ISSUE 01 A PUBLICATION OF ASME STUDENT SECTION ENTERPRISE TEAM JAN-FEB 2017

STUDENT SECTIONENTERPRISE

TEAMNEWSLETTER

NOTE from the SSETGreetings from the Student Section Enterprise Team (SSET). This year we are launching a periodic newsletter to keep student sections, student members, and student section advisors informed of ASME activities and events. Coming up in March and April 2017 will be three Engineering Festivals (E-Fests) that will take place at the following locations: LNM Institute of Information Technology (Asia Pacific – India), University of Nevada Las Vegas (Western United States), and Tennessee Tech University (Eastern United States). These are going to be great events combining the majority of ASME student competitions including the ASME Human Powered Vehicle Challenge, ASME Student Design Contest, ASME IAM3D Challenge, and ASME Old Guard Competitions. Additionally, each E-Fest will have numerous speakers and professional development activities to allow everyone to celebrate engineering during the 3-day events.

Contained within this newsletter are stories from various student sections and regions from around the world written by the Student Regional Chairs serving on the SSET. If you would like to share exciting news about your student section, please send an article and we will add it to a future newsletter.

We will be accepting applications/nominations for Student Regional Chairs (SRC) to serve for the upcoming 2017-2018 academic year (FY18). The SSET meets for a monthly teleconference and as a SRC, you serve as a student representative for your region in the continual improvement of the ASME student member experience. You get to collaborate with an international team of students and Student Regional Advisors dedicated to this purpose of developing and sharing best practices while cultivating your own leadership skills. SRC applications are due May 31, 2017. Thank you for all you do to promote ASME on your campus and we look forward to seeing you at the ASME E-Fests!

-ASME SSET

WHAT'S INSIDE

EDITORIAL AND CONTENT

STUDENT LEADERSHIP TRAINING CONFERENCEELECTION PROCESS FOR STUDENT REGIONAL CHAIRNEWS FROM NORTH AMERICANEWS FROM EUROPENEWS FROM ASIANEWS FROM MEXICONEWS FROM LATIN AMERICAASME E-FESTUPCOMING EVENTS AND DEADLINESTHE ASME IAM3D EXPERIENCE

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SOUTHEAST ASIA

Salman Javed Mehmet Yalcin AydinEUROPE

Mohamad RachidMIDDLE EAST & AFRICA

Ricardo Berverisco Brandon GrahamREGION 1 NORTH AMERICA

Amanda Wei

Charbel Bou MoslehMIDDLE EAST AND AFFRICA ADVISOR

Siddharth JadejaASIA PACIFIC ADVISOR

Jason AshSSET CHAIR REGION 2 ADVISOR

Ali Raza Ul Islam

SOUTHEWEST ASIA

LATIN AMERICA

REGION 5 NORTH AMERICA

Jonathan Jennings Alexander MarreroFORMER LATIN AMERICA SRC

FORMER REGION 2 SRC

MEET THE STUDENT SECTION ENTERPRISE TEAM

ASME MEMBER AT LARGE

ASME STUDENT REGIONAL CHAIRS

ASME STUDENT REGIONAL ADVISORS

Beth ToddSOUTHEAST NORTH AMERICA ADVISOR

Luis PalaciosMEXICO ADVISOR

Cindy GarciaLATIN AMERICA ADVISOR

Michael KellyREGION 2 NORTH AMERICA

Gemma IruegasREGION 4 NORTH AMERICA

Mairi BrownPROJECT COORDINATOR

ASME STAFF

Student Leadership Training Conference

The Student Leadership Training Conference is an incredible experience for young members and student leaders to attend. Every year, selected students travel to this conference the week before IMECE to learn valuable soft skills like resource management, conflict resolution, and also share in the community of ASME. This year’s conference was in sunny Arizona, where over 50 students from 10 countries attended. Before and after each conference, students are given the opportunity to communicate with each other and other members of the ASME community and build their network. At this conference, many distinguished speakers: past attendees, ASME committee members, and even past presidents come to speak. This experience doesn’t just directly benefit attendee’s respective student sections or local members; SLTC gives students the ability to learn and apply these valuable skills in a way that can be adapted to real world scenarios. From team building and ice breakers, to planning events and leading an organization, SLTC is a fantastic resource for driven individuals looking to learn, and grow their network. For more information, please visit ASME.org - or email leadertraining@asme.org. See you next year at SLTC!

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Brandon Graham, SRC Region 1 North America

Learn more about the role of the Student Section Enterprise Team & Student Regional Chair on Page 14

NEWS FROM EUROPE

Koç University ASME Student Chapter has been an outstanding student chapter since its foundation in 2013

with a broad portfolio of events, competitions and workshops. Under the roof ASME, we organize academic and technical seminars with faculty members, alumni and professionals in order to build a network of high achievers. In addition to field trips, we arrange technical competitions to spread interest in field. In Fall 2016, we completed an exceptionally special project called ‘DSGN101’, that we would like to share the news with fellow colleagues and professors.

DSGN101 – Introduction to 3D Modelling and 3D Printing is the first peer-to-peer course in Turkey authorized by Koç University. In this course, undergraduate students coming from all majors including engineering and social sciences are introduced to basic concepts of 3D thinking, CAD programming via

Siemens NX and hands-on practice of 3D printing. In the 21st century, inventions are more and more concentrated around multidisciplinary fields and we would like to contribute to this innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem by offering our expertise in cutting-edge technologies. Throughout the course, lectures and problem solving sections are organized and led by 6 experienced mechanical engineering undergraduate students in order to enhance peer-to-peer learning and teaching. Participating students with no prior experience, are taught CAD design and modelling and subsequently encouraged to 3D-print their designs ranging from model toys to senior design projects in order to build a bridge between digital world and physical manufacturing. Last semester, 28 students participated in this course, of which 12 students were awarded with certificates due to their distinctive success. This first-of-its-kind course, which was taught by mechanical engineering undergraduates and inspected by our faculty advisor Prof.İsmail Lazoğlu, received a high overall score of feedback (4.9 out of 5) on the topics ranging from level of instructor’s concern for students to amount of knowledge gained from the course. Next semester, we are planning to expand our course to a broader network of undergraduate and high school students to attract interest in mechanical engineering and to facilitate adoption of technologies such as 3D-Printing.

KOÇ UNIVERSITY ASME STUDENT BRANCHMehmet Yalcin Aydin, SRC Europe

Snap from DSGN101 course

Snap from DSGN101 course

Design project from engineering student

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The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Student Section located in Region 2 of North

America started the year off with an impromptu design challenge of building a bridge to hold the most pennies, to allow students to meet new people and practice their problem solving skills.

Another activity they participated in was their third year of cleaning up their adopted highway of West Nike Road in Rapid City, South Dakota. Some of the students can be seen in the picture with their collection of trash.

The section also had graduates and students talk about their past experiences with companies like Caterpillar Inc., Adams Thermal Systems, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and Vestas Wind Turbines.

A local Boy scout troop came to visit the school so the ASME students taught them how mechanical engineers build robots. The Boyscouts can be seen using robotic arms to pick up objects and put them in a cup.

NEWS FROM NORTH AMERICA

SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNNOLOGYMichael Kelly, SRC Region 2 North America

Impromptu design challenge Highway cleanup

Boy scout camp

Talk on internship

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Techfiesta’16 was the 4th edition of Techfiesta, an event organized by ASME

UET Taxila Chapter Pakistan with the aim of inculcating analytical thinking, problem-solving and decision making skills among students of high school and university and giving them a chance to add achievements and accomplishments to their resume. The event was composed of a number of fascinating modules which served as a platform for participants to showcase talent, competitive spirit, creativity and technical knowledge.

The three-day event was held from September, 12 – September 14, 2016 and was successful in attracting more than 600 registrations across all the modules.

ASME UET TAXILA

TECHFIESTA 2016

ASME UET Taxila Chapter Pakistan has always been a front runner in creating leaders out of students. ASME collaborated with ‘School of Leadership’, a well-established platform of motivational speakers, and organized this event on 2nd January 2017. The guest speaker of the summit was Director ‘SoL’ and Chief Turning Officer at ‘Torque’, Mr. Umair Jaliawala. Mr. Umair motivated the attendees to mold their behavior, which is the base of actual leaders in every field of life. This was followed by activities based on training future leaders. The summit was praised by all and witnessed an audience of more than 300.

STUDENT LEADERSHIPSUMMIT

PAKISTAN

Ali Raza Ul Islam, SRC Southwest Asia

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ASME India has long been striving towards the enhancement of student section members through activities like HPVC and SPDC. The Student Led Design Conference (SLDC) 2016 was organized to build a strong technical foundation for existing ASME members and to provide newly opened sections with opportunity to establish a support network. Such efforts have also helped to boost participation at ASME E-Fest Asia Pacific 2017. SLDC was held at seven locations across India and catered to 3500+ participants who gained insight into ASME and its functioning. The students were also informed about ASME activities that are organized round the year.

Highlights of some of the activities carried out at Student Sections across India are as follows:

INDIANEWS FROM ASIA

ASME SLDC 2016

“Simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication”- Leonardo da Vinci

This is simply true for the Talgo Coaches tested by the Indian Railways. An industrial trip to Coach Care Centre-New Delhi was organised by ASME-DTU with the goal of introducing students to the practical aspects of Mechanical Engineering and developing an interest in latest technologies.

In 2015, the club started mentoring colleges like CVSR and VJIT and helped establish ASME student chapters in them. In the same year, they secured second place for innovation and safety in HPVC. The other awards include, first in poster, best technical content in OGOP, Third in SDC and one of the students was selected as deputy ZR for zone 7. The first ever SLDC was organized by ASME CBIT.

In 2016, the club won first prize in technical poster, second in video event and one of the students was selected as ZR for zone 7. For this year, they are prepared to participate with two teams in ASME HPVC.

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much” -Helen Keller

The September of 2016 witnessed an ASME seminar on gas turbines and its applications in the industry. With more than 300 participants, the event was a grand success. Reputed speakers from firms like Rolls-Royce, IIT Madras were present at the event.

Salman Javed, SRC Southeast Asia

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Expert Session at SLDC BHGCET Student Design Challenge at SLDC BHGCET

Delhi Technological University Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology

Vellore Institute of Technology

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NEWS FROM MEXICOGemma Fabiola Eslava Iruegas, SRC Mexico Nohemi Haydee Martinez Gonzalez, Newsletter and Magazine, SRB Mexico

Activities are carried out within the framework of Student Sections on various themes such as:

Project Develtopment-Investigation

Puebla, Pue: National Science and Engineering Fair CONACYT, 3rd Student Contest of Innovation Prototypes Technological; Project: Universal Machine of Mechanical Testing, 5th Meeting of Young Researchers.

Ecological Activities We have initiatives that are active in promoting the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, and recycle)

Puebla, Pue: “Electronic Recycling” In just 2 days, 8 tons of residual electronic components was recollected.Tijuana, BC: Competence to demonstrate who is the best at creating fire with a mixture of recycled materials.

Recreational Activity

With the aim of distracting students from the demands and stress of everyday life, recreational activitiy is organized. This provides necessary relief and with renewed energie sections have better results. The sections carried out activities such as the following: Videogames contests, Basketball tournament and Mechanic Engineering Rally.

Cultural ActivitiesThese activities contribute to the integral development of an individual and stimulate his sensitivity for artistic creation.

Celaya, Gto: In order to be prepared in any kind of emergency “First aid course”, Film projection: “October Sky”, Tijuana, BC: Concert with piano and violin with interpretations of Chopin.

Student Section Activities • Scientific Expositions,

Conference “Professional Trajectory of a Mechanical Engineer in the Transnational Private Industry”

• Water Rocket Contest, Conference “Methodological Design of a Modular Fermenter”

• Course Solid works (Basic)• Theoretical and Practical

Course of Automatic Transmissions

• Peer guiding program• Conference of “Quality

Management System of CFE”• Contest of Technical Posters

Participating or Organization in congress-contests

• “Mechanical Engineering Week,” The local HPVC and more cultural and academic activities were organized and all the Sections in México were invited to participate.

• International Congress of Automatization and Technology.

MEXICO

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BOLIVIAASME UPSA

ASME UPSA strongly promoted ASME by organizing a professional congress and recruitment drive at the University. ...

COLOMBIAASME UNAL

ASME UNAL organized a contest in Bogota to provide students with an opportunity to apply their engineering skills. ...

ECUADORASME ESPOL

With the support of local companies, this S.S. trains its members for futures jobs....

EL SALVADORASME UDB

As the First S.S. in central america, they are recruiting students with the support of the University UDB. ...

PERUASME UNAC

In order to promote Engineering, the S.S. made an event to challenge students to build a bridge with wood sticks and support loads of 60kg and a competition of rube Goldberg. ...

PERUASME UTEC

They made a conference about the importance of water with the support of the company, SEAS. ...

PERUASME PUCP

They organized a conference about Natural Gas and Applications in Peru, with the support of a local company, IDIA....

VENEZUELAASME UNEFA

They organized a SLTC for Venezuelan student sections, and was a major success....

VENEZUELAASME LUZ-COL

ASME LUZ-COL organized a local HPVC event to compete with other S.S....

NEWS FROM LATIN AMERICARicardo Berverisco , SRC Latin America

and the Latin America Student Regitonal Operating Board

LATIN AMERICA

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ASME IAM3D was a big milestone in the journey of Team Innovator labs. ASME provided us with a grand stage to present our hard work in front of a panel of esteemed judges. The IAM3D challenge pushed us to a whole new level especially when we look at the level of the competition and the technical competence of the numerous teams that participated.

We first found out about the competition a day before the initial submission deadline. Although we had the 3D printed models ready with us, it would still have taken us at least 2 days to compile our business case and entry. We resigned ourselves to competing at IAM3D 2017 instead, looking at IAM3D 2016 as an opportunity wasted. Little did we know that someone, someone was rooting for us and the very next day we discovered that the deadline had been extended. With a newfound energy, we got to work and split the submission into individual jobs to maximize our productivity. Burning the midnight oil, we managed to create a competitive entry just in the nick of time. Our efforts paid off when we were selected for the finals to be held in Charlotte in the month of August. Heading into the finals, we weren’t going to leave anything to chance. Armed with a box full of prototypes, an air tight presentation and all the determination in the world we headed to Charlotte.

The finals were held in concert with the IAM3D and IDETC/CIE conferences and we were given a wonderful opportunity to explore both conferences. A technical workshop on “Design for Additive Manufacturing” was a key highlight of the conference experience. The day of the finals was fraught with nervousness and excitement till it was our turn to present our project. While the presentation itself was quick, the wait for the results lasted forever. In the moment of truth, we won the award for ‘Best Re-engineered/Collaboratively Designed Product’ for our work on the 3D Printing of Heart Valve Prototypes. The day round to a close with the help of an exciting dinner at the nearby ‘NASCAR Hall of Fame’ and a sense of accomplishment washed over us. To be recognized by ASME for your innovation is really irreplaceable and we will forever cherish that feeling. ASME IAM3D was a huge victory for us and will be a great stepping stone to a fantastic live in engineering. We’d like to thank ASME for giving us this amazing opportunity.

ASME’s Engineering Festivals (E-Fests) are three-day, two-night regional events for engineering students. These events include

design competitions, career development workshops, access to thought leaders and innovators in various engineering

fields, and networking opportunities—all to inspire the next generation of change-makers. Be part

of an immersive, electric experience that will connect and inspire a generation of

change-makers

E-Fest Asia PacificMarch 3-5, 2017LNM Institute of

Information Technologyefestasiapacific.com/

E-Fest WestMarch 17-19, 2017

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

efests.asme.org/west

E-Fest EastApril 21-23, 2017

Tennessee Tech Universityefests.asme.org/east

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To be recognized by ASME for your innovation is really irreplaceable and we will forever cherish that feeling.

Mrudang MathurTeam Innovator Labs

The ASME IAM3D ExperienceASME E-Fest

E-Fest Asia Pacific March 3-5, 2017 E-Fest West (UNLV) March 17-19, 2017 -Competition Registration Closed for March E-Fests -Event Registration Still Open for March E-Fests

E-Fest East (Tennessee Tech) April 21-23, 2017 -ASME IAM3D Challenge March 3, 2017 -ASME Old Guard Competitions March 31, 2017 -ASME Student Design Contest March 31, 2017 ASME Arthur L. Williston Contest March 1, 2017ASME Charles T. Main Award Nominations March 1, 2017ASME Outstanding Student Advisor Nominations March 1, 2017ASME Scholarships March 1, 2017ASME IMECE 2017 Abstract Submission March 6, 2017ASME SRC Nomination/Applications May 31, 2017ASME Student Section Information/Activity Survey May 31, 2017

UPCOMING EVENTS & DEADLINES

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The Student Section Enterprise Team (SSET) is comprised of one Student Regional Chair from each of the 10 regions along with Student Regional Advisors. The SSET meets for a monthly teleconference and as a SRC, you will serve as a student representative for your region in the continual improvement of the ASME student member experience. You will get to collaborate with an international team of students and Student Regional Advisors dedicated to this purpose of developing and sharing best practices while cultivating your own leadership skills.

The role of the SSET is as follows:

• To serve as representatives for ASME student members, Mechanical Engineering Departments and ASME about relevant programs for the stakeholders.

• To develop and share best practices on student professional development through social media and the ASME.org community.

• To encourage upgrading to ASME corporate membership following graduation.

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