Rochester Engineering Society Magazine April 2014

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Announcing the 2013 Award Recipients | 8 Rochester Engineering Society 112th Annual Gala | 28

Maureen S. Valentine, PE

Allen G. Casey, PE

Walter Cooper, PhD

John Papponetti, PE

2013 Engineer of Distinction

2013 Engineer of Distinction

2013 FINALIST Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year

Jay F. Künzler, PhD

Diane Trentini

Stephen J. Percassi Jr., PE

2013 Engineer of Distinction

2013 Engineer of Distinction

2013 FINALIST Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year

2013 Engineer of the Year

Courtney E. Reich, PE

2013 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year

Also in this issue:

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Volume 92, Number 10, APRIL 2014 3,500 to 4,000 Monthly Circulation ISSN 0035-7405

RES Mission Statement: The RES will become the lead organization for improving the image and influence of the engineering community in the greater Rochester area by: Demonstrating a comprehensive knowledge of the region’s engineering and technical capabilities; Providing the best clerical support and public relations assistance to our affiliates; Continually communicating the engineering and technical accomplishments to both the engineering and technical community and the public; Providing regular forums and networking opportunities for the exchange of ideas and discussion of issues; and, Providing programs that identify career opportunities to the region’s youth and develop the skills of the practicing engineer.

4 • RES Networking Events - April 16 6 • Invite us to come and tell you about the RES Tutoring Team Program 7 • Get to the Point! - Listen So You Can Hear 8 • Announcing the 2013 Award Recipients (cover) 10 • The Limited Monopoly - Google Patents - A One Stop Shop For Patent Research

12 • Get It Done - Montey Hall and The Third Door

News items and articles are invited. Materials should be submitted to the executive director at the society’s office, 657 East Avenue, Rochester, New York 14607; Phone number (585) 254-2350, e-mail: res@frontiernet.net.

13 • Continuing Education Opportunities 13-15 • Engineers’ Calendar 19 • News from Professional Firms

The web site for the Engineers’ Center is at: www.roceng.org. The deadline is the 10th day of the month prior to the issue. Unless otherwise stated, opinions expressed in this publication are those of contributors, not of the Rochester Engineering Society, Inc. Advertising information may be obtained by contacting the office of the Rochester Engineering Society or going to the website at www.roceng.org.

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Board of Directors:

OFFICERS: President EDWARD HENSEL, PhD, PE Rochester Institute of Technology / Email: echeme@rit.edu First Vice President MARY STEBLEIN, EIT LaBella Associates / mary.steblein@swe.org Second Vice President ADAM CUMMINGS, PE Barton & Loguidice, PC / ACummings@bartonandloguidice.com Treasurer MICHAEL V. TRIASSI Optimation Technology, Inc. / mike.triassi@aol.com Past President LEE M. LOOMIS Email: leeloom@aol.com DIRECTORS: CORNELIUS (NEAL) ILLENBERG PE Alstom Signaling, Inc. / Email: neal.illenberg@transport.alstom.com JON KRIEGEL Retired / jkriegel@rochester.rr.com DOUGLAS DOBSON Optimation Technology, Inc. / douglas.dobson@optimation.us WILLIAM S. ROGERS, LS Harris Corporation / wroger10@harris.com RICHARD E. RICE, PE MJ Engineering / rrice@mjels.com STEVE CONSTANTINIDES Arnold Magnetic Technologies / sconstantinides@arnoldmagnetics.com CARL J. PILLETTERI, PE Passero Associates / cpilletteri@passero.com DIRECTOR to TBD Administrative Director LYNNE M. IRWIN Rochester Engineering Society / e-mail: res@frontiernet.net

52-54 • Directory of Professional Services 54 • Directory of Business Services 55 • Affiliated Societies and Corporate Members of the RES

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• ABCD Association for Bridge Construction and Design...............34-36 • AFE Association for Facilities Engineering...........................................39 • ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers............................................41 • ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers..............................................30-31 • ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers................................27 • ASPE American Society of Plumbing Engineers....................................26 • GVLSA Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association.............................42

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• IEC Independent Entrepreneurs Council...........................................37 • IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.................44-47 • IES Illuminating Engineering Society....................................................32 • INCOSE International Council of Systems Engineering...........................43 • IS&T Society for Imagins Science and Technology.............................33 • MPES Monroe Professional Engineers Society......................................38 • RES Rochester Engineering Society.................. 3-6, 8-9, 16-17, 28-29 • SWE Society of Women Engineers........................................................40

President’s Message Edward Hensel, PhD, PE RES President 2013-14 Congratulations! Engineers deserve a hearty “pat on the back” for all the great work that they do every day.

Without engineers, our economy and our daily quality of life would be quite different. This month, we are pleased to recognize the contributions of engineers to society as a whole and our community in particular. It’s still not too late to make your reservations to attend the 112th RES Annual Gala on Saturday, April 26, 2014.

The evening begins with a reception from 5:15 to 6:15, with the dinner and program to follow. Please join me and meet our celebrity engineers of 2013 -- the 2013 Engineer of the Year, 2013 Young Engineer of the Year, the 2013 Finalists for Young Engineer of the Year, and the 2013 Engineers of Distinction. You will also have an opportunity to meet the outstanding engineers of tomorrow, as we present numerous scholarship awards to high school and college students as they begin and continue their study of engineering.

Please join us for another Rochester Museum and Science Center “Science of the Edge” lecture entitled “Nanotechnology Landscape: Health, Safety and Nanomedicine Applications" by Dr. Sara Brenner on April 16th, 2014. Registration online at www.roceng.org.

The 2014 Annual Engineering Symposium in Rochester is just around the corner. This year, the symposium is being held at the Radisson Hotel, Rochester Riverside on Tuesday April 8, 2014. Space is filling up fast, but there may still be room for a couple of walk-ins if you still have not registered. Please join us for this important skillsdevelopment event that is jointly sponsored by Rochester’s Technical and Engineering Societies and RIT. Last week, over four dozen teams of high school students participated in the 2014/15 Finger Lakes Regional res news - president’s message

FIRST robotics competition (http://www.rit.edu/gcr/ firstrobotics/) at the Gordon Field House on the campus of RIT. FIRST is a national program: “For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology” whose mission is “to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership.” (http://www3.usfirst.org/aboutus/vision). High school students, teachers and engineering professionals from across the State of New York, Pennsylvania, the Province of Ontario, and as far away as the State of Florida came to Rochester to get excited about engineering and technology careers. That’s right! High school students from Florida came to Rochester, NY for their spring break! If that doesn’t demonstrate the strong influence that engineering plays in the Rochester economy, then I’m not sure what does! If you did not get a chance to attend this year’s competition, then please mark you calendar for next spring, and make sure you don’t miss out on this awesome event! Local high school and middle school teams are always looking for engineering mentors to assist with their teams. Please contact us if you would like to get involved as a volunteer in this or other activities where you can put your engineering talents to work to help young people.

The May issue of The Rochester Engineer will focus on engineering in the Transportation sector and the June issue will highlight the many ways in which engineering plays a role in our Water systems. Our regular contributors, affiliate societies, corporate members, academic community and individual members are invited to address these themes as they relate to their practice and view of engineering. If your organization plays a role in either of these technology sectors, please consider submitting an article for an upcoming issue. Please see our call for articles in the digital edition, available online at www.roceng.org. If you would like to comment on this article, or any other feature in this issue, please leave a comment in our forum at www.roceng.org, in the member area for the on-line magazine! I look forward to hearing from you.

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RES News Join RES and the RMSC Richard C. Shultz

Science on the Edge Lecture Series

redit C H D 1P Eisenhart Auditorium on the Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC) Campus

Wednesday, April 16 6:30 to 9:00 pm

657 East Avenue Rochester

6:30 - 7:30 pm Networking (Social Hour) 7:30 to 9:00 pm Lecture Pre-register at www.roceng.org r

Sara Brenne

Nanotechnology Landscape: Health, Safety, and Nanomedicine Applications

Nanomedicine holds promise for truly innovative treatments. From an economic perspective, nanotechnology applications are projected to impact nearly every known industry as well as create entirely new industrial clusters.

The rapid growth and projected acceleration of nanotechnology also creates urgency in understanding, predicting and managing the potential health risks associated with occupational, environmental and consumer exposures to nanomaterials. Explore Dr. Brenner’s research and the impact of nanomaterials worldwide.

This RES Pre-Lecture Social Hour and Networking includes Light Refreshments and a Cash Bar $25 per person - Networking plus Lecture $10 Networking Only $8 Students

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Sara Brenner, MD, MPH, SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering 4 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | APRIL 2014

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Rochester History Continuing with the historical sampling of the earlier writings on behalf of the Rochester Engineering Society, the years following "The Great War," into and through the “Great Depression,” continued to be a time of reaching out for the maturing Society, both locally and nationally. The meeting minutes describe a series of technical discussions and presentations intended to broaden the technical horizons of the membership (especially the CE's, ME's and EE's). The RES affiliated itself with a number of National technical societies, adopted local Affiliated Societies, frequently held joint meetings with them and continued taking action on a growing list of public matters. Certain issues of standardization, some crucial to public safety, became the responsibility of the RES and its affiliates. Once again war affected the Society, taking away many of its leaders and providing opportunities for others to step forward to fill these vacancies. In an effort to provide even greater perspective on the happenings and concerns of the day, a synopsis featuring selected items from "The Rochester Engineer" has become an integral part of this series. In the pervasive economic downturn of the “Great Depression,” the magazine offered classified advertising for unemployed engineers, technicians and draftsmen and took other steps to try to deal with the crisis. Still, it continued its effort to shape the function, purpose and infrastructure of the City of Rochester, and beyond. The Second World War and the Korean Conflict are now history. These experiences have changed the face and, no doubt, the future of the community. The Rochester municipal leadership and the industrial community have become immersed in the cold-war, growth economy.

“The Rochester Engineer” (February 1956)

In the Spring of 1951, the NY State Legislature enacted a bill bringing into existence the Genesee Valley Regional Market, a public benefit corporation. After years of deliberation, a modern assembly and distribution wholesale market place was designed, with construction to be completed, by Summer 1956, on 124 acres of land, located at Jefferson Road and East Henrietta Road in the Town of Henrietta. This facility, comprised of a series of covered sheds, offered all-season access for farm produce marketing and included both truck and rail shipping features. Designed by Roger O. Austin of Waasdorp & Northrup Architects, this was, at its time, the largest regional market east of the Mississippi River.

“The Rochester Engineer” (March 1956)

Constructed in 1903 by Canada, in the St. Lawrence River, near Ogdensburg, NY, the Gut Dam was intended to impact the flow of the river toward improved commercial ship navigation around the nearby rapids. In addition, it appeared to have impacted the seasonal levels of Lake Ontario, to the point that US property owners were suing Canada for property damage. Melissa Bingham, Fellow, Rochester Academy of Science, provided an in-depth article detailing the near fifty-year history of the dam’s impact on the river and the lake, concluding that high-velocity wind storm events, exacerbated by higher lake levels, contributed measurably to lakefront erosion, especially on the South and East (US) shores of the lake.

“The Rochester Engineer” (April 1956)

This month’s joint RES – ASME meeting featured a presentation by E.J. Riley, Manager, Home Bureau, Major Appliance Division, General Electric Co. entitled, “The All Electric Home of Today & Tomorrow,” describing the time-saving appliances and space-conditioning systems of the future, especially the need for adequate electric wiring in American homes. At a joint meeting of the RES and IRE, Arthur V. Loughren of Hazeltine Corporation, national president of IRE, spoke on, “Color res news/history

A Sampling from the Archives of the Rochester Engineering Society...1897 - 1956

by Lee M. Loomis

Television,” and how significant research has been completed toward ensuring that a complete color signal may be transmitted in the same bandwidth as has been designated for black-and-white television signals.

The AIEE’s North Eastern district meeting was held in Rochester in May 1956, as over 500 electrical engineers met to hear presentations on “Private vs Public Power,” “Ethics in Engineering”, and various electrical equipment and systems. Tours of RG&E’s Russell Station, The George Eastman House, Lapp Insulator and Kodak Park were included in the three-day conference agenda.

“The Rochester Engineer” (May 1956)

The RES presented its slate of officers for the coming year including, President – Irvin G. McChesney, RG&E Corp., 1st Vice President – Donald Q. Faragher, Faragher & Macomber, Architects, 2nd Vice President – Alfred Dasburg, General Railway Signal Company, Treasurer – Norman H. Davidson, RG&E Corporation, Directors – Dr. Ray Manson, Stromberg-Carlson Company (retired) and Berlyn M. Werly, Eastman Kodak Company. A joint meeting of the RES and IRE featured a presentation, “Light Amplifiers” by Dr. Frederick H. Nicoll of RCA Laboratories.

June 12, 1956 (Board of Directors Meeting, Hotel Sheraton)

The Board was still wrestling with a proposal from the Hotel Sheraton that we relocate to somewhat smaller room space, now that the Hotel was offering additional space for RES records storage, in conjunction with the change. The Board felt it important to remain at the 111 East Ave. location, if at all possible. The Board approved a motion to support the Executive Secretary’s attendance at the annual meeting of the Council of Engineering Society Secretaries, in Cincinnati, OH, June 25 – 27, 1956.

June 14, 1956 (Annual Meeting, Hotel Sheraton, Attendance - 36) – The membership heard the report of the Board of Directors on

the year’s activities including; nineteen evening meetings (attendance - 979), seventeen luncheon meetings (attendance - 1011), inspection trips to RG&E’s new operations center in Henrietta (attendance - 66) and to Eastman Kodak’s Kodak Park (attendance – 186). Also reported was that RES representatives working with the nine Rochester High Schools and Irondequoit High School guidance counselors in providing advice to students considering engineering careers; the addition of 30 bound periodicals to the Rochester Public Library; the support of a position on private enterprise versus National or State development and operation of the Niagara River Power Project; and a net increase of one in RES membership (36 lost, 36 added) for current a total of 574 members.

Subsequent articles in this series will describe the RES' continuing outreach to other technical societies as it considered its role in this and the larger community, along with more of the activities of the RES as it moved to be of greater service to its membership, especially those suffering from the current economic crisis, and adopted a greater role in shaping the future of the City and its environs. Noted also, will be the contributions made by RES members in the struggle to meet the challenges coming out of World War II, as well as a hoped-for period of post-war growth and prosperity. These articles will also feature an impressive array of RES activities in support of cold-war re-emergence of Rochester area industry. We welcome your questions and comments on this series.

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Join the “RES Tutoring Team” Help a Rochester Child Learn to Read Whether or not you think you have the time to commit to it right now, please contact us and learn about this successful program, and the opportunity it offers us to “make a difference” in Rochester’s City Schools. Let us come and meet with you, your business associates, family members, friends, neighbors. Even just two hours a week can make a big difference.

The RES Tutoring Team at Dr. Walter Cooper Academy currently includes full-time, employed Professional Engineers, recently-graduated engineers, retired engineers, retired school teachers, U of R undergraduate engineering students and RIT undergraduate, and graduate engineering students. We're eagerly seeking more, dedicated people, willing to make room in their busy lives for this important opportunity to "give back" to our community, by investing in its future.

Schedule a presentation to learn about the school, the Volunteer Program Leaders, Administrators and Dr. Walter Cooper (RES 1996 Engineer of the Year). Hear about the training each tutor will receive. Please contact the RES office, and let us know you’re interested in tutoring at Dr. Walter Cooper Academy - School #10, 353 Congress Ave. (in the 19th Ward, one block North of Genesee Pk. Blvd., between Post Ave. and Virginia Ave.)

The RES Tutoring Team is affiliated with…

Friends of Educational Excellence (FREE) Partnerships, (585) 218-0038 via email: bpollock@freepartnerships.org, via website: www.freepartnerships.org Reach the RES Tutoring Team at…

Rochester Engineering Society, (585) 254-2350 via email: leeloomis46@gmail.com, via website: www.roceng.org

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Get to the Point!

Listen So You Can Hear

In the past, this article has focused on written communications. This month, however, I address a different, often undervalued factor in effective communication. When you enter into a conversation/dialogue, you should be prepared to spend 90% of the time actively listening and only 10% of the time speaking.

Ways to Listen Better Today Hearing is easy! For most of us, our body does the work by interpreting the sounds that we hear into words. Listening, however, is far more difficult.

Listening is the process of looking at the words and the other factors around the words (such as our non-verbal communication), and then interpreting the entire message.

Here are seven things that you can do to start becoming a better listener.

1. When you’re listening, listen. Don’t talk on the phone, text message, clean off your desk, or do anything else.

2. Avoid interruptions. If you think of something that needs to be done, make a mental or written note of it and forget about it until the conversation is over.

3. When you do talk, make sure it’s related to what the other person is saying. Questions to clarify, expand, and probe for more information will be key tools.

4. Do not offer advice unless the other person asks you for it. If you are not sure what they want, ask!

5. Make sure the physical environment is conducive to listening. Try to reduce noise and distractions. (“Would you mind stepping into my office where I can hear you better?” is a great line to use.) If possible, be seated comfortably. Be close enough to the person so that you can hear them, but not too close to make them uncomfortable.

6. If it is a conversation where you are required to take notes, try not to let the note-taking disturb the flow of the conversation. If you need a moment to catch up, choose an appropriate moment to ask for a break.

Understanding Active Listening Although hearing is a passive activity, one must listen actively to listen effectively, and to actually hear what is being said.

There are three basic steps to actively listening.

1. Try to identify where the other person is coming from. This concept is also called the frame of reference.

2. Listen to what is being said closely and attentively.

3. Respond appropriately, either non-verbally (such as a nod to indicate you are listening), with a question (to ask for clarification), or by paraphrasing. Note that paraphrasing does not mean repeating the speaker’s words back to them like a parrot. It does mean repeating what you think the speaker said in your own words.

Some examples: “It sounds like that made you angry,” (Using the “It sounds like…” precursor, or something similar, gives the speaker the opportunity to correct you if your interpretation is wrong.)

Asking Good Questions

Good questioning skills are another building block of successful communication.

Questions will help us gather information, clarify facts, and communicate with others. There are several questioning techniques that you can use throughout the communication process. Which type of question you use will depend on the situation and the audience.

Open Questions Open questions get their name because the response is open-ended; the answerer has a wide range of options to choose from when answering it. Open questions use one of six words as a root: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? Open questions are great conversation starters, fact finders, and communication enhancers. Use them whenever possible.

Closed Questions Closed questions are the opposite of open questions; their very structure limits the answer to yes or no, or a specific piece of information. Some examples include:

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Where do you work?

Did you work on the WIAA project?

Are you a member of the RES?

Although closed questions tend to shut down communication, they can be useful if you are searching for a particular piece of information, or winding a conversation down. If you use a closed question and it shuts down the conversation, simply use an open-ended question to get things started again.

Probing Questions In addition to the basic open and closed questions, there is also a toolbox of probing questions that we can use. These questions can be open or closed, but each type serves a specific purpose.

Clarification By probing for clarification, you invite the other person to share more information so that you can fully understand their message. Clarification questions often look like this: “Please tell me more about…”

“What did you mean by…”

“What does … look like?” (Any of the five senses can be used here) Completeness and Correctness These types of questions can help you ensure you have the full, true story.

Having all the facts, in turn, can protect you from assuming and jumping to conclusions – two fatal barriers to communication.

Some examples of these questions include: “What else happened after that?”

“Did that end the …”

Determining Relevance This category will help you determine how (or if!) a particular point is related to the conversation at hand. It can also help you get the speaker back on track from a tangent.

Some good ways to frame relevance questions are: “How is that like…”

“How does that relate to…”

Drilling Down Use these types of questions to nail down vague statements. Useful helpers include: “Describe…”

“What do you mean by…?”

“Could you please give an example?”

Summarizing These questions are framed more like a statement. They pull together all the relevant points. They can be used to confirm to the listener that you heard what was said, and to give them an opportunity to correct any misunderstandings.

Example: “So you were shortlisted as a vendor, invited to present the proposal, and ended up not getting the contract?”

Be careful not to repeat the speaker’s words back to them like a parrot.

Remember, paraphrasing means repeating what you think the speaker said in your own words.

Communication will improve when we can learn to listen. Better communication will lead to less stress, stronger relationships, and higher productivity.

RGI Learning offers workshops in conflict resolution and communication skills.

Please email me at LisaM@rgilearning.com with questions or comments for a future article. Online instruction on how to write effective reports and proposals is available at www.rgilearning.com. © 2013, RGI Learning Lisa Moretto is the President of RGI Learning, Inc. For 20 years she has helped engineers improve their oral and written communication skills. Visit www.rgilearning.com or call (866) 744-3032 to learn about RGI’s courses.

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Announcing The Award Recipients Join us on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

Come support the Engineers of Distinction, and congratulate the 2013 Rochester Engineer of the Year

The 2013 Rochester Engineer of the Year Maureen S. Valentine, PE Associate Dean and Professor College of Applied Science and Technology, Rochester Insitute of Technology

How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership?

Community: It has been my honor and privilege to serve as chairperson for the Engineering Symposium in Rochester for the last several years. The symposium provides professional development hours required for New York licensure. In this role I chair a committee of approximately 15 volunteers directing and coordinating the efforts to make certain that the annual symposium provides high quality professional development hours to nearly 400 registered professionals in the Rochester and surrounding area. Those volunteers are each outstanding individuals and pour their heart and soul into this event. Professional: I have the privilege of working with some outstanding women at RIT. Our grant team is successfully working with RIT’s faculty and administration to transform the environment for women faculty in the STEM disciplines.

Another group of women faculty in the College of Applied Science and Technology worked with me to create the Women in Technology (WIT) program. WIT provides social and professional development opportunities for the female students in RIT’s technology programs, and has proven to improve the recruitment and retention of our young women. It is an honor to know that this program has touched the lives of many students through the years.

In my leadership positions as Department Chair (2000-2007) and Associate Dean, I have had the opportunity to influence the curriculum, faculty development and student support for a tremendous team of educators in engineering technology.

What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement? I am proud of the significant geotechnical work I did early in my career on dam and retaining wall safety, slope stability in landfills and waste storage units. My greatest engineering achievement may have been designing and monitoring the installation of a foundation that successfully supports a weapons handling wharf in soft ground, but my greatest achievement as an educator of engineers is seeing students graduate and succeed in the workplace. I feel tremendous pride each time I realize the number of our graduates who play significant roles in engineering projects all around Rochester and the country. I celebrate with them as they gain experience, earn their professional license, move into management rolls and become successful professionals.

Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career.

In my twenty years at RIT, Carol Richardson provided a quiet, steady guiding hand throughout. Early on she, along with Bob Easton, provided the mentorship needed to succeed as a tenure-track faculty member. Later she encouraged me to move into administrative rolls, demonstrating each time how I could have a significant impact on a large group of students through these duties. I have had the privilege of working for Carol in the dean’s office and working with her on projects like SWE and the WIT program.

What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients, who will be in attendance at the Gala? The study of engineering is an opportunity to learn a life skill – problem solving – that can be applied to any number of situations throughout your lifetime, well beyond the technical issues. Learn to use that to further your dreams.

Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester.

The engineering community in Rochester is strong and vibrant. The opportunities for partnerships between our corporations and educational institutions are boundless and we need to continue to seek ways of connecting these two groups, for the benefit of professionals and students alike.

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2013 Rochester Engineer of Distinction

Allen G. Casey, PE President M/E Engineering, PC

How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership?

The logical problem solving methodology, combined with the necessary time management skills that got me through a very demanding engineering education is an invaluable asset. That, combined with the ethics and values that came from my family, allowed me to direct my energies toward making a difference in the community. I am extremely proud of the recognition I have received for "giving back."

What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement?

Starting, growing and maintaining a successful engineering practice is my greatest engineering achievement. To date, we are more than half way through "engineering" the transition of the ownership of the business from the four original principals to the new ownership team and when that is successfully completed, it will be our greatest achievement.

Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career.

Making the decision in 1991 to start M/E Engineering, P.C. What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients, who will be in attendance at the Gala?

Take full advantage of your time in college and get the most you can out of your educational experience. I wasn't smart enough to do that and I regret that I missed out on expanding my knowledge base.

Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester.

With the great educational opportunities available here in Rochester, we will never be at a loss for new talent. I hope that Rochester can leverage that talent and turn it into opportunities for growth.

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Announcing The Award Recipients Join us on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

Come support the Engineers of Distinction, and congratulate the 2013 Rochester Engineer of the Year

2013 Rochester Engineer of Distinction

Walter Cooper, PhD Regent Emeritus University of the State of New York

How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership?

Chaired a AAAS program called Science Linkages in the Community, Regents SSI- NSF {Principal Investigator} and Director of the Office of Innovation at EK What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement?

The application of semicondutors in organic chemical syntheses and electrochemical systems.

Describe the key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career.

The late Dr. William J. Knox, Ph.D, MIT and Manhattan Project What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients.

Never give up on your dreams for a career and a future.

Honestly maintain focus and discipline as you study diligently to achieve that dream.

Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester Engineering in Rochester can and should be at the forefront of innovation in the development of new materials and processes to restore the dynamisn and vitality of the past in a global economy.

2013 Rochester Engineer of Distinction

Jay F. Künzler, PhD President Künzler Biomedical, LLC

How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership?

My current position is President at Künzler Biomedical in Canandaigua, NY. In this role I am involved with the development of novel biomedical materials primarily for ophthalmic application. Prior to this I was a Distinguished Research Fellow and Director, Department of Polymer Chemistry at Bausch and Lomb. I was involved with all phases of product development including: design of chemistry, monomer and polymer synthesis, and formulation design and process development, where I led a group of 22 scientists/engineers. I developed and commercialized numerous products in this role, including the recently introduced Biotrue One Day and Zeus Ultra contact lens materials.

What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement?

I played a pivotal role in the development of the first silicone hydrogel contact lens material.

Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career.

My father: Wilhelm Friedrich Künzler- an R&D Optometrist by training. His passion for chemistry and engineering had a profound impact on my career.

What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients, who will be in attendance at the Gala?

1) Do be a team player. Surround yourself to the best of your ability with coworkers who are strong team players and collaborators. A project is doomed to fail without a strong team that works together.

2) Do not rush the “professional ladder climb.” Your promotions will come with hard work and results.

3) Do “Smart Science with Speed”- this is a phrase I have used over the years to describe what happens when you take the time to carefully design your experiments; the results will come that much faster.

4) Don’t be afraid to disagree (in a civil manner of course). There is nothing wrong with sharing your opinion….and just think, in the end, you may be right.

Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester.

My current goal (passion) is to build the next contact lens and solution manufacturing lines in Rochester, NY. Instead of moving the manufacturing lines across the world, I would love to build them here in Rochester. Rochester remains one of the strongest scientific communities in the world. We have incredible expertise in optics, biochemistry, materials science, computer science and the engineering sciences.

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The Limited Monopoly® Google Patents – A One Stop Shop for Patent Research

by John Hammond, PE and Robert Gunderman, PE Old School Patent Searching

In years past, when clients have had an interest in doing some initial patent searching on their own, we have referred them to the United States Patent and Trademark Office site1 for searching issued US patents and published patent applications. For such searches, the USPTO recommends a structured “Seven Step Strategy2,” which includes the identification of the Class and Subclass(es) of the particular invention to be searched.

This procedure would be used for a situation3 in which a client has an invention and wishes to search the patent literature to determine if there is any prior art there that would likely be a bar to obtaining a patent on the invention. For broader searches that include foreign patent literature, additional searching can be done at the European Patent Office search site, Espacenet4, and the World Intellectual Property Organization search site, PatentScope5. Patent searching via these three sites is effective if done diligently.

But it is also tedious. On the USPTO website, there are separate search pages for patents and published applications. Thus if you wish to do either a keyword search or a class/ subclass search, essentially separate searches must be performed on each page. A considerable amount of time may be spent looking at redundant results, because a large share of the published applications issue as patents, and will thus turn up in both searches. You have no way of filtering out the redundant content when performing the two separate searches. Then, once you have identified a patent reference as being “of interest,” in order to obtain a pdf of the actual reference, it is most effective to do so at a third party site, such as freepatentsonline. com.

The USPTO does not currently have an efficient pdf delivery system.

After you have finished your U.S. search, if you want to search for foreign patents, you move on to Espacenet or PatentScope. Each of these sites has its own “user interface challenges.” Thus there is a learning curve to becoming passably competent in searching on each of them.

Moreover, there are other types of patent searching that can provide critical business information other than the above “prior art” searching that is essential to predicting patentability of an invention.

It is common to need to search for information on a known patent or published application, such as for intelligence on a competitor, or for due diligence in a possible acquisition. For example, you might need to know who owns a particular patent or application. Is the title clear? Are there any liens on it? For an application, what is its 10 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | APRIL 2014

“It is striking just how much useful information is integrated in a single page in Google Patents.” status in prosecution? For an issued patent, is it still in force, or has it expired due to non-payment of maintenance fees?

These are some of the key questions that can be answered by such searching6. However, accessing the information in the USPTO is again a bit tedious. The data on assignments and ownership, maintenance, and prosecution are all of public record, but are all provided on separate searching systems. Thus doing a thorough search on a patent or published application requires some detailed knowledge on how to access each of these systems separately. (Although there are some commercial sites that compile the information more efficiently, they tend to be subscription-based and expensive, and are thus more appropriate for large volume users who have an ongoing need. It is much more common to need to do a “one and done” search.) A due diligence search in the USPTO will likely leave you thinking, wouldn’t it be nice if all of the information on this patent was in one place?

New School – Google Patents

To a large extent, this information – and much more – now is in one place, on Google Patents. In December 2006, as a public service, Google launched the Google Patents beta site, initially with the indexing of the growing collection of U.S. patents and published applications. The site capabilities have grown substantially. Google has worked closely with the USPTO, WIPO, and the EPO to acquire their data, and now covers the entire collection of granted patents and published patent applications from these patent offices.

U.S. patents are available back to the very first ones issued in 1790, and EPO and WIPO (PCT) patent documents are available back to 1978. Searches of these collections entirely within Google are now possible. The company is also looking to expand the set of patent offices that it covers.

The following information may be obtained via searching on the Google Patents7 website (see also the “About Google Patents” webpage8 for further details): • Simple searches by entry of the number of an issued patent or published patent application.

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• The “Prior Art Finder.” A remarkable tool that enables searching of more than just patent documents to identify relevant prior art references for comparison to an invention, or references that are relevant to a pending application or issued patent. The Prior Art Finder “identifies key phrases from EPO, WIPO, and post-1976 US patent documents, combines them into a search query, and displays the results from Google Patents, Google Scholar, Google Books, and the rest of the web.8” • PDFs of published patent applications and issued patents.

• Bulk downloads for those that need to search and/or monitor large collections of patent and/or trademark data. Among the patent data available from the patent bulk download page are patent and application assignment data, patent maintenance fee payment data, and patent application prosecution data from the Public PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval) website.

A collection of trademark registration, application, and assignment data are also available on the trademark bulk download page.

One Quick Example

It would take several columns to fully explore and report on all of Google Patents search capabilities. For now, however, we present one brief example of the information that can be gleaned from a simple patent number search, i.e. our first bullet in the above list.

Our example patent to be searched is U.S. patent 6,292,218, for an “Electronic camera for initiating capture of still images while previewing motion images.” We know that this patent has been litigated, and we are seeking some basic background information on it. On the Google Patents search page7, we simply enter the patent number, and click the search button. Not surprisingly, the top result is the link to the Google page for that patent. A series of additional patent results follows, which likely reference that patent as having been considered during examination.

We click on that first result, and are presented with Google’s data on the ‘218 patent. What is striking is just how much information is available on that page, or available via a single click to access other pages. Near the top of the page, we can click on any one of several buttons to Find prior art, Discuss this patent, View PDF, or Download PDF. The Abstract and a summary box of basic patent data are provided immediately below. The thumbnail images of the patent drawings follow in a horizontal scrolling format, any one of which can be viewed with a click.

The Description and Claims are then presented in parallel columns, followed by a first list of patents and published applications considered during examination in the USPTO, and a second list of patents and published applications that were filed after the ‘218 patent and that reference it during prosecution. A third listing of the patent classifications then follows.

The page concludes with a very useful list: Legal Events. The list is presented with the most recent events at the top. Looking through the list from the bottom up, we see that the first and second maintenance fees were paid in 2005 and 2009. The patent then underwent reexamination. This was likely initiated by one of the defendants in litigation that was attempting to knock the patent out The Limited Monopoly

via reexamination in the USPTO, and was not successful. The entry indicates that patentability of the reexamined claims was confirmed.

We then see that a security interest in the patent was assigned by Eastman Kodak to Citicorp in February of 2012; and the security interest was released and the third maintenance fee was paid in February of 2013. Thus we know the patent is still in force. Lastly, in March of 2013, ownership of the patent was transferred to Apple, Inc. (This was likely the outcome of the sale of numerous Kodak patents in the bankruptcy proceeding.) We do note one area of caution in our example. There was undoubtedly an assignment of the original patent application and the resulting ‘218 patent from the inventors (i.e., Kodak employees) to Kodak. This assignment, for whatever reason, does not appear in the listing of our example.

Nonetheless, the amount of information that has been consolidated on one page is remarkable. All of this information is available in the USPTO, but it would require navigating through up to about two dozen pages to obtain all of it. Of course, if you are doing due diligence where you need to be 100% correct, any given fact should be double checked via a separate search. But as a first screening that can be done in minutes from one web page, Google Patents is an excellent tool.

We’ll Be Back

We are planning to take a closer look at some of the features in Google Patents in greater detail - that Prior Art Finder in particular is intriguing, and we want to learn more on how to use it effectively.

We will report on that in a future column. In the meantime, the next time you need to do some patent research for any reason, you may want to give Google Patents a try.

1. See www.uspto.gov/patents/process/search/index.jsp, and follow links to other USPTO search pages from there.

2. www.uspto.gov/products/library/ptdl/services/step7.jsp 3. See “The Limited Monopoly™” December 2011, and January 2012.

4. http://ep.espacenet.com/ 5. www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/ 6. See also “The Limited Monopoly™” January 2010, and June 2010.

7. www.google.com/?tbm=pts 8. https://support.google.com/faqs/answer/2539193?hl=en&ref_ topic=3368954.

PHOTO CREDIT: J.M. Hammond, Conesus Lake vista, “Searching for Spring.”

Authors John M. Hammond P.E. (Patent Innovations, LLC www.patent-innovations. com) and Robert D. Gunderman P.E. (Patent Technologies, LLC www.patentechnologies.com) are both registered patent agents and licensed professional engineers. They offer several courses that qualify for PDH credits. More information can be found at www.patenteducation.com. Copyright 2014 John Hammond and Robert Gunderman, Jr. Note: This short article is intended only to provide cursory background information, and is not intended to be legal advice. No client relationship with the authors is in any way established by this article.

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Montey Hall and the Third Door

Just finished Naked Statistics by Charles Wheelan. I highly recommend you read it. Fun and fascinating, it will make far better reading than this column and if that’s the choice you need to make, I endorse that choice wholeheartedly.

I think I took statistics in college. It sounds vaguely familiar but all I really remember is a faux inter-personal war between me and the professor. She wrote “subtract, not add -stupid” in bold red letters on one of my tests (can you imagine doing that in today’s ultra-sensitive politically correct culture today?) and the battle was joined. I then took special effort to question and if possible publicly correct any slight fault I found in her classroom presentation. On reflecting back, it sounds just as petty and annoying as it likely was at the time.

While reading Naked Statistics, every third page I found myself thinking “I didn’t know that” or falling back in my chair, surprised at how my intuitive thought could be so misguided. I should have made better use of my classroom time. He even promotes one of my favorite quotes about “lies, damned lies and statistics” and tells how Mark Twain ascribed it to Benjamin Disraeli, albeit there is no evidence that Ben said it at all. He speaks to correlations and deviations and regressions in parables and I walk away having a modest grasp of concepts foreign to me.

One of the best is his Monty Hall – Let’s Make a Deal story. He even devotes a half-a-chapter to the story. And literally places the chapter numerically where it belongs between Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 and calls it Chapter 5 ½. So here’s the synopsis. There are the 3 doors, one of which contains untold wealth – like a new washer and dryer. The other 2 doors contain lesser prizes like – dirty laundry. You are to pick one of the 3 doors, and you do.

After you pick your door, Monty then opens one of the other 2 doors – always a door without the grand prize and then asks you whether you wish to keep your choice 12 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | APRIL 2014

— André Godfrey

or choose the remaining door. Sounds like you go from 1 out of 3 to a 50-50 chance right? Wrong! Statistically, if you choose the remaining door you will have a 2 out of 3 chance of getting your clothes washed. The mathematically gifted among you will say ‘of course’ but for the rest of us – read the book. I have to admit that I have been puzzling over how to apply this. It seems to imply that if I have 3 possible ways to solve a problem, I should pick one solution, prove conclusively that one of the other solutions will never work and then choose the third. Hmmm…will that work?

I may not come up with great examples but I assure you that Mr. Wheelan does. He applies it to school tests, the escalating frequency of autism diagnoses, and prepredicting crimes ala The Minority Report.

And I believe it will become even more relevant to the work of IT. The world of Big Data is the world of statistics.

The coupling of information from disparate sources, i.e. geographic location to Facebook inferences to restaurants is becoming increasingly familiar to all of us. Today, many of us are uncertain as to how to recognize pertinent information. But the faster we learn to connect the dots – those statistical dots that represent customers, needs and solutions - the more chances our businesses succeed and not become…an unfortunate statistic.

Think about IT.

André Godfrey is President/CEO of Entré Computer Services, www.entrecs.com

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Education Opportunities Wednesday, April 16

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Up to 7 PDH Credits Place: Radisson Hotel Rochester Riverside, 120 East Main Street, Rochester Time: 7:30 am to 6:30 pm Registration and details at www.roceng.org.

Wednesday, April 9

Illuminating Engineering Society (IES)

1 PDH Credit Pending

Speaker: Kimberly R. Mercier, PE and Paul D. Mercier, Principals Lighting Design Innovations Place: RIT Inn & Conference Center, 5257 West Henrietta Road, West Henrietta Time: 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm. Registration opens at 11:30 am.

Cost: $25 ($40 with credits). Registration: To register contact Chuck Eckert

by April 2nd with your luncheon choice (Cheeseburger, Grilled Chicken Sandwich, or Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken), ceckert1@rochester.rr.com or call the IES office, 585-766-0329.

Wednesday, April 16

Rochester Engineering Society (RES)

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Networking before the Lecture Series 1 PDH Credit

Nanotechnology Landscape: Health, Safety, and Nanomedicine Applications

(Join the RES and the RMSC Richard C. Shultz Science on the Edge Lecture Series)

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Engineering for Swimming Pools & Splash Parks

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Architecture for Light– 1.5 PDH Credits

American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE)

Speaker: Sara Brenner, MD, SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Place: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Eisenhart Auditorium, 657 East Avenue, Rochester Time: Networking (cash bar and light refreshments from 6:30 to 7:30pm; Presentation 7:30 to 9:00pm Cost: Networking Only - $10; Networking and Lecture - $25 (Students - $8) Reservations: Advance registration required for the lecture.

Pre-register at www.roceng.org.

Speaker: Jennifer Wengender, Clark Patterson Lee Place: Valicia’s Ristorante, 2155 Long Pond Road, Rochester Time: 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm Cost: $20 per person (check or cash at door) Reservation: Adam Kramer (585-341-3163), or akramer@ibceng.com by April 14th.

Wednesday, April 30

Association for Bridge Construction and Design (ABCD) Spring Seminar

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Expected to be approved for 6 PDH Credits

Place: Clarion Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn), 8250 Park Road, Batavia Questions and additional information to: Curt Krempa, PE, 716-827-8000, ckrempa@nussclarke.com or William Rugg, PE, 716-633-4844, wrugg@gpinet.com. Additional information will be on the website at www.abcdwny.org.

ADDITIONAL MEETINGS ARE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AT www.roceng.org

Support Your Affiliate Attend A Meeting

To post continuing education opportunities on this page please contact the Rochester Engineering Society, 585-254-2350, or email: res@frontiernet.net.

Engineers’ Calendar

The engineering societies are encouraged to submit their meeting notices for publication in this section. The deadline for submitting copy is the 10th of the month prior to the month of publication. Please email to: res@frontiernet.net. The meetings offering PDHs are highlighted in blue. Details about the meeting and affiliate (if in this issue) are on the corresponding page listed next to the affiliate name.

Tuesday, April 1

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Rochester Section Meeting

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Place: Hibachi Sushi Buffet Restaurant, South Town Plaza, Jefferson continuing education

Road, Rochester.

Time: 12:00 noon.

Comment: Any IEEE member is invited to attend and to participate, or just to observe. Lunch is $3 for IEEE member. No reservation or RSVP is needed, just show up. Website: http://rochester.ieee.org.

Engineers’ Calendar continued on next page...

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Engineers’ Calendar Monday, April 7

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

Wednesday, April 9, continued

Society for Imaging 45 Science and Technology (IST)

Annual Joint Chapters Meeting – Technical Presentations from the different chapters.

One of the talks: “A Tale of Two Talks – The Historical Acceptance of Maxwell’s Equations and their Application to Printed Circuit Board Surface Roughness Analysis,” by Dr. James Rautio, PhD, President & CEO Sonnet Software.

Place: RIT Inn & Conference Center, 5257 West Henrietta Road.

Time: Registration and refreshments from 4:00 to 4:30 pm.

Technical presentations session I from 4:30 to 5:30; Technical presentations session II from 5:30 to 6:30; Student Poster Session from 6:30 to 7:15; Dinner and keynote presentation from 7:15 to 9:30 pm. (registration required for dinner).

Full details at http://rochester.ieee.org.

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)

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Refrigeration Night – Tour East Avenue Wegmans Time: Dinner at 6:00 pm; Tour at 7:00 pm.

Cost: Cost for dinner is $25.

This program is limited to forty people and reservations are a must and will be considered on a first come, first serve basis and available on the website at www.rochester.ashraechapters.org.

Tuesday, April 8

2014 Engineering Symposium in Rochester

Up to 7 PDH Credits Place: Radisson Hotel Rochester Riverside, 120 East Main Street, Rochester Time: 7:30 am to 6:30 pm Registration and details at www.roceng.org.

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Wednesday, April 9 E3 Fair

Place: RIT’s Clark Gymnasium Time: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Website: www.E3Fair.org

American Socitty for Quality (ASQ)

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ASQ – ROC Annual Conference The American Society for Quality - Rochester Section presents Quality and Sustainability: Success stories that impact the bottom line Place: RIT Inn and Conference Center, West Henrietta Check out the following link for more information and registration http://www.asqrs.org/conference.php.

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Robotic Surgery: Rise of the Machines Place: Room 1275 of the Carlson Center for Imaging Science, RIT Time: 6:00 pm Comments: Everyone is welcome to attend. Parking is available in the F lot, just north of the building. No meeting reservations are required.

Illuminating Engineering Society (IES)

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Architecture for Light 1.5 PDH Credits Speaker: Kimberly R. Mercier, PE and Paul D. Mercier, Principals Lighting Design Innovations Place: RIT Inn & Conference Center, 5257 West Henrietta Road, West Henrietta Time: 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm. Registration opens at 11:30 am.

Cost: $25 ($40 with credits). Registration: To register contact Chuck Eckert by April 2nd with your luncheon choice (Cheeseburger, Grilled Chicken Sandwich, or Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken), ceckert1@rochester.rr.com or call the IES office, 585-766-0329.

Wednesday, April 16

Rochester Engineering Society (RES)

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1 PDH Credit RES & RMSC Science on the Edge Lecture Series Nanotechnology Landscape: Health, Safety, and Nanomedicine Applications Speaker: Sara Brenner, MD, MPH, SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Place: Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Avenue, Eisenhart Auditorium Time: 6:30 to 7:30 pm Networking (social hour); Lecture 7:30 to 9:00 pm.

Registration: Pre-register at www.roceng.org (go to April 16 from the calendar tab). $25 per person (Networking and Lecture), $10 Networking Only; $8 Students.

American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE)

1 PDH Credit Pending Engineering for Swimming Pools & Splash Parks Speaker: Jennifer Wengender, Clark Patterson Lee Place: Valicia’s Ristorante, 2155 Long Pond Road, Rochester Time: 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm Cost: $20 per person (check or cash at door) Reservation: Adam Kramer, 585-342-3163 or akramer@ibceng.com by April 14th.

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Wednesday, April 16, continued Association for Facilities Engineering (AFE)

Tour Constellation Brands – Canandaigua Winery

Wednesday, April 23

Institute of Electrical 39 and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

Place: Constellation Brands, 116 Buffalo Street, Canandaigua Time: Tour at 5:30 pm; Dinner at ~7:00 pm.

Dinner: Dinner immediately following the tour at New York State Wine and Culinary Center, 800 South Main Street, Canandaigua – in the Sands Room (Pasta Station, House Roasted Turkey Breast Carving Station, and Bourbon Glazed Carving Station). Cash bar opens at 7:00 pm. Cost: $25 for members; $30 for non-members. AFE is now accepting Pay Pal and credit card payments.

Reservations: Reservations by April 11th to Josh Murray, joshm@rl-stone.com or 585-203-1222.

Speaker: Dr. Lorenze Bruzzone, Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento, Italy Place: The auditorium (room 1125) of the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science (Bldg. 76) at the RIT. Details at http://rochester.ieee.org.

Saturday, April 26

Rochester Engineering Society (RES)

112th Annual Gala – Engineering Awards & Scholarships

Thursday, April 17

Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association (GVLSA)

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IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing – “Current Scenario and Challenges in the Analysis of Multi-temporal Remote Sensing Images

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Finger Lakes Dinner – A local equipment representative will be updating us on the latest and greatest equipment.

Place: Depot 25, 1 West Main Street, Shortsville, NY Time: Board of Directors at 6:30, General Membership/Dinner at 7:00 pm. Details: www.gvlsa.com

International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)

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Emcee: Jennifer Johnson, Anchor/Reporter, 13WHAM News Entertainment: Eight Beat Measure (all male Capella Group), RIT Place: Rochester Riverside Convention Center, 123 East Main Street, Rochester Time: 5:15 pm (scholarship reception at 4:45 pm), Program and dinner at 6:30 pm Reservations: Tickets are $80 per person, $800 for tables of 10. Dinner choices: Grilled Top Sirloin Steak, Panko Breaded Chicken, Baked Salmon, Eggplant Roulettes. Go to www.roceng.org or email res@frontiernet.net (585-254-2350).

43 Wednesday, April 30 Association for Bridge Speaker: Rick Zinni, Program Director INCOSE FLC, Co-chair RWG, MSSE, Principal Systems Engineer, Harris Corporation, RFC Division Construction and Design (ABCD) Reporting on INCOSE’s “International Workshop 2014”

Time: Meeting Introduction/Featured Presentation at 6:00 pm; Adjourn and Networking at 7:15 pm Location: There are many sites which will have telephone conference access and will display the presentation.

Details on the website: www.incose/org/flc. The local locations are RIT, Bldg. 82, Room 1150. Contact Clark Hochgraf at cghiee@rit.edu for a reservation. The other local location is Xerox. Contact Charles Rizzolo at Charles.rizzolo@xerox.com. This meeting is open to non-members.

Tuesday, April 22

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Building Tour of RIT Sustainability Institute Hall

Opportunity Portfolio – Find New Revenues from Opportunities

Speaker: Richard Blazey, Business Metamorphosis Place: Radisson Hotel, 175 Jefferson Road, Henrietta NY Time: Registration from 7:30 to 8:00 am; Presentation from 8:00 to 9:00 am Reservations: Reservations are required. Contact Bob Lewis, 585-385-2087. engineers’ calendar

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Place: Clarion Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn), 8250 Park Road, Batavia Questions and additional information to: Curt Krempa, PE, 716-8278000, ckrempa@nussclarke.com or William Rugg, PE, 716-633-4844, wrugg@gpinet.com. Additional information will be on the website at www.abcdwny.org.

Monday, May 12

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Place: RIT, meet in the 1st floor foyer of Sustainability Institute Hall.

Park in J-Lot and look for the new large building that has 3 vertical wind turbines in front of it.

Time: Tour starts at 5:00 pm Comments: The tour is limited to the first 40 registrants. To register go to https://community.asme.org/rochester_section/default.aspx/.

Independent Entrepreneurs Council (IEC)

Spring Seminar Expected to be approved for 6 PDH Credits

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Place: Ravenwood Golf Course, 929 Lynaugh Road, Victor Time: Golf registration from 9:30 to 10:45 am; 11:00 am shotgun start; Picnic from 4:30 to 8:00 pm (dinner catered by Dinosaur BBQ at Ravenwood).

Tickets: No tickets will be sold or distributed at the door. Tickets will be mailed or you can pick up at the RF Peck Company. Registration form is on page 31 of this issue or on the website. The sponsorship form is also available on the website at www.rochester.ashraechapters.org.

Thursday-Friday, May 15-16

43rd Science Exploration Days (SED)

Place: St. John Fisher College Student Life Center, Rochester Time: Exhibits open to the public Thursday from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.

Grades 7-12 attend Friday from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm.

Contact Michael J. DePre if you have any questions, 585-330-6998, mjdupre@aol.com.

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Announcing The Award Recipients Join us on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

Come support the Engineers of Distinction, and congratulate the 2013 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year

2013 Rochester Engineer of Distinction

Diane Trentini Vice President, Marketing and Sales Optimation Technology, Inc. Kingsbury Corporation

How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership?

Since 2005 I have volunteered in various capacities for the Rochester Engineering Society as President, Board member and Committee member. I am a parent representative responsible to recommend technology decisions for our school district Tech Task Force.

What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement?

Development of a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system for water treatment and distribution, integrating over 25 substations with hundreds of tanks, pumps and valves, providing timely and reliable communications, accurate data reporting and archiving, and alarming of important system conditions.

Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career.

Meeting and working with Bill Pollock since 1992, I have been encouraged and empowered to develop company technical, quality and business systems and processes at Optimation. I met my husband John, raised my three girls leveraging the company daycare and developed some of the most rewarding relationships in my life.

What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients, who will be in attendance at the Gala?

Continue to work hard, appreciate your strengths, communicate often and well, and strive to listen and learn throughout your career. As you move through life, notice if it feels out of balance and take the time to make adjustments.

Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester.

The Rochester area and its legacy provide a strong foundation for growing new technical and manufacturing companies. Engineers choosing to make a life here are poised to make a difference, locally, nationally and internationally.

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The 2013 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year

Courtney E. Reich, PE Operations Manager at NOHMS Technologies, Inc. Trison Business Solutions, Inc.

How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership?

My experiences in engineering have taught me how to be both a team player and a leader, and how to work effectively across all levels of an organization. Open and honest communication is essential in any work environment or professional society.

What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement?

In the past year, I enabled the design and build of a world class battery testing facility, and helped a battery materials start-up company prepare their technology for commercialization – right here in Rochester. I am proud to be part of reviving Rochester’s engineering community.

Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career.

Mentors are an essential part of a successful career. I was fortunate to have met Matt Fronk early in my career at GM. He has been instrumental in helping me recognize my passion and potential for innovation and technology development. I look forward to enabling future engineers in the same way.

What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients, who will be in attendance at the Gala?

Find a mentor at school or in the community who can help you navigate the transition into the workforce. Take advantage of internships and co-ops to test drive careers you think you would enjoy, and above all, have fun discovering your true potential!

Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester.

Rochester has an exciting history of innovation and technology development, and we are witnessing the revival of that engineering spirit. As leaders in the community, engineers have a responsibility to create an environment which promotes creative problem solving, encourages new ideas, and enables continued engineering innovation and to improve the quality of life in our community.

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Announcing The Award Recipients Join us on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

Come support the Finalists for 2013 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year

2013 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year FINALIST

2013 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year FINALIST

John Papponetti, PE

Stephen J. Percassi Jr., PE

Vice President, Project Manager LaBella Associates, DPC

Senior Associates - 2000 to 2014 Erdman Anthony Project Manager 2014 to present Bergmann Associates

How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership?

I use my engineering skills in my community through participating in Habitat for Humanity and mentoring school age kids seeking a career in engineering. Professionally, I’m an advocate for many of our local municipalities seeking to improve the condition of their bridge inventory.

What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement?

Being appointed to the Transportation Research Board’s subcommittee on Structure Maintenance. TRB is one of six major divisions of the National Research Council – a private, nonprofit institution that is the principal operating agency of the National Academies in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities.

How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership?

My role as a structural engineer has afforded me the opportunity to visit and talk with children at various venues, ranging from “engineering is fun” summer camps to high school technology classes, to engage their unique creativity and perhaps spark an interest in the engineering profession.

What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement?

My greatest engineering achievement is leading the construction engineering team responsible for the Lake Champlain Bridge heavy lift, in which a 900 ton arch structure was floated 2 miles on Lake Champlain and hoisted 75 ft. above the water into its final position in a short 24 hour time period. (http://www. youtube.com/watch?v=wWpbhD6bpXE)

Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career.

My late uncle, Edward Hale, a Civil Engineer, had the biggest effect on my career. It was our conversations during my high school years that guided me to pursue a career as a Civil Engineer. Without his guidance I wouldn’t be where I am today.

Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career.

The individuals that have had the most significant influence on my career are my children Alexandra, Dylan and Stephen. As a dad, I have discovered the importance of patience and of being a positive role model. As a project manager, I try to convey the same sense of mentorship and accountability toward my team members and colleagues.

What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients, who will be in attendance at the Gala?

Your degree is license to learn. Show a willingness to continually learn and adapt, no matter what stage of career you’re in. Find things that make you curious and pursue them. Take advantage of internship programs.

What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients, who will be in attendance at the Gala?

My advice to the scholarship recipients is to explore the numerous disciplines of engineering until they discover for themselves what really drives them internally. Once realized, make “it” your career, and work will never really feel like work at all.

Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester.

With the support of two excellent local universities (Rochester Institute of Technology and University of Rochester), I see Rochester’s engineering community playing a critical role in creating a sustainable world that provides a safe, secure, healthy, productive, and sustainable life for all people.

Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester.

I view Rochester as a technical community with many opportunities to thrive professionally in both a regional and global marketplace. As all of us are challenged regularly to accomplish more with fewer available resources, I am certain some really fascinating and innovative ideas will be realized right here in Rochester, NY.

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Professional Firms Employee News SWBR Promotes Four Employees

SWBR Architects announced that two employees have been promoted and appointed to the firm’s Board of Directors. Mark Maddalina, AIA, LEED AP BD +C has been promoted to Sustainable Design Director for the firm and joined the Board of Directors. Rob Simonetti, AIA LEED AP BD + C has been promoted to Design Director for the firm and also appointed to a position on the board.

“We are honored to have Mark and Rob serve as leaders on the Board of Directors,” said David Beinetti, president and principal of SWBR Architects. “Having specialized leaders like Mark and Rob on our board ensures our continued commitment to remain at the forefront of both design and sustainability.”

Mark Maddalina, AIA

Rob Simonetti, AIA

In his new role as sustainable design director, Maddalina will serve as leader of the firm’s initiatives in sustainable design, an important area of expertise and strategic focus. He will continue to elevate the firm’s commitment to sustainability and the advancement of sustainable design within the practice. In his 16 years in the industry and 8 years at the firm, Maddalina has become an established leader in sustainable design. He specializes in sustainable buildings, primarily for college and university clients. He was on the design team for the world-class, nationally recognized LEED Platinum Golisano Institute of Sustainability at Rochester Institute of Technology, for which SWBR served as executive architect and architect of record.

Maddalina is the Education Coordinator of the Upstate NY USGBC Chapter, received his master’s degree in architecture from the State University of New York at Buffalo and his bachelor of science in studio art from Nazareth College of Rochester and is currently on the Board of Directors for the NY Upstate Chapter of USGBC.

As design director for the firm, Simonetti will be responsible for elevating the firm’s design work and visibility in the community and around the country through project submissions and speaking engagements. Simonetti is active with the The Eden Alternative, The Pioneer Network and SAGE, all organizations committed to

redesigning the architecture, staffing patterns and service delivery of long term care to the elderly.

Simonetti’s experience includes design on many senior housing and healthcare projects. He played an integral part in the design of the new St. John’s Home in Penfield, N.Y. the nation’s first community based Green House home inspired by the Eden Alternative – which strives to change attitudes about aging and elders as well as the transformation to further the evolution of nursing home care. He received his master of business administration and master of architecture, from the University of Buffalo.

SWBR Architects also announced that Steve Fernaays, AIA and Fred Koenig, AIA have been named Senior Associates of the firm.

Steve Fernaays, AIA

Steve Fernaays, AIA, NCARB, LEED Green Associate works closely with academic clients and owners to meet the specific needs of each project. He combines and integrates input from the client, design team and consultants by leading project design, project planning, budgets and schedules. Fernaays acquired his LEED Green Associate accreditation in 2013, demonstrating a solid and current foundation in green building principles and practices, and has a broad understanding of sustainability.

Fernaays earned his bachelor of architecture from Syracuse University.

Fred Koenig, AIA specializes in K-12 school design, having accomplished several highly visible education projects, including Fred Koenig, AIA the Hannibal Central School District.

He coordinates the combined input of the client, architect and consultants. He is responsible for managing the firm’s Syracuse office and has led and managed multimillion-dollar projects in construction throughout his career. Koenig was a Central NY Forty under 40 finalist in 2009.

Koenig received an associate degree from State University of New York at Delhi and a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Clemson University. q

Robert Goossen, PE Named President of Fisher Associates

Robert Goossen, PE

Fisher Associates, PE, LS, LA, PC announced the selection of Robert Goossen, P.E. (Rob) as President. Mr. Goossen has spent the last 24 years helping Fisher grow from 3 employees to over 110 employees and 5 offices in two states. Most recently, Mr. Goossen served as vice president and chief operating officer for the firm. As president, he will expand his role in overseeing day to day company operations and continue to serve on the Board of Directors.

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Former President, Claire Fisher, P.E., will continue in her role of CEO and Chairman of the Board. She will focus on business strategy and continuity. During this transition, both Claire and Rob will continue to closely coordinate on all aspects of the business to ensure continued company growth and superior client service. q Claire Fisher, PE professional firms employee news

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SWBR Architects and M/E Engineering Receive Two Awards for Lighting Design M/E Engineering and SWBR Architects were recently recognized by the Rochester Chapter of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) with two Harley Hill Excellence in Lighting Awards. The Victor Central School District won the Excellence in Lighting Award for Interior Lighting and Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Golisano Institute for Sustainability received the Energetix Excellence in Green Lighting Award.

The design team received the Harley Hill Excellence in Lighting Award for Interior Lighting for the accent lighting of the aquatic center lobby and the lighting in the main area of the pool.

Additionally, the team received the Energetix Excellence in Green Lighting Award for the RIT Golisano Institute for Sustainability. The overall building lighting was designed to exceed ASHRAE requirements by 45, while the entire building is awaiting USGBC LEED Platinum

certification. Lighting controls included extensive daylighting, multilevel illumination levels and interconnection to the campus control system. Specific attention was paid to the building exterior site lighting to reduce power while maintaining a safe and secure environment for the campus.

The IES Rochester Chapter annually recognizes excellence in design for local lighting projects. An award luncheon was held on February 10, 2014 at Midvale Country Club to honor all of the winning projects in the Rochester area.

The Harley Hill Excellence in Lighting Awards are a tribute to Harley Hill, a well-known lighting professional and an active IES member. The award signifies the best lighting project as submitted by local firms and as judged by members of the lighting community. q

Professional Firms Employee News Hunt Engineers News

Hunt Engineers, Architects & Land Surveyors, P.C. announced that Robert Raeman has joined their Rochester office staff as a senior project manager with business development responsibilities.

Robert “Bob” Raeman is a senior project manager with 30 years of experience in providing technical services to area clients. Raeman’s rapid advancement through senior administrative and supervisory posts culminated in ownership of his own firm, and subsequently, a principal’s role from 2008-2013.

Robert Raeman

Bob both offers creative, engineering design solutions and enjoys deep relationships with clients in the municipal, college, and institutional fields. His ability to negotiate inter-municipal and complicated owner

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and contractor interactions is bolstered by numerous professional affiliations and community engagements. Bob’s experience in water and waste water design is the perfect fit for the municipal client base that the firm has serviced for several years.

Hunt also announced the addition Shalini Bhattacharya, and Michelle Coady.

Bhattacharya and Coady join the interior design department, and will act as senior interior designer and interior designer, respectively.

Shalini Bhattacharya is a senior designer in the interior design group and enjoys over 20 years of experience in both design and project management. Shalini's creative highlights

are primarily spread across the health care, commercial office space, and retail environments.

With tenures at Clark Patterson Lee and Razak Associates, she brings an extremely wide breadth of project experience to the often complex challenges faced by the firms professional Michelle Coady consultants. She is a graduate of the New York School of Interior Design.

Michelle Coady is an interior designer in the interior design group. Her six years of academic and professional experience includes efforts including: educational facilities; construction and FF&E specifications; the design of an academic studio; retail; and, project management. Michelle holds degrees from both Mercyhurst College (BA) and the Corcoran College of Art & Design (MA). q

Watts Engineers News

Watts Architecture & Engineering (Watts) announced that Sean J. Caputi and William P. O’Heron have joined the firm.

Mr. Caputi has joined the transportation department as a civil engineer.

He is currently pursuing his licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) within New York State and is NY/FE-Certified, having passed the Fundamentals in Engineering (FE) Exam, the first of two examinations required for PE certification. Mr. Caputi earned his bachelor of science in civil engineering from Clarkson University (Potsdam, NY) and his masters of business administration from SUNY at Buffalo.

He is professionally certified in Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Sean J. Caputi (HAZWOPER). Mr. Caputi was formerly news from professional firms | professional firms employee news

employed as an inspector at Nussbaumer & Clarke, Inc. (Buffalo, NY).

William P. O'Heron

Mr. O’Heron is a structural designer with over 15 years of experience in project management, estimating and drafting and is working in the firm's civil/structural department. He holds an associate of science in drafting from Alfred State, SUNY College of Technology (Alfred, NY) with a specialization in process piping and model building. Formerly employed as a project manager/checker/estimator/draftsman with White’s Steel in Indio, CA, his duties included overseeing scheduling, fabrication, delivery and installation of structural steel projects. q

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Passero Associates Congratulates Peter Wehner on Being Named President Of AIA Rochester Passero Associates congratulates Associate and Senior Project Architect Peter Wehner, AIA, LEED® AP BD+C on being named President of the American Institute of Architects Rochester Chapter for 2014. Mr. Wehner served as President-elect of the Chapter in 2013. “Raising awareness of our organization and of our members as thought leaders in the community and as resources for all things architecture is my ultimate goal,” says Mr. Wehner.

Mr. Wehner serves as senior project architect for Passero Associates. He is a seasoned veteran with over 26 years of architectural experience in various types of projects including real estate development, general construction, design-build, and new and renovation projects. He holds a masters of architecture degree and a bachelor of arts degree in Design from Clemson University in South Carolina. Mr. Wehner lives in Irondequoit, where he serves as Chairman of the Planning Board. q Peter Wehner, AIA Professional Firms, Employee News continued on page 23...

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Professional Firms Employee News M/E Engineering News

M/E Engineering, P.C. has added new members to its growing staff of professionals.

Continuing Development Services, Inc. and Ortho Clinical Diagnostics.

Anthony M. Battaglia starts as a designer in our plumbing/ fire protection group in the Anthony M. Battaglia Rochester office.

Tony graduated from Clarkson University with a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering. He will be responsible for the design of plumbing/ fire protection systems for institutional, educational and health care projects.

Currently, Tony is working on projects at

Andrea A. Robinson recently joined the firm as an administrative assistant. Andrea Andrea A. Robinson has her bachelor of arts from the University of Phoenix and has had many years of experience in the administrative field. Her main responsibilities include maintaining administrative procedures for the office, as well as assisting project managers with project coordination for

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delivery to clients.

M/E Engineering would also like to congratulate Jesse L. Williamson Jr., I.E., a designer in the HVAC group who recently passed his Jesse L. Williamson Intern Engineer Jr., I.E exam. Jesse is responsible for the design of HVAC systems and is currently working on projects at Victor Central School District, Geneva City School District and the Rochester City School District. q

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Campus News Computer Science Students Help Singers Learn Their Vowels Voice students who want to perfect how they sing their vowels could get help from a new simple, free application developed by a group of University of Rochester students who developed it as part of their HumanComputer Interaction computer science class.

Ehsan Hoque, an assistant professor in computer science who recently joined the University and was teaching the class for the first time in fall 2013, wanted students to take away from the class that it is important to consider people first when computing to solve real-life problems.

His own research led to the connections that inspired this project. Katherine Ciesinski, a mezzo-soprano and professor at the University’s Eastman School of Music, had read in a University newsletter about an award Hoque had received for his work on human nonverbal behavior analysis. Hoque’s research focus is on improving computers’ understanding of human emotions from voice and facial cues and leveraging that to help people in a range of situations.

“Singing is in great part conveying emotions,” said Ciesinski. “Learning how to do that is part of the learning process of becoming a singer.” She thought there might be areas of common interest between the two departments and reached out to Hoque. He then invited her to speak to his class about possible challenges in voice training that a computer could help solve.

With that in mind, Ciesinski and her voice and opera colleagues at the Eastman School of Music put their heads together and came up with a series of issues that they thought might pose interesting, useful problems for the computer science students to work on.

“We were motivated to solve a real-life problem,” said Cynthia Ryan, a graduate student in the class. “When Professor Ciesinski showed us how learning to sing vowels is challenging, it caught our attention.” Team Moose, as the group that created the vowel singing computer application “Vowel Shapes” named themselves, worked on developing a program that would address some of the challenges voice students face.

Currently, students learn how to sing their vowels by listening to their teacher sing

and trying to match the sound. With their application Vowel Shapes, Team Moose planned to add an extra sense to their learning experience – vision. The application automatically analyzes the vowel sounds produced by a singer and generates a visual representation of the sound in real-time.

The students from the Human-Computer Interaction class also needed to ensure that their application would offer advantages over existing systems. Existing speech training systems are not only expensive, but also not designed with singers in mind, as they require singers to wear some form of apparatus around their throat, which constrains the way they sing.

The students ran iterative experiments with the singers with different visualizations and found that depicting the sung vowels as an oval was the best way for voice students to quickly learn how to use the applications. The oval shapes generated by the application vary depending on the sounds – from a circle, to a flattened out wide and short oval, or to a tall and narrow one. For example, an “eh” sound yields something close to a circle. On the other hand, the “ee” sound would be described by a wide but short oval.

Vowel Shapes allows the teacher to be a central part of the learning process. The application records the teacher singing the required vowel sounds. The students and teacher can collect a whole library of sounds the student needs to practice. Any of these vowel sounds can be recalled from the library and will be shown as a blue oval on a screen. The student will then sing into the microphone, trying to match the teacher’s sound. As the student sings, the program automatically generates an oval shape on the screen, shown in yellow. The shape of the oval dynamically changes as the students vary their vowel sound. When the program establishes that the student matched the teacher’s vowel, it changes the color of the oval to green.

To validate Vowel Shapes, students set up a study with 11 voice students and compared their performance as they used Vowel Shapes and traditional methods. Results demonstrated that students were able to produce vowels more effectively in less time using Vowel Shapes than using the traditional method (i.e., practice with a professor only).

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Using Vowel Shapes provided an added level of feedback. The students could see how slight changes in the shape of their mouth, or the position of their tongue would lead to changes in then displayed oval shape and therefore in the vowel they were singing.

One of the main advantages of Vowel Shapes is its portability and accessibility. The students have made it publically available and it can be downloaded onto a laptop, for example, to test it out. This means students could try this at home, or in a practice studio, having previously recorded the teacher’s vowels they want to practice. Ciesinski explains that this better suits the needs of training singers, as they often only get an hour a week with their teachers and a lot of the practice needs to come in their own time.

The students know that the application can still be improved. “There was only so much we could fine tune in six weeks,” Ryan explains.

“But we’ve had great feedback from voice students who tried it so we want to continue making some changes.” For example, they want to improve the signal-to-noise ratio, and they want to continue to experiment with the tolerance levels – the point at which the program decides the vowels match and the oval becomes green. They have also made the application open source so that anyone who is interested can adjust it to their needs.

The Human Computer Interaction class students that form Team Moose all have very different backgrounds. The team was formed by Veronika Alex, a senior studying economics, computer science, and media studies; Josh Bronstein, a senior pursuing a B.A. in political science and legal studies; Nathan Buckley, a sophomore who is interested in computer science and linguistics; Tait Madsen, who began his undergraduate studies at the Eastman School of Music as a classical bass trombonist, but who has now changed his major to computer science; and Cynthia Ryan, who is pursuing a masters degree at the University and also has been generating applications and firmware for about 30 years.

A video about the project can be found at www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUiIur3q9r4. q

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Online Community of Makers Creates and Improves 3D Printed Prosthetics For Those In Need RIT researcher uses online collaboration to connect makers and provide affordable prosthetics When Peregrne Hawthorne breaks a finger, all he has to do is improve on the design and print a new one.

The 19-year-old from Seattle was born without fingers on his left hand, but in 2013 he learned how to 3D print and build an affordable mechanical set of his own. Today, he is using his knowledge and passion to collaborate with e-NABLE, an online community of 3D printing hobbyists that works to custom design, improve and create affordable prosthetics for those in need.

Created by Jon Schull, a researcher at Rochester Institute of Technology, e-NABLE pairs children and adults with missing or deformed fingers, hands or forearms with makers who produce customized 3D printed prostheses that can improve their lives.

"A typical prosthetic hand from a company will run you more than $10,000, but materials for a 3D printed hand can cost less than $50," said Schull, a research scientist in RIT's Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction and Creativity (MAGIC).

"All you need is someone with access to a 3D printer that is willing to donate their time."

3D printers have been used to create everything from bars of chocolate to human ears. In 2011, Richard Van As and Ivan Owen used a 3D printer to create an open-sourced 3D printed prosthetic hand. Schull noticed that many engineering classes around the world were creating these one-off prosthetics for local clients with special needs, but there was no mechanism for developing and distributing their efforts. campus news

Schull originally created e-NABLE as an interactive online map for connecting 3D printing hobbyists who would volunteer to design, fabricate and fit mechanically enhanced hands for people. He then developed a Google+ community for makers to collaborate, innovate and improve the open source designs of 3D printed enabling devices.

Today, more than 300 makers, engineers, medical professionals, tinkerers, teachers, students, artists, philanthropists, parents and "ideas people" from five continents have come together to make a difference.

E-NABLE does not sell the devices but instead empowers parents and others to create them on their own. They also guide new makers in the building process and will print parts for those that need them.

Active members of the group include Paul McCarthy and his son, Leon, who were featured on CBS News, as well as NPR and the Katie Couric show, for creating a functioning prosthetic hand for Leon with the aid of his science teacher, Bill Sullivan, and the school's own 3D printer.

"Every week we see makers pairing up and working with people who ask for help," siad Schull. "Sometimes members create small parts or whole devices for people, while others are simply guiding individuals as they build one themselves."

Members post open source design files for hands and others offer suggestions to improve their devices. The typical designs—including the Cyborg Beast and the Talon Hand 2.0—feature plastic fingers controlled by flexing the

wrist, which pulls on cable "tendons" to close around a desired object.

Schull has seen support from industry for the e-NABLE project, having been involved in the Make The World: Prosthetics webcast, a Google+ program in collaboration with Adafruit, in October 2013. He also spoke alongside Hawthorn about computing and collaboration within the cloud at the Intel Annual Sales Conference in Las Vegas in February.

"E-NABLE lets me colloborate with people from all over the world with all sorts of different skills and backgrounds," said Hawthorn. "Many of the ideas we are using in my hand, or are about to use, started from discussions in the e-NABLE group."

On March 1, Schull travled to the Science Online Conference in Raleigh, NC to discuss Creating Colloborations across the Wide World with the Web, with Nick Parker, a high school student from Silicon Valley and a builder in the e-NABLE group.

"I see e-NABLE as a crowd-sourced pay-it-forward network for design, customization and fabrication of all sorts of assistive technologies," said Schull. "This is a scalable model that could go way beyond 3D printed prosthetic hands."

To learn more about the collaboration going on at e-NABLE, go to enablingthefuture.org and like it on Facebook. q

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Rochester, NY Chapter

American Society of Plumbing Engineers www.aspe.org President ALAN SMITH, P.E. IBC Engineering, PC 3445 Winton Place Suite 219 Rochester, NY 14623 585-292-1590 Vice President Technical ADAM KRAMER IBC Engineering, PC 3445 Winton Place Suite 219 Rochester, NY 14623 585-292-1590 Vice President Legislative JENNIFER WENGENDER, P.E. Clark Patterson Lee 205 St Paul Blvd Rochester, NY 14604 585-454-7600 Vice President Membership DOUG MEIER Twin”D” Associates 1577 Ridge Road West Suite 116B Rochester, NY 14615 585-581-2170 Treasurer TERRY BROWN, CPD M/E Engineering, PC 150 North Chestnut Street Rochester, NY 14604 585-288-5590 Administrative Secretary ED YELIN, PE, CPD Erdman Anthony and Associates 146 Culver Road, Suite 200 Rochester, NY 14620 585-427-8888 Education Chairman ROBERT J. WIND JR., PE IBC Engineering, PC 3445 Winton Place, Suite 219 Rochester, NY 14623 585-292-1590 Newsletter Editor DAVID MYERS LaBella Associates, PC 300 State Street Suite 201 Rochester, NY 14614 585-454-6110 Affiliate Liaison ADAM FRENZEL Empire State Associates.

181 Bay Village Drive Rochester, NY 14609 585-602-0271

President’s Message The May meeting will be our last regularly scheduled meeting until the Fall.

Our golf outing will be held in June at the Victor Golf Club. Future details on the golf outing, including sponsorship information will be sent out soon.

If there was a topic you would like to see presented at a future meeting, please contact our VP Technical, Adam Kramer. Adam is actively seeking new topics and speakers.

The 2014 Convention and Exposition will celebrate ASPE’s 50th Anniversary in Chicago from September 23rd through the 24th. Registration for the Convention is not yet available, but please check the website (www.aspe.org) for more information.

Alan Smith, PE

Rochester Chapter President

Meeting Notice - Save the Date Topic:

Engineering for Swimming Pools & Splash Parks

Speaker:

Jennifer Wengender, Clark Patterson Lee

Date:

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Time:

12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.

Place:

Valicia’s Ristorante, 2155 Long Pond Rd., Rochester 14606 (just north of Route 31, Gates)

Credits:

PDH Approval Pending (call or e-mail for confirmation after April 11th)

Cost:

$20.00 (member or guest), check or cash at door.

RSVP:

To Adam Kramer (585-341-3163), or akramer@ibceng.com by April 14th.

Future meetings: May 21st (Wed.), June - Golf Outing (Chapters are not authorized to speak for the Society)

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ASME Sponsored

Building Tour of RIT Sustainability Institute Hall Tuesday, April 22, 2014 Your Rochester ASME senior section is proud to sponsor a FREE tour of the newly-dedicated LEED Platinum certified Sustainability Institute Hall at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Please join us for a guided-tour of this cutting-edge and unique building on the RIT campus in Henrietta, NY

5:00 pm Tour Start Time The tour is limited to the first 50 registrants.

Register at the link below https://community.asme.org/rochester_section/default.aspx/ and click on ASME sponsored Building Tour of RIT Sustainability Institute Hall

Meet in the 1st floor foyer of Sustainability Institute Hall Park in J-Lot at RIT and look for the new large building that has 3 vertical wind turbines in front of it!

Follow the links below to learn more about the Sustainability Institute Hall and the many cutting-edge technologies and programs that are taking place there. http://www.rit.edu/gis/academics/construction/ http://www.rit.edu/gis/

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You are cordially invited to THE Signature Engineering Event in the area, honoring the best in engineering on

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Rochester Riverside Convention Center 123 East Main Street, Rochester

Reception 5:15 pm (scholarship reception 4:45 pm) Program & Dinner 6:30 pm

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Join us for an exciting evening of networking and recognition while enjoying elegant dining and unique entertainment. Come celebrate the diversity of engineering as we recognize scholarship recipients, honor the finalists for the Young Engineer of the Year and the Engineers of Distinction, and award the 2013 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year and the 2013 Engineer of the Year (see cover article).

Tickets are $80 per person, $800 for table of 10 and will be held at the door. Dinner choices are: Grilled Top Sirloin Steak, Panko Breaded Chicken, Baked Salmon, Eggplant Roulettes.

Go to www.roceng.org to make reservations or email to res@frontiernet.net - (585) 254-2350.

Your sponsorship makes this event possible, please show your support!

Sponsorships Are Still Available - email res@frontiernet.net

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Rochester Chapter

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers Rochester ASHRAE website: www.rochester.ashraechapters.org

President's Message

April 8th of this year is the Rochester Engineering Symposium. This is an event that is designed to benefit everyone from the green engineer in need of training and the seasoned Professional Engineer in need of Professional Development Hours (PDHs). It is also an event that I take great pride in as I was on that founding committee many years ago.

It was a leap of faith as the officers of several professional societies ventured to provide this service to their members and the rest of the Rochester engineering community.

I was personally nervous as I was risking the hard earned dues of the members without knowing how well the symposium would be received.

Our goal was to break even and refund to the individual societies what they had invested. The result surpassed our expectations. We were not only able to return the investments, there was seed money left over to use the following year.

Year after year since, it has been a huge success. This year Michelle Sommerman has put together a slate of three presentations sponsored by ASHRAE. Many thanks to Michelle for her efforts this year.

This month ASHRAE is celebrating the refrigeration aspect of our industry. Every year, the Rochester chapter selects one meeting to tour a facility with a unique refrigeration system and use that system as the meeting topic of discussion. One of the great companies in our area, Wegmans, is hosting us for a tour of their facility. The topic of discussion is the carbon dioxide (CO2) coolant system used at the facility. Due to the limited capacity of the venue, it is going to be a first come, first served situation. If we are not able to accommodate you due to this constraint, I apologize.

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ASHRAE Rochester Chapter Refrigeration Night Program Tour: East Avenue Wegmans April 7, 2014 6:00 PM Dinner and Technical Presentation; 7:00 PM Tour Cost for Dinner is $25.00 This year we will be visiting the Wegman’s East Avenue Store for a dinner, technical presentation, and tour. The East Avenue store has a new technology, low temperature, CO2 secondary coolant system along with the medium temperature glycol secondary coolant system that Wegman’s has incorporated in their stores for several years now. This system is described as a Modular CO2 Secondary and Second Nature Glycol Secondary System manufactured by Hill Phoenix. The systems utilize CO2 and glycol as secondary fluids and each system has a HFC refrigerant on the high side of the system. The CO2 is pumped to low temperature Reach-in cases and low temperature walk-in boxes and the Glycol is pumped to medium temperature case and walk in cooler boxes.

This program is limited to forty people. Reservations are a must and will be considered on a first come, first served basis and available on the website.

Michael Nohle Refrigeration Chairman ASHRAE Rochester Chapter

Thank you in advance for supporting the long standing Rochester ASHRAE Chapter tradition by sponsoring the 2014 ASHRAE PICNIC The SPONSORSHIP FORM is in the March Newsletter, page 12, found on the Rochester Chapter of ASHRAE pages: http://rochester.ashraechapters.org/newsletters.html

Robert J. Wind Jr., PE, 2013-14 Rochester ASHRAE President

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Illuminating Engineering Society - Rochester Chapter P. O. Box 23795, Rochester NY 14692 585-766-0329 www.ies-rochester.org

April Meeting

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Architecture for Light Let's talk about true integration of architecture and light.

It used to come naturally; we knew how daylight worked and understood the behavior of light and shadow...not because somebody taught us, but because we lived immersed in the reality of light. There were no options.

And, when presented with the opportunity to forget our base of knowledge because electric lighting made it easy to accommodate oversights, well, we could focus on other pursuits including new frontiers in aesthetics and materiality. And, as a design community we became disconnected from the apprenticeship of lighting.

Energy efficient lighting design is not the study of sources and their exemptions from use. Lighting design is about the understanding of the behavior of light within the built environment.

Now, the pursuit of the forward thinking design community is obvious; Built environments that embrace light, the effects of volume on light, the importance of verticality, and materials integration - the designing of buildings and spaces that do not devour energy.

In other words: Architecture for Light.

Presented by: Kimberly R. Mercier, PE, P.Eng., LEED AP and Paul D. Mercier, MS, LC, IALD, Principals Lighting Design Innovations Kimberly Mercier is a lighting designer and professional engineer in the United States and Canada. She is a LEED Accredited Professional and a Certified Lighting Efficiency Professional. Kimberly is a past president of the IESNA and has served as adjunct instructor for lighting in the master of architecture program at the University of Calgary. Ms. Mercier currently serves as vice chair of the Department of Interior Design Advisory Board at SUNY College at Buffalo.

Paul Mercier is a professional member of the International Association of Lighting Designers and a professional lighting designer certified by the National Council on Qualifications for Lighting Professions. He has over 30 years' experience in lighting design and has received numerous awards. Paul is the author of many published articles around the world. His most recent written work is a book entitled Architecture for Light which is awaiting publication. He is an adjunct instructor of undergraduate lighting design at SUNY College at Buffalo and a seasonal instructor for a post-graduate architectural lighting design course at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Environmental Design. He is the vice president of the IESNA and will serve as the International President of the Society in 2014.

Cost: $25 [$40 with credits] Payment required at the door [Cash, Check or Credit Card].

There are 1.5 PDH, CEU or AIA credits with this program.

RIT Inn & Conference Center

5257 West Henrietta Road, West Henrietta NY 14586 12:00 Noon till 1:30 PM [registration opens at 11:30 am] Reservations: Email to ceckert1@rochester.rr.com or call the IES office 585-766-0329 Please reserve by 4/2 Luncheon Choices: Cheeseburger on Kaiser Roll; Grilled Chicken Sandwich; or Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken 32 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | APRIL 2014

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Rochester Chapter

Society for Imaging Science and Technology Website: http://rochesterengineeringsociety.wildeapricot.org/ISandT

Save the Dates: 2014 Meeting Schedule April 9, 2014 - "Robotic Surgery: Rise of the Machines,"

by Dr. Guan We (URMC) May 21, 2014 - Touchscreen Technology by Paul J. Tompkins (Corning)

Our meetings are held at 6:00 pm in room 1275 of the Carlson Center for Imaging Science Building on the RIT campus. Everyone is welcome to attend. Parking is available in the F Lot, just north of the building. No meeting reservations are required.

April IS&T Meeting Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Robotic Surgery: Rise of the Machines presented by Guan Wu, PhD, University of Rochester Medical Center Speaker Biography

Guan Wu is Associate Professor of Urology, Pathology, Oncology at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He received his medical training and PhD (1989) at the Beijing Medical University, followed by postdocs at the University of Iowa and UR. He has held a number of academic appointments, participates in a range of professional societies, and contributes to related journal and meeting reviews. His publications include over 100 papers and meeting abstracts.

Currently he is on the editorial board for “Frontiers in Genitourinary Oncology.” During his time at UR,

he has lectured in cancer biology, mentored research fellows, and lead externally funded research projects.

In addition, he has sponsored visiting urologists to observe robotic and laparoscopic urologic surgeries. His research interests are molecular genetics of renal cell carcinomas: currently focusing on functional analysis of VHL tumor suppressor interacting proteins, MET signaling pathways, identification of the BHD tumor suppressor complex, and transgenic mouse models for kidney cancer.

Archiving 2014 Preliminary Program Released, and other conference information available at http://imaging.org/ist/Conferences/index.cfm

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Rochester NY Chapter

Independent Entrepreneurs Council "The Junction of Technology, Manufacturing, & Business Development"

Chairman/Moderator Ralph Kraft R. Kraft, Inc. 585-621-6946

Vision Statement: To become the preeminent resource for maximizing visibility, viability, and connectivity for the regional community of technology-based independent entrepreneurs and microbusinesses.

Monthly Breakfast Series April 22, 2014

Program Director Robert Lewis AdviCoach 585-385-2087 Treasurer Richard Blazey Business Metamorphosis LLC 585-520-3539 Web Master Richard Blazey Business Metamorphosis LLC 585-520-3539 Event Planner Rick Rivers The Rivers Organization 585-586-6906 Community Outreach Terry Rogelstad Pfeiffer Vacuum 585-330-9713 Dave Bassett Basset IP Strategies 585-739-9726 Lee Drake OS-Cubed 585-765-2444 Dennis Roote CDE Engineering & Environment PLCC 585-330-6986

Radisson Hotel - 175 Jefferson Road, Rochester, NY Time: Registration from 7:30 am to 8:00 am Presentation from 8:00 am to 9:00 am Registration Required Contact Bob Lewis for reservations, 585-385-2087 "Opportunity Portfolio-- Find new Revenues from Opportunities you didn't know about or didn't believe in. Learn an Opportunity management process based on a method developed by a famous professor at Harvard Business School," by Richard Blazey Abstract: Every business has opportunities it doesn't exploit. Sometimes they are just ideas that pass quickly through someone's head and other times they are complex concepts which have been thoroughly studied and then for some reason or another end up on the shelf gathering dust.

It’s not hard to see why this happens. Most of the time in business, we are consumed with the everyday issues of finding and satisfying customers for our current products. We allocate those activities to what we call "The Business Comfort Zone." At this talk you will learn how to identify and exploit opportunities outside your Comfort Zone creating new sources of revenue you didn’t know existed.

Bio: Richard Blazey founded Business Metamorphosis in 2003 after spending 30 years in R&D at Eastman Kodak during which time he earned 35 patents. In his last 6 years he worked for a branch of Kodak Research Labs devoted to finding, organizing and exploiting new business opportunities for the company. What he learned there formed the basis of the Opportunity Portfolio process you will learn about at this seminar

Upcoming Speakers/Topics:

Date Speaker Topic

5/20/14 Robert Lewis Strategic Plans: What are they and why should we have one?

Bob Lewis has 40 years of experience as an accomplished executive with 30+ years as franchisee with Manpower Staffing and 10 years as an entrepreneurship development coach as a franchise broker and later as business coach and advisor through The Advicoach. Bob’s presentation will destroy the myths and provide the merits of a strategic plan as well as how and why your organization should always have one. It’s the foundation for superior organizational effectiveness and profitability.

9/23/14 Ralph Kraft

Cleanroom Basics: What you need to consider when designing a cleanroom from a service providers viewpoint.

10/21/14

Terry Rogelstad TBD

11/18/14

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If you are a “technology-based independent entrepreneur” or own (or hope to someday own) a “technology-based microbusiness,” then IEC is for you. Please consider joining us at our monthly luncheon meetings (typically held the first Friday of each month at the Radisson on Jefferson Road near RIT). Contact any one of the members listed to the left for additional information. iec news

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Monroe Professional Engineers Society

A Chapter of the New York State Society of Professional Engineers 657 East Avenue, Rochester, New York 14607 Dedicated to Professionalism in Engineering in the Interest of Public Safety and Welfare www.monroepe.org

2013-14 Officers: President Dan Curry, PE, President-elect Joe Dombrowski, PE, Treasurer Neal Illenberg, PE, Membership Chair Timothy M. Webber, PE The Engineering Symposium where you can obtain up to 7 PDH’s, will be at the Radisson Hotel, Main Street, Rochester, NY on April 8, from 7:30am to 6:30 pm. The event includes tracks in civil, mechanical and electrical engineering, plumbing, fire protection, lighting and power.

Registration and a Continental Breakfast will happen from 7:30 to 8:15 am with the PDH programs running between 8:30 and 6:30 including a luncheon at noon. For more information visit: http://www.roceng.org/ViewEvent. ashx?eventId=832459

VASTOLA SCHOLARSHIP (Sponsored by MPES) Winner is Shane Fuller of the McQuaid Jesuit High School

The E3 (E-cubed) event for Middle Schoolers will take place on April 9. E-CUBED stands for Engineering, Exploration, and Experimentation. It began in 1991 and was organized by professionals from the Rochester engineering community, and is funded by engineering societies of the Rochester area and local industries. The objective is to provide opportunities for middle school students in Rochester and the surrounding community to learn about engineering professions, to meet and interact with practicing engineers, and to begin learning how to "engineer solutions to problems.” This is a wonderful event where multiple engineering disciplines are represented at “kid- friendly” interactive booths. MPES will be running two booths where students will get to construct Lego structures and test them on an earthquake table and they will also observe how different types of development and ground cover react to precipitation events using the MPES flood table. Student competitions take place during the 9:00 am to 2:00 pm session on the day of the Fair. For more information visit http://www.e3fair.org.

ALSTOM FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP Winner is Joshua Goldstein of the Webster Thomas High School

Following is a list of scholarships that are being awarded to high school seniors who are enrolling in college engineering programs next fall. MPES played an active role administering interviews and evaluation of scholarship applicants.

Sincerely,

PAUL AND CLAIRE RAYNOR SCHOLARSHIP (Sponsored by MPES) Winner is Rylan Blowers of the Canandaigua Academy

Dan Curry, P.E., President – MPES dan.curry@optimation.us

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BERGMANN ASSOCIATES SCHOLARSHIP Winner is Benjamin Whitman of the Webster Thomas High School ERDMAN ANTHONY SCHOLARSHIP Winner is Tory LeBaron of the Corning Painted Post West High School

OPTIMATION TECHNOLOGY SCHOLARSHIP Winner is Anthony Peelle of the Eastridge High School ROBERT A. ROSS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Winner is Mary Martin of Our Lady of Mercy High School AMERCIAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES SCHOLARSHIP Winner is Kathryn LaBine of the Avon High School EDWARD J. RIES MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Winner is Joseph Green of the Pittsford Mendon High School As always please feel free to contact me or any other MPES Board member should you have any questions.

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Rochester Chapter No. 21

Association for Facilities Engineering April 2014 Meeting Notice

2013/14 BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT Dan Friday Bay View Family YMCA (585) 341-3225 danf@rochesterymca.org VICE PRESIDENT Josh Murray R L Stone Co. Inc. (585) 203-1222 joshm@rl-stone.com SECRETARY Matthew Knights UltraFab (585) 924-2186 ext. 221 mknights@ultrafab.com

Date/Time: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 – 5:30 p.m.

Tour: Constellation Brands - Canandaigua Winery Please join us for a tour of the Cellar and the Bottling Operations of the Canandaigua Winery of Constellation Brands, Inc. This facility is home to many wine brands including Arbor Mist, Taylor Ports and Sherries, J Roget Champagne and Manischewitz. The annual production is approximately 9 million cases.

TREASURER Frank St. George J.T. Mauro Co. (585) 210-4491 fstgeorge@jtmauro.com

Safety glasses, hard hats and sturdy shoes (steel toes preferred, no heels or open toes) are required for the tour. Safety glasses and bump caps will be provided for those who need them.

ASSISTANT TREASURER Craig Avalone CHA Companies (585) 232-5610 CAvalone@chacompanies.com

Address: 116 Buffalo Street, Canandaigua, NY 14424

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Jeff Bidell CHA Companies (585) 232-5610 x307 jbidell@chacompanies.com DELEGATE DIRECTORS Joseph R. Graves – RMSC Fred Schreiner – Buckpitt and Co. Mark Ramsdell – Haley & Aldrich CHAPTER HISTORIAN Joe Dioguardi – MicroMod CHAIRMAN, EDUCATION COMMITTEE Thomas Coburn The Gleason Works (585) 461-8073 tcoburn@gleason.com CHAIRMAN, COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE Bryan D. Stalk Crosby-Brownlie, Inc. (585) 325-1290 bstalk@crosbybrownlie.com CHAIRMAN, MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Kurt Finkbeiner (585) 671-7771 kfinkbeiner@rochester.rr.com

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Dinner: Dinner immediately following tour at the New York State Wine and Culinary Center - in the Sands Room (Pasta Station, House Roasted Turkey Breast Carving Station, and Bourbon Glazed Ham Carving Station).

Cash bar opens at 7:00 pm.

Directions to Dinner:

New York State Wine and Culinary Center 800 South Main Street, Canandaigua, NY 14424. (585) 394-7070

Cost:

Members - $25

Non Member - $30

AFE Rochester Chapter 21 is now accepting PayPal and credit card payments!

Please contact us for a link to process your payment. RSVP by email is still required.

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Rochester Section

Society of Women Engineers c/o RES at the RMSC, 657 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607 www.swerochester.org ASPIRE • ADVANCE • ACHIEVE

Nominations Sought for FY15 2013-2014 Executive Board ROCHESTER SECTION President Carol Richardson carite@rit.edu Vice President Jodi Carville, RIT jlceee@rit.edu Secretary Dr. Marca Lam RIT marca.lam@swe.org Treasurer Jacqueline Tyson Xerox Corporation jacqueline.tyson@swe.org Council of Representatives Mary Barker Steblein LaBella Associates D.P.C. mary.steblein@swe.org

The Rochester Section of SWE is currently seeking nominations for the 2015 fiscal year Executive Board. If you are interested in serving our section on this committee, or interested in nominating yourself or someone else for a position, please contact Carol Richardson at carite@rit.edu. The 2015 fiscal year runs from July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015. The section elections will take place in early May.

RES Gala, Saturday, April 26, 2014 Tickets for the RES Gala are now available for purchase from the RES for $80/ticket. SWE member Maureen Valentine will receive the Engineer of the Year award and SWE Past-president Courtney Reich will receive the Young Engineer of the Year award at the Gala. Numerous scholarship recipients will also be recognized. If you would like to sit at a table with other SWE members, please contact Carol Richardson at carite@rit.edu.

Outreach Events The RIT-SWE student section hosted a group of high school juniors for a SWE overnight experience on the RIT campus. Students participated in a panel discussion with professional SWE members and other engineers, as well as a panel discussion with current female engineering students. They participated in hands-on laboratory experiences in different engineering disciplines, and worked together on a design project. The purpose of the program is to show these young ladies what it means to study and work in the different fields of engineering. About 50 students attended from as far away as Maryland and Ohio.

Membership Chair Dr. Cheryl Hanzlik RIT cahanzlik@gmail.com Awards/Scholarship Chair Jeanne Christman RIT jxciee@rit.edu Newsletter Editor Susand Aurand Xerox Corporation susan.aurand@swe.org Feel free to contact any of us with questions, comments, or concerns. Email can be directed to swe.rochester@swe.org

Left photo: Emily Wood, RIT student, provides instruction to a participant in the RIT SWE Overnight program while working in the Mechanical Engineering Machine Shop. Right photo: Lily Tang, Jacqueline Tyson, Danielle Walters, and Mona Samaan participated on the professional panel.

Science Saturday at the RMSC

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The Society of Women Engineers inspires women to achieve full potential in careers as engineers and leaders; expands the image of the engineering profession as a positive force in the quality of life; and demonstrates the value of diversity.

Members from the SWE professional section and the RIT student section instructed RMSC patrons on how to construct Puff Mobiles as part of SWE’s Science Saturday activities. Pictured: Sammi Stein, RIT Mechanical Engineering student, watches as future engineers test their puff mobiles.

If you are interested in becoming involved on a committee, please contact Carol Richardson at carite@rit. edu. Visit http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/index.php/membership for more information about joining SWE. Visit us online at www.swerochester.org and Like our SWE Rochester page on Facebook.

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Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association Website: www.gvlsa.com

Year 2014 Officers President John F. Gillen, LS Vice President Roy B. Garfinkel, LS Secretary Robert J. Avery, LS Treasurer Michael A. Venturo, LS

April 2014

Board of Directors

Robert B. Hatch, LS, ex officio

Year 2014 Meeting Dates May 15, 2014 Joint Meeting at NFLSA Program not yet determined.

June 19, 2014 Board of Directors Meeting @ 6:00 pm 40 & 8 Club, 933 East Avenue, Rochester

June 2014 Date to be determined, 5th Annual Sporting Clays Event at Rochester Brooks Club.

July 11, 2014

2012-2014 David J. LaRue, LS Gregory D. Bell, LS 2013-2015 Michael C. Bodardus, LS Jared R. Ransom, LS 2014-2016 Clifford J. Rigerman, LS Joseph J. Hefner, LS

Finger Lakes Dinner: Thursday April 17, 2014, time 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm at the Depot 25 located at 1 West Main Street in Shortsville, NY Board of Directors Meeting 6:30; General Membership/Dinner at 7:00. A local equipment representative will be updating us on the latest and greatest equipment.

NFLSA/GVLSA Golf Tournament

Upcoming NYSAPLS Webinars: April 4th – Closing Your Career, Bill Beardslee Professional Affiliations • • •

New York State Association of Professional Land Surveyors, Inc. National Society of Professional Surveyors Rochester Engineering Society

May 2nd – Unrecorded Documents, Knud Hermansen June 6th – TBD (SEQRA or LOMA topic) July 11th – Legislative Update – Joanne Darcy Crum

Please check out the newly designed website: www.gvlsa.com

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Finger Lakes Chapter

International Council on Systems Engineering www.incose/org/flc

Upcoming Chapter Meeting Events The following outlines the program content of the upcoming meeting in April:

April 17, 2014

Rick Zinni, Program Director INCOSE FLC, Co-chair RWG, MSSE, Principal Systems Engineer at Harris Corporation, RFC Division

Reporting on INCOSE's "International Workshop 2014" (Held in LA earlier this year) Please check the FLC website (Events Tab) for past recordings (which began at the April 2013 meeting): http://www.incose.org/flc/EVENTS/, and for current updates on upcoming program events please contact Rick Zinni at rzinni@gmail.com.

Meeting Agenda:

6:00 pm Meeting Introduction / Featured Presentation

7:15 pm (Approx. Time) Adjourn and Networking

Locations:

The following sites will participate in the meeting. All sites will have telephone conference access and will display the presentation (please contact Rick Zinni for any general questions at rzinni@gmail.com): 1.

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Moog Inc.

Wesley Hewett at wahewett@gmail.com, Owego, NY Dr. Peter Jackson at pj16@cornell.edu, Rhodes Hall 267, Ithaca, NY Dr. Young Moon at ybmoon@syr.edu, 220 Link Hall Clark Hochgraf at cghiee@rit.edu, Rochester, NY, Bldg. 82, Room 1150 Geoff Bright at gbright@moog.com

Binghamton University Rome, NY SRC, N. Syracuse, NY Lockheed Martin SI

Cheryl Monachino at cmonachi@binghamton.edu Bruce Rubin at bruceieeerubin@yahoo.com Kevin Devaney at devaney@srcinc.com, 6225 Running Ridge Road, N Syracuse, NY 13212 Stephen C. Felter, PhD at stephen.felter@lmco.com, LMCO

Endicott, NY Cornell University Syracuse University

RIT, Rochester, NY Xerox

Charles Rizzolo at charles.rizzolo@xerox.com

The program is open to members and non-members and is free to all attendees!

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Rochester Section

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The new Rochester section web site is at: http://rochester.ieee.org (always check the web PDF edition for late changes and additions)

Jacob Z. Schanker, P.E., Newsletter Chair E-mail: j.schanker@ieee.org

Rochester Section Meeting - Tuesday, April 1st at Noon

The next monthly Rochester Section business meeting is on Tuesday, April 1, at 12:00 pm, at the Hibachi Sushi Buffet Restaurant in South Town Plaza on Jefferson Road (Route 252) just west of West Henrietta Rd. (Route 15). Any IEEE member is invited to attend. Lunch is only $3 for IEEE members. No reservation or RSVP is needed, just show up.

From the Section Chair, Greg Gdowski Dear Rochester IEEE members: There have been many great things happening in the Rochester IEEE Section from awards, to upcoming events, and new initiatives. Here is a sampling of some notable items within our engineering community.

Awards:

I am thrilled to report that Jackson Anderson and Jeremy Warner have been selected to receive the IEEE Scholarships this year. Jackson Anderson resides in Churchville, NY and is a microelectronic engineering student at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Jeremy Warner resides in Riverhead, NY and is an electrical engineering student at the University of Rochester. The IEEE congratulates them on their spectacular accomplishments. Each will receive $1,500 and will be honored at the Rochester Section Joint Chapter Meeting and the Rochester Engineering Society Annual Gala.

We also congratulate Ron Hira of Pittsford, NY. Ron is a faculty member at RIT in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society/Public Policy. He was recently selected by the IEEE-USA Board of Directors as a 2013 recipient of the IEEE-USA George F. McClure Citation of Honor for “educating the public on outsourcing legislation and its effects on the engineering profession.” The presentation of the award will take place at the IEEE-USA Annual Meeting in Providence, RI on May 17, 2014. His award will also be recognized at the Rochester Section Joint Chapter Meeting.

Events:

The Rochester IEEE Section Joint Chapter Meeting will be held on April 7. We are still in the process of identifying speakers for some of our Chapters. This year we will be having a special poster session for students. Three awards will be given for the best posters ($100, $50, and $25 Amazon gift cards). If you are a student, don’t miss this networking opportunity and your chance at winning a prize for the best poster. Please see page 45 for more information in registering and attending the Joint Chapter Meeting this year.

The Engineering Symposium in Rochester will be held on April 8 at the Radisson Hotel Rochester Riverside. The Rochester IEEE Section sponsors the electrical track and each of its six presentations. Please be sure to catch this special event and earn PDH credits while you are there.

The RES Annual Gala will be held on Saturday, April 26. Our student IEEE Scholarship recipients will be acknowledged at the event. Please contact us if you are interested in attending and sitting at our table at the Annual Gala. Any Rochester IEEE member may join us during the event ($40/reservation). First come, first served. I hope to see you there.

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The next monthly Rochester Section IEEE Executive Committee meeting will be from 12:00 -1:00 pm on April 1 at the Hibachi Sushi Buffet in Southtown Plaza (3333 W. Henrietta Rd, Henrietta, NY).

Please join us to learn more about the Section and how you may contribute. All members are encouraged to attend the meeting. Its only $3 for a buffet lunch.

Other news:

Chris Cassidy was recently elected as Chair of the Technology Management Council. Paul Lee will serve as the Vice Chair.

Congratulations to both and we look forward to an active year for the TMC. The Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Chapter is helping to establish a Rochester chapter of Engineering World Health. EWH CEO Leslie Calman and COO Ed Hutton recently came to Rochester, where they met with students at the Rochester Institute of Technology and the University of Rochester. The two institutions are in the process of establishing a joint EWH Chapter in Rochester. EMBS is in the process of planning joint events to help establish the initiative in Rochester. The aim of EWH is to improve the technological infrastructure in developing country clinics and hospitals. Both EMBS and EWH especially wish to thank both Ram Dhurjaty, a local IEEE member who serves as a member of the Board of Directors for EWH, and Michael Riedlinger, Director of the Rochester BioVenture Center, for their help in spearheading the effort.

Greg Gdowski (UofR), Dan Phillips (RIT), and Iris Asllani (RIT) will be coordinating efforts to bring together students from both institutions to host invited speakers, hold professional development activities and conferences, form committees for various design projects, and much more. If you wish to evaluate and repair medical equipment donated to developing world hospitals, design appropriate technologies, or travel to developing countries to provide engineering support to local hospitals and schools --- we need your help. Please contact us to find out how you can participate.

The Photonics Society Chapter is looking for active members to serve as officers to help reinvigorate the chapter. If you have an interest in lasers, optical and photonic devices, optical fibers, and associated lightwave technology and their systems and applications, we need your help. Please contact one of the Rochester Section IEEE officers for more information in helping with the local Photonics Society Chapter.

Membership statistics:

The IEEE Community in Rochester remains vibrant and strong with 862 members, which includes 28 Fellows and Life Fellows.

We currently have 489 Regular members, 84 Senior members, 91 Life members, 35 Life Seniors, 26 Associate members, 59 Graduate Student members, and 50 student members. ieee news

Annual Joint Chapters Meeting on April 7 The Rochester IEEE Society will be hosting a joint meeting for all IEEE chapters on April 7, 2013 that is open to the general public. The meeting will focus on the 100th anniversary of the IEEE Rochester Section. The meeting will feature a keynote presentation and two parallel sessions with technical presentations from different chapters and societies. Don’t miss this great opportunity to meet and network with people from all engineering disciplines and to learn more about the activities of the different IEEE chapters and societies in the Rochester area. The technical sessions are free to attend and no reservation is required. Reservations are required to attend the dinner and keynote presentation.

Date: April 7, 2014 Place: RIT Inn & Conference Center, 5257 W. Henrietta Road Schedule: Registration and refreshment: Technical Presentations Session I: Technical Presentations Session II: Student Poster Session Dinner & Keynote Presentation:

4:00 – 4:30 PM 4:30 – 5:30 PM 5:30 – 6:30 PM 6:30 – 7:15 PM 7:15 – 9.30 PM

Full details will be on the IEEE Rochester Section website http://rochester.ieee.org as they become available.

MTT and Antennas & Propagation Talk at the JCM April 7 Title: A Tale of Two Talks: The Historical Acceptance of Maxwell’s Equations and their Application to Printed Circuit Board Surface Roughness Analysis Speaker: Dr. James Rautio, Ph.D., President & CEO Sonnet Software Abstract: The Historical (abbreviated version): Maxwell first published what came to be called “Maxwell’s equations” in 1865. However, it was not until 1888, and Heinrich Hertz’s experimental validation that Maxwell’s equations were widely accepted as correct. The story of the intervening 23 years is little known.

Maxwell, who died in 1879, was exceptionally modest and did not promote his own results at any time. The survival of Maxwell’s equations was up to the only three researchers in the entire world who paid serious attention to Maxwell’s paper in 1865 and his seminal Treatise in 1873: Oliver Heaviside, Oliver Lodge, and George Francis FitzGerald. Later, Hertz joined the group forming “The Four Maxwellians.” This presentation describes the torturous 23 year path Maxwell’s equations took from their creation to their initial acceptance. No mathematical

knowledge is needed or expected; this presentation is ideal for a general audience.

The Technical: A typical PCB electro-deposited foil has 3 microns RMS surface roughness, required for good adhesion.

However, surface roughness increases loss. Previous models either grossly over- or under-estimate roughness loss. In addition, these old models fail to include the substantial (up to 15%) effect roughness has on effective dielectric constant.

We demonstrate how these problems are now completely solved. This presentation is based on the Best Paper award winning presentation at DesignCon February 2010 written in collaboration with Rogers Corporation and is based on over 12 months of collaborative research.

Speaker Biography: James C. Rautio (S’77–M’78– SM’91–F’00) received the B.S.E.E. degree from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, in 1978, the M.S. degree in systems engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, in 1981, and the Ph.D. degree, under Dr. Roger Harrington, in electrical engineering from Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, in 1986.

From 1978 to 1986, he was with General Electric, initially with the Valley Forge Space Division, then with the Syracuse Electronics Laboratory. During this time, he developed microwave design and measurement software and designed microwave circuits on alumina and on GaAs. From 1986 to 1988, he was a Visiting Professor with Syracuse University and Cornell University.

In 1988, he took Sonnet Software, North Syracuse, NY, full time, a company he had founded in 1983. In 1995, Sonnet Software was listed on the Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing privately held U.S. companies, the first microwave software company ever to be so listed. Today, Sonnet Software is the leading vendor of high accuracy three-dimensional planar highfrequency electromagnetic analysis software with Dr. Rautio as CEO and president.

Dr. Rautio was the recipient of the 2001 IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (IEEE MTT-S) Microwave Application Award. He was appointed MTT Distinguished Microwave Lecturer for 2005 – 2007 lecturing on the life of James Clerk Maxwell. He received the 2014 MTT Distinguished Service Award.

Registration: Registration is not required, but is appreciated. https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_ meeting/24569

EMC/PSE Joint Chapter

Results of the 2014 officer election are Chair: Frank Ryan, Vice-Chair: Jim Shipkowski The next chapter meeting will be at the Rochester Section Joint Chapters Meeting on April 7th described above.. At the Joint Chapters meeting, the track for EMC-PSE will host Victoria Spinanger presenting Failure Modes and Effect Analysis: A Powerful Tool. Ms. Spinanger is a system safety engineer at Saab Sensis.

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Rochester Section

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The new Rochester section web site is at: http://rochester.ieee.org (always check the web PDF edition for late changes and additions)

IEEE News Continued IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society talk - April 23 Title: Current scenario and challenges in the analysis of multi-temporal remote sensing images.

Speaker: Dr. Lorenzo Bruzzone, Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento, Italy.

Date & Time: Wednesday, April 23, 2014, at 4:00PM. Location: The auditorium (room 1125) of the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science (Bldg. 76) at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Sponsors: IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Distinguished Lecturer Program, and the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science.

Abstract: In the last decade a large number of new satellite remote sensing missions have been launched, resulting in a dramatic improvement in the capabilities of acquiring images of the Earth surface. This involves an enhanced possibility to acquire multitemporal images of large areas of the Earth surface, with improved temporal and spatial resolution with respect to traditional satellite data. Such new scenario significantly increases the interest of the remote sensing community in the multi-temporal domain, requiring the development of novel data processing techniques and making it possible to address new important and challenging applications. The potentials of the technological development are strengthened from the increased awareness of the importance of monitoring the Earth surface at local, regional and global scale. Assessing, monitoring and predicting the dynamics of land covers and of anthropic processes is at the basis of both the understanding of the problems related to climate changes and the definition of politics for a sustainable development.

Nonetheless, the properties of the images acquired by the last generation sensors pose new methodological problems that require the development of a new generation of methods for the analysis of multi-temporal images and temporal series of data.

After a general overview of the problems related to the analysis of multi-temporal images and time series of data, this talk will focus on the very important problem of automatic change detection between multi-temporal images. The development and the use of effective automatic techniques for change detection are of major importance in many of the above-mentioned application scenarios. The increased geometrical resolution of multispectral and SAR sensors, the increased revisit time of high resolution systems, and the expected availability of time series of hyperspectral images in the near future result in many different methodological problems, as well as in very important new possible applications. The talk will address these problems by pointing out the state of the art and the most promising methodologies for change detection on images acquired by the last generation of satellite sensors. Examples of the use of change-detection approaches in operative scenarios will be provided.

Biography: Lorenzo Bruzzone received the laurea (M.S.) degree in electronic engineering (summa cum laude) and the Ph.D. degree in telecommunications from the University of Genoa, Italy, in 1993 and 1998, respectively. He is currently a Full Professor of telecommunications at the University of Trento, Italy, where he teaches remote sensing, pattern recognition, radar, and electrical communications. Dr. Bruzzone is the Head of the Remote Sensing Laboratory in the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento. His current research interests are in the areas of remote sensing, radar and SAR, signal processing, machine learning and pattern recognition. He promotes and supervises research on these topics within the frameworks of several 46 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | APRIL 2014

national and international projects. He is the author (or coauthor) of 114 scientific publications in referred international journals (76 in IEEE journals), more than 170 papers in conference proceedings, and 16 book chapters. He is editor/co-editor of 11 conference proceedings and 1 scientific book. He has served on the Scientific Committees of several international conferences and he was invited as keynote speaker in more than 20 international conferences and workshops.

He is a member of the Managing Committee of the Italian InterUniversity Consortium on Telecommunications. Since 2009 he is a member of the Administrative Committee of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society.

Dr. Bruzzone ranked first place in the Student Prize Paper Competition of the 1998 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (Seattle, July 1998). He was a recipient of the Recognition of IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (TGRS) Best Reviewers in 1999 and was a Guest Co-Editor of different Special Issues of international journals. In the past years joint papers presented by his students at international symposia and master theses that he supervised have received international and national awards. He was the General Chair/Co-chair of the First, Second and Sixth IEEE International Workshop on the Analysis of Multi-temporal Remote-Sensing Images (MultiTemp), and is currently a member of the Permanent Steering Committee of this series of workshops. Since 2003, he has been the Chair of the SPIE Conference on Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing.

From 2004 to 2006 he served as an Associated Editor of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, and currently is an Associate Editor for the IEEE TGRS and the Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing. Since April 2010 he has been the Editor of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Newsletter. In 2008 he has been appointed as a member of the joint NASA/ESA Science Definition Team for the radar instruments for Outer Planet Flagship Missions.

He is a member of the Italian Association for Remote Sensing (AIT).

More talks: The chapter will also host two talks earlier in April. These will be at RIT as part of the Center for Imaging Science seminar series held at 4:00 pm in the Carlson Building auditorium on the RIT campus.

April 2 Dr. Curtis D. Mobley Vice President and Senior Scientist Sequoia Scientific, Inc. April 9 Dr. Michael Eismann Air Force Research Laboratories Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH ieee news

Free E-book for IEEE members

In April, IEEE-USA E-Books will offer “Communicating with Congress -- How to Build a Relationship with Your Elected Officials.”

Author Russell Harrison, IEEE-USA senior legislative representative, grassroots activities, offers insight into effective communication techniques to use when meeting with members of Congress. He encourages readers to be activists, and gives guidance on writing letters to Congress and having a successful congressional visit.

Congratulations to our new Senior Members

At the February 27 Admission & Advancement panel meeting in Los Angeles, three Rochester section members were elevated to Senior membership. Congratulations to: Jack Mottley, a member of the Education Society.

Eric Weatherbee, a member of the Power & Energy Society.

Frank Ryan, a member of the Antennas & Propagation Society, Electromagnetic Compatibility Society, Electron Devices Society, Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society, Photonics Society, and the Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society.

Brain Teaser Solved To remind you, the problem posed in March's brain teaser was as follows: Shown below are two black boxes. Box A contains the Thevenin equivalent of some linear circuit, and Box B contains the Norton equivalent of the same circuit. Note that a voltmeter connected to either will read 10 volts, and an ammeter connected to either box will read 10 amps - just as you would expect. With access to only the outsides of the boxes and to their terminals, how can you tell which is which?

Congratulations to James Heliotos who sent in a correct solution almost immediately.

And now the solution: When you learned about Thevenin and Norton equivalents in school, you were probably told that they are exactly equivalent as seen from the external terminals. So how then, can we tell which is Box A and which is Box B? The answer lies in making a mental jump from the theoretical world of symbols on paper to the real (or almost real) world where boxes A and B are physical boxes with the components shown within.

Put your hand on each box - Box B will be warmer than Box A because 10 Amps are flowing through the 1 ohm resistance, dissipating 100 Watts. Box A, however, has no current flowing and no power dissipation. To confirm this, put a short circuit across the terminals of each box. Now, the roles are reversed. Box A is warmer because 100 Watts are dissipated in its 1 ohm resistance, while in Box B the short circuit takes all of the 10 Amps available so there is no dissipation in its 1 ohm resistance within the box.

So, it seems that the equivalency for voltage and current (and resistance) does not extend to an equivalency for power. On reflection, this is not unreasonable since the equivalency is for linear circuits and their linear relationships, but power is a non-linear function with an exponential (squared) relationship to V and I. As an historical side note, Dr. Harry E. Stockman in his The Network Theorem Book (2nd edition, ISBN 0-918332-11-7) states on page 202: "Due to a regrettable oversight in the history of science, one of its most useful network theorems, the HELMHOLTZ' THEOREM, has become known in America under the wrong name, THEVENIN'S THEOREM....

Helmholtz' theorem was published in 1853, Thevenin's in 1883." Dr. Stockman also points out that Norton's theorem is more properly credited to H.F. Mayer (1926). So this brainteaser, instead of being about Thevenin-Norton equivalents, is really about Helmholtz-Mayer equivalents. In the words of the late Yankees baseball announcer Mel Allen, "How about that?" http://youtu.be/re7O5q3xuTg ieee news

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Is your Drinking Water Safe from DBP Mark Koester

High Falls Festival Site Slope Analysis Sue Matzat, PE,SECB, LEED AP, LaBella Associates,

Port of Rochester - Marina Development Project Steven P. Metzger, PE & Mark Gregor Pavement Pat Dilucia

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Climate Change Science William Bishop,PE, BEMP, LEED AP Pathfinder Egrs & Arch.

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Eastman Dave Roberts

Douglas Dennis Roote

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Airflow Measurement: the Key to Efficient Building Control Jeremy Mahon

District Heating in Rochester John Duchesneau & Hendrik Shank

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Registration and Continental Breakfast

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