Membership Benefits
Besides helping our club achieve its minimum membership enrollment (15
students) in order to be qualified as an SPE Student Chapter, there are many
other benefits to being an SPE student member.
Membership gives you access to various valuable resources offered by the SPE
to its members, such as the Journal of Petroleum Technology, SPE papers and
books, meetings and conferences, and various discounts.
But most importantly, being an SPE member places you among over 60,000
engineering professionals. Whether you need to start your career (or advance it,
in the future), or you need to keep pace with the state-of-the-art in oil and
gas technologies, networking with fellow SPE members will be crucial to your
career.
So what can you do as an SPE student member? First and foremost is to attend
the Annual Technical Conference and Exhibit (ATCE), which will give you a
glimpse of the latest cutting-edge technologies showcased on the exhibit floor,
allow you to sit in on presentations for the best SPE papers of the year,
interface with recruiters from various companies, and participate in fun
student-related activities.
And besides the ATCE? You can include a research paper in a student paper
contest, giving you a feel for SPE paper publishing. You can also gain valuable
leadership and organizational experience by contributing to your student chapter
in its various operational activities, such as fundraising and helping out at
various events like our golf tournaments.
A new service offered by the SPE to student members and young professionals
is their latest magazine, "The
Way Ahead," which is written and designed by young professionals in the
industry. Another recent service started by the SPE (in cooperation with the
AAPG, GSA, and SEG) is the Virtual Student
Expo, for job-seeking students.
With Chevron Corporation currently sponsoring the annual dues for students, joining
the SPE has never been easier. Just visit SPE's Student Member
Application page.
