Reaching Students & Early Career Engineers

1. Reaching Students & Early Career Engineers

2. Presenters • Mandy Cowgill • Wright State University • Programs & Activities Board – MAL • Past SSC rep, past ECLIPSE Intern • Eduardo Barrientos • Pennsylvania State University • Programs & Activities Board – Training Committee Chair • Affinity Communities Operating Board • Past SSC rep

3. 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 Session Objectives Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

4. Session Outline • 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 Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

5. Who are the Young Members? • Students & ECEs up to 10 years of professional experience • Core valuesof Young Members • Optimism • Confidence • Achievement • Civic duty • Technology Savvy • Inclusivity • “Work to Live” rather than “Live to Work” Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

6. Who are the Young Members? • Expectations of young members • Personal attention • Positive feedback • Dislike ambiguity • Looking for leadership • To be asked for input Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

7. Why Did they Join ASME? • 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 Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

8. 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 Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

9. Student Section Organization • 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) Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

10. 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 Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

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12. 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 Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

13. Messages You Can Deliver About Careers • 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 and rewarding • Expect the unexpected Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

14. 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 hire Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

15. Contacting Students • You must work with the faculty as well as the students • Who to contact • 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 Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

16. 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 Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

17. Successful Student Programs 1 Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

18. 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 Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

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20. Dremel @ Milwaukee School Of Engineering • 8 Dremel staff came to MSOE • Modified the race to fit the existing CO2car race • 30 teams competed in the race • Over 80 people were involved in this event Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

21. Dremel @ MSOE Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

22. Dremel @ MSOE Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

23. 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 Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

24. Early Career Forum An Early Career Forum is a series of Presentations and/or Panel Discussions that provide Practical Career Planning and Development Information Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

25. 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 Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

26. ME TodayElectronic Publication & Media BiMonthly, Multi-media 90,000+ Early Career Engineers & Engineering Students www.asme.org/NewsPublicPolicy/Newsletters/METoday/

27. 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_Career_Award.cfm

28. Networking & Social Events Early Career Engineers like Social Events!

29. 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 Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

30. Contact Information • Contact Information on Notes Page • This presentation will be posted on the 2011 LTC Web Site, at: http://events.asme.org/ltc11/ Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

31. 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 Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

32. 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. Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

33. 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. Working with Students & Early Career Engineers

34. 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. Working with Students & Early Career Engineers