I was able to go to two national conferences this year in Lexington, Kentucky and Houston, Texas.
First was Tau Beta Pi, and it was certainly a learning experience. There was a small job fair, a few training sessions, and then the biggest part was "the business meetings." I was placed on the finance committee to renew reimbursement forms which was certainly interesting. All committees had to present their work in front of the entire floor and by a process of Robert's Rules of Order, the new ideas or amendments were passed based on voting.
The second was for SWE or Society of Women Engineers which we drove to Texas for. It was right before elections and there happened to be a gun show right next to our convention center so that was quite the encounter (see picture below). SWE definitely knows how to throw a conference though. They had tons of informational sessions to go to and the biggest job fair I've been to yet. I was glad to learn that there's quite a few large companies in the Connecticut/Massachusetts area for biomedical engineering! And I didn't expect it (I should have), but while taking a break Aubrey and I saw one of our fellow EWH participants walk outside so we had fun catching up with Christine!! Our Tulane crew also learned that Houston drivers are the craziest...
First was Tau Beta Pi, and it was certainly a learning experience. There was a small job fair, a few training sessions, and then the biggest part was "the business meetings." I was placed on the finance committee to renew reimbursement forms which was certainly interesting. All committees had to present their work in front of the entire floor and by a process of Robert's Rules of Order, the new ideas or amendments were passed based on voting.
The second was for SWE or Society of Women Engineers which we drove to Texas for. It was right before elections and there happened to be a gun show right next to our convention center so that was quite the encounter (see picture below). SWE definitely knows how to throw a conference though. They had tons of informational sessions to go to and the biggest job fair I've been to yet. I was glad to learn that there's quite a few large companies in the Connecticut/Massachusetts area for biomedical engineering! And I didn't expect it (I should have), but while taking a break Aubrey and I saw one of our fellow EWH participants walk outside so we had fun catching up with Christine!! Our Tulane crew also learned that Houston drivers are the craziest...
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