- Present a poster or deliver a presentation at a professional society (ASME, IEEE, ASEE, etc.) annual or regional meeting. A copy of your slides or poster needs to be made available to Gayle Doyle.
- Participate in a service trip involving engineering-related work. Examples include break trips to Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Philippines, etc. Weekly tutoring activities or Habitat trips involving only physical activity are not applicable.
- Attend the annual symposia for the Franklin Medal Award winners sponsored by the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia and held the third week of April at Villanova.
- Participate in a student professional-society-sanctioned field trip.
- Attend professional society and student sections of professional society technical presentations.
- Attend departmental seminars.
- Attend the Undergraduate Research Poster session in September and write a report on a minimum of 3 posters.
- Serve as a judge at a regional or national science or engineering fair (must be verified by a bona fide fair official).
- Attend a graduate student’s master’s or PhD thesis defense.
- Attend a “Careers in…” symposium offered periodically by the College.
- Participate in Career Center activities approved by the College.
- Attend the presentation of our official Engineering Week speaker (no other E-Week events are considered acceptable PD activities).
- Attend the annual SWE dinner and talk (note that space is normally limited for this event).
- Attend a “Beyond Ideas” presentation.
PD Reporting
- For each activity, you must submit a report on the official PD template in order to earn credit
- Hand-deliver a printed copy of your report to Gayle Doyle in CEER 309, or scan and save the document as a PDF, which you can then email to gayle.doyle@villanova.edu.
- Reports are due no later than 2 weeks after an event. No late reports will be accepted.
- Failure to complete the PD requirements will result in a grade deduction of 5% for each missing activity. Two missing assignments will reduce your grade by 10%, and failure to complete any of the three will result in a 15% grade deduction.
- All requirements must be completed no later than Reading Day each semester.
