FULCRUM [The Rocket Car Challenge]

Now, a competition dedicated to the large Automotive membership of UPES, Dehradun. FULCRUM is a 'Water-Rocket' car design and racing competition. The basic problem statement is:

"Design & build a water-rocket car from a plastic bottle, whose capacity

doesn't exceed 0.75 liters. The car must travel the maximum distance

forward with wheels always in contact with the ground with some

allowance (specified in the rules)"

-Poster for the event-

The participating team may consist of 2-3 students. Entry fees for the event per team are as follows:

ASME Members (2nd yr): Rs. 30/-

ASME Members (3rd yr & abv): Free

Others: Rs. 40/-

Download the Rules & Details of FULCRUM here

Due to requests by the students for more time, the event is scheduled to be held after the mid-semester exams. We would like to know when you are sufficiently ready with your rocket cars, please let us know.

TEKNOBOTTS [The Robotics Challenge]

After the summer break, the first event in the calendar unfolds. Teknobotts, a robotics obstacle race-against-time competition at the University campus is to be held on 17th September, 2010. It is a joint effort of the Robotics Club 'SPARK' and the ASME Student Section.

-Promotional Poster for the Event-

DATE: 17th September, 2010

TIME: 4 PM

VENUE: Takshila, Nalanda.

For more details, download the poster

and visit the club's website: http://spark-teknobotts.blogspot.com

ASME India Online Campus

ASME India Online Campus was launched in 2009 for the prime purpose of bridging the gap between engineering education and the industry. ASME India has now opened this vista for education through the well known software 'Blackboard', which has facilitated many other online campus throughout the world.

As of yet, the online campus provides ASME paid members (both students and corporates) with the courses in (i) Design and (ii) Management.

For more details on these courses, the prerequisites and when you can start on them, click [here].

Student members of the ASME-UPES Student Section who had enrolled for some of these courses, completed the same in the months of June - July, 2010. The following are the names of the student who completed the courses, with full CEUs (Continuing Education Units):

• Udit Shah, Adithya Pani, Sagar Shah, Prateek Gupta - GD&T, using ASME Y14.5 (2.3 CEUs).
• V Vinayak - Introduction to Finite Element Analysis using ANSYS (2.3 CEUs)

Feel free to contact the ASME-UPES Student Section Office members for further information or reviews on the conduction of the courses, and how you can enroll for it.