Rochester Engineering Society Magazine March 2015

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The Rochester Engineer Published since 1922 by

ROCHESTER ENGINEERING SOCIETY, INC.

Founded March 18, 1897

Volume 93, Number 9, MARCH 2015 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.

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.

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Board of Directors:

OFFICERS: President MARY STEBLEIN, PE LaBella Associates / mary.steblein@swe.org First Vice President ADAM CUMMINGS, PE Barton & Loguidice, PC / ACummings@bartonandloguidice.com Second Vice President TBD Treasurer MICHAEL V. TRIASSI Optimation Technology, Inc. / mike.triassi@gmail.com Past President EDWARD HENSEL, PhD, PE Rochester Institute of Technology / Email: echeme@rit.edu DIRECTORS: CORNELIUS (NEAL) ILLENBERG PE Retired / nillenberg@aol.com JON KRIEGEL Retired / jkriegel@rochester.rr.com SCOTT GRASMAN, PhD Rochester Institute of Technology / Email: scot.grasman@rit.edu ESTHER BETANCOURT Harris Corporation / ebetanco@harris.com RICHARD E. RICE, PE MJ Engineering / rriceaquash@gmail.com CASEY DILL Arnold Magnetic Technologies / casey.dill@gmail.com CARL J. PILLETTERI, PE cjpill@rochester.rr.com DIRECTOR to TBD Administrative Director LYNNE M. IRWIN Rochester Engineering Society / e-mail: res@frontiernet.net

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5 • Join the RES Tutoring Team - Help a Rochester Child Learn to Read 6 • Get to the Point! - Using the Active Voice 7 • Get IT Done - Talk to me in Ten Years 10 • The Limited Monopoly - Invention Prototyping via the Internet - the TOS Agreement Land Mine

12 • Continuing Education Opportunities 13-15 • Engineers’ Calendar 16, 22-23, 28 • Professional Firms - Employee News 18, 20-21, 24-25, 30 • Camus News 25 • Position Openings 26-27 • News From Professional Firms 29 • RES 113th Annual Gala and Sponsorship Opportunities 31 • What's News 48-49 • 2015 Engineering Symposium in Rochester, Wed. April 29 50 • RES Individual Membership Application 51 • Rochester Engineer Advertising Rates 52-54 • Directory of Professional Services 54 • Directory of Business Services 55 • Affiliated Societies and Corporate Members of the RES

news of the...

• ABCD Association for Bridge Construction and Design...............34-35 • AFE Association for Facilities Engineering...........................................37 • ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers............................................40 • ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers....................................................44 • ASPE American Society of Plumbing Engineers....................................38 • EA Electrical Association.......................................................................41 • GVLSA Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association.............................45

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• IEC Independent Entrepreneurs Council...........................................33 • IES Illuminating Engineering Society....................................................39 • IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.................46-47 • INCOSE International Council of Systems Engineering...........................32 • IS&T Society for Imagins Science and Technology.............................42 • MPES Monroe Professional Engineers Society......................................36 • RES Rochester Engineering Society..................................... 3-5, 8-9, 29 • SWE Society of Women Engineers........................................................43

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President’s Message Mary Steblein, RES President 2014 - 15 The Rochester Engineering Society’s 113th Annual Gala is coming up quickly! On April 11th, let’s get together and celebrate our Rochester engineering community, honor the Engineer of the Year and Young Engineer of the Year, and recognize high school and college scholarship recipients. I’m looking forward to all of the new features this year, including a Silent Auction to benefit scholarship funds, casino games, robotics and drone demonstrations, and the Up! State Cirque Performers. I’d love to see you there – reservations may be made online at http://www.roceng.org/event-1810017.

A recent newspaper article (Clausen, Todd. Democrat and Chronicle, January 25, 2015) caught my eye, titled “Report ranks Rochester 78th for STEM workers,”i in a survey conducted

by WalletHub.ii Their study was based on some of the following parameters: “WalletHub analyzed the 100 largest metropolitan statistical areas in the U.S. across 11 key metrics. The data set includes such metrics as job openings per capita for STEM graduates, annual median wage growth for STEM jobs and the projected number of STEM jobs needed in 2018.”

While the survey results could be interpreted in multiple ways (and I encourage you to read the article for more information, as well as some local blogs that argue the findings), I found that the “expert” opinions polled as part of the survey were more enlightening to me than the headline itself. When posed this question: “Since women are typically underrepresented in STEM fields, should there be policies and programs to encourage women to pursue STEM careers?”, Jason I. Hong, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, responded with this answer: Yes, I strongly believe that there should be policies and programs to encourage women and underrepresented minorities to pursue STEM careers. My main argument is a pragmatic one. If you look at Silicon Valley, it's dominated by men that are mostly white, East Asian, or Indian, and who come from middle class or upper middle class backgrounds. One consequence is that the kinds of technologies coming out of Silicon Valley tend to be for men with similar backgrounds. It's not an intentional bias. People create things for contexts that they are most familiar with. However, this also means that there are entire segments of the population that we are overlooking when we are designing technologies, and this is a bad thing from a democratic ideal as well as from a market perspective. res news - president’s message

There’s a lot of ground to cover in designing for a variety of segments in the general population. But I think the best thing we can do is talk about it, and increase awareness, so that we can begin to combat the unintentional bias. We need to work together, and design for all. If a young woman, for example, doesn’t find technology friendly, can we blame her for not wanting to join a technology field? It takes a determined person to overcome the status quo and make a change. Role models from each represented segment are needed.

I have not personally experienced many instances of bias, discrimination, or sexism as a female in an engineering career. It’s not something I dwell on, because I think the world is evolving to a point where the need to achieve gender equity is recognized, even if not everyone is achieving it, yet.

Occasionally, at an engineering-related event, someone will assume my husband is the engineer and strike up a conversation with him. Supportive and proud spouse that he is, he’s quick to correct the assumption. Sometimes it stings for a few days, but it reinvigorates me to be visible in the community, and keeps me volunteering my time with a variety of organizations.

In my opinion, women engineers need to get out and be more visible. I hope that the world doesn’t view female engineers like the character Alice in the comic strip Dilbert, ready with a “Fist of Death” for anyone who crosses her. Recently, the actress and activist Emma Watson was asked by a young girl “what should I do”, when her father told her engineering is a “men profession.”

Watson was on point by responding, “Become an engineer.”iii There’s no better way to change the stereotype then by proving that women and other underrepresented minorities can succeed as engineers.

I am active in several engineering organizations, because they each fulfill different needs in my life. I’ve been more involved with the Society of Women Engineers than any other organization to date, partly because it’s where I see the greatest need, and feel I can make the greatest impact. I know we’ve come a long way, but there’s still work to be done. Won’t you join me in supporting the engineers in underrepresented groups that you know, and encouraging the students in these same groups to succeed in engineering? A diverse work force that actually represents our population should yield some amazing products for the future. i http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/money/ business/2015/01/22/report-ranks-rochester-th-stemworkers/22179799/ ii http://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-metro-areas-for-stemprofessionals/9200/

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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.

June 2, 1959 (Board of Directors Meeting, Hotel Sheraton)

The Board approved, unanimously, the election of the Rochester Chapter, American Institute of Industrial Engineers and the Rochester Section, American Institute of Chemical Engineers as Cooperating Societies of the RES. These, added to the Monroe Chapter of the New York State Society of Professional Engineers, brought the current total of RES Cooperating Societies to three.

June 11, 1959 (Annual Meeting, Hotel Sheraton) – attendance 43 – A constitutional amendment, Article VII, Executive Committee, approved at a specially-called Society meeting on April 9, 1959, was read into the record of this annual meeting. Following the distribution and collection of ballots, the appointed Tellers retired to take the count. RES President Dasburg then introduced City of Rochester Rehabilitation Commission Executive Director, John A. Dale who spoke on, “Redevelopment of Downtown Areas.” A report of the election included President - Jasper Willsea, 1st VP – Charles F. Starr, 2nd VP – Frederick C. Young, Treasurer – Howard A. Brown, Directors (3 years) – Norman H. Davidson and Frank H. Slaymaker, and Director (1 year) – Alexander M. Beebee, Jr. A total of 206 ballots were cast.

The Annual Report listed 15 evening meetings (attendance – 1133), 17 luncheons (attendance – 1083), two inspection trips (StrombergCarlson and Griffiss Air Force Base) and membership at 586 (net loss of 12).

June 30, 1959 (Board of Directors Meeting, RG&E Operations Center) – The Board approved three new membership

applications, along with nine departures. Outgoing President Dasburg thanked the Board for its cooperation and turned the gavel over to incoming President Willsea.

June 30, 1959 (Board of Directors Meeting, RG&E Operations Center) – The Board approved applications from

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A Sampling from the Archives of the Rochester Engineering Society...1897 - 1959

by Lee M. Loomis

Board also elected RES Director, Frank H. Slaymaker, to the recentlyestablished RES Executive Committee.

“The Rochester Engineer” (June 1959)

RES Director, Frank H. Slaymaker presented, “The Underwater Acoustics Laboratory” to the Rochester Section of the Institute of Radio Engineers. This project, the largest of its kind in the World, is designed to support Stromberg-Carlson’s research in anti-submarine warfare.

The Rochester Section of the ASCE announced an inspection trip to Goodstone Manufacturing Co., to see the manufacture of pre-cast and pre-stressed concrete products. RES member, William A. Kern, upon his election as the new President of Rochester Telephone Corporation, predicted that, by June 1961, Rochesterians should be able to dial any point in the United States and Canada. Dr. John W. Graham, Jr., VP at Cooper Union, was appointed Dean of the U of R College of Engineering.

“The Rochester Engineer” (August 1959)

The number of RES Sustaining Members is now reported at eight, including, Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation, General Railway Signal Company, Stromberg-Carlson Company, Ritter Company, Taylor Instrument Companies, Haloid Xerox, Inc., The Pfaudler Company and Rochester Telephone Corporation. RES Affiliated Societies include the local sections of AIEE, ASME, ASCE and IRE.

“The Rochester Engineer” (September 1959)

RES Committees for 1959-60 include: Advisory, Automotive, Aviation, Constitution, Education, Employment Bureau, Excursion, Finance, House, Legislation, Library, Luncheon, Membership & Delinquents, Papers & Meetings, Policy, Public Affairs, Publicity, Research, Standards and Traffic. The RES regularly adds engineering and scientific publications to the Rochester Public Library. It also maintains a complete file on all engineering standards.

“The Rochester Engineer” (October 1959)

A joint meeting of the RES, ASME, AIEE, AIChE and IRE welcomed the new U of R Dean of Engineering, Dr. John W. Graham, Jr., who spoke on, “Education for Creative Leadership in Engineering.” The RES and AIEE jointly sponsored a three-hour, Saturday inspection trip, to the US Army’s Battery D, 62nd Artillery NIKE missile site, at Hamburg, NY. An article, “Why an American Standards Association,” by Charles W. Bryan, Jr., VP at Pullman, Inc. discussed in detail the “Why do we need…” and “How do we maintain…” of a volunteer national standards organization.

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 post-war re-emergence of Rochester area industry.

We welcome your questions and comments on this series.

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RES News 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 of your time can make a big difference in the life of a student.

The RES Tutoring Team at Dr. Walter Cooper Courtney Reich, PE (2013 RES Young Engineer of the Academy currently includes full-time, employed Year), works on a word problem with a Dr. Walter Professional Engineers, recently-graduated Cooper Academy Students engineers, retired engineers, retired school teachers, U of R undergraduate engineering students, RIT undergraduate, and graduate engineering students and local business employees using their “flextime” to spend a few hours a week as tutors. The new school year is under way, and we’re seeking more, dedicated people, willing to make room in their busy lives for this important opportunity to “give back” to our community, for next year. We now have more than 20 local volunteers tutoring at #10 School, this Winter, but we still need more. We are currently scheduling presentations with local engineering and architectural firms, to tell their employees about this important opportunity. We need your help...Can we schedule one with yours?

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 the Rochester Engineering Society, (585) 254-2350 via website: www.roceng.org or via email: leeloomis46@gmail.com, (585) 738-3079 (cell) res news - tutoring

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Get to the Point!

Using the Active Voice

Don’t you wish that you could have stayed awake back in your junior high school English class? If you had, you might be able to interact with the Microsoft Grammar tool more effectively. How many times do you get the little green line under a sentence and when you right click on it, if you are lucky, the software provides a “better” sentence? More often than not, you’ll get the generic message “Passive voice, consider revising”. To that, most people will simply click IGNORE.

voice, they would have seemed much less emphatic:

We didn’t understand passive voice when we were 12 years old so how are we expected to understand it now, decades (and decades) later.

What’s the fuss over passive sentences?

Note that the word "by" appears in the first three sentences, and is implied in the fourth (i.e. A refund is requested [by me] .) You can often identify when you are using the passive voice by searching for the word "by" and when you use the helping verb “to be” in any form: is, was, were.

Impact on the Reader

The appearance of a document and the arrangement of the headings and paragraphs encourage a reader to start reading, but it’s the quality of the words and sentences that keeps him or her turning over the pages.

The quality of the words and sentences also convey an image of you and the organization or department you represent when you write.

A reader who encounters well-constructed sentences that are direct and informative will envisage a writer who knows what he or she is talking about, and will react positively to the writer's suggestions. But a reader who encounters wordy constructions, vague or ambiguous statements, or abrasive expressions, will gain an image of a writer who is unsure about the subject. The reader may even doubt the validity of the information, and react negatively to the writer's suggestions. If you are writing a proposal, you cannot afford a negative response from your reader.

Write Emphatically

The following four sentences contain the same information, but each presents it in a different way. Which presents its information most efficiently, most emphatically?

A.

We were represented at this year's business management conference

by Karen Hunt.

B. Our representative at this year's business management conference was Karen Hunt.

C. At this year's business management conference we were represented

by Karen Hunt.

D. Karen Hunt represented us at this year's business management conference.

Most business managers prefer sentence D because it is direct and emphatic.

The Active Voice

This direct, emphatic construction is known as the active voice. The active voice uses a simple who did what sentence construction: WHO (or WHAT) (subject) Dave Cullen....

Karen Hunt....

A broken cable....

I....

DID (verb) issued.... attended.... stopped.... request....

WHAT (object) a receipt. the conference. the printer. a refund.

The Passive Voice

In the previous four sentences, A, B, and C are written in the passive voice. The passive voice uses a what...was done...by whom construction.

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WHAT A receipt....

The conference....

The printer....

A refund....

WAS DONE BY was issued.... by.... was attended.... by.... was stopped.... by.... is requested.

WHOM (or WHAT) Dave Cullen....

Karen Hunt....

A broken cable....

Write in the Active Voice

We recommend that you write in the active voice for "tell" messages, and even for most "sell" communications. The active voice will help make your writing seem much more definite, much more confident. To write in the active voice, you need to • Place a "doer" (a person or object) at the front of the sentence to start the action, as in Dave Cullen...issued and A broken cable... stopped .

• If you are the "doer," write in the first person ("I" or "We"), as in I request... .

If you do not know who the doer is, or prefer not to name the doer, then you have to write in the passive voice. For example: The budget was cut by 15%. (You don't know who cut it.)

When you use the active voice, you will find that your documents are much shorter and easier to read.

The next time you read a report and wonder why you don't remember anything about it, go back and see if it was full of passive sentences.

One of the major consequences of having too many passive sentences is that the reader is not fully comprehending or retaining the information.

Is there a report that you read weeks ago that you can still recall specific information from? Go back and see if that one is written with clear, concise and direct active sentences.

RGI Learning offers workshops in conflict resolution and communicatons 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.

© 2014, 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. get to the point

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Get

IT Done

Talk To Me In Ten Years

— André Godfrey

Personally, I remember when email was thought of as a new ‘cutting edge’ technology (do you recall the jarring incoming ring of AOL’s “You Got Mail”?). That was quite a while ago.

Since those days email has become pervasive and may be fatally flawed by its own success. Think about this. There are over 144 billion emails sent every day. Wow. In the span of one generation, the shift in communication technologies has impacted corporate communication practices.

Like many print newspapers, print communications in the workplace have almost been eliminated. The shift to digital has quickened the pace of and the need for immediate access to corporate news and information. BYOD, instant messaging, and the availability of internal social media channels are now challenging traditional phone networks and email as the preferred method of communicating. Younger employees, especially Millennials, were born and raised on digital and mobile technologies. By nature they are comfortable with everything mobile and social. They text and Instagram each other about events and their personal lives and that includes workplace activities. Baby Boomers (me) and Generation X typically do not rely on mobile social media channels as much as their younger counterparts.

Best practices show that organizations should routinely examine their communication practices. Keeping current on new technologies enables you to more effectively communicate with your internal and external audiences. The tools of the trade evolve and change, but the fundamentals for designing a communication strategy remain the same: In the middle are corporate IT directors. They are tasked with finding the right mix of communication technologies that will reach Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials - each with their preferred method of receiving and acquiring news.

So how do you plan for new communication technology adoption and introducing newer and more flexible communication tools? For one thing, there isn’t any one tool.

Various technologies are needed to meet the requirements that can span a variety of corporate environments and meet the demands of effectively communicating to all audiences. For instance, the corporate setting of a multi-location bank or a large software firm where each of the thousands of employees get IT done

have access to a PC is vastly different from a manufacturing environment where thousands of employees have no direct access to a PC. However, creating a communications strategy for assessment and evaluation purposes need not be a complicated task. First, make a list and inventory available technologies. Include ones in use, how they are used, how you measure impact, and the limits of each. Add a wish list of technologies you don’t have.

Be aware that while a number of communication technologies are in place at many corporations, a new hybrid technology is emerging as an attractive solution to more effectively reach internal audiences – centralized desktop messaging. The technology uses existing corporate network infrastructure to broadcast company information. Messages are published to all PCs in a slide show format that is available on-demand or as a corporate screensaver. Using this hybrid technology, message distribution to mobile devices and digital signage further enables organizations to effectively reach all employees from a single system.

Effective, centralized corporate communications is a strategic tool that enables your CEO and management to communicate business direction, on-going progress, and daily updates to employees. Combining the use of new technologies enables relevant information to be delivered to all locations and employees accurately and quickly. Employees are kept up-todate on critical information instead of relying on the rumor mill or inaccurate digital information.

Think about IT.

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

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

Saturday, April 11, 2015 Rochester Engineering Society th

113 Annual Gala

Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center 123 East Main Street, Rochester

Reception 5:00 pm (scholarship reception 4:30 pm) Program & Dinner 6:30 pm Join us for:

Awards & Scholarship Presentations - Dinner Casino Night - Silent Auction Robotics & Drone Demonstrations and the Up! State Cirque Performers Emcee Doug Emblidge Anchor/Reporter, 13 WHAM News

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 finalist for the Young Engineer of the Year, and award the 2014 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year and the 2014 Engineer of the Year.

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!

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The Limited Monopoly® Invention Prototyping via the Internet – the TOS Agreement Land Mine

by John Hammond, PE and Robert Gunderman, PE Instant Prototyping Gratification

We live in remarkable times with respect to developing and bringing new inventions to market. Advances in rapid prototyping technology in the past decade have compressed the development cycle for virtually all products that have mechanical components. By using additive manufacturing methods, often referred to as 3D printing, an invention can go from a vague concept on a scrap of paper to a 3D model in software to a physical prototype literally in a matter of a few days. And it’s not just prototyping speed that’s made a recent quantum leap – costs have also dropped dramatically in the past few years. 3D printed prototyping is now an affordable way to develop a product for the solo inventor in his garage, as well as the high tech startup and the Fortune 500 giant.

A New Market of Buyers and Sellers

These advances in 3D printing and other rapid prototyping technologies have opened vast new opportunities, and there has been no shortage of entrepreneurs seeking to take advantage of them. There are hundreds if not thousands of 3D printing vendors offering prototyping services via the Internet to a customer base that is probably in the millions, or soon will be, if the household use market takes off as predicted.

With such an abundance of choices, another problem has arisen. Suppose you need to have a prototype of an invention or its components made. You could buy your own printer and some supplies, throw it all together, and hope for the best. Not ready to make that plunge? A quick Internet search produces pages of options for prototyping services. But you just don’t have the patience to contact and screen dozens of vendors. Are the ones that make page one of the search any good, or just good at search engine optimization?

What to do?

Not surprisingly, entrepreneurs have also stepped in to address this problem. There are now matchmaking websites, operating as brokers who match up 3D printing service providers with potential customers.

Why spend hours combing through search results and contacting vendors, when you can at least get an initial screening to narrow down the choices, and find some reviews and recommendations from other users as well? Undoubtedly, these brokers provide a valuable service to some customers, and they are apparently serving a market need.

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“If you are contracting for prototyping of an invention using a 3D printing broker, there could be a land mine in the broker’s TOS Agreement that could shred your IP rights.”

Caveat Emptor

If the prototyping that you want done is for parts that have no inventive aspects, such as basic commodity parts, or something that is simply not patentable, then you likely have no problem (at least with respect to your own intellectual property rights) by contracting with a 3D printing service provider through a matchmaking site. But if you are contracting for prototyping of an invention that is potentially patentable, and especially if you haven’t filed a patent application on it, there could well be unseen land mines in using that 3D printing broker.

The mines could be buried in the Terms of Service (TOS) Agreement of that broker’s website. We’ve all seen online TOS Agreements, and we’ve all blown them off without reading them, clicking “I accept” in order to proceed in a rush to use a website or download some piece of free software. What’s the risk, right? Maybe our e-mail address gets sold to some marketing firm and we get a little more incoming spam. That’s what spam filters are for.

Exhibit A – a Bad TOS

Not so fast. There could be terms in that TOS Agreement that could blow your patent and IP ownership rights to shreds. We learned of this first hand recently when one of our clients asked about possibly using a particular 3D printing broker. In particular, the client had noticed some language on the broker’s website to the effect that it reserved the right to display images of the customer’s prototype on its website. The client asked if that might be a problem.

Huge red flag. Yes, that would be a big problem, especially since a patent application on the client’s invention had not yet been filed.

After a bit more discussion, we drilled down into the website further and found the broker’s TOS Agreement. It was quite remarkable, to say the least. The Agreement had some truly egregious terms with respect to intellectual property rights – probably not for nefarious reasons, but instead a consequence of crossing a “CYA” mentality with the “everyone owns everything so nobody owns anything” social media era we live in.

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First, there is the definition of “User Generated Content,” which includes “all uploaded 3D designs, pictures of your 3D objects, pictures of any model, comments on the Website, as well as the printed model we create for you based on your User Generated Content.”

The TOS Agreement then states that by uploading a 3D design to the website, the user grants permission to the broker company to display the user’s design on the broker company’s website.

With respect to patentability, this is a major problem if a patent application has not yet been filed on the invention (i.e.,”the design”).

Under 35 U.S.C. 102(a), which was significantly revised1 under the American Invents Act, if “the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention,” that is considered prior art, and a patent is denied. There are exceptions, including circumstances where disclosure is made by a third party who obtained the subject matter from the inventor. However, the burden would be on the Applicant to prove such a third party relationship, and there is uncertainty on how certain language such as “on sale” is going to be interpreted by courts in the future. Moreover, any such publication of the user’s design would likely be a bar to patentability in almost all foreign countries, most of which have an “absolute novelty” requirement for patentability. Stated simply, you should never risk allowing your invention to be published in this manner before filing a patent application on it.

Giving Away the Store

As if that weren’t enough, their TOS Agreement goes from bad to worse with this language: “[B]y submitting User Generated Content through the Services or Website, you hereby do and shall grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid, sublicensable and transferable license to use, edit, modify, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, perform, and otherwise fully exploit the User Generated Content in connection with the Website, the Services and our (and our successors’ and assigns’) businesses… You also hereby do and shall grant each user of the Website and/or the Services a non-exclusive license to access your User Generated Content through the Website and/or the Services, and to use, edit, modify, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and perform such User Generated Content.

And subsequently, there is this clause: “By uploading your 3D design to the Website, you grant [the company] a non-exclusive, royalty free worldwide transferable license on your design (i) to use it for the manufacturing of your model in order to fulfill your order and if you so indicate during the upload process: (ii) to display it on the [Company] Website; (iii) to use and modify it for the manufacturing of your model in order to fulfill the order of any other Website user.”

Say what? Are we reading that correctly? It looks as though if you use this 3D printing broker’s services, you’ve just licensed all of your rights away to not only the broker, but to every other user of the broker’s website. So even if you’ve filed a patent application prior to contracting with the broker and eventually obtain a patent, you’re moving forward with a whole herd of “worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid, sublicensable and transferable” licensees.

To confirm and enhance our understanding, we asked our friend John Herbrand, Esq., a Rochester attorney who focuses his practice The Limited Monopoly

in business startups and related IP transactions, for his thoughts on this broker’s TOS Agreement. He clearly sees a problem with such TOS Agreements. “The terms and conditions (variously called Terms of Service, Terms of Use, etc.) published by a website operator for the use of its website form a part of the “contract” between the operator and the user. A user who uses a website without understanding those T’s and C’s may be unpleasantly surprised if a dispute later arises between the operator and the user.”

Regarding the licensing-related language of the above example, he states, “Some sets of T’s and C’s clearly overreach and the user unknowingly may be giving away important intellectual property rights. Other sets may be vague, confusing or internally contradictory, leading to a protracted and expensive dispute that might ultimately be resolved to the detriment of the user. Additionally, the terms of use of a website used to transmit IP to a third party typically do not address the third party’s use and treatment of the IP. Users, particularly those transmitting IP through a website to third parties, should carefully consider the website’s terms of use and should have in place a clear and unambiguous written agreement with the third party concerning the use and treatment of the user’s IP before the IP is transmitted. Early consultation with an attorney can help protect your IP.”

Proceed With Caution – and Control

The key takeaway from this narrative should be obvious: if you are developing an invention and need to outsource prototyping services, don’t use a third party broker to find and engage with a vendor.

Instead, do your homework and find a qualified vendor on your own.

Before disclosing any proprietary information, proceed with caution and with the safeguards recommended by Mr. Herbrand. At the very least, begin by executing a non-disclosure agreement3 that you have obtained from a qualified attorney4. With appropriate safeguards in place, you will be well-positioned to move forward in further developing your invention, while also protecting your intellectual property rights.

1. See The Limited Monopoly® October 2011.

2. See also The Limited Monopoly® March 2013.

3. See The Limited Monopoly® June 2014.

4. Readers may contact either of the authors if a referral to a qualified attorney is needed.

PHOTO CREDIT: 3D printed replica of WWII land mine photography by the authors.

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 patent-related seminars that may be approved for PDH credits. More information can be found at www. patenteducation.com. Copyright 2015 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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Go to the RES Web Site for Updated Details On All Meetings - www.roceng.org

Continuing

Education Opportunities

Monday, March 9

Wednesday, March 25

How to Use Classroom With $12.60 to Meet RC25Classroom Design for Intelligently Quiet Schools 1 PDH Credit Approved

Spring Seminar Expected to be approved for 6 PDH Credits

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Association for Bridge Construction and Design (ABCD)

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Speaker: Mr. Kevin McGachy, Systemair Change'Air Place: Mario’s Italian Restaurant, 2740 Monroe Avenue, Rochester Time: 12:00 Noon Cost: $25 per person Reservations: Reservations can be made by going to the website at www.rochester.ashraechapters.org.

Place: Clarion Hotel, 8250 Park Road, Batavia, NY Time: Registration at 7:30; Program begins at 8:00 am Cost: Cost includes lunch and breaks. $100 for members, $125 for non-members, $35 for full time students.

Reservations: Reservations to Curt Krempa at 716-827-8000 or ckrempa@nussclarke.com by Friday, March 20th (no refunds after March 20).

Thursday, March 12

December 2014 through March 2015

Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Lighting Design for Sleeping and Living 1.5 PDH Credits

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March 10, March 11, March 24, and March 25

Speaker: Kimberly R. Mercier, PE Place: RIT Inn and 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). Payment required at the door.

Reservations: Reservations by March 6th to Chuck Eckert, 585-766-0329 or email to ceckert1@rochester.rr.com with your lunch choice (Cheeseburger on Kaiser Roll, Grilled Chicken Sandwich, or Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken).

Wednesday, March 18

Association for Bridge Construction and Design (ABCD) Technical Societies Council (TSC)

Details and Concepts of the Buffalo Billion Economic Development Program 1 PDH Credit (pending)

Winter Engineering Workshops

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Speaker: Ron Brown, Flexible Automation & Controls Location: Salvatore’s Italian Gardens, 6461 Transit Road, Depew, NY Time: Cash bar from 5:30 to 6:30 pm; Dinner (Chicken Parmigiana, Pene ala Roma, Peached Salmon, or 10 oz. Prime Rib) at 6:30 pm Cost: $30 for members; $35 for non-members.

Reservations: Contact Rick Kotecki by Friday, March 13th, 716-432-8684 or rkotecki@roadrunner.com.

1 PDH Credit Approved for Each Session

Locations: Held in 2 locations - refer to website for location of specific session. Everett J. Prescott, Inc., 200 Lake Avenue, Blasdell, NY or at 241 Farrell Road, Syracuse, NY Time: 12 Noon to 1:00 pm Cost: $10 per person, per session. Lunch and certificates will be provided.

Details: Phone 716-822-1544 or email robin.palmer@ejprescott.com.

2015 Engineering Symposium in Rochester www.engineeringsymposiumrochester.com Earn up to 7 PDHs

WEDNESDAY, April 29, 2015 Radisson Hotel, Downtown Rochester Time: 7:30 am to 6:30 pm

REGISTRATION IS NOW ONLINE AT www.roceng.org Early registration price (before April 1) is $130.

Price increases to $160 April 1st

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

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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.

Wednesday, March 18, Tuesday, March 24 & Thursday, March 26 Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) p23 Three IES Courses: Daylighting, Light & Health, and Vision + Color Speakers: Daylighting by Mike Piriano; Light & Health by Michael Trippe, LC, MIES; Vision + Color by Joe Dombrowski, PE Place: M/E Engineering, 150 North Chestnut Street, Rochester Time: Mar. 18 – 5:30 to 8:30 pm; Mar. 24 – 5:30 to 7:15 pm; Mar. 26 – 5:30 to 8:30 pm Cost: Each seminar is $125 ($150 after Feb. 27); All three seminars are $299 ($350 after Feb. 27) - Includes student manuals.

Space is limited, pre-registration required. Seminar brochure and registration form can be found on the website at www.ies-roch.org or by contacting Chuck Eckert at the IES office, 585-766-0329.

Tuesday, March 3

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

Thursday, March 12

Illuminating Engineering Society (IES)

p46 Lighting Design for Sleeping and Living 1.5 PDH Credits

Place: Hibachi Sushi Buffet Restaurant, South Town Plaza on Jefferson Road (Route 252), Jefferson 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.

Monday, March 9

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and AirConditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)

p44 GVLSA Board of Directors Meeting & First Friday

Speaker: Mr. Kevin McGachy, Systemair Change’Air Place: Mario’s Italian Restaurant, 2740 Monroe Avenue, Rochester Time: 12:00 noon Cost: $25 per person Reservations: Reservations can be made by going to the website at www.rochester.ashraechapters.org.

Electrical Association (EA)

Are You Grounded? Presentation (Interactive presentation with Vendor Show!)

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Place: Wishing Well Party House, 1190 Chili Avenue, Gates Time: Vendor displays at 4:30; Presentation at 5:00 pm Visit www.eawny.com for details. engineers’ calendar

Speaker: Kimberly R. Mercier, PE Place: RIT Inn and 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). Payment required at the door.

Reservations: Reservations by March 6th to Chuck Eckert, 585-766-0329 or email to ceckert1@rochester.rr.com with your lunch choice (Cheeseburger on Kaiser Roll, Grilled Chicken Sandwich, or Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken).

Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association (GVLSA)

How to Use Classroom Air-Handlers With $12.60 to Meet RC25-Classroom Design For Intelligently Quiet Schools - 1 PDH Credit Approved

Monday, March 10

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Webinar Re-Broadcast

Place: TBD Time: BOD Meeting at 6:00; Webinar Re-broadcast at 7:00 pm.

Website: www.gvlsa.com.

Tuesday, March 17

Independent Entrepreneurs Council (IEC) What’s New in Dry Vacuum Pumps

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Speaker: Terry Rogelstad, Pfeiffer Vacuum Place: Radisson Inn, 175 Jefferson Road, Rochester Time: Registration at 7:30 am; Presentation from 8:00 to 9:00 am.

Registration: There is no charge for this presentation.

Reservations are required by close of business on Friday, March 13th. Make your reservations via The River Organization at 585-586-6906 or ESTG@Riversorg.com.

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Wednesday, March 18

American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE)

Friday, March 20

International Council p38 on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)

TBA – speaker cancelled late. Emails will be sent with March meeting details.

Place: Valicia’s Ristorante, 2155 Long Pond Road, Gates Time: 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm.

Cost: $20 per person, cash or check (no credit cards) Reservations: Contact Adam Kramer at 585-341-3163 or akramer@ibceng.com by March 16th.

Association for Facilities Engineering (AFE) Tour of LiDestri Spirits and Innovation Center

Place: Telephone conference access at many sites – see page 32 for locations or details on the website at www.incose/org/flc Time: Meeting introduction and featured presentation at 6:00, approximate adjournment at 7:15 pm.

p37 Tuesday, March 24

Place: LiDestri Spirits & Innovation Center, 1000 Lee Road, Rochester.

Dinner Location: Valicia’s Ristorante, 2155 Long Pond Road, Rochester.

Cost: $25 for members, $30 for non-members.

Comments: Please bring hard hats and safety glasses. No open toed shoes or sneakers will be allowed. LiDestri is a smoke free campus, including the parking lot. While in the building, cell phones must be turned off, and no cameras are allowed.

Reservations: Contact Craig Avalone, CHA by March 4th at CAvalone@chacompanies.com or 585-232-5610 ext. 287.

Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T)

Observer Functions and Observer Matamerism

Technical Societies Council (TSC)

Speaker: Bill Jones, RIT Venture Creations Place: Italian-American Social Club, 150 Frank DiMino Way, Gates Time 5:30-8:00. Dinner provided.

Cost $20 member, $30 non-member Reservations: Reservations and details at www.pmirochester.org

Wednesday, March 25

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Details and Concepts of the Buffalo Billion Economic Development Program 1 PDH Credit (pending)

Speaker: Ron Brown, Flexible Automation & Controls Location: Salvatore’s Italian Gardens, 6461 Transit Road, Depew, NY Time: Cash bar from 5:30 to 6:30 pm; Dinner (Chicken Parmigiana, Pene ala Roma, Peached Salmon, or 10 oz. Prime Rib) at 6:30 pm Cost: $30 for members; $35 for non-members.

Reservations: Contact Rick Kotecki by Friday, March 13th, 716-432-8684 or rkotecki@roadrunner.com.

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Project Management Institute (PMI Rochester) RIT Venture Creations-What is Venture Creations? How businesses are selected for the program? What works and what doesn’t work.

1 PMP PDU Credit

p42 Association for Bridge Construction and Design (ABCD)

Speaker: Yuta Asano, PhD Candidate at RIT Place: Room 1275 of the Carlson Center for Imaging Science, RIT Campus.

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.

Association for Bridge Construction and Design (ABCD)

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Android Course Update (Pilot currently in progress), New INCOSE Central Websites (details); Call for Nominations for Chapter Leadership

Spring Seminar Expected to be approved for 6 PDH Credits

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Place: Clarion Hotel, 8250 Park Road, Batavia, NY Time: Registration at 7:30; Program begins at 8:00 am Cost: Cost includes lunch and breaks. $100 for members, $125 for non-members, $35 for full time students.

Reservations: Reservations to Curt Krempa at 716-827-8000 or ckrempa@nussclarke.com by Friday, March 20th (no refunds after March 20).

Support Your Affiliate Attend A Meeting The RES website (www.roceng.org) has a calendar of events for meetings that are received or updated after the deadline. Please refer to the website for updated information. If you wish to be listed on the calendar please send details to res@frontiernet.net

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Tuesday, March 31

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

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2015 Joint Chapters Meeting – 8 Technical Presentations and keynote address is “Collaborative Research and Development in a Dynamically Evolving High Technology Landscape

Keynote speaker: Dr. Stefan Wurm, SEMATECH Director of Strategic Alliances Place: RIT Inn and Conference Center, 5257 West Henrietta Road, West Henrietta Time: Registration at 4:00; Chapter Technical Presentations from 4:30 to 5:30 and 5:30 to 6:30; Social and refreshments (cash bar) at 6:30; Dinner and keynote presentation from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m.

Reservations: Dinner reservations are required (no charge for attending technical presentations). Register online at https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/32103. Dinner is $30 for IEEE members, $40 for non-members. Dinner selections are New York Strip Steak, Seared Salmon, or Spicy Orecchiette.

Website: http://rochester.ieee.org.

Da Vinci – The Genius February 13-May 17, 2015 Rochester Museum and Science Center, Riedman Gallery Presenting sponsor: M&T Bank Support from: Elaine P. & Richard U. Wilson Foundation Media sponsor: Warm 101.3

Inventor, artist, scientist, engineer, sculptor, anatomist, musician, architect, philosopher – Leonardo da Vinci.

Encounter the works of a truly great mind at Da Vinci – The Genius—the most comprehensive traveling exhibition on Leonardo da Vinci ever assembled. Immerse yourself in da Vinci’s timeless brilliance through full-scale interpretations of the mastermind’s inventions and unparalleled studies of his iconic art.

Admission to Da Vinci Plus Regular Museum Admission: $17 adults; $16 seniors and college students with ID; $15 ages 3 to 18; $2 RMSC members; Free for children under 3 Hours: Monday–Saturday: 9am–5pm Sunday: 11am–5pm Click here for holiday hours

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Professional Firms Employee News

LaBella Associates Announces the Hiring of 10 New Employees LaBella Associates, D.P.C. announced the hiring of the following employees:

Daniel Hill, PE has joined the firm as a senior structural engineer, working out of the Ithaca office. He has over 18 years of diverse engineering experience in K-12, municipal, county, city, and utility clients.

David Paye has joined the firm as a gas designer. He has six years of experience, specifically in gas drafting.

Mr. Paye is proficient in AutoCAD Classic, AutoCAD Inventor, Architectural Desktop, Raster Design, and AutoCAD Map 3D. David Paye

Daniel Hill, PE

Melissa Levis has joined the firm as a junior structural engineer. She is a recent graduate of the University at Buffalo with a degree in civil engineering with a concentration in structural engineering.

Melissa Levis

Corey Rothfuss, EIT has joined the firm as a junior mechanical engineer.

He is a recent graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology with a degree in mechanical engineering.

He previously interned with LaBella for the past three years assisting Corey Rothfuss, EIT mechanical and electrical engineers.

Adam Aesch

Adam Aesch has joined the firm as a utility project manager. He has over 10 years of diverse engineering experience in design, procurement, and fabrication of substation and utility system components.

Laura Wadhams, EIT

Clifton Cole

Robert J. Steehler, PE

Samantha Catalina has joined the firm as an electrical technician. She has over two years of diverse engineering experience in design RG&E construction and administration, and Samantha Cataline program management office.

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Janette I. Baez

Laura Wadhams, EIT has joined the firm as a civil engineer. She has over two years of experience which includes construction administration, plan preparation, municipal work, private developers, and schools.

Clifton Cole has joined the firm as a project scheduler. He has nine years of experience which includes construction and aerospace in commercial and government contracts.

Mr. Cole is proficient in Microsoft Projects.

Robert J. Steehler, PE, CPESC has joined the firm as a civil engineer. He has over ten years of experience which includes stormwater management design, erosion control, site layout, water main design and analysis, storm and sanitary sewer design and analysis, cost estimating, lighting design, drafting, grading and earthwork calculations, and septic system designs.

Janette I. Baez has joined the firm as a gas engineer. She has 6 years of experience in gas design and will be responsible for preparing design plans for the Leak Prone Gas Main Replacement program as well as other large gas projects for Iberdrola (RG&E). q professional firms employee news

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Campus News Lifting the Veil on a Dark Galaxy Findings validate earlier prediction of galaxy’s location A cluster of young, pulsating stars discovered in the

Invisible particles known as dark matter make up 23

far side of the Milky Way may mark the location of a

percent of the mass of the universe. The mysterious

previously unseen dark-matter dominated dwarf galaxy

matter represents a fundamental problem in astronomy

hidden behind clouds of dust.

because it is not understood, Chakrabarti said.

A team, led by Sukanya Chakrabarti from Rochester

“The discovery of the Cepheid variables shows that our

Institute of Technology, analyzed near-infrared data

method of finding the location of dark-matter dominated

collected by the European Southern Observatory’s survey

dwarf galaxies works,” she said. “It may help us ultimately

VISTA to find four young stars approximately 300,000

understand what dark matter is made up of. It also shows

light years away. These young stars are Cepheid variables–

that Newton’s theory of gravity can be used out to the

“standard candles” that astronomers use to measure

farthest reaches of a galaxy, and that there is no need to

distances. According to Chakrabarti, these are the most

modify our theory of gravity.”

distant Cepheid variables found close to the plane of the Milky Way. The paper announcing the discovery appears

VISTA’s infrared eyes allow scientists to study unexplored

in Astrophysical Journal Letters and is available online.

regions close to the galactic plane that are inaccessible to optical surveys. Optical wavelengths cannot penetrate the

The stars appear to be associated with a dwarf galaxy

dust and gas in these regions. This next-generation sky

Chakrabarti predicted in 2009 based on her analysis

survey helps scientists look at the structure of the galaxy

of ripples in the Milky Way’s outer disk. Chakrabarti’s

and distant stars at low latitudes. Infrared surveys may

earlier study predicted the location of the dark-matter

help resolve current discrepancies between observations

dominated dwarf galaxy. Radiation emitted by the

and the current cosmological paradigm by giving us a

Cepheid variable stars allowed her to derive accurate

more complete view of the structure of the Milky Way,

distances and test her prediction. Chakrabarti analyzed

Chakrabarti said.

VISTA’s database of tens of millions of stars to find these clustered Cepheid variables in the Norma constellation,

“I decided to see if I could actually find the thing,”

all within one degree of each other.

Chakrabarti said. “It was a difficult prediction to test because it was close to the plane, and therefore difficult

“These young stars are likely the signature of this

to see in the optical. This new survey, VISTA, was able

predicted galaxy,” said Chakrabarti, assistant professor

to help us to lift the veil and see these young pulsating

in RIT’s School of Physics and Astronomy. “They can’t

stars.”

be part of our galaxy because the disk of the Milky Way terminates at 48,000 light years.”

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Campus News Carestream Health Donates $1M in New Ultrasound Systems to RIT Program Carestream is donating $1 million in new ultrasound systems to the Rochester Institute of Technology’s diagnostic medical sonography program to be installed in RIT’s new Clinical Health Sciences Center, scheduled to open later this year.

The donation will help RIT faculty provide a richer academic experience for students through involvement with a broader variety of ultrasound systems. In turn, Carestream will benefit from insights from RIT faculty and feedback from the next generation of ultrasound professionals that can be used in validating new ultrasound product designs.

The donated systems will include new Carestream ultrasound systems, and will be delivered over the next 12 months.

The field of ultrasound is a critical specialty in the practice of medicine for the diagnosis of disease. RIT’s diagnostic medical sonography program is accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography of the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.

RIT’s program is one of the few BS degree programs of its kind in the nation and is well respected by employers and medical communities, according to Hamad Ghazle, director of the diagnostic medical sonography program at RIT. The

program is housed in RIT’s College of Health Sciences and Technology and graduates between 26 and 30 students each year.

“We cannot commend Carestream enough for its insights and vision in empowering and enhancing our curriculum by expanding into new horizons and putting cutting-edge, highly innovative and user-friendly diagnostic ultrasound equipment in the hands of students early in their training,” Ghazle said. “Partnerships and donations like this allow our students to be active participants in the development and advancement of new technology, and at the forefront of ultrasound education and technology. And it allows RIT to provide the healthcare market with well-rounded, well-educated, well-trained and experienced sonographers.”

Carestream works closely with a wide range of academic research partners in the development of its medical imaging and information systems.

The company’s products and services are present in healthcare facilities worldwide—from clinics and hospitals to large healthcare networks and health systems covering entire countries—and much of the work behind its global product footprint takes place in Rochester.

“RIT’s diagnostic medical sonography program utilizes highly trained radiologists, physicians, sonologists and sonographer teams

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to educate its students and this is something we want to support in a big way,” said Diana Nole, president, Digital Medical Solutions, Carestream. “Our new ultrasound platform was developed based on extensive input from sonographers and other ultrasound imaging professionals. The insights we will gain from leading experts and students at RIT will help us design innovative products that will lead to improved patient care and a better work experience for sonographers.”

In December, Carestream unveiled its new CARESTREAM Touch Ultrasound System that offers a revolutionary combination of exceptional user experience and image quality to meet the needs of even the most demanding radiologists and sonographers. The system’s unique features are planned to extend across a family of ultrasound products, and the first two products in the Touch Ultrasound family are expected to ship in the third quarter of 2015.

With 7,000 employees worldwide and 1,250 people working in Rochester, Carestream is a global company with 15 manufacturing and R&D locations, including three Technology & Innovation Centers, and serves customers in more than 170 countries around the world. q

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A picture is worth 1000 words, but how many emotions?

Researchers use big data to progressively train computers to understand sentiments conveyed by images Log on to Twitter, Facebook or other social media and you will find that much of the content shared with you comes in the form of images, not just words. Those images can convey a lot more than a sentence might, and will often provoke emotions in the viewer.

Jiebo Luo, professor of computer science at the University of Rochester, in collaboration with researchers at Adobe Research has come up with a more accurate way than currently possible to train computers to be able to digest data that comes in the form of images.

In a paper presented last week at the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) conference in Austin, Texas, they describe what they refer to as a progressive training deep convolutional neural network (CNN).

The trained computer can then be used to determine what sentiments these images are likely to elicit. Luo says that this information could be useful for things as diverse as measuring economic indicators or predicting elections.

Sentiment analysis of text by computers is itself a challenging task. And in social media, sentiment analysis is more complicated because many people express themselves using images and videos, which are more difficult for a computer to understand.

For example, during a political campaign voters will often share their views through pictures. Two different pictures might show the same candidate, but they might be making very different political statements. A human could recognize one as being a positive portrait of the candidate (e.g. the candidate smiling and raising his arms) and the other one being negative (e.g. a picture of the candidate looking defeated). But no human could look at every picture shared on social media – it is truly “big data.” To be able to make informed guesses about a candidate’s popularity, computers need to be trained to digest this data, which is what Luo and his collaborators’ approach can do more accurately than was possible until now.

The researchers treat the task of extracting sentiments from images as an image classification problem. This campus news

means that somehow each picture needs to be analyzed and labels applied to it.

To begin the training process, Luo and his collaborators used a huge number of Flickr images that have been loosely labeled by a machine algorithm with specific sentiments, in an existing database known as SentiBank (developed by Professor Shih-Fu Chang’s group at Columbia University). This gives the computer a starting point to begin understanding what some images can convey. But the machine-generated labels also include a likelihood of that label being true, that is, how sure is the computer that the label is correct? The key step of the training process comes next, when they discard any images for which the sentiment or sentiments with which they have been labeled might not be true. So they use only the “better” labeled images for further training in a progressively improving manner within the framework of the powerful convolutional neural network. They found that this extra step significantly improved the accuracy of the sentiments with which each picture is labeled.

They also adapted this sentiment analysis engine with some images extracted from Twitter. In this case they employed “crowd intelligence,” with multiple people helping to categorize the images via the Amazon Mechanical Turk platform. They used only a small number of images for fine-tuning the computer and yet, by applying this domain-adaptation process, they showed they could improve on current state of the art methods for sentiment analysis of Twitter images. One surprising finding is that the accuracy of image sentiment classification has exceeded that of the text sentiment classification on the same Twitter messages.

Luo’s co-authors on the paper, "Robust Image Sentiment Analysis using Progressively Trained and Domain Transferred Deep Networks," are Quanzeng You, Hailin Jin, and Jianchao Yang. The paper was presented at the 29th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Austin, Texas, from Jan. 25-30, 2015. The paper can be downloaded here: http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/qyou/ papers/sentiment_analysis_final.pdf. q

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Professional Firms Employee News

Erdman Anthony Announces Three Promotions and A Recent Hire The board of directors of Erdman Anthony announced three promotions in its Rochester office. Tim Robinson, PE, was named senior associate and Tom Gamer, PE, LEED AP, and Tom Lindo were named associates. Erdman Anthony’s board established the titles of associate, senior associate, and principal associate to recognize individuals who achieve professional and ownership standing within the organization.

Tim Robinson, PE

Tom Gamer, PE

Robinson is a mechanical engineer in the Facilities Engineering and Design Services group and has been at the firm for 14 years. He holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, is a licensed professional engineer in New York, and an EPA-certified refrigeration technician.

The Rochester resident is the firm’s lead technical engineer for refrigeration systems and manages the team and all work for one of the firm’s largest clients.

Gamer is also a mechanical engineer in the Facilities Engineering and Design Services group and a member of the Energy Services team. The Chili resident holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology

and has more than 10 years of experience in the field. Gamer is a licensed professional engineer in New York and a certified LEED Green Associate.

Tom Lindo

Lindo is a senior technician in the Transportation Engineering group with more than 28 years of experience as a lead structural technician. The Fairport resident has an associate degree in occupational studies from Alfred State College and is active in supporting and advancing best practices for the structures group. He holds the highest certification level (IV) from the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies.

Erdman Anthony also announced that Chris Arnold was recently hired as an IT network administrator.

Arnold has a strong academic background in information technology and accomplished experience as a system administrator. The Rochester resident holds a bachelor of science degree in business/information systems and a master of information systems degree from the University of Phoenix. q Chris Arnold

Passero Announces Two Earned Thier PE License and One New Hire Passero Associates congratulates Project Engineer Tim Harris on achieving a personal and professional milestone by successfully passing the Professional Tim Harris, PE Engineer Exam to become a licensed Professional Engineer.

Mr. Harris has over eight years of experience in various aspects of engineering design on municipal, commercial, private and institutional projects, including obtaining municipal and other agency approvals and permits.

He holds a bachelor of science in civil engineering technology from Rochester

Institute of Technology and is a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control. Mr. Harris is also a New York State Firefighter, certified by the Suffolk County Fire Academy.

The firm also congratulates Engineer Joe Jacobs on achieving a personal and professional milestone by successfully passing the Professional Joe Jacobs, PE Engineer Exam to become a licensed Professional Engineer.

Mr. Jacobs has over six years of experience in engineering design, CAD design, and site design on residential, commercial, and institutional projects. He holds

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a bachelors degree of science in civil engineering from Clarkson University.

Passero's survey department welcomes Robert Vento, PLS as a project manager. Mr. Vento is a Licensed Surveyor in New York with over 30 years of experience in the land Robert Vento, surveying profession.

PLS His experience includes working with a wide variety of public and private sector clients. Bob will be working alongside our outstanding team of survey professionals.

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Bergmann Announces Three New Hires Bergmann Associates announced three have recently joined the firm's Rochester office.

the the firm as a helpdesk technician. He attended SUNY Geneseo and received a bachelor of the arts in history.

Patrick Hill has joined the firm as a design engineer in the Commercial Retail Division.

He has a BS in civil engineering received in 2013 from Penn State.

Samuel Rinaldo has joined the firm as design engineer in the Energy Supply Division. He is currently attending Rochester Institute of Technology studying civil engineering technology and is slated to graduate this May. q

Brandon Horton has joined

Patrick Hill

Brandon Horton

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SWBR Architects Promotes Four Employees SWBR Architects announced that four employees have recently received their New York State Architectural License from the New York State Education Department and have also been promoted to Associates of the firm. Earning their architectural licenses are: Allison M. Shannon, AIA, LEED Green Associate, Project Architect; David Phelps II, AIA, Project Architect; Frank DeLuca, AIA, Project Architect; and, Ryan Zegarelli, AIA, Project Architect.

Shannon serves as a project manager in the firm's education studio and has managed several large projects for K-12 districts in New York State, including the Rochester City School District. She is responsible for managing budget, design concepts, construction administration and project closeout. She received her bachelor of architecture and building sciences from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Allison M. Shannon, AIA

Phelps is also part of the education studio and works closely with project teams. He has completed several large, complex projects for K12 school districts in New York State most recently working for the Victor CSD and Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women. Phelps earned his bachelors of science in architectural engineering, and his A.A.S. in architectural engineering technology from Alfred State College.

DeLuca joined the firm in 2011 as a project designer and is now a project architect. He brings expertise in municipal and specialized housing projects. His innovation, attention to detail, and organizational skills enable him to successfully manage large, complex projects. He has most recently worked on projects such as the DePaul Carriage Factory Apartments, Edgewood free Methodist Church and the Penfield Fire District. Deluca earned his bachelor of arts in architectural history and master’s degree in architecture from SUNY Buffalo.

David Phelps II, AIA

Zegarelli focuses on designs for higher education projects. Most recently he has worked on new buildings for Roberts Wesleyan College the Merlin G. Smith Science Center Renovation and the Nazareth College Wellness and Rehabilitation Institute. He received a bachelor of science in architecture from the University at Buffalo.

Frank DeLuca, AIA

Requirements for one’s architectural license in NYS include a minimum degree requirement of a bachelor of science in architecture and at least five years of work experience under a licensed architect. q

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R.F. Peck Announces New Hire R.F. Peck announced that Mike Ferguson has joined the firm as the new ABB Drive and starter specialist.

Mike has a background in VFD's and control with several years' experience as an HVAC application engineer and manager.

Mike Ferguson

Mike graduated from the University of Buffalo with a BS in mechanical engineering. q Professional Firms, Employee News , continued on page 28...

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Campus News Laser-generated surface structures create extremely water-repellent metals Super-hydrophobic properties could lead to applications in solar panels, sanitation and as rust-free metals Scientists at the University of Rochester have used lasers to transform metals into extremely water repellent, or super-hydrophobic, materials without the need for temporary coatings.

Super-hydrophobic materials are desirable for a number of applications such as rust prevention, anti-icing, or even in sanitation uses. However, as Rochester’s Chunlei Guo explains, most current hydrophobic materials rely on chemical coatings.

In a paper published in the Journal of Applied Physics, Guo and his colleague at the University’s Institute of Optics, Anatoliy Vorobyev, describe a powerful and precise laserpatterning technique that creates an intricate pattern of micro- and nanoscale structures to give the metals their new properties. This work builds on earlier research by the team in which they used a similar laser-patterning technique that turned metals black. Guo states that using this technique they can create multifunctional surfaces that are not only super-hydrophobic but also highlyabsorbent optically.

Guo adds that one of the big advantages of his team’s process is that “the structures created by our laser on the metals are intrinsically part of the material surface.” That means they won’t rub off. And it is these patterns that make the metals repel water.

“The material is so strongly water-repellent, the water actually gets bounced off. Then it lands on the surface again, gets bounced off again, and then it will just roll off from the surface,” said Guo, professor of optics at the University of Rochester. That whole process takes less than a second.

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coats nonstick frying pans. Unlike Guo’s laser-treated metals, the Teflon kitchen tools are not super-hydrophobic.

The difference is that to make water to roll-off a Teflon coated material, you need to tilt the surface to nearly a 70-degree angle before the water begins to slide off. You can make water roll off Guo’s metals by tilting them less than five degrees.

As the water bounces off the super-hydrophobic surfaces, it also collects dust particles and takes them along for the ride. To test this self-cleaning property, Guo and his team took ordinary dust from a vacuum cleaner and dumped it onto the treated surface. Roughly half of the dust particles were removed with just three drops of water. It took only a dozen drops to leave the surface spotless. Better yet, it remains completely dry.

Guo is excited by potential applications of superhydrophobic materials in developing countries. It is this potential that has piqued the interest of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has supported the work.

“In these regions, collecting rain water is vital and using super-hydrophobic materials could increase the efficiency without the need to use large funnels with high-pitched angles to prevent water from sticking to the surface,” says Guo. “A second application could be creating latrines that are cleaner and healthier to use.”

Latrines are a challenge to keep clean in places with little water. By incorporating super-hydrophobic materials, a latrine could remain clean without the need for water flushing.

But challenges still remain to be addressed before these applications can become a reality, Guo states. It currently takes an hour to pattern a 1 inch by 1 inch metal sample, campus news

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and scaling up this process would be necessary before it can be deployed in developing countries. The researchers are also looking into ways of applying the technique to other, nonmetal materials.

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Guo and Vorobyev use extremely powerful, but ultrashort, laser pulses to change the surface of the metals. A femtosecond laser pulse lasts on the order of a quadrillionth of a second but reaches a peak power equivalent to that of the entire power grid of North America during its short burst.

Guo is keen to stress that this same technique can give rise to multifunctional metals. Metals are naturally excellent reflectors of light. That’s why they appear to have a shiny luster. Turning them black can therefore make them very efficient at absorbing light. The combination of lightabsorbing properties with making metals water repellent could lead to more efficient solar absorbers – solar absorbers that don’t rust and do not need much cleaning.

Guo’s team had previously blasted materials with the lasers and turned them hydrophilic, meaning they attract water. In fact, the materials were so hydrophilic that putting them in contact with a drop of water made water run “uphill.”

Guo’s team is now planning on focusing on increasing the speed of patterning the surfaces with the laser, as well as studying how to expand this technique to other materials such as semiconductors or dielectrics, opening up the possibility of water repellent electronics.

Funding was provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

The article, "Multifunctional surfaces produced by femtosecond laser pulses,” was published in the Journal of Applied Physics on January 20, 2015 (DOI: 10.1063/1.4905616). It can be accessed at: http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/ jap/117/3/10.1063/1.4905616. q Campus News, continued on page 30... campus news | position opening

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SWBR Architects Announcements SWBR Architects Celebrates DePaul Carriage Factory Ribbon Cutting SWBR Architects recently celebrated the ribbon cutting and official grand opening of the DePaul Carriage Factory Apartments located at 33 Litchfield Street in Rochester in the historic Susan B. Anthony District. The building is the five-story former Cunningham Carriage Factory that was converted into 71 affordable and supportive apartment units.

Community members were welcomed and had the opportunity to tour the restored building and see the central lobby space, which has an original restored Cunningham Carriage at the center, its community room and all of the apartments.

"DePaul is pleased to be a community partner in meeting the need for quality affordable housing options in Rochester and throughout New York State, in addition to bringing back to life a building that once was home to a thriving manufacturing business with historic significance to our city," said DePaul president Mark Fuller. "We are so proud to be part of the revitalization of this community.

The DePaul Carriage Factory Apartments are an example of progress and partnership in action."

The DePaul Carriage Factory renovation project is a mix of affordable and mental health apartments for DePaul.

Construction began on the building in April 2013. SWBR and its partners at Christa Construction preserved much of the existing building and transformed the historic factory into a new, functional living space by adding ADA accessibility, a fully renovated central entry, new doors, windows, elevators, and a centralized community room for the residents.

The renovation of the historic Cunningham Carriage Factory memorializes the thriving manufacturing business that was once housed in this 73,000 square foot building.

The Cunningham name was recognized worldwide as the maker of superior quality vehicles from coaches and carriages to automobiles and airplanes. The renovation of the formerly vacant building celebrates its history with an original brougham-style Cunningham carriage, purchased from John and Sue Greenall of the Greenall Carriage House of Windsor, Vermont on display in the lobby and a gallery of drawings, photographs and artifacts. q 26 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | MARCH 2015

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Two SWBR Architects Projects Recognized at 21st Annual NAIOP Awards Ceremony Firms' Holy Rosary and RIT Golisano Institute of Sustainability Projects Receive 2014 Awards of Excellence

SWBR Architects was recently honored at the 2014 NAIOP Upstate New York Chapter Awards of Excellence ceremony. The firm was recognized for its work on Holy Rosary Apartments in the Adaptive Reuse category and Rochester Institute of Technology’s Golisano Institute of Sustainability in the Institutional category.

The NAIOP awards celebrate the high-quality and innovative achievements of regional commercial real estate projects from the Upstate New York area, covering the Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse regions. There are several award categories, and each winner represents the challenge that was overcome and realized results that were economically, environmentally and/or aesthetically achieved.

The first project SWBR was recognized for by NAIOP was the redevelopment of Holy Rosary Apartments at 414 Lexington Avenue in Rochester. The firm served as lead architect on the $15 million project for Providence Housing Development Corporation. Holy Rosary Apartments provides 35 affordable apartments on its main campus and 25 new single-family homes. The 10,000-square-foot historic church has been adapted as a community center, part of which will be leased to Mary’s Place Refugee Outreach. The SWBR team transformed the former Holy Rosary Church rectory, convent and school buildings into apartments. The apartments are located in the Holy Rosary complex of buildings, which is a blend of new construction, rehabilitation, adaptive reuse and historic rehabilitation.

The second project recognized was the Golisano Institute for Sustainability (GIS) at Rochester Institute of Technology.

SWBR served as executive architect and architect of record on the project, with LeChase Construction as designbuild team leader and FXFOWLE as design architect. The nearly $36 million RIT GIS project consisted of a unique 84,000-square-foot, four-story building at the university. It houses sustainability research, technology transfer, education and outreach, and is a state-of-the-art showcase for green construction and design, as well as GIS master’s and Ph.D. programs in sustainability and architecture. The project was completed in March 2013. It houses one of the world’s first Ph.D. programs in sustainability.

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LaBella Associates, D.P.C. Announces the Following Appointments

Susan Matzat, PE

Matthew Wagner, PE

Caroline Wheadon, EIT

Susan Matzat, PE, SECB, LEED AP has recently been appointed as the Buildings Engineering Division’s Operations Manager. As operations manager of the Building Engineering Division, Sue provides over 28 years of experience in project management, planning, design, and construction administration for a wide range of building projects. She has been integral to a growing number of significant clients in the segmented markets that are served by the firm. As the operations manager, Sue’s experience will be key in managing the day-to-day business operations and operational initiatives of the Division.

Matthew Wagner, PE, SECB has recently been appointed as the Buildings Engineering Division’s Structural Engineering Discipline Leader. As the structural discipline leader of the Building Engineering Division, Matt provides over 14 years of experience in project management, design, analysis, investigation and instrumentation for a wide range of building projects. Matt’s responsibilities include leading the structural engineering group to obtain further opportunities and strengthen new and existing client relationships.

Caroline Wheadon, EIT has recently been appointed as the Iberdrola Project Manager with the Buildings Engineering Group. Previously in the firm's civil engineering division, Caroline provides over 11 years of experience in civil and environmental consulting as well as technical design, field construction and project management. Caroline’s responsibilities include project management with hydroelectric generation and transmission line regulatory processes and requirements.

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Campus News Mental Health Monitoring Through “Selfie” Videos and Social Media Tracking Researchers at the University of Rochester have developed an innovative approach to turn any computer or smartphone with a camera into a personal mental health monitoring device.

In a paper that was recently presented at the American Association for Artificial Intelligence conference in Austin, Texas, Professor of Computer Science Jiebo Luo and his colleagues describe a computer program that can analyze “selfie” videos recorded by a webcam as the person engages with social media.

Apps to monitor people’s health are widely used, from monitoring the spread of the flu to providing guidance on nutrition and managing mental health issues. Luo explains that his team’s approach is to “quietly observe your behavior” while you use the computer or phone as usual. He adds that their program is “unobtrusive; it does not require the user to explicitly state what he or she is feeling, input any extra information, or wear any special gear.” For example, the team was able to measure a user’s heart rate simply by monitoring very small, subtle changes in the user’s forehead color.

The system does not grab other data that might be available through the phone – such as the user’s location.

The researchers were able to analyze

the video data to extract a number of “clues,” such as heart rate, blinking rate, eye pupil radius, and head movement rate. At the same time, the program also analyzed both what the users posted on Twitter, what they read, how fast they scrolled, their keystroke rate and their mouse click rate. Not every input is treated equally though: what a user tweets, for example, is given more weight than what the user reads because it is a direct expression of what that user is thinking and feeling.

To calibrate the system and generate a reaction they can measure, Luo explained, he and his colleagues enrolled 27 participants in a test group and “sent them messages, real tweets, with sentiment to induce their emotion.” This allowed them to gauge how subjects reacted after seeing or reading material considered to be positive or negative.

They compared the outcome from all their combined monitoring with the users’ self reports about their feelings to find out how well the program actually performs, and whether it can indeed tell how the user feels. The combination of the data gathered by the program with the users’ selfreported state of mind (called the ground truth) allows the researchers to train the system. The program then begins to understand from just the data gathered whether the user is

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feeling positive, neutral or negative.

Their program currently only considers emotions as positive, neutral or negative. Luo says that he hopes to add extra sensitivity to the program by teaching it to further define a negative emotion as, for example, sadness or anger. Right now, this is a demo program they have created and no “app” exists, but they have plans to create an app that would let users be more aware of their emotional fluctuations and make adjustments themselves.

Luo understands that this program and others that aim to monitor an individual’s mental health or wellbeing raise ethical concerns that need to be considered. He adds that using this system means “effectively giving this app permission to observe you constantly,” but adds that the program is designed for the use of the user only and does not share data with anyone else unless otherwise designated by the user.

Luo’s co-authors on the paper, “Tackling Mental Health by Integrating Unobtrusive Multimodal Sensing,” are Dawei Zhou, Jiebo Luo, Vincent Silenzio, Yun Zhou, Glenn Currier, and Henry Kautz. The 29th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) took place in Austin, Texas, from Jan. 25-30, 2015. q campus news

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What's News New York Ranks 10th State in Nation for LEED Green Building Per Capita USGBC releases the Top 10 States for LEED in 2014

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) recently released its annual ranking of the Top 10 States in the nation for LEED, the world’s most widely used and recognized green building rating system, with the state of New York placing 10th.

The per-capita list highlights states throughout the country that are making impactful strides in sustainable building design, construction and transformation. LEED-certified spaces use less energy and water resources, save money for families, businesses and taxpayers, reduce carbon emissions and create a healthier environment for residents, workers and the larger community.

“Every story about a green building is a story about people,” said Rick Fedrizzi, CEO and founding chair, USGBC. “USGBC’s annual recognition of the Top 10 States for LEED goes beyond gross square feet or number of projects and factors in LEED’s potential in a given state to be part of the daily life of the state’s residents. This per-capita approach tells a great story about how LEED has become an important benchmark in the transformation of the nation’s built environment. LEED certified buildings and the innovations they have driven contribute substantially to our national economic growth, create jobs and improve the quality of life in the communities where they are found. We commend the business and community leaders, policy makers and green building professionals in each of these states for making the commitment to create a healthier, more sustainable future.

“New York has so many committed business and community leaders, policy makers and green building professionals who are using LEED to transform their built environment, producing many innovative spaces that will improve the health of our shared planet, as well as the health of the people who use those buildings every day,” added Fedrizzi.

The per-capita list is based on 2010 U.S. Census data and includes commercial and institutional green building projects that were certified throughout 2014. New York certified 250 projects representing 33,691,209 square feet of real estate, or 1.74 square feet per resident, in 2014.

USGBC calculates the list using per-capita figures as a measure of the human element of green building, allowing for a fair comparison of the level of green building taking place among states with significant differences in population and, accordingly, number of overall buildings.

A sample of notable projects that certified in New York in 2014 include: • 1221 Ave of the Americas in New York City, recertified as LEED Silver • Golisano Institute for Sustainability at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, LEED Platinum what's news

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200 Vesey Street in New York City, LEED Gold Albany Medical Center, Patient Pavilion in Albany, LEED Gold H.W. Smith PK-8 School in Syracuse, LEED Silver Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, LEED Gold

There are more than 818 USGBC member organizations with a headquarters in New York and more than 13,767 LEED credentialed professionals in the state.

The full ranking of the top 10 states includes: Rank State

1 Illinois 2 Colorado 3 Maryland 4 Virginia 5 Massachusetts 6 Hawaii 7 California 8 Georgia 9 Minnesota 10 (tied) Arizona 10 (tied) New York *Washington, D.C.

Projects certified in 2014 174 102 132 150 99 30 517 87 39 82 250 102

Square feet LEED certified in 2014 42,457,254 15,816,498 15,583,423 18,617,712 14,662,950 2,657,808 69,762,936 17,748,781 9,511,684 11,152,201 33,691,209 17,716,622

Per-capita square footage 3.31 3.15 2.70 2.33 2.20 1.95 1.87 1.83 1.79 1.74 1.74 29.44

*Washington, D.C., is not ranked as it is a federal district, not a state.

Collectively, 1,662 commercial and institutional projects became LEED certified within the top 10 states in 2014, representing 251.7 million square feet of real estate. Worldwide, 4,502 projects were certified in 2014, representing 675.7 million square feet.

More than 26,600 projects representing 3.6 billion square feet of space have been LEED-certified to date, with another 42,000 projects representing 8.8 billion square feet in the pipeline for certification. USGBC launched LEED v4, the newest version of the rating system, in the fall of 2013. The latest version continues to raise the bar for the entire green building industry, which Forbes Magazine projects could be worth up to $960 billion globally by 2023. LEED v4 features increased technical rigor; new market sector adaptations for data centers, warehouses and distribution centers, hospitality, existing schools, existing retail and midrise residential projects; and a simplified submittal process supported by a robust and intuitive technology platform.

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Finger Lakes Chapter

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

Finger Lakes Chapter of INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON SYSTEMS ENGINEERING www.incose.org/flc

Upcoming Chapter Meeting Events • March 20, 2015 INCOSE Finger Lakes Chapter Meeting

• Android Course Update (pilot currently in progress) • New INCOSE Central Websites; changing to a new website system to replace the existing sites:

SITEFINITY (will be the new www.incose.org site when it goes live) INCOSE Connect will now use SharePoint 2013 and it will be structured differently to take advantage of the new SharePoint 2013 features  One Login only will be required  Three Levels of Access (per instance) depending on your role with that instance: • Owners – Administrators: Chapter & Working Group Leadership (Read/Write/Control) • Members – Contributors: Chapter & Working Group Members (Read/Write) • Visitors – Viewers: All INCOSE Members (Read-Only)  Working Group (WG) files are visible to all members now; even if you are not part of that WG  FLC Public Site Migration: Wes Hewlett to provide details (hosted on the INCOSE site)  Training for the Site-Changes will be made available  

• Call for nominations for chapter leadership: Do you enjoy working with great people, full of ideas and experience?

Consider joining the leadership team of the Finger Lakes chapter of INCOSE. We have openings on the board of directors (President-elect, Membership Director, and At-large Director) for 2015, and we will be holding a special election soon to fill these positions. If interested, please email rzinni@gmail.com to learn more about being part the FLC Leadership group; it’s a great way to gain leadership experience to enable you to grow faster professionally.

Meeting Agenda:

6:00 pm Meeting Introduction / Featured Presentation 7:15 pm (approx time) Adjourn Meeting

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, or if you want to call in on your own, at rzinni@gmail.com): Ithaca, NY Syracuse University Xerox Rome, NY SRC, No. Syracuse, NY Lockheed Martin SI Rochester Inst. of Tech.

Wesley Hewett at wahewett@gmail.com, Ithaca, NY; Dr. Young Moon at ybmoon@syr.edu, 220 Link Hall Charles Rizzolo at charles.rizzolo@xerox.com Bruce Rubin at bruceieeerubin@yahoo.com Kevin Devaney at devaney@srcinc.com, 6225 Running Ridge Road, 13212 Shirley Kupst at shirley.kupst@lmco.com, LMCO Clark Hochgraf at cghiee@rit.edu, RIT, Rochester, NY, Bld 82, Room 1150

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Independent Entrepreneurs Council "The Junction of Technology, Manufacturing & Business Development" Chairman/Moderator Ralph Kraft R. Kraft, Inc 585-621-6946 Program Director Robert Lewis AdviCoach 585-385-2087 Treasurer Richard Blazey Business Metamorphosis LLC 585-520-3935 Web Master Richard Blazey Business Metamorphosis LLC 585-520-3935 Event Planner Rick Rivers The Rivers Organization 585-586-6906 Community Outreach: Terry Rogelstad Pfeiffer Vacuum 585-330-9713 Dave Bassett Bassett IP Strategies 585-739-9726 Lee Drake OS Cubed 585-765-2444 Dennis Roote CDE Engineering & Environmental PLCC 585-330-6986

Entrepreneurs Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed Monthly Breakfast Series Date: March 17, 2015 Location: Radisson Inn, 175 Jefferson Road, Rochester, NY Time: Registration - 7:30-8:00 am Presentation: 8:00-9:00 (~9.30) am Registration Required: There is no charge for this presentation.

Reservations are required by Close of Business on Friday, March 13, 2015.

Make your reservations via The Rivers Organization at 585-586-6906 or ESTG@Riversorg.com.

Topic:

What's New in Dry Vacuum Pumps

Speaker: Terry Rogelstad Objective: Understanding the different types of dry vacuum pumps and the principles of operation. Also, discussion on recent developments of dry pump technology, with a focus on Multistate Roots Pumps.

Description: This short talk is a general introduction to the subject of dry vacuum pump technology. Then the principles by which multistage roots pumps operate will be explained. A few applications will be discussed, which will illustrate the advantages of this type of pump.

Terry has 30+ years of experience in building and maintaining vacuum systems. He is presently a Sales Engineer at Pfeiffer Vacuum.

Upcoming Talks:

Date Speaker Topic April Lee Drake Leveraging Microsoft Cloud Technologies & Online Licensing May Richard Blazey How to expand Your Consulting Services Into New Areas June Ralph Kraft Things to Consider when Contemplating a Cleanroom If you are a “technology based entrepreneur” and you feel that you have a topic of interest that you would like to present, contact Bob Lewis (585-385-2087).

Talks are the 3rd Tuesday of every month (8:00-9:30 am) Reservation Required.

Join us at our monthly luncheon meeting to see how we can help you grow your business.

Contact one of the persons listed to the left for time and place.

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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

2014-15 Officers: President Joe Dombrowski, PE, President-elect Chris Devries, PE, Treasurer Neal Illenberg, PE, Membership Chair Joe Dombrowski, PE One of the most visible contributions that MPES makes to the Rochester Community is the Engineering Symposium in Rochester – to be held this year on Wednesday, April 29, at the Radisson Riverside Hotel in downtown Rochester.

Thanks go to The Rochester Engineering Society (RES) for helping with the administration effort to put on this multifaceted event. MPES members work for many months to coordinate the day-long event which offers up to 7 PDH units for Professional Engineers (PEs) to maintain NYS licenses, and valuable educational opportunities for all involved in engineering. You can sign up at www.roceng.org or find more information at http://www.engineeringsymposiumrochester.com/.

In March, MPES will sponsor another school age event TEAMS (Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science) Competition, where high school teams cooperatively tackle engineering problems. The TEAMS program is an annual STEM competition challenging students to work collaboratively and apply their math and science knowledge in practical, creative ways to solve real everyday engineering challenges. After participating in TEAMS, students increase their knowledge of engineering, feel more confident about participating in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) activities and increase their ability to work with others to solve complex problems. The event is being held March 14 at Finger Lakes Community College Victor Campus.

MPES administers awards of approximately $17,000 in scholarships to incoming college freshmen engineering students every year. Five scholarships are sponsored by local companies in the engineering/technical fields, and the MPES proudly sponsors three scholarships from our own funds and donations. Providing scholarships to future engineers is an important part of the MPES mission and we are committed to continuing this special service.

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headed up by Bruce Wallmann PE of Erdman Anthony.

Bruce and other volunteers do all of the administration for the scholarship awards, including reviewing applications, interviewing and ranking, then follow up interviewing and ultimately making decisions for winners. The following scholarships will be awarded this year: • Paul and Claire Raynor (MPES) Scholarship: $2,000 • Vastola (MPES) Scholarship: $2,000 • Robert Ross Memorial Scholarship: $2,000 • Bergmann Associates Scholarship: $2,500 (civil, environmental, mechanical, electrical engineering) • Erdman Anthony and Associates Scholarship: $2,000 (civil, environmental, mechanical, electrical engineering) • Alstom Signaling Inc. Scholarship: $2,000 • Optimation Technology Scholarship: $2,000 (mechanical, electrical, computer engineering) • American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC): $2,000 • Edward J. Ries Memorial Scholarship; must attend Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and study electrical or computer engineering. Awarded by RIT. Do you have an interest in helping to promote and expand the awareness about what Professional Engineers accomplish and the services that we provide? Are you interested in becoming a board member for the Monroe Professional Engineers Society (MPES)? It is nearing the end of our annual cycle of activities and responsibilities and we are very interested in bringing in energized individuals to help guide our path forward as Professional Engineers. If you are interested in helping, please contact me at (585) 288-5590 or jdombrowski@meengineering.com.

Sincerely, Joe Dombrowski, P.E. President - MPES jdombrowski@meengineering.com 585-288-5590

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Association for Facilities Engineering March 2015 Meeting Notice

2014/15 BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT Josh Murray R L Stone Co. Inc. (585) 203-1222 joshm@rl-stone.com VICE PRESIDENT Matthew Knights Ultrafab Inc. (585) 924-2186 ext. 221 mknights@ultrafab.com SECRETARY Frank St. George J.T. Mauro Co. (585) 210-4491 fstgeorge@jtmauro.com TREASURER Craig Avalone CHA Companies (585) 232-5610 CAvalone@chacompanies.com ASSISTANT TREASURER Dennis Roote CDE Engineering & Environment, PLLC (585) 330-6986 dennis.roote@cde-pllc.com IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Dan Friday YMCA of Greater Rochester (585) 341-3121 danf@rochesterymca.org 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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Date/Time: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 – 5:30 p.m.

Tour of LiDestri Spirits and Innovation Center In November of 2009, LiDestri Foods, Inc. purchased the company’s fifth and largest manufacturing facility, which is located at Eastman Business Park. Through continued acquisitions, the facility now sits on over 200 acres, and has 645,000 square feet of manufacturing space, and an additional 800,000 square feet of warehouse space.

LiDestri Spirits is a state-of-the art facility designed to produce, bottle, package and warehouse alcoholic beverages, as well as vinegar, specialty oils, and other non-alcoholic liquid food products. In this licensed facility, over 50 varieties of alcoholic beverages are produced. The award winning Innovation Center provides research capabilities for customers and for the entire company.

Requirements: Please bring hard hats and safety glasses. No open toed shoes or sneakers will be allowed. LiDestri is a smoke free campus, including the parking lot. While in the building, cell phones must be turned off, and no cameras are allowed.

Directions to the LiDestri Spirits & Innovation Center: Address: 1000 Lee Road, Rochester, NY 14614 LiDestri Spirits and Innovation center is located on Lee Road between Ridgeway and Lexington, use Entrance #2, turn left as soon as you enter and follow the signs to Spirits Parking Lot.

Dinner:

Valicia’s Ristorante 2155 Long Pond Road Rochester, NY 14606

Cost: Members - $25

Non Member - $30

Please RSVP by Mrch 4th to: Craig Avalone CHA Companies

(585) 232-5610 ext. 287 CAvalone@chacompanies.com

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Rochester, NY Chapter

American Society of Plumbing Engineers www.aspe.org President: ALAN SMITH, P.E. IBC Engineering, P.C. 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., P.E. Harris Corporation Rochester, NY Newsletter Editor: DAVID MYERS LaBella Associates, PC 300 State Street Suite 201 Rochester, NY 14614 585-454-6110

President's Message The Buffalo-Niagara Chapter is hosting a Plumbing & Mechanical Trade Show on March 25th from noon till 6:00 pm. Admission is free and there will be refreshments and prizes. The Trade Show is being held at The Grapevine Banquet, 333 Dick Road, Depew.

The Certified in Plumbing Design (CPD) exam is being held on April 9th and 10th. Testing centers are available in Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse. The registration deadline is March 12th. You can register for the CPD exam on-line at www.aspe.org. The exam will be open book and candidates can bring up to six manuals or books.

Chapter officer elections are coming soon. Nominations for 2015-2017 officers can be sent to Al Smith, Adam Kramer or Jennifer Wengender by March 31st. A By-law Amendment that passed at the 2014 Convention allows any member in good standing to hold a Chapter officer position. Responsibilities for a position can be obtained by contacting me via e-mail (asmith@ibceng.com).

I apologize that we don’t have a topic identified for March. Our speaker cancelled late and we are in the process of getting a new speaker. Meeting notices will be sent via e-mail with the March meeting information.

Alan Smith, P.E. Rochester Chapter President

Meeting Notice – Save the Date Topic: TBA Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Time: 12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.

Place: Valicia’s Ristorante, 2155 Long Pond Rd., Rochester 14606 (just north of Route 31, Gates) Credit: None Cost: $20.00 (member or guest), check or cash at door.

RSVP: To Adam Kramer (585-341-3163) or akramer@ibceng.com

by March 16th.

Affiliate Liaison: ADAM FRENZEL Empire State Associates 181 Bay Village Drive Rochester, NY 14609 585-602-0271

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Future meetings: April 15th, May 20th (Chapters are not authorized to speak for the Society)

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

Three IES Courses IES Lighting Seminars provide comprehensive instruction on lighting. They are designed by the Illuminating Engineering Society.

Open to anyone interested.

These seminars are designed for individuals who work in the lighting field and need a refresher course or need to learn the essential elements of good lighting.

Daylighting Presented by Mike Piriano

Wednesday, March 18, 2015 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Light & Health

Thursday March 12, 2015

12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM

Lighting Design for Sleeping and Living Presented by: Kimberly R. Mercier, PE, P.Eng., LEED AP, CLEP, IESNA Through project example and case study, this presentation will explore “heirloom lighting qualities” and the features that lead to the successful outcomes realized by the highest achievers.

By focusing our attention on lighting that is human centered, lighting professionals can impact the future of the lighting industry.

Presented by Michael Trippe, LC, MIES

$25 [$40 with Credits]

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Payment required at the door.

Cash, check or credit card 1.5 PDH, IES CEU or AIA LU HSW credits approved

5:30 pm to 7:15 pm

Vision + Color Presented by Joe Dombrowski, PE

Thursday, March 26, 2015 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Classes held at: M/E Engineering 150 North Chestnut St., Rochester NY 14604 Each Seminar $125 [$150 after 2/27]

All Three Seminars $299 [$350 after 2/27] Includes Student Manuals

Space is Limited - Pre-registration Required Seminar Brochure and Registration Form can be found on our web site www.ies-roch.org or by contacting Chuck Eckert at ceckert1@rochester.rr.com or 585-766-0329

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March Meeting

RIT Inn & Conference Center 5257 West Henrietta Rd West Henrietta NY 14586

Luncheon Choices: Cheeseburger on Kaiser Roll with Potato Crisps Grilled Chicken Sandwich on Kaiser Roll with Potato Crisps Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken House-made Asiago Crisps and Classic Caesar Dressing [registration opens at 11:30 am] Please reserve by 3/6. Space is limited email to ceckert1@rochester.rr.com or call the IES office 585-766-0329.

Be sure to include your menu selection.

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Board Editorial by: Thomas J. Zaso, PE, M.ASCE, Rochester Section Past President

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Rochester Chapter

Society for Imaging Science and Technology Website: http://rochesterengineeringsociety.wildeapricot.org/ISandT Save the Dates: 2014-15 Meeting Schedule March 18, 2015 - "Observer functions and observer metamerism," by Yuta Asano, Ph.D. Candidate in Program of Color Science, Munsell Color Science Laboratory, Rochester Institute of Technology

May 13, 2015 - TBD Our meetings are held at 6:00 pm in Room 1275 of the Carlson Center for Imaging Science 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 15, 2015 - TBD

March IS&T Meeting - Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Observer Functions and Observer Matamerism Presented by Yuta Asano, PhD. Candidate

Abstract:

Biography:

Human color vision can be characterized by a set of

Yuta Asano is a Ph.D. candidate at Rochester Institute of Technology in the Program of Color Science (Munsell Color Science Laboratory). His current research is color management personalization for wide color gamut imaging such as laser projectors in digital cinema application through collaboration with Technicolor, France. More specifically, the goal of the project is to quantify observer metamerism by investigating color matching functions. Yuta is originally from the lighting research domain. He obtained B.Eng. in Architecture (2009) and M.Eng. in Architectural Engineering (2011), both from Kyoto University in Kyoto, Japan.

His research concentration was on architectural lighting involving human factors; he investigated relationships between physical properties of lighting and perception of humans by designing subjective experiments. His master’s thesis was about brightness perception of a scene containing color objects under supervision of Dr. Taiichiro Ishida. In 2009, he interned at Panasonic and developed LED backlighting for TV.

three sensitivity curves, also known as color matching functions (CMFs) or observer functions. CMFs differ from person to person, which we do not notice in daily life. However, it becomes a serious issue in color-critical applications such as soft-proofing and wide color gamut imaging. For such application, a match made by an observer might be a mismatch for another observer (observer metamerism).

In this talk, currently available observer functions are reviewed including a newly developed vision model for individual observers. The significance of observer metamerism in practical applications will be discussed.

Call for Nominations and Committee Assistance The Rochester Chapter Nominating Committee is continuing to seek input for candidates to run in our 2015 election. We are also looking for individuals willing to make the short term effort of being on the Committee itself. Nominations will be considered

for President, VP Programs, VP Membership, Recording Secretary and Treasurer, all of which are one year terms. Councilors will be considered for two year terms. Give thought to joining an active, local governing body that has provided dynamic monthly meetings

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on topics on the frontiers of imaging science for more than fifty years! To discuss officer requirements or to email candidate profiles, please contact James Gotta at gotta@rochester.rr.com.

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swerochester.org facebook.com/SWE-Rochester c/o Rochester Engineering Society at RMSC 657 East Ave. Rochester, NY 14607

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.

Message from the President: How often do you say “yes”?

Do you find yourself saying “no” when asked to be on a panel, join a committee, become a board member, partner with a fundraising effort, lead a team, attend a conference or guest speaker event? Just don’t “have the time”? “Already done that”? “Already heard that person”?

I recently had said “no” to speak on a panel because I thought I didn’t have the 3 hours to give and needed to prioritize. At the last minute, they had a cancellation on the engineering panel, asked me again and I said yes. What a wonderful experience! I learned so much from the other panelists, I reconnected with someone I hadn’t seen in several years and I was able to impact high school students while sharing career insights. I came back to work with a positive burst of energy and just felt good about my experience, while giving three hours of my time that “I didn’t have time for”. I learned once again, that though I struggle with balancing commitments, that when I say “yes” and “step up to the table” or “lean in” to participate, that I gain way more than I lost in time that I thought I didn’t have. We invite you to say “yes” and get active with SWE! ~ Jodi Carville

SWEet Engineer - Member Highlight: Jacqueline Tyson

Current SWE Positions: Section Member (Past Treasurer, Membership Chairperson) Other Professional Society Affiliations: Black Women’s Leadership Council; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated (Parliamentarian); National Society of Black Engineers; Rochester Black Employees Association; and The Women’s Alliance at Xerox.

Education: BS EE North Carolina A&T; MS EE Penn State University; SM Engineering and Management, MIT Employer: Xerox Title: Level 3 Hardware Support Manager (Production Mono, WF, A3 & A4 Systems) Time in Position: 3 months (17 total years in various roles at Xerox, 5 years at Eastman Kodak) Job Description: I manage a team which solves new and/or complex customer problems, provides direct remote and on-site service and support, and engages engineering for problems we cannot solve.

Why my job is SWEet: Customer Satisfaction is key to Xerox Business. Device problems lead to unhappy customers. When a hardware issue arises at a customer site that on-site service personnel cannot solve, it comes to my team for resolution. Making the customer happy is very rewarding. In addition, I enjoy being able to interact with people of many disciplines to get my job done.

Something other SWE members may not know about me: I attended the 2014 Rose Bowl with my mom (MSU vs Stanford) and the first 2 days of the 2014 US Open Tennis Tournament in Flushing, NY with my parents. I have participated in five 5K sanctioned runs.

Outreach: SWE Explorers Post and Delta Academy/Delta GEMS STEM Event

Left: On January 27th, ten high school girls participated in the SWE Explorer's Post tour of the BEST Test & Commercialization Center learning about battery design for various applications and testing under extreme environmental conditions. Right: Participants from the Delta Academy/Delta GEMS program learned about the design process and designed a new can holder product on Feb. 7th.

You are welcome to JOIN US….

Rochester Engineering Society hosts their Annual Gala/SWE table - April 11, 2015

A wonderful night of celebration to honor Engineers. Great food, entertainment, scholarship awards, casino games, and silent auction. If interested in purchasing a ticket and being part of our table, email: swe.rochester@gmail.com Donations Wanted: SWE is organizing the Silent Auction for RES Gala. Great way to promote your business! Donations of all kinds accepted: jewelry, event tickets, gift items, gift cards, autographed memorabilia, boutique items, spa, photography, art, etc. To donate, please contact: Mackenzie Zimmerman mwzimmerman54@gmail.com by March 28, 2015. Watch our website for wishlist items.

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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:

I hope everyone is staying warm and digging out from all this snow!

Our February meeting consisted of Air Flow Measurement for improved IAQ and Building Pressure Control. I want to say thank you to Mr. Jim Riendeau, vice president of Ebtron and Board of Governors member Tom Streber for putting this program together for us.

MARCH NEWSLETTER

March ASHRAE Meeting Date:

Monday, March 9, 2015

Location:

Mario's Italian Reseaurant

Time:

12:00 Noon

Cost:

$25 per person

Also in February we had our 58th annual Valentine’s Day Dinner Speaker: Mr. Kevin McGachy, Systemair Change'Air Dance held at the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, Topic: How To Use Classroom Air-Handlers With hosted by Matt and Jody McGarry of ABR Wholesalers. Matt

$12.60 to Meet RC25-Classroom Design and Jody have been hosting this event for close to 25 years.

For Intelligently Quiet Schools A special thank you goes out to them for all their hard work on this event throughout the years. It is always a wonderful Note: 1 PDH Approved event. At this event our awards Chairperson Al Rogers had the honor of presenting the Realto E. Cherne award to Mr. Jim Browe of RF Peck. This award is presented to a member who has attained distinction in their field of HVAC&R and educating others in the allied arts and sciences through teaching, research, invention, design and/or supervision of projects of unusual or important scopes.

Congratulations Jim! Coming up at our future meetings will be the following:  March is the subject of How to use Classroom Air handlers with S12.60 to meet RC25 Classroom Design for Intelligently Quiet Schools, presented by Mr. Kevin McGachy Systemair Change’Air.  April will consist of Ethical Decision Making, presented by Barry Benator, PE, CEM of Benator, Inc. Mr. Benator is an ASHRAE Distinguished Lectruer and we look forward to his program.  May is our Annual ASHRAE Golf outing and Picnic at the Ravenwood Golf Club.

Please consider joining us at these meetings as we expect great attendance and as always there are PDH opportunities available.

The nominating committee has been set and we will be nominating 2 new Board of Governors and one new officer.

The nominating committee will have the nominations this month and the elections will take place in April or May. Please check out our chapter website at www.rochester.ashraechapters.org or if facebook is your preferred method of communication take a moment to “like” us www.facebook.com/#!/ashraerochester.

Edward J. Burns Rochester ASHRAE President

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

Year 2015 Officers President John F. Gillen, LS Vice President Roy B. Garfinkel, LS Secretary Robert J. Avery, LS Treasurer Michael A. Venturo, LS

Board of Directors

March 2015

2013-2015 Michael C. Bodardus, LS Jared R. Ransom, LS 2014-2016 Clifford J. Rigerman, LS Joseph J. Hefner, LS 2015-2017 Jeffrey A. Tiede, LS Scott E. Measday, LS

Robert B. Hatch, LS, ex officio

Year 2015 Meeting Dates March 12, 2015 GVLSA Board of Directors Meeting - 6:00 pm And First Webinar Re-Broadcast - 7:00 pm Location to be determined.

GVLSA Board of Directors Meeting at at

6:00 pm

April 16, 2015 GVLSA Board of Directors Meeting & General Membership Meeting

May 21, 2015 GVLSA Board of Directors Meeting & General Membership Meeting

& First Friday Webinar Re-Broadcast at

7:00 pm March 12, 2015 Location to be determined.

More information to follow.

Professional Affiliations • • •

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

Save the dates: April 16th B.O.D. & General Membership meeting May 21st B.O.D. & General Membership meeting

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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, March 3 at Noon The next monthly Rochester Section business meeting is on Tuesday, March 3, at 12:00 pm, at the Hibachi Sushi Buffet Restaurant in South Town Plaza on Jefferson Road (Route 252) just west of West Henrietta Road (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.

2015 Joint Chapters Meeting The IEEE Joint Chapters Meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at the RIT Inn and Conference Center, 5257 West Henrietta Road. This is the premier multi-society technical meeting of the year.

See the full-page announcement in this issue (next page) for all the details on this great event.

Updated information on this and other meetings can always be found at: http://rochester.ieee.org/calendar/.

While advance registration for any of the individual talks at the Joint Chapters Meeting is not necessary, it is a great courtesy to meeting organizers to register in advance. This allows them to plan the arrangements to accommodate the anticipated attendance.

With the online IEEE vtools system, registration is fast and painless. Here are some direct links for registration.

For the Joint Chapters Meeting including the dinner and keynote address, use this link: https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/31549 For the Silicon Photonics - Rochester Photonics Chapter Meeting at 2015 Section JCM: https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/32103 For the Venture Capital Panel Discussion - 2015 Rochester TEMS Chapter Meeting at Section JCM: https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/32407 As an added note, The Technology and Engineering Management Society will have Scott Catlin, Director of UR Ventures, to present and discuss technology licensing and commercialization from the University of Rochester's many-faceted research and engineering programs during the technical sessions of the Joint Chapters Meeting.

Play Ball!!! With IEEE and the Red Wings Hold this date, Friday evening May 1, 2015, for an IEEE Rochester Section social gathering including Triple AAA Rochester Red Wings vs. Norfolk Tides at Frontier Field. Enjoy the great American pastime with colleagues and friends. The first pitch is at 7:05 pm, but come when gates open at 6:00 pm.

We will be having picnic grille food at The 10th Inning Bar, right there at Frontier Field.

Cost is $8 per person for IEEE members (only $5 for IEEE student members). Contact thomas.pian@outlook.com for further information.

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Dinner Reservations Required (No charge for attending technical presentations): Register on-line at https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/32103 (pay-pal accepted) Dinner: $30.00 (IEEE member), $40.00 (Non-member). ieee news

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Announcing the

2015 Engineering Symposium in Rochester www.engineeringsymposiumrochester.com

Earn up to 7 PDHs Sponsored by

Rochester's Technical and Engineering Societies and RIT

WEDNESDAY, April 29, 2015 Courses available in:

Civil, Electrical, Lighting, Mechanical, HVAC, and Plumbing.

Radisson Hotel Rochester Riverside 120 East Main Street, Rochester

Time: 7:30 am to 6:30 pm $130 Advance Registration $20 Student Registration $160 AFTER March 31, 2014 and at the Door

Registration IS online at www.roceng.org See next page for topics and speakers to-date (at print deadline).

The Monroe Chapter of NYSSPE, in accordance with ADA compliance, will make every attempt to provide reasonable accommodations for those requiring additional services to participate in our educational programs. If you should require such services, please contact Lynne Irwin at the Rochester Engineering Society (res@frontiernet.net or 585-254-2350) to request support by April 1, 2015.

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Affiliated Societies of the Rochester Engineering Society American Consulting Engineering Companies of New York President, David J. Meyer, 585-218-0730 Email: dmeyer@pathfinderengineers.com

Association For Facilities Engineering, Rochester Chapter President, Dan Friday, 585-341-3225 Email: danf@rochesterymca.org

American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Rochester Section Chairman, Vincenzo G. Marcello, 585-422-0043.

Email:Vincenzo.Marcello@SDMS.usa.xerox.com

Electrical Association Executive Director, Kirstie Steves 585-538-6350, fax 538-6166, Email: kirstie@eawny.com President, Joe Lengen, Horizon Solutions

American Public Works Association Monroe County/Genesee Valley Branch Past-Chairman, Geoff Benway Email: benway@penfield.org American Society of Civil Engineers, Rochester Section President, Thomas Zaso, PE Email: TZaso@rocgeotechnical.com American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Rochester Chapter President, Edward J. Burns Email: ejb@mechtechhvac.com American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Rochester Section Chairman, Joseph Lawson Email: joseph.lindley.lawson@gmail.com American Society of Plumbing Engineers, Rochester New York Chapter President, Alan Smith, IBC Engineering 585-292-1590. Email: asmith@ibceng.com Association for Bridge Construction and Design President, Daniel D. Duprey, Jr., PE 800-274-9000 ext. 1033 Email: DDuprey@ClarkPatterson.com Association of Energy Engineers Western New York Chapter President, William Murray, 585 641-7121 Email: bmurray@ec4b.com

Monroe Professional Engineers Society President, Joseph Dombrowski, PE Email: JDombrowski@meengineering.com

Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association President, John F. Gillen, LS Ex-Officio, Robert Hatch, 585-349-3750.

Email: bhatch@schultzpc.com Illuminating Engineering Society of North America Inc., Rochester Section Executive Director, Chuck Eckert, 585-766-0329, Email: ceckert1@rochester.rr.com President, Chris Langton Email: clangton@labellapc.com Imaging Science & Technology, Rochester Chapter President, David Odgers Email: odgers@frontiernet.net

New York State Association of Transportation Engineers, Section 4 President, Howard R. Ressel, 585-272-3372.

Email: Howard.Ressel@dot.ny.gov New York Water Environment Association Inc., Genesee Valley Chapter (www.gvcnywea.org) President, Bill Davis, 585-381-9250 Email: william.davis@mrbgroup.com Professional Services Management Association, Upstate New York Chapter President, Margaret Rathmell, SWBR Email: mrathmell@swbr.com Project Management Institute, Rochester Chapter Preesident, Brian Gregory, PMP Email: president@pmirochester.org Refrigeration Service Engineers Society Executive Director, Kirstie Steves 585-313-8972, fax 538-6166, Email: kirstie@rses-rochester.org President, Jim Allen, email: jta141@yahoo.com

Independent Entrepreneurs Council, Rochester NY Chapter Chairman, Ralph Kraft, 585-621-6946 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Rochester Section Chairman, Greg T. Gdowski, 585-275-2580 Email: Greg_Gdowski@urmc.rochester.edu Institute of Industrial Engineers, Rochester Chapter President, John Kaemmerlen, 585-475-2767 Email: jxkpdm@rit.edu International Council on Systems Engineering, Finger Lakes Chapter President, Jack Riley Email: jackri2139@hotmail.com

Sheet Metal & Air-Conditioning Contractor’s National Association-Rochester, Inc. Executive Director, Aaron Hilger 585-586-8030. Email: mzin@smacnaroc.org Societ of Manufacturing Engineers, Chapter 16 Chairman, Christopher r. Vastola, 585-367-2904 Email: SMERoch16@aol.com Society of Plastics Engineers, Rochester Section President, Brett Blaisdell, Bausch & Lomb, 1400 North Gooaman Street, Rochester, NY 14609 585-338-5417, Email: brett.blaisdell@bausch.com Society of Women Engineers President, Jodi Carville, RIT, 585-475-7028 Email: jlceee@rit.edu

Corporate Members of the Rochester Engineering Society LaBella Associates (Enterprise)

(Enterprise)

Stantec Inc. (Champion)

M/E Engineering, P.C. (Champion)

BME Associates

TY-LIN International (Champion)

MRB Group (Champion)

University of Rochester

Clark Patterson Lee Corporation (Champion)

Optimation Technology, Inc.

Vanguard Engineering, PC

Clough, Harbour & Associates LLP

Passero Associates

EnergyMark, LLC

Popli Design Group

Erdman Anthony Associates

Rochester Business Alliance

IBC Engineering, PC (Champion)

Rochester Institute of Technology, Kate Gleason College of Engineering

Bergmann Associates P.C.

(Enterprise)

affiliated societies & corporate members of the rochester engineering society

Visron Design, Inc. V.J. Stanley Inc.

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