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• Please sign in to get a free raffle ticketPlease sign in to get a free raffle ticket

• Freshmen: Freshmen: be sure to pick up a membership formbe sure to pick up a membership form

Meeting AgendaMeeting Agenda• Sign in, fill out forms, eat pizzaSign in, fill out forms, eat pizza• AnnouncementsAnnouncements• ASME Membership & RenewalASME Membership & Renewal• Upcoming EventsUpcoming Events• Design Project TeamsDesign Project Teams• Open Officer PositionsOpen Officer Positions

• Q & A with Dr. MehrabadiQ & A with Dr. Mehrabadi• Impromptu Design CompetitionImpromptu Design Competition• Raffle!Raffle!

Why should you join?Why should you join?• Career Resources (job posting, coaching, mentors)Career Resources (job posting, coaching, mentors)• Discounted rates @ conferences, short coursesDiscounted rates @ conferences, short courses• Financial aid (scholarships, loans, fellowships)Financial aid (scholarships, loans, fellowships)• Competitions and AwardsCompetitions and Awards• ME Magazine SubscriptionME Magazine Subscription• Super awesome lapel pin and member cardSuper awesome lapel pin and member card• Support your local section (hint, hint!)Support your local section (hint, hint!)

How to Apply/Renew?How to Apply/Renew?• Fill out registration form (paper or online*)Fill out registration form (paper or online*)• Cost:Cost:• FREEFREE for freshmen! for freshmen!• $25/yr for other students$25/yr for other students

• Fill out a form today and we’ll mail it for you!Fill out a form today and we’ll mail it for you!

*Online form available through *Online form available through http://asme.sdsu.edu/joinhttp://asme.sdsu.edu/join

• Workshop – Communicating & Reasoning with Engineers • Weds, 9/22 @ 5:30 pm

• Fall Career Fair (all majors) • Thursday, 9/23 @ 10 am

• Tour – SeekTech• Friday, 9/24 @ 1:00 pm

• General Body Meeting #2 - Guest Speaker! • Thursday, 10/7 @ 12:30 pm

• "Serve-a-thon" Community Service Project• Saturday, 10/9 @ 9 am

More event details at http://asme.sdsu.edu/calendar

• Tour - SDSU's Chiller/Refrigeration Plant • Tuesday, 10/12 @ 11 am

• STEM Grad School Fair• Thursday, 10/14 @ 10 am

• Mr. Hinkle's Famous Resume Workshop• Tuesday, 10/16 @ 11 am

• Engineering & Sciences Career Fair• Thursday, 10/29 @ 10 am

• Involvement & Planning Meetings• Every Tuesday @ 4 pm in EL-102

More event details at http://asme.sdsu.edu/calendar

Formula SAE (aka FSAE)Formula SAE (aka FSAE)• Design, fabricate, test, and race a formula car!Design, fabricate, test, and race a formula car!• Email: Email: sae.sdsu@gmail.comsae.sdsu@gmail.com• Website: Website: http://fsae.sdsu.edu http://fsae.sdsu.edu

Design, Build, Fly! (aka DBF)Design, Build, Fly! (aka DBF)• Design, build, and fly an RC airplane!Design, build, and fly an RC airplane!• Email: Email: james.hroza@gmail.comjames.hroza@gmail.com• Website: Website: http://dbf.sdsu.eduhttp://dbf.sdsu.edu

SPACE TeamSPACE Team• Propose a conceptual design for a specific Propose a conceptual design for a specific

transportation-related space systemtransportation-related space system• Email: Email: samantha.stoneman@yahoo.comsamantha.stoneman@yahoo.com• Website: Website: tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sdsu_spacetech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sdsu_space

Other ASME-Sponsored ProjectsOther ASME-Sponsored Projects• Student Design CompetitionStudent Design Competition

• Last year: Autonomous Waste SorterLast year: Autonomous Waste Sorter• This year: Rain-Powered Vehicle (H2Go)This year: Rain-Powered Vehicle (H2Go)

• Old Guard Technical Poster PresentationOld Guard Technical Poster Presentation• Student Mechanism and Robot Design CompetitionStudent Mechanism and Robot Design Competition• Human Powered Vehicle CompetitionHuman Powered Vehicle Competition

Interested? Email us at Interested? Email us at sdsu.asme@gmail.comsdsu.asme@gmail.com

ASME needs your help!ASME needs your help!• Open positions:Open positions:• Public Relations Chair (posters, flyers, t-shirts, etc.)Public Relations Chair (posters, flyers, t-shirts, etc.)• Fundraising Chair (sponsors, events, making $$$!)Fundraising Chair (sponsors, events, making $$$!)

• Email us at Email us at sdsu.asme@gmail.comsdsu.asme@gmail.com• Stop by an involvement meetingStop by an involvement meeting• Tuesdays, 4 pm, EL-102 (across from IT-201)Tuesdays, 4 pm, EL-102 (across from IT-201)

Buy a T-Shirt!Buy a T-Shirt!$10$10

Check out our website!Check out our website!

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Dr. Morteza Mehrabadi, Ph.D.Dr. Morteza Mehrabadi, Ph.D.• Professor and Chair, Mechanical Engineering Dept.Professor and Chair, Mechanical Engineering Dept.• ASME FellowASME Fellow• mehrabadi@mail.sdsu.edumehrabadi@mail.sdsu.edu

OBJECTIVEOBJECTIVE• Using only the materials supplied, construct the tallest structure Using only the materials supplied, construct the tallest structure

possible that will support a 1-L water bottle using only the given possible that will support a 1-L water bottle using only the given supplies.supplies.

RULESRULES• Total time for design & construction: Total time for design & construction: 15 minutes!15 minutes!• Height will be from the table to the top of the structure.Height will be from the table to the top of the structure.• Structure must support water bottle for at least 10 seconds.Structure must support water bottle for at least 10 seconds.• Ties will be judged based on creativity, ingenuity, and amount of Ties will be judged based on creativity, ingenuity, and amount of

materials used.materials used.• Winners get 2 extra raffle tickets!Winners get 2 extra raffle tickets!

• Remember to apply for/renew membershipRemember to apply for/renew membership• Lots of upcoming events – details online! Lots of upcoming events – details online! • Officer positions – email us if interestedOfficer positions – email us if interested• Next event – SeekTech Tour, Friday 9/24Next event – SeekTech Tour, Friday 9/24• Next GBM – Thursday, 10/7 @ 12:30 pmNext GBM – Thursday, 10/7 @ 12:30 pm

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