SME is an international organization of professionals, students, and instructors. The goal of SME is the advancement of scientific knowledge in the field of manufacturing engineering. SME is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan. The organization was founded in 1932, and now has more than 70,000 members worldwide. SME is the sponsor of some 240 student chapters worldwide. Membership is $15.00 per year for students in manufacturing fields.

The Society helps you gain control over your professional destiny. Members have access to the resources needed to compete in today's rapidly changing manufacturing environment.

In today's complex manufacturing environment, practitioners often need in-depth and current information on a variety of specific technologies. SME addresses this need through its associations--subgroups of SME membership, providing user and applications-oriented information to members targeted toward 11 manufacturing-related areas including:

• Computer and Automated Systems Association of SME (CASA/SME)
• Composites Manufacturing Association of SME (CMA/SME)
• Association for Electronics Manufacturing of SME (EM/SME)
• Association for Finishing Processes of SME (AFP/SME)
• Machine Vision Association of SME (MVA/SME)
• Machining Technology Association of SME (MTA/SME)
• North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME (NAMRI/SME)
• Forming Technologies Association of SME (FTA/SME)
• Plastics Molders and Manufacturers Association of SME (PMMA/SME)
• Rapid Prototyping Association of SME (RPA/SME)
• Robotics International of SME (RI/SME)

At TV-I the Student chapter has been in existence for 6 years. Our chapter currently has 33 members.

Chapter Officers are as follows:

• Steve Benavidez - Club Sponsor (Instructor)
• Frank Elwood - Chairman
• John White - Chair-Elect
• James Lythgoe - Vice Chair-Elect
• Kevin Dullea - Secretary
• Stan Rawcliffe - Treasurer
• Josh Gallegos - Public Relations
• Tom Triggs - Historian

Chapter Meetings are held every Thursday at 9:00a.m. All students who are interested are invited.

Club Officer Contact:

Frank Elwood,

E-mail - felwood@n011.tvi.cc.nm.us

Certificate Programs and Degree Programs

• DDET (Design Drafting Engineering Technology)
• SMT (Semi-conductor Manufacturing Technology)
• EET (Electronics Engineering Technology)

SME HOME PAGE

The SME Home page is a great source for questions of both members, and non-members might have about SME. This page also contains an on-line registration form for membership.

TV-I HOME PAGE

TV-I's home page contains links to areas dealing with the administration, student life, opportunities, the library, and current job postings at TV-I.

Sandia National Labs: November 15, 1996

Sandia National Labs is located on Kirtland AFB, and is a large research and development organization. Highlights of our tour included the Virtual Prototyping Lab and the Rapid Prototyping Lab. The Virtual Prototyping was especially interesting because of the amount of technology that was dedicated to this one piece of hardware. The engineer who had developed the system that was in use gave us a well guided tour to this new technology.

Intel Plant: March 20, 1997

At the Intel Plant our group was taken on two separate tours of different parts of this huge facility. The first was a tour of the actual manufacturing facilities. We saw most of the manufacturing process taking place from outside of the clean rooms, and witnessed how wafers are moved from one place to another via a track and cart system. Our next stop was the Museum which Intel has dedicated to the history of its semiconductor manufacturing and development. The museum takes each visitor through the process of making each chip step by step, and also shows the quality assurance steps that each chip must go through before being shipped to the outside world.

Kaeher Plating and Finishing: April 17, 1997

Very interesting tour of local plating and finishing plant. Two groups were taken on separate tours of the plating, anodizing, and waste reclamation areas. Each group had a set of pennies that were taken and nickel-plated after cleaning. Waste reclamation area was quite interesting it had alot of chemistry and physics that went into making it run correctly.

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