Student Resources

Association for Computer Machinery (ACM)
ACM, the world's largest educational and scientific computing society, delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession. ACM provides the computing field's premier Digital Library and serves its members and the computing profession with leading-edge publications, conferences, and career resources.

• President: Md Nahid Newaz, mdnahidnewas@oakland.edu
• Adviser: Debatosh Debnath, debnath@oakland.edu

ACM brings together computing educators, researchers, and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources, and address the field's challenges. As the world’s largest computing society, ACM strengthens the profession's collective voice through strong leadership, promotion of the highest standards, and recognition of technical excellence. ACM supports the professional growth of its members by providing opportunities for life‐long learning, career development, and professional networking.

Founded at the dawn of the computer age, ACM’s reach extends to every part of the globe, with more than half of its nearly 100,000 members residing outside the U.S. Its growing membership has led to Councils in Europe, India, and China, fostering networking opportunities that strengthen ties within and across countries and technical communities. Their actions enhance ACM’s ability to raise awareness of computing’s important technical, educational, and social issues around the world.
The OU Student Chapter hopes to make this a space for IT students to socialize and meet their peers. Members are undergraduate students

• President: Shelnesha Taylor, shelneshataylor@oakland.edu
• Adviser: Doug Zytko zytko@oakland.edu

• President: Cho Lwin cholwin@oakland.edu
• Adviser: Amy Rutledge (SBA)

• President: Cody Trevillian trevillian@oakland.edu
• Adviser:

Engineering in Medicine & Biology (EMBS)
EMBS provides an informal gathering place for meeting students with similar interests, tips and leads on the current job market, contacts for internships and lab positions, and reports back from the latest conferences and presentations questions about and experiences from OU Engineering Biology courses.

• President: Olivia Racette,  oliviaracette@oakland.edu
• Advisers: Shailesh Kumar Lal, lal@oakland.edu  / Alycen Wiacek awiacek@oakland.edu /Mohammad-Reza Sidat, siadat@oakland.edu

• President: Cole Hudalla, colehudalla@oakland.edu
• Adviser: Chris Kobus, cjkobus@oakland.edu Jonathan Maisonneuve, maisonneuve@oakland.edu Kelli Foskic, kfoskic@oakland.edu

Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
IEEE Facebook page
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE, read I-Triple-E) is a non-profit professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation related to electricity. It has more than 400,000 members in more than 160 countries, 45% outside the United States. At Oakland, we hold meetings and events for all students to join. The group is heavily comprised of Electrical and Computer Engineers, but anyone with a passion for technology can join!

• President: Marwan Oro, moro@oakland.edu
• Adviser: Subra Ganesan, ganesan@oakland.edu Amanpreet Kaur kaur4@oakland.edu

• President: Jerard Inman, jdinman@oakland.edu
• Adviser: S. Ali Arefifar, arefifar@oakland.edu

Maker’s Club invites students to collaborate on such projects as robots, interactive games and kinetic sculptures. Makers’ Club began in the School of Engineering and Computer Science and has expanded to include the Department of Art and the Department of Chemistry. Students use such technologies as microcontrollers, camera vision, 3D printing and laser cutting. Students learn these skills together, as a supportive community- no experience needed to join! Maker’s Club is looking for creative, hard-working, community-minded people who want to make innovative projects. All Oakland University students are welcome. Club projects are showcased every year at Maker Faire Detroit, an international event held at the Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI each July.

• President: Matt Bellafaire, mbellafaire@oakland.edu
• Adviser: Khalid Mirza mirza@oakland.edu

NSBE Facebook page
National Society of Black Engineers ( NSBE)
We strive to increase awareness of and participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) based majors among minorities.

• President: James Hunter, jhunter4@oakland.edu
• Adviser: Richard Olawoyin, olawoyin@oakland.edu

ORA Facebook page
Oakland Robotics Association (ORA)
The Oakland Robotics Association (ORA) is an engineering organization dedicated to developing intelligent and autonomous robotic systems. ORA integrates principles from all disciplines of engineering in the development of our robots, and provide valuable hands-on design and building experience to our members that cannot be learned in the classroom.

• President: Christina Salama, cmsalama@oakland.edu
  
• Adviser: KaC Cheok, cheok@oakland.edu

A club dedicated to the development of an Autonomous Vehicle with a focus on computer science, software engineering, hardware engineering, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. SVC develops students beyond the classroom on industry trends and innovations of smart vehicles and the areas of deep learning, path learning, V2V, V28 and more.

The Smart Vehicles Club is comprised of a multidisciplinary team that is dedicated to the design and implementation of the autonomous systems of the Polaris GEM. The principle of autonomous vehicles is the ability to communicate with the surrounding environment, perceive this information, and react to this information. The club stands as a supplement to the University’s course offerings. Additionally, among the practical applications being explored in industry, Smart Vehicles, in particular, portend widespread societal and economic changes. Therefore, it is extremely valuable both financially and personally for aspiring students to become familiar in the techniques and implications of this technology.

• President: Ali Irshayyid aliirshayyid@oakland.edu
• Adviser: KaC Cheok, cheok@oakland.edu

SAE Facebook page
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
The Formula SAE team at Oakland University designs, builds, and tests a formula racecar annually. SAE is an internationally recognized organization. SAE at OU competes locally and also with other Universities across the globe. Gain engineering experience outside the classroom by joining SAE. All majors are welcome to join and no experience is required.

• President: Darek Panucci darekpanucci@oakland.edu
• Adviser: Brian Sangeorzan, bsangeor@oakland.edu / Dan DeVescovo delvescovo@oakland.edu

• President: Adriana Massey, adrianamasey@oakland.edu
• Vice President: Michael Vitale, mvitale2@oakland.edu
• Adviser: Adolfo Campoy-Cubillo, campoycu@oakland.edu

SWE Instagram @swe_ou
SWE Grizzorg page
SWE Discord - https://discord.gg/sMwjswCV
"Stimulate women to achieve full potential in careers as engineers and leaders, expand the image of the engineering profession as a positive force in improving the quality of life, and demonstrate the value of diversity."

• President: Janel Asmar, sweou@oakland.edu  janelasmar@oakland.edu
• Adviser: Laila Guessous, Guessous@oakland.edu

Tau Beta PI Facebook page
Tau Beta Pi - National Engineering Honor Society
Tau Beta Pi is the largest engineering honor society in existence. It is a culmination of top students from all engineering disciplines. Though the eligibility requirements make membership into the society selective, if invited, it is well worth your time to join. We are a great group and we're always looking to add new faces. Please see the rest of our page to learn what we're all about!

• President: Carly Kallen ckallen@oakland.edu /Aaron LaMagna aaronlamagna@oakland.edu
  
• Adviser: Chris Kobus, cjkobus@oakland.edu /Bill Edwards wedwards@oakland.edu
• Chapter:TBPMIQ@gmail.com

• President: Ashley McGraw-Korthals ashleyrender@oakland.edu
• Adviser: Jingshu Chen jingshuchen@oakland.edu

• Association for Information Systems
• Computing Research Association
• International Society for Productivity Enhancement

• Aerial Robotics Society
• Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems
• Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), Oakland University Chapter

• Association for Operation Management
• Institute of Industrial Engineers
• International Council on Systems Engineering

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers
• The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society
• Materials Research Society
• American Society of Non-destructive Testing
• The International Society for Measurement and Control
• American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• American Nuclear Society