Shirts, Signups, and Sunshine - an 'SME Barbeque

In some parts of the world, January belongs to a season called "winter." (Yea, we don't know what it is either...) We thought we'd celebrate a beautiful January summer day by grilling cheap burgers and showing off our cool new t-shirts! Thanks to all who stopped by and supported us. (Check out the photos below!)



(Thursday, January 27th, 2011)

GBM#6 12/2/10

For our 6th and final general body meeting of the semester we had guest speaker Scott Lever who is the MERS mission manager from the Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Mr. Lever spoke to us about the engineering and logistics behind the Mars Exploration Rover mission. Awesome 3D glasses were provided to view mind blowing photos actually taken from Mars!

All the officers and members of ASME@SDSU would like to thank Mr. Lever for coming all the way down to speak to us and give ASME its first 3-D general body meeting! What an wonderful way to close out such a successful semester!

Edwards Air Force Base/ NASA Dryden Tour 11/19/10

Our tour of the Edwards Air Force Base/ NASA Dryden was an awesome opportunity. From walking into a cargo plane, to cruising alongside planes on the runway, the experience was once in a lifetime. We got to see planes, helicopters, as well as unmanned aircrafts.

Thanks to Mr. Alec Dyatt and Mr. Thane Lundberg for making this amazing tour possible.

GBM #5 11/18/10

Our speaker for GBM #5 was Mr. Thane Lundberg, flight test engineer at Edwards Air Force Base. Mr. Lundberg spoke to us about his career path as well as the many opportunities available at Edwards Air Force Base.

All of the Officers and members of ASME @ SDSU would like to thank Mr. Thane Lundberg for coming down to speak to us. It's always a treat!

NAS North Island Tour 11/12/10

Our tour of Naval Air Station North Island, the birthplace of Naval Aviation, could not have taken place on a more beautiful day in Coronado. The manufacturing facilities and the composites and reverse engineering labs are just a couple of the the many things we saw during our visit.

Thanks to to our fellow ASME @ SDSU member, Mr. Khoa Nguyen for taking the time out to plan our tour and take us around the base!

GBM #4 11/4/10

For our fourth General Body Meeting James Powell, P.E. from Solar Turbines spoke to us about his experiences in gas turbine engineering as well as the incorporation of FEA analysis and material selection.

All of the Officers and members of ASME @ SDSU would like to greatly thank James Powell for taking time out of his busy schedule to come down and speak to us!

GBM #3 10/21/10

For the third general body meeting of the semester, Dr. Bryan Crane from Illumina Inc. came to talk to us about optomechanical and fluidic designs in the field of Genomics. He began by first explaining that Illumina Inc., is a leading developer of genetic sequencing technology whose products are revolutionizing the field of molecular medicine. Their breakthroughs in Genomics (aka the study of an organism's DNA sequence) are aiding in the early detection of diseases and providing improved treatments to cure these ailments.

Dr. Crane is a Senior Engineer whose primary duty is the development of the HiSEQ 2000 sequencing device. He explained how the optical and thermal/fluid systems within the device enable the machine to read and process over 3 Billion clusters of information from the human genome. This "sequencing by synthesis" technology allows the HiSEQ 2000 to deliver the industry's highest sequencing output at the fastest data generation rate.

All of the Officers and members of ASME@SDSU would like to greatly thank Dr. Crane for taking time out of his busy schedule to come down and provide us with such fascinating look into the field of genomics engineering!