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 Borders
President: 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 Engineers
President: Erin Gibbs (gibbs15@up.edu)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mark Kennedy
 Connects you to a network of
professionals
 Open to civil engineering
 Students Competitions
 Concrete canoe
 Paper presentations
 Field trips
 Community service projects
 Guest speakers
American Society of Civil Engineers
UP Robotics Club
President: 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
UP Robotics Club
Tau Beta Pi
President: Alex Varvel (varvel15@up.edu)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Peter Osterberg
 UP’s Engineering Honor Society
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(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 activities
are 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
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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
Engineering World Health (EWH)
STEM Outreach Activities &
Resources (SOAR)
 President: Fatima Dominguez
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(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
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 Machinery
President: 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 Engineers
President: Dorcas Kaweesa (kaweesa15@up.edu)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tammy VanDeGrift
 Open to all engineering and computer
science students – 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 Engineers
President: 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)
Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers (IEEE)
Mechanical Engineering Club
President: 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
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(formerly American Society of Materials)
 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
ASME International
 Formerly “American Society of Mechanical
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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 number
of 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 oncampus 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