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Young Member POC | (back to top)
lyonsSteve Lyons, our new Young Member Director, is your point-of-contact (POC) for Post and other young member activities.

Steve has been a SAME member since 2008 and has been an active participant in many of our Post YM and other activities.

Steve replaces David Pratt, who has taken over as our Post K-12 Program Coordinator.

Steve works for Aerotek and can be reached at rlyons@aerotek.com or (210) 321-1135

Need Your Participation | (back to top)
The Post is interested in ensuring that it is providing a meaningful experience to you and that what we provide is of interest to you.

The San Antonio Post's young member program is for SAME members age 35 years and under. It is an outstanding opportunity for professional development, networking, career guidance, and just plain fun.  All it takes is an investment in time.

We are working on many ideas to improve the young member program.  Having many varied and interesting and varied SAME activities may foster more young member involvement in the Post.  Some ideas being considered include:

  • Mentoring programs and professional development discussions
  • Peer discussions on assignments, jobs, projects, etc ...
  • Tours to sites of engineering interest (need ideas here...)

We encourage young engineers from the sustaining member firms to participate.  There is quite a bit that military and private sector engineers can share and learn from each other.

SAME provides the young member with many opportunities to learn, to grow, and for fun.  Without your ideas and participation, we can't make these programs happen.

Networking | (back to top)
Most young members are familiar with MySpace and Facebook, but did you realize that there is a networking tool available for working professionals as well?

bostis the leading professional networking tool online, used by over 10 million professionals worldwide.

This is an outstanding opportunity for young members to be connected with other SAME/Post members.

Click HERE to join our Post young members group. LinkedIn is FREE and open to all SAME members. Besides the benefits of communicating with each other, others include:

  • Leverage the power of the network to find and reach the new business contacts you need;
  • Accelerate your career through referrals from other members;
  • Know more than a name - view rich professional profiles from fellow members;
  • Let other members know what you have to offer professionally to them and their contacts.

Join our group TODAY!!!

SAME YM Information | (back to top)
You will find a repository of information for Young Members at the SAME website. The information is designed to serve as a resource to help Young Members in Posts share information, plan Post activities and events geared toward Young Members and to engage Young Members in The Society's recognition and leadership opportunities.

Click HERE to go to the SAME Young Members Council web page.

P.E. Preparation Tips | (back to top)
Here are some helpful PE/FE Links:

The application process can be almost as difficult as the studying for the test. Each state has different rules and procedures – make sure you understand them.

In preparing for your PE or FE, find as much information as you can on the test format and content. Prioritize the subjects you will study. Both the number of potential questions and your familiarity with the subjects factor into this prioritization.

You should spend more time on a subject with two questions on the test over a subject with one question. Review the fundamentals before diving into the heavy-duty subjects.

Make a study schedule – you probably won’t keep all of it, but it forces studying into the front of your mind. Study, study, study! Do lots of practice problems, and review the solutions from solutions manuals.

Understand where everything came from. Be familiar with your references, and tab them. One individual took about 10 books to the test, but only used one. However, the individual was very familiar with all the tables and references in it.

Don’t study the week before the test – you will need it to relax.

For more information, comments, ideas, or help, you can contact:

Mentoring - YM Tips | (back to top)
Dick Kochanek, Post Director of Fellows, was the presenter at the quarterly SAME YM teleconference on June 25, 2008. Dick's presentation focused on "Tips for Young Members' Success."

The briefing was the compiliation of thoughts, experiences and suggestions from over 40 leaders, managers and supervisors from a wide variety of companies and public agencies across the country. The presentation may provide you with some helpful ideas for your career and professional development planning.

Click HERE for a copy of the briefing.