What Do Student Chapters Do?

Student Members from Chapters will automatically be transferred to Associate Member Grade upon verification of graduation, have the Associate Member entrance fee waived and be exempt from Associate Member dues until the January following graduation.
-ASCE Official Register

Competitions

Sometimes you need a creative outlet from the demands of your classes. ASCE Student Chapter competitions allow you to use your technical skills on unique projects.

Students build, design, and race in concrete canoes. The structural engineer in you can construct a 20-foot-long steel bridge and see how well it stands up to various loads. Other challenging activities include balsa wood and timber bridge building events, hydro power design, and unique local projects such as spaghetti bridge building and egg drop contests.

Community Service Projects

You have chosen a career which makes a lasting, postitive impact on society. In that spirit, ASCE Student Chapters organize public service projects where students apply their classroom skills to real life situations. A chapter in California designed an emergency vehice bridge spanning 130 feet... students in Utah constructed a gazebo and volleyball court for a local park... a chapter in Mississippi renovated a playground for an elementary school. As a member of ASCE, you can work on projects as an undergraduate which are as "real" as those you will find in the professional workplace.

Field Trips

Many chapters and clubs offer guided field trips to engineering projects, some of which are still under construction and closed to outsiders. In addition, you may visit major projects already in operation and be escorted by practising engineers who can explain the details of their work: tour the stands of the Ballpark at Arlington, Texas; inspect the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel; examine the Golden Gate Bridge; explore the intricacies of the Washington, DC Metro system.

Guest Speakers

Invite practicing engineers in the field to discuss with your Chapter unique projects on which they are working. It's a great way to learn more about putting civil engineering to practice, as well as meeting and networking with professionals in your field.