Rochester Engineering Society Magazine October 2015 by Rochester Engineering Society

www.roceng.org

OCTOBER 2015

Self-Centering Structures for Infrastructure Resiliency

| 8

Steel strands through the structure connect segments together and provide self-centering. Cancan Yang and Dr. Pinar Okumus, UB

Also in this Issue:

Creating Resilient Communities in the Face of Manmade and Natural Disasters | 48

Self-Centering Structures for Infrastructure Resiliency

The Rochester Engineer Published since 1922 by

ROCHESTER ENGINEERING SOCIETY, INC.

Founded March 18, 1897

Volume 94, Number 4, OCTOBER 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: admin@roceng.org

The web site for the Engineers’ Center is at: www.roceng.org. The deadline is the 10th day of the month prior to the issue. Unless otherwise stated, opinions expressed in this publication are those of contributors, not of the Rochester Engineering Society, Inc. Advertising information may be obtained by contacting the office of the Rochester Engineering Society or going to the website at www.roceng.org. Published every month but July. Yearly subscription is $20.00, single copies are $2.00. Go to www.roceng.org to join the Rochester Engineering Society. Click on the individual membership and you can submit your application on-line. Board of Directors:

OFFICERS: President ADAM CUMMINGS, PE Barton & Loguidice, PC / ACummings@bartonandloguidice.com First Vice President JON KRIEGEL Retired / jkriegel@rochester.rr.com Second Vice President MICHAEL V. TRIASSI Optimation Technology, Inc. / mike.triassi@gmail.com Acting Treasurer MICHAEL V. TRIASSI Optimation Technology, Inc. / mike.triassi@gmail.com Past President MARY STEBLEIN, PE LaBella Associates / mary.steblein@swe.org DIRECTORS: CORNELIUS (NEAL) ILLENBERG PE Retired / nillenberg@aol.com LEE LOOMIS Retired / leeloomis46@gmail.com SCOTT GRASMAN, PhD Rochester Institute of Technology / Email: scott.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 JOSEPH DOMBROWSKI, PE M/E Engineering / jdombrowski@meengineering.com DIRECTOR to TBD Administrative Director LYNNE M. IRWIN Rochester Engineering Society / e-mail: admin@roceng.org

Creating Resilient Communities in the Face of Manmade and Natural Disasters (feature) Page 48

(cover) Page 8

contents

4 • RES Scholarship Application Information 5 • RES Call for Nominations: 2015 Engineer of the Year, Young Engineer of the Year, and Engineers of Distinction 5 • Dr. Walter Cooper Acadamy Graduates its First Sixth Grade Class. More Tutors Needed for the 2015-16 School Year 8 • Self-Centering Structures for Infrastructure Resiliency (cover) 10 • The Limited Monopoly - The International Trade and Communications Another Venue for Patent Enforcement

12 • Get to the Point! - Conflict and Communication 13-15 • Position Openings 16, 25 • Professional Firms - Employee News 18 • Continuing Education Opportunities 18-21 • Engineers’ Calendar 22-24 • News From Professional Firms 25-27, 30-32 • Campus News 48 • Creating Resilient Communities in the Face of Manmade and Natural Disasters (feature) 50 • RES Individual Membership Application 51 • Rochester Engineer Advertising Rates 51-54 • 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...............40-41 • AFE Association for Facilities Engineering...........................................36 • APWA American Public Works Association...........................................37 • ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers............................................34 • ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers....................................................43 • ASPE American Society of Plumbing Engineers....................................38 • EA Electrical Association.......................................................................35 • GVLSA Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association.............................45

2 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

• IEC Independent Entrepreneurs Council...........................................33 • IES Illuminating Engineering Society....................................................39 • IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.................28-29 • INCOSE International Council of Systems Engineering...........................44 • IS&T Imaging Science and Technology...................................................46 • MPES Monroe Professional Engineers Society......................................47 • RES Rochester Engineering Society............................................. 3-7, 13 • SWE Society of Women Engineers........................................................42

index

President’s Message Adam Cummings, PE RES President 2015 - 16 In Upstate New York, especially in the Rochester and Finger Lakes Region, we are blessed to have four seasons and beautiful natural landscapes. Much of this is thanks to the glaciers that roared through this area thousands of years ago. They also left us with an undulating terrain that poses some challenges for our transportation network. We need lots of bridges to pass over the multitude of natural waterways, river valleys, railroads, and roadways in our area to get from point A to point B in a more efficient manner. Bridges are slowly reaching their expiration ages. Thanks to the sound engineering principles and construction techniques, many are exceeding their expected lifespans. As the ASCE Infrastructure Report Card showed us, we are experiencing a time when our infrastructure is failing, or will soon fail us. As you can see in the chart above, many of our bridges here in Rochester were built in the 1960s and 1970s thanks to the Federal Aid - Highway Act adopted in 1953 by President Eisenhower. These structures need our attention both physically and financially. Personally, I would like to convey my sincere thanks to the many bridge professionals (designers, constructors, inspectors, regulators, material manufacturers) that have created these marvelous structures that allow us to safely travel “across the river." So please be sure to pay special attention to the BATS in our area. I am not speaking of the threatened and endangered species that have been impacting my own projects, but rather of the Beams, Arches, Trusses, and Suspensions that our bridge builders use to make our lives easier and safer. RES is honored to once again provide conference management services for our affiliate, the Association of Bridge Construction and Design – Western New York Chapter (ABCD). This year’s event will take place on November 13, 2015 at the Millenium Hotel in Buffalo. For more details of this event, please go to http://abcdwny.org/ or register for the event through the RES website at: http://roceng.org/event-2007944?CalendarViewType=1&SelectedDate=11/14/2015. Last year, over 220 attendees saw presentations from bridge engineers and professionals involved with a wide range of bridges, including recent bridge projects right here in Western New York, and bridges from across the country - including Delaware, Florida and California. Topics included emergency repairs on high volume bridges, construction engineering, prestressed concrete beam research, accelerated bridge construction and a border crossing. Additionally, students from Cornell University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Syracuse University and the University at Buffalo presented their work on the National Student Steel Bridge Competition. We invite all of you to take a moment out of your busy schedules to attend this highly informative event. res news - president’s message

OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 3

RES News RES SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION INFORMATION

The Rochester Engineering Society (RES) is an umbrella organization for engineering societies in the Rochester area. The goals of the society are: to advance the art and science of engineering for the general public welfare in Monroe County and the adjoining counties; to foster in practicing and prospective engineers excellence as professionals, as citizens, and as individuals; and, to promote communication and cooperation among all branches of engineering. Multiple scholarships, sponsored by a variety of organizations and administered through the RES, are awarded annually at a minimum of $1,000 each to recognize outstanding engineering, engineering technology, science or technology students. These are merit-based scholarships. Scholarships from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) require applicants be student members of their respective organization. Eligibility: Applicants must meet the following qualifications: 1. Be an undergraduate student in good standing who has completed two years and/or achieved Junior standing in an ABET-accreditd engineering, engineering technology, science or technology program. 2. Have an overall grade point average of 3.0 out of 4.0 (or equivalent) or better. 3. Plan to continue engineering, engineering technology, science or technology studies in an undergraduate ABET accredited program in September following presentation of the award. 4. Be a resident of Monroe, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans, Wayne, or Wyoming Counties of New York or enrolled in an ABET-accredited engineering, engineering technology, science or technology curriculum in a college in those counties. The Rochester Chapter of IEEE allows applicants from Corning and Alfred sub-chapters. 5. Not be a previous recipient of this scholarship. Application: Applicants must submit the six required items listed below, postmarked no later than Friday, January 15, 2016. All items must be submitted in one package or envelope. The applicant is responsible for ensuring that all the necessary data are submitted by the deadline in one package and will be immediately disqualified from judging, with no further follow-up, if these instructions are not followed. The applicant should notify those persons supplying reference letters that timely response is critical. Reference letters may be submitted in individually sealed envelopes within the application package. Deliver or mail all items by Friday, January 15, 2016 to: The Rochester Engineering Society, 657 East Avenue, Rochester, New York 14607.

Required Data and Instructions

1. Certificate of Interview from a member of the Scholarship Committee - Request an appointment for interview by sending an email to the Scholarship Chairperson, Barry Quinn, at barryquinn@aol.com. In your email, include your full name, phone number, and the day(s) and time(s) you are available for an interview. Attach your resume to the email. Contact Barry Quinn at 585-737-1117 if you have not received a reply within three days. The interviewer will provide a certificate that the interview was conducted after October 1, 2015 and before January 8, 2016 (interview deadline). 2. Transcript - Official copy of applicant’s current transcript showing grades for the entire enrollment in current school and if a transfer student, courses taken and accepted from his/her prior college or university. 3. Resume - The same resume the applicant would use if applicant were applying for employment. Be sure to include the following information: name, permanent address, school address, college, degree and program, anticipated date of graduation, and any professional society memberships. 4. Applicant’s Letter - A letter written by the applicant addressed to the Chairman of the Scholarship Award Committee of the 4 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

Rochester Engineering Society. This letter shall not be more than one typewritten page in length and should discuss the applicant’s position with respect to the following: a. Why the applicant is studying engineering and chose his/her particular field. b. Why the applicant is applying for the scholarship. c. The applicant’s involvement in professional society activities, the leadership positions held and describe active involvement in other extra-curricular activities. d. Statement that the scholarship will be used in engineering, engineering technology, science or technology studies in an undergraduate ABET-accredited program in September, 2015 should an award be presented. 5. Reference Letter #1 - Letter from the applicant’s faculty advisor in his/her current school. This letter should indicate the applicant’s standing in the class relative to other students, his/her course load and involvement. 6. Reference Letter #2 - Letter from a current or former employer who is not a relative, OR, a professor of engineering, science or technology in whose class the applicant has been or is presently enrolled. res news - scholarship

RES News

Call for Nominations 2015 Engineer of the Year 2015 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year and

2015 Engineers of Distinction A couple of years ago the RES Board of Directors introduced a streamlined nomination form. A simple initial form allows an individual or organization to nominate a candidate. The RES committee will then contact the nominator if the candidate progresses to the next phase. At that point, a final form will be used to gather essential details from the nominator and candidate which will be used to determine our finalists. The RES will select and recognize the finalists for the Engineer of the Year, Young Engineer of the Year, and Engineers of Distinction Awards in a variety of public venues and media during the weeks before the Gala. The Award recipients will be introduced on Saturday April 16, 2016 during the Gala at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center. Visit our website at www.roceng.org and click on Call For Nominations, or call 585-254-2350 (admin@roceng.org) to request a nomination form.

The following information is described:

Eligibility for Nomination Awards Criteria Deadline for Preliminary Nominations - Monday, December 14, 2015 Deadline for Final Nominations - Friday, January 8, 2016 res news - call for nominations

OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 5

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. 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. Soon, war would again affect the Society, taking away many of its leaders while 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. 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 6, 1961 (Board of Directors Meeting, Hotel Sheraton)

The Board approved, in principle, a proposal from the Engineers Committee on Professional Development, chaired by Keith W. Amish, for a “First Five Years” plan for new engineers. This plan encourages an integration of effort by local engineering societies, libraries, colleges and universities, and civic agencies toward developing and assembling a booklet containing civic information, schedules of professional activities, educational opportunities, cultural and recreational activities, and, religious and charitable organizations. This booklet would be made available to new engineers toward helping them begin their careers, enter the professional, social and cultural communities, and establish themselves as members of the greater Rochester community.

June 8, 1961 (Annual Meeting, Hotel Sheraton – Attendance – 66)

Following the appointment of tellers for the election, and the collection of ballots, the membership heard a slide presentation and talk by John R. and Dr. Babette Coleman on their three attempts to tour, “Alaska & the Arctic Circle” by canoe. Following this, the new officers of the Rochester Engineering Society were introduced: President – Frederic C. Young (Young Associates), 1st VP – James A. McConnell (RG&E), 2nd VP – Lynn Holmes (General Dynamics), Treasurer – Howard A. Brown (RG&E), Directors – Meriweather L. Baxter (Gleason Works) and Harvey Klumb (RG&E, retired).

June 30, 1961 (Board of Directors Meeting(s), Hotel Sheraton)

Outgoing RES President, Charles F. Starr thanked the Board for their support during his year as President, turning the gavel over to incoming RES President, Frederic C. Young. The new RES Board convened its first meeting, approving the transfer of the traditional responsibilities and authorities to the new officers. The names of six eligible RES Directors were read, from which Harvey J. Klumb was 6 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

A Sampling from the Archives of the Rochester Engineering Society...1897 - 1961 by Lee M. Loomis

unanimously elected as the newest member of the RES Executive Committee. The announcement was made of an upcoming hearing on air pollution at the Chamber of Commerce. Alexander M. Beebee Jr. expressed concern for several provisions in this proposed legislation and urged that the RES send representation. RES President Frederic C. Young appointed Past Directors C. Storrs Barrows and Charles F. Starr as RES representatives to this hearing, and asked them to report back to the Board.

“The Rochester Engineer” (June 1961)

The University of Rochester announced the consolidation of the Institute of Optics with the College of Engineering, effective September 1, 1961. This established the Institute as the fourth Department in the College of Engineering, facilitated the application of optical principles to engineering, especially in the rapidly advancing US space program, and further ensured the development of new well-prepared optical engineers and scientists. Most members of the Institute’s faculty would join the Department of Engineering’s faculty, others would move to the Department of Physics and Astronomy. The U of R also announced receipt of authorization to grant the PhD in Mechanical Engineering, effective in the Fall of 1961, complementing its current authority to grant doctorate degrees in Chemical and Electrical Engineering, establishing this authority for all three programs of the U of R College of Engineering.

“The Rochester Engineer” (August 1961)

Editor’s note: As the 4th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s 10/04/57 launch of Sputnik approached, a delegation from the US Engineers’ Joint Council toured the USSR, especially its engineering schools. The resultant 112 page report, by the EJC, provided numerous statistics, including the ratio of annual engineering graduates (US – 38,000, USSR – 117,000), the “serious determination and zeal” with which Soviet people approach technical education, the “high degree of specialization required of engineers and technicians,” the “enthusiasm with which technically employed persons in the USSR approach evening and correspondence study” and the “Soviet Agreement on Cooperation” that mandated that professors work with enterprises, at “no additional pay.” Further editor's note: For those of us who were students in American high schools at that time, it’s no small wonder that we were being “steered” into career choices in the fields of engineering, science and technology, rather than poetry, art and music. In the characteristic male chauvinism of the time, girls were encouraged to plan careers as nurses and teachers, and boys as scientists and engineers. 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. res news - history

RES News Dr. Walter Cooper Academy Graduates its First Sixth Grade Class, More Tutors Needed for the 2015-16 School Year Summer School at Dr. Walter Cooper Academy…a Big Success! Thanks to the generosity of a childhood

friend of Dr. Cooper’s, a first-ever summer school program saw an enrollment of over 150 Pre-K through grade six students and 30 parents. The “Dr. Everett Williams Summer Literacy & Science Academy,” a five-week program, ran from July 6th through August 7th, helping students continue to develop their Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) skills, preventing any “Summer-Loss” in their academic progress. Helping with the Summer School Pinewood Derby was RES 1st VP, Jon Kreigel. How much do you remember about how, and where, to weight a race car?

It’s time, now, to get our Tutoring Team established for the 2015-16 school year. We have many of our 20+

RES Tutors returning, but the need is great, and we still need more. We are currently scheduling “Lunch & Learn” presentations in several Rochester area firms, to inform and inspire prospective new tutors. We need your support..can we schedule one with your firm, work group, church or family?

RES 1st VP, Jon Kriegel, helps Dr. Walter Cooper Academy third-grade teacher, Maurine Young and students, with the "Summer School 2015 Pinewood Derby"

The RES Tutoring Team at Dr. Walter Cooper Academy currently includes full-time, employed Professional Engineers, recently-graduated engineers, retired engineers, retired school teachers, U of R and RIT undergraduate and graduate students, local business leaders and employees using their “flex-time” to spend a few hours a week as tutors. Watch for an announcement soon, about the "Bergmann Associates, PC, RES Tutoring Team."

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. 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 Avenue (in the 19th Ward, one block North of Genesee Park Blvd., between Post Avenue and Virginia Avenue).

Questions??? Reach out to RES Past President Lee Loomis and the RES Tutoring Team at… Rochester Engineering Society, (585) 254-2350 via website: www.roceng.org or via email: leeloomis46@gmail.com (585) 738-3079 (mobile & text)

res news - tutoring

OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 7

Self-centering Structures for Infrastructure Resiliency by Dr. Pinar Okumus, Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo Traditionally, structural engineers rely on the inelastic response or deformation of structural materials to dissipate large amounts of energy released during extreme events. A certain level of structural damage is tolerated in exchange of the safety of the occupants of a building, or users of a bridge during high intensity, but low occurrence events. This approach has become common because designing stronger structures that can remain undamaged during extreme events would lead to unreasonable material and construction costs. For many structures that will not experience one of these events during their lifetime due to the very low probability of occurrence of high intensity events (for example, once every 1000 years), this cost is hard to justify. While the traditional method worked well in the past in preventing collapse, it also damages structures beyond repair, leading to long down-times for structures and large economic losses after major events. Construction time required to replace structures or perform major repairs may not be affordable for structures connecting lifelines. A new approach in structural engineering is to design systems to minimize residual displacements without a significant increase in structures’ stiffness or cost. Self-centering or re-centering structures engage structures’ own weight or additional engineered spring-like elements to bring the structure back to its original position after cyclic lateral displacements created by earthquakes. Traditionally, seismic or lateral load carrying structural elements of Bridge column under lateral load applied by the a building or a bridge (columns, bracings and shear walls) have robust connections to the actuator of SEESL. foundation. In some self-centering structures, these elements are intentionally separated Cancan Yang and Dr. Pinar Okumus, UB from the foundation. They are, instead, connected to the foundation with un-bonded steel post-tensioning strands or with similar connectors that allow joint opening. Un-bonded post-tensioning strands are not attached to columns or walls except at the ends of the members allowing them to move. During an extreme event, columns and shear walls are expected to rock on the foundation and come to plumb, minimizing residual displacements and leaving structures operational. Joint opening provides a nonlinear response to the system through large but recoverable lateral deformations, while the materials remain elastic.

E s t r w c t o s

A c f t a c c c c f

A s r s i s

Some structures have multiple joints over which rocking of the components takes place. Segmental concrete columns or segmental concrete shear walls are such structures. Self-centering design approach is particularly beneficial for precast concrete structures, for which structural elements are built in segments for constructability purposes. Precast concrete segmental joint locations often coincide with the locations of expected plastic or permanent deformations in equivalent monolithic structures. Eliminating the need for a rigid connection for self-centering precast concrete structures significantly facilitates construction. Although placing a higher number of joints in a structure tends to increase peak lateral deformations during an earthquake, deformations are reversible leaving the structure operational after major events.

Damage (or no damage) to ultra-high performance concrete after a major simulated earthquake. Cancan Yang and Dr. Pinar Okumus, UB

Joint rocking as described above is very effective at re-centering the structure but was shown to have limited energy dissipating capabilities. The energy dissipated through joint rocking is due to friction or the minimal damage to the rocking end of the column or wall, and is small. Self-centering structures, therefore, are typically accompanied by additional energy dissipating elements to limit lateral displacement demands during extreme events. Some of these energy dissipating systems sacrifice replaceable components of a structure at an extreme event to protect the main structure. The design strategically draws forces to these replaceable components and causes substantial damage or yielding at target locations. These replaceable components are called fuses as the intentional failure of them potentially saves the structure. Steel is a material with high energy dissipating capabilities and is typically a material of choice for fuses. It is common to see steel plate connectors that connect precast concrete modules, or steel structural elements in selfcentering structures. These steel elements are replaced once they serve their purpose by yielding and dissipating energy during a high intensity hazard.

Other energy dissipating designs utilize friction dampers or viscous dampers with selfcentering structures. Friction dampers are devices with multiple parts that slide against each other when structure displaces to dissipate energy. Viscous dampers work very similar to shock absorbers in a vehicle, but deal with much higher displacements and forces in civil engineering structures. In a viscous damper, a viscous fluid is forced through small orifices creating friction between the fluid and the orifice to dissipate energy. Although dampers have a higher initial cost than fuses, they do not accumulate damage during extreme events, thereby eliminating the need for replacements and potentially lowering life-cycle costs. Recent work at University at Buffalo included testing a self-centering, energy dissipating system for concrete bridge structures at the Structural 8 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

cover article

S h u r e D s

Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory (SEESL). Bridge column specimens mimicked a design where the structure is prefabricated off-site in segments to be assembled at the construction site. This method accelerates bridge construction, reduces road closures and improves production quality by pouring concrete in well controlled environments. Vertical steel post-tensioning strands serve both as connections between segments, and as springs to re-center the bridge pier. Posttensioning is performed by stretching steel strands to a certain elongation from the top of the pier using hydraulic jacks. This specific system had segments that are allowed to slide against adjacent pier segments to dissipate energy through friction. A majority of lateral loads, including seismic loads, on a bridge is resisted by bridge columns. Traditionally, significant damage to the bottom of the column right above the foundation level is expected and desired in design for large earthquakes. To mitigate this damage in this research project, the bottom column segment was replaced with a new generation of cementitious composite material that has significantly higher White steel wall acts like a fuse under load applied compression capacity, crack resistance, and durability, called ultra-high performance by actuators, by Dr. Dan Dowden and Dr. Michel concrete. In addition to the high cementitious material content and low waterBruneau, UB cement ratio, the mix also has steel fibers. As a comparison, compressive strength of conventional concrete is around 5,000 pounds per inch square, while the same value for ultra-high performance concrete can be higher than 20,000 pounds per inch square. As it is the case for every engineering problem, higher quality materials come at a cost. In this project, higher cost-higher quality material was selectively used only in damage-prone regions of the column. To further off-set the higher material cost and to accelerate construction, feasibility of removing all conventional steel reinforcement from the column segment with ultra-high performance concrete was also investigated. Bridge column specimens with varying materials were pushed laterally to displacements representing earthquakes with probabilities of exceedance of 2% and 10% in 50 years, using an hydraulic actuator that can apply loads as high as 220,000 pounds and as fast as 42 inches per second. Results of cyclic testing showed that all bridge pier specimens built using post-tensioned self-centering segments can survive potential earthquakes with minor damage. The specimens with ultra-high performance concrete specimens performed the best, even without any conventional reinforcing bars. In addition to graduate students at UB who lead this work, numerous UB undergraduate students got involved, particularly in the experimental phase of this work exposing them to research early in their careers. National transportation agencies in addition to local organizations such as the Association for Bridge Construction and Design of Western New York support the work at UB in developing self-centering, rapidly constructed, earthquake resilient bridge structures. Since 2009, New York State Department of Transportation led efforts to implement ultra-high performance concrete into over 25 bridge projects. Work at UB summarized here enhances our understanding of the suitability of this innovative material for bridges in New York State for seismic and non-seismic applications for durable, long-lasting bridges with little or no down-time after natural hazards.

Dampers, by Dr. Michael Constantinou, UB

The field of civil engineering has understandably stood on the conservative side in implementing new systems. Adoption of technologies takes time, requires extensive testing, and development of -preferably- standard design methodologies. UB’s Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering has played a crucial role in developing and testing new technologies. SEELS is equipped with shake tables that can simulate past earthquakes with available records, and large actuators that can apply sizeable and controlled loads representing various environmental loads to large scale laboratory specimens.

Self-centering structures with various mechanisms to soften structural response have been implemented as demonstration bridge projects in high hazard areas of the United States and the developed world. In conjunction with the advancements in material science, there is a great potential to utilize other innovative materials to create structures that are resilient to earthquake and other hazards. Some of these materials include corrosion resistant composites, highly flexible shape memory alloys, or flexible concrete. Producing these expensive materials in bulk sizes used in civil engineering structures, or creating systems with the most efficient use of innovative materials are challenges currently tackled by researchers. Developing design methods for target performance levels for given hazards will be the next important step before wide implementation of these systems.

cover article

Bio: Dr. Pinar Okumus is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering and at the Institute of Bridge Engineering at University at Buffalo. The focal goal of her work is to ease our aging infrastructure’s burden on the economy, traveling public and the environment by understanding the nonlinear behavior of prestressed concrete structures, creating hazard-resilient concrete bridge structures with innovative materials, and developing accelerated bridge construction methods. She uses in-situ and laboratory testing, and nonlinear finite element modeling to develop analysis and design methods for durable, innovative, sustainable and rapidly constructed highway bridge structures. This article focuses on a portion of her work and describes the recent trends and work at University at Buffalo (UB) on resilient structures using self-centering structures against hazards. OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 9

The Limited Monopoly® The International Trade Commission - Another Venue for Patent Enforcement by John Hammond, PE and Robert Gunderman, PE Patent Enforcement via Litigation in Court

In the United States, a patent owner’s protection from patent infringement is codified in 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), which states, “Whoever without authority makes, uses, offers to sell, or sells any patented invention, within the United States, or imports into the United States any patented invention during the term of the patent therefore, infringes the patent.” It is well known, however, that the United States Patent and Trademark Office as grantor of a patent is not responsible for enforcing a patent and pursuing potential infringers. The responsibility to enforce the “right to exclude” that is provided by the patent falls upon the Assignee, i.e. the owner of the patent. Infringement is a civil matter, and is thus adjudicated in a court of law. The patent owner (possibly an individual, but more typically a corporate owner) begins the litigation process by filing a Complaint in a United States District Court in either “the judicial district where the defendant resides, or where the defendant has committed acts of infringement and has a regular and established place of business.”1 The Complaint sets forth details on the alleged infringing party (the defendant), infringed patent(s), infringing actions by the defendant, and other statements regarding venue and relief sought from the Court. From that point forward, absent any out-of-court settlement by the parties, litigation may proceed through a number of phases, including the filing of an Answer by the defendant, discovery, claim construction, trial, and awarding of damages (if any) to the prevailing party. Patent infringement litigation is highly complex and expensive, and of course requires the advice of one or more attorneys with a combination of expertise in patent law and litigation.

The USITC – An Alternative Enforcement Option

In circumstances in which the infringing activity is the importing of a patent-protected product into the United States, a patent owner has another enforcement option to consider: the filing of a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission. The USITC was originally established as the U.S. Tariff Commission in 1916, and was given its present name and most of its current functions under the Trade Act of 1974. The Commission consists of six Commissioners, nominated by the 10 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

“When a knock-off of your patent-protected product is being imported by an infringing party, the USITC provides another option for enforcement of your patent.” President and confirmed by the Senate, for service of a term of nine years. The Commission has significant powers related to trade matters, including the power to investigate and enforce intellectual property rights conferred by copyrights, trademarks, and patents. A key statute under which the USITC operates is 19 U.S.C. § 13372, “Unfair practices in import trade.” Among the “Unlawful activities”3 defined in the “337” statute are the following: “The importation into the United States, the sale for importation, or the sale within the United States after importation by the owner, importer, or consignee, of articles that – (i) infringe a valid and enforceable United States patent or a valid and enforceable United States copyright registered under title 17; or (ii) are made, produced, processed, or mined under, or by means of, a process covered by the claims of a valid and enforceable United States patent.” It should be noted that this definition of unlawful activities is subject to certain constraints. The definition applies4 “only if an industry in the United States, relating to the articles protected by the patent, copyright, trademark, mask work, or design concerned, exists or is in the process of being established.” Additionally5, “… an industry in the United States shall be considered to exist if there is in the United States, with respect to the articles protected by the patent, copyright, trademark, mask work, or design concerned – (A) significant investment in plant and equipment; (B) significant employment of labor or capital; or (C) substantial investment in its exploitation, including engineering, research and development, or licensing.”

The Section 337 Investigation Process6

A USITC Section 337 Investigation is initiated by the USITC after the filing of a Complaint that is in compliance with the Commission’s rules.7 (In a patent infringement case, the Complainant would typically be the patent owner.) Upon institution of an investigation, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) is appointed to preside over the proceedings and to render The Limited Monopoly

an initial decision regarding whether a violation of Section 337 has occurred.

Corporation. The outcome of this case remains to be determined, but this is clearly a “David v. Goliath” scenario.

An investigative attorney from the Commission's Office of Unfair Import Investigations (“OUII”) is also assigned to the case as a full party to the investigation. The attorney functions as an independent litigant representing the public interest in the investigation. In the notice announcing initiation of an investigation (published online and in the Federal Register), the Commission identifies the entities that may participate in the investigation as parties, including the complainant(s) that alleges a violation of Section 337, the respondent(s) that is alleged to have violated Section 337, and the OUII staff attorney.

If you have a patent-protected product or process, and you have begun manufacturing it, or are well along in product and/or process development for the purpose of doing so, a USITC enforcement action is another option worth considering if your patent is being infringed by a third party who is importing a knock-off of your product into the United States. The Commission provides basic 337 Investigation information on its STOPfakes.gov, and Intellectual Property Infringement web pages10,11, including numerous links to pages covering specific topics. Section 337 Investigation statistics are available on the “Section 337 Facts and Trends” page12, and its “Frequently Asked Questions” document6 is especially informative.

Section 337 investigations are conducted in accordance with procedural rules similar to those of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The procedural rules set forth provide key instructions and details regarding such matters as the taking of discovery and the handling of motions. The presiding Administrative Law Judge conducts a formal evidentiary hearing on the merits of a Section 337 case. Accordingly, in participating in the hearing, the parties have the right of adequate notice, cross-examination, presentation of evidence, objection, motion, argument, and other rights in conformity with the adjudicative provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.8 Following the evidentiary hearing, the presiding ALJ issues an Initial Determination (ID) that is certified to the Commission along with the evidentiary record. The Commission may review and adopt, modify, or reverse the ID, or it may decide not to review the ID. In the latter instance, the ID becomes the final determination of the Commission. If the Determination is that Section 337 has been violated, the Commission may issue an exclusion order barring the products at issue from entry into the United States, as well as a “cease and desist” order directing the violating parties to cease certain actions. The Commission’s exclusion orders are enforced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Commission orders become effective within 60 days of issuance unless disapproved by the President for policy reasons. Appeals of Commission orders may be made in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Exercising Your Option

Large companies often use USITC investigations as one of the weapons in their patent enforcement arsenals. For example, battles in the smartphone patent war between Samsung and Apple have been fought in the USITC as well as in federal court. (In fact, in August of 2013, Samsung prevailed over Apple in a Section 337 complaint, but the Commission’s Determination was overruled by the U.S. Trade Representative acting on behalf of the President.) However, Section 337 investigations are by no means limited to corporate giants. Small companies can also avail themselves of this option. Among the Section 337 investigations listed (at press time) by the USITC on its “337Info” web page9 is Investigation No. 964 instituted on August 24, 2015, in which Complainants SD3, LLC and SawStop LLC allege the infringement of six U.S. Patents by Robert Bosch GmbH and Robert Bosch Tool The Limited Monopoly

However, filing a Complaint to trigger a Section 337 Investigation in the USITC is not a casual undertaking. The filing and subsequent procedures are governed by specific rules set forth in 37 C.F.R. § 201. As in other patent legal proceedings, such as patent application filing, prosecution, or litigation, these rules must be followed to the letter. Additionally, there are important strategic issues to be considered in proceeding with this patent enforcement action as an alternative to, or in addition to, patent litigation in court. Thus it is best to seek the advice of a qualified attorney13 with expertise and experience in this area before taking any action. 1. 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b). 2. Note that although the statute is 19 U.S.C. § 1337, USITC investigations are referred to as “Section 337” investigations due to the statute’s origin under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930. 3. 19 U.S.C. § 1337 (a)(1)(B). 4. Id., part (a)(2). 5. Id., part (a)(3). 6. Summary adapted from USITC “Frequently Asked Questions” document at 7. 8. 9. 10.

http://www.usitc.gov/intellectual_property/documents/337_faqs.pdf

19 C.F.R. §§ 210.4, 210.8, and 210.12. 5 U.S.C. §§ 551 et seq. http://pubapps2.usitc.gov/337external/ http://www.stopfakes.gov/us-gov-agencies/us-internationaltrade-commission 11. http://www.usitc.gov/intellectual_property.htm 12. http://www.usitc.gov/press_room/documents/featured_ news/337facts2014.pdf 13. Readers may contact the authors if a referral to a qualified attorney is needed.

PHOTO CREDIT: “Port of Oakland” by Daniel Parks of Berkley, CA, November 29, 2010. Imported cargo containers await unloading from the Rotterdam Express. Reproduced per terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. 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. 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. OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 11

Get to the Point! Conflict and Communication

So what do these two have in common? Everything. They are so interrelated and affect each other in so many ways. Conflict can escalate with poor communication. Communication can break down when a conflict arises.

√ When trying to gain commitment through consensus building √ When learning and trying to merge differing perspectives

In recent years, RGI has developed additional course beyond technical writing. In this article I’m summarizing the key points from an extended course.

• •

Consider three types of conflict. Chances are you can identify an experience with each type.

•

Inner Conflict: Inner conflict is a private war within oneself. It could be anything from deciding between two job offers, to deciding many things in your personal life. There is inner conflict between good and evil; strength and weakness; love and hate, etc. Think about the internal duality of our personalities. Interpersonal Conflict: Interpersonal conflict is present in any situation when an individual frustrates or tries to frustrate the goal attainment efforts of another. Group Conflict: Group conflict, also called group intrigues, is where social behavior causes groups of individuals to conflict with each other. It can also refer to a conflict within these groups. This conflict is often caused by differences in social norms, values, motives, objectives, resources, responsibilities, ethics, environment, or status. We each approach conflict in different ways and no way is better than the other. As we go through life we develop a dominant style although depending on the situation and the people involved, we adapt our style and approach. It often relates to what we have determined as the cost of the conflict. For example, sometimes we might compromise in order to resolve an issue and in another case we might avoid the situation. The ultimate goal should always be to do what we can to make the conflict constructive. Dr. Anthony Falikowski, in his book Mastering Human Relations, 3rd Ed. 2002 describes the five different Conflict Management Styles. The following information is used with his personal permission to RGI. (He also has developed a series of questions that help identify your dominant style.)

Five Conflict Management Styles The Competing Shark • • • • • •

Sharks use a forcing or competing conflict management style Sharks are highly goal-oriented Relationships take on a lower priority Sharks do not hesitate to use aggressive behavior to resolve conflicts Sharks can be autocratic, authoritative, and uncooperative; threatening and intimidating Sharks have a need to win; therefore others must lose, creating win-lose situations

The Avoiding Turtle

Turtles adopt an avoiding or withdrawing conflict management style Turtles would rather hide and ignore conflict than resolve it; this leads them uncooperative and unassertive Turtles tend to give up personal goals and display passive behavior creating lose-lose situations

Advantage: may help to maintain relationships that would be hurt by conflict resolution. Disadvantage: Conflicts remain unresolved, overuse of the style leads to others walking over them. Appropriate times to use a Turtle Style: √ When the stakes are not high or issue is trivial √ When confrontation will hurt a working relationship √ When there is little chance of satisfying your wants √ When disruption outweighs benefit of conflict resolution √ When gathering information is more important than an immediate decision √ When others can more effectively resolve the conflict √ When time constraints demand a delay

The Accommodating Teddy Bear • •

Teddy bears use a smoothing or accommodating conflict management style with emphasis on human relationships Teddy bears ignore their own goals and resolve conflict by giving into others; unassertive and cooperative creating a win-lose (bear is loser) situation

Advantage: Accommodating maintains relationships. Disadvantage: Giving in may not be productive, bear may be taken advantage of. Appropriate times to use a Teddy Bear Style: √ When maintaining the relationship outweighs other considerations √ When suggestions/changes are not important to the accommodator √ When minimizing losses in situations where outmatched or losing √ When time is limited or when harmony and stability are valued

The Compromising Fox • • •

Foxes use a compromising conflict management style; concern is for goals and relationships Foxes are willing to sacrifice some of their goals while persuading others to give up part of theirs Compromise is assertive and cooperative-result is either win-lose or lose-lose

Advantage: If the shark's decision is correct, a better decision without compromise can result.

Advantage: relationships are maintained and conflicts are removed

Appropriate times to use a Shark style: √ When conflict involves personal differences that are difficult to change √ When fostering intimate or supportive relationships is not critical √ When others are likely to take advantage of noncompetitive behavior √ When conflict resolution is urgent; when decision is vital in crisis √ When unpopular decisions need to be implemented

Appropriate times to use a Fox Style: √ When important/complex issues leave no clear or simple solutions √ When all conflicting people are equal in power and have strong interests in different solutions √ When there are no time restraints

Disadvantage: compromise may create less than ideal outcome and game Disadvantage: May breed hostility and resentment toward the person using it. playing can result

The Collaborating Owl • •

Owls use a collaborating or problem confronting conflict management style valuing both their goals and relationships Owls view conflicts as problems to be solved finding solutions agreeable to all sides (win-win)

Advantage: both sides get what they want and negative feelings eliminated. Disadvantage: takes a great deal of time and effort. Appropriate times to use an Owl Style: √ When maintaining relationships is important √ When time is not a concern √ When peer conflict is involved

12 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

You may be able to self-identify your dominate Conflict Management Style or recognize your co-worker’s styles. The key is to understand when a certain style works best and learn to adapt your style to the needs of the situation. Goals and relationships need to be considered when conflict is present. RGI offers workshops in conflict resolution and communication skills. Please email me at LisaM@rgilearning.com with questions or comments for a future article. © 2015, RGI Learning Lisa Moretto is the President of RGI Learning, Inc. For 21 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

RES News

Position Openings

How do you arm a STEM Teacher with real-world application examples? Put an Engineer in the classroom! That is the topic of our November Joint RES Affiliate Meeting. Join us for a look at Rochester’s history of outreach successes from even before the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) acronym was invented. Our speaker will be the Rochester Engineering Society (RES) volunteer coordinator, Jon Kriegel, who has seven years’ experience doing classroom visitations, and STEM coaching in the Rochester City School District (RCSD) classrooms. He has now retired, and like so many other Baby Boomers, is even more available to deliver STEM Support. The RES is inviting engineers in the area to support a myriad of STEM Initiatives in Upstate New York, where the goal is to: • • •

Help the Teacher stay current with our ever-changing technology Share application examples with students, making whatever topic is being taught, real enough to be meaningful and therefore remembered Support the teacher with both the delivery of engineering and technology concepts, and more importantly, actual supportive hardware

The meeting will be Thursday, November 5th at the RMSC, 657 East Avenue, 7:00 p.m. You are encouraged to bring a guest who would be interested in being a STEM volunteer. Note that the venue has not been finalized at print time, so see the updated details that will be posted on the RES website at www.roceng.org. Additional information on the meeting is also available from Jon Kriegel. Cell: 585 281-5216, Email: jkriegel@rochester.rr.com.

position openings | res news

OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 13

Position Openings

The Rochester Engineering Society relies on its many volunteers to keep us running. We continue to encourage you to join the RES and volunteer on our many committees. We need committee members for: Membership Committee Gala Committee (Save the Date of Saturday, April 16, 2016 - we are working on details now for this most important fundraiser for the RES) Scholarship Committee Financial Committee "Rochester Engineer" Editorial Committee Constitution & By-Laws Committee Program Committee Strategic Planning Committee, and many more... We also need volunteers for the Tutoring Team, the E3 Fair, STEM Programs and the Explorer Post.

Please go to the RES Website (www.roceng.org) and sign up on the volunteer site run by Jon Kriegel. We also have a Director and Treasurer Positions open on the BOD. Can you help?

Thank you to our many volunteers! 14 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

position openings

Position Openings

RIT’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering invites applications and nominations for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of assistant professor. Candidates with exceptional qualifications will be considered at the rank of associate professor. Candidates must have ability to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of ergonomics and human factors. We are looking to build research strength in ergonomics and human factors to complement our current research areas including health systems engineering, sustainable engineering, and advanced manufacturing. Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering or a closely related field. Candidates must also have a record of dissemination of scholarly research; demonstrated potential for high quality teaching; potential to establish a successful externally sponsored research program; excellent written and oral communication skills; and the ability to contribute in meaningful ways to the university’s continuing commitment to cultural diversity, pluralism and individual differences. Faculty responsibilities include teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, student advising (including M.S. and Ph.D. students), conducting sponsored research, and providing service to the university community. We are seeking an individual who has the ability and interest in contributing to a community committed to student centeredness; professional development and scholarship; integrity and ethics; respect, diversity and pluralism; innovation and flexibility; and teamwork and collaboration. THE COLLEGE/ DEPARTMENT: The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering is experiencing significant growth with several exciting new initiatives under development. The department offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering, with additional degree options in Sustainable Engineering and Engineering Management. In addition, we are developing an interdisciplinary graduate program in Healthcare Systems Engineering. Faculty are also actively engaged in an interdisciplinary engineering Ph.D. program with focus areas in Transportation, Energy, Communications, and Health Care. For more information on the department, see https://www.rit.edu/kgcoe/ise/. The Kate Gleason College of Engineering has established its reputation as a preeminent provider of career-oriented engineering education with a rapidly growing commitment to research. It offers bachelor degree programs and comprehensive, innovative graduate programs in a range of engineering disciplines including a broad-based cross-disciplinary doctoral degree in engineering. For more information visit https://www.rit.edu/kgcoe/. THE UNIVERSITY AND ROCHESTER COMMUNITY: RIT is a national leader in professional and career-oriented education. Talented, ambitious, and creative students of all cultures and backgrounds from all 50 states and more than 100 countries have chosen to attend RIT. Founded in 1829, Rochester Institute of Technology is a privately endowed, coeducational university with nine colleges emphasizing career education and experiential learning. With approximately 15,000 undergraduates and 2,900 graduate students, RIT is one of the largest private universities in the nation. RIT offers a rich array of degree programs in engineering, science, business, and the arts, and is home to the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. RIT has been honored by The Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the “Great Colleges to Work For” for four years. RIT is a National Science Foundation ADVANCE Institutional Transformation site. RIT is responsive to the needs of dual-career couples by our membership in the Upstate NY HERC. Rochester, situated between Lake Ontario and the Finger Lakes region, is the 79th largest city in the United States and the third largest metropolitan area in New York State. The Greater Rochester region, which is home to over one million people, is rich in cultural and ethnic diversity, with a population comprised of approximately 16% African and Latin Americans and another 7% of international origin. It is also home to the largest deaf community per capita in the U.S. Rochester ranks 3rd among the best metropolitan regions for “raising a family" by Forbes Magazine; 6th among 379 metropolitan areas as “Best Places to Live in America” by Places Rated Almanac; 1st in Expansion Management Magazine’s ranking of metropolitan areas having the best “quality of life in the nation”; and is among Essence Magazine’s “Top 10 Cities for Black Families.” HOW TO APPLY: Apply online at http://careers.rit.edu/faculty. Questions for the search committee regarding this position may be directed to Michael Kuhl by email at Michael.Kuhl@rit.edu. Anticipated Start Date: August, 2016 (An earlier start date of January, 2016 is also possible.) Review of applications will begin October 15, 2015, and continue until a suitable candidate is found. RIT does not discriminate. RIT promotes and values diversity, pluralism and inclusion in the work place. RIT provides equal opportunity to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, age, marital status, sex, gender, religion, sexual orientations, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, veteran status or disability in its hiring, admissions, educational programs and activities. position openings

OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 15

Professional Firms Employee News

Luann Mayer Elected to the International Board, NYS Chapter Board for Solid Waste Association of North America Barton & Loguidice (B&L) announces Luann Meyer has been elected to represent the New York State Chapter of SWANA on the SWANA International Board (IB).

In addition Meyer will serve on the New York State Chapter board. A resident of Rochester, she is a project manager in B&L’s solid waste group. Meyer’s appointment begins October 1, 2015. q

As a member of the IB Membership Committee she will be working with other IB members and SWANA staff to promote membership; to promote Chapter formation, operation and participation in SWANA affairs; and to oversee and assure Membership and Chapter interests in SWANA.

Luann Meyer

LaBella Associates Hires Two New Employees LaBella Associates, D.P.C. announced the hiring of the following employees:

Michael Burleigh

Michael Burleigh joined the firm as a junior structural engineer for the Buildings Engineering Division, working primarily at the Ithaca office. He has been involved with analyzing and reinforcing modifications on telecommunication towers and mounts. Additionally, he has experience in conducting site mappings, grading, piping and designing sewer plans. Mike graduated from the Rochester Institute

of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering technology with a concentration in environmental studies. Karl Waelder, EIT joined the firm as a project engineer for the Civil Engineering Division. Karl has 6 years of experience which includes site engineering, military engineering, traffic engineering, and multi-family development. Previously, Karl was an engineer with Passero Associates. q Karl Waelder, EIT

Passero Associates Announces Promotion and New Employees Passero Promotes Justin Vollenweider to Project Architect

Passero Associates has promoted Justin Vollenweider, AIA, NCARB, CSI-CDT from the position of job captain to project architect in the Architecture Department. Mr. Vollenweider is a Justin Vollenwider, seasoned professional and has been involved AIA in a wide variety of residential, institutional and commercial projects during his eight-year tenure with the firm. Justin initially joined PA as an intern in April 2007. Upon his graduation from Alfred State University in 2008, Justin became full time and has worked on a broad-range of high-profile projects, including: Webster

Recreation Center, Bridge Square and Button Lofts, which was recognized in the 2015 AIA Rochester Design Awards with a Merit Award, Urban Design, Interior & Historic Renovation.

New Employees in the Rochester Office

Dustin Welch CSICDT has joined the firm as an intern architect. Dustin holds a masters of architecture from the University at Buffalo and has work experience in 2D and 3D Revit modeling and BIM management Dustin Welch including existing conditions, design development, and construction documents.

Mike Miles joins the firm as a civil engineer and construction inspector. Mike is a 2012 graduate of SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and holds a BS in forestry engineering, with a minor in renewable Mike Miles energy. Mike's prior work experience includes engineering design and construction inspection positions. He holds NICET II, CPESC-IT and NYSDEC SWT certifications. Monica Thomas has joined the firm as construction inspector. Monica has over 20 years of field engineer experience and has been responsible for inspection of asphalt pavement, drainage installation, concrete curb installation and new utility installations. q

Professional Firms Employee News, continued on page 25... 16 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

professional firms employee news

, n

OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 17

Go to the RES Web Site for Updated Details On All Meetings - www.roceng.org

Continuing

Education Opportunities

Tuesday (Note Day), October 13

Friday, November 13

Chilled Beams, a Convection HVAC System Designed to Heat or Cool Large Buildings – 1 PDH Credit Pending

27th Annual Fall Bridge Conference Earn up to 6 PDH Credits

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, And Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) p 43 Speaker: Mr. Andrew Randolph, LTG, Inc. Place: Mario’s Italian Steakhouse, 2740 Monroe Avenue, Rochester Time: 12:00 pm with buffet lunch served. Cost: $25 per person. Reservations: Please contact Tim Duprey by Thursday, October 2nd, tim.duprey@pres-services.com.

Wednesday, October 21 Monroe Professional Engineers Society (MPES)

In Wake of the Storm: The Role of the PE 1 PDH Credit

p 47

Speaker: Mark Kriss, legal and legislative counsel to NYSSPE Place: NeighborWorks Rochester Educational Center, 570 South Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620 Cost: $20 for NSPE members; $30 for non-members. Lunch will be provided by Madeline’s Catering. Registration: Go to the website at www.roceng.org and click on the calendar. Go to October 21 and click on the MPES meeting. If you have additional questions contact Dave Roberts at 585-236-6551 or dcrobertspe@gmail.com.

Thursday, October 22 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Panama Canal Expansion Project 1 PDH Credit Pending

p 34

Speaker: Jim Nehez, PE, M.ASCE, Project Manager Place: Hilton Garden Inn (Eggleston Ballroom), 155 East Main Street, Rochester Time: 6:00 to 7:00 Cash Bar; 7:00 to 8:00 Dinner; 7:30 to 8:30 pm Presentation Cost: ASCE members $35, Non-members $50, Students $10 Reservations: Contact Erin McCormick at ascerochester@gmail.com or 585-354-2488 by October 14th. Comments: Parking is available at the South Avenue Garage, 39 Stone Street, Rochester.

Association for Bridge Construction and Design (ABCD)

p 41

Place: Millennium Hotel Buffalo, 2040 Walden Ave., Buffalo Price: Students $35; Members $110; Non-members $160 (includes membership through 5/31/16). Prices for all include breaks, lunch and cocktail hour. Late fee applied ($25) to registrations made after 10/30/15. Sponsorship, Advertisement and Exhibitor Booth opportunities available! Registration: Visit the Rochester Engineering Society website at www.roceng.org. Additional questions at John Papponetti, PE at 585-295-6287 or jpapponetti@labellapc.com.

SAVE THE DATE

Tuesday, April 26, 2016 2016 Engineering Symposium in Rochester Details will be posted on the website (www.roceng.org) when available! Up to 7 PDH Credits Available!

To post continuing education opportunities on this page please contact the Rochester Engineering Society, 585-254-2350, or email: admin@roceng.org 18 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

continuing education calendar | engineers' calendar

Th 1 i

I a

P J 1 T C o r o

A A

C H

S P R T C R 2

P N T S O

S a

S I P R T C i a

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: admin@roceng.org. The meetings offering PDHs are highlighted in blue. Details about the meeting and affiliate (if in this issue) are on the corresponding page listed next to the affiliate name.

Tuesday, October 6

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) IEEE Excom Meeting

Thursday, October 15 p 29

Place: Hibachi Sushi Buffet Restaurant, South Town Plaza on Jefferson Road (Route 252), just west of West Henrietta (Route 15), Rochester. Time: 12:00 noon. Comment: Any IEEE member is invited to attend. Lunch is only $5 for IEEE members and $3 for student members. No reservations are needed, just show up. Directions can be obtained on the website: http://rochester.ieee.org.

Tuesday (Note Day), October 13

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, And Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) p 43 Chilled Beams, a Convection HVAC System Designed to Heat or Cool Large Buildings – 1 PDH Credit Pending Speaker: Mr. Andrew Randolph, LTG, Inc. Place: Mario’s Italian Steakhouse, 2740 Monroe Avenue, Rochester Time: 12:00 pm with buffet lunch served. Cost: $25 per person. Reservations: Please contact Tim Duprey by Thursday, October 2nd, tim.duprey@pres-services.com.

Tuesday, October 13

Electrical Association (EA) Tool Show Registration

p 35

Place: Rick’s Prime Rib, 898 Buffalo Road, Rochester (NOTE NEW LOCATION) Time: 5:00 to 8:00 pm See the retails and registration form on page 35 and return by October 5th or go to the website at www.eawny.com.

Wednesday, October 14 Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T)

Kodak Alaris Premium Duplex Photo Fulfillment

p 46

Speaker: Bob F. Mindler, Thermal Printing Technology in Imaging Consumer 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. engineers' calendar

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

p 29

IEEE Life Members Meeting – How do you arm a STEM Teacher with real-world application examples? Put an Engineer in the classroom!

Presenter: Jon Kriegel, RES 1st VP and Volunteer Coordinator Place: Rochester Yacht Club, 5555 St. Paul Blvd., Rochester Time: 12:00 noon. Comment: Lunch will be provided at a cost of $3 for IEEE members, $6 for non-IEEE members. You are encouraged to bring a guest who would be interested in being a STEM volunteer. Reservations: Send your reservation to Carol Richardson at Carol.Richardson@rit.edu by October 13th. Additional information on the meeting is available from Carol and this meeting will be repeated in November (check the RES calendar for details).

Thursday, October 15

Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association (GVLSA) Finger Lakes Dinner

p 39

Location: Yard of Ale, Piffard, NY Time: Cocktails 6:00 to 7:00 pm; Board of Directors 6:30; Dinner 7:00; Program 7:45 pm. Program details TBA. For details and reservations go to the website at: www.gvlsa.com.

Thursday, October 15

International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) TBD

p 44

Place: 8 hosts available. See page 44 for details. Time: Meetings begins at 6:00 pm and ends approximately 7:30 pm. If you need details or have any concerns contacting a host email Rick Zinni at rzinni@gmail.com.

Support Your Affiliate Attend A Meeting Engineers' Calendar continued on page 20... OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 19

Tuesday, October 20

Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Tour of the New Rochester Transit Center

p 39

Place: RTS, 60 St. Paul Street, Rochester Time: Guests to meet at 5:30 pm across the street at SUNY Brockport ‘Metrocenter’ Campus, 55 St. Paul Street, Rochester (Fee parking available at the nearby Mortimer Street Garage). Tour to follow dinner at approximately 6:30 pm Cost: $30 per person and includes dinner. Reservations: Contact Diane Montrois before Oct. 13th at 585-254-8010. Additional details on page 39 of this issue and on the website at www.iesrochester.org.

Tuesday, October 20

Independent Entrepreneurs Council (IEC)

p 33

Learn About the Program of the NYS Trade Adjustment Assistance Center

Speakers: Louis G. McKeage, Director, NYS TAAC and Teresa Stockton, Outreach Specialist, NYS TAAC Place: SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering’s Smart System Technology & Commercialization Center (STC), 5450 Campus Drive, Canandaigua, NY Time: Registration from 10:00 to 10:30 am; Presentation from 10:30 to 11:30 am Registration required: There is no charge for this presentation. Reservations are required by close of business on Friday, October 16, 2015. Make your reservations via The Rivers Organization at 585-586-6906 or ESTG@Riversorg.com.

Wednesday, October 21 Monroe Professional Engineers Society (MPES)

In Wake of the Storm: The Role of the PE 1 PDH Credit

p 47

Wednesday, October 21

American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE)

p 38

TBA - when finalized an email will be sent to members. Speaker: TBD Place: Valicia’s Ristorante, 2155 Long Pond Road, Greece Time: 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm Cost: $20.00 (member or guest), check or cash at the door. Reservations: Contact Dave Jereckos, 585-341-3168 or djereckos@ibceng.com by Monday, October 19th. 20 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

Wednesday, October 21, continued

Association for Facilities Engineering (AFE) Tour Eastridge High School Co Gen Plant

p 36

Place: Eastridge High School, 2350 East Ridge Road, Rochester, NY 14622 Dinner Location after the tour: Keenan’s Restaurant, 1010 Ridge Road East, Rochester, NY 14621 Time: 5:00 pm Cost: $25 Members; $30 Non-members. Please select one of the following entrees when making your reservation (Roast Prime Rib – 10-12 oz. au jus with baked potato; NY Sirloin Strip with mushrooms and baked potato; Gracie’s Drunken Chicken over penne pasta; or, Boston Scallops over spinach with baked potato). Reservations: Contact Dennis Roote by October 16th. Dennis can be reached at 585-330-6986 or dennis.roote@cde-pllc.com. Additional details are on page 36 of this issue. Comments: Hard hats and safety glasses are optional.

Thursday, October 22 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Panama Canal Expansion Project 1 PDH Credit Pending

p 34

Thursday, October 22-Saturday, October 24 Society of Women Engineers (SWE)

p 42

SWE Annual Conference – “Reach Out to Reach Up”

Place: Nashville, TN Comments: The RIT Student Section is organizing 15 current students to attend. RIT Marca Lam, RIT Faculty Advisor will be honored with the National Faculty of the Year Award at the conference. Additional details are on the website at swerochester.org.

The RES website (www.roceng.org) has a calendar of events for this month's meetings and meetings that are received or updated after the print deadline. Please refer to the website for updated information. If you wish to be listed on the calendar please send details to admin@roceng.org. engineers' calendar

Saturday, October 24

Association for Bridge Construction and Design (ABCD)

p 40

ABCD, ASCE, NACE & NYSSPE Tailgate Party and Student Outreach Program

Place: UB Stadium, Corporate Village near the south end zone which is steps from the Tailgate Concert Series and Stampede Square. Look for the ABCD-ASCE-NACE-NYSSPE banners. Time: Tailgate with music (Old Dominion) starting at 12:30 pm with festivities ending at 6:00 pm+; Kickoff at 3:30 pm (subject to change, 12 days before game). Cost: Adults - Tailgate Only $10; Tailgate with Game Ticket $25. UB Students – Tailgate only is FREE (no football ticket included). Note that beverages will be provided and plenty of sausage and fixings prepared by the finest chef – Jason. Reservations: Contact Diane Dumansky at 716-875-1805 or dianedumansky@verizon.net. You can pay at the tent. ABCD website is www.abcdwny.org.

Thursday, October 29

Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Meet & Mingle

p 42

Place: 2Foodies Wines and Spirits. Comments: More information and registration on the website at swerochester.org. Max 15 attendees, first come, first serve.

Friday, November 6

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 39 IEEE EDS Activities in Western New York Conference

p 28

Friday, November 13

Association for Bridge Construction and Design (ABCD)

Place: Louise Slaughter Bldg. on the RIT Campus (CIMS, Bldg. 78, Conference Room 2210-2220), RIT, Rochester Time: A luncheon will be served at noon to those that pre-register on the website: http://www.rit.edu/kgcoe/eme/EDSWNY

27th Annual Fall Bridge Conference Earn up to 6 PDH Credits

Wednesday, November 11 Society for Imaging Science And Technology (IS&T)

Choosing a Landing Site on Mars: The 2016 InSight Mission

p 46

Speaker: Nicholas Warner, Geneseo College 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.

Support Your Affiliate

p 41

Thursday, November 19

Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association (GVLSA) Board of Directors/Associates Meeting

p 45

Location: 40 & 8 Club, 933 University Avenue, Rochester For details and reservations go to the website at: www.gvlsa.com.

Attend A Meeting engineers' calendar

OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 21

News From

Professional Firms

Passero Associates News

The New Irondequoit Library: Homegrown Excellence The Town of Irondequoit is proud to be nearly complete with the construction of the newest and most innovative library in Monroe County. This flagship building has been designed and constructed by a team of professionals with strong ties to the Town of Irondequoit. Seeing the Town ready to achieve its goal of providing residents with a new facility that will drastically improve service has been a great source of personal and professional satisfaction for the design and construction team. The Grand Opening of the library was on September 9, 2015. Christine Vargas is Founder and a Principal of Vargas Associates. The firm provided interior design; inventory and analysis of existing furniture, fixtures and equipment; and consolidation logistics services for the new library. Ms. Vargas grew up in West Irondequoit, and graduated from Irondequoit High School, where friends knew her as Chris LaPietra. Now living in Webster, she visits family at least once a week in Irondequoit, the town that she still considers to be “home.” She says, “I see a space for every member of the community here at this new dynamic library. Whether you have young children, teens, or maybe just want a place to meet friends, the new library is so amazing that many will want to come and stay a while. It is a great place for meetings, tutoring, or even private events. We have never had anything in the town with such appeal as this new library.” Fina Santiago is a Principal of Vargas Associates, and serves as Project Director for the firm’s services on the new library project. She grew up in East Irondequoit, and graduated from Eastridge High School, where friends knew her as Fina Pappalardo. She still lives in East Irondequoit with her husband Israel, and her son Nicholas attends Eastridge High School. After 10 years of tracking this potential project, she is very pleased to see an opportunity for the town to come together to celebrate this beautiful accomplishment. Ms. Santiago says, “There is so much appeal here for everyone, including the younger crowd, and I see it as becoming a new heart of the Town. I am so excited to see this in my hometown, and am very proud to have been a part of it.” John Radesi is Vice President of Christa

Construction, the General Contractor for the new library. Mr. Radesi raised his family in Irondequoit, and he is very pleased to see the new library taking shape. He says, “Working on a project of this size and significance for the Town of Irondequoit has been very meaningful to me, both personally and professionally. We have been assisting the Town realize this dream for several years, and to see it reach completion is very fulfilling.”

improvement for the Town and its residents.

John Perticone is a Town of Irondequoit Councilman, serves as the Town’s construction liaison on the new library, and is a lifelong Irondequoit resident. He’s extremely pleased with the progress of the project, and is eagerly anticipating its positive impact on the Town.

Many partners and staff of Passero Associates have deep ties to Irondequoit and are proud to have contributed their time and talents to the new library. The firm’s founding partner, Gary Passero, was a member of the first graduating class of Eastridge High School in 1961. His sons Mark Passero, Vice President, and Chris Passero, Business Development Manager, both played Pop Warner football growing up in Irondequoit. David Passero, CFO, grew up and went to school in Irondequoit, and raised his family there. Several staff members grew up and went to school in Irondequoit, and several are current residents with children, all of whom are looking forward to visiting the new library.

He says, “This library is going to offer more programs and services for all our residents, and the flexibility of its space offers opportunities and accessibility for many types of organizations. It’s a very eye-catching and appealing building, both inside and out. This beautiful new facility will raise the profile of our town, and being what I believe to be the best library in Monroe County, will draw visitors. I’ve been working in construction my entire adult life, and of all the projects I have been involved in, I am proudest of this one.” Peter Richard Wehner, AIA, NCARB, LEEDAP BD+C is an Associate and Senior Project Architect at Passero Associates. Mr. Wehner is serving as lead architect on the new library. He is also a long-time Irondequoit resident and currently serves as Chair of the Irondequoit Planning Board. Mr. Wehner’s two children both graduated from Irondequoit High School. He says, “I am very impressed by the quality of craftsmanship and dedication to excellence that I have seen on this project. Our team, comprised of local firms with strong connections to Irondequoit, is taking a great deal of pride in being a part of this incredible

22 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

Christine Vargas added, “Peter Wehner put his heart and soul into this project, and it shows. His leadership and dedication to this project was evident from the very beginning. We are honored to be given the opportunity to integrate the design of the interiors with an architectural design that clearly stands out from other libraries in our area.”

Mike Smock, Superintendent for Postler & Jaeckle, served as HVAC Foreman for the construction of the new library. Mr. Smock is a long-time Irondequoit resident, his wife is an Irondequoit native and his children all graduated from West Irondequoit High School. He says, “I’m so proud to be a part of such a significant project for our town, and I’m proud that this project was completed with a Union workforce. This building will be more than just a library for our town.” ABOUT THE LIBRARY: The new Irondequoit Public Library is replacing the two library branches in the existing system. This 38,700 SF building is centrally located, reinforcing the original vision for the civic campus, which included a library adjacent to City Hall. The new library news from professional firms

will enhance the symbolic and physical heart of the community, and will be a source of pride for the entire Monroe County Library System. As a piece of civic architecture, it will contribute to Irondequoit’s image in the community, region, and state.

Making Every Minute Count: Albany International Airport Runway Rehabilitation The business of an airport is to get people where they need to go, safely and on time. When an airport needs improvement, it needs to get the work done quickly, efficiently, and correctly. Money talks, and the Albany International Airport made sure that their runway rehabilitation would be completed on time by instituting a $5,000 liquidated damages clause for every 15 minutes of delay in re-opening Runway 01-19. Extensive planning, considering all factors that could cause delays in the project, and keeping to the project schedule is critical in this situation. It was with such a commitment that the Albany County Airport Authority and their consultant, Passero Associates, approached the Albany International Airport Runway 0119 project in the Fall of 2014 and Summer of 2015. Keeping Traffic Moving A 8,500-ft-long Primary Runway, 01-19 welcomes approximately 3,500 passengers a day. Closing it to traffic is not an option and would be a major hit to the Airport’s service. The Runway 01-19 Pavement and Centerline Lighting Rehabilitation project was split into two phases: Phase I (Fall 2014) included the northern portion of the runway. Phase II (Summer 2015) included the southern portion of the runway and the intersection with Runway 10-28. Phase I consisted of removing inpavement centerline light fixtures, milling, paving, and re-installing centerline light fixtures in two separate work areas, allowing aircraft to taxiway across the primary Runway 01-19 at all times. All work in this area was completed strictly as night work to allow aircraft to depart on time each and every morning. As a condition of the contract, the news from professional firms

contractor was required to have redundant, backup equipment such as milling machines, pavers and rollers on site, in case of equipment malfunction or failure. For Phase I, paving contractor Rifenburg Construction Inc. had the mix design ready and mobilized the entire team onto the runway, including lighted runway closure markers, light plants, pavers, milling machines, site dump trucks, rollers, and approximately 20 asphalt delivery trucks, all for their milling and paving operations. Each morning they coordinated demobilization and cleanup, and opened the runway prior to the 6:00 am scheduled departure. All centerline lights were removed before milling operations, and re-installed following paving operations. During Phase II in Spring 2015, the remaining portion of Runway 01-19 (approximately 150’ x 4,600’) and associated centerline lights were rehabilitated. This process included three separate work areas to allow aircraft to taxi across Runway 01-19. All centerline and touchdown zone lights were removed and later re-installed after completion of paving operations. Working at Night A typical night’s work between 10:00 pm and 6:00 am consisted of tight coordination between Rifenburg and Albany Airport operations, with nightly Notices to Airman (NOTAMS) being issued by Albany Airport operations. After Airport operations cleared the contractor to enter Runway 01-19 each night, Rifenburg would first close the runway by installing lighted runway closure markers at each end of the Runway. Then Rifenburg would close all surrounding taxiways with lighted barricades and install portable light plants on the specific work area of the runway. Milling

machines lined up across the 150’ wide runway and began milling off the top 2-1/2” of material and loading it onto trucks. After sweeping and cleaning the milled surface, tack coat was applied, and paving operations began behind the milling operations. After paving work, quality assurance cores were taken for density testing of in-place asphalt. Temporary striping and pavement markings were applied to the new surface. Cleanup and demobilization of the runway was completed each morning by 6:00 am. Pete LaFarr, Superintendent at Rifenburg, says, “Our team worked very hard, working together as one, with all of us in sync, operating like a welloiled machine to get this project done, pushing every minute we were on the runway. We spent a lot of time preparing each and every night, just to make sure we were ready for battle, and when the clock struck 10:00 it was go time.” Tight Schedule, Project Success The most critical work area was in the intersection of Runways 0119 and 10-28. The work window in this area, when both airport runways needed to be closed, was very tight and the runway could only be worked on early Sunday mornings from 1:00 am until 6:00 am. When the last scheduled flight arrival was delayed to arrive later than 1:00 am, work was cancelled for that work window. The airport worked closely with the airlines to ensure minimal disruption.

According to Pete LaFarr, “Our team had to work smart to know exactly what we could do in such a short period of time. Once committed, everything had to click like clockwork, everything, and every part of it did and I am pleased to say it was a success. ”

Thanks to a well-organized and determined contractor working with a well-seasoned team, Runway 01-19 has been successfully rehabilitated. Airport operations, the airport consultant In order to meet the strict and the construction team, deadline, the entire project working together, were able to schedule was strictly monitored maximize every minute available and adhered to. Throughout of the eight-hour runway closure, construction, the owner, delivering production, quality, the consultant team and the and most importantly, safety, contractor held daily progress with zero injuries. No flights meetings, crucial to meeting the were delayed and no liquidated project goals. damages were assessed. q News from Professional Firms, continued on page 24... OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 23

News From

Professional Firms

SWBR Recognized With Design Award from the Rochester Chapter of the American Institute of Architects SWBR Architects was recognized by the Rochester chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) with a Merit Award for the State University of New York College at Brockport Liberal Arts Building. The Design Awards encourage excellence in architectural design to make the public more aware of the potential of the human-made environment and to honor the architect, owner and builder of significant projects. The college’s new three-story, 61,000-square-foot Liberal Arts Building opened last fall and the team was honored at the annual AIA Rochester Awards ceremony in June.

SWBR design team - Philip Wise, Steven Peet, Robert Fornataro, Steven Fernaays, SUNY Brockport team members - Virginia Bacheler, John Osowski, Paul Tankel

“The liberal arts are the bedrock of a Brockport education, and virtually every student who enters this institution as a freshman will walk through these doors,” Brockport President John R. Halstead, Ph.D., said. “What they will be taught will prepare them for whatever career path they continue on, using skills from critical thinking and communication to creative problemsolving and collaboration. These are the skills that employers say they need. This is what a liberal arts education provides.” The $29.3 million facility serves as the new home of Brockport’s departments of English, History, Modern Languages and Cultures, Philosophy, and Women and Gender Studies. Located on the south side of campus, to the east of Drake Memorial Library, the building features a tiered 200-seat auditorium, two 70-seat divisible classrooms, three 35-seat classrooms and two 25-seat seminar rooms. It also features a gallery that houses the E.E. Cummings collection, artist-made benches that feature ash wood cleared from the building site, original artwork by regional artists and exterior balconies. The purpose of the design was to create a building that was an impetus for enhancing the four core areas established by

24 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

the college to obtain optimal student success and national recognition. The team was focused on designing the building to maximize the experience of learning environments and quality of place, as well as providing academic engagement. SWBR worked closely with the State University Construction Fund and the College at Brockport to create the desired mix of classroom sizes, teaching/ learning styles and flexibility. The team recognized the synergies of the chosen site (located across the street from the Tuttle Complex) and how it related to the four core areas. Studying the pedestrian traffic flow allowed the team to develop collision spaces along internal streets, where faculty and students can informally gather and engage as an extension of the formal learning environment. Special features — such as a natural landscape with integrated bio-retention system, natural and artificial sun shading techniques, bird-friendly glazing and furniture made from trees that were on the building site — also helped the Liberal Arts Building earn Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification. q

news from professional firms

Professional Firms Employee News MRB Group Expands Construction Phase Services Team The management team at MRB Group recently announced the addition of Michael J. Bieber to the Construction Phase Services team.

engineering technology and highway design, completed his OSHA Ten Hour Safety Course, and has his Certificate of Erosion & Sediment Control Training.

"Michael comes to us with more than 20 years of construction observation, construction administration and civil engineering design experience," said MRB Group Executive Vice President & COO James Oberst.

According to Vice President Oberst, excellence in engineering design requires equally high implementation standards. That’s where Bieber’s expertise will play an important role, making sure the design and project goals are achieved.

In addition to completing a civil engineering technologies program at Monroe Community College, Michael also earned a Level III NICET Certification in transportation

“Michael’s commitment to excellence reflects MRB Group’s commitment to clients,” stated Oberst. q

Michael J. Bieber

Campus News RIT-Ithaca Collaboration Targets Need for More Math and Science Teachers Agreement encourages undergraduates to consider careers in education

The increased need for math and science teachers at the secondary level has led to an agreement between Rochester Institute of Technology and Ithaca College to prepare RIT students considering careers in middle- and high-school education. The arrangement allows qualified undergraduate students in RIT’s College of Science to complete their BS degree while simultaneously pursuing graduate-level coursework in the Ithaca College teacher education program. Upon graduation from RIT, students continue their studies at Ithaca with the expectation of earning a Master of Arts in Teaching, which leads to certification to teach grades seven through 12 in mathematics, biology, chemistry or physics. “Increasing the number of qualified math and science teachers is a national priority,” said Scott Franklin, director of RIT’s Center for Advancing Science/Math Teaching, Learning & Evaluation, or CASTLE, and professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy. “With their excellent technical training, RIT students are highly sought after by innovative teacher preparation programs such as Ithaca College. This partnership offers new opportunities for our students who wish to pursue a rewarding career in secondary STEM education.” RIT students must satisfy the prerequisites of Ithaca College’s program facilitated by the agreement and effective in the 2015–2016 academic year. Applicants are eligible to apply for graduate assistantships at Ithaca College and for the Ithaca College Robert Noyce Teaching Scholarship Program. For more information about requirements for entry into the Ithaca College graduate teacher education program, contact Scott Franklin at svfsps@rit.edu. q

Campus News continued on page 26...

professional firms employee news | campus news

OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 25

Campus News RIT to be home of a new state Center for Advanced Technology in additive manufacturing University leads a public-private consortium chosen to establish R&D center in this growing field

A consortium of universities and corporations led by Rochester Institute of Technology has been chosen to receive a state grant to establish a New York State Center for Advanced Technology in Additive Manufacturing and Functional Printing. The award, $921,000 a year renewal for up to 10 years (subject to annual performance evaluations) was announced by Empire State Development, New York state’s economic development agency. The state said the RIT consortium was chosen from a highly competitive pool of applicants. The center, to be called the AMPrint Center for Advanced Technology, will be based at RIT. Its focus will be to conduct research and development in 3D printing and additive manufacturing, an industry seen as a key economic driver for the Finger Lakes region and New York state because of its application to a wide range of companies and products.

of Technology’s Additive Manufacturing and Multifunctional Printing (AMPrint) Center for Advanced Technology — we look forward to your continued success.” In launching of the center, the state seeks to further propel an industry that’s experiencing remarkable growth. According to Wohler’s State of the Industry Report, 2014, the worldwide 3D printing industry is now expected to grow from $3.07 billion in revenue in 2013 to $12.8 billion by 2018, and to exceed $21 billion in worldwide revenue by 2020. “We are thrilled that the state has awarded this prestigious designation to RIT and our consortium partners,” said RIT President Bill Destler. “We believe additive manufacturing can become a signature industry in our regional economy, and we expect this center to contribute to significant advances in these technologies.”

Denis Cormier, RIT’s Earl W. Brinkman Professor and a national expert on 3D printing and additive manufacturing, will lead the AMPrint Center. The consortium’s university partners include RIT, Clarkson University and SUNY New Paltz and corporate partners Xerox Corp., GE Research, Corning Inc., Eastman Kodak Co. and MakerBot. Smaller, regional companies will also collaborate with the center.

Cormier said the center will serve as the state’s focal point for applied high value research and development in this industry. He described the Finger Lakes region as a functional 3D printing “ecosystem” because of the expertise from a collection of high-tech innovators in the area with experience in print materials, print process systems design and high volume sales and distribution channels and flexible electronics.

“New York’s Centers for Advanced Technology programs have helped turn the academic excellence of top research universities into job creation and economic growth for a number of industry sectors statewide,” said Empire State Development President, CEO & Commissioner Howard Zemsky. “Congratulations to Rochester Institute

Additive manufacturing refers to a process of joining materials, usually layer upon layer, to make objects from 3D model data. It is most often used for design and modeling, fit and function prototyping and parts production, and is acclaimed because it can result in significant savings of time and money, as well as enhanced quality of products,

26 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

such as flexible electronics. Research partners in the consortium will develop next generation polymer, metal and composite technologies, and use the new facility to synthesize advanced functional materials, develop additive manufacturing technologies, design novel devices using the new materials and technologies as well as determine the means to commercialize the new materials, processes and applications to foster New York’s economy. Each of the partners brings unique capabilities to the consortium in such areas as printable nano-inks and devices that use these inks. RIT’s has a pulsed photonic curing system capable of fusing the inks into solid form through thermal processing that makes the materials and devices operational. The advanced curing system for printed materials can thermally process and fuse high temperature metals and ceramics onto low temperature paper or plastic. These are the foundational materials being used for flexible electronics, considered a targeted growth market for New York state. The AMPrint Center is one of 10 Centers for Advanced Technology announced by the state. The centers support university-industry research and technology transfer in commercial relevant technologies. Grants are awarded through a competitive program intended to spur economic growth, promote workforce development and increase the competitiveness of N.Y. companies in the global marketplace. Comments from the Rochester delegation are available at www.rit.edu/news/story. php?id=52994. campus news

A b P ( c i w c t w

T ti a M v I E A c f r f P w t N M S n d h

L r a a e p c

“ a w t N w T a I “ r e f m s t b

A R D

NYSP2I leads multi-agency, sustainability initiative at Great Lakes paper manufacturers Four-year project results in reduction of toxic chemicals and improved operational efficiencies

A multi-agency effort led by the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute (NYSP2I) has resulted in toxic chemical reduction as well as improvements to energy and water usage and operational costs at pulp and paper mills in the New York state Great Lakes watershed. The four-year program titled “Toxics Reduction and Sustainability in Paper Manufacturing,” is part of a vast Great Lakes Restoration Initiative led by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and involving the coordinated efforts of many federal agencies. The project received $200,000 in funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), with additional costs of more than $63,000 shared by NYSP2I. NYSP2I partnered with CITEC Manufacturing & Technology Solutions, a North Country not-for-profit economic development organization headquartered in Potsdam, N.Y. Led by NYSP2I, the initiative resulted in significant water and wastewater reduction and reuse as well as improved energy efficiencies at four pulp and paper manufacturing companies. “P2I is proud of the results we achieved working collaboratively with multiple agencies on this project,” said Nabil Nasr, NYSP2I’s interim director as well as Rochester Institute of Technology’s associate provost and director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability. “These toxic chemical reductions and enhanced efficiencies serve as models for other pulp and paper manufacturers considering similar sustainability initiatives to improve their operations and bottom lines.” About the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Due to the vast availability of campus news

water and trees in New York state’s North Country region, pulp and paper manufacturing companies—highly resourceintensive operations that use an enormous amount of water and wood—dominate the landscape. The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative was launched in 2010 to quicken efforts to protect and restore the largest system of fresh surface water in the world—the Great Lakes. Federal agencies such as the USEPA as well as state agencies like the Department of Environmental Conservation employed resources to strategically target the biggest threats to the Great Lakes ecosystem and to accelerate progress toward long-term goals. NYSP2I called on its Direct Assistance program—a partnership with industry to find cost-effective and environmentally preferable solutions to improve production processes, enhance recycling as well as reuse and reduce the use of hazardous materials—to work with four pulp and paper manufacturing companies and implement capital equipment improvements. At Omniafiltra LLC in Beaver Falls, N.Y., an Italian-owned company that specializes in manufacturing specialty paper for niche markets, NYSP2I identified opportunities for wastewater recovery for reuse as well as energy reductions. In addition, NYSP2I researched and identified alternatives to nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs)—compounds found in surfactants that are used in the manufacture of certain paper grades. When released into the environment, NPEs can degrade slowly and become highly toxic to aquatic organisms, according to the USEPA. “We believe the paper industry needs to be a responsible steward of our environment,” said Scott Sauer, mill manager at

Omniafiltra LLC. “While we have always taken this commitment seriously, our recent investments with NYSP2I have significantly reduced our plant’s environmental footprint.” Omniafiltra was identified for the initiative by CITEC, an economic development business consulting firm that has a mission to strengthen the North Country region’s manufacturing and technology firms through highly tailored planning, training, implementation projects and connections to a wealth of resources around the state and nation. CITEC is part of the federal and New York State Manufacturing Extension Partnership network and a NYSP2I partner. “We see Omniafiltra’s efforts as a promising model for other paper mills facing similar environmental challenges in the North Country and beyond,” said William P. Murray, executive director for CITEC. “Mills that can invest in environmental improvements will not only increase their competitiveness, but boost their production—all while reducing their costs.” Eugene Park, NYSP2I’s assistant director of Technical Programs and principal investigator on the project, believes the initiative’s results prove that there are “significant opportunities for further competitive positioning of the pulp and paper industry through sustainability initiatives.” “Our collaborative work with the pulp and paper industry further shows that it is important for the manufacturing sector to understand that it can reduce its environmental footprint by implementing cost-effective technologies and practices that will allow them to preserve the environment, produce highquality products and give them greater competitive positioning in the marketplace,” Park said.

NYSP2I has led a multi-agency effort resulting in improvements to the environment as well as to operational costs at pulp and paper mills in New York state’s Great Lakes watershed.

About the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute is a partnership between the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Rochester Institute of Technology and its Golisano Institute for Sustainability, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the State University of New York at Buffalo and Clarkson University, with a statewide reach. NYSP2I also works with the state’s 10 Regional Technology Development Centers to help disseminate data and strategy. NYSP2I’s goal is to make the state more sustainable for workers, the public, the environment and the economy through pollution prevention. Pollution prevention is reducing or eliminating waste at the source by modifying production processes, promoting the use of non-toxic or less-toxic substances, implementing conservation techniques, and reusing materials rather than putting them into the waste stream. q Campus News continued on page 30...

OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 27

28 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

ieee news

OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 29

Campus News RIT Engineering Dean Harvey Palmer Announces Retirement After 15 years of Leadership Career includes advances in undergraduate engineering education, development of inter-disciplinary doctoral programs and outstanding rates of retention for female engineering students.

Harvey Palmer, dean of the engineering college at Rochester Institute of Technology, announced his retirement from the college he has led for the past 15 years. Palmer, who shaped RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering into one of the top undergraduate and graduate engineering programs in the country, recognized for programs in nanotechnology, 3D printing and sustainable engineering, will step down June 30, 2016. “It’s time,” said Palmer, adding that he is looking forward to spending more time with family and traveling. “We’ve accomplished extraordinary things in the college through our exceptional faculty and staff leaders. They’ve been so committed to our students and the success of the college.” Palmer was an integral part of that success, transforming the RIT engineering curriculum, adding new programs, including a doctoral degree in microsystems engineering in 2002 and a Ph.D. in engineering in 2014. He was instrumental in adding undergraduate degrees in chemical and biomedical engineering, a graduate degree in sustainable engineering, and a new curriculum option that focuses on product innovation within a global economy. Even with demands of administering a large and growing college, Palmer also taught several classes in the chemical engineering and honors programs at the college.

Faculty diversity has also flourished over the past decade, and through his leadership the percentage of underrepresented minorities among faculty has grown to 15 percent, well above the national average of 3 percent. The number of women faculty has doubled, with women comprising nearly 17 percent of the engineering faculty at RIT, many in leadership position within departments. Once engineering students graduate, they are highly sought after for jobs. In 2012, RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering was ranked 27th globally by Business Insider as one of “The World’s Best Engineering Schools,” based on surveys with technology companies that hire its graduates. The university ranks third nationally as one of the schools companies prefer when recruiting and hiring for positions in the aerospace and defense industries, according to Aviation Week’s annual workforce study. “During Dr. Palmer’s time, the college has catapulted into the national limelight for its superb contributions to undergraduate and graduate programs that enjoy strong student demand and selectivity, and a terrific array of industry partners,” said RIT Provost Jeremy Haefner. “The college is highly selective, an exemplar for the RIT teacherscholar model, well ranked, and is an organization that deeply embraces academic excellence. We all can be proud of what the Kate Gleason College of Engineering has been able to accomplish under Dr. Palmer’s leadership.”

30 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

Prior to coming to RIT, Palmer held several positions at the University of Rochester as a chemical engineering faculty member from 1971 to 2000, including chair of the department and associate dean for graduate studies in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He was twice recognized for excellence in teaching with the Undergraduate Teaching Award from the university. He has twice served as president of the Rochester Engineering Society, and was the recipient of its 2007 Leo H. East Engineer of the Year Award. At RIT, he won the Edwina Award for Gender Diversity and Inclusiveness in 2010. Outside of RIT, Palmer is a licensed professional engineer and is the only academic who serves on the New York State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. He served for many years on the Board of Directors of Transcat, Corp., and for nine years on the Honeoye Falls-Lima School Board, serving two terms as its president. For his accomplishments as a researcher, scholar, administrator and leader in the engineering field, Palmer was awarded the 2011 R. Wells Moulton Distinguished Alumnus Award in Academia from his alma mater, the University of Washington, where he received his doctoral degree. Awardees are recognized for their contributions to the engineering industry, faculty service in academia, and government, public or volunteer service. q

campus news

University Professor Named Society of Women Engineers Outstanding Faculty Advisor RIT mechanical engineering faculty Marca Lam recognized for inspiring future engineering leaders

Marca Lam, a faculty member at Rochester Institute of Technology, was named the 2015 Outstanding Faculty Advisor by the Society of Women Engineers. Lam was recognized for her role in helping to build the membership in RIT’s student section of the organization and increase participation in student-run professional and social programming, as well as being an engineering role model for the young women in the program. She will be presented the award at the society’s annual conference this October in Nashville, Tenn. “I’m honored to have my work with SWE recognized especially with this being an international award. Wow,” said Lam, a senior lecturer of mechanical engineering in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering. “Dr. Lam has the can-do attitude that really inspires both the student leaders and general membership to want to go above and beyond,” said Nicole Anklam, president of the RIT’s SWE student section and a fifth-year electrical engineering major from El Paso, Texas. “Her composure throughout the year and advice in times of need has always allowed us to keep calm and engineer on. Our section is incredibly lucky to have her as our adviser, and we are so proud that she is campus news

achieving the recognition she deserves.” Michelle Garofalo agreed. “Dr. Lam’s consistent dedication to the section and its members is an invaluable asset. Without her guidance, insight and support, RIT SWE would not be as successful as it is today. She really helped to grow and develop the section with the student members during her time as faculty adviser and I am sure will continue to do so as the section progresses. “She is a mentor to anyone who knocks on her door and is always there for students,” said Garofalo ’15 (mechanical engineering), who was past section president and is currently an engineer at Lord Corp. “This award could not go to a more deserving or committed individual. Lam became the student section’s adviser in 2009, and works with its leadership team in planning careerdevelopment and community service activities throughout the year, including the group’s signature event, the annual SWE Overnight for high school juniors to explore engineering fields. She helped formalize a campus networking event between current SWE members and alumni and garnered sponsorship for the event through the RIT Engineering Alumni Office. Lam also escorts students to professional

conferences each year, for both team building, professional development, networking with peers from other universities and to meet with prospective employers. “This award is well deserved to honor all the time and talent that Dr. Lam provides to the RIT SWE student section,” said Jodi Carville, president of SWE Rochester professional section, and senior director of RIT’s College Alumni Relations. “Marca is a studentfocused adviser who cares and takes the time to develop relationships with the SWE student members, mentoring them to be effective leaders and guiding the success of the RIT section activities. She practices what she preaches, as she is also an incredible leader and partner as vice president of the Rochester SWE Professional Section.” Lam came to RIT in 2006 after teaching at The Cooper Union in New York City. She is an expert in materials science, engineering design tools, teaching courses in system dynamics, engineering vibrations and optimal design. She also serves on the executive board of RIT’s Women in Engineering program, is an advocate for the engineering college’s Honors Program and is logistics coordinator for RIT’s Baja Race. Outside of RIT, Lam is part of the leadership team for the Women Engineers Pro-

Marca Lam Credit: Kate Gleason College of Engineering

Active Network, a national, nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming engineering education and promoting the success of women in engineering fields. “Part of the initiative to inspire women to explore opportunities in STEM and encourage them to reach their fullest potential in their careers is providing recognition to those who are positively impacting the field,” said Colleen Layman, president of the Society of Women Engineers, the notfor-profit educational and service organization. “These are the role models who lead by example and inspire the current and next generation. We are honored to have them as part of our mission.” q

Campus News continued on page 32...

OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 31

Campus News Free and open source software culture at RIT continues to grow Academic minor allows graduates to bring FOSS mindset into workforce

In just the first year offering the free and open source software and free culture minor, Rochester Institute of Technology has graduated five students who are already sharing their insights with the workforce. By 2016, the number of FOSS minor graduates is expected to double. RIT’s School of Interactive Games and Media launched the nation's first minor in free and open source software (FOSS) and free culture in 2014, after offering classes in FOSS since 2009. The interdisciplinary program is aimed at students from across the university who want to develop a deep understanding of how they can use the technological and social sides of FOSS and free culture to spur innovation. RIT’s minor comes at a time when more companies are opening up their intellectual property, code and development processes. In just the last year, Tesla and Ford announced that they are opening their electric car patents, while Apple and Microsoft are opening parts of their technology platform and tools. “After graduating I went to work at Microsoft as a Web developer and along with championing the use

of open source tools and libraries internally, I have been working to find parts of our codebase that can be opened up,” said Daniel Jost ’15 (game design and development, FOSS minor). “I’ve been very happy with the push across Microsoft to open source a number of different projects and I am working to continue that trend.” The 15-credit-hour minor, open to undergraduates across the university, is not exclusively for technical students. The three core courses, from the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences and the College of Liberal Arts, examine the history and thinking behind open development and copyright alternatives and the processes in which creative and technical work are shared and co-created. “My favorite thing about the minor is that I didn’t have to take a single class that required additional engineering,” said Colden Cullen ’15 (game design and development, FOSS minor), who works as a software development engineer at Amazon. “The entire focus was on working well with people, the history of the FOSS community and how to be taken seriously.” Student projects, both in

32 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

and outside of classes, have included game engines, citizen journalism platforms, video games and websites. This summer, Alexandria Mack ’15 (game design and development, FOSS minor) is member of a team that has been creating a World of Warcraft add-on, written in the open source language Lua, that gives your character a simulated form of Type II diabetes. “I hope the project helps people who have just been diagnosed with diabetes, or people with friends who have diabetes, to learn more about the disease and what living with it might be like,” said Mack. “Game design is normally closed source, but with FOSS everyone is able to share code and design and learn from each other.” The program focuses on how developers, inventors, entrepreneurs and artists can advance innovation and creativity. It also teaches students how to share what they do, while making a living or a profit. “We are—as artistic and technical cultures—starting to rethink the way we work together and share the results of that work,” said Stephen Jacobs, professor of interactive games and media and associate director of RIT’s Center for Media,

Arts, Games, Interaction and Creativity (MAGIC). “We hear more and more from recruiters that they look for shared repositories of technical work, or ‘open’ portfolios as part of their hiring process.” Red Hat Inc., a leading provider of open source software solutions, has been a ongoing collaborator in FOSS programs at RIT. Red Hat has supported Jacobs’ FOSS@MAGIC initiative, which promotes the practice of free and open source software development by connecting students to humanitarian projects, independent studies, co-op opportunities, conference registrations and travel, summer undergraduate research fellowships, faculty and staff professional development opportunities and hackathons. “I knew that the minor would grow my knowledge and passion for open source and the community involved with it,” said Jost. “Now it’s a bit like a tattoo, where I can point to the minor as something that I am proud to share about myself and has grown to be a part of how I view the world.” For more information about the FOSS minor, go to magic.rit.edu/foss/minor. html. campus news

Rochester NY Chapter

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: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 Location: SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering’s Smart System Technology & Commercialization Center (STC) 5450 Campus Drive - Canandaigua NY 14424 Time: Registration 10:00 - 10:30 am Presentation: 10:30 - 11:30 am Registration Required: There is NO charge for this presentation. Reservations are required by Friday C.O.B. October 16, 2015. Make Reservations via The Rivers Organization at (585) 586-6906 or ESTG@Riversorg.com Topic: Since 1978 the NYS Trade Adjustment Assistance Center (NYS TAAC) has helped over

1200 New York firms to recover from the effects of foreign competition and has provided over $53 million in assistance. If your company has experienced increased foreign competition, a decline in sales or production and a decline or impending decline in employment, the NYS TAAC may be able to help improve your competitive position in todays economy. NYS TAAC provides assistance in strategic areas of importance, including; Management – Marketing – Finance - Information Technology – Manufacturing/Engineering – ISO/QS/TS/UL/CE Certification. At this session you’ll learn about the program, eligibility requirements, and how to potentially tap into $75,000 in funding to provide this kind of assistance.

Speakers:

Louis G McKeage is the Director at NYS TAAC with past experience of owning his own manufacturing company. He is responsible for the day to day operations and leadership of an experienced staff of professionals at NYS TAAC. Teresa Stockton is the Outreach Specialist at the NYS TAAC with the responsibility of assisting trade impacted firms in the preparation of certification petitions in conjunction with marketing the program throughout NYS. Upcoming Talk: Date November 2015

Speaker Barb Done/Carol Jones

Topic Cleanroom Garments and Gowning Protocol

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 (0800-0930), 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.

iec news

OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 33

34 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

asce news

ea news

OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 35

Association for Facilities Engineering Rochester Chapter No. 21

October 2015 Meeting Notice

2015/16 BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT Matthew Knights Ultrafab Inc. (585) 924-2186 ext. 221 mknights@ultrafab.com VICE PRESIDENT Frank St. George J.T. Mauro Co. (585) 210-4491 fstgeorge@jtmauro.com SECRETARY Craig Avalone CHA Companies (585) 232-5610 CAvalone@chacompanies.com TREASURER Dennis Roote CDE Engineering & Environment, PLLC (585) 330-6986 dennis.roote@cde-pllc.com ASSISTANT TREASURER Tom Acquilano Trane Supply (585) 256-1028 Tom.Acquilano@trane.com IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Josh Murray - R L Stone Co. Inc. (585) 203-1222 joshm@rl-stone.com DELEGATE DIRECTORS Jeff Bidell – Erdman Anthony Dan Friday – YMCA Tom Ward - YMCA 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 (585) 325-1290 bstalk@crosbybrownlie.com CHAIRMAN, MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Kurt Finkbeiner (585) 671-7771 kfinkbeiner@rochester.rr.com

Date/Time:

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 – 5:30 p.m.

Tour - Eastridge High School Co Gen Plant The project was the installation of a 325 KW Pure Comfort Co Gen system from UTC Carrier. The system consists of five 65 KW gas turbines/micro turbines, and 160-ton absorber, configured to use the direct 600 degree exhaust gas from the turbines. The system provides chilled water for A/C, hot water for heating the pool, domestic hot water, and the hot water heating building loop. The system is capable of providing hot and chilled water simultaneously and can be adjusted for a heating or cooling priority. It can also be configured to provide hot water only or chilled water only. Requirements: Hard hats and safety glasses are optional.

Address/Directions: 2350 East Ridge Road, Rochester 14622 Eastridge High School is located north of Rte. 104, between Rte. 590, and Culver Road. Parking is on the east side of the building, and the main entrance can be identified by a two story glass tower with “Eastridge” vertically displayed toward Ridge Road.

Dinner: Keenan’s Restaurant 1010 Ridge Road E

Rochester, NY 14621

Dinner Menu: Please select one of the following entrees: - Roast Prime Rib (10 – 12 oz.) au jus with baked potato; - NY Sirloin Strip with mushroom and baked potato; - Gracie’s Drunken Chicken over penne pasta; - Boston Baked Scallops over spinach with baked potato;

*All entrees are served with tossed salad/house dressing, bread, coffee, tea, soda, and dessert.

Cost: Members - $25

Non Member - $30

Please RSVP by October 16, 2015 to: Dennis Roote CDE Engineering (585) 330-6986 dennis.roote@cde-pllc.com

36 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

afe news

Genesee Valley Branch

American Public Works Association Website: www.apwa.net Geoffrey Benway, PE Genesee Valley Branch President Serving Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans and Wayne County

Report from the APWA National Congress

I just returned from Phoenix, AZ where they held the Annual Congress and Exposition. I now know what a croissant must feel like in the oven! I attended the University of Arizona and spent a summer in Phoenix, so I expected to be comfortably warm. But a week of 110 degrees was deflating. All that crap about “it’s a dry heat” is baloney. Thanks to APWA for supporting more casual attire. The City of Phoenix has come a long way since my graduation in 1981. The city is dynamic with a beautiful convention center. The exposition floor was full of vendors of products and equipment. I attended many classes that were interesting and productive in my role as the Commissioner of Public Works. I also started my service with a new committee, the Donald C. Stone Center for Leadership and Management. DCS provides the most comprehensive and affordable leadership training for public works professionals. This program is designed to inspire public works staff throughout their career. The training is very personalized as each applicant chooses their training program. The best part of the process is that it also includes a designated mentor with at least 20 years experience to assist in the training! The training has 4 Levels to fit the role of each applicant. They are (1) Public Works Supervisor, (2) Public Works Manager, (3) Public Works Executive, and (4) Public Works Fellow. I attended a session where recent graduates talked about their experience. Each graduate found the process challenging and very rewarding. The mentors also gained a valuable insight by working with each applicant. I highly recommend that each public works agency encourage some of their rising stars to consider the Donald C Stone Center. The second part of the Congress included the presentation of an all new APWA experience starting in 2016. The APWA Congress is changing to the Public Works Expo PWX. APWA National is revising how the PWX operates and delivers their training starting with the PWX in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which will occur in August 2016. Make plans to attend!

apwa news

“You can expect real changes with PWX that will take the APWA annual conference into the future workplace,” said APWA Meetings Director Dana Priddy. “Our vision is to have an annual event that engages all generations by incorporating new learning methods that encourage more collaborations, and use technology to allow more people to access the conference in a variety of ways.”

NY Chapter Conference & Awards Dinner The NY Conference is starting to plan the event which is being held in Syracuse, NY. We are looking for vendors and speakers to provide comprehensive education to NY public works professionals. If interested, give me a call at 585.872.0589. The conference is April 14 – 15.

The NY Conference will again include the presentation of the NY Chapter Awards to top individuals and projects. Please consider submitting an award nomination form to the Genesee Valley Branch for our January 2016 Awards ceremony. The Board of Directors encourage government agencies and private consultants to think about what staff or projects should be recognized. We also want to hear from the counties outside of Monroe County that are part of the Branch. The award descriptions can be found at www.APWA.net and on the NY Chapter website www.NYS.APWA.net.

The American Public Works Association (www.apwa. net) is a not-for-profit, international organization of more than 28,500 members involved in the field of public works. APWA serves its members by promoting professional excellence and public awareness through education, advocacy and the exchange of knowledge. APWA is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, has an office in Washington, D.C. and 63 chapters in North America.

OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 37

Rochester, NY Chapter

American Society of Plumbing Engineers President: ALAN SMITH, P.E. IBC Engineering, P.C. 3445 Winton Place, Suite 219 Rochester, NY 14623 585-292-1590 Vice President Technical: DAVID JERECKOS IBC Engineering, PC 3445 Winton Place, Suite 219 Rochester, NY 14623 585-292-1590 Vice President Legislative: JENNIFER WENGENDER, PE CPD 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: ADAM KRAMER IBC Engineering, PC 3445 Winton Place, Suite 219 Rochester, NY 14623 585-292-1590 Education Chairman: JENNIFER WENGENDER, PE, CPD Clark Patterson Lee 205 St Paul Blvd Rochester, NY 14604 585-454-7600 Newsletter Editor: DAVID MYERS LaBella Associates, DPC 300 State Street Suite 201 Rochester, NY 14614 585-454-6110

www.aspe.org

President's Message

Membership pins for 2015-2016 are available for Chapter members that renewed their membership. Pins will be distributed at the monthly meetings, or contact me at asmith@ibceng.com. Alfred Steele’s popular handbook, Advanced Plumbing Technology has been updated. The new handbook, Advanced Plumbing Technology II, is available from Society (www.aspe.org); select the link for the ASPE Store. The Chapter is in the process of obtaining speakers for various topics for 2015-2016. If you are interested in providing a presentation, please contact Dave Jereckos, or one of the Chapter Officers. At the time this article was presented to RES, we have not secured a topic or speaker for the October meeting. Once a topic and speaker have been identified, an e-mail notification will be issued to the Chapter’s mailing list. Alan Smith, P.E. Rochester Chapter President

Meeting Notice – October 21, 2015 Topic: To be announced. Speaker: TBD

Date:

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Time:

12:00 noon - 1:30 pm

Place:

Valicia's Ristorante, 2155 Long Pond Road, Rochester 14606 (just north of Route 31, Gates)

Cost:

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

RSVP: To Dave Jereckos (585-341-3168) or djereckos@ibceng.com by Monday, October 19th.

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

38 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

Future meetings: November 18th, December 16th (Chapters are not authorized to speak for the Society) aspe news

Illuminating Engineering Society - Rochester, NY Section P.O. Box 23795, Rochester, NY 14692 www.iesrochester.org

Join Us For A Tour of the New

RTS Transit Center 60 St. Paul Street Rochester, NY 14604

The RTS Transit Center in downtown Rochester is the recipient of the IES Rochester's 2014 'Harley Hill Excellence in Lighting' Award Some of the standout features of this new facility include a 40 foot tall main concourse with a 'motion wall' incorporating strips of multicolored metal alternating with glowing LED strip lighting, a suspended ceiling over the main concourse illuminated with color changing light with the centerpiece of the facility being the two-story, swooping ceiling, which features custom, curved, perforated metal panels that are washed with colorchanging light.

Tuesday, October 20th - $30 per person (includes dinner) All guests will meet at 5:30 pm across the street SUNY Brockport 'Metrocenter' Campus 55 St. Paul Street, Rochester (Fee parking available at the nearby Mortimer Street Garage)

Tour to follow dinner at approximately 6:30 pm Please RSVP for this event before Oct. 13th to Diane Montrois at 585.254.8010 ies news

OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 39

40 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

abcd news

OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 41

42 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

swe news

Rochester Chapter

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

We kicked off our 2015-2016 ASHRAE program year on Monday, September 14th with our annual Clambake at the Burgundy Basin Inn. Thank you to everyone that attended…and Wow, what a turnout we had! We were so honored to have Heidi Zimmer-Meyer, President of Rochester Downtown Development Corporation, present on major economic news to help send Downtown Roaring! On August 20-22, 2015, Ed Burns (Delegate) and I (Alternate) attended the ASHRAE Chapter Regional Conference (CRC) for Region I in Syracuse, NY. The conference was very informative and will assist our chapter in going forward this year. We learned of Society President, David Underwood’s Presidential theme: Making Connections. His message was, “Making Connections goes well beyond membership. It means connecting with industry, communities, governments and the public. Our mission is to advance the arts and sciences of heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigerating to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world. For us to succeed, we have to build connections.”

OCTOBER NEWSLETTER

October ASHRAE Meeting (PDH approval is pending for this meeting)

Date:

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Location:

Mario’s Italian Steakhouse 2740 Monroe Ave, Rochester

Time:

12 PM with Buffet Lunch Served

Cost:

$25.00

Speaker:

Mr. Andrew Randolph, LTG, Inc.

Topic:

CHILLED BEAMS,

a convection HVAC system designed to heat or cool large buildings.

Please RSVP by noon Thursday, October 2nd to Tim Duprey, tim.duprey@pres-services.com.

Our meeting this month will be held on Tuesday, October 13th. It is on a different day than our normal Monday, because of the Columbus Day holiday October 12th. Please join us for lunch, camaraderie, and an excellent program on Chilled Beams, Tuesday, October 13th and let’s start Making Connections. Please continue to check out our website at www.rochester.ashraechapters.org for information on upcoming chapter meetings, current officer list and contact information, our current newsletter and more! Or if Facebook is your preferred method of communication take a moment to ‘like’ us at www. facebook.com/#!/ ashraerochester.

Christina Walter 2015-2016 President Rochester Chapter ashrae news

OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 43

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 • October Chapter Meeting 

Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 6:00 pm (Please RSVP with your local host - refer to the list below)

• November Chapter Meeting 

Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 6:00 pm (Please RSVP with your local host - refer to the list below)

• December - as always, no Chapter Meeting in December • 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. • Meetings begin at 6:00 and run to approximately 7:30 pm

 Please RSVP with your local host - a list of local hosts and their contact information is below; if there are any issues contacting one of them, or there are any other questions or concerns, please contact Rick Zinni at rzinni@gmail.com. 1. Ithaca, NY 2. Syracuse University 3. Xerox 4. Binghamton University 5. Rome, NY 6. SRC, No. Syracuse, NY 7. Lockheed Martin SI 8. 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 Steve Czarnecki at czar@binghamton.edu 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

44 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

incose news

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

October 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 November 19, 2015 Board of Directors /Associates Meeting

October 15, 2015

Finger Lakes Dinner

40 & 8 Club, 933 University Avenue, Rochester

December 5, 2015

Yard of Ale Piffard, NY

Annual Holiday Dinner Location to be determined.

January 20-22 2016 NYSAPLS Conference Turning Stone Casino

Cocktails:

6:00 to 7:00 pm

Board of Directors:

6:30 pm

Dinner:

7:00 pm

Program:

7:45 pm

Program has not yet been determined.

November 19, 2015 Board of Directors /Associates Meeting Professional Affiliations • • •

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

gvlsa news

40 & 8 Club 933 University Avenue Rochester

OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 45

Rochester Chapter

Society for Imaging Science and Technology Website: http://rochesterengineeringsociety.wildapricot.org/ISandT Save the Dates: 2015-16 Meeting Schedule

April 13, 2016 - TBD

November 11, 2015 - "Choosing a Landing Site on MMars: The 2016 InSight Mission" by Nicholas Warner, Geneseo College

May 11, 2016 - TBD

December 9, 2015 - TBD January 13, 2016 - TBD February 10, 2016 - 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 rreservations are required.

March 9, 2016 - TBD

October IS&T Meeting - Wednesday, October 14, 2015 Kodak Alaris Premium Duplex Photo Fulfillment Presented by Bob F. Mindler, Thermal Printing Technology in Imaging Consumer Abstract:

Kodak Alaris Retail Systems Solutions has been focusing on the growing market for high-demand premium photo products which requires rich photographic detail and double-sided printing. Products such as the KODAK D4600 Duplex Photo Printer with its compact design and flexibility, provides a powerful printer that integrates seamlessly with existing KODAK Picture Kiosks, KODAK Adaptive Picture Exchange (APEX) or stand-alone PC workstations. The KODAK D4600 Duplex Photo Printer and KODAK D4600 Photo Paper enables in store production of vivid, borderless Premium Double-Sided Photo Books, Calendars and Greeting Cards that make it easy for consumers to enrich, share and relive the special KODAK MOMENTS in their lives. This presentation will describe the details and features of this new duplex printing system and show how it has been designed to integrate flexibility that is easy and efficient for the retail environment.

Biography:

Bob Mindler has worked in New Product Development for over 34 years at Eastman Kodak Company and Kodak Alaris Inc. Of those 34 years, 29 years have been directly related the Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer printing, ranging from designing printer subsystems to Chief Engineer on printer projects to his current role as Kodak Alaris’s Manager of Thermal Printing Technology in Imaging Consumer. Bob is either Inventor or Co-Inventor on 54 US patents related to thermal printing. He holds a BS in business management from Rochester Institute of Technology, an AS in mechanical technology from Rochester Institute of Technology and an AS in business management from Monroe Community College.

November IS&T Meeting - Wednesday, November 11, 2015 Choosing a Landing Site on Mars: The 2016 InSight Mission Presented by Nicholas Warner, Geneseo College Abstract:

The InSight lander mission to Mars is the first robotic geophysics mission to land on another terrestrial planet. The primary mission goal is to understand the interior structure of Mars (as well as other terrestrial planets) by measuring mars quakes and by acquiring a measurement of the planet’s internal heat. In September of 2016 the InSight lander will descend and hopefully land safely on Mars. This talk will walk through how we choose a landing site on Mars and give details regarding both the engineering and science constraints that influence this process.

46 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

Biography:

Nicholas Warner is currently an assistant professor of geological sciences at SUNY Geneseo. He has a bachelors degree in geological sciences from SUNY Geneseo in 2000, and a masters in geological sciences from SUNY Buffalo in 2002. He taught high school earth science at Spencerport High School from 2002 to 2004. He then earned a PhD in geological sciences from Arizon State University in 2008. His research focus was on the climate history of planetary bodies (Mars more specifically) through an understanding of surface processes (20+ publications). Nicholas is originally from the Castile, NY area. is&t news

Monroe Professional Engineers Society A Chapter of the New York State Society of Professional Engineers 657 East Avenue, Rochestter, New York 14607 Dedicated to Professionalism in Engineering in the Interest of Public Safety and Welfare 2015-16 Officers: President Chris Devries, PE, President-elect David Roberts, PE, Vice President Chris Kambar, PE, Secretary Derek Anderson, PE, Treasurer Neal Illenberg, PE, Membership Chair Chris Devries, PE

Mark Your Calendars

PDH PROGRAM: In Wake of the Storm: The Role of the PE Mark Kriss, legal and legislative counsel to NYSSPE

Date / Time: October 21, 2015 / 12:00 Noon Location: NeighborWorks Rochester Educational Center 570 South Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620 COST NSPE Members: $25.00 Non-Members: $30.00

1 PDH Lunch will be provided by Madeline's Catering Registration on the RES website at www.roceng.org. Click on the calendar and go to October 21st and click on the MPES meeting.

Questions? Contact Dave Roberts at 585-236-6551 or dcrobertspe@gmail.com As always, you are encouraged to become a more active member in the Monroe Professional Engineers Society. We are constantly striving to improve your membership but we always need more help. If you are interested in becoming an active member or have any questions, please email me at chris.devries@frontiernet.net. Christopher R. Devries, P.E. President MPES

mpes news

OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 47

Creating Resilient Communities in the Face of Manmade and Natural Disasters Making an impact with Collaboratory for Resiliency & Recovery at RIT

By Jennifer Schneider, Eugene H. Fram Chair of Applied Critical Thinking, and professor, Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management & Safety. In the ten years since Hurricane Katrina, we have become much more aware of the vulnerabilities in our communities. Events at home and across the globe have taught us that the creation of resilience -being robust yet flexible to a challengeat the community level and at a global level, is a determined walk forward, not a dash toward a finish line. After 9/11, the United States began to focus efforts toward the plethora of risks that abounded in our world, first by updating emergency communication systems and response capabilities. These were the right steps to improve our ability to respond and recover from a crisis or disaster, but a longer view requires that we go beyond post disaster recovery toward prevention. Much of that prevention strategy relies on the mitigation of risk and hazard through robust infrastructure. The overall rating of our national infrastructure is D+ according to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)’s Report Card for American Infrastructure (http://www. infrastructurereportcard.org/). It is easy to see the risk created when we fail to maintain these systems. We have seen that infrastructure comes apart in many local instances, including Hurricane Agnes, in 1972, the 1991 Ice Storm, the more recent storms Irene and Lee, and even the weather events that have especially hit our region’s southern and western reaches in the past year. Certainly, robust infrastructure is the literal foundation of our community. In 2010, a team of professors and researchers at RIT began working with public and private leaders of our community to evaluate the criticality of our infrastructural assets. Understanding these assets and their functional relationship to each other can guide investments to improve security, response and recovery in the event of a manmade or natural disaster. Not only did this effort result in a better understanding of our infrastructure and its vulnerabilities, it also became the model for other mid-sized urban areas to follow. Especially for smaller urban centers like the Rochester region, it can be difficult to determine what is actually ‘critical’ in a community; many times, we just do not understand how much we rely upon infrastructure until access to it and to the services it provides is interrupted. Evaluating infrastructure criticality requires applied systems thinking that employs expertise across multiple disciplines, and in fact, the RIT research group initially brought together expertise in risk management and hazards, cyber systems,

data mining, and the life-line infrastructures of transportation engineering, water, power, telecommunications, etc. If there is anything we’ve learned post-9/11 and Katrina, it is that it takes a cooperation to develop and implement crucial preventive measures and recovery efforts. This research group has since evolved into the Collaboratory for Resiliency & Recovery (CRR) at RIT (http://www.rit.edu/cast/ crr/). CRR’s mission is straightforward—to increase the community’s ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a crisis. As our work has progressed, we have become aware of the ever-growing interrelationships among our infrastructures, and how risk straddles the physical, operational and social divide. We have witnessed growing vulnerability that is created by the cyber physical interactions that govern infrastructural systems. We even added a sociologist to our team when it became clear that decreasing much of our vulnerability, and increasing our resilience, will rely upon the thoughts and actions of our citizens, both daily and in the midst of crisis. RIT believed critical thinking to be so important that it established the Eugene H. Fram Chair in Applied Critical Thinking (ACT), leading a university-wide initiative to build that competency through curricula, scholarship and the student experience. Disasters certainly highlight the need for critical thinking, but the RIT effort goes beyond thinking in crisis. Critical thinking is accomplished by analysis of information to assess veracity and relationships; use of hypothesis and experimental results; application of multidisciplinary methods to support evaluation and possible creation of new ideas, products or views. Critical thinking also seeks to resolve weaknesses in thinking such as insufficient inquiry, ambiguity, unexamined assumptions, biases, and subjectivity. At RIT, ACT is an active form of engagement, drawing from our diverse domains and deep expertise to address the questions and challenges that we face. Application of critical thinking is necessary in our efforts to build a thriving, resilient community. It requires more than building of robust infrastructure. Risk engineering is guided by the ‘maximum probable event’ and relies on our ability to predict that event. This method has served us well. However, as the uncertainties and the magnitude of impacts increase in our complex world, we must now consider a wider range of possible outcomes. To do this well, we need to employ thinking that draws from multiple, diverse domains to more fully inform our evaluation and resultant strategies.

48 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

The CRR’s work continues in several related fronts:

Critical Infrastructure & Key Resources (CI/KR):

These are the literal backbone of any community. The Department of Homeland Security defines 16 sectors, from the life-line infrastructures mentioned above to critical manufacturing, dams, financial services, etc. as described in the updated Presidential Policy Directive, PPD21. (https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-

office/2013/02/12/presidential-policy-directivecritical-infrastructure-security-and-resil)

It is important to understand that infrastructure is critical due to the services that it provides, and not simply because it exists. Any analysis of infrastructure services must examine the processes and outputs in the sector and their interconnectedness to each other. Each linkage, or inbound, outbound or internal connection, then represents a risk or resultant vulnerability of the system. The process of examining this risk can be thought of as pulling a string on a sweater, and watching it unravel. In our local analysis, we found over 300 CI/KR assets that have community level impacts. Risk and vulnerability are measured relatively simply, the greater the potential impact, the more critical. As you can imagine, however, criticality is also an extremely local experience— failure of that small culvert crossing at the end of a rural road would not be highly rated to the region. But to the local residents, that washout is certainly a crisis. The next step in such an analysis is to then surmise the opportunity for wide-scale failures, or multimodal ‘super-storms’ of one form or another. In most regions, including our own, failures arise from water weather events of ice, snow or flood, while externally borne events are typically technology based, cyber physical in nature and propagate across multiple regions. The transportation sector is an important example in this regard, both as a literal ‘bridge’ along a path and a necessary component of a coherent response. Preservation of physical systems such as roads, bridges, and systems, supports evacuation and restoration through improved logistics to deliver key resources such as medical capacity and food. Transportation systems are also a physical reminder of the options we consider as we seek the best path for resources as we rebuild. RIT’s Laboratory for Environmental Computing and Decision Making (LECDM: http://www.rit.edu/gccis/lecdm/) provided helpful capacity as we built our analyses for transportation systems.

feature article

Here again, there are bimodal forms of risk and vulnerability. The first is chronic and slow moving, and is exemplified by the gradual decline of our transportation infrastructure. As with most chronic risk, the pace of oncoming failure is slow until a certain point is reached, and then the actual disruption occurs very quickly. In contrast, the other type of vulnerability arises from a pinpoint and is an acute risk. A specific catastrophic event propagates disruption rapidly across a system. In both cases, there is an opportunity to take advantage of data and information to mitigate these failures. We now live in a data-rich world, however, taking advantage of that data to turn it into information we can use to mitigate and respond to risk is challenging. Effective and responsible decision-making depends upon our ability to identify and tease out the appropriate data, assess the veracity of the data we then use, and consider the context that underlies the problem we are wrestling with. In each step of the process, we must evaluate the uncertainty and the potential impacts of the decision. This all comes down to time, in the best of all worlds we will have the luxury of sufficient time to fully consider, however, particularly in the case of the acute risk or the unseen chronic risk, it may not be noticed until the after crisis has occurred. At RIT, we have built systems to inform current decision-making, including leveraging of historical operational data across infrastructures and generation of semi real time data both in the CRR and in collaboration with the NSFfunded Information Products Laboratory for Emergency Response (IPLER: http://ipler.cis.rit.edu/), part of the Center for Imaging Science at RIT. Our work shows that a typical crisis or emergency requires seven levels of informational ‘fusion’, and that each level requires multiple data inputs (1). Combining historical, experiential data with crisis-generated data is powerful. It supplements field experience, supports consideration of options, and allows for improvisation and creativity, to resolve the crisis. Once we have developed the information, it can be difficult to share it across the actors in a crisis, and in a new funded effort, (NSF: EAGER 1450854), we are building methodologies, developing and evaluating network architectures to support sharing of information during a response cycle. Within any crisis, an operations center has different information than the field and each responder has unique informational needs. This effort seeks to streamline the technology that supports the movement of information from one platform to another.

Metrics of Performance and Creating Resilience:

There is a difference between operational actions to mitigate crisis and measures of overall resilience. Resilience is the ability to “anticipate, … absorb, respond, adapt to and recover from a disturbance” (2). Resilience is grounded in being robust and flexible, to be able to withstand the changes and perturbations in our world.

feature article

Measuring Community Resiliency Along the Emergency Management Timeline

Response

Recovery

Economic

Emergency Management Timeline

If there is good news in this discussion, it is that the rise of technology also gives us data that can be used to improve our response and resilience. For a generation or more, we have added technology to legacy systems, and could not take full advantage of our increasing capabilities. The design of a new generation infrastructure allows us to build forward, and allows us to gather data on performance that can be used for more informed decisions.

RIT’s CRR and our research partners at the Center for Resiliency Analysis at Argonne National Labs have provided input into the scorecard. Each effort is a step in the right direction, however, much remains to be done to create resilience.

Disaster

Informational Support and Decision-making:

There are at least 20 proposed models that seek to elucidate community resilience, and just as many efforts underway to increase resilience across our world. The most notable are the Hyogo Framework for action, created by the United Nations as a result of the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia, and the updated Disaster Resilience scorecard, published in spring 2015 by the UN as a companion to the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.

Preparedness

As a multidisciplinary laboratory at a university, our work must support the core mission of education. We have implemented curricula across the university, including many courses like Disaster Science, to advance student critical thinking across a transdisciplinary problem. Over the past three years, we have created and validated infrastructure protection educational modules for use by high school, community college and university level instructors (http://nsf_cip.csec.rit.edu/). This effort, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), DUE-1303269, teaches that our students and future professionals must understand their role in mitigating the risks in the systems they create and live with. Technology is now part of almost every interaction and process within our community, and we must be mindful of our relationship to those processes.

Mitigation

Education:

Local $, Property and Business Value, Investment

Community

Advocacy, Risk Mitigation, Health, Expertise, Disaster Experience

Social

Competency, Access, Connection

Physical/Infrastructure Operational, Civil/Public, Planning

As you can see in the graphic, infrastructure is the foundation for community resilience at the local level (2). In fact, the Rockefeller Foundation is in their third year of the “100 Resilient Cities Challenge” (http://www.100resilientcities.org/#/-_/). This is an interesting 100-city effort to create resilience, in critical infrastructure, systems and then whole communities, through Foundation seed funding and shared learning.

Final thoughts:

Similar to sustainability, our long term success in resilience will depend on our ability to embed resilience thinking into the fabric of society. Further, efforts in sustainability, in support of the environment and ecosystem function, enhance and inform our engineering solutions to improve resiliency of the built environment. Essentially, we can learn from and work with nature, rather than trying to outcompete it. Our thinking, designs and adaptions must continue to reflect the new reality both our natural and built systems face. It will take international resolve coupled with local implementation to make progress. On a daily basis, and post crisis, we expect our communities to function and support our way of life. As our world becomes more complex, uncertain and crisis diverse, we must seek ways to leverage our limited resources to build infrastructure that supports a stronger, safer and more resilient community. References: (1) Schneider, J., C. Romanowski & K. Stein, “Decision making to support local emergency preparation, response, and recovery,” IEEE Conference for Technologies for Homeland Security IEEE (HST 2013), Boston (November 2013). (2) Martinez-Moyano, I., Hummel, J. & J. Schneider, “Community Resilience & the Role Played By Critical Infrastructure” Disaster Resilience Conference, Denver (August 2014).

Dr. Jennifer Schneider, CIH specializes in risk engineering, and is an expert in hazardous materials/process safety and risk decision systems. She is the Eugene H. Fram Chair of Applied Critical Thinking at RIT, and is also a professor in the Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management & Safety Department. Dr. Schneider was a member of the NYS Respond Commission, and leads the Collaboratory for Resiliency & Recovery at RIT (http://www.rit.edu/cast/crr/).

OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 49

50 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

res news | membership application

Published since 1922 by the Rochester Engineering Society, Inc.

657 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607 (585-254-2350 Email: res@frontiernet.net Web: www.roceng.org 3,000+ monthly circulation

RES Corporate Member Discount: Sustaining Corporate Member 10% discount, Champion Corporate Member 15% discount, and Enterprise Corporate Member 25% discount off above rates. Membership benefits on joining the RES are on the website at www.roceng.org. Options: Color advertisements may be available for an additional fee of $50 per insertion. Email or call to reserve a possible color advertisement. Payment: The RES inoice will be mailed (or emailed if requested) and is payable within 30 days of receipt. Authorized by:

Date:

Please contact us with any questions you may have or to discuss advertising design options.

res news | advertising rate sheet

6/28/11

OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 51

Directory of Professional Services John E. Rooney

REGIONAL MARKETING MANAGER | DIRECTOR

400 Andrews Street Harro East Building | Suite 710 Rochester, NY 14604 p 585-295-7700 | f 585-263-2869

john.rooney@obg.com direct 585-295-7718 www.obg.com

Asbestos Consulting & Analytical Services Environmental Chemistry NYSDOH & NVLAP Certified 24 Hour Turnaround Available 179 Lake Avenue, Rochester, NY 14608 / (585) 647-2530

www.paradigmenv.com

R. KRAFT, Inc.

CLEANROOMSERVICES.COM ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Accredited Testing/Certification/Troubleshooting of Cleanroom Facilities Laminar Flow Bench Testing/Certification Hepa/Ulpa Filter Testing Contamination Control Investigations Training Seminars/Workshops SOP/Protocol Development and Implementation Clean Mfg, Lean/Six Sigma, FMEA Consulting

C: (585) 261-5935 O: (585) 621-6946

52 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

rk.cleanroomservices@gmail.com

directory of professional services

Directory of Professional Services Compliance Plans, Permits, and Reports Industrial Water Treatment Compliance Auditing Stormwater Design/Management NPDES/Air/Solid Waste Engineering Civil/Site Design Environmental Design and Engineering Evaluation

300 State Street Suite 201 Rochester, NY 14614

Office: 585.454.6110 Fax: 585.454.3066 www.labellapc.com

87 South Vendome Drive, Rochester NY 14606

585 330-6986 (Phone) 585 429-6985 (Fax) dennis.roote@cde-pllc.com

ENGINEERING ENERGY PLANNING SURVEYING LEED/GREEN DESIGN SOLAR PV ENERGY CONSERVATION TRANSPORTATION

Solving soils problems for over 30 years. 335 Colfax Street, Rochester, NY 14606 Tel: 585-458-0824 • Fax: 585-458-3323 www.foundationdesignpc.com

www.larsen-engineers.com

Michael S. Quagliata, Jr., PE President

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 217 West Commercial Street East Rochester, New York 14445 585/385-1450 585/385-1482 Fax mikeq@q-techpc.com

Electrical & Mechanical Engineering & Design

Inc. A sign, of ct Deeld, NY 14526 US u d o r P P. Haltaolt nfi e f P f.com o , e r H Ga ry Halt ridge Lan @ y arr ckb

40 Ro

Design Engineering Services - Concept thru Production Mechanical / Electromechanical - Consumer / Industrial All Plastic and Metal Technologies Tel: 585-388-9000 Fax: 585-388-3839

directory of professional services

www.Haltof.com

OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 53

Directory of Professional Services, continued

www.eco-rentalsolutions.com 855-ECO-RENT Newest Rental Fleet in the Industry Exceptional Customer and Technical Service Consistent Quality Rentals • Sales • Service

www.slaterequipment.com sales@slaterequipment.com Manufactures reps: heating, ventilation, and ac products

RES Call for Nominations: 2015 Engineer of the Year

Ruskin-Louvers, Fire/Smoke Dampers, Loren CookCentrifugal & Prop Roof Fans, Titus - R G & D's, Terminal Boxes, Chilled Beams, Flexible Duct, Access Doors, Ketchen Exhaust Systems

2015 Young Engineer of the Year

t 585-473-5310, f 585-473-9546 768 S. Clinton Avenue • Rochester, NY 14620-1402

2015 Engineers of Distinction Details at www.roceng.org

Save the Date: Saturday, April 16, 2016 114th RES Annual Gala at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center Details will be updated on the website at: www.roceng.org

Directory of Business Services Philip J. Welch

First Vice President - Investments

Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Member FINRA/SIPC

200 Meridian Centre Suite 260 Rochester, NY 14618 Direct: 585-241-7546 Fax: 585-241-3986 Toll Free: 877-237-6201 philip.welch@wellsfargoadvisors.com

54 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | OCTOBER 2015

directory of business services | directory of professional services

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

New York State Association of Transportation Engineers, Section 4 President, Howard R. Ressel, 585-272-3372. Email: Howard.Ressel@dot.ny.gov

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, Karen Lynch Email: karen@eawny.com President, Joseph Dombrowski, PE, LC, M/E Engineering, PC

New York Water Environment Association Inc., Genesee Valley Chapter (www.gvcnywea.org) President, Bill Davis, 585-381-9250 Email: william.davis@mrbgroup.com

American Public Works Association Monroe County/Genesee Valley Branch Past-Chairman, Geoff Benway Email: gbenway@ci.webster.ny.us American Society of Civil Engineers, Rochester Section President, Sam Anthony, PE Email: AnthonyES@erdmananthony.com American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Rochester Chapter President, Christina Walter Email: cwalter@trane.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 President, Dwight Roth, Zeller Automation Email: droth@zellercorp.com Imaging Science & Technology, Rochester Chapter President, David Odgers Email: odgers@frontiernet.net

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

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Rochester Section Chairman, Joseph Lawson Email: joseph.lindley.lawson@gmail.com

Independent Entrepreneurs Council, Rochester NY Chapter Chairman, Ralph Kraft, 585-621-6946

American Society of Plumbing Engineers, Rochester New York Chapter President, Alan Smith, IBC Engineering 585-292-1590. Email: asmith@ibceng.com

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Rochester Section Chairman, Greg T. Gdowski, 585-275-2580 Email: Greg_Gdowski@urmc.rochester.edu

Association for Bridge Construction and Design President, Kevin H. Miller, PE 716-852-3211 Email: kmiller@bergmannpc.com

Institute of Industrial Engineers, Rochester Chapter President, John Kaemmerlen, 585-475-2767 Email: jxkpdm@rit.edu

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

Association of Energy Engineers Western New York Chapter President, William Murray, 585 641-7121 Email: bmurray@ec4b.com

International Council on Systems Engineering, Finger Lakes Chapter President, Jack Riley Email: jackri2139@hotmail.com

Society of Women Engineers President, Jodi Carville, RIT, 585-475-7028 Email: jody.carville@rit.edu

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, John F. Schmitt, 585-581-1880

Monroe Professional Engineers Society President, Christopher Devries, PE Email: CDevries@calvauto.com

Corporate Members of the Rochester Engineering Society Bergmann Associates P.C. (Enterprise)

BME Associates CHA Consulting (Champion)

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

University of Rochester

MRB Group (Champion)

Visron Design, Inc.

Optimation Technology, Inc.

V.J. Stanley Inc.

(Enterprise)

Passero Associates

Erdman Anthony Associates

Rochester Business Alliance

Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.

Rochester Institute of Technology, Kate Gleason College of Engineering

IBC Engineering, PC (Champion)

LaBella Associates (Enterprise)

TY-LIN International (Champion)

affiliated societies & corporate members of the rochester engineering society

IS YOUR COMPANY LISTED HERE? Call 585-254-2350 for information. OCTOBER 2015 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 55

Non-Profit Org. US Postage PAID Permit No. 178 Rochester, NY PUBLISHED BY ROCHESTER ENGINEERING SOCIETY 657 EAST AVENUE ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 14607

Return Service Requested

IMPORTANT DATED MATERIAL Please do not delay

Seeking Cover & Feature Articles The RES is seeking articles for our monthly (except July) publication. We will have themes for our upcoming issues and would love to hear from you (subject to change). November - Unmanned Air Vehicle, Past, Present and Future December - Gears, Gears, and more Gears - The 150th Anniversary of The Gleason Works. January & February - TBD

Contact the RES for information - res@frontiernet.net.