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Welcome to SME Philadelphia Chapter 15!

Upcoming Events and Opportunities 

• Intelligent Manufacturing Workshop
  • This cross-institutional event explores how AI and robotics are reshaping Industry 4.0 and the future workforce.
  • 📷 Date: Friday, June 6, 2025
  • 📷 Time: 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM EST
  • 📷 Location: Hybrid Event
    • University Crossings, Room 410, Drexel University
    • Virtual Option: Join Zoom Meeting https://drexel.zoom.us/j/82159452908 Meeting ID: 821 5945 2908

• Drexel University 📷 2025 Celebration of Engineering – Senior Design Champion Competition
  • Presented by KEEN Engineering Unleashed
  • 📷 Friday, June 6, 2025
  • 📷 Bossone Lobby & Mitchell Auditorium | Drexel University
  • Join us for an exciting showcase of senior design innovation across engineering disciplines! Top student teams will present their final projects to faculty, industry judges, and the public.
  • 📷 Key Schedule:
    • 12:30 PM – Welcome + Presentations Begin
    • 3:00 PM – Public Judging Session
    • 4:30 PM – Awards Ceremony with Dean Dandekar

This is a celebration of creativity, collaboration, and real-world impact. Come support the future of engineering excellence.



Save the Dates For Our Upcoming Events!

• Wednesday September 3rd & Friday September 5th - Experience Stratasys, Philadelphia, 10:30 am -- 2:30 pm
• Friday September 19th – Family Event: SME Top Golf, Byberry Rd., Philadelphia, PA

More Info Coming Soon!

• STEM Voices: 4 Professionals. 4 Perspectives- A virtual roundtable on growth, grit, and finding your lane in today’s evolving workplace.
  • In this second session of our speaker series, we bring together professionals—across roles, industries, and career stages—to explore the moments that shaped their paths.
  • From unexpected pivots to quiet wins, their stories offer something for everyone navigating their next step. This inclusive conversation brings both women and men to the table, sharing lessons, challenges, and insight with honesty and heart.
  • 📷 Thursday October 9th 2025 5:30- 6:30 PM EST
  • Event link
  • 🎥 Flyer coming soon

 

• Scholarship Announcement: November 1st

 

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Surveys: Your input matters!

• GenConnect Survey
• American Precision Works Survey
• Securing Tomorrow: Inside the Evolving Cybersecurity Landscape Survey
• Navigating Success Survey
• AI In Manufacturing A Human Centered Perspective - Amervis Lopez Cobb Short Take Series Survey

How To Get Involved:

• Reach Out!
  • If you have ideas for events, want the chapter to hear a presentation on a specific topic, or organize a tour, contact us!
• Call for Volunteers!
  • Whether you can volunteer for a single event or multiple ones, we would love to have your support. 
    • Volunteer Positions Urgently Needed:
      • Student Chapters Liaison (Maintaining chapter connections) contact Vanessa
      • Nominating Committee: volunteers request nominations from all SME members then administer the election of the FY26 officers.
    • If interested in volunteering, please contact us

Resources:

• Scholarship Opportunities

Please view our photo galleries and past events:

• 2025 Ch.15, 87th Anniversary Brunch & Installation of Officers
• 2024 PGW Networking Tour
• 2024 IFM Networking Tour
• 2024 Engineers Week: Chapter 15 Networking Event and Yards Brewing Company Tour
• 2024 Installation Banquet
• Amazon Virtual Tour
• 2023 Installation Banquet
• 2021 Banquet Program
• 2021 Banquet Announcement
• SME Chapter 15 Banquet, 1/25/2020
• Amazon Fulfillment Center, Plant Tour 10/18/2019
• NextFab, Facility Tour, 9/20/2019 (Pictures)
• Milton Roy, Plant Tour, 8/15/2019
• Eaton Aerospace, Plant Tour, 6/6/2019
• 2019 MATE ROV Competition, Volunteer Opportunity, 5/11/2019
• SME Chapter 15 Banquet, 1/26/2019
• Philadelphia Distillery Tour & Social Event, 7/26/2018 (Pictures)
• SME Chapter 15 Banquet, 2/02/2018 (Pictures)
• Milton Roy 6/21/2017 (Pictures)
• MATE PA Regional ROV Challenge 4/15/2017 (Pictures) 
• SME Chapter 15 Banquet, 1/27/2017 (Pictures)
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The chapter has several educational affiliations. Click on the links to learn more about each institution.

• Delaware County Community College
• Drexel University Engineering
• Temple University Engineering
• Community College Of Philadelphia