{"id":75841,"date":"2025-09-30T16:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T23:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=75841"},"modified":"2025-09-30T16:59:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T23:59:29","slug":"club-spotlight-asme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/club-spotlight-asme\/","title":{"rendered":"Club Spotlight: American Society of Mechanical Engineers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What to know<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Who can participate: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Any engineering or STEM majors\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Meeting days: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mondays<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Meeting time: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">7 p.m.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Meeting location: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Engineering building, Room 218. Student-led ASME projects may meet at additional times and locations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">About the club<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you\u2019re an engineering student who can\u2019t make it through a semester\u2019s workload without <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">blowing a fuse or getting your wires crossed,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> look no further than NAU\u2019s student-led branch of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). With weekly challenges, streamlined workshops and opportunities to compete in national engineering competitions, the club ensures its attendees are not only confident putting their skills into practice but also prepared to join the rapidly expanding engineering workforce after graduation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Q&amp;A<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Undergraduate mechanical engineering students <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sol Sheldon <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Emily Kinzler<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> joined ASME during their freshman year to improve their resumes and try their hand at the club\u2019s engineering projects. Now, as the club\u2019s president and vice president, respectively, they\u2019ve leveled up to hosting challenges and helping fellow undergraduate engineers prepare to enter the field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1000010440-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-75848\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1000010440-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"NAU ASME executive members Sol Sheldon and Emily Kinzler take a selfie while on a team bonding hike in Idyllwild, California.\" width=\"363\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/09\/1000010440-rotated.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/09\/1000010440-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/09\/1000010440-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/09\/1000010440-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/09\/1000010440-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/a>Tell us a bit about this club\u2019s history. How was this club formed? What is your mission statement?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sheldon:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> ASME came to be out of the need for professional development for students before they join the engineering field. This club works underneath an international organization called ASME, which specializes in standardization, research, education and professional development. The club served and continues to serve as a local and NAU-specific resource for all NAU engineering students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How and why did you get involved with ASME?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sheldon: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">During my freshman year, the club\u2019s president and vice president visited my introductory computer-aided design class, and I felt welcome to visit their Monday meetings. I got to know my peers and gained valuable advice regarding my own academic and professional journey at NAU. I then partook in the escape rooms project, worked on the officer team, led the human-powered vehicle project last year and continue to serve this club as president.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kinzler: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I saw a flier about it in my freshman year and saw the potential to grow my resume through the Gore Resume Workshop and the ASME projects that I could join. From then on, I gained many friends, had great experiences and continued my involvement, leading to me being this year&#8217;s standing vice president.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What kinds of things does ASME do throughout the year, both at regular meetings and any other events?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kinzler: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our weekly meetings include mini engineering competitions, technical skill workshops covering things like soldering and coding, professional development workshops and fun socials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sheldon<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: Otherwise, we host projects that students can join throughout the year, like our escape rooms project, where we build themed escape rooms from the ground up that NAU students can play during the spring semester. These projects are free to participate in, and those who help us make them can put them on their resumes to make them stand out. We also like to host tours of engineering facilities throughout Arizona, like our Nissan Test Track tour that we went on last semester, where we got to see Nissan&#8217;s testing facility in Phoenix!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tell us a bit about the club&#8217;s competition opportunities and what they entail.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sheldon: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ASME National hosts many engineering competitions that students can join in teams or independently. This includes an e-Human Powered Vehicle Competition (e-HPVC) where, in a team, students build a vehicle with electronic subsystems powered with chains and sprockets like a traditional bike.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image0000017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-75847 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image0000017.jpg\" alt=\"NAU ASME members pose outside of the Nissan testing facility in Phoenix. They surround a yellow sports car.\" width=\"489\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/09\/image0000017.jpg 2047w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/09\/image0000017-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/09\/image0000017-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/09\/image0000017-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/09\/image0000017-1536x1153.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/a>Other competitions include the Student Design Competition, a robot-building competition; the Innovative Additive Manufacturing 3D Challenge, an innovation-based competition where one redesigns preexisting products; and the Elevator Pitch Competition and the Oral Presentation Competition, which both let students show off their presentation skills. All of these take place on a national stage, so we can represent NAU in front of teams across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How does the club help create and support future engineers?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kinzler: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our club helps support future engineers in many ways! We bring in professionals from the industry to talk about the real world after graduation and their experiences in the field, bettering students by giving them achievable expectations for their future. These same companies have served our students in the past by providing them opportunities for internships and jobs for post-grad life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We also help students with their academics by offering peer-to-peer assistance and hosting academic-focused meetings with advisers, professors and anyone in between. All in all, though, we are students who help students, and we serve as a community for anyone to find new friendships and relationships in, making our time here at NAU just a little bit sweeter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tell us about a favorite memory you have from your time in ASME.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sheldon: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The day that my e-HPVC team last year finally got our beautiful aluminum frame that we designed and welded with help from NovaKinetics here in Flagstaff was my favorite day. Our year-long work manifested itself into something real and tangible, and all I could feel was pride for my team and me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kinzler: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Watching NAU students play in the escape rooms that I helped bring to life was magical and definitely a highlight of my year. My months of working on this project came to be the highlight of someone&#8217;s weekend!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What advice do you have for someone looking to join ASME?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-23-12.13.12-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-75843\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-23-12.13.12-PM.png\" alt=\"Four NAU ASME members hold up a structure made of blue tape and rolls of paper during a club meeting.\" width=\"412\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-23-12.13.12-PM.png 529w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-23-12.13.12-PM-300x281.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/a>Kinzler<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: Just show up! We have so many opportunities for students throughout the year, semester and weeks that even if you don&#8217;t have time for all of it, it will still benefit you and help you if you come to just one event or meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sheldon<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: We accept all engineering majors, as we all share a passion for engineering, tinkering and critical thinking, as well as a harsh homework load. We all plan to be professionals after our time here at NAU, but while we are here, we might as well use it for self-betterment and fun! While our name says, \u201cmechanical engineers,\u201d we believe that any engineering or STEM major can benefit from our meetings. Also, we always have a demand for specialists within our projects, so come stop by!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What are some things ASME has coming up that you\u2019re looking forward to and people should be excited about?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kinzler: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our escape rooms project is underway, and we are always looking to recruit volunteers for aesthetic design, puzzle designs and more! Also, if you are looking to join and participate in any of the ASME National competitions, the teams are also always open for new teammates. Be on the lookout for our upcoming specialized meetings, including our academic advising meeting, the biomedical engineering at NAU seminar and our Halloween social.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Find out more about NAU ASME\u2019s upcoming events by following @asmenau on Instagram.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/club-spotlight-asme\/\">What to know Who can participate: Any engineering or STEM majors\u00a0\u00a0 Meeting days: Mondays\u00a0 Meeting time: 7 p.m.\u00a0 Meeting location: The Engineering building, Room 218. Student-led ASME projects may meet at additional times and locations. About the club If you\u2019re an engineering student who can\u2019t make it through a semester\u2019s workload without blowing a fuse&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":75852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1825,1829],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-spotlight","category-student-edition"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}