ASME's Collegiate Council is designed to attract mechanical engineering students to oil and gas careers. : Attention mechanical engineering students: a unit of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) wants to inform you about career options in the oil and gas industry and pay for the privilege of doing so. Each year, ASME’s Petroleum Division (PD) invites two groups of 20 to 40 mechanical engineering students from universities throughout North America to participate in its Collegiate Council (CC) program.