Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Purdue Student Chapter

Call Out

02/03/2009

Meet Us

• Faculty advisor:– Professor: Bradley C. Harriger, CMfgE, MFET

• President:– Vukica Jovanovic

• Vice President:– Dustin Wise

• Treasurer:– Brandon Taylor

http://www.getinvolved.purdue.edu/http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~sme

SME: 75 years

• Founded in 1932 with 33 members– originally named the Society of Tool Engineers

• A year later, it was renamed– the American Society of Tool Engineers

• It finally became – SME in 1969

SME: Where Manufacturing Comes Together

• SME:http://www.sme.org– the world's leading professional society – advancing manufacturing knowledge and – annually influencing more than

• half a million manufacturing practitioners

SME Global

• Headquartered in Michigan– the Society has members in

• more than 70 countries and

– represents manufacturing practitioners • across all industries

Member Benefits

• Communities• Publications• Expositions • Professional development resources • SME Jobs Connection

Technical Community Network

Automated Manufacturing & Assembly

Forming & Fabricating

Industrial Laser

Machining & Material Removal

Manufacturing Education & Research

Plastics, Composites & Coatings

Product & Process Design and Management

Rapid Technologies & Additive Manufacturing

SME Forums

• http://forums.sme.org/ • E.g.

– SME Lean Certification Discussions– Robotics & Motion Control Tech Group– Simulation Tech Group – Forming & Fabricating General Discussions– Cutting Tools & Tooling …

Communities: Local Chapter

• More than 200 senior chapters – represent small regional areas

• 200 Student chapters worldwide• All SME members

– automatically become members – in the nearest chapter when they join

• Lafayette Chapter 268

Industry Focus Areas

• Find out what people in these industries are doing and connect with your peers and colleagues:– Aerospace & Defense– Medical– Motorsports– Oil & Gas

Workforce Development

• Lifelong learning programs• Certification and skills assessment• Technical resources• Publications • Industry expertise through the members

Professional Development

• Training:– Webinars

• Feb 19 2009: • Transition from Rapid Prototyping to Direct Manufacturing

– Course Catalog

Technical Information & Publications

• One of the world's largest publishers of – manufacturing-related technical information

and – industry news

• Produces – hundreds of DVDs and – interactive CD training programs – on various manufacturing topics

Purdue Chapter Activities

• This cartoon, showing a machine that helps a numbskull become an engineer, was drawn for Purdue students by Rube Goldberg in the early '50s.

• According to Goldberg: Seal balances ball and applauds self, causing string to start one-man band. Co-ed, hearing music, does Charleston, kicking over oil lamp and burning string, dropping basketball on switch, which starts atomic machine, lifting numbskull so he can crib answers and become a successful engineer. (Rube Goldberg is a trademark of Rube Goldberg Inc.)

Rube Goldberg Competition

• Inspired by cartoonist Rube Goldberg, – college students compete to

• design a machine that uses

– the most complex process • to complete a simple task

– put a stamp on an envelope– screw in a light bulb– make a cup of coffee

– in 20 or more steps

The 2005 Rube Goldberg Team (2nd Place Finish)

The 2005 Rube Goldberg Team (2nd Place Finish)

The 2004 Rube Goldberg Team (National Champs)

The 2004 Rube Goldberg Team (National Champs)

How To Join

• Fill out the membership form• onetime $10 initiation fee – Purdue chapter• $ 20 for national SME chapter

Thank You!