Education Committee Bylaws

1. Name. The name of this group shall be the Education Committee.

2. History. The first resemblance of the contemporary Education Committee in the Society appeared in October 1951. The committee, which was called "Relations with Colleges", was in existence through May of 1952. In 1954, the "Educational Lectures" Committee was formed. In 1956, the committee on "Clinics and Workshop Sessions" was established. Both of these committees coexisted until 1959, when the "Educational Lectures" Committee was dropped. In 1961, the "Clinics and Workshop Committee" was formed. In 1966, the committee became simply known as the "Education Committee". Following two successful workshops on strain gages and photoelasticity at the 1969 Philadelphia Spring Meeting, the "Workshops" Committee was established in 1970 to coordinate this activity at future meetings. Since the "Education" Committee and the "Workshops" Committee had similar interests, they were merged in 1974 into the current Education Committee.

3. Organization.

3.1. The Chairman is appointed by the President-Elect of SEM and usually serves for two years. The Chairman is a member of the Technical Scope Council. The duties of the Chairman include:

3.1.1. First year of tenure: Coordinates workshops and develops education sessions for National Meetings. Coordinates all other activities of the Committee. Informs members of times and places of meetings.

3.1.2. Second year of tenure: Develops education sessions for National Meetings. Coordinates all activities of the committee. Informs members of times and places of meetings.

3.2. Vice-Chairman - The Vice-Chairman is appointed by the President-Elect of SEM and usually serves for two years. The duties of the Vice-Chairman include:

3.2.1. First year of tenure: Initiates plans for future education sessions at National Meetings. Assists Chairman in other committee activities.

3.2.2. Second year of tenure: Coordinates workshops and assists Chairman in other committee activities.

3.3. Committee members - Committee members are appointed by the Chairman. They help establish and assist in accomplishing the goals of the Education Committee.

3.4. Local Workshop Committees - Local Workshop Committees are sub-committees of the Education Committee. Their specific duties and responsibilities are given in the SEM Workshops Manual.

3.5. Sponsoring of Sessions - Activities concerned with the solicitation and coordination of papers for presentation at meetings are to be handled in a matrix fashion across Council lines by direct coordination with the Technical Program Planning Committee as shown in the Flow Chart (Figure EC-1) and as specified in the procedures section of this book.

4. Activities.

4.1. Past Activities

Education Publications:Manual on Experimental Stress Analysis - In the period from 1962 to 1965, the chief activity of the Education Committee was editing the second edition of the manual.

Education Papers for EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS - All education papers submitted to the Journal for publication consideration were reviewed by the committee. The "Papers Review" Committee took over this responsibility in 1975.

Educational Aids - Aids were provided to local sections to help them plan and conduct short courses at the local level.

Short Courses - The committee was to review and thus endorse short courses at Universities. This function was discussed, but never activated.

Speakers for Local Section Meetings - A list of speakers was provided by the committee to local sections. At a later date, the list of speakers was replaced by a list of recommendations on how to obtain speakers for local section meetings.

4.2. Current Activities. The current activities of the Education committee are to coordinate workshops and develop and sponsor education sessions at National Meetings.

4.3. Possible Future ActivitiesEducation Sessions and Workshops - Continue current activities.

Standards - Prepare a standard for terminology, symbolism, notation, and usage applicable to the field of experimental mechanics. Encourage educational institutions, authors and publishers to adhere to the standard.

Syllabi - Develop model course outlines, suggested experiments, procedures lists of required equipment and supplies for teaching experimental mechanics or stress analysis at technology and engineering levels.

Material Properties - Compile and publish material property data applicable to experimental stress analysis.

Publications - Initiate a publication similar to "Experimental Techniques" but devoted to the educational aspects of experimental mechanics.

Publish notes from education sessions at National Meetings.

Provide a list of references related to various areas of experimental mechanics.

Speaker Evaluations - Conduct evaluation of technical session speakers at National Meetings.

5. Related Publications

5.1. Workshops Manual.