Rochester Engineering Society Magazine September 2015

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SEPTEMBER 2015

The Next Revolution: Integrated Photonics

Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of an Integrated Photonic Chip consisting of many types of Silicon Waveguide Devices and Ring Resonator Filters (colored).

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contents 5 • "Summer School 2015"...A Big Success. More Tutors Needed for the 2015-16 School Year 6 • The Next Revolution: Integrated Photonics (cover) 8 • Get to the Point! - Summarizing an Informal Meeting 9 • Get IT Done - Padding the Pounds 10 • The Limited Monopoly - Patenting Recipes - The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread...or is it?

12 • News From Professional Firms 14-17 • Position Openings 18-19 • Professional Firms - Employee News 20 • Continuing Education Opportunities 21-23 • Engineers’ Calendar 25-27 • Campus News

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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

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• ABCD Association for Bridge Construction and Design.....................36 • AFE Association for Facilities Engineering...........................................32 • APWA American Public Works Association...........................................33 • ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers............................................30 • ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers....................................................37 • ASPE American Society of Plumbing Engineers....................................34 • EA Electrical Association.......................................................................31

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• GVLSA Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association.............................39 • IEC Independent Entrepreneurs Council...........................................29 • IES Illuminating Engineering Society....................................................35 • IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.................42-43 • INCOSE International Council of Systems Engineering...........................38 • IS&T Imaging Science and Technology...................................................28 • RES Rochester Engineering Society............................................. 3-5, 16 • SWE Society of Women Engineers........................................................24

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President’s Message Adam Cummings, PE RES President 2015 - 16 I am guessing that most are unaware that 2015 was proclaimed as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies by the United Nations General Assembly back in 2013. I know that was news to me. After reading the recent headlines in our news media outlets, I instantly had a surge of hometown pride and exhilaration. Rochester has been recognized as our Nation’s Leader in Optics and Photonics. Ok, I may be embellishing a bit there as we will be the home of a photonics manufacturing institute, the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics. We, as Rochesterians, have long known that we are leaders in the optics industries. Our region has been the center for hundreds of optics companies in various capacities over the years. Most notably, our optics heritage includes the likes of Kodak, Bausch & Lomb, the Rochester Optical Company, the Vulcanite Optical Instrument Company, and many more.

Our academic base includes some of the most prestigious programs in the nation held at the University of Rochester, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Monroe Community College. In fact, about 55 percent of all optics degrees conferred in the United States are given by the University of Rochester. I am also pleased to say that my alma mater, Monroe Community College, has the oldest optics technology curriculum of any community college in the country. And the Rochester Institute of Technology has an internationally-recognized leader in Imaging Science and Semiconductor and Microsystems Fabrication.

While the early days had more to do with spectacles than lasers, they were vital components that led to the photonics technology of today, and tomorrow.

We, as a community, are grateful for the recognition and opportunity to share our wealth of knowledge and resources to develop technology and products aimed to further advance our civilization. We are honored to continue to be a leader in the optics industry and look forward to being the hub for Photonics innovations in the United States.

I hope you enjoy this month’s issue and our cover article discussing Integrated Photonics, the applications and future potential of this technology, provided by Stefan Preble and the RIT Nanophotonics Group.

We, here at the Rochester Engineering Society, congratulate all of those involved with writing the application and campaigning for Rochester to be selected for this excellent opportunity. I can say very confidently that we, as a community, are up to the task and will do our best to light the way for this new, thriving photonics endeavor. res news - president’s message

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

“The Rochester Engineer” (February 1961)

This month’s issue, the “Architects’ Number”, featured the recently completed Church of the Epiphany, 3285 Buffalo Road in Gates.

Relocated from Jefferson Avenue in Rochester, it was slab-on-grade construction with six classrooms and a 250 seat meeting hall, with plans for three additional classrooms and an eventual 550 seat sanctuary.

Beyond the Town of Gates municipal water and sewer facilities, the facility, with kitchen and lavatories, was served by a driven well and a septic system. The U of R announced receipt of a $254k grant from National Institutes of Health (NIH), for the establishment of a Bio-Medical Engineering Program, leading to a PhD in Electrical Engineering (with special application to medicine & life sciences).

This grant was part of a cooperative effort between the U of R, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Pennsylvania, who collaborated on the development of this program. The RES announced that it now had eight Sustaining members including; RG&E, General Railway Signal Company, Stromberg-Carlson Company, the Ritter Company, Taylor Instrument Co’s., The Haloid Company, The Pfaudler Company, and the Rochester Telephone Corporation. Each sustaining member is allowed to enroll ten Junior Members with full membership privileges.

“The Rochester Engineer” (March 1961)

The RES announced a joint meeting (w/ASME, AIEE & IRE), featuring Hilliard W. Paige, general manager, Space Vehicle Department, General Electric Company, entitled “Generation of Electric Power in Outer Space.” The RES luncheon series for March included; “RG&E Plans for Future Development” by Leo H. East, Executive VP, “Business Conditions Around the World” by Raymond Olson, president, Taylor Instrument Co’s., “Application of Recently Introduced Xerographic Machines in Industry” by Donald W. Shepherdson, manager, Product Development Engineering, Haloid Xerox, Inc. and “New State Planning in the Rochester Area” by Bernard F. Perry, district engineer, NY State Department of Public Works. “The 4 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | SEPTEMBER 2015

A Sampling from the Archives of the Rochester Engineering Society...1897 - 1961

by Lee M. Loomis

Status of Stream Pollution in Monroe County” was the title of an article contributed by Milton H. Bidwell, principal public health engineer, G. Richard Sutherland, associate public health engineer and Robert L. Bradstreet, senior sanitarian. It discussed reports on Mill Creek (Webster), Irondequoit Bay and the Lower Genesee River (North of NYS Barge Canal), pointing out that hearings had been held, official classifications adopted (drinking water – AA & A, bathing water – B and fishing – C, disposal of sewage or industrial waste – E & F). This article pointed out continued problems of multiple waste discharges into these various tributaries from industrial, municipal and individual residential sources. Editor’s note: This study warns of the immediate need for an over-all plan for dealing with the problem of pollution in the Genesee River, and ultimately Lake Ontario. It would be another twenty years before Rochester and Monroe County would undertake a project that would begin to capture and control this discharged waste, via a Combined Sewer Overflow Abatement Project (C-SOAP).

“The Rochester Engineer” (April 1961)

The RES announced another inspection tour for its members and their guests. This time it would be the Pfaudler Company’s facilities on West Avenue in Rochester, and the tour would include watching the making of glass, tank fabrication, pipe & tank welding, and the glass-lining of tanks. The Rochester Rotary Club announced its 1961 Annual Award recipient as Alexander M. Beebee, Sr., RES Past President, in recognition of 25 years of outstanding contributions to the “intellectual, cultural, business and civic life of our community.”

“The Rochester Engineer” (May 1961)

The report of the RES Public Affairs Committee to the Mayor and the City Manager advises that “the potential benefit to the Community of a Civic Center, and the impracticability of building it entirely at one time, merits the development of an overall financial plan and schedule for the information to the public.” Other issues finding favor with the RES Public Affairs Committee included Monroe County Airport extension plans, the Outer and Inner Loop highway project(s), construction of the Keeler Street expressway and the conversion of certain downtown Rochester streets to one-way. Further, Committee Member Harry Eustance (EKCo), urged consideration of the construction of a new bridge and expressway, north of the existing Veterans Memorial Bridge, to “take the pressure off of Ridge Road,” and to better serve both Greece and Irondequoit. The Committee’s Chair, C. Storrs Barrows, also urged that the City and the County consider adopting an educational campaign against littering and that it consider passing legislation that provides fines, comparable to those of NY State, for littering the NYS Thruway and other NYS highways.

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.

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RES News “Summer School 2015”...a Big Success 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.

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?

Dr. Walter Cooper Academy (#10 School) Teacher, Mr. Stephen Zdunczyk, shows the geological features of the Genesee Gorge to our 2015 Summer School Students (Our great thanks to RG&E for this opportunity!)

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.

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)

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The Next Revolution: Integrated Photonics

by Stefan Preble, Microsystems Engineering, Kate Gleason College of Engineering, RIT

The recent establishment of the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics), headquartered in Rochester, will bring the nation’s leading companies, universities and federal research institutions together to realize the scalable manufacturing of integrated photonic circuits.

The institute will leverage the rich history of optics and imaging in Rochester and its skilled workforce to lead to a bright future where photonics is as commonly used as electronics. However, what exactly is integrated photonics and what are its applications? Here an overview is given by Professor Stefan Preble, director of the Nanophotonics Group and faculty of the Microsystems Engineering Program at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Integrated Photonics is the intersection of microelectronics and photonics. Microelectronics has been the driver of technology and the world’s economy for several decades. Its success is a direct result of the integrated circuit where billions of electrical components (transistors, wires, resistors, capacitors, etc.) are seamlessly integrated together on silicon wafers using manufacturing processes that have followed the scaling trends of Moore’s law. Photonic technologies are now at a point similar to where microelectronics was at in the early 1970’s - where just a relatively small number of components were tediously integrated together. However, by leveraging the manufacturing equipment and techniques that made microelectronics a success, it is now beginning to be possible to realize the same economies of scale to make integrated photonic circuits. Furthermore, since similar manufacturing technologies are being used, photonics and electronics can be directly integrated together to make both the electronic and photonic elements of the circuits function better - not only reducing size, weight and power but enabling entirely new applications, many of which have not been envisioned.

In order to understand integrated photonics a general overview of photonics is needed. Photonics is the study of the generation, manipulation and detection of light. Light is made up of photons, similar to how electric current is made up of individual electrons.

However, photons have the distinct advantage that they travel at the speed of light and don’t consume any power during their propagation. For example, photons routinely travel across the entire universe (albeit after approximately thirteen-billion years) with just the energy required to initially produce them. Photons are also very efficient information carriers. They are an electromagnetic wave (just like a radio wave) that oscillates at very high frequencies, on the order of 200 THz (200 × 1012 Hz), and as a result can easily encode terabytes/second of information in their amplitude, phase and/or polarization.

There have been many platforms for photonics over the decades, such as fiber optics where discrete components (lasers, the actual fiber optic cable which transmits light, and detectors) are separately manufactured and put together. In the 1990’s the first steps towards integrated photonics were made with the development of planar lightwave circuits (PLCs), based on glasses that are patterned using photolithography or directly written by modifying the material 6 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | SEPTEMBER 2015

Integrated Photonic Chip Connected to Two Optical Fibers [Source: RIT & Michael Fanto, Air Force Research Laboratory]

using lasers. PLCs are still commonly used today and allow light to be guided and manipulated to interfere with itself, enabling switches and filters. However, the PLC platform illustrates the challenges of realizing truly integrated photonics. Specifically, the large size of the glass waveguides limits the ability to scale the circuit’s complexity (because of the limitations of total internal reflection) and more importantly, it is challenging to integrate the lasers and detectors on the same PLC chip because of the dissimilar material and manufacturing platforms.

In the early 2000’s the promise of silicon as an integrated photonics platform emerged. It is ideal for manufacturing since silicon wafers are also used to make the vast majority of integrated electronic circuits. Early on though it was not clear how well silicon would work for photonics - but after multiple breakthroughs over the past decade it's proven to excel at controlling light. Specifically, silicon is excellent at guiding light in “photonic wires”, known as waveguides (fiber optics are another type), because it has a very high refractive index (n~3.5) that tightly confines light (due to the scaling of wavelength by the refractive index of a material λwaveguide- λ/n) and easily supports total internal reflection - even for a ~90 degree bend.

Consequently, it is possible to realize very complex integrated photonic circuits that are now rapidly growing in density.

Furthermore, silicon is transparent at the same wavelengths used for fiber optics (λ ~1300-1600nm), enabling direct interfacing of silicon photonic chips with optical fibers, which is key for many applications. However, for silicon to be the integrated photonics platform of the future, it also needed the ability to generate, control and detect light.

Silicon itself cannot generate light because it is an indirect bandgap semiconductor, which means that it produces phonons (heat) cover article

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III-V Laser on Silicon RIT & Wei Guo, U. Mass. Lowell

Silicon Electro-Optic Modulators RIT

Germanium Photodetectors RIT & SEMATECH

instead of photons. In contrast, many III-V semiconductors (named from the groups on the periodic table), such as GaAs and InP, are direct bandgap semiconductors and can easily be made into lasers. Fortunately, it is now cost effective to bond III-V lasers directly onto silicon through advances in manufacturing technology. III-V’s can also be used to detect light but the most commonly used detector material is germanium because it is straightforward to grow on silicon and is already used to make silicon transistors operate faster while using less power.

of the previously used discrete components onto silicon photonic chips will yield dramatic reductions in power along with orders of magnitude improvements in bandwidth. This revolution is really akin to the improvements seen in computers, where cell phones now have the same performance as the discrete-component supercomputers that took up entire warehouses decades ago.

the environment, which will benefit fields from healthcare to security. And one of the ultimate goals of photonics has always been to realize an optical computer. While this still remains very far off due to limitations of photons (they do not interact strongly with each other), there are future computing technologies that photons may benefit, such as, quantum computing.

It is also now possible to actively encode information on light by combining photonics and microelectronics. Light is sensitive to the same electrons and holes that microelectronic devices excel at controlling. Specifically, free-carriers change the refractive index and absorption of silicon. As a result, by combining silicon photonic waveguides with PN diodes it is possible to change the transmission of the light electrically. These electro-optic modulator devices are now able to switch the light on/off at staggeringly high rates of >40gigabits/second, while using incredibly low amounts of energy of <1femtoJoule and has the potential to approach the same energy used by just a few state-of-the-art transistors.

It is clear now that silicon photonics will be able to realize very complex photonic circuits. In just the last few years the number of devices that have been integrated together has rapidly grown to over tenthousand, and the natural application of these integrated photonic circuits is high bandwidth communications. Particularly, since data centers are expected to consume a few percent of the entire power generated in the United States and a vast majority of that power usage is used to simply move data around. Consequently, the integration of all cover article

Silicon Photonics for Quantum Computing [RIT & Air Force Research Laboratory]

Silicon photonics is also likely to lead to many new applications, some of which can be imagined now. Circuits are already being developed for processing analog radio-frequency signals, particularly for the frequencies ranges that are difficult to control electrically (~GHz – THz). These are likely to yield ultra-stable oscillators, analog communication systems or high sensitivity Terahertz imagers (like the ones currently used in airports but with improved sensitivity). It is also possible to steer light beams emitting from the chip by controlling the relative phase of the light (e.g. phased arrays), which will be particularly useful to robotics or self-driving cars. Photons can also be used to realize sensors, which when implemented with other biological or chemical technologies, can be used to detect minute changes in

It is clear that the benefits of integrated photonics are enormous – particularly once the technology fully adopts the scalable manufacturing that made integrated electronics so successful. However, challenges remain - the biggest being the ability to cost effectively package photonic chips. Packaging currently accounts for most of the cost because optical fibers must be precisely positioned to the waveguides using time consuming procedures. However, solutions based on microfabrication are now being realized and will dramatically improve packaging throughput and realiability.

As a result it is likely that integrated photonics will yield its promise and become ubiquitous in the coming future.

As the integrated photonics efforts in the Rochester Region grow, there will be tremendous opportunities for research, innovation, education, and commercialization. Partnerships in the engineering community are being established through the NY universities (RIT, UR, and SUNY Polytechnic Institute), various regional industry groups, and professional engineering societies (like the RES, the IEEE Photonics Society, the IEEE Electron Device Society, and the OSA), which will ensure a variety of opportunities for involvement.

Stefan Preble is an Associate Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Microsystems Engineering and Electrical & Microelectronic Engineering.

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Get to the Point!

Summarizing an Informal Meeting In today’s business environment many of our decisions and actions are made outside the confines on a typical meeting setting. For example, you might run into a colleague in the coffee area and engage in a conversation that results in resolving an ongoing issue. You both have an outcome and some actions to move forward. What happens though to these decisions and how are they recorded? Too often, the parties go their own ways and run the risk of someone misunderstanding or forgetting the results.

Casual, unexpected, informal meetings happen all the time. They may be inside the organization, at a conference, in an airport waiting for a flight, or in a car ride to a client site. We suggest that you take the lead and develop a short summary or confirmation of what was discussed.

You can send this as an email message and add other interested people to the distribution list. People appreciate having a clear understanding of what was decided and who will do what. Also, you will be recognized as an organized leader.

Use the Pyramid Method of Writing to develop your informal meeting summary:

E-mail Message:

Pyramid Parts:

To: markham@qucal.com (Lynn Markham) From: witkowsky@qucal.com (John Witkowsky) Date: April 8, 2008 Ref: Summary of April 7 Informal Meeting Lynn: I am summarizing the outcome of our informal meeting o n the feasibility of implementing joint-venture marketing of QuCal’s online management training program “QuMan.” This evolved during our lunch time power walk on Monday April 7, from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Summary Background

We decided to do some exploratory work over the next three weeks and then to meet formally on May 5, 2008.

We agreed that you will identify the potential market, devise a tentative marketing strategy (i.e. direct mail, e-mail, etc), and write a proposal defining an action plan and cost factors, ready to bring to the meeting.

Discussion Details Action

In the interim, I will develop a historical background of our company, and provide both technical and non-technical descriptions of the QuMan software, complete with its potential as an online learning program. I will email this information to you by April 20 so you can incorporate it into your documents.

Discussion Details

I personally think the idea has great potential and look forward to our next meeting. I’ll set up the conference room and let you know the time and location. Our walk was one of my most productive hours yesterday.

Outcome/Action

Action

John Witkowsky Project Development Manager QuCal Inc.

A short email similar to this one will eliminate any doubt as to what will happen next and who will be responsible for doing what. It will take you only a few minutes but could potentially save you hours or days by preventing confusion.

These writing compartments contain the following information: • The Summary Statement states that you are summarizing the main items you discussed about a specific topic.

• The Background answers the Who? Where? When? and Why? about the informal meeting. It sets the scene and refreshes all parties of when this “meeting” took place.

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The Discussion Details/Action describes each item or topic and identifies any actions required and who will take them. If there are multiple items, state the item first followed by the action and divide them into a list. You can include any comments that were made but only those that are relevant to the decision and actions.

• The Outcome or Action sums up your overall impression of the meeting and identifies whether you have set a future meeting.

RGI Learning offers workshops in conflict resolution and communicatons skills.

Please email me at LisaM@rgilearning.com with questions or comments for a future article. Online instruction on how to write effective reports and proposals is available at www.rgilearning.com. © 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.

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Padding on the Pounds

— André Godfrey I’m returning from vacation and find myself sitting in the Delta concourse at the La Guardia airport in New York at 6:30 in the evening and my flight back to Rochester doesn't leave until almost 10:00 pm.

I don’t know the last time you were in La Guardia but as I stepped off my incoming flight I was greeted by the sight of endless iPads spaced every four feet at every food counter and table in sight. A veritable sea of iPads. At first I didn’t quite know what to make of it and the terminal was crowded, I was hungry. The immediate eating opportunities looked unappetizing so I didn’t waste much time thinking about it. Instead I decided to wander through the airport which amounted to wandering from Gate D to Gate C in the hopes of finding a better class of restaurant. It almost worked.

Three and a half hours is a long layover, so I had plenty of time for the 20 minute walk from one gate to the other. In the far reaches of Gate C there turned out to be a confederation of several restaurants that looked promising. The area was more open, airy and inviting, so I decided I would find a table there and eat. Now, I say all of this as preface. In truth, in my many years, the act of eating at an airport has always been a non-event and I didn’t see how having an iPad at my table was going to enhance or diminish grabbing something to eat.

The food courtyard consisted of four distinct restaurants marginally separated from each other: the BierGarten (German fare), Interwich (sandwich shop), CB Burgers (custom burgers) and Anglers (seafood).

There are no wait staff per se. You order food by using the iPad and someone delivers the food within 15 minutes. So I sat and clicked to order. First question the iPad asked was ‘what city I was flying to’ so it could alert me before boarding. Nice. Except it didn’t list Rochester, NY. It listed Halifax, Nova Scotia and Charlottsesburg, Virginia but somehow Rochester fell below its radar.

Hmmm….

permutations for constructing a burger are far more tiered than I had ever considered. It listed the various ways it could be cooked. It listed the variety of cheeses it could come with and the price for each piece of cheese.

It then listed the 15 types of toppings (lettuce, tomato etc.) and the 20 types of condiments (mustard, Russian dressing, mayo etc.).

I know what you’re thinking. Not a big deal except you need to reflect on how small the iPad screen actually is versus a printed menu. So instead of reading you find yourself having to scroll and scroll and scroll and check and check and check in lieu of “how do you want your burger?”

When you finally entered the info, you then ran your credit card through the card reader - which didn’t work, so the waitress had to come over anyway and re-entered the order into her iPad, and then tried other card readers in the area to find one that worked. It got a little messy at that point because the iPad went into ‘forever search mode’. When someone else asked me what was wrong, I said I thought it was ‘the server’ and the waitress said it sure as heck wasn’t her and walked away.

If technology gets any more pervasive I may starve to death.

Think about IT.

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

Ok, so skipped over that part and ordered a burger and a beer. That was harder than you might think. The get IT done

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The Limited Monopoly® Patenting Recipes The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread...or is it?

by Robert Gunderman, PE, Michael R. Graif, Esq. and John Hammond, PE

Is it the bread or the slicer?

“It’s the greatest thing since sliced bread.” We have all heard it before, but most of us have no idea where this expression really came from. Well, thanks to Otto Frederick Rohwedder of Davenport, Iowa, we are all able to enjoy this truly great invention. But alas, the greatness comes from the novel (and patented) automatic bread slicer, and not the bread itself. After all, bread has been around for thousands of years and most of it is difficult, if not impossible, to patent. Like most great engineering accomplishments, the first automatic bread slicer of Mr. Rohwedder, used to slice loaves at Bench’s Bakery in Chillicothe, Missouri, needed improvements – it fell apart after 6 months of heavy use.

His second and much improved machine saw use at Korn’s Bakery in Davenport, Iowa, and resulted in his formation of the Mac-Roh Company to frantically meet demand for his new machine. After receiving patent number 1,867,377 on July 12, 1932 for his “Bread Slicer” and starting a successful business, the Continental Baking Company began selling sliced bread to an eager public under the Wonder Bread label. So why didn’t Mr. Rohwedder patent sliced bread itself?

Is a Recipe or a Food Product “Statutory”?

Patents may be granted for any “new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof.”1 A food product falls at least under the categories of a composition of matter or manufacture, and the way in which the food product is produced (“the recipe”) is a process. So recipes appear to be statutory, and fall under one or more categories of what is eligible for patent protection. Most food products and recipes 10 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | SEPTEMBER 2015

are also useful, even if some people don’t like the resulting taste of that trendy pomegranate quinoa kale smoothie.

The USPTO even has a classification entitled “food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products.” Class 426 is defined as “products and compositions in any physical form which are intended to be consumed by human beings or lower animals in whole or part via the oral cavity.”

…But is it New and Non-Obvious?

A brief review of food patents will reveal that most are for products created not by a chef but by a scientist. To be patentable, an invention must be novel and nonobvious2. Ingredients have been combined by humans since before the wheel was invented, and chances are a variant of your killer recipe exists somewhere. Since any cookbook anywhere in the world can be prior art, there is a good chance that your recipe is not in fact new.

Even if your exact recipe cannot be found by a tenacious Patent Office examiner, obvious variants of your recipe can most likely be found. Most food products are the expected sum of their individual ingredients, and changing one or more ingredients to achieve a different, perhaps unexpected taste, would be within the capabilities of a person having ordinary skill in the art, and would be obvious. For example, adding cayenne pepper to a chocolate bar may result in an unexpected taste, but the resulting spicy sweet chocolate product would be an expected result of combining those ingredients, and would be obvious. Of course there is the rare exception that a combination of ingredients produces an unexpected result that would not have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art. Those unexpected results are of course more likely to be discovered by the food scientist mixing up unusual ingredients not often found in Grandma’s kitchen.

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obviousness challenges to deal with.

They do not expire like patents, but require a meticulous plan and a series of non-disclosure and other agreements with employees and others – think Coca-Cola®. Trade secret recipes can, however, be reverse engineered or independently discovered by others and put to use without payment of a royalty to the trade secret holder.

Patenting Grandma’s Recipes

What if Grandma had such an unusual family recipe that it could be patentable? Chances are her family recipe, handed down through the generations, has been disclosed in printed form for more than a year, and is no longer patent eligible. Even if the recipe itself has not been disclosed, providing the food product publicly (think family picnic or holiday get together) more than a year prior to the filing date would be a “public use,” which is still a statutory bar to patentability in the U.S.

Is it Worthwhile to Patent a Recipe?

Obtaining a patent is an expensive undertaking, and the nonobviousness hurdle for obtaining a patent on a food product or recipe is high. So is it worthwhile to patent that culinary creation? The answer often comes down to a business decision.

It is typically more difficult to obtain a patent for a food product or recipe than for many other inventions. Also, a prior art search3 may not find the non-patent reference that will be used for an obviousness rejection by the examiner. So even if you do obtain a patent, there is a risk that it could be invalidated when it comes time to enforce it against a party who will almost certainly do a thorough search looking for your recipe or obvious variants of it in cookbooks and magazines worldwide.

On the topic of enforcement4,5, even if you are able to clear the non-obviousness hurdle and obtain a patent on your innovative food product or recipe, who would a potential infringer be? A small diner or grandma in her kitchen may not be the best choices for potential infringers, but perhaps a large commercial food processing or manufacturing company would be. An example of a "good" potential infringer is one that has the financial ability to license your patent, and may even have a willingness to do so. The ability to discover who is infringing should also be a part of your business decision on whether or not to pursue a patent. Spying on grandma’s kitchen activities may not be a worthwhile business undertaking.

Regardless of the challenges of obtaining and potentially enforcing a food related patent, there may be marketing reasons for filing a patent application – the words “patent pending” can temporarily provide value in discouraging potential competitors and create perceived value to potential customers, partners, and investors. Remember, however, that a patent application and any resulting patent will generally become public record. If a slight change in the recipe could circumvent any resulting patent claims, then keeping the recipe a trade secret should also be considered. Trade secrets are fundamentally different than patents, and there are no nonThe Limited Monopoly

The final decision on whether to attempt to patent a recipe or food product often comes down to a business decision. Understanding the many challenges and difficulties in obtaining a patent for a food product or recipe is important to anyone that is planning to make that decision.

1. 35 U.S.C. 101 2. 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 3. The Limited Monopoly® June 2010 4. The Limited Monopoly® April 2008 5. The Limited Monopoly® May 2008 This month we would like to thank Michael R. Graif, a partner with Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, an international law firm with headquarters in New York City. Mr. Graif is chair of their intellectual property group, and is a registered patent attorney. He focuses his practice on intellectual property and intellectual property litigation, and teaches social media law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University in New York City as well as at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Authors Robert D. Gunderman P.E. (Patent Technologies, LLC www.patentechnologies.com) and John M. Hammond P.E. (Patent Innovations, LLC www.patent-innovations.com) are both registered patent agents and licensed professional engineers.

Copyright 2015 Robert Gunderman, Jr. and John Hammond 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.

GRAPHIC CREDIT: Rohwedder bread slicing machine. The National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center. http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/ nmah_1317263 In keeping with our educational mission, you can now search for your favorite patent law topic of interest at www.TheLimitedMonopoly.com.

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School No. 17 Third-Graders Redesign Neighborhood Wih Help From SWBR Architects On Monday, August 3rd, 10 third-graders from School No. 17 stood in front of giant bird’s-eye view drawings of their neighborhood and showed off their handiwork to Lynanne Wehner and Allison Shannon from SWBR Architects. A bakery made of Popsicle sticks and wooden blocks, a community garden with tiny bushels of plastic beads and a basketball court constructed from paper towel rolls — all held together with copious amounts of Elmer’s Glue — were among the neighborhood additions.

The project is part of Allendale Columbia’s Summer LEAP Program, a six-week course to counter summer learning loss. Forty students from Rochester City School District's School No. 17 are participating in the voluntary program.

Wehner and Shannon volunteered to give feedback on the student ideas and instruct them on the proper channels through which neighborhood changes can be implemented effectively.

“The whole goal is empowering them to feel like they can make a difference,” said William Schumacher, a third-grade teacher at Allendale Columbia who helped lead the project. “We want them to know what to do when they get an idea for their community.”

Both Wehner and Shannon have personal connections to School No. 17. Wehner teaches reading there, and Shannon helped in the construction process of the building. They started the day by going over distinctions between residential and commercial lots in a community and reviewing the process for getting a building idea off the ground, from approaching the city to garnering neighbors’ approval.

(From left to right) School No. 17 third-graders Jahonesti Mason, Angelina Ayala and Amonte Barr discuss their Summer LEAP project with SWBR architect Allison Shannon. The students built a model of the neighborhood surrounding their school, including a new dog park, community garden, and other improvements they brainstormed and constructed.

This project started earlier this summer with large-scale satellite images of the neighborhood surrounding School No. 17, the area bordered by Orange Street, Jay Street, Orchard Street and Whitney Street. The class identified vacant lots and designated them as residential or commercial, then researched what types of assets could go in either designation. Then, the students started brainstorming.

A dog park, community garden and bakery were just some of the improvements students built from recycled materials, like pretzel boxes and toiletpaper rolls. Wehner and Shannon gave feedback on the projects, encouraging students to consider how citizens would interact with the spaces and teaching such valuable lessons as the fact that parking lots can’t be built in the middle of Jay Street, but need to be relegated to the shoulders.

“This project is a perfect example of why Summer LEAP is such a necessary program,” said Mick Gee, Head of School. “The students bring their intelligence, creativity and motivation, and we give them an opportunity to use them.”

The Summer LEAP program concludes this week. Last year, of the students who participated, zero reported any learning loss in reading or math. q

Passero Associates Selected as a Best Firm to Work For by the Zweig Group Passero Associates has been selected as a winner in the Zweig Group’s “2015 Best Firms to Work For” Award Program. Passero finished in the Top 20 of all participating architecture and engineering firms in the United States and Canada in the category of Multidiscipline Firms.

Wayne Wegman, CEO

Wayne Wegman, CEO of Passero Associates, says, “This is truly a remarkable accomplishment for our firm and we have our employees to thank for it! We are honored by this outstanding achievement and for this recognition across North America of our firm’s environment and culture. We are committed to excellence and continuous improvement and we thank our employees for making PA an award-winning place to do great work!”

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About Best Firms to Work For: This award recognizes the top architecture, structural engineering, civil engineering, environmental, and multidiscipline firms in the US and Canada based on their workplace practices, employee benefits, employee retention rates, and much more. Participating in the award process is an effective and efficient way to gain employee insight. All participating firms receive a summary report of their employees’ survey responses as well as a report containing valuable benchmarking data from all firms in a given category. Please see the full list of 2015 award winners at: https://zweiggroup.com/awards/best-firms-towork-for/2015_winners.php. q

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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!

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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

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The RES would like to welcome Jonathan Ostanek to the Rochester Engineering Society. His application was accepted at a recent board of directors meeting.

Jonathan Graduated from RIT in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts (graphic design). He prticipated in the US Navy ROTC in college, and through the program went on to become a Nuclear Surface Warfare Officer. Jonathan served onboard the USS James E. Williams (DDG-95) in Norfolk, VA, as the Force Protection Officer and Electronic Warfare Officer for 2 years. He attended the US Navy Nuclear Propulsion Training Unit in Charleston, SC for one year to qualify as a nuclear operator. He was stationed on the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) as a Division Officer in Norfolk, VA, where he managed a division of 45 people and stood watch over a nuclear reactor for 2 years.

When Jonathan left the service he moved to Rochester to work for a company called Orafol as a project engineer. He worked there for 2 years as a project engineer and rejoined the Navy as an Officer Recruiter. Currently, he is pursuing a master’s degree in engineering management through Old Dominion University, which will be completed in December 2016. q

RES Scholarship Application The RES scholarship application (college students) is now available on the website (www.roceng.org). The details of the required data and instructions are described. Be sure to let your family and friends know so they can start preparing the data needed. q

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John Hammond P.E. of Patent Innovations LLC, and Robert Gunderman P.E. of Patent Technologies LLC are pleased to announce the launch of their new website, www.TheLimitedMonopoly.com. The website contains a searchable collection of over 100 issues of The Limited Monopoly®, their well-known column on patent law, which has appeared monthly in The Rochester Engineer since 2005.

The Limited Monopoly® provides information on a broad range of patent-related topics to engineers, scientists, managers, and other decision makers at technology companies, manufacturers, and academia.

Each issue of The Limited Monopoly® is posted on the website as a fully text searchable web page, and is also available as a downloadable pdf as it originally appeared in The Rochester Engineer. Additionally, the site has comprehensive search capability, which enables users to search for back issues by date, or by topic of interest using simple keywords.

Regarding the new website, Hammond says, “This site is the culmination of a long and detail-intensive effort to make our columns more accessible to our current clients, as well as to share them online with an increasingly broad audience. With nearly the full collection of issues of The Limited Monopoly® now posted, and more to be added on a monthly basis, we are pleased that the site has finally come to fruition. If you’re looking to learn about patent law in 140-character tweets, it’s not the site for you. But if you need detailed and substantive information on various patent-related topics, TheLimitedMonopoly.com is an excellent resource.” q position openings | The Limited Monopoly news

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Professional Firms Employee News

Erdman Anthony Announces Three Promotions and Welcomes New Employee-Owners

David Standinger, Steve Hollis, EIT Robert Schiller, PE PLS

The Board of Directors of Erdman Anthony announced three promotions in its Rochester office. David Standinger, PLS, was named senior associate and Steve Hollis, EIT, LEED® Green Associate, and Robert Schiller, P.E., were named associates.

“These three team members are outstanding contributors to our firm,” said Curt Helman, P.E., president and CEO. “They exemplify what moves the firm forward: talented employees who are dedicated both to their craft and making our company better.”

David Standinger is manager of the Northeast Geospatial group and has more than 30 years of experience in the surveying/engineering industry. He is a licensed professional surveyor in New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and New Hampshire. David holds an associate degree in survey technology from the State University of New York at Alfred. He is an active member of the New York State Association of Professional Land Surveyors and the Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association.

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David Standinger was also recently announced as a new owner. The firm gives staff members who achieve milestones of professional standing opportunities for increased ownership.

Steve Hollis, EIT, is a mechanical engineer in the Facilities Core Business. He has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Clarkson University. Hollis earned his LEED® Green Associate accreditation from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). He is an active member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers and the Rochester Engineering Society.

Robert Schiller is a transportation engineer in the Transportation Core Business. He holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Buffalo and is a registered professional engineer in the state of New York. Schiller is a member of the New York State Association of Transportation Engineers.

Robert Schiller was also recently announced as a new owner. The firm gives staff members who achieve milestones of

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professional standing opportunities for increased ownership.

Erdman Anthony is an employee-owned firm and gives staff members who achieve milestones of professional standing, such as promotions like these, opportunities to own a part of the firm. “Our clients recognize us as a firm that not only does excellent work but values our staff of dedicated, highly skilled professionals who take pride in a company that they actually own,” said Helman.

Erdman recently announced four additional new owners. They include: • Dan Klick, P.E., associate, project engineer, Construction Core Business, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania • John Kopchik, associate, construction services assistant, Construction Core Business, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania • Chad Martin, P.E., associate, transportation engineer, Transportation Core Business, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania • Tim Robinson, P.E., senior associate, mechanical engineer, Facilities Engineering and Design Services Core Business, Rochester, New York. q

SWBR Architects News SWBR Architects announced that David Phelps II, AIA, associate/project architect, has been appointed to the Architecture and Design Advisory Board for the Architecture and Design Department at Alfred State.

The board provides curricular guidance and support to the architectural programs at Alfred State, including the development of working relationships with faculty and staff as necessary to support the development of students and ensure the continued success of the programs. The David Phelps II, advisory board is composed of individuals who have AIA achieved prominence in fields related to architecture and 18 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | SEPTEMBER 2015

its allied disciplines and organizations.

Phelps will attend annual board meetings with the faculty and staff of the Department of Architecture and Design to review programs and consult on academic issues and program development.

As a member of the firm’s K12 studio, Phelps brings extensive experience to the advisory board, having completed several complex projects for districts in New York State. He holds a bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering from Alfred State College. professional firms employee news

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Ravi Engineering & Land Surveying, PC News Ravi Engineering and Land Surveying P.C., announced the addition of some new faces to its office headquarters in Rochester, NY. Joining the Ravi Surveying Team is Mark Vanderstouw, survey technician. Mark comes from an extensive background in surveying, and will be working on survey design and construction projects for commercial and private sectors.

Shauna Carlson joins the marketing department as marketing coordinator, supporting a variety of marketing and business initiatives for the company. Shauna’s experiences range from internships in the event and entertainment industry, to assisting various departments at a local advertising agency.

Shauna Carlson

Expecting to complete his civil engineering degree in December, Tyler Lynch joins the firm as a construction inspection administrator, assisting the construction management team. Tyler will also work closely with the firms structural department providing design assistance.

Mary Alice Dillio joins as an accounting assistant, providing major support to our administrative group. Mary Alice has almost 30 years of experience in the accounting field, as well as a thorough background in human resources, government policies, and OSHA Regulations.

Andrew Aderman

In addition, Andrew Aderman and John Lanz are welcomed by our environmental team as environmental technicians, providing support in various areas of the department. Andrew holds a B.S. in environmental resources engineering and has a background in wetland studies, Trimble Mapping GPS, and asbestos removal. John received his B.A. in environmental studies and also has experience with asbestos removal, hazardous materials, and environmental research procedures.

Sean Schumacher has joined the team as manager of construction services, facilitating ongoing construction projects from start to finish.

Mr. Schumacher’s duties involve a variety of management tasks, including overseeing construction personnel as well as scheduling, developing of project budgets, and administration of contracts. He also works closely with clients such as NYSDOT, NYS Thruway Authority, and numerous municipalities.

Sean Schumacher

With over 25 years of experience, Mr. Schumacher contributes his knowledge in surveying, design support, project management, and various inspection projects to the Ravi Engineering and Land Surveying team. He is also certified in several areas such as soils and aggregate inspection, concrete field testing, and erosion and sediment control. q

Beardsley Architects + Engineers News

Nathan A. Fox

Beardsley Architects + Engineers announced the appointment of Nathan A. Fox, mechanical designer, as Chapter Technology Transfer Chair for the Central New York ASHRAE chapter. Mr. Fox will be researching new HVAC equipment/studies/ theories and sharing his research with the local chapter. This position “provides efficient and effective transfer of current and relevant information throughout the HVAC&R industry.” For more information on the Central New York ASHRAE chapter, visit http://www.ashraecny.org/.

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Joseph S. Kime, PE

Beardsley also announced that Joseph S. Kime, P.E., LEED AP BD+C, structural engineer, as a Director of ACEC New York. Mr. Kime will represent the ACEC Central Region, acting as the liaison between the State organization and the Central New York Chapter. In addition to ACEC New York, Mr. Kime is also a member of the Society of American Military Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers. For more information on ACEC New York, please visit www.acecny.org. q

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Continuing

Education Opportunities

Thursday, September 10

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NYSAPLS First Friday Webinar Series - 2nd Showing "The Surveyor's Role in Boundary Disputes" NY CE Hours: 1.0 LS/PE

Speaker: Gary Kent, PS Time: Board of Directors meeting at 6:00 pm; Webinar-Live Broadcast from 7:00 to 8:00 pm.

Location: Not yet determined.

For details and registration go to the website at: www.gvlsa.com.

Monday, September 14

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Speaker: Heidi Zimmer-Meyer, President, Rochester Downtown Development Corporation Place: Burgundy Basin Inn, Walnut Grove Pavilion, 1361 Marsh Road, Pittsford, NY Time: 5:00 pm Cost: $25 plus $7.50 per dozen clams (No Limit, pre-order as many dozen as you want). Tickets must be purchased by September 9th. No tickets sold at the door. To purchase tickets go to the website at www.rochester.ashraechapters.org or see registration form on page 37 of this issue.

Wednesday, September 16 American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE) Faucets and Shower Valves 1 PDH Pending

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Speaker: Doug Meier, Twin “D” Associates 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, September 14th.

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Stream Restoration to Improve Slope Stability Along Park Road at Letchworth State Park 1 PDH Pending

Place: Rochester Club Ball Room, Suite 201, 120 East Avenue, Rochester Time: 5:00 to 6:00 Cash Bar; 6:00 to 7:00 Dinner; 7:00 to 8:00 pm Presentation Cost: ASCE members $35, Non-members $50, Students $10 Reservations: Contact Denise May (Erdman Anthony), mayd@erdmananthony.com or 585-427-8888 Ext. 1090

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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!

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

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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.

1st Organizational Business Meeting

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NYSAPLS First Friday Webinar Series -2nd Showing "The Surveyor's Role in Boundary Disputes" NY CE Hours: 1.0 LS/PE

Speaker: Gary Kent, PS Time: Board of Directors meeting at 6:00 pm; Webinar-Live Broadcast from 7:00 to 8:00 pm.

Location: Not yet determined.

For details and registration go to the website at: www.gvlsa.com.

Monday, September 14

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, And Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) p 37 ASHRAE Clambake – Membership Night “Downtown Roaring: Major Economic News” 1 PDH Credit Pending

Speaker: Heidi Zimmer-Meyer, President, Rochester Downtown Development Corporation Place: Burgundy Basin Inn, Walnut Grove Pavilion, 1361 Marsh Road, Pittsford, NY Time: 5:00 pm Cost: $25 plus $7.50 per dozen clams (No Limit, pre-order as many dozen as you want). Tickets must be purchased by September 9th. No tickets sold at the door. To purchase tickets go to the website at www.rochester.ashraechapters.org or see registration form on page 37 of this issue.

Support Your Affiliate Attend A Meeting engineers' calendar

Place: Genesee Valley Park, “Round House Lodge” Time: 5:00 pm Cost: $50 per person (includes: 3 dozen steamed clams per person! Also, Colby’s Spit Roast Pig & Pulled Turkey, Salt Potatoes, Salads, Beer & Soft Drinks Reservations: Contact Dennis Roote by September 9th. Advance Ticket Sales Only! Dennis can be reached at 585-330-6986 or dennis.roote@cde-pllc.com. Additional details are on page 32 of this issue.

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Place: TBD Time: 6:00 to 7:00 pm Reservations: Register online at swe.rochester.org.

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Speaker: Doug Meier, Twin “D” Associates 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, September 14th.

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Speaker: Terry Rogelstad, Pfeiffer Vacuum 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 7:30 to 8:00 am; Presentation from 8:00 to 9:00 ~9:30 am.

Registration required: There is no charge for this presentation.

Reservations are required by close of business on Friday, September 11, 2015. Make your reservations via The Rivers Organization at 585-586-6906 or ESTG@Riversorg.com.

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Wednesday, September 23 Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T)

An Update: Putting the Capstone First – RIT’s Freshman Imaging Project

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Speaker: Joe Pow, Rochester Institute of Technology 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.

Thursday, September 24 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

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Place: Rochester Club Ball Room, Suite 201, 120 East Avenue, Rochester Time: 5:00 to 6:00 Cash Bar; 6:00 to 7:00 Dinner; 7:00 to 8:00 pm Presentation Cost: ASCE members $35, Non-members $50, Students $10 Reservations: Contact Denise May (Erdman Anthony), mayd@erdmananthony.com or 585-427-8888 Ext. 1090

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Place: At a location yet to be determined, Ithaca, NY Comments: A buffet style dinner is being planned and we are hoping to get students and faculty interested in Systems Engineering to participate.

Cost: $25 to $30 price range If interested in attending (not a commitment yet, just trying to make sure this is a good date) contact Rick Zinni at rzinni@gmail.com.

The website is www.incose/org/flc

Attend A Meeting

59 Annual Clambake

Place: Webster Columbus Center, 70 Barrett Drive (off Route 104-Ridge Road), Webster Cost: Members $42 ($48 after August 28); Non-Members $52 ($58 after August 28) Time: Doors open at 4:30 pm Comments: All tickets must be purchased in advance. No tickets will be sold after Friday, September 18th, and no tickets will be available at the door. Sorry, no exceptions.

Registration form and sponsor application is available at www.eawny.com.

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

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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) Cost: $30 per person and includes dinner. Additional details on page 35 of this issue and on the website at www.ies-rochester.org.

Conference Event: How PMOs Add Business Value Date: November 19, 2015

2015 INCOSE Finger Lakes Chapter Annual Dinner Meeting - “Real-World Applications of System Engineering” (possible panel discussion)

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Tuesday, October 20

Stream Restoration to Improve Slope Stability Along Park Road at Letchworth State Park 1 PDH Pending

International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)

Electrical Association (EA)

Time: 8:00 am-5:00 pm Location: Locust Hill Country Club, Rochester, NY Project Solvers of America is excited to bring you another great conference event this year! Our focus is on the Project Management Office and we are honored to be featuring our keynote, Dr. Monique Aubrey, Ph.D. Dr. Aubrey is an internationally recognized expert on PMOs and has published numerous books and papers on this topic, many of which can be found at pmi.org.

In addition we will be bringing in another PMI Conference speaker James Brown, winner of PMI’s PMO of the Year award, Mark Scott from Harris Corporation, a PMI certified OPM3 assessor, Jeff Pikulik of Microsoft Corporation, Audra Gavelis IEC Electronics and Joanne Greene-Blose, President of The Project Solvers. Go to www.projectsolversofamerica.com for more information and registration. Sign up early and plan on coming to this exciting event which will be held at Locust Hill Country Club on Thursday, November 19th.

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SAVE THE DATE

Saturday, April 16, 3016

114th RES Annual Gala Rochester Riverside Convention Center 123 Main Street, Rochester Looking for volunteers for the Gala committee!

Contact the RES office, admin@roceng.org

The RES website (www.roceng.org) has a calendar of events for meetings that are received or updated after the deadline. Please refer to the website for updated information.

If you wish to be listed on the calendar please send details to res@frontiernet.net

SAVE THE DATE:

Friday, November 13, 2015

27th Annual Bridge Conference The Western New York Chapter of the Association for Bridge Construction and Design will be hosting the 27th Annual Bridge Conference on Friday, November 13, 2015 at the Millennium Airport Hotel Buffalo. We are anticipating to have presentations on National and Local Projects, Industry Products, and Research Projects. All members, non-members, potential new members, and students are invited to attend.

Registration forms will be published in the October Rochester Engineer magazine, on our website at abcdwny.org, and through e-mail for current members.

Join the ABCD Western NY Chapter today to pay a reduced member rate at time of registration. Visit abcdwny.org and click on the Membership tab. Membership is $45 for individual, $10 for Students, and $200 for Corporation (includes 2 individual memberships). engineers' calendar

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

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

Flower City Habitat for Humanity – Women Build SWE-Rochester Build Day – August 5 Thank you for your time and effort!

Before

L-R: Bri, Jess, Jodi, Marca, Danielle, Dani

Jodi Carville Jess Fuss Marca Lam Danielle Kaveney Bri Stephenson-Vallot Dani Walters

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Congratulations Dr. Marca Lam! 2015 Outstanding SWE Faculty Advisor Award Dr. Lam will be recognized during Celebrate SWE! at the WE15 Annual Conference held in Nashville.

The award celebrates an outstanding contribution by a SWE faculty advisor to a SWE collegiate section. Dr. Lam is the advisor for the Rochester Institute of Technology student section.

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Join us at the 1st Organizational Business Meeting of the Year Tuesday, 9/15/2015, 6 – 7 p.m.

Location: To Be Determined $5 – refreshments will be served Register online at swe.rochester.org The Section is looking for volunteers to take on leadership roles, and to get ideas for activities for the coming year. swe news

Campus News Finding a New Life: Next-Generation Industrial Robots Donated by General Motors to RIT Lab

New robotic equipment will provide upgrades to the college’s lab and curriculum capabilities in advanced manufacturing and factory automation General Motors donated two heavy-duty industrial robots to Rochester Institute of Technology to be installed in the Materials Laboratory located in RIT’s College of Applied Science Technology. The Fanuc R2000iA/210F robots are used in contemporary manufacturing processes and had been used in two of GM’s plants to build its Chevy Cruze automobiles as well as the larger Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon and Escalade luxury and utility vehicles.

“The donation is part of an annual effort by GM to get robots that are no longer needed due to process changes into the hands of students who are training to be the next generation of engineers and technicians,” said Bob Berger, manufacturing robotics engineering at GM’s Warren Tech Center in Warren, Mich. “These are hard-to-come-by robots that allow students to learn controls engineering and other robotics-related jobs by actively working on actual robot technology used in the automotive industry.” Berger was on hand with Steve Finch, plant manager of GM’s Tonawanda Engine Plant, for the dedication event in the lab at RIT on July 22.

RIT’s undergraduate and graduate students will have access to the equipment for coursework in CAST’s mechanical and manufacturing engineering technology degree programs. They will use the equipment to

learn more about robot operations, programming and simulations. This foundational work will be applied to broader areas in welding, material handling and automated storage and retrieval.

The donation came about from a discussion between Manian Ramkumar, department head of RIT’s mechanical and manufacturing engineering technology department, and Finch, who has been involved in GM’s regional efforts to support STEM initiatives in grade schools and universities.

Donations such as this are steps to help develop the next generation of workers.

“College students are learning on equipment that we use at our facilities,” said Finch, “and they are learning firsthand what it takes to manage high volume, high production equipment so that they can be ready to take their place in a company like GM.”

A. Sue Weisler General Motors donated two heavy-duty industrial robots to RIT’s College of Applied Science at Technology on July 22. Steve Finch, plant manager of GM-Tonawanda, participated in the dedication event, highlighting the prospects of RIT’s students using the robots to learn more about next generation manufacturing and automation.

Ramkumar agreed. “Our department is thankful to GM for initiating the robot donations. This is the first step toward building a strong relationship with an iconic company such as GM, and we expect to build on this momentum to more applied research, training and other collaborative endeavors.”

Also participating in the dedication was Karen Shed, human resource manager at GMRochester. Since 2011, 19 RIT graduates were hired by the company locally, seven of which began as co-ops or interns. “With over 35 percent of GM Rochester’s salaried workforce RIT alums, clearly our recruitment strategy strongly prefers RIT grads,” she said. q

RIT Partners with Dresser-Rand and Moog Inc. to Advance Lab’s Journal Bearing Test Equipment Equipment improves capabilities in machine service diagnosis and provides platform for student-faculty research projects

Early failure detection and analysis on today’s complex machine systems could mean cost savings in the long run for companies.

Rochester Institute of Technology engineering students built a dynamic journal bearing test rig to investigate machine failure detection with support and funding from Dresser-Rand Corp., a Siemens Business, and Moog Inc. Their test rig is a prototype of an industrial reciprocal compressor system used to assess the performance of journal bearings—complex, rotating shafts found in machinery. The students fabricated the rig as part of their senior design program to simulate Dresser-Rand’s ESH-1 reciprocating compressor.

Disassembling the full-scale compressor took several hours. Use of a smaller but comparable test rig was an opportunity for the students to learn about the system capabilities. It also was a chance to discover how the dynamic loading components and data acquisition sensors they Continued on page 26... campus news

Engineering students, from left, Kevin Burnett, Molly Mariea, faculty member Jason Kolodziej, Michael Bush, Anthony DiPina and Christina Amendola worked on understanding machine health monitoring and data acquisition as part of their senior design project this past spring.

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Campus News Secure Embedded Designs for the Internet of Tomorrow Designing with Freescale Solutions seminar takes place Oct. 1 at the DoubleTree

The tenth annual Designing with Freescale Seminar Series in Rochester will take place October 1 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Rochester at 1111 Jefferson Road. Registration begins at 7:45 a.m. with the opening general session beginning at 8:45 a.m.

Participants can register for the event online at https://getregisterednow.com/FS/Register/Register.asp?e=DwFMBSRochesterB2015&r=wd.

This free event provides a unique opportunity to meet with industry subject matter experts and to explore new advancements in embedded systems design through hands-on training, laboratory demonstrations and presentations highlighting development tools, reference designs, customer products, student applications and projects. The seminar is open to design engineers, engineering faculty and students, industry partners and executive managers.

Topics will include: • Healthcare and fitness wearable solutions using the WaRP reference platform and Kinetis MCU, i.MX and sensor products • Kinetis Design Studio and SDK for project creation, boot-up, board setup, interrupt handling, HAL, driver implementation and debugging • WaRP deep-dive into sensor drivers and the parts of the Android software stack that exercise those sensors on the board • New i.MX 6SoloX product family unique delivery of a low power heterogeneous asymmetric architecture solution to enable secure and connected homes and vehicles • Kinetis V Series Overview: Motor Control and Power Conversion Made Easy with ARM® Cortex®-M-Based Solutions • New 64-bit ARM® Cortex ® -A53 and A57-based QorIQ processors • New Kinetis W4x MCU core that BLE v4.1 and/or IEEE® 802.15.4-2011 RF connectivity • S12 MagniV mixed-signal microcontrollers that shrink the space required to implement automotive and industrial applications • RF products that enable communications, radar and EW solutions and QorIQ processors for safe and secure avionics, airborne electronics, transportation signaling, autonomous vehicles, UAV and robotics solutions More than 200 embedded enthusiasts from businesses and universities in the Northeast are expected to attend. Computer engineering students from RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering are scheduled display research projects, and a product trade show takes place throughout the day. q

RIT Partners with DresserRand and Moog, continued incorporated as possible improvements could impact failure analysis processing time.

Previous failure analysis of the compressor journal bearing that took nearly a day to set up and change between experiments now takes one hour due to the students’ improvements.

Dresser-Rand and Moog have been longtime partners with RIT’s engineering college, said Jason Kolodziej, associate professor of mechanical engineering at RIT. His background is in machine condition monitoring, and over the past several years, he has led numerous undergraduate and graduate research projects on improvements to instrumentation, vibration suppression and data acquisition technology focused on machine-performance monitoring supported

by Dresser-Rand.

“Working on industry-relevant research and design projects as part of a senior capstone design experience is the hallmark of the Multidisciplinary Senior Design course

sequence,” said Kolodziej. “Giving a young engineer the opportunity to apply what they have learned in the classroom to help design an actual working product, whether it be for faculty research or a company prototype, is a win-win for everyone involved. Many of my students have been recruited by the company directly as a result of the outstanding effort they put forth on their project.”

Researchers such as Kolodziej and his students continually test conditions of bearings to assess and predict end-of-life service thresholds to better prevent unscheduled downtime of equipment. Journal bearings are specific to different types of rotating machinery such as automobile motors, gas compressors and large wind turbines, for example, and necessary to prevent friction between moving parts and control motion.

Dresser-Rand’s funding for this year’s project, estimated at $10,000, included equipment and employee training with the student-engineers throughout the year. Moog Inc. provided adjunct equipment—essential cabling, controllers, actuators and data acquisition tools—valued at $20,000. The bearing equipment is located in the Compressor Test

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Cell Laboratory in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering.

In 2011, Dresser-Rand donated the original advanced reciprocating compressor, a system used in the oil, gas and petrochemical industries. Since that time, the equipment has been used for educational laboratorystyle experiments for several engineering courses, senior-design teams and co-op project experiences. Dresser-Rand’s support is part of its University Project Sponsorship program designed to provide universities with equipment and information to help advance knowledge of the engineering workforce and to further the company’s initiatives, from recruitment to research.

James M. Sorokes, technical coordinator of Dresser-Rand’s university relationships, has been very satisfied with the Dresser-Rand/ RIT relationship: “The partnership between our two organizations has been mutually beneficial. It has allowed RIT students to participate in research and development on new and improved technologies while also allowing Dresser-Rand to identify highly qualified engineers for our work force. It is truly a win-win situation.” q campus news

New York Cyber Security and Engineering Technology Association (NYSETA)

First Call for Papers - Submission Date is September 28, 2015 52nd Semiannual NYSETA Fall Conference October 22, 2015, with a Business Meeting and Tours Available on October 23rd.

Location: National Technical Institute for the Deaf at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Sponsored

by NTID and RIT. Paper/Presentation Topics: Engineering and Engineering Technology Innovations - Electrical/Electronic, Computer, Cyber Security and Information Technology, Mechanical, Automotive, Manufacturing,, or Civil, Architecture; Access Technologies for Disabled; STEM Education; Design Practices in Engineering; Grant Procurement; Instructional Strategies.

Who Should Attend This Conference: High School Teachers or Career Counselors – you can earn CEUs and learn the latest trends in teaching and technology education; Professional Engineers – you can learn cutting edge design practices and earn PDH credits; University Faculty – you have a scholarship opportunity to publish in a peer reviewed technical journal and present to a technical audience - you can discover current teaching trends presented by recognized leaders in your field of expertise; Disability Professionals, access service designers or providers, companies or educational institutions – you can be exposed to designs and development of innovative solutions to provide greater access to life’s opportunities; University and College Students – if you are interested in any of the above and want to present your work at the conference poster session; Exhibitors with a product or service to promote – you can have a large, diverse audience to expose your product or service to.

Formal Papers: Formal papers in the applied technical area will be peer reviewed and published in the Journal of Applied Science and Technology (http://library.rit.edu/oajournals/index.php/jaset/about) in addition to a presentation at the conference.

Formal papers in other categories will be peer reviewed by content exerts and published on this conference website for a minimum of six years in addition to a presentation. If you need further information on the format, please contact John Stratton at jasite@rit.edu.

Formal papers should be submitted in Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) format. Papers should be no longer than eight pages in length - not including a title page. Formal 200 word abstract submissions must be done via email to NYSETA@rit.edu no later than September 15, 2015. Formal paper must be submitted by September 28, 2015.

ACM Format Help: http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates?searchterm=paper+format Presentations: Presentations of Reviewed papers will be assigned to an appropriate track.

Presentations in an invited session should present a cohesive and comprehensive focus on a topic relevant to the interest groups, categories or products described within this conference. Contributions in invited presentations should include a 300 word abstracts which will be used as a description in the conference program and a power point presentation showing the principal contribution of the presentation so as to allow for an informed peer review. These will be presented as scheduled during one of the conference tracks. Abstracts and presentations must be submitted via email to NYSETA@rit.edu no later than September 15, 2015.

Exhibitor Presentations: Exhibitors will be encouraged to submit a paper as either a formal presentation or during the special Exhibitor session scheduled mid-day, in addition to the live discussions throughout the day.

Poster Presentations: Design a poster to share the main points of your teaching, research, results, or product or service related to your interest group. Poster presentations provide the opportunity for you to both expand your audience and interact individually with interested viewers. You must bring your own display boards and mounting structures, laptop and extension cords as needed. We will provide tripods. Posters will be presented simultaneously during the time block as indicated on the program schedule for each track. During the poster presentation session, attendees will freely move between presentations to view your work and talk with you 1:1 about your findings. Poster summary or abstracts must be submitted via email to NYSETA@rit.edu no later than September 15, 2015. Both faculty and students may present a poster.

How To Submit: All presentations and invited papers should be submitted in electronic format, as a single file. The requested format for electronic submission is PDF, doc, or docx format for the invited papers and ppt or pptx for the invited presentations.

Both papers and presentations should be submitted on-line by emailing it to: NYSETA@rit.edu.

On your title page please indicate which main category(s) you would like your paper to be considered in: Innovative Design and Development Practices; Technology Innovations Impacting Engineering and ET Education; Access to Technologies and Innovations; STEM Education.

On your title page please indicate which category you would like to be considered as: Presentation and Published Full Paper (submit both paper and power point); Presentation only (submit only power point); Invited Presentation; Poster Session Further information on the conference such as conference schedule, fees, registration, and hotel availability will be available soon. campus news

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Rochester Chapter

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

February 10, 2016 - TBD

September 23, 2015 - "An Update" Putting The Capstone First: RIT's Freshman Imaging Project," by Joe Pow, RIT

March 9, 2016 - TBD

October 14, 2015 (tentative) - "Kodak Alaris Printer Demo," by Bob Mindler

May 11, 2016 - TBD

November 11, 2015 - "A presentation related to Nicholas Warner's Study of the Mars Surface and His Relationship with NASA" by Nicholas Warner, Geneseo College December 9, 2015 - TBD

April 13, 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.

January 13, 2016 - TBD

September IS&T Meeting Wednesday, September 23, 2015 An Update Putting The Capstone First: RIT's Freshman Imaging Project Presented by Joe Pow, Rochester Institute of Technoloy Abstract: In the fall of 2010 RIT's Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science abandoned it's traditional lecture-based introductory course for first year students in favor of a year-long project-based experience. The impact of this non-traditional pedagogy has exceeded all expectations. This presentation will provide an overview of the cutting-edge systems that the freshmen have designed and built since the implementation of this new approach, and it will examine the broader, and in most cases unanticipated, cultural shifts within the Center that this one curricular change has brought about.

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Biography: Joe Pow has been an administrator and faculty member at the Rochester Institute of Technology for over 19 years. He has graduate degrees in both physics and education, and is currently the Associate Director of RIT’s Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science. He developed and now teaches the Center’s Freshman Imaging Project, a non-traditional, multidisciplinary course for first-year STEM students.

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

Entrepreneurs Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed Monthly Breakfast Series Date: Tuesday, September 22, 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 0730 – 0800 Presentation: 0800 – 0900~0930 Registration Required: There is NO charge for this presentation.

Reservations are required by Friday C.O.B. September 11, 2015.

Make Reservations via The Rivers Organization at (585) 586-6906 or ESTG@Riversorg.com Topic:

Cleanroom Basics – “ Using a Quadruple Mass Spectrometer”

Speaker: Terry Rogelstad, Pfeiffer Vacuum Terry’s presentation will address the use of a Quadruple Mass Spectrometer to measure residual gasses on a vacuum system or to measure the concentration of gasses in a mixture.

Terry has 30+ years of experience in building and maintaining vacuum systems.

He is presently a Sales Engineer at Pfeiffer Vacuum.

Upcoming Talks: Date October 2015

Speaker TBD

Topic

November 2015 Lee Drake Critical Computer Update Concerns For Manufacturing Technology – Retiring Old Technologies.

February 2016 Carol Jones Barb Done March 2016

Selecting the proper Cleanroom Garments and Proper Gowning Procedures

TBD

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.

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Rochester Section

American Society of Civil Engineers Website: www.asce.org

Established in 1923

ASCE Board Editorial by: Sam Anthony, PE, F.ASCE, 2014-15 ASCE Rochester Section President-elect

THURSDAY *SEPTEMBER 24* MEETING

A road to the historic Gibsonville settlement was originally aligned along the side of a steep valley slope in what would later become Letchworth State Park. Ongoing stream erosion at the toe and soil slope instability along the valley side prompted the Park to place a culvert along the stream channel, cover the culvert with up to 20 feet of fill, and realign the road. After almost 40 years, stream hydraulics began causing erosion again, and the culvert showed signs of structural deterioration. Therefore the Park determined that the culvert configuration needed to be remediated.

The innovative design included abandoning the culvert in-place and restoring the stream to surface flow. Elements of the design included regrading the stream valley to help slope stability, restoring a stream channel that resembled the geomorphic characteristics of nearby reference stream reaches, and building a drop structure that conveys the stream flow non-erosively to the return channel. Construction of the project was successfully completed in 2014.

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Rochester Chapter No. 21

Association for Facilities Engineering

AFE “Clambake” and Pig Roast Tuesday, September 15, 2015, starting at 5:00 pm Great networking event, raffles & a lot of Fun! Catering by Colby's WHERE: Genesee Valley Park, “Round House Lodge” Elmwood Avenue, left onto Moore Road (just before the river on the left). Lodge will be on the right.

COST: $50 per person

INCLUDES: 3 Dozen Steamed Clams per person! Colby’s Spit Roast Pig & Pulled Turkey, Salt Potatoes, Salads, Beer & Soft Drinks

Please RSVP BY 9/9/15:

Dennis R. Roote, CDE Engineering dennis.roote@cde-pllc.com (include “AFE Dinner” in the subject line) (585) 330-6986

REGISTRATION – 2015 AFE Clambake & Pig Roast Please mail checks made payable to: (AFE) Association for Facilities Engineering Mail To: Dennis R. Roote P.O. Box 24619 Rochester, NY 14624-0619

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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

"Cynically but accurately put, Americans oppose public intervention or regulation if it helps others, but favor it if it helps them - take social security, disaster relief, public works projects, for example.”

Jon Meacham

Vacation Observations I just returned from a vacation to Tennessee to do some sightseeing in the Smoky Mountains. As a public works practitioner, I tend to observe the good and bad of how others meet their duties. We all love to complain about our taxes here in NY but there are times when they serve the public good. For those that have not visited the Smoky Mountains, the roads are simply switchbacks that wind along the steep slopes of the Appalachian Range. These roads are typically less than 20 feet wide, with poor sight distances, sharp curves, and NO GUIDERAIL! I love a good driving challenge as much as the next NASCAR fan but the stress of the daily drive up and down these roads to access our mountain cabin was a bit stressful. Add in the fact there is no street lighting, black bears roam the forest, fog routinely chokes the valleys and you have a recipe for a cardiac arrest. I suppose the roadway network assists in the “thinning of the herd,” but count me in for my appreciation for the NYSDOT and MCDOT standards.

cabin homes. Of course, access to the sites with a fire truck would not be timely even if they did have hydrants. I guess that is why the homes were heavy timber construction.

The city of Pigeon Forge is a collection of pancake houses and gaudy tourist traps. There does not appear to be any sign ordinances to restrict the size, height, location, illumination or taste in the signage design. Viva Las Vegas it is not! Access management appears to be a foreign concept as well.

The Smoky Mountains were beautiful. They exist at the leading edge of the glaciers resulting in a diverse wildlife community, as many species ventured southward to avoid the climate changes. The plant life is equally as diverse with all types of trees. The people in Tennessee are very friendly and helpful.

I left there with a sense of pride in our little corner of New York and the good job that public works provides.

Check out the APWA Store As I prepare to go to the APWA Congress, I wanted to remind everyone to check out the vast amount of quality publications that are available through the APWA Bookstore. There are many publications and items that can help in educating your staff, your political leaders, or even the public. Also, remember to check out the variety of FREE educational programs that APWA offers on line.

Another observation I had was the complete lack of fire hydrants along mountain roads. The homes were served by a domestic water line so it was strange that fire protection is not a part of the community of log

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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

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President's Message

Congratulations to Dave Jereckos as the newly elected member of the Chapter Board.

Dave will take over from Adam Kramer as VP Technical; a position that Adam had for the past 4 years. Adam will remain on the Board as Administrative Secretary. Please welcome Dave and provide him with suggestions for future presentations and speakers.

I would like to thank Ed Yelin, outgoing Administrative Secretary for the Chapter Board. We appreciate the past years of service that Ed provided to the Chapter.

Registration for the 2015 CPDT (Certified Plumbing Design Technician) exam is available on ASPE’s website (www.aspe.org). The exam will be held at various testing centers in New York on October 29th and October 30th. Please register before September 25th. Registration cost for ASPE members is $200.

Alan Smith, P.E. Rochester Chapter President

Meeting Notice – September 16, 2015 Topic: Faucets and Shower Valves

Speaker: Doug Meier (Twin "D" Associates)

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

Date:

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Time:

12:00 noon - 1:30 pm

Place:

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

Newsletter Editor: DAVID MYERS LaBella Associates, DPC 300 State Street Suite 201 Rochester, NY 14614 585-454-6110

Cost:

Credits: PDH Approval Pending (call or e-mail for confirmation after September 11th) $20.00 (member or guest), check or cash at the door.

RSVP: To Dave Jereckos (585-341-3168) or djereckos@ibceng.com by Monday, September 14th.

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

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Future meetings: October 21st, November 18th.

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

Join Us For A Tour of the New Rochester 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 (You can see more details about the project and award at http://goo.gl/nk0vwp)

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, illuminating with color changing light with the centerpiece of the facility being the two-story, swooping ceiling, features custom, curved, perforated metal panels that are washed with color-changing light.

Tuesday, October 20th - $30 per person (includes dinner) All guests will 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 Please make your reservation for this event to Diane Montrois at 585.254.8010

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Rochester Chapter

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

SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER

President's Message Welcome back to a new year of ASHRAE in Rochester! I hope you had an enjoyable summer and took advantage of the spectacular weather.

Again, please let me take this opportunity to thank Immediate Past President Ed Burns for the tremendous job he did last year, our chapter thrived under his excellent leadership. The Rochester ASHRAE Chapter Sustainability Project - "Sensory Stimulation Building at the Rochester Rotary Sunshine Campus" is well under way with the help of many volunteers and donations. In fact, a dedication of this building occurred on Wednesday, July 22nd. The work on the Sensory Building HVAC system “Air Side” is complete, however our work is not finished. WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP! There is going to be a designated Rochester ASHRAE Chapter work day on September 19th. The hands on tasks for this work day will be: o Installation of the wall mounted combination domestic water and space heating boiler o Radiant floor manifolds tied into the in-floor tubing o Startup o Commissioning Please contact Ed Burns if you have an interest in helping out on September 19th. He can be reached at ejb@mechtechhvac.com.

The Rochester Chapter Officers and Committee Chairs attended a planning meeting on July 29th to review the responsibility of each position and to discuss the expectations for this year. The slate of meetings for the 2015-2016 calendar year is almost complete; thank you to President-elect and Program Chair Jeff Close. Jeff’s efforts in the selection of speakers and program topics promises for excellent program content for the upcoming year.

family, it is an important responsibility that your chapter officers take on to ensure that the Rochester Chapter is the best it can be.

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 The ASHRAE Chapter Regional Conference or CRC more! Or if Facebook is your preferred method of communication take for Region I (which Rochester is a part of along with a moment to ‘like’ us at www.facebook.com/#!/ 14 other chapters in the NE) is in Syracuse this year ashraerochester. and by the time you are reading this message, has already taken place (August 20th-22nd). The CRC I look forward to seeing you at our opening season provides an opportunity for the chapters to have Clambake on September 14th! input into regional operations, receive training in the different responsibilities of governing the chapter, Christina Walter and networking with other chapters. Although 2015-2016 President - Rochester Chapter attending the CRC meant time away from work and ashrae news

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Finger Lakes Chapter

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

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

Upcoming Chapter Meeting Events • 2015 INCOSE Finger Lakes Chapter Annual Dinner Meeting (early Fall)

Ithaca, NY. We are in the stages of planning our annual dinner meeting. This year we plan to hold the meeting in Ithaca. We would really like to get as many members and their guests to attend. If you are interested in attending the date is Saturday, September 26. We are planning on a buffet style dinner with meat, fish, and a vegetarian dish as well. The location will be at the heart of Cornell University, Ithaca NY and we are hoping to get students and faculty interested in Systems Engineering to participate. The topic will be on real-world applications of system engineering and possibly a panel wide discussion with FLC members alongside faculty members.

Please contact Rick Zinni (rzinni@gmail.com) before September 15th:  If interested in attending (not a commitment yet, just trying to make sure this is a good date more details to follow, but it will be in the $25 to $30 per person price range).  If you have any questions or observations about the meeting format.

• 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.

• Chapter Meetings to Resume in September: as per our standard operating procedure, there are no chapter meetings in the summer months (July and August). We will resume chapter meetings in September, with the annual dinner meeting Saturday, September 26th. We will then resume our normal schedule of meeting on the third Thursday of every month (December excluded). As always, if you would like to suggest topics, speakers, or other meeting content, please feel free to contact Rick Zinni (rzinni@gmail.com).

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

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

September 2015

Robert B. Hatch, LS, ex officio

Year 2015 Meeting Dates October 15, 2015 Finger Lakes Dinner More information coming

Board of Directors 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

Board of Directors Meeting at 6:00 pm

NYSAPLS First Friday Webinar Series - 2nd SHOWING Date:

Thursday, September 10th (LIVE broadcast)

Board of Directors and

Time:

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST

General Membership Meeting

Dinner:

6:30 pm

Location:

Not yet determined

Speaker:

Gary Kent, PS

Topic:

The Surveyor's Role in Boundary Disputes

November 19, 2015

NY CE Hours: 1.0 LS/PE Webinar Description:

The cost of litigation has removed it as an option for resolving boundary disputes for millions of homeowners. Surveyors are in the unique position of having a good understanding of boundary law principles and also often being in a place where they can leverage that understanding to the benefit of the public. In this program we will study the genesis of boundary and title disputes and how surveyors can be part of the solution in helping property owners resolve those problems rather than consigning those owners to the angst and cost of litigation.

Professional Affiliations • • •

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

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Identify the major sources of boundary disputes and title problems Explain who can resolve boundary disputes and title problems, and how Outline strategies that surveyors can employ to help prevent boundary disputes from leading to litigation

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

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

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, Thomas Zaso, PE Email: TZaso@rocgeotechnical.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)

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