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NDU wins at ASME
For the third time, the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers (ASME) organized its Student Professional
Development Conference (SPDC) for the ASME District J
(Middle East & Africa) in Lebanon. This year's SPDC was
organized at the American University of Beirut (AUB)
on April 29-30, 2011 (after the first two SPDCs which
were organized at NDU in 2010 and 2009). An SPDC
usually includes professional development seminars for
students as well as student competitions open to all
ASME student members in the district.
The participating universities this year were Notre
Dame University, American University of Beirut,
Lebanese American University, Beirut Arab University,
Khalifa University (UAE), King Fahd University of
Petroleum and Minerals (KSA), Pits Bilani University
(UAE), and American University of Cairo (Egypt).
Fifteen teams were involved in the major event of the
conference or the Student Design Competition and the
results came out as follows:
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- First Place
Notre Dame University – Louaize (Wissam Bejjani
ID#20081727, Joseph Salameh ID#20081137, Jad
Habib ID#20082225, Boutros Nasr ID#20081288)
- Second Place
Notre Dame University – Louaize (Christian Zaidan
ID#20081570)
- Third place
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
(Mostafa Sharqawy)
The first team won $500 and a travel allowance to
compete against similar winners from all ASME Districts
around the world. The final international competition
will take place on November 2011 in Denver
Colorado during the IMECE (International Mechanical
Engineering Congress and Exposition).
Furthermore, NDU student Joseph Tayoun
(ID#20071294) won the third place in the Old Guard
Oral Presentation competition, another competition
included in the same event.