Purpose

The Committee on Student Development (CSD) has been established under the  direction of the Center for Career and Professional Advancement (CCPA).  The missions of the CSD are as follows:

• To promote and enhance the education and professional development of engineering and engineering technology students through advancement of student section programs, activities, and competitions.
• To develop and recommend innovative programs for serving and retaining student members as active and productive members of the Society and the profession. 

Authority

The CSD is delegated the authority by CCPA to oversee the operation and coordination of student competitions, conferences, programs, and activities to enhance the development of student members.

Responsibilities

1. To view, evaluate, and recommend enhancements to the CPDPE programs concerned with student competitions, student conferences, student sections, student activities, and student development programs.
2. To work closely with Student Sections Committee (SSC) and Student Section Advisor Committee (SSAC) to obtain input from students and student section advisors on programs that impact those groups.
3. To advise the CCPA on proposed changes affecting student sections, program appropriations, petition procedures, and approval of applications for student members and new student sections.
4. To maintain communications with the Old Guard, the Auxiliary and the General Awards Committee on issues relating to proposed enhancements and procedures regarding scholarships and student contests.
5. To advise the CCPA on proposed changes in administering the Student Professional Development Conferences (SC), the Student Leadership Seminar (SLS), the Graduate Student Technical Conference (GSTC), and the Student Section Advisor Training Program.
6. To provide input to the Society on matters concerning student section membership requirements, benefits, recruiting, and membership renewals.
7. To work closely in assisting the Committee on Early Career Development (CECD) with enhancements in the areas of student member retention and upgrading and in formulating programs for early career engineers.
8. To support the development of student competitions.
9. To maintain the ASME Student Center website.
10. To support the publication of the ME Today newsletter for early-career engineers and students.