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Reaching Students & Early
Career Engineers
Presenters
• Mandy Cowgill
– Wright State University
– Programs & Activities Board – MAL
– Past SSC rep, past ECLIPSE Intern
• Eduardo Barrientos
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– Pennsylvania State University
– Programs & Activities Board – Training Committee
Chair
– Affinity Communities Operating Board
– Past SSC rep
Session Objectives
• Establish the importance of relating to
students, faculty & early career engineers
• Explain the benefits to the section/division
and the students and early career engineers
• How & why to contact faculty & students
• Programs for early career engineers
• Discuss planning successful programs
w/students & early career engineers
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Session Outline
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Introduction
Identifying the students & ECEs
Benefits from relating to young members
Making contact with faculty, students & ECEs
Programs involving students & ECEs
Early Career Forums
ME Today newsletter
Group activity
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Who are the Young Members?
• Students & ECEs up to 10 years of
professional experience
• Core values of Young Members
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Optimism
Confidence
Achievement
Civic duty
Technology Savvy
Inclusivity
“Work to Live” rather than “Live to Work”
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Who are the Young Members?
• Expectations of young members
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Personal attention
Positive feedback
Dislike ambiguity
Looking for leadership
To be asked for input
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Why Did they Join ASME?
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Learn about professionalism
Network and meet other engineers and students
Access to engineering education activities
Keep up-to-date
Help with their careers
Projects and activities
Conferences and competitions
Recognition
Peer Influence
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Why is it Important to Know
About Students?
• Allows you to create a comfortable
encounter
• Increases your understanding of what the
students need and appreciate
• Suggests some relevant activities for the
section
• Creates a pool of potential leaders
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Student Section Organization
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Officers of the Student Section
Student Section Advisor
ME Department Head
Student District Operating Board (SDOB)
Student Sections Committee (SSC)
Global Communities (K&C sector)
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Student Section Calendar
• Organization & recruitment in
September
• Programs September-November
– Student Leadership Seminar (SLS) - Sept/Oct
• Programs February – May
– SPDC - March/April
– Officer Election - April
• Reports due in May and June
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Messages You Can Deliver
About ASME
• ASME activities can be meaningful &
rewarding
• Show interest and offer support
• ASME is a relaxed place to be
– Be relaxed yourself
– Take the initiative – Reach out to the students and
early career engineers
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Messages You Can Deliver
About Careers
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Personal goals can be met
Ideas are evaluated on merit
Ethics are important
Professionalism is a pathway to success
A professional career will be challenging
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• Expect the unexpected
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Benefits to You, Your Section
& ASME
• Interacting with young members is exhilarating,
rewarding and fun!
• Influencing young careers is rewarding
• Young members ensure your section’s continued
vitality and success
• Provide you with section programs
• Increased interest and participation in ASME will
ensure the profession’s and ASME’s continued success
• Development of future leaders
• You may find your next new grad student or intern to
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Contacting Students
• You must work with the faculty as well as the
students
• Who to contact
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The Student Section Advisor
The Student Leaders
The ME department head
The Dean of Engineering
Other faculty
• Preparation
– Do research about the school and the department
– Learn about the Student Section
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Making The Visit
• Explain your role in ASME and how ASME
influenced your personal/professional life
• Discuss ASME programs
• Offer support for student organizations
• Relate the activities in which the students can
be involved
• Emphasize the importance of the Student
Section Advisor as a contact point between
your section/division and the student section
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Successful Student Programs
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Dremel @ Milwaukee School Of
Engineering
• 3-4 hour derby build and race event
• Materials, instructions, tracks, race
management provided by Dremel
• Dremel tools provided for use in
construction of cars
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Dremel @ Milwaukee School Of
Engineering
• 8 Dremel staff came to MSOE
• Modified the race to fit the existing CO2 car
race
• 30 teams competed in the race
• Over 80 people were involved in this event
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Dremel @ MSOE
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Dremel @ MSOE
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Other Program Ideas
• District SPDC
• Faculty Recognition & Honors
• Speakers on technical issues, professional
development and career opportunities
• Review of senior design projects
• Engineers Week Program
• Early Career Forum
• Article submission to ME Today
• Early Career Technical Conference
• Networking and social events / Technical Tours
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Early Career Forum
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An Early Career
Forum is a series of
Presentations and/or
Panel Discussions that
provide Practical
Career Planning and
Development
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ECF Resources for Planning
• ECF Planning & Best Practices Guide
• What funding is available?
ASME Old Guard Early Career Forum Grants
$2,000 (max) grants to section/division organizers
Selection via Committee on Early Career Development
(CECD)/Old Guard Committee collaboration
Applications available at:
http://volunteer.asme.org/unit/Unit_Forms_Instructions.cfm
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ME Today
Electronic Publication & Media
BiMonthly, Multi-media
90,000+ Early Career
Engineers & Engineering
Students
www.asme.org/NewsPublicPolicy/Newsletters/METoday/
Other Grants & Awards
Early Career Technical Conference Grants
$3,000 (max) grants to section/District organizers
Old Guard funded
Selection via Early Career Development Committee/Old Guard Committee
collaboration
Applications available at
http://volunteer.asme.org/unit/Unit_Forms_Instructions.cfm
Early Career Award
$5,000 and Prepaid Life Membership (~$3,000)
ASME Foundation endowment from the Old Guard
1 award per year to Early Career Engineer
www.asme.org/Governance/Honors/SocietyAwards/Old_Guard_Early
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Networking & Social Events
Early Career Engineers like Social Events!
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Summary of Key Points
• ASME success = Engaged young members
• What students and ECEs want from us
– Information
– Encouragement
• Interacting with young members is rewarding and
enjoyable
• The universities and their faculty appreciate your
interest and support
• Opportunities for interesting programs
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Contact Information
• Contact Information on Notes Page
• This presentation will be posted on the 2011 LTC
Web Site, at:
http://events.asme.org/ltc11/
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Group Exercise
• Each group will be given one of
three scenarios
• Discuss possible solutions
• Select a solution
• Outline the activities involved to
implement the solution
• Determine success measures
• Report on your action plan
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Scenario #1
There is an Engineering school in
your section that has a student
section that has been inactive for
several years. You would like to
reactivate the section.
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Scenario #2
There is an active student section
that has not had any contact with
your section and has not responded
to your invitations to attend your
section meetings. You would like
to establish a closer relationship.
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Scenario #3
There are many early career
engineers in you section area but
few of them are involved with your
section/division. You would like to
attract these young people to your
section.
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