American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers

ASHRAE Student Chapter at USF

This society advances technology to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world. The Student Chapter participates in the National Design Competition, holds monthly chapter meeting with visiting professionals making presentations on state-of-the-art HVAC design and equipment, and attends FWC Senior Chapter monthly professional meetings and social events such as the Shrimp Boil and the Sporting Clay Shoot, with full sponsorship by the senior members.

Notable Awards: Matthew Reeves, Treasurer, has won one of the ASHRAE Undergraduate Scholarships for the second year.

Faculty Advisor: Delcie R. Durham, PhD, PE

USF Chapter Website
ASHRAE Student Website

For more information contact Chris Martinez, President, at camarti9@mail.usf.edu.

 

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Our mission is to serve our diverse global communities by advancing, disseminating and applying engineering knowledge for improving the quality of life; and communicating the excitement of engineering.

We achieve this through many types of events including but not limited to; biweekly meeting, electric car races, networking events, social events, design competitions, speakers, professional development, and conferences.

Notable Awards: Electrathon Team #133 took first place in the college division, fourth place overall, and car #132 took second place in the college division at the Emerald Coast Pensacola Electrathon Classic Race in April 2012.

Nyssa Masters received the ASME Young Professional of the Year award and Abigail Lambert received the ASME Engineering Student of the Year award in February 2012.

Faculty Advisor: Jonathan Gaines, PhD

USF Chapter Website
FL West Coast ASME Website

For more information email us at usfasme@gmail.com, friend us on Facebook, or find us on our YouTube Channel!

 

USF Racing

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International Student Chapter

The SAE International® chapter at the University of South Florida started in 1999 under the name of USF-Society of Automotive Engineers.  We began our journey in the SAE Design competitions with Baja SAE®, where we quickly became the team to watch. Following our success in Baja SAE®, the team decided to compete in Formula SAE® for the 2005 season.  From then until 2009 we competed simultaneously in Baja SAE® and Formula SAE®, building one car for each competition every year. In order to continually challenge as well as better ourselves, we made the decision in 2010 to focus solely on Formula SAE®. With this decision came other improvements such as our new team name, USF Racing, and an entire management overhaul. Our new found organization and efficiency allowed us to have our most successful year to date, placing 9th overall and 2nd in Skid Pad at competition in Nebraska. This was our first top ten overall finish in a sanctioned Formula SAE® competition!

USF Racing is open to any USF student and our shop is located at the Tampa campus next to Parking and Transportation services. We are at the shop every afternoon working on the year’s design and manufacturing. We hold new member meetings throughout the year and those meetings are posted to the calendar on our website.

You do NOT have to be an engineering major to be a part of our team, we are open to all majors and there are no dues or fees to join.

Notable Awards:
Formula SAE Michigan (May 9-12, 2012)
Overall: 67th
Design: 28th
Presentation: 99th
Cost: 71th
Skid Pad: 28th
Acceleration: 59th

Formula North (May 24-27, 2012)
Overall: 4th
Design: 4th
Presentation: 7th
Cost: 4th
Autocross: 5th
Endurance: 4th
Fuel Economy: 2nd

Formula SAE Lincoln (June 20-23, 2012)
Overall: 9th
Design: 14th
Presentation: 22nd
Cost: 35th
Skid Pad: 2nd
Acceleration: 26th
Autocross: 9th
Endurance: 10th
Fuel Economy: 9th

Faculty Advisor: Rajiv Dubey, PhD

USF Chapter Website
SAE Student Website

For more information email us at SAEUSF@gmail.com or follow us on Facebook or Twitter!

 

College-Wide Student Organizations

 

• Engineers Without Borders
• Engineers for a Sustainable World
• Florida Engineering Society, Student Chapter
• National Society of Black Engineers
• Society of Hispanic Engineers
• Society of Women Engineers
• Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society
• Theta Tau