ASME UCI Student Section

Hi everyone! Just wanted to let you all know that we will be having board elections TOMORROW! So if you or somebody you know wants to be in a position of leadership in the campus engineering society, come on by! Those who want a position will have to give a quick speech about why they want that position. Not a problem for any of you outspoken engineers, yep!

Details:
Date: Tuesday, April 17
Time: 6-7 pm
Place: ET 202
Food: Pizza
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Available Board Positions:

*President*
-Runs club & meetings with board
-Handles relations with staff and professors
-Deals with the technical aspects of the club
-Attend P-council meetings

*Vice President*
-Runs events with President
-Helps to coordinate events with President

*Historian*
-Takes pictures and documents events
-Works with public relations to keep Facebook & webpage up to date

*Public Relations*
-Advertises meetings & events
-Keeps Facebook & website up to date

*Secretary*
-Takes notes during board meetings
-Sends emails to members & the board

*Treasurer*
-Handles the financial aspects of club
-In charge of fundraising for the club
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Hope to see you all there!

Hi everyone! Just wanted to let you all know that we will be having board elections next week! So if you or somebody you know wants to be in a position of leadership in the campus engineering society, come on by! Those who want a position will have to give a quick speech about why they want that position. No big deal, right? Hope to see you all there!

Details:
Date: 04-17-12
Time: 6-7 pm
Place: ET 202
Food: Pizza

Board Positions:

President
・Runs club & meetings with board
・Handles relations with staff and professors
・Deals with the technical aspects of the club
・Attend P-council meetings
Vice President
・Runs events with President
・Helps to coordinate events with President
Historian
・Takes pictures and documents events
・Works with public relations to keep Facebook & webpage up to date
Public Relations
・Advertises meetings & events
・Keeps Facebook & website up to date
Secretary
・Takes notes during board meetings
・Sends emails to members & the board
Treasurer
・Handles the financial aspects of club
・In charge of fundraising for the club

Thanks to everyone who came out to the 2012 Spring ASME Ping Pong tournament!

The winner this year is Professor Wang (Second time) who played against Eshan in an exiting finals match.

Here is the video of the match:

Hello everyone,

Come out and play Ping-Pong with ASME and MAE Professors!

We will be hosting a ping-pong tournament open to students and faculty in the Engineering Plaza Friday of Week One.

The buy in fees for playing are:
・$5 for entry only
・$10 for entry + pizza/drink
・$15 for entry + pizza/drink + shirt

The first rounds of playing will start at 11am or 12pm.

Spots are limited, so please sign up for a time slot (11am or 12pm) in Tanya’s office at the Fourth floor of engineering gateway.
—–
Calvin H.

Hey everyone! How’s it going? With finals week right around the corner, we hope you all have been studying hard! Well, if you all want to study together, we’ll be having a study session during week 10. This is a good opportunity to meet some of your class mates and help each other out! If anything, come out for the FREE pizza!

Details:
Date: Tuesday 03/13/12
Time: 7-9 PM
Place: DBH 1429
Food: Pizza!

Also, board elections are coming next quarter! So if you want more information about it, come to our next general meeting and speak to our president, Ryan about the positions!

And who here likes to play ping pong?! At the beginning of next quarter (week 1), we’ll be having our annual ping pong tournament! Sign ups will be opened soon so look out for that! If you have ping pong tables that you can lend to us for the tournament, please contact us! We REALLY need some help there, so it’d be MUCH appreciated!

Anyway, good luck on your studies and hopefully we’ll see you next Tuesday!

Hey everyone!

This is just a reminder that ASME will be holding a paper roller coaster event TOMORROW during E-WEEK!

Details:
Date: Tuesday 21
Time: 2 PM
Place: Engineering Gateway Plaza

Hope to see you all there!

Hi everyone!

Hope all of your midterms went well! Now is anyone excited for E-WEEK? You better be! ASME will be having its next event during E-week, where we will hold a fun paper roller coaster building competition!

Here are the details:
Date: Wednesday 21
Time: 2 PM
Place: Engineering Gateway Plaza

And as always, check out our facebook group and post any questions you might have there! We’re posting up final t-shirt designs, so do check them out!

For E-WEEK, we will need JUNIORS interested in volunteering to help setup for the BBQ later on during the week! Please visit Tanya in EG 4th floor to sign up!

Also, any freshmen interested in joining ASME, may do so for FREE. ASME membership can be an extremely valuable resource for freshman. They can take advantage of on-campus activities, scholarships, loans, our online job board, *ME Today* newsletter, website resources, conferences, seminars, workshops, and our various student design competitions.

So please spread the word and encourage freshman students to join ASME. You
can find student applications in your *Student Toolkit*, or join online by
visiting:

http://go.asme.org/students

- Steven Tran
ASME Secretary

This week’s meeting will be a joint meeting with the Materials Science Engineering Club.

The Guest Speaker will be Cathleen Shargay, a Technical Director of Materials and Welding Engineering at Fluor.  Flour is an engineering, procurement, construction, and management company.  This means they are capable of drawing up plans for a project, procuring the materials needed, and completing the final construction.  They have participated in projects ranging from oil refineries to the bay bridge project.
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Meeting time: Wednesday (2012-02-01) from 6-7pm.

Meeting location: Colloquia room (EH2430).
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There will be Pizza and drinks.
See you all there!

Come to ASME’s workshop on how to be successful at career fairs!

The UCI Carrer Center is holding their Internship and  Career fair next Thursday (1/26), and we want to help you prepare!

We will have a UCI Alumni speaker who will be at EngtiTech Career Fair Week 7 recruiting for Parker Aerospace. He will be giving tips on how to effectively market yourself at upcoming career fairs.

When: Tuesday January 24, 2012 @6pm

Where: ET 204

Food and drinks will be provided!

Hope to see you there!

ASME is hosting its second ping pong tournament of the year!

When: Friday April 1, 2011 from 11am-2pm

Where: Plaza in front of Engineering Gateway

There is a $5 entry fee to play. Sign up and pay at the MAE front desk on the 4th floor of Engineering Gateway to reserve your spot at the tournament. There will be an additional waiting list on the day of the Tournament for those who weren’t guaranteed a spot but still want to play, so even if you’re too late for advanced signs up, we encourage you to come by the tournament!

Lastly, we will be selling pizza for $1 a slice during the tournament, so come out, eat pizza, and have fun at our ping-pong tournament!

ASME will be selling Pizza & T-shirts on Ring Road:

Where: In front of MDEA

When: 11am-1pm Wednesday February 2, 2011

Prices:
1 slice + soda: $3.00
1 slice + soda + shirt: $12.00
Shirts: $10.00

Please come out and support ASME.
Thank you and like always, we hope to you see there!

For more information, check out our Facebook event at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=179474762088605&index=1

Don’t forget to join the UCI ASME Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=179474762088605&index=1#!/group.php?gid=2200389441

Come hang out with your fellow engineers, eat good food, and play some
engineering games. Please bring something to share with the others
(doesn’t have to be big). Our new ASME shirts will also be on sale. Check out the picture below, or pay attention
when we come to your class next week. Shirts are also available in Tanya’s office on the 4th floor on EG, $10.”

Wednesday Jan 26 @ 6:00pm
in ET 204

The front on the new ASME t-shirts

The rear view.

A close-up on the design.

Don’t forget to join the UCI ASME facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2200389441&ref=ts

Congratulations to the new ASME board.

President: Justin Spring

Vice President: Merna Ibrahim

Treasurer: Kevin Chen

Secretary: Melissa Melendrez

Historian: Ryan Kuehne

Public Relations/Website Administration: Mithil Munshi

Good luck in the coming year!

Hey guys,

Elections for 2010-2011 board positions will be held tomorrow, Wednesday May 12th, from 7:30 to 8:30 PM in Doheny Beach C. The current nominees are:

President: Justin Spring, Anthony Vu
Vice President: Merna Ibrahim
Secretary: Melissa Melendrez

Good luck to all of the nominees!

If you are still interested in purchasing a fantastic ASME shirt, we still have some! Just bring your $10 to the meeting.

Hello all,

We will have having board elections Wednesday, May 12 at 7:00pm. Place is still TBA but we will let you all know soon. Positions open are president, vice president, treasurer, secretary, historian, public relations. If you are interested in running for one of these positions please reply to the email that was sent out with a short speech that we can send out to our members. Before elections are held we will send out an e-mail with all of the candidates’ names and their speeches. If you have any questions please let us know. Thanks!

Hey guys,

The ASME shirts are going to be in really soon, so get your money ready! We will be collecting the $10 (cash or checks made out to ASME) at the first general meeting next week. Thanks to everyone that ordered!

Hey guys,

We will be having our first general meeting next Wednesday, April 7th, from 7:00 to 8:00 PM in Emerald Bay C.  It’s a potluck style meeting like last quarter, so bring something delicious for everyone to try! We’ll also have some fun icebreakers and games, so come check us out. Hope to see you there!

Where: Emerald Bay C

When: Wednesday, April 7th
7:00 – 8:00 PM

Hey guys,

Don’t forget that the E-week BBQ is on Thursday, February 18th, from 11-3ish. Come out and get free food, discover what your peers are doing for senior projects/research, and have a good time. See you all there.

Where: Engineering Gateway Plaza

When: 11:00 – 3:00 PM (approximately)

Hey guys,

We will be hosting a paper roller coaster competition for E-week. Cash prizes will be awarded for the top three most INGENIOUS designs. Come out and have fun. Get those creative juices flowing!

Teams: 1-5 people
Rules: Contestants will build a roller coaster out of provided paper chutes. Contestants are allowed to create any tricks they can with the provided materials (paper chutes, tape, and scissors). A marble will be provided to go down the roller coaster, for every completed trick, points will be awarded. Tricks include but are not limited to:

90° horizontal loop – 5 points
180° horizontal loop – 6 points
360° horizontal loop – 7 points
Vertical loop – 15 points
Barrel roll – 10 points
Bunny jump -9 points
Marble catch -5 points
Jump – 8 points
Any other tricks – judges decide points

The team with the most points will win the competition. Judges will award points to each roller coaster and teams will have three chances to drop the marble through the roller coaster. Time for build will be 45 min. For more ideas you may Google paper roller coaster.

Where: Engineering Gateway Plaza

When: Tuesday, February 16th
1:00 – 2:00 PM

Hey guys,

ASME will be having a UCI alum from Northrop Grumman, Greg Baker, come to speak. He graduated from UCI in 2009 and he was the treasurer of ASME for the 2008-2009 academic year. ASME will also be serving free refreshments. Hope to see you there!

Where: ICF 103

When: Wednesday, February 10th
7:00 – 8:00 PM

Hey guys,

This quarter ASME is proud to be selling t-shirts. The design for this year’s t-shirt is posted below. T-shirt orders will be handled through our email, asme.uci@gmail.com, and must be received no later than February 11th.  We were able to cut a really good deal so shirts will only be $10 a piece.

Hey guys,

This will be our first general meeting of the quarter. Meet at 7:00 PM in the Student Center for a potluck, complete with engineering games (your favorite)! Meet other students in your major and get a taste of what this club is all about.

Where: Student Center, Emerald Bay C

When: Wednesday, January 27th
7:00 – 8:30 PM