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2022-2023 ME GSO Team
Osama Abdalla
President
Nicholas Tomasello
Vice President
Didarul Redwan
Treasurer
Siddhesh Pandit
Senator
2021-2022 ME GSO Team
Joseph Prisaznuk
President
Johar Pourghader
Vice President
Emma Pawliczak
Treasurer
Harsh Patel
Senator
Spring 2020 ME GSO Team
Corinne Montell
President
Animesh Nanaware
Vice President
Gabrielle Mondschein
Treasurer
Vahideh Radmard
Senator
2018-2019 ME GSO Team
Mahdi Farahikia
President
Meysam Daeichin
Vice President
Nabid A Hossain
Treasurer
Aref Ghafouri
Senator
2017-2018 ME GSO Team
Gautam Ranjan
President
Mahdi Farahikia
Vice President
Fall 2017: Tony Abraham Baby
Spring 2018: Mehmet Ozdogan
Treasurer
Fall 2017: Tushar J Chauhan
Spring 2018: Aref Ghafouri
Senator
Fall 2017: Li Liu
Secretary
Announcements:
Stay tuned for our future announcements regarding events, elections, etc.
2017-2018 ME GSO T-Shirt:
Upcoming Events:
Mechanical Engineering Department Seminar
Mar 14, 2019, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, ES-2008
In collaboration with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, ME GSO is hosting Professor Alan Zender from Cornell University. The details of the seminar will be provided soon. Food will be served.
This event is funded by ME GSO, a subsidiary of the GSO, using student activity fee funding.
International Night
Apr. 12, 2019
Celebrate the end of another academic year with a relaxing night of hanging out with your friends and department faculty over international night. This event will be combined with the ME department Graduate Student Symposium event. Details will be available soon.
Past Events:
2018-2019 School Year:
Graduate School Discussion Panel
Nov. 15, 2018
ME grad students asked their questions about graduate school regarding research, studying, publications, etc.
Panel members:
Prof. Miles (ME Dept.), Prof. Chiarot (ME Dept.), Prof. Towfighian (ME Dept.).
Wine and Cheese Social Mixer
Dec. 06, 2018
Fall 2018 wine and cheese social mixer event was an opportunity for ME grad students and faculty to relief the end of semester stress.
Job and Internship Fair Event
Feb. 13, 2019, 5:30 - 6:30 pm, ES-2008
Erica Kryst, Senior Assistant Director at the Fleishman Center, shared valuable tips about approaching employers and making a remarkable first impression.
2017-2018 School Year:
ME GSO Team Meeting
Sept. 22, 2017
We held our first ME GSO team meeting to lay out our vision and plans for the 2017-2018 school year. The vision of the new team is to revive ME GSO and assist graduate students. To meet this end, we are planning to hold professional events, such as seminars and panels, social events to provide a networking opportunity between students and professionals, and mentoring for new graduate students and potentially for undergraduate to promote professional growth. Stay tuned for more exciting news.
From left to right: Li Liu (Secretary), Gautam Ranjan (President), Mahdi Farahikia
(Vice President) and Tony Abraham Baby (Treasurer)
New Graduate Student Welcome Event
Sept. 29, 2017
ME-GSO team participated in the new graduate student welcome event organized by Watson College. We discussed with the new graduate students about mechanical department and opportunities available for them at Binghamton University.
Seminar - Leadership for Engineers
By Howard Lucy
October 18, 2017
We are all called to lead independent of our job responsibilities. This talk covered several aspects of leadership that will apply to both those who are pursuing a technical or management career. There were several areas on which this seminar focused. Contrasting the difference between leadership and management, the two critical dimension of leadership, and seven "E's" of leading others was covered during this talk. Howard spoke from his leadership experience as an engineer and a general manager. The talk was followed by Informative Q&A and light refreshments.
Graduate School Discussion Panel
Nov. 30, 2017
Graduate school can become intimidating. Our panel of faculty, career professionals and graduate students came to hear about strategies to succeed in graduate school. Topics that were discussed include, but were not limited to, successful research plan, writing professional journal papers, giving presentations in conferences and networking, and applying for jobs.
Undergraduate students who are planning to apply for graduate school were also welcomed to attend.
Panel members were:
Prof. Miles (ME Dept.), Prof. Chiarot (ME Dept.), Prof. Towfighian (ME Dept.), Ms.
Chiarot (Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships, International
Program Manager, Course Developer at "The Watson Professional Skills Program"), Ms.
Kryst (Senior Career Consultant, Fleishman Center), and Mahdi Farahikia (PhD Candidate,
ME Dept.).
Wine and Cheese Social Mixer
Nov. 30, 2017
" Relieve your end of semester stress. Engage in conversations " - Motto of the event
This event began after the Graduate School Discussion Panel and was open to mechanical engineering faculty and graduate students.
Seminar on Writing Journal Paper and Reference Management by Dr. Scott Schiffres
Feb. 01, 2018
Dr. Scott Schiffres of Mechanical Engineering Department gave a lecture on conducting research and writing journal papers. Fundamentals of compelling research papers were discussed. The mechanics of starting a paper were covered, starting from an outline of the texts and figures. Tools to track references and create bibliographies (e.g. Zotero, Mendeley), and to perform literature searches (Google Scholar, ISI Web of Science, Binghamton Library Resources) were also be discussed.
PowerPoint slides for this lecture are found here.
Seminar: Translating Academic Skills for Non-Academic Careers by Holly Horn (Assistant Director, Fleishman Center)
March 28, 2018
Successfully applying to non-academic jobs requires effectively translating the academic skills gained through higher education into language that is relevant to industry employers. Ms. Holly Horn of the Fleishman Center discussed the non-academic job search and tips on successfully communicating one's academic skills for non-academic careers.
For the slides to this seminar, click here.
ANSYS Workshop by Mahdi Farahikia
April 14, 2018
ANSYS is a state-of-the-art engineering simulation software that is used by various industries. Expertise in ANSYS is a resume booster for job seekers. ME GSO held a workshop on Saturday, April 14 2018 by Mahdi Farahikia. In this workshop, fundamentals of using ANSYS such as element type selection, proper modeling, appropriate meshing, boundary condition definition, solution parameter setup, and post-processing were covered.
International Night
April 18, 2018
We celebrated our diversity and year of achievements in our cozy international night
banquet. Buffet catered by Moghul and drinks (including alcoholic) was served. This
was a time to engage in friendly and fun conversations with friends and faculty from
the department, and an opportunity to relief the end-of-semester stress.
The event was held at Innovation Technology Center (ITC) Rotunda.
