• Mechanical Advantage Online
• ASME News
• Student E-zine
• ME Today Online
• Job Resources
• Lifetime e-mail address
• Special student rates and membership discounts
• Free membership for Freshman
• Much more available at www.asme.org/communities/st
  udents

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Local Activities

• Chevron-Phillips Active ASME member contest
• Impromptu Design Competitions
• Professor Luncheons
• ME Social
• ME Picnic
• Industrial tours and speakers
• Grand Prix
• Spring Design Contest

• Regional International Activities
• Leadership Seminars
• Spring Student Conference (held at Purdue)
• National Congress
• Design Contests
• Rube Goldberg
• Meet after callout

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Spring Student Conference (Purdue)

• Events
• Impromptu Design
• Workshops
• Job Fair
• Social
• Banquet
• Keynote Speaker

• Competitions
• Ingersoll Rand
• Between Schools
• Old Guard
• Individual
• Up to 2 entries from each school
• Design
• Team

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Old Guard Individual Competitions

• Oral Presentation
• Can be on any topic in the broad field of
  engineering
• 15 min. presentation with 5 min. QA
• 1st Place - 500 get to go to nationals with a
  top prize of 2000
• Secured 2nd and 5th place this year. Awarded
  Best Technical Presentation
• Technical Poster
• Can be on any topic in the broad field of
  engineering
• Win first years dues just for entering
• Web Page Design
• Can be on an engineering theme or ASME
  International Units
• This year ONLY 1 entry from Purdue
• Secured 3rd place this year

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Spring Student Design Competition

• Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to
  drink.
• Coleridge The Ryme of the Ancient Mariner
• In light of the hurricanes through New Orleans
  causing many people to be without potable water
  for days or even weeks, the task is to design a
  human-powered still to purify contaminated
  water with mechanical input.

• Goals
• Energy input would come from a linkage or
  mechanism driven by human effort
• Small enough to be easily stored or transported
  for emergency use
• Easily assembled from its stored configuration
• Prizes range from 50 - 4000

http//www.asme.org/Communities/Students/2007_Desi
gn_Problem.cfmDESIGN20PROBLEM
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Purdue ASME Organization
Open positions are in RED
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ASME Grand Prix

• Need people for all areas pit crew, track
  workers, hands to help
• For more information, sign up on the sheet after
  the meeting

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Questions?

• Ask now!
• For more info
• www.asme.org/communities/students
• To Join ASME
• http//www.asme.org/Membership/Join/
• ASME President Nashley Mascarenhas
  (nashleym_at_purdue.edu)