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Engineering Clubs at UP. Engineers Without Borders American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Robotics Club Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society Engineering World Health (EWH ) STEM Outreach Activities & Resources (SOAR) *New club League of Inventors *New club. Engineering Clubs at UP.
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Engineering Clubs at UP • Engineers Without Borders • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) • Robotics Club • Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society • Engineering World Health (EWH) • STEM Outreach Activities & Resources (SOAR) *New club • League of Inventors *New club
Engineering Clubs at UP • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM, computer science) • Society of Women Engineers (SWE) • Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) • Mechanical Engineering Club (ASME, SAE, ASHRAE, & ASM) • Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
Engineers Without BordersPresident: Kelsey Hu (hu15@up.edu)Faculty Advisor: Niki Schulz • Developing sustainable water, energy, housing in developing countries • UP chapter working in Honduras • Open to all engineering students • Main fundraising activity is Soccer game clean-up (need volunteers)
Engineers Without Borders 2011 Team 2012 Team
American Society of Civil EngineersPresident: Erin Gibbs (gibbs15@up.edu)Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mark Kennedy • Connects you to a network of professionals • Open to civil engineering • StudentsCompetitions • Concrete canoe • Paper presentations • Field trips • Community service projects • Guest speakers
UP Robotics ClubPresident: Thomas Manfredonia (manfredo17@up.edu)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
Tau Beta PiPresident: Alex Varvel (varvel15@up.edu)Faculty Advisor: Dr. Peter Osterberg • UP’s Engineering Honor Society (Oregon Gamma Chapter) • Top 1/8th of juniors (GPA) • Top 1/5th of seniors (GPA) • Engr Tutoring program • Engr Futures sessions for professional development • Main fundraising activitiesare soccer game clean-ups
Engineering World Health (EWH)President: Nate Roddy (roddy15@up.edu)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
STEM Outreach Activities & Resources (SOAR) • President: Fatima Dominguez (domingue15@up.edu) • Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tamar More, Physics Dept • New club forming this year • 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 SOAR!
League of Inventors • President: To be elected this fall • Faculty Advisor: Dr. Wayne Lu • New club to encourage innovation, inventiveness, and design
Assoc. for Computing MachineryPresident: Kirkland Spector (spector16@up.edu)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
Society of Women EngineersPresident: Dorcas Kaweesa (kaweesa15@up.edu)Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tammy VanDeGrift • Open to allengineeringand computer sciencestudents – male and female • Female members have an opportunity to be part of the national organization • Fantastic opportunity to network • Tours of local engineering companies • Past years have included Intel and CH2M HILL • Coffee meet-n-greets with professionals • National and regional conference attendance • Free food at every meeting!
Society of Women Engineers (SWE) • Conferences • National conference: Los Angeles, CA October 23-25, 2014 • Regional Conference: Tri-Cities, WA • April 10-12, 2015 • 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 2013-2014 Executive Board members at the National Conference Please check out our SWE table at the Activities Fair this Friday Aug. 29, 2014!
Institute of Electrical and Electronic EngineersPresident: Dan Nelson (nelsond15@up.edu)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)
Mechanical Engineering ClubPresident: Chris Blaydon (blaydon15@up.edu)Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tim Doughty • ME Club is the “umbrella” club covering 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” • Vice President: Chris Blaydon (blaydon15@up.edu) • 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) • Vice President: Will Schlotfeldt (schlotfe15@up.edu) • 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 numberof scholarships to active and involved students
ASM International(formerly American Society for Metals) • Vice President: Brett Screechfield (screechf16@up.edu) • 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 • Vice President: Andrew Mulligan (mulligan15@up.edu) • Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ken Lulay • Active with Oregon SAE, speakers and events • Collegiate competitions: Baja and Aero design
Come learn about the use of engineering and technology to advance human health and well-being! President: Emily Bliven (bliven15@up.edu) Faculty Advisor: Dr. Deborah Munro
Tour local labs and companies • Listen to speakers from various biomedical industries • Participate in on-campus research • Attend conferences around the US Learn more at www.facebook.com/BMESUP
Engineering Clubs • Student Club & Activities Fair • When: Friday 8/29, 4:30 to 7:00 pm • Where: Academic Quad • What: All clubs will be represented at Activities Fair • ASUP has links to some club websites http://www.up.edu/activities/default.aspx?cid=9475&pid=171