The Department sponsors Student Chapter S-139 of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). Our student chapter also receives support from Golden Gate Chapter No. 28 in the Bay Area.
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers is the world's leading professional society supporting lifelong manufacturing education. Through its member programs, publications, expositions and professional development resources, SME promotes an increased awareness of manufacturing engineering and helps keep manufacturing professionals up to date on leading trends and technologies. Headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, SME has members in 70 countries and is supported by a network of hundreds of chapters worldwide.
The student chapter of SME sponsors field trips, guest speakers, and annually enters the WESTEC Manufacturing Challenge, an open-ended, creative engineering competition which is held at the WESTEC Advanced Productivity Exposition in the Los Angeles Convention Center each spring. WESTEC is North America's largest metalworking and manufacturing event. The annual competition is sponsored by SME and attracts students from universities in the western United States.
2005 WESTEC Entry
Wheelchair Mechanism
SME's collegiate manufacturing competition at WESTEC (the "Manufacturing Challenge") began in 1986.
Chronology of Chico's Award-winning Record 2008 - Grand Prize Baja SAE 2007 - Grand Prize Biodiesel Generator 2006 - Grand Prize Transmission Adaptor 2005 - Grand Prize Wheelchair 2003 - Grand Prize Trail Hitch Light 1999 - 2nd Place Silicon Wafer Manipulator 1998 - 1st Place Pool Assisted Lift 1995 - 1st Place Model Truck 1993 - 1st Place 1992 - Grand Prize 1991 - Grand Prize 1987 - 1st Place
In past years, Chico has successfully competed against teams from the following universities: Arizona State, Brigham Young University, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CSU Fresno, CSU Long Beach, CSU Los Angeles, CSU Northridge, Montana State, Oregon Institute of Technology, Oregon State, San Diego State, San Jose State, Texas A&M, Weber State, and Western Washington.
College of Engineering, Computer
Science, & Construction Management
California State University, Chico
Chico, CA 95929-0003
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