BMES February 11, 2002

Meeting Notes

• National Engineering Week
  
  
  • Supplies still needed:
    
    scissors
    brown paper bags (for event kits)
    2 more sets of foam bricks (6 in each)
    save TP rolls
    ping pong balls
    
    
  • Hall decorating contest: Sunday, February 17th at 3pm - ?
    
    Themes:
    Without engineers, the world stops
    DNA transforming into something mechanical (gears, etc.)
    historical biomedical inventions (contact lens, artificial limbs, DNA, wheelchair, bifocals, MRI, x-ray, breathanalyzer, prosthetics, pacemaker, artificial heart valve, artificial heart, bone screws, joint replacements, EMG, ECG, IVs, defribrilator, ventilater, human genome, artificial skin, etc.)
    What is biomedical engineering?
    Van Gogh
    Magic school bus
    
    Supplies: markers, finger pains, paper (big roll), construction paper, streamers, cray paper, balloons, lights, other? --- <$50
    
  
  
  • BMES run event: Tuesday, February 19th
    
    One fish three fish, red fish green fish
    
    Registration:
    
    Check in with team members, record time in
    
    Materials:
    
    1 styrofoam brick
    1 styrofoam cup
    2 regular balloons
    1 long balloon
    6 rubber bands
    12 small craft sticks
    6 jumbo craft sticks
    6 paper clips
    1 clothes pin
    3ft. masking tape
    1 TP roll
    
    Activity:
    
    Make instrument to launch ball into cups, Forward motion cannot be caused by a person, (person cannot physically propell the ball), 3 targets (cups) of all different point value, 15 minutes for creation and possible 5 tests, 5 tries to get in cups
  • Feud Team: Mike Romano, 1 more underclassman, 2 upperclassmen, and 2 professors
  
  
• Bulletin Board
  • Let's get one up


• National Society Registration
  • Chapter will cover some of the cost
  • need $10 and registration form to sign up
  • all are encouraged to sign up Membership Form PDF
  • National BMES website


• Human Powered Vehicle
  • Meeting Tuesday nights, 8-10pm
  • · buy some supplies this semester
  • start vehicle for competition next year
  • look at website for preliminary info


• Internships
  • Talk to professors, upperclassmen
  • Start applying
  • Check website for ideas


• Social Event
  • · ideas are: bowling, Laser tag, Ice Skating, BBQ, Go carts, Mini golf
  • Picnic/B-B-Q event
  • DVD night


• Nominations/Elections
  • The week before Spring Break (Feb. 25, 2002)

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Advisor:   Dr. Tran

President:   Dan Krainak

Vice President:   Heather McDonald

Treasurer:   Laura Walz

Secretary:   Chrysse Cois