March 24, 2008
ASME Newsletter 03-24-2008
Hope everyone had a great spring break! We have a lot of exciting events this week. Make sure you mark your calendars!
1. General meeting with BP
2. Professor Lunch with Professor Matalon
3. Peer Advising
4. Professor Auction
5. Technical Elective Night
6. Lyondell Chemical Company factory tour
7. ASME Spring 2008 Barcrawl
8. Relay for Life
9. ASME Etiquette Dinner
10. Final general meeting with Arcelor-Mittal
1 .
General meeting with BP
Date: March 25, 2008
Time: 5:00 – 6:00 PM
Location: 135 MEB
BP is among the most-recognizable brands today, and for good reason: as our society continues to depend heavily on oil-based products, BP has emerged as a clear leader in the energy products business. By diversifying into other areas, including sustainable development, BP promises to remain on the forefront of energy research and development. Come to this general meeting to learn more about how this company has addressed the increasing green initiatives!
2. Professor Lunch with
Professor Matalon
Date: March 25, 2008
Time: 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Location: Illini Union Ballroom
Professor Matalon
has recently joined the
http://mechse.uiuc.edu/content/directory/faculty/profile.php?user_id=3365
Sign up online at http://asme.ec.uiuc.edu/ .
3. Peer Advising
When: Tuesday March 25th 4:30 pm
in MEL (just before the general meeting)
Wednesday March 26th
5:30-7:00 pm in the lounges of ISR and Garner Hall.
This is a chance for underclassmen to get advice from upperclassmen on which classes to take, how to schedule their up coming semesters. Get "real" advice that only fellow students could give you. Get real feed back on professors by the students who had them.
4. Professor Auction
Date: Tuesday, March 25
Time: 6:00 pm (after the general meeting)
Location: 135 MEB
Professor auction is an annual fund raising event for the ASME relay for life team
(see how to join and/or below). At this event Mechse
professors offer such events as dinners at their homes, dinner and drafts one
night. The professor pays for the actual event and the money that you bid/pay
goes directly to our relay for life team. All of the events have been a great
success in the past. We raised almost $500 dollars with this event last year.
Please come out and show your support for Relay and get a chance to have a
professor treat you!
Event list so far:
Professor Vanka:
Vegetarian dinner for four at his home.
Professor Keane: Dinner for 6
at his home. Excellent, delicious multi course meal with a very fun professor!
This meal also includes unlimited liquid refreshments. Seats will be sold in
pairs. All of last year’s attendee's loved this event!
Professor Glumac: Dinner at Papa
Dell's and Drafts and/or fountain drinks at Brother's
on a Tuesday Night for five people.
Professor Fang: A classical music
dinner party for up to 5 people with home made Chinese Dim Sum and Tea.
You may pay at the meeting or at a later time.
5. Technical Elective Night
Date: Thursday, March 27
Time: 5:00- 7:00 pm
Location: TBA (check website)
Come find out what all those ME498 classes really talk about! Pizza will be served. Also some technical electives (instead of ME electives) will be talked about. Find out what to take next semester before registration.
6. Lyondell
Chemical Company factory tour
Date: Saturday, March 29
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location:
Lyondell is inviting up to twenty
Mechanical Engineering students to learn more about its
All expenses will be paid by Lyondell.
Contact Xing for more information
at
Sign up online at http://asme.ec.uiuc.edu/ . Spots limited, hurry!
7. ASME Spring 2008 Barcrawl
Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Time: 7:30pm-2:00am
The spring bar-crawl will be on
Wednesday, April 2, 2008 from 7:30pm-2:00am. T-shirts are $8 and you can
order them this Tuesday and Wednesday March 25 and 26 from 10am-3pm in the
first floor of MEL. Also, T-shirts will be sold at the general meeting
with bp. Free food and drink will be provided
at the first establishment. It was a great success last semester so we
hope to see everyone have a great time again! If you have any questions
feel free to email Rob Zudic, at rzudic2@uiuc.edu
8. ASME Relay for life
Date: April 18-19
Time: 7:00 pm- 7:00 am
There are only 25 days until the relay, join our team and be
sure to contact family and friends for donations!!!
Web link to join Team ASME and the donation page:
9. ASME Etiquette Dinner
Date: Monday April 28th
Time: 6-8 pm
Place: Colonial Room (1st Floor of the
Cost: $10.00
Come out to an etiquette dinner hosted by ASME. Elizabeth Reutter will be presenting and dinner will be served. Learn the skills to make a great impression at any important dinner. Dinner will consist Tossed Salad, Vegetarian Vegetable Soup, Oven Roasted Chicken w/Chipotle Glaze, Sparkling Grape Juice/Toast, Apple Pie. Beverages: Water, Iced Tea, Coffee offered with dessert. This is a great chance to learn how to impress companies in dining situations. Sign-ups will be at ASME events.
For more information please contact Kirk at strebel2@uiuc.edu.
10. Final general meeting
with Arcelor-Mittal
Date: April 29
Time: 5:30-7:00 pm
Location: 135 MEB
As the 2007-2008 academic year draws to a close, we present our final general meeting of the semester. You'll want to be present to win prizes based on your participation over the semester, but even more importantly, this meeting is hosted by the world's leading steel producer -- ArcelorMittal. Come learn about international experiences in the steel industry and how globalization has affected this leader.
Elections for next year’s executive board are tentatively scheduled for this meeting. All positions on the executive board will be open. There is ample opportunity to increase your leadership experience through ASME!
Dinner, as always, will be provided.
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