“When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind” -Lord Kelvin
As you see, precision engineering is all around you, regardless of you are an engineer or not, you find yourself need to measure physical quantities. Thus, our members are allover the UNCC campus, they can be students at mechanical engineering, physics and optical science, computer science, electronics and electrical engineering, and information technology.
ASPE Tour at BMW
The ASPE Student Chapter at UNCC is a graduate organization hosted at Duke the Centennial building. We are sponsored by two main frames in the world of precision engineering; the Center for Precision Metrology (CPM) , which is the first in rank internationally, and theAmerican Society For Precision Engineering (ASPE), which is a worldwide pioneer in this field. Our activities are so wide and expanding, covering academic, professional, social, and even sport activities.
Long time ago, the industrial firms start to check your leadership and teamwork capabilities not just your GPA. The ASPE Student Chapter at UNCC provides you the opportunity of leadership. We have many committees you can join and you can be a part of our management board. This will be a win-win membership.
ASPE students attends conferences
Why Students Join the ASPE Chapter at UNCC :
· Connect with other graduate students and professors
· Develop your presentation skills and get feedback from professors
· Learn about other student’s research
· Opportunities to travel to national conferences
· Learn about other available resources on campus
· Leadership opportunities
· Build your resume
The ASPE Student Chapter at UNCC is one of the most active groups at UNCC, we do make the academic and research life enjoyable and we do every thing possible to provide our members with ultimate benefits they can get from the university. We try to share in as much social activities and we share in every possible community service events. Also we share in the UNC Charlotte intramrurals competitions.
ASPE Soccer team – Fall 2010
ASPE Indoor Soccer team – Spring 2012
The ASPE also provides oppertunities for our members to win scholarships. Every year we have three scholarships , you can win up to $1000 when you submit your abstract to the ASPE scholarship committee.
Dr. Robert Hocken awarding the NCSL scholarship to Steve Howard – Spring 2011
If you like to join the ASPE Student Chapter at UNCC it is very simple, just fill in the online form shown at the top of this page. Also, if you have any suggestions or recommendations to improve our student chapter, please do not hesitate, we are very open to any ideas that can benefit our members.
