January 7, 2026 - First Event of the Year!

Happy New Year to all of our SME friends! The SME Tucson Section is recharged and ready for a great year of events! Please join us for our first dinner meeting of the year scheduled for Wednesday, January 21st. We're kicking off with Kris Brandt from Darling Geomatics, who will be presenting on sensor fusion for improving accuracy and understanding of the built environment.

August 14, 2025 - Fall Scholarship Application Now Open!

The Fall 2025 Scholarship application period is now open! Submit your applications before 5pm on Monday, September 8, 2025. For more information go to our Scholarship Website or go directly to the Scholarship Application Form.

The SME Tucson Section would like to wish you a Happy and Prosperous New Year! We hope you had a happy and safe holiday season, were able to rest and recharge your batteries, and hope to see you at our 2025 events!

June 12, 2024 - In-Person Dinner Meetings Only

Please note that starting with our June meeting, our meetings will be in-person only. Our Teams meetings were born out of necessity during the COVID pandemic and then transitioned to hybrid meetings as our memberships adjusted to having in-person meetings again. While we understand that many still enjoy our virtual option, this option provides more work for our gracious host, us, and can sometimes lead to coordination issues as we try and force the posted Teams schedule onto the dynamic nature of our meetings. Thank you for your understanding and we hope to see you in-person at our events.

August 24, 2023 - Scholarship Application Now Open!

The Fall 2023 Scholarship application period is now open! Submit your applications before noon on Monday, September 11, 2023. For more information go to our Scholarship Website or go directly to the Scholarship Application Form.

November 4, 2022 - Scholarship Fundraiser Recap

Thank you to all our sponsors for making our 2022 Annual Fundraiser a very successful event. This year we had 23 sponsors donate a total of $34,650. We were able to give out $22,500 in scholarships this year! More info...

June 25, 2022 - Scholarship Application Now Open!

The Fall 2022 Scholarship application period is now open! Submit your applications before noon on Friday, August 26, 2022. For more information go to our Scholarship Website or go directly to the Scholarship Application Form.

May 7, 2022 - Matt Crawford, PE MBA - RIP

It's with heavy hearts that we announce that Matt Crawford, PE , MBA, passed away on Saturday May 7th, 2022. Matt had a big personality, was passionate about everything he did, and was overall "good people". He was a rock mechanics engineering expert and made important contributions to the mining industry regionally and internationally during his employment at Call & Nicholas and AECOM. Matt is survived by his wife and three children. No further details have been provided by his family at the moment. 

If you would like to help the Crawford Family in these trying times, please visit their GoFundMe page.

October 5, 2021 - McCraren Memorial Scholarship Fund

On October 5, 2021 our community was stricken by tragedy. Sarah McCraren, our Treasurer, and her husband Michael were in a horrible car accident that took the life of Mike and left Sarah in critical condition.

Friends, Family & the Community have been coming together in this great loss and continued prayers of healing towards Sarah's recovery.

Many have asked how they may help, what they can do...Sarah has asked if anyone would like to make a donation that the funds go to the SME Tucson Chapter Scholarship Fundraiser on November 5th. They will be honoring students who have excelled in their pursuit of degrees in mining and related fields through the University of Arizona.

Her request is not surprising by far, Mike and Sarah are truly givers to our community and compassionate support to those in need.

If you would like to donate directly to the McCraren Scholarship Fund, please go to their GoFundMe page.