Fall 2015

Why get involved in a student chapter or engineering club?

What do professional societies do?

Assignment Attend at least one engineering club meeting during fall semester (take the attendance form and get it signed by a club officer); worth 5% of overall grade Most clubs meet once per month Look at the whiteboard calendar outside Shiley 205 for a list of club meetings Look at the on-line UP calendar:

Student Club Activity Fair When: Friday 9/4, 4:30 to 6:30 pm Where: Academic Quad What: All UP clubs will be represented at Activities Fair – you should attend ASUP has links to some club websites spx?cid=13548&pid=171 spx?cid=13548&pid=171

Student Chapters of Professional Engineering Societies at UP Student ChapterCaters To… American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)CE Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)CS Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)BME Engineering World Health (EWH)All majors Engineers Without Borders (EWB)All majors Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)EE ME Club (ASME, SAE, ASHRAE, ASM International)ME Society of Women Engineers (SWE)All majors Tau Beta Pi (TBP), honorsAll majors

Engineering Clubs at UP Student Club (local to UP)Caters To… Biomedical Engineering ClubBME League of InventorsAll majors Mobile App Development ClubAll majors Robotics ClubAll majors Students for the Exploration & Development of Space (SEDS) All majors STEM Outreach Activities and Resources (SOAR)All majors

Chapters of Professional Societies

American Society of Civil Engineers President: Shannon Danforth Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mojie Takallou Connects you to a network of professionals Open to civil engineering Students Competitions Concrete canoe Paper presentations Field trips Community service projects Guest speakers

American Society of Civil Engineers Concrete Canoe

Assoc. for Computing Machinery President: Max Robinson Faculty Advisor: Dr. Steve Vegdahl International professional organization for software professionals Open to CS majors and minors Programming competition each November (held at UP this year) Local and regional speakers from industry

Come learn about the use of engineering and technology to advance human health and well-being! Student Representative: Vy Le Faculty Advisor: Dr. Deborah Munro

Engineering World Health (EWH) Student Representative: Alvaro Garay-Romero Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joe Hoffbeck Works to improve the quality of health care in developing countries Summer trip to hospital in Haiti Builds local capacity to maintain and repair electronic equipment EWH-Duke Summer Institute Design Competitions Kits

Engineering World Health (EWH)

Engineers Without Borders President: Crysta Ross Faculty Advisor: Niki Schulz Developing sustainable water, energy, housing in developing countries UP chapter has worked in Honduras Open to all engineering students Main fundraising activity is Soccer game clean-up (need volunteers)

Engineers Without Borders 2011 Team 2012 Team

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers President: Eric Vo Faculty Advisor: Dr. Aziz Inan Largest network of technical professionals in the world Open to all majors Speak with local engineers solving real problems Annual soldering competition (Spring)

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

Mechanical Engineering Club President: Brett Screechfield Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tim Doughty ME Club is the “umbrella” club for four professional organizations: ASME International (formerly American Society of Mechanical Engineers ) American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) ASM International (formerly American Society of Materials) Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

ASME International Formerly “American Society of Mechanical Engineers” President: Kara Kindt Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tim Doughty ASME International is the primary professional society for ME’s Provides speakers and tours and similar events through Oregon ASME ASME has annual regional student meetings

American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) President: Hollis Crowder Faculty Advisor: Dr. Heather Dillon Organization focus is on green buildings and energy efficiency Interact with very involved local professionals (many local internships) Oregon ASHRAE provides a number of scholarships to active and involved students

ASM International (formerly American Society for Metals) President: Erin Yett Faculty Advisor: Dr. Khalid Khan Involved with various aspects of materials and manufacturing Students participate in the annual Oregon ASM Student Night

Society of Automotive Engineers President: Sam Stucki Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ken Lulay Active with Oregon SAE, speakers and events Collegiate competitions: Aero design

Society of Women Engineers President: Emily Nitzberg Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tammy VanDeGrift Open to all engineering and computer science students – male and female Female members have an opportunity to be part of the national organization Fantastic opportunity to network; mentor first-year students Tours of local engineering companies Coffee meet-n-greets with professionals National and regional conference attendance Free food at every meeting!

Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Conferences National conference: Nashville October 22-24, 2015 Region J Conference: spring 2016 UP SWE Engineering & Science Career Fair Annual career fair hosting several potential employers for all engineering students and alumni Recruit potential candidates for interviews Scholarships SWE National - swe.org/scholarships SWE regional section - columbiariver.swe.org Please check out our SWE table at the Activities Fair Executive Board members at the National Conference

Tau Beta Pi President: Parker Halcomb Faculty Advisor: Dr. Peter Osterberg UP’s Engineering Honor Society (Oregon Gamma Chapter) Top 1/8 th of juniors (GPA) Top 1/5 th of seniors (GPA) Engr Tutoring program, Tues/Thurs 7 – 9 pm in 2 nd floor Vollum study room Engr Futures sessions for professional development Main fundraising activities are soccer game clean-ups

Student Clubs

Biomedical Engineering Club President: Emily Bliven Faculty advisor: Dr. Deborah Munro Umbrella club for BMES and Engineering World Health

League of Inventors President: Luke Fischer Faculty Advisor: Dr. Wayne Lu Encourages innovation, invention, and design

Mobile App Development Club President: Allison Liedtke Faculty advisor: Dr. Andrew Nuxoll Develop apps for Android, iOS, Windows

UP Robotics Club President: Jaimiey Sears Faculty Advisor: Dr. Deborah Munro Open to all engineering, computer science, and other interested students Design, build, and compete an autonomous robot to mine on the moon or Mars Community outreach to local schools Compete in the NASA Robotic Mining Competition held at the Kennedy Space Center in late May Senior design team project

UP Robotics Club

Students for the Exploration & Development of Space (SEDS) President: Thomas Manfredonia Faculty advisor: Dr. M. Schlosshauer (physics) Projects for students interested in astronomy

STEM Outreach Activities & Resources (SOAR) President: Coyla Munson Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tamar More (physics) Works with UP STEM Steering Committee faculty Open to all students interested in K-12 outreach in STEM fields K-12 Science Nights Organizing STEM activities at local schools