Projects and Competitions

ASME sponsors a number of intercollegiate competitions each year such as Human-Powered Vehicle Challenge, Human Powered Submarine Contest, and Solar Splash. The full list of competitons can be found at ASME.org (Student Contests and Competitions). As a club, we will pursue a major project annually that involves substantial underclassman input. In 2003-4, we entered the 2004 West Coast Human Power-Vehicle Challenge, and plan to compete in the same event next year. Other contests that may be pursued by individuals or group of students includes the ASME Student Design Contest and the Ingersoll-Rand Contest for the Student Section. For 2005, the Student Design Contest project is on Bulk Material Transporter. A modest starter fund for research and development will be provided for teams interested.

Technical presentation, based on the capstone senior design projects, will be entered locally in the Western Washington section (Student Paper Contest), and regionally at the ASME Regional Student Conference (Old Guard Oral Presentation Contest). For 2005, the regional will be held in St. Martin's College in Lacey, Washington in early April, 2005.

2003-2004 Highlights

ASME Human Powered Vehicle Challenge - West Coast, Utility Class - 3rd Place out of 8 entries at Corvallis, Oregon, April 23~25, 2004. This is our first effort in this national competition.

Old Guard Oral Presentation Competition at the ASME Regional Student Conference (RSC) out of approximately 12 entries, including entries from Gonzaga, Central Washington, Boise State, and University of Idaho, at Pocatello, Idaho, April 3~4, 2004

Western-Washington Section Student Paper Contest - 1st Place, Peter Ford, (out of 5 entries, two from University of Washington and two from Green River Community College) at Seattle, Washington, March 9, 2004.

Additional Notes

If you wish to participate and to have a voice on the project, attend ASME club meetings on campus. For ASME-sponsored project to be competition eligible, only ASME student members may work on them. Non-ASME sponsored projects such as Formula SAE® and Mini Baja® will not be considered by the ASME Student Section. You may wish to start a SAE student chapter for such projects.

All competition will abide by the ASME Code of Ethics, especially 4e, 5e and 7e: "Code of Ethics for Engineers"


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