Rochester Engineering Society Magazine August 2017

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Gauging who does what: USACE, NOAA and how the Great Lakes water levels are measured | 6

Water level gauge house lakeside, in Mackinaw City, Michigan.

An external view of a water level gauge house in Mackinaw City, Michigan. Photo by Jeff Oyler, courtesy of NOAA

An Update on the RES Tutoring Team at Dr. Walter Cooper Academy | 12

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Board of Directors: OFFICERS: President MICHAEL V. TRIASSI Optimation Technology, Inc. / mike.triassi@gmail.com First Vice President TBD Second Vice President - TBD Treasurer FAHRETTIN (FAZ) BAY LaBella Associates DPC / Fahrettinbay@gmail.com Past President JON KRIEGEL Retired / jkriegel@rochester.rr.com

EIGHT DIRECTORS: CORNELIUS (NEAL) ILLENBERG PE Retired / nillenberg@aol.com LEE LOOMIS Retired / leeloomis46@gmail.com RICHARD E. RICE MJ Engineering / rriceaquash@gmail.com JOSEPH DOMBROWSKI, PE M/E Engineering / jdombrowski@meengineering.com DANIELLE WALTERS Harris Corporation/ dwalters710@gmail.com DOREEN EDWARDS Rochester Institute of Technology /ddeeen@rit.edu GREG GDOWSKI, PhD University of Rochsester / Greg_Gdowski@urmc.rochester.edu TBD Administrative Director LYNNE M. IRWIN Rochester Engineering Society / e-mail: admin@roceng.org

Gauging who does what: USACE, NOAA and how the Great Lakes water levels are measured (cover)

An Update on the RES Tutoring Team at Dr. Walter Cooper Academy (feature)

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5 • How do you arm a STEM Teacher with real-world application examples? Put an Engineer in the classroom!

6 • Gauging who does what: USACE, NOAA and how the Great Lakes water levels are measured (cover) 9 • Get to the Point! - Write the Way You Speak

10 • The Limited Monopoly® - Some Things You Didn't Know You Needed - From the IoT

11 • Get IT Done - Net Neutrality Part Deux 12 • An Update on the RES Tutoring Team at Dr. Walter Cooper Academy (feature) 14 • Continuing Education Opportunities (PDHs) 14-15 • Engineers’ Calendar 17, 20-22 • Campus News 23-24 • Position Openings 25, 27-31 • Professional Firms - Employee News 26 • What's News 29, 32 • News from Professional Firms 40-41 • Directory of Professional Services 42 • Directory of Business Services 43 • Affiliated Societies and Corporate Members of the RES Membership Application and Advertising Rates are also on the website: www.roceng.org.

news of the...

• ABCD Association for Bridge Construction and Design.....................40 • APWA American Public Works Association...........................................43 • ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers............................................37 • ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers....................................................34 • ASPE American Society of Plumbing Engineers....................................38 • EA Electrical Association.......................................................................42 • GVLSA Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association.............................35

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• IES Illuminating Engineering Society....................................................39 • IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.......................41 • IS&T Imaging Science and Technology...................................................32 • MPES Monroe Professional Engineers Society......................................33 • RES Rochester Engineering Society.......................... 1-5, 12-13, 18-19 • SWE Society of Women Engineers........................................................36

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President’s Message

Michael Triassi, EIT Optimation Technology RES President 2017 - 18 One of the agenda items for the RES board meetings is to review the "editorial" calendar of the Rochester Engineer that you are currently reading. With the start of a new fiscal year we spent some extra time during the most recent board meeting brainstorming ideas for the upcoming editions. Stories about local projects such as the Sibley Center, Once Again Nut Butter expansion, and Tappan Zee Bridge were pitched as possible candidates. We even contemplated working out some kind of engineering angle about the Jazz fest. Got one?

Great Lakes for the International Joint Commission (IJC).

The IJC in Washington then uses these recommendations to determine volumes of water to release at the Moses Saunders dam. I am pleased that the Corps is able and willing to contribute to our publication. They are especially interested in doing a technical topic. The commander for the Buffalo office is even considering a presentation to our Rochester Engineering community to discuss the work of the Army Corps of Engineers. Stay tuned for more information.

A story that stood out as having particular interest right now is related to our historic water levels. If you or someone you know lives lakeside, you may be acutely aware. Even those of us not so close to the lake are trying to patch up leaks in window frames and foundations that are seeing a little more rain than they can handle.

Managing water seems to be something we take for granted until we have too little (last year) or too much.

I want to extend an offer to our readership to let us know what topics you would like covered in the magazine. If you have an idea of a source or can contribute a technical article, please send it or an abstract to us at admin@roceng.org.

Keep your head above water, Mike Triassi

I took the opportunity to speak to the Army Corps of Engineers to find out if they might like to contribute a technical article to the magazine related to the process that is followed gathering and assessing information across the 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. In the pervasive economic downturn of the “Great Depression,” the magazine offered classified advertising for unemployed engineers, technicians and draftsmen and took other steps to try to deal with the crisis. Still, it continued its effort to shape the function, purpose and infrastructure of the City of Rochester, and beyond. Soon, war would again affect the Society, taking away many of its leaders while providing opportunities for others to step forward to fill these vacancies. In an effort to provide even greater perspective on the happenings and concerns of the day, a synopsis, featuring selected items from "The Rochester Engineer" has become an integral part of this series. The Second World War and the Korean Conflict are now history. These experiences have changed the face and, no doubt, the future of the community. The Rochester municipal leadership and the industrial community have become immersed in the cold-war, growth economy.

March 2, 1966 (Board of Directors Meeting, U of R Faculty Club) Upon recommendation of the Constitution & By-Laws Committee, the Board approved five changes pertaining to Board make-up (five elected Officers, two immediate Past Presidents, six elected Directors and one Director from each Group Member), quorum (at least seven of the Officers and elected Directors), Age & citizenship of Board members, filling of vacancies on the Board and the definition and privileges of a “Sustaining Member.”

The Program Committee was requested to develop a tour of State highway construction projects. The Board approved the borrowing of an additional $2,000 to cover operating expenses.

The Nominations & Appointments Committee presented a slate of Officers for 1966-67, including President – Evan A. Edwards, 1st VP – John L. Wheeler, 2nd VP – Dr. Edward Kirkpatrick, Secretary – Alexander M. Beebee, Jr., Treasurer – E. Philip Kron, Directors – D. Dominico Masucci, Dewitt Pike & George Beinetti.

March 29, 1966 (Special Meeting of Board of Directors, U of R Faculty Club) The Board approved a motion to hold the RES Annual meeting on June 8th at the U of R Faculty Club.

“The Rochester Engineer” (March 1966) RES Luncheon presentations were announced; “Information Storage & Retrieval” by John L. Simonds, Director of Information Technology (EKCo) and “Developments at Rochester Telephone”

by William A. Pitbladdo, Chief Engineer (RTC). An RES Members visit and tour at Gleason Works was announced. The Genesee Valley Land Surveyors became the 10th RES Affiliate. The magazine reported a record crowd of 522 attended the February 24th RES Engineers Joint Dinner at the Rochester Chamber of Commerce.

Rochester Blue Cross Plan announced improvements in its offerings, including “Blue Cross 65”, to provide benefits not covered

by Medicare. New RES Members included Edwin L. Anthony and Paul B. Erdman of Erdman and Anthony Consulting Civil Engineers.

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A Sampling from the Archives of the Rochester Engineering Society...1897 - 1966

by Lee M. Loomis

April 12, 1966 (Executive Committee Meeting, Chamber of Commerce) The Board heard a report that the RES was successfully reducing its deficit, ahead of schedule. Two new members were approved (Friden – Ray Hasenauer and RTC – David Keller) under the Sustaining Membership Program wherein a Sustaining Corporate Member is allowed to appoint up to ten new RES members at no additional charge. The Executive Secretary was instructed to solicit reaction to the suggestion by a recent luncheon speaker that the RES proceed to establish a “Rochester Engineers’ Center” facility for housing the RES and it Affiliate Societies. The Board accepted the resignation of Dr. E.T. Kirkpatrick as an RES Director.

“The Rochester Engineer” (April 1966) The RES Program Committee invited Warren C. Chase, Past President of the Cleveland Engineering Society (and also Past President of Ohio Bell Telephone Co.), to present, “An Engineers’ Center – What is Rochester Waiting For?” as the first RES Luncheon program for April 1966. A second, special evening presentation at the Kodak Park Recreation Center, entitled “Perspective on the Work of Computers,” would feature “The Application of Computers in Engineering,” by David F. Petherbridge, “The Application of Computers to Structural Problems,” by William V. Merkel and, “How Analog Computers are used in the Engineering Division,” by Walter J. Kirk, all Supervisors in the Kodak Park Engineering Division. These presentations would be followed by a Q & A session and tours of Kodak Park’s digital and analog computer installations. At the April 19th RES Luncheon Dr. Ted Kirkpatrick, RES 2nd VP and Dean of the College of Applied Science would detail RIT’s plans for relocating to the new Henrietta Campus, in the Fall of 1967, including special building features, enhanced curriculum and the recruiting of faculty to handle the anticipated doubling in the size of the RIT student body.

May 10, 1966 (Executive Committee Meeting, Chamber of Commerce) The Board approved a motion to borrow an additional $1,000 from Lincoln Rochester Trust Co., to meet operational expenses of the Society. The Board also approved a motion to restrict the use of the term “Sustaining Member” to individuals who elect to pay at least an additional $50 per year in annual dues, and to establish the term “Participating Company” to describe corporate members who elect to pay at least an additional $100 in annual Corporate Membership dues. The Board also approved a motion allowing up to $4 annual credit to RES Members who are also duespaying members of RES Affiliate Societies.

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 current economic crises, and adopted a greater role in shaping the future of the City and its environs. Noted also, will be the contributions made by RES members in the struggle to meet the challenges coming out of World War II, as well as a hoped-for period of post-war growth and prosperity. These articles will also feature an impressive array of RES activities in support of post-war re-emergence of Rochester area industry. We welcome your questions and comments on this series. res news - history

RES News How do you arm a STEM Teacher with real-world application examples?

Put an Engineer in the classroom!

In the 1990’s, Eastman Kodak Company jumped the gun, starting a family of STEM initiatives, years before the Government coined the STEM acronym. The name of these programs was the 21st Century Learning Challenge (TCLC), and at our peek, we were 1500 engineers and technicians, visiting Rochester City School Classrooms, twice a week for two-hour visits, during the entire School Year. This effort continued for nearly ten years, and not only pre-dates our recent STEM excitement level, but delivered support on a scale we have yet to match.

Many of the volunteers in these programs were, and still are, members of the Rochester Engineering Society (RES). In the intervening twenty-five years, many have retired, or are about to retire. That makes them even more available as STEM Coaches, than they were as Kodak employees.

The RES is working to put technical people in K-12 Classrooms, throughout the Greater Rochester area, as STEM Coaches. Their presence will: • • •

Help the Teacher stay current with our ever-changing technology.

Provide real-World Application Examples, making whatever is being taught, real enough to be worth remembering.

Support the teachers with not only the delivery of STEM concepts, but perhaps more importantly, the design and delivery of STEM related hardware.

Last year we had six STEM Coach, doing Classroom Visitation at School #3. That was so successful that RCSD is interested in expanding this program to involve nine STEM Coaches this year.

The RES is specifically seeking Retired, Technical people, (Engineers, Technicians, Machinists, Entrepreneurs or anyone whose work would allow them to visit during School hours), as STEM Coaches. We currently have more than 30 Coaches, and are connecting them with 13 Rochester-area Schools.

“This is a life-changing experience!”

For more information contact: Jon Kriegel  jkriegel@rochester.rr.com  585-281-5216 Volunteer Coordinator - Rochester Engineering Society Volunteer STEM Coach or visit: www.roceng.org/volunteer res news - STEM volunteering

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Gauging who does what: USACE, NOAA and how the Great Lakes water levels are measured By: Dr. Michael Izard-Carroll, Public Affairs, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District

The 2017 spring and summer flooding event along Lake Ontario garnered considerable media and community interest about how water levels in the Great Lakes are monitored, who does the monitoring, and how often the monitoring is done.

Just as the historic three feet higher than average lake levels witnessed in the past few months has drawn nationwide attention, interest in flood prevention strategies has also risen.

Monitoring lake levels provides leaders critical information in order to make educated decisions about what their communities may need to protect its public and private assets from high waters and destructive wave action.

The Corps of Engineers recently celebrated its 242nd birthday, and the civilian, Corps side of the U.S. Army is older than our nation. The organization has records of Great Lakes lake mean water levels back to the 1860s, while the binational, coordinated dataset begins in 1918.

This year, 2017, makes a century of binational coordinated data sets that are being used in managing the international forecast for the Great Lakes, past, present and forecast.

Water level gauge house in Rochester, NY. An internal view of a Data Collection Platform in Rochester, NY showing the primary BEI® encoder and the secondary water log encoder.

The Great Lakes lake wide mean water levels (http://www. lre.usace.army.mil/Missions/Great-Lakes-Information/ Photo by Jeff Oyler, courtesy of NOAA. Great-Lakes-Water-Levels/)are published daily by the Detroit District office. However, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is not the government entity who owns and maintains the Great Lakes water gauges but rather the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Ocean Service (NOS) – Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) office in Silver Spring, MD. The Corps of Engineers and Environment Canada use the data NOAA and the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) collects and then provides jointly the levels to be internationally forecasted. The data is communicated to the Lake Ontario – St. Lawrence River Board, which is a binational Board created by the International Joint Commission, and who manages the water levels for Lake Ontario.

“The Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, has a technical advisory role with the Lake Ontario – St. Lawrence River Board,” said Keith Koralewski, Chief of Hydrology and Hydraulics and Water Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District. “Based on the mean data we’ve analyzed, we make recommendations to the Board and provide projections. In the 6 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER AUGUST 2017

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past few months, we’ve seen some sudden and dramatic increases in water levels due to heavy snow-packs in the late winter months, followed by heavy spring rains. We are now beginning to see Lake Ontario’s levels start to decrease.”

The United States currently operates 53 water level gauge stations through NOAA, along the Great Lakes extending from Lake Superior to the St. Lawrence River, and there are over 34 gauges on the Canadian side, operated by the Canadian Hydrographic Service. The gauge station sumps are typically six feet in diameter with an 8-foot by 8-foot brick and block structure, which houses the electronic water level measuring equipment. The sumps, stilling wells have a six-inch intake pipe, with varying lengths, from 10 feet to 1,900 feet in length, in order to always be able to measure the Water level gauge house lakeside, in Mackinaw City, Michigan. Description: An water levels in both extreme high and extreme low external view of a water level gauge house in Mackinaw City, Michigan. levels. The intakes are valve-controlled, removing Photo by Jeff Oyler, courtesy of NOAA. wave action, providing the ability to truly measure Note: Photo 2 is the same as cover photo, but contains labels. the accurate water level elevations. Each station the primary sensor in all 53 gauging stations, he said. The operates dual shaft angle encoders, with a primary encoders are precisely calibrated, readings maintained to and a redundant sensor. These encoders with optical sensors within +0.003 meters (+0.01 ft.) to the reference elevation, are absolute, ensuring that even when the power goes out which is the International Great Lakes Datum of 1985 they remain on datum, storing the water level elevations in the data collection platforms (DCPs), retrievable by GOES or (IGLD 1985). phone line.

Perhaps surprising is the fact that the majority of the Great Lakes brick-block gauge stations are on land, with the longest The primary water level gauge used by NOAA is the intake shaft reaching nearly 2,000 feet out into Lake Erie.

MT40 series encoder manufactured by Baldwin Electronics “It’s an important thing that it’s [the encoder] in a stilled Incorporated. The BEI® MT40 series absolute encoders have water environment, and that’s why they use these well set ups, been in operation in the Great Lakes since 1994, according said Keith Kompoltowicz, Chief of Watershed Hydrology to Jeff Oyler of NOAA, a 44-year veteran in the field of hydraulics and hydrology. The gauge model is installed as

Typical interval view of a gauge house.

Description: Internal view of a gauge house showing encoder equipment. Photo by Jeff Oyler, courtesy of NOAA. cover article

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Typical view of a dewatered gauge stilling well/sump.

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Gauging who does what: USACE, NOAA and how the Great Lakes water levels are measured; Continued with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District. “If you try to go measure water levels out in an open lake, you’d see the impacts of waves, and these wells still the water to get a true surface elevation at that location.”

“The ice that forms on the Great Lakes poses significant challenges for properly measuring water levels,” said Oyler. “Wave action on the lakes would prevent accurate readings so the onland stations allow us to take still water measurements.”

Each water gauge station is equipped with an electrical power source, which provides sump lighting, and heat lamps to ensure the water in the wells do not freeze. The heated units allow gauges to be fully functional even in the harshest Northern winter conditions. NOAA performs scheduled maintenance on the gauges annually starting in mid-April through November of each year, and typically performs the work with inhouse staff. However, the organization does have a cache of contractors on standby in the event of an emergency such as a sudden Data Collection Platform or gauge malfunction.

“NOAA doesn’t have an operations center physically located within the Great Lakes proper and that is something I’d like to see reinstated someday,” said Oyler, who works out of NOAA’s - Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) engineering office in the Chesapeake, VA office.

The majority of the gauge stations are over 50 years old, Oyler says, and new stations cost approximately $500 thousand dollars each. A major portion of NOAA's Great Lakes gauging stations were built during the 1960's, which makes them at their 50+ year service viability. Since 2001, NOAA has worked with the USACE

offices, Detroit and Buffalo to design and oversee the construction of eight new NOAA gauging stations and are presently performing infrastructure engineering reviews for some 12 more.

One key location is Ogdensburg, NY on the St. Lawrence River, which has been in service since 1948. The stations are outfitted with meteorological sensors that provide data to a number of reporting agencies, and all data is transmitted wirelessly via satellite.

Like many operations that are technology-dependent, redundancy of sensory equipment provides a backup for data collection. There are even redundant satellites used to transmit data should one satellite be inoperable for a time. Transmission of data is near real-time, transmitted at six-minute intervals. There is also a secondary, backup sensor, at all of the Great Lakes stations, says Oyler. It is also a shaft angle encoder but a little different structure than the BEI, and is made by Xylem®.

There are currently five stations on Lake Superior, six on Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, four on Lake Erie and six on Lake Ontario that are used for computing lake wide average reporting.

The water gauges used in the Great Lakes are not the only gauges available on the market, but some of the new radar-based units are not useful in the colder climates, since radar cannot see through ice—a major problem on the Great Lakes in wintertime. Solarpowered gauge equipment is mostly absent from the Great Lakes because of the long periods of limited sun that the region sees during the winter months. Solar is used for operating such sensors during the summer months (seasonal gauge data sets, June through September) to establish datums in ports, harbors of refuge, recreational

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harbors, and for maintaining the datum for dredging operations.

The Detroit District office obtains the raw daily mean water level for all of the gauges on the Great Lakes, and they are primarily interested in the data from the coordinated gauge network for each lake. The Coordinating Committee on Great Lakes Basic Hydraulics and Hydrology Data decides which gauges will be used for determining the mean average for a particular lake, said Kompoltowicz.

“On a daily basis, our servers go out and grab the daily means from the prior day from both the Canadian gauges and the U.S. gauges and then our systems average those daily gauge means into a lake wide mean, said Kompoltowicz.

On Lake Erie, for example, there are four gauges that are used in the coordinated gauge network—two in the United States, and two in Canada. They are at Toledo, Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, and Port Stanley and Port Colborne in Ontario, and those gauges averaged together make up the lake wide mean water level.

The Detroit District office publishes average daily mean water levels but for those interested in the raw data for lake levels, they can be found on NOAA’s “Tides & Currents” website (https:// tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/), as well as the Canadian Hydrographic Service website (http://www.tides.gc.ca/eng).

Dr. Michael IzardCarroll is the Public Affairs Specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District office. Dr. Izard-Carroll regularly writes articles for the Buffalo District and is the lead content manager for social media and the web. cover article

Get to the Point!

Write the Way You Speak

Before all those retired English teachers start to shriek, let me explain: You need to develop a comfortable, natural writing style that resembles a conversational tone. Too often, I read statements from engineers like this:

Simple, clear, direct, language builds trust and integrity with your reading audience, just as it does with your listening audience.

Einstein once said “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”

1. Please be advised that any variations from these assumptions will constitute a change in the scope of work, requiring corresponding additional services on our part.

The “text message generation” and Blackberry prisoners need to be careful about being too cryptic or using slang.

Or how about this one, which I suspect had input from a legal person: 2. This proposal is made subject to the General Conditions of Service attached hereto. If you are in agreement with this proposal, kindly sign below indicating your notice to proceed and acceptance of the terms and conditions stated herein.

Look what happens when we start to get involved in technical details: 3. The concept of allowing the north-south corridors to be considered as un-rated passageways could be permitted so long as they connect to rated corridors leading to exit enclosures as discussed in our meeting.

The problem with this “over engineered” language is that it sneaks into are daily communications and becomes our “natural” writing style: 4. It is because of my scrutiny of the budget that I feel it would not be an inopportune time to spend agency resources for the reception.

I would bet my paycheck that if I ran into an engineer in the hallway and asked: “How’s that project going?” that the response would be something like “We’ve had a few delays but are back on track and expect to deliver the final report to the client on July 14, right on time.” Now that’s more like it: Clear sentences spoken very eloquently, directly, and simply. And, in grammatically correct structures. But for some reason, when fingers get placed on the keyboard, we tend to have the need to sound “professional” and end up being incomprehensible.

Let’s see if we can translate, decipher, interpret the above samples.

Here’s what I think the writers were trying to say:

1. Cool…can do…time?

2. B4 mtg ck #’s w bob.

3. Answers: no, yes, not sure, maybe I appreciate that we can’t interpret these statements without the full text of the communication, but it takes more work than it should to comprehend the message. I guarantee that whoever has to read statements like this will spend more time trying to interpret them than it would take for the writer to write a clear, concise and complete sentence.

I encourage you to develop a writing style that is natural yet remains professional. Remove all the stuffy, complex, four-syllable words along with the cryptic short cuts and slang. Think about the language and tone you use when you are in a business meeting and adopt that to your writing. One way to test your writing is to read it out loud and see if it sounds and feels right. If you can’t pronounce a word, or can’t breathe because it is too long, then I suggest a revision.

Next time you get stuck and don’t know what to write, pretend your audience is in front of you and has just asked you a question. Then write the way you speak.

Please do not hesitate at any given time in the future to contact the writer of this article with your issues, questions or comments about the text provided herein at the following email address.

UGH! Email me at LisaM@rgilearning.com if you have questions or comments.

1. Please note that any variation from these assumptions changes the scope of work and requires us to provide additional services at additional costs.

2. This proposal corresponds to the attached General Conditions of Service. To proceed with the project, we require your signature below, which indicates your acceptance of the outlined terms and conditions.

3. As we discussed in our meeting, we can consider the north-south corridors as un-rated passageways if they connect to rated corridors leading to exit enclosures.

4. I have looked at the budget, and we have agency money to cover the reception. (Just like algebra, the double negative makes it a positive.) get to the point

© 2017, RGI Learning Lisa Moretto is the President of RGI Learning, Inc. For 23 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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The Limited Monopoly® Some Things You Didn't Know You Needed - From the IoT — John Hammond, PE and Robert Gunderman, PE

The IoT – Already The Next Big Thing This past week we performed a cursory patent search relating to the “Internet of Things.” As often happens in an online foray, it was easy to get distracted by the unending lists of patents and published applications, and the breadth of inventions being patented. So far, just over halfway through 2017,the USPTO lists 2019 published applications and 510 issued patents that contain the keyword “IoT.” So once our online incursion was done, we browsed the search results to discover patents and apps on a whole host of inventions and products that we didn’t know we needed. We share some of our favorites, with a few comments, below.

Fling Mode?

We lead off with US Patent 9,661,827 to SZ DJI Technology Co.1 for “Systems and Methods for Walking Pets.” Fig. 1 is reproduced below.

Yes, that’s right… it is a pet walking drone. This is a great invention that clearly satisfies an unmet need. We all get too much exercise, and need things that enable a more sedentary lifestyle.

“Here’s hoping that you are reading this while lying in your not-cloud-connected dumb hammock.” that all have RFID tags, detecting each garment and subtracting its weight from the total.

We wonder – can we no longer weigh ourselves al fresco? (Perhaps after checking first to see that the neighbor’s drone is not outside the bathroom window.) And apparently we must be denied the delusion that, “Well the scale is up a little today, but this bulky sweater probably weighs at least five pounds.” And must our clothing have RFID tags? What’s next, our phones nagging us that our socks don’t match? Or Siri® saying, “That.

Shirt. With. That. Tie. Seriously?” (On the other hand, we’d be all in for an app that could bark out a timely “Pull up your #@$&%^$@ pants!”)

We now move on to US Patent Application Publication 2016/0360907 for a “Beverage Sip Regulating Apparatus and Related Methods,” Fig. 2B shown nearby illustrates the “sip module” of this brilliant device.

Of course, the sip module communicates with a sip application on your smartphone, which is connected through the cloud to a sip service system, including a beverage company web browser, a system domain

And who wants to deal with what goes with pet walking when the drone can do it? The patent specification discloses that the UAV (drone) includes a waste removal unit that “can include a mechanism configured to extend from the UAV to remove the waste, for example a mechanical arm,” and then “recognize a disposable container and dispose of the waste.” It occurs to us that between the removal and disposal steps, the drone is in a sense, weaponized. But there was no mention as to whether the mechanical arm has a fling mode.

No Al Fresco – and No Cheesecake For You Next up is US Patent Application Publication 2017/0176239 for a “Smart Weight Scale, Smart Weight Management System and Method of Measuring Weight Thereof.” This cloud and smartphone connected smart scale provides an exact weight of a user who is wearing garments 10 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER AUGUST 2017

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web browser, and a data scientist terminal, among other things. Knowing that this apparatus is available to regulate and track our sipping, how can we ever again enjoy a cold beverage on a hot summer day without it?

Behaving Badly Solved We all need some behavior modification at times, and to satisfy this unmet need, there is US Patent Application Publication 2016/0360907 of SmartSpark, Inc. for “System and Method for Determining and Providing Behavioural Modification Motivational Cues.” This is a self-directed system – you load the smartphone app with all of the improvements that you want to make in your life, and it provides timely motivational cues. (Of course you can share all of your daily victories with friends on social media.)

This ingenious system can communicate with your smart refrigerator and other smart devices. For example, in the fridge case, “[the] smartfridge may receive the motivational spark and display it to the user, who wants to keep on track with her diet.” Indeed, a couple of the supporting drawings show screen shots of the fridge or phone saying “Push away the bad food,” and “Pick up the good food.” Claim 1 begins with, “A method for generating a motivational spark for a user…” Perhaps “motivational spark” might be better replaced with “homicidal rage” in that preamble.

But again, this is all self-directed – at least until your health care gatekeeper, be it an insurance company or the government, requires enrollment in their behavior modification version of the app as a condition of coverage.

Nah, that’ll never happen.

and So Much More…

We could spend hours browsing the patent literature to see more of what’s coming in the smart future. Our space is limited here so we simply list a few more groundbreaking inventions2 that were on display at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which merit honorable mention: - The smart toaster – “Dude, you can like totally control the darkness of your toast with your phone.”

- The smart tea brewer – load in all of your tea brewing parameters, and it will tell you “exactly when you’re supposed to turn the heat down.” After millennia of failure, finally tea can be properly brewed.

- The smart toothbrush, which will teach you “how to brush your teeth most efficiently.” We didn’t know efficiency mattered all that much with this task.

- The smart cat food dispenser, which “makes sure it provides equal rations to all felines.” We speculate that this dispenser didn’t beta test well for dogs.

- The smart wine dispenser, perfect for geek wine snobs.

- The smart mirror, which “in addition to whispering soft words of encouragement… will also be able to simulate your face in a wide variety of different environments.” Our smart mirror is going to have to flat-out lie.

- A dog fitness collar. Can probably be made to communicate with your dog-walking drone, so you can see the dog-calories that you avoided burning on those dog-hour long walks. Guaranteed to add dog-years to your life.

Smartphone Not Needed

going to be overwhelmed having to load and run all of these apps to control all of your devices. Not to worry. You will soon be able to control all of them using a magic wand. US Patent 9,692,756 has recently issued, for “Magic Wand Methods, Apparatuses and Systems for Authenticating a User of a Wand.” At this point, seeing that title for the first time, you’re probably thinking, “This was invented by some employment challenged person living in his parent’s basement and panhandling on GoFundMe for startup cash.” Well guess again. The Assignee is Intel. Yes, Intel has patented a magic wand! From the Abstract, “Methods, apparatuses, systems, and storage media for creating, discovering, and/or resolving spells using a wand are provided.”

Seriously, though, a review of the patent spec and drawings quickly indicate that Intel’s magic wand is a highly sophisticated device loaded with all sorts of sensors, along with a communication antenna. It can learn from your wand gestures to control your video games and other electronic devices. So once you have taught all of your smart devices the gestures that they are to obey, your smartphone will be so yesterday. Feel like turning down the lights? You will only need to pull out your magic wand and wave it around, and the lights will dim accordingly, no doubt greatly impressing your guest(s).

Enjoy Your Summer Here’s hoping that you are reading this, whether on paper or on your tablet or phone, while lying in your not-cloud-connected dumb hammock enjoying a cold beverage without a sip regulating apparatus.

And if your neighbor’s drone strolls his dog into your yard, take solace knowing a solution for that is on its way – have a look at US Patent Application Publication 2017/0192089 of XiDrone Systems, Inc. for “Deterrent for Unmanned Aerial Systems.” It has a “detecting element” that “detects an unmanned aerial vehicle in flight in the region of, or approaching, a property, place, event or very important person.” Using a tracking element, it can then emit what amounts to a drone death ray.

This product may not have reached the marketplace yet, so in the meantime, you might have to go low-to-medium tech with Skynet™ Drone Defense shotgun shells3, which look pretty ingenious and effective4. Whichever way you choose, don’t hurt the dog.

1. http://www.dji.com/products/drones.

2. See https://www.androidheadlines.com/2017/01/top-20-wackyweird-fun-bizarre-ces-2017-products.html for details.

3. http://store.mibullet.com/skynetdronedefense.aspx.

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAILUw3FbKk. To browse the entire searchable library of prior issues of The Limited Monopoly® from 2005 to present, visit www.thelimitedmonopoly.com.

Authors John M. Hammond P.E. (Patent Innovations, LLC www.patent-innovations.com) and Robert D. Gunderman P.E. (Patent Technologies, LLC www. patentechnologies.com) are both registered patent agents and licensed professional engineers. Copyright 2017 John Hammond and Robert Gunderman, Jr. Note: This short article is intended only to provide cursory background information, and is not intended to be legal advice. No client relationship with the authors is in any way established by this article.

At this point, you might be thinking that you and your smartphone are the limited monopoly

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An Update on the RES Tutoring Team at Dr. Walter Cooper Academy

by Lee M. Loomis Rochester Democrat & Chronicle (6/29/16) - The New York State Education Department released test results for students in grades 3-8, showing some apparent statewide improvements on the English language arts exam.

Across the state, 38 percent of students were judged proficient in English, up from 31 percent in 2015. For math, it was 39 percent proficient this year, up from 38 percent last year. In Rochester, 7.2 percent of students were judged proficient in math and 6.7 percent were judged proficient in English, both the lowest marks among the Big Five.

Rochester’s high school graduation rate improved slightly under tougher state standards. The New York State Education Department said the Rochester graduation rate increased from 46% to 48%, from 2015 to 2016.

We’ve been reading about the crisis in our Nation’s public schools for years, and we know all too well that it’s no better, and maybe even worse, here in Rochester.

There are more than enough opinions available on what to do about it; decrease class sizes, pay teachers more, keep kids in school longer, hire better teachers, get parents to pay more attention to their children’s educational needs…it goes on and on. Regardless of what the best answer is, one basic tenant is pretty much indisputable; the more time and attention a student gets, the more likely it is that he/she will succeed.

With this in mind, in the Spring of 2103, I decided to get better acquainted with a recent local effort to assist the existing process of educating elementary school students in the Rochester City School District. I was introduced to the staff and faculty at one of the Rochester City Schools, in the Nineteenth Ward, and asked to consider developing and leading a team of tutors in helping students, specifically identified by their teachers, who are struggling to reach acceptable levels of academic performance.

RES Tutoring Team Leader, Lee Loomis,

working with a Dr. Walter Cooper Academy Learner I began working as a volunteer tutor at Dr. Walter Cooper Academy (RCSD School #10), to get some first-hand experience, and to see if I was up to the challenge. Sure, I used to help my children with their homework, after supper, but actually spending 2 hours a day in an elementary school, once or twice a week, that could be a little scary. (Let’s quickly dispense with the mystery, if I hadn’t survived the experience, I wouldn’t writing this follow-up article.)

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For two months I worked, one-on-one, with 1st grade students who needed a little extra help with their reading skills. I didn’t read to them, they read to me. The books they read are graduated by reading level, revealing the characters and stories to the students, as they read along, providing them with an immediate sense of understanding and success. It’s NOT just the old, “See Spot Run…” stuff that many of us might remember, these are relevant stories about real characters (animals & people).

In just a few short weeks, I was able to see measurable improvement in the reading level of several of the students with whom I’d been working. From this experience, it became clear to me that there’s a tremendous need for, and value to be gained from, providing one-on-one tutoring for these little people, and it’s something I could actually do!

Let’s look at the magnitude of this need…

The Need…

The Rochester City School District provides an education for more than 29,000 students in pre-K through grade 12. The academic results of Rochester public schools are poor. In 2016, only 6.7% of elementary school children passed the State English Language Arts (ELA) exam; 7,100 children did not pass (performed below their grade level).

These children will struggle in school until they can develop adequate literacy skills.

Most RCSD elementary schools do not achieve acceptable results. In 2016, only 1 out of the 37 elementary schools had more than 50% of students pass the ELA exam. (See chart below)

Percent of RCSD Elementary Students Who Passed the 2016 ELA Exam 70 – 100%:

0 schools

50 – 69%:

1 school

40 – 49%:

2 schools

30 — 39%:

4 schools

Less than 30%:

30 schools

In 2016, the Rochester City High Schools reported a graduation rate of 48%. In order to increase future graduation rates, the 7,100 elementary school students that did not pass the 2016 State ELS exam must improve their literacy skills.

Educated citizens get better paying jobs and support their local communities. Rochester high school dropouts generally will struggle financially, are more likely to live in poverty, may participate in illegal activities, and may end up in jail and be unavailable to support their families.

Improving students’ success in school is fundamental to improving Rochester family life and enhancing our local community. Better public education outcomes can transform the Rochester community.

A Possible Solution…

The learning process for our children is complex. A young person has three primary “schools” in their lives: 1) home, 2) community, and 3) the public school system.

In Rochester, poverty, low adult literacy, and family and community norms and expectations place a greater challenge on the public school system to get the desired outcomes that we want to achieve. So the public schools must be even stronger, to get good results.

Teachers have four things in their tool kit to promote learning by their students: 1.

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time teaching techniques resources, and a strong curriculum to guide them.

Resources include books, pencils, paper, computers, and other people to help them. Most schools already provide paid specialists to help children with learning disabilities.

However, most average children that are just a little behind usually don’t get one-on-one support to help them get to grade level. The RES Tutoring Team supports #10 school teachers by providing volunteer resources to assist their students’ success in school. When a teacher accepts support from volunteer tutors, they become an important part of the learning environment for the teacher’s students.

With declining school budgets, the strategy of using FREE community resources will become an essential component of a teacher’s tool kit to help their students succeed in school.

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

Continuing

Education Opportunities The RES website (www.roceng.org)

has a calendar of events for this month's meetings and meetings that are received or updated after print deadline.

Please refer to the website for updated information.

If you wish to be listed in the calendar please send details to admin@roceng.org.

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

Engineers’ Calendar

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

Tuesday, August 1

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

Wednesday, August 9

Electrical Association (EA)

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p 41 Guest Bartender Happy Hour (Hors d’oeuvres – cash bar) Rochester Section Excom Meeting Place: Back Nine Grill, 3500 East Avenue, Rochester Place – New Location: Tandoor of India, 376 Jefferson Time: 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm Road, Henrietta, NY Cost: Free (cash bar). All tips benefit local charities. Open Time: 11:45 – 1:00 pm to EAWNY Members AND non-members.

Cost: $5 for members, $3 for students.

More information at 585-382-9545 or online at Details at https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/44004 www.eawny.com.

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Friday, August 25

American Public Works Association (APWA)

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Join Us at Frontier Field – Picnic and Rochester Red Wings vs. Buffalo Bisons Place: Frontier Field, Rochester Time: Pregame all you can eat picnic from 6:00 to 7:30 (located at the Next in the right outfield behind first base).

Game starts at 7:05 pm followed by post-game fireworks!

Tickets: $15 for adults, $7.50 for kids age 4-12, free for kids 3 and under. Tickets include admission to the pregame picnic and a reserved stadium seat for the game. For reservations contact Matt Czora, Arcadis, 585-314-6388 or matt.czora@arcadis.com by August 11th.

Thursday, September 14

Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association (GVLSA)

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Save the Date: Joint ASCE/NYSATE Meeting Place: Dinosaur BBQ, 99 Court Street, Rochester Cost/Time: TBD, includes presentation tour and meal.

Wednesday, September 20 American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE)

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Fire Sprinkler Systems for Dwellings Speaker: Darren Palmieri, Tyco Place: Valicia’s Ristorante, 2155 Long Pond Road, Gates Time: 12:00 Noon Reservations: Contact Dave Jereckos, 585-341-3168 or email djereckos@ibceng.com by Monday, September 18th.

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Board of Directors Meeting & Webinar Place: Erdman Anthony Time: Board of Directors meeting at 6:00 pm; Webinar at 7:00 pm Details will be available at www.gvlsa.com.

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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Support Your Affiliate Attend A Meeting

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get IT done Net Neutrality Part Deux – André Godfrey

“…whosoever commands the sea commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.”

– Sir Walter Raleigh

communication product (eScreenz™) that might possibly be harmed by deregulation of Net Neutrality. eScreenz™ provides information to businesses including emergency messages that are by their nature, important. Today the application doesn’t require priority treatment - but if an ISP willfully slowed that data to prioritize other more profitable traffic, emergency messages might be delayed.

Let’s do a recap.

Substitute the word ‘internet’ for ‘sea’ and I think the analogy holds together very well.

I just read a Facebook remark that if you are not concerned about Net Neutrality you are not paying attention. I could not agree more and so I am writing this second missive to warn you of the barbarians at your gate (see April 2017 Rochester Engineer). I worry that this concern has not received the extensive conversation it deserves. Let me share three quick examples out of dozens of what happened before Net Neutrality to give you the flavor of how ISPs use deregulation to further their agenda to the detriment of smaller entities and consumers.

Case 1: Prior to Net Neutrality, AT&T forced Apple to block the free Skype phone app on the iPhone to prevent iPhone users from using Skype which AT&T correctly viewed as a threat.

Case 2: A significant DSL provider transferred Google queries to its own search portal. The users used the Google search engine but were transferred unknowingly to the ISP’s search engine, directing those consumers to the priority ISP customers.

Case 3: A few years back one of the top-five U.S. wireless carriers, announced plans to block streaming video over its 4G network from all sources except YouTube. I doubt this would happen today to this extreme but the idea of carriers determining what is available to you on the internet and at what cost is exactly the issue at hand.

Who are the ISPs that benefit from deregulation? The largest are Comcast, AT&T, Time Warner (Spectrum), CenturyLink, Charter and Verizon. These are all great companies in many ways and have made enormous investments in the internet and it may be a cheap shot to talk to your cable or phone bill but I believe the trust issue is relevant to this discussion.

In the summer of 2014 the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) passed regulations that limited a set of injurious practices by the ISP industry. Perhaps the most significant regulation forbid ISPs (Internet Service Providers) as well as government entities from ‘bandwidth throttling’. Bandwidth throttling is the practice of controlling the speed of internet data by slowing down selected internet traffic.

With the coming of the Trump administration, the head of the FCC was replaced by Ajit Pai, a known harsh critic of Net Neutrality who views Net Neutrality as anti-innovation/anticompetitive and is positioning its dissolution at the end of 2017 including the regulation concerning bandwidth throttling. He is meeting vocal and widespread disagreement from inside the industry and a general public who believe that Net Neutrality is, in fact, pro competition and pro innovation. Myself included.

Alongside consumer advocates and business people are enormous players such as Google and Facebook who have joined the fray as even the largest internet application providers understand that the internet world advocated by the FCC would not be decided by the consumer and the marketplace but by the large cable/tele/ wireless providers and government.

Think About IT.

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

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Campus News RIT names Adrienne Decker as Fram Faculty Fellow in Applied Critical Thinking Associate professor in the School of Interactive Games and Media will assume post this fall

Adrienne Decker has been named Fram Faculty Fellow in Applied Critical Thinking at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Decker, a native of Buffalo, will assume her post immediately for the 2017-2018 term, according to Jennifer Schneider, RIT’s Eugene H. Fram Chair in Applied Critical Thinking and professor in the College of Applied Science and Technology.

“I am so excited about the appointment of Dr. Decker as our next faculty fellow,” said Schneider. “Her energy and expertise will expand our ability to grow this initiative and its impact.”

Decker, an associate professor of interactive games and media and member of RIT’s Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction and Creativity (MAGIC), has been studying computing education and teaching for more than 15 years.

She received her undergraduate degree in computer science and MS and

Ph.D. degrees in computer science and engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

In her new role as Fram Faculty Fellow, Decker will work to identify and strengthen applied critical thinking across disciplines, as well as contribute to the development of assessment tools, processes and data for continuous improvement.

“I am excited to work with Fram Chair Jennifer Schneider and the Fram Advisory Boards to make steps towards achieving the goals of the applied critical thinking initiative at RIT,” said Decker. “I feel the work that has been done over the last several years has positioned this university to the forefront of the conversations around critical thinking happening at a national level.”

The Fram faculty fellow appointment is a part time, rolling-year opportunity that engages a faculty member in a universitywide critical thinking initiative.

“Dr. Decker’s long term interests and research in computer education will add another significant strength to flowing critical thinking throughout all curricula at RIT and elsewhere,” said Eugene H. Fram, the J. Warren McClure Research Professor Emeritus of Marketing who retired from RIT in 2008 after 51 years of teaching at Saunders College of Business.

The Eugene H. Fram Chair in Applied Critical Thinking was funded in 2011 by an anonymous RIT alumnus who donated $3 million to honor Fram. q

RIT’s Nabil Nasr honored with ACE Award by the Remanufacturing Industries Council Award recognizes GIS director for his exceptional collaboration with industry and lawmakers

The Remanufacturing Industries Council (RIC) has honored Nabil Nasr, associate provost and director of Rochester Institute of Technology’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability (GIS), with its ACE Award—given to an inspiring person or company recognized for leadership in creating positive change for the remanufacturing industry and sustainability.

remanufacturing industry for more than 25 years to understand the challenges companies face and genuinely work to address them. We are thrilled to have our contributions helping to advance this important industry be recognized.”

ACE stands for “Advocate, Collaborate and Educate.” Nasr was recognized with the Collaborate Award, recognizing leaders that have worked with companies, regulatory bodies and lawmakers in an exceptional way to build unity and collaboration to increase the adoption of remanufacturing and other sustainable practices.

The RIC, a strategic alliance of businesses and academic institutions that works across industry sectors to support the entire remanufacturing industry through a combination of collaboration, education, advocacy and research, will grant a $1,000 scholarship to a college student in honor of the recipient for each award category.

“While I am truly honored and humbled to receive this award from an industry for which I care so much, this honor belongs to my entire team,” Nasr said. “RIT has partnered with the

Nasr said the RIT student recipient will be identified in the fall. q

campus news

The organization presented the awards during the recent RICRIT World Remanufacturing Conference, held at RIT. The twoday gathering of nearly 150 industry leaders from around the world featured the latest briefings on best practices, emerging trends and issues of critical importance to the manufacturing industry.

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An Update on the RES Tutoring Team at Dr. Walter Cooper Academy; Continued

The Demographics of the RCSD: Race Student Characteristics • 57% African American/Black • 88% eligible for free/reduced-price lunch • 28% Hispanic • 18% with special needs • 10% White • 10% with limited English proficiency • 4% Asian/Native American/ • 72 different language groups East Indian/Other •22% of schools at 90% poverty or higher

• Highest poverty rate among NYS Big 5 districts

How has the Rochester Engineering Society helped?

Volunteer academic support can be effective in assisting students to perform better. The Campbell Collaboration Systematic Review (May 2006) found that volunteer programs can positively influence student language and reading. The RES has been helping this already successful effort by supporting the RES Tutoring Team at Dr. Walter Cooper Academy, RCSD School #10.

They instill in their students both perseverance and a sense of responsibility, as reinforced in their motto, “We never give up, never give up, never give up!”

As Dr. Cooper said at the School’s dedication ceremony, “Having a school named after you imposes a kind of a responsibility to see that the school indeed works." To that end, Dr. Cooper is a frequent visitor to the school.

He often helps plan, and he attends, student field trips. He works with the parents, teachers, administrators and the volunteers, to create a supportive learning environment.

What’s been happening in the years since the RES began this effort?

Dr. Walter Cooper…2017 Black History Month Luncheon Why the Dr. Walter Cooper Academy?

Named for Dr. Walter Cooper, retired Eastman Kodak Research Chemist, NYS Regent (emeritus) and RES Engineer of the Year for 1996, the Academy is currently a K-6 school, having evolved from an initial K-2 school (2010), to this level, in 2016.

In 2014 it became one of the RCSD’s “R-Learning Schools” adopting an eight-hour learning day. The school’s faculty engages its diverse student body in joyful, rigorous, and fascinating learning experiences. Dr. Walter Cooper Academy follows the “Expeditionary Learning” model for planning hands-on educational experiences for its students.

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Since the Fall of 2013, the RES has attracted and employed over 60 different volunteer tutors. Initially, we imagined that our RES Tutoring Team would be mostly comprised of retired “Baby Boomer” engineers and their former school teacher spouses. We couldn’t have been more mistaken.

From the beginning, in 2013, we have been attracting a variety of tutors, from all walks of life.

They have come from local colleges (RIT – 8, U of R – 6), local businesses (8), Rochester’s professional consulting firms (24), local retirees (12), local educational college interns (10) and other community-minded people just interested in helping our effort (3). The college students and educational college intern characteristically cycle through, from year to year, subsequently moving into their teaching careers. Other volunteers have spent a year or two with us, and then moved on to other volunteer activities, or feature article

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moved away to be closer to their distant families. Very few of them are retired engineers or school teachers, but that’s not to say that we couldn’t use that kind of talent, if it chose to become available.

There are also a few excellent examples of tutors who have continued their initial commitment to the RES Tutoring Team, coming back each Fall, ready for new assignments.

These generous people have experienced the challenge, and the rewards, of helping our Dr. Walter Cooper Academy Learners grow in their reading and math skills, getting ready for the transition from “learning to read” (Grades K – 3) to “reading to learn” (Grades 4 – 12, and onward into life).

In recent years, the make-up of portions of the RES Tutoring Team has evolved. While many of our RES Tutors have been able to consistently give two hours each week to their assignments, others find themselves quite restricted in their availablilty, but they’d still like to become involved.

In 2015 we began to experiment with a “shared team” approach, wherein a group of 4 – 6 tutors would each take a two-hour assignment, one day each month; always on the same day, at the same time, with the same teacher’s class.

In this way, each group of 4 – 6 tutors would become the equivalent of a single, once-a-week, tutor for this teacher’s students.

The initiators of this “shared team” model was Rochester’s Bergmann Associates, PC, who provided us with 12 tutors, during the 2015-16 school year. This practice was so successful, and well-received by the Administration and Faculty at Dr. Walter Cooper Academy, that Bergmann Associates expanded the initial group of tutors to 18 people, in the Fall of 2016. This brought the effective number of full-time RES Tutors to 3, for this group, for the entire 2016-17 school year. It gave these Rochester Engineering Professionals a first-hand experience in helping our young learners, and it help expand their understanding of the Rochester City School District, and its challenges.

Dr. Walter Cooper Academy Thanks the RES Tutoring Team…

At a June 15th “Thank You Reception”, School #10 Principal, Cameron Clyburn & Dr. Cooper personally thanked the RES Tutoring Team for their support, especially Bergmann Teams Leader, Michelle Sommerman, and presented each RES Tutor with a Certificate of Appreciation for their Good Work

What can you do?

Please consider this article as an “invitation”, from Dr. Cooper and the RES, to think about becoming a member of the RES Tutoring Team at Dr. Walter Cooper Academy. We want to tell you more about how you can help with the unique new Experiential Learning Program at Dr. Walter Cooper Academy, as a tutor and/or as an advisor.

Please plan to attend a (no obligation) Informational Meeting on Thursday, September 14, 2017, 7:00pm – 8:30pm, at the Dr. Walter Cooper Academy, School #10, 353 Congress Ave., Rochester, NY 14619. We will be describing, in detail, how the RES Tutoring Team operates, your responsibilities as a tutor, and the support you will receive as you help these students. There will be a formal training session for all those who decide to become volunteer tutors, later in September/ October, before they begin their tutoring. PLEASE RSVP to the RES office (admin@roceng.org or call 585-254-2350) your plans to attend the Informational Meeting on September 14th, we need to know how many to expect, that evening.

Why am I doing this?

I am very concerned about what it will mean for America’s future, if less than half of its newer citizens have successfully completed high school. I’d like to think that, as someone who’s enjoyed a successful engineering career, I can “pay it forward” a little and make a difference, even if it’s just helping one child at a time.

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AMPrint Center at RIT receives first Vader Systems Liquid Metal 3D Printer Projects underway to develop new materials and innovative print applications will provide better processes and lower costs for 3D-printed metal parts

High costs of powdered metals and the need for 3D printing/additive manufacturing equipment that can accommodate these materials are challenges are being met by Rochester Institute of Technology and Vader Systems through a university-corporate partnership at RIT’s AMPrint Center.

RIT installed the first Mk1 liquid metal 3D printer from Vader Systems in the AMPrint Center in early June.

The university-corporate partnership is integral to the growing 3D printing/ additive manufacturing initiatives taking place in New York state, and research into further enhancements to an already innovative system is underway, specifically in the area of new materials processing and system design.

Working with AMPrint Center researchers, the company expects to further enhance this notable manufacturing technology, said Denis Cormier, director of AMPrint—the New York State Additive Manufacturing and Multifunctional Printing Center.

“It is our job to try to help companies like Vader be successful, and I think they’ve got a phenomenal new technology that’s completely different than any other process out there,” said Cormier.

Vader Systems, a Buffalo-based hightech company, developed its novel liquid metal 3D printing process using a faster and more cost effective approach than existing technology. Its Mk1 is a molten-metal, drop-on-demand printer— similar to an ink-jet printer—used to create 3D-printed objects made of an aluminum alloy. The standard way of printing 3D metal parts today is to use powdered metal alloys which are fused using expensive lasers. Powdered metals tend to be expensive and the

fusion process is lengthy. Using the Mk1 system, an aluminum alloy is liquefied in a high-temperature ceramic chamber and deposited layer by layer, through a precision, ceramic opening.

“It’s an honor to have our Mk1, serial 00001, installed at the new AMPrint Center, the top university lab for additive manufacturing in the region,” said Scott Vader, president and co-founder of Vader Systems LLC. “We look forward to working with Dr. Cormier and his elite team of students to create a new generation of advanced materials and products across all manufacturing sectors.”

Working together prior to the installation, the team from RIT and Vader arranged a machine modification that allows the system to integrate slightly larger wire that is approximately one quarter of the cost of wire being used previously. This improvement resulted in a 75 percent reduction in raw material cost.

“We are very excited to see what the AMPrint Center’s expertise in lattice structures, high-strength aluminum alloys and printed circuitry will produce once let loose with the technology,” said Vader, who with his son, Zachary, developed the 3D-print technology. “On the Vader side, there will be continuing opportunities for ongoing R&D projects, internships and hiring of RIT graduates as a result of this ongoing collaboration.”

Both Vader Systems and AMPrint Center researchers will continue to update Mk1 capacity, specifically exploring expanded use of metals including high strength aluminum alloys as well as higher temperature aerospace materials.

They also will address improvements to the equipment which is considered breakthrough technology because of its

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high-speed processing and lower cost to produce parts. Projects underway include, but are not limited to, qualifying new aluminum alloys, research and development on higher temperature metals such as copper, and working with Vader System staff to develop a multinozzle jet printer.

The research and development of these capabilities could provide companies with cost-effective alternatives to using titanium to produce parts that could potentially have similar high strength and light weight capabilities, said Cormier, who also serves as the Earl W. Brinkman Professor in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering and a national expert on 3D printing and additive manufacturing.

“Some of the lightest and strongest aerospace metal alloys are difficult, if not impossible, to additively manufacture or 3D-print, because they tend to crack when then they solidify during processing,” Cormier said. “But there is a pretty good chance we will be able to process these highly desirable alloys using Vader’s unique metal droplet jetting approach. If we can do that, it will be a true game changer in metal additive manufacturing.”

Expanding its current single-nozzle application process to a multi-nozzle version, the Vader system could tip the process toward main stream production because the cost gets low enough on a per-part basis, said Cormier.

“If you take a single nozzle that is already fast, and go 10-nozzles wide, you are going 10 times faster, and building parts in one tenth of the time,” he explained.

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The AMPrint Center is among the first research labs to focus on development of next-generation multifunctional 3D-print technologies, materials and devices. The process can be used by multiple industries including automotive, healthcare and electronics.

“Partnerships between businesses and academia, like RIT’s acquisition of the Vader Systems liquid metal 3D printing system, solidify the Finger Lakes region as a core for advanced manufacturing and imaging technology,” said Howard Zemsky, Empire State Development president, chief executive officer and commissioner. q

RIT to provide process expertise for health screening project for 3-year-olds Increasing access to GROW Rochester health and developmental screenings could help improve early childhood learning Rochester Institute of Technology and GROW Rochester have teamed up on a city-wide project to help increase the number of 3-year-olds in the city receiving timely and necessary health and preventive services. Early screening to assess health issues and providing suitable interventions could increase the likelihood of children being well-prepared for, and doing well, in school.

Identifying 3-year-olds in the city for health assessment screenings has been a challenge, with only about a third of the children readily accessible in early preschool programs or other formal and easily identified organizations. For the remaining children, GROW Rochester is intent on finding multiple ways to increase parental and community awareness of and access to screening, assessment and follow up services.

RIT’s John D. Hromi Center for Quality and Applied Statistics (CQAS) is participating with GROW Rochester and the Children’s Institute providing process support on this major health and developmental screening project with the goal of engaging a much higher percentage of families with 3-year-olds.

The team intends to increase access from 1,000 children and families to 3,000.

Generally, by the time children are 3 they have completed wellchild visits. GROW Rochester will complement existing care by “going to where the children are” and provide screenings for vision, hearing, speech, dental, social-emotional, cognitive, motor and other developmental needs that could impact learning if not checked prior to beginning school, said Rebecca Ziebarth, CQAS project manager.

“The partnership between the GROW Rochester and RIT will benefit Rochester’s children today and in the future,” said Ziebarth. She and Margi Ochs, director of Business Development and Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, are leading the RIT portion of the project. “If we can catch health challenges when children are young, evidence shows that they are more likely to stay in school and excel. We are proud to be partners with GROW Rochester and the Children’s Institute in this important project.”

The Center for Quality and Applied Statistics is part of RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering, and it was approached for its expertise in continuous improvement and Lean Six Sigma methodology. CQAS will facilitate data collection and evaluation toward improving outreach and overall process effectiveness.

CQAS will audit current work processes to identify or clarify critical challenges by working with key stakeholders through interviews and focus groups. Emphasis will be on issues uncovered during the pilot year and the logistics of implementing recommendations. The team will also monitor the execution of process improvements to insure effective implementation and to identify additional adjustments.

GROW Rochester is an initiative led by the Children’s Institute, a Rochester nonprofit that seeks to support service providers to strengthen social, emotional and physical health for children and families. The initiative, originally launched in July 2015, set a goal of screening all 3-year-old children in Rochester to address potential health and developmental concerns prior to enrolling in school. It is part of ROC the Future’s collaborations with 50 community agencies to support children from “cradle to career.” Over the next three years, screening could impact nearly 2,400 children and provide important health and prevention information for parents, teachers and physicians. Funding for the project is through a grant from the Greater Rochester Health Foundation.

“The collective impact efforts of Roc the Future, RochesterMonroe Country Anti-Poverty Initiative and GROW Rochester are bringing out the best in the community,” said A. Dirk Hightower, executive director of the Children’s Institute. “When I think of our team, I am in awe of what has been accomplished together and I am keenly aware that we have “miles to go” and many more partners to add, before we will be able to celebrate our community success—85 percent of our children and families, as well as schools, and the community are kindergarten ready. The good news is that we are on our way.” q

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Campus News RIT study suggests dying stars give newborn black holes a swift kick Gravitational wave astronomy sheds light on supernova explosions

New information gleaned from gravitational wave observations is helping scientists

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Rochester Institute of Technology researcher Richard O’Shaughnessy and collaborators reanalyzed the merging black holes detected by LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory) on Dec. 26, 2016.

“Using essentially freshman physics, we drew new insights about the most violent events in the universe,” said O’Shaughnessy, an associate professor in RIT’s School of Mathematical Sciences. He is also researcher in RIT’s Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation and a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration.

O’Shaughnessy presented his research findings at the American Astronomical Society meeting on June 5 in Austin, Texas. Physical Review Letters has accepted a paper co-authored by O’Shaughnessy, Davide Gerosa from Caltech and Daniel Wysocki from RIT. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration cited O’Shaughnessy’s research in the paper announcing its third discovery of gravitational waves that published in Physical Review Letters on June 1.

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massive star. The force of the stellar explosion and collapse expelled the newborn black hole with a “natal kick,” causing this misalignment, the authors suggest.

Natal kicks are thought to occur during the formation of neutron stars, which are created from the death of less massive stars than the progenitors of LIGO’s sources.

O’Shaughnessy’s team suggests this phenomenon could also apply to binary black holes, which orbit each other.

“My collaborators and I tried to constrain the strength of these natal kicks based on LIGO’s observation,” O’Shaughnessy said. “If it formed from an isolated pairs of stars, we conclude strong black hole natal kicks were required. That’s an exciting challenge for models of how massive stars explode and collapse.”

Gerosa adds, “Our study corroborates years of tentative but suggestive evidence that black holes might have received these kicks. And with just one of LIGO’s observations, we learned something about how a star exploded billions of years ago. That’s the promise of gravitational wave astronomy in action.”

This research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and NASA. q

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Popli Design Group Hires Two and One is Now a Registered Architect.

Jon King, RA

Timothy Odell, PLS

Congratulations to Jon King on the completion of his architectural registration exams. Jon is now a registered architect with 3 years of experience at PDG. His work includes projects in education and municipal facilities, including MCC's newly renovated theater.

Timothy Odell, PLS, has joined the firm as a senior surveyor in the Penfield office. Tim is a professional land surveyor with over 30 years of surveying experience, including design, control, right-of-way mapping, and 17 years of Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) Surveys. He is also experienced in boundary, topographic, and construction layout surveys, as well as working with public and private sector clients.

Allicia Gurpersaud has joined as a junior mechanical engineer in the Penfield office. Allicia recently received her master of science degree in Allicia Gurpersaud mechanical engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo. q

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What's News U.S. Cutting Tool 2017 YTD Consumption up 5.8% in May May U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $191.93 million according to the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI) and AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology. This total, as reported by companies participating in the Cutting Tool Market Report (CTMR) collaboration, was up 14.2% from April’s $168.03 million and up 15.5% when compared with the total of $166.25 million reported for May 2016. With a year-to-date total of $908.04 million, 2017 is up 5.8% when compared with 2016.

These numbers and all data in this report are based on the totals reported by the companies participating in the CTMR program.

The totals here represent the majority of the U.S. market for cutting tools.

“The Cutting Tool Industry is feeling the strong activity, supported by May’s positive numbers,” says Brad Lawton, Chairman of AMT’s Cutting Tool Product Group. “As domestic manufacturing growth is projected to continue, 2017 will be a much better year for the Cutting Tool Industry.”

Steve Kline Jr., Director of Market Intelligence at Gardner Business Media, comments, “Cutting tool orders surged in May, growing at their fastest rate since December 2014. The GBI: Metalworking index continued to grow at an accelerating rate in June.

Since it leads cutting tool orders by about six months, we expect cutting tool orders to grow at an accelerating rate for at least the remainder of 2017. Also, durable goods new orders, another excellent leading indicator of cutting tool orders, has shown continual improvement in 2017.”

The Cutting Tool Market Report is jointly compiled by AMT and USCTI, two trade associations representing the development, production and distribution of cutting tool technology and products. It provides a monthly statement on U.S. manufacturers’ consumption of the primary consumable in the manufacturing process – the cutting tool. Analysis of cutting tool consumption is a leading indicator of both upturns and downturns in U.S. manufacturing activity, as it is a true measure of actual production levels.

Historical data for the Cutting Tool Market Report is available dating back to January 2012. This collaboration of AMT and USCTI is the first step in the two associations working together to promote and support U.S.-based manufacturers of cutting tool technology.

AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology represents U.S.-based builders and distributors of manufacturing technology – the advanced machinery, devices, and digital equipment that U.S. manufacturing relies on to be productive, innovative, and competitive. Located in McLean, VA, near the nation’s capital, AMT acts as the industry’s voice to speed the pace of innovation, increase global competitiveness and develop manufacturing’s advanced workforce of tomorrow. With extensive expertise in industry data and intelligence, as well as a full complement of international business operations, AMT offers its members an unparalleled level of support. AMT also produces IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show, the premier manufacturing technology event in North America. The CTPG report is compiled by AMT and all data in the report is based on the totals of actual data reported by companies participating in the CTPG program.

USCTI – The United States Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI) was formed in 1988 and resulted from a merger of two national associations representing the cutting tool manufacturing industry. The Institute works to represent, promote, and expand the U.S. cutting tool industry and to promote the benefits of buying American-made cutting tools manufactured by its members.

Membership includes North American manufacturers and/or remanufacturers of cutting tools, as well as tool surface treatment providers. Members, which number over 70, belong to ten product divisions: Carbide Tooling, Drill & Reamer, Metal Cutting Saw Blades, Milling Cutter, Polycrystalline Diamond & Polycrystalline Cubic Born Nitride, Substrate Materials, Surface Coating, Tap & Die, Tool Holder and All Other Tooling. A wide range of activities include a comprehensive statistics program, human resources surveys, development of product specifications and standards, and semi-annual meetings to share ideas and receive information on key industry trends. q 26 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER AUGUST 2017

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Professional Firms Employee News Two Join MRB Group in Syracuse In response to New York State’s aging water infrastructure and municipalities across the region taking action, MRB Group President Ryan Colvin, P.E. continues to expand the Syracuse office team with the recent hiring of Anthony Palamara as construction observer.

“Mr. Palamara’s twenty five years of experience and expertise working with the Onondaga County Water Authority, most recently as water distribution manager, is extremely advantageous to our client communities,” stated Colvin. “I know he will hit the ground running, assisting with wastewater treatment plant projects in the Syracuse area,” Colvin continued.

MRB Group is an engineering and architecture firm with a growing team of more than 50 professionals and support staff who support both municipal as well as private clients with a number of services. MRB Group specializes in the replacement and/or rehabilitation of water and wastewater treatment and distribution infrastructure. Palamara's background includes managing various civil engineering projects with the Water Authority. His experience spans Wastewater Treatment Plant Operation, Water System Operation, Water System design and hydraulic analysis, and Water Distribution System Management.

Moreover, he is dedicated to his community, representing Town of Lenox constituents for many years as Town Councilman and more recently in the role of acting Deputy Supervisor. In 2014 he was recognized by APWA New York Chapter as Professional Manager of the Year Award Water Resources.

MRB Group’s goal is to strengthen local governments with operational efficiencies that minimize costs. Colvin cited Palamara’s expertise in a variety of facets including management, operation and analysis, which will bring a thorough perspective to the position. “We are glad he decided to join our growing team in Syracuse,” concluded Colvin.

MRB Group also announced that Timothy P. Carpenter, PE, recently joined the firm, as a project manager.

Carpenter has more than 30 years of experience as an engineer and project manager in a variety of capacities serving the, construction, facilities management, environmental, and manufacturing industries, as well as serving as an active duty US Army Officer. A graduate of Clarkson University with a bachelor of science in civil engineering, his extensive career spans design, construction administration, and operations of water and wastewater treatment plants. His additional experience includes anaerobic digestion facilities, and chemical and petroleum systems, stormwater management systems, and the preparation and ongoing maintenance of air emissions permits.

With his specialized expertise in wastewater operations, he will provide the firm's client communities with additional support at a time when increased efficiency and environmental sustainability are a critical focus.

“MRB Group routinely assists municipal clients who must comply with strict regulations, including an increasing number of requirements from the NY State Department of Environmental Conservation,” said President Ryan Colvin.

"Our client communities will benefit from Tim’s knowledge of environmental processes and solid waste operations. Going even further, his experience with co-digestion facilities that produce heat and electricity can help municipal officials consider innovative technologies to lower operational costs,” Colvin stated.

“We're pleased to support the engineering and infrastructure that is critical to continued growth and development in Central New York," said Colvin. “Tim will make an excellent addition to our team, helping us serve Onondaga County and the greater Syracuse area.” q

Stantec Adds Four New Employees to Rochester Team The Rochester office of global design firm Stantec welcomes four new staff members.

Thomas Curran joins as corporate counsel for the Tri-State area. A native Rochesterian, Curran has six years of experience in commercial law litigation. Last place of employment: Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, Tampa, FL Rebecca Kreuzer, PhD, joins the environmental services team.

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related to hydraulic fracturing.

She also assists with a variety of geochemical investigations as well as environmental site assessments and remediation programs. Last place of employment: University of Rochester as a research and teaching assistant.

Kristina Burchard joins as a project controls specialist with the region’s buildings practice. Last place of employment: Sutherland Global Services.

Kyle Alberts is a bridge engineer in training joining Stantec’s growing

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transportation practice. He recently graduated from the University at Buffalo with a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering.

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Professional Firms Employee News LaBella Associates Announces Two New Hires LaBella Associates, D.P.C. announced the hiring of Andrew Burnes and Shelby Vakiener in the Civil Division.

Andrew Burns

Andrew Burns has joined as a junior civil engineer and will be working out of the Rochester office. He has experience in hydrology, hydraulics and site design. He previously worked as an Engineer 2.

Shelby Vakiener has joined as a junior civil engineer and will also be working out of the Rochester office. She has 3 years of experience and previously worked as a transportation engineer. q

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IBC Engineering Adds Staff in All Office Locations IBC Engineering, an engineering consulting firm specializing in innovative design building systems, recently announced additional staff has been hired to help meet the increasing demands associated growing work flow.

Joshua Spoth

Joshua Spoth of Arkport, NY, has been appointed mechanical engineer in our Buffalo office. In his new role, he will be responsible for design and analysis of sustainable building systems, as well as heating, cooling and ventilation within facilities for Western New York clients. Some of his other responsibilities include writing project reports, documentation of systems in design software, as well as load calculations and equipment sizing. Joshua is a graduate of Alfred State College with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering technology.

Gray Henderson

Gray Henderson of Rochester, NY has joined the company as an intern to support the mechanical engineering department in our Rochester office. He will be responsible for providing drafting support on upcoming projects. Gray is currently enrolled at Syracuse University and is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with a minor in business management.

Aliah Bowllan of Rochester, NY has joined as the company as an administrative department intern.

Aliah Bowllan

She will be responsible for assisting with archiving and filing in our Rochester office. Aliah is currently enrolled at Syracuse University pursing a bachelor’s degree in sport management.

Benjamin Swart of Buffalo, NY has been appointed summer intern to support the plumbing department at the company’s Buffalo office. He will be responsible for providing drafting support on upcoming projects. Benjamin is currently studying at State University of New York at Buffalo and pursuing a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering. q

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Clark Patterson Lee Welcomes New Hire in Rochester Clark Patterson Lee, a full-service design firm that has served public and private-sector clients for more than 40 years, welcomes Alicia Bauer to its Rochester team as administrative assistant.

In her new position, Bauer is responsible for facilitating communication between the organization, clients and other contacts; coordinating meetings; and assisting and supporting with administrative tasks.

Bauer brings to the team more than 25 years of experience in customer service, previously serving as head bank teller, Alicia Bauer

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SWBR Recognized at 2017 Excelsior Awards for Evergreen Lofts SWBR was recently recognized by the New York State American Institute of Architects (AIA) with a 2017 Excelsior Award for Public Architecture in the Historic Renovation category for its work on the Evergreen Lofts project in Buffalo.

Evergreen Lofts, located in downtown Buffalo, opened in 2016 with a mission to provide affordable housing for people who are in danger of, or are experiencing homelessness – and a safe option for people who may face housing discrimination elsewhere – with full access to supportive services including medical, mental health and transportation. "Our goal was to make a place where people both were welcomed and would feel comfortable, particularly Buffalo’s LGBTQ community,” said Justin Azzarella, Associate Vice President for Community Development.

The five-story former warehouse was originally built around the turn of the century. Today, the 64,000-square-foot Evergreen Lofts contains a mix of 56 one-, two-, and threebedroom apartments with half of those units eligible for subsidies through the HUD McKinney Continuum of Care Supportive Housing Program.

Joe Gibbons, AIA, Principal-InCharge of the Evergreen Lofts project said, “working closely with Evergreen Health, we were able to adapt and transform a wonderful piece of Buffalo’s manufacturing history into exciting and energizing new apartments for their residents.

As architects, it is very rewarding to be able to design projects that have a meaningful impact on people’s lives.” q

SWBR Makes the "Hot Firms" List The Zweig Group released its 2017 Hot Firms List, an annual ranking of the 100 fastest-growing firms nationwide in the architecture, engineering, planning and environmental consulting industry. Rankings are based 50 percent on the percentage of growth rate and 50 percent on dollar revenue growth rate over the previous three-year period.

Over the past three years, SWBR’s revenue has increased 53 percent to over $18 million between the Rochester headquarters and Syracuse office.

Located in downtown Rochester, the firm employs over 95 staff companywide; with 90 based in Rochester and five in Syracuse. 34 of its employees are registered architects and five are licensed engineers.

SWBR. “This Hot Firm recognition represents the commitment of our staff to our clients. We are successful as a company because we strive to positively impact lives through meaningful design solutions and are successful because our people are given the opportunity to be leaders in their areas of expertise. We are proud of this achievement and the recognition from the Zweig Group as one of the nation’s fastest growing design firms.”

The Hot Firm winners will celebrate in September at the Zweig Group’s Hot Firm and A/E Industry Awards in Seattle, Washington.

Additionally, SWBR ranked number one on the Architectural Firm List in Rochester, according to the Rochester Business Journal and ranked on Engineering News Record’s New York Top Design Firms of 2017.

“Getting on the Hot Firm List is like winning an Oscar. It says you are the best at what you do — running an Architectural/Engineering/ Planning or Environmental consulting firm — in an industry made up of 100,000 companies,” said Mark Zweig, chairman and founder of the Zweig Group.

“This award is a testament to the effort, passion and entrepreneurial spirit of our team at SWBR,” said Tom Gears, AIA, President,

This ranking, established more than 20 years ago, is the only list celebrating and honoring growth in the industry. q

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Professional Firms Employee News M/E Engineering, P.C. Rochester Office Continues to Grow M/E Engineering, P.C., located at 150 North Chestnut Street, Rochester, NY has added new members to its growing staff of professionals: Evan W. McCool

Michael Riola, IE

Mr. Evan W. McCool joins the firm as a designer in the Plumbing/Fire Protection Group. Evan graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering technology. He is responsible for the design of plumbing/fire protection systems for commercial, housing and health care projects.

Currently, Evan is working on projects at Wegmans Food Markets and Oswego Health.

Mr. Michael J. Riola, IE starts a designer in the HVAC Group. Mike recently graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with a master of engineering degree and earned his Fundamental in Engineering Certificate. Mike previously completed a Co-op with M/E Engineering in 2014. He will be responsible for the design of mechanical systems for institutional, educational and health care projects. Mike is currently engaged in projects for Monroe Community College, University of Rochester and the Town of Pittsford.

Mr. Caleb R. Spall begins as a designer in the Electrical Group. Caleb holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering having recently graduated from the University of Buffalo. His work will involve technical design and engineering for a variety of commercial, educational and municipal facilities. Caleb is currently working on projects at Rochester Institute of Technology.

M/E Engineering, P.C. Also Announces Professional License Certifications Caleb R. Spall

Matthew Shannon, PE

Mr. Matthew D. Shannon, P.E., a senior project engineer with our Electrical Group, has passed the exam for licensure as a Professional Engineer in NYS to become a licensed electrical engineer. Matt has eighteen years of experience in the industry with a strong background in electrical systems. He has been involved in projects for several educational and healthcare facilities as well as many other institutions throughout New York State. Matt's current workload consists of projects with the State University Construction Fund, DuPont and Corning, Inc. Mr. Adam M. Roeder, P.E. started as a designer and was recently promoted to project engineer in our HVAC Group. Adam has also earned his Professional Engineering license in NYS. Adam, with eight years at the firm, is responsible for working on a variety of projects which include industrial, educational, health care and municipal facilities. He is currently working on projects for Rochester City School District and Binghamton University.

Mr. Chad D. Cummins, P.E. recently passed his Professional Engineering exam and was also promoted to project engineer. Chad has 9 years with the firm and his work has involved technical design and engineering for a variety of commercial and educational facilities. His design experience includes new facility construction as well as renovation work to existing facilities. His current workload involves projects for Wegmans Food Markets, The Sibley Building in Downtown Rochester and St. John Fisher College.

Adam Roeder, PE

M/E Engineering congratulates Matt, Chad and Adam on successfully earning Licensure as Professional Engineers in New York State. This is a great accomplishment and brings the total number of Professional Engineers M/E has on our staff to 33.

M/E Engineering is one of the largest and most successful mechanical/electrical consulting engineering firms in the northeast United States. M/E is comprised of nearly 200 design professionals and has four offices in New York State. M/E is committed to producing designs that result in reliable and efficient systems which drive every M/E Engineering project. To view our recent work and learn more about M/E Engineering please visit our website at www.meengineering.com. q

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Environmental Scientist / Geospatial Specialist Vogler, Makes a Great Addition to MRB Group MRB Group President Ryan Colvin P.E., announced the hiring of Thomas Vogler as a senior analyst to the firms Geographic Information Systems (GIS) team. Vogler maintains extensive expertise in Geospatial applications, and GIS data management.

His most recent focus included renewable energy infrastructure permitting, as well as customized mobile GIS applications supporting wetland restoration monitoring and mapping.

Vogler has over 25 years of GIS experience, which will provide further support to the many MRB Group client communities choosing to optimize efficiencies through GIS technology.

His GIS data customization skills will assist municipalities in tailoring their ability to track and map fire hydrant maintenance, utility and tax maps, as well as, water line placement, structures and modifications. These applications allow for up-to-date, real time data flow across multiple departments, users and devices.

“Vogler’s extensive GIS capabilities, along with his involvement

as a director with the Geographic Information Sharing / Special Interest Group (GIS/SIG), an educational user’s group, as well as his GISP certification, expands the firm's ability to provide significant state of the art GIS services to communities throughout the State,” Colvin said. “MRB Group is proud of its reputation of providing services that enhance operational efficiencies and minimize costs,” Colvin concluded.

Following his bachelors of science degree in geology from SUNY Fredonia, and his masters course work in archaeology at the University of Florida, he returned to Upstate New York to continue his geospatial career. His continued commitment to the GIS field is evident by his many certifications including Natural Gas Compliance, Site Management and Hazardous Waste Operations. q

SWBR Announces Two Leadership Promotions improvement projects. He received a master of architecture from the University at Buffalo as well as a bachelor in professional studies in architecture.

SWBR, formerly SWBR Architects, announces two key leadership promotions. Joe Kosiorek, AIA and Chris Jahn, AIA have been promoted to Senior Associates.

Kosiorek, AIA, LEED AP, is now a senior associate after having served as senior architect and project manager for over three years. He has spent the majority of his 17 years of experience developing a unique understanding of the K12 learning environment and is at the forefront of Joe Kosiorek, AIA educational design. Licensed to practice architecture in New York and New Jersey, he has completed a variety of school projects including building condition surveys, long range educational planning, prereferendum services, maximizing state funding and capital

Jahn, AIA, LEED AP, joined the firm in 2014 as senior project manager in the education design studio. He has nearly 20 years of experience in higher education Chris Jahn, AIA design including research and teaching labs, academic facilities and student life and specializes in housing and dining facilities. He is a creative, talented and collaborative designer that understands the people, process and details of a project. Jahn earned a master of architecture and a master of science in civil engineering and construction management from the University of Illinois.

SWBR Also Announces New Principal SWBR also announced that Mark Maddalina, AIA, LEED AP has been promoted to a Principal of the firm. Maddalina serves on the Board of Directors and has been with the firm since 2005 and in the industry for nearly 20 years. Most recently he served as senior associate and is the firm’s sustainable design director.

Committed to the integration of sustainability into the firm’s work and culture, Mark has been at the helm professional firms employee news

of several LEED-certified and awardwinning projects including Rochester Institute of Technology’s nationallyrecognized LEED Platinum Golisano Institute of Sustainability and Nazareth College’s Wellness and Rehabilitation Institute. He is currently leading two exciting projects – RIT’s MAGIC Spell Studios and Nazareth College’s new Jane and Laurence Glazer Music Performance Center.

He has spoken as a thought-leader on sustainability for several professional organizations and educational institutions and oversees the firm's annual Campus Sustainability Day and Earth Week

events. Maddalina received his master of architecture from the University at Buffalo and his bachelor of science in studio art from Nazareth College of Rochester.

“Not only has Mark established himself as a leader in sustainable design but he is a respected collaborator and trusted advisor,” says Tom Gears, AIA, SWBR President. “We are confident that his passion for new building technology and commitment to his team’s success will help us remain at the forefront of design and sustainability.” q

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Society for Imaging Science and Technology Website: http://rochesterengineeringsociety.wildapricot.org/ISandT Our meetings are held at 6:00pm in Room 1275 of the Carlson Center for Imaging Science on the RIT campus.

Everyone is welcome to attend. Parking is available in the F lot, just north of the building. No meeting reservations are required.

Venue ideas requested – we are soliciting input regarding other possible venues for our meetings.

The next scheduled meeting is in September. We will meet on the 3rd Wednesday of the month, except for October (2nd week), November, December, February, and April (April features RIT Students program)

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SWBR Celebrates Ribbon Cutting for LEED Gold Certified Charlotte Square Home Leasing’s Charlotte Square celebrated its grand opening June 19 with the Greater Rochester community.

Designed by SWBR, the upscale apartment complex was recently certified as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Homes Gold, an award for projects that recognize sustainable living for their residents.

that are projected to produce up to 50 percent of the energy the building uses, low- and no-VOC paints to promote indoor air quality, and water and energy conserving fixtures installed throughout. The project was also involved with the NYSERDA Low-Rise Program and the Energy Star for Homes Program, which worked in concert to achieve a high level of sustainability.

Located in Rochester’s East End arts and cultural district, Charlotte Square is a four-story, 100,000-square-foot luxury apartment building with amenity space and a 30,000-square-foot garage. It offers a walkable and bikeable community close to the arts and cultural district. In addition to 72 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, the complex features community, media and fitness centers, a rooftop terrace and a pocket park. The groundfloor parking garage has a car charging station and secure bike storage.

“Charlotte Square met the stringent requirements of LEED’s three rating systems to achieve a design with high energy efficiencies and utilized materials that have a low negative impact on the environment and human health,” SWBR Project Architect Rob Fornataro said.

“We welcome projects like this that are good examples of the appropriate use of our resources. This establishes a high bar for all future development opportunities in this area.” q

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Monroe Professional Engineers Society A Chapter of the New York State Society of Professional Engineers 657 East Avenue, Rochestter, New York 14607 Dedicated to Professionalism in Engineering in the Interest of Public Safety and Welfare 2017-18 Officers: President David Roberts, PE, President-elect Chris Kambar, PE, Vice President Arthur Reardon, PE, Secretary Martin Gordon, PE, Treasurer Michael Ritchie, PE, Membership Chair Arthur Reardon, PE

Officers & Board of Directors for 2017-2018 Operating Year July 1 marked the beginning of the 2017-2018 operating year for MPES. This includes some changes to the officers and board of directors for the engineering society. The 2017-2018 board consists of the following: st

Officers serving 2nd year of their two-year term: David C. Roberts, P.E. (president), Christopher V. Kambar, P.E (president-elect), Dr. Arthur C. Reardon, P.E. (vice president) Officers elected to the 2017-2018 term: Martin E. Gordon, P.E. (secretary), Michael O. Ritchie, P.E. (treasurer) Directors serving 2nd year of two-year term: Christopher R. Devries, P.E. (immediate past president), Joseph Dombrowski, P.E. (past president), Ann Louise Ziki, P.E. (director #4), James Drago, P.E. (director #5). Director #6 position was vacated by Michael Ritchie when elected to the treasurer position. Neal J. Illenberg, P.E. (former treasurer) has offered to fill this position, with his appointment to be voted on by the board in September.

Directors elected to the 2017-2019 term: Barry J. Dumbauld, P.E. (director #1), Robert K. Winans, P.E. (director #2), Timothy Webber, P.E. (director #3). Tim Webber has indicated that he will not be able to accept the appointment as director #3. Tim has been on the board of directors for over 10 years, serving in a number of roles, including president from 2012 – 2013. The board wishes to express their sincere appreciation for Tim’s years of service to the engineering society. With this director spot vacated, we will be actively seeking a member to fill this role. The requirements for potential candidates are membership in NSPE and licensure as a professional engineer in good standing. Anyone interested can contact MPES as noted below.

MPES Secretary Featured in Recent Issue of PE Magazine The recent issue of PE Magazine featured comments from MPES secretary Martin E. Gordon, P.E., as it dealt with PE law and forensic engineering. President-elect of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers (NAFE) and professor & MMET Undergraduate Program Director from Rochester Institute of Technology, Martin reflected on past cases where he consulted to the legal profession and acted as an expert witness in courts of law. Those who attended the recent Engineering Symposium in Rochester will recall that Professor Gordon was the keynote speaker, with his program Forensic Engineering: Engineering Applied to the Law.

STEaM Camp Held at FLCC, Victor, NY Working in conjunction with the Boy Scouts of America, Finger Lakes Community College (FLCC) opened up their campus to 20 middle school students to participate in hands-on STEaM events. The event was held from July 11th to 14th. Based on the concept of STEM education, STEaM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, architecture/arts and Math. Several FLCC instructors provided 12 hands-on learning sessions to introduce students to a variety of topics related to STEaM. MPES president, Dave Roberts, presented one of the sessions which focused on structural machines. In this session, students gained exposure to concepts such as moment of inertia, beam deflection, and machine design, culminating in building a robotic arm to move a specified load.

As always, we encourage active membership in the Monroe Professional Engineers Society. We are constantly striving to improve your membership but we always need more help. If you are interested in becoming an active member or have any questions, please email me at dcrobertspe@gmail.com or contact MPES through our website at www.monroepes.org/ contactus/.

David C. Roberts, P.E., President, MPES

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Rochester Chapter

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

AUGUST NEWSLETTER

President’s Message A new calendar year of ASHRAE has begun and speaking for the entire chapter we would like to thank Jeff Close for the amazing job he did as last year’s President. The chapter had a great year, we hosted the CRC and saw our meeting attendance grow and membership increase. I would also like to introduce and extend my advanced appreciation for this year’s chapter officers, committee chairs and board of governors that volunteered their time to serve our chapter.

Paul Kenna, President-elect & Program Tom Streber, Treasurer Mike Benedict, Secretary Jeff Close, Immediate Past President & Nominating Sam Scorsone, Board of Governors & Refrigeration Steve Dear, Board of Governors & Website Marjani Wilson, Board of Governors & Government Advocacy George Herman, Board of Governors & Membership Jeff Wiedrick, Board of Governors & Chapter Technology Transfer Matt Kremers, Board of Governors & YEA Chair Bret Fryover, Attendance Jacob Hall, Historian Scott Edwards, Newsletter Editor Matt Devlin, Research Promotion Rob Hudson, Student Activities Al Rodgers, Awards & Recognition Bill Murray, Education Chair Mark Kukla, Publicity Chair Jim Browe, Picnic Jody McGarry, Valentine’s Dance Mike Nohle, Refrigeration Tom Burke, Government Advocacy I look forward to seeing you at our Clambake in September.

Planning for the 2017-2018 ASHRAE calendar year is underway. If anybody has any suggestions for monthly meeting topics or tours please contact our President-elect and Program Chair, Paul Kenna. He can be reached at pkenna@nrg-concepts.com.

Bill Clark, PE, CEM 2017-2018 President Rochester Chapter

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

Year 2017 Officers President Roy B. Garfinkel, LS Vice President Jared R. Ransom, LS Secretary Robert J. Avery, LS Treasurer Michael A. Venturo, LS John F. Gillen, LS, ex officio

Upcoming Events 2017: August – NO MEETINGS September 14, 2017 - Board of Directors meeting at 6:00pm, Webinar at 7:00pm at Erdman Anthony

Board of Directors

August 2017

2015-2017 Jeffrey A. Tiede, LS Scott E. Measday, LS 2016-2018 Justin M. Roloson, LS Douglas W. Magde, LS 2017-2019 David R. Standinger, LS Daniel T. Hickok, LS Jonathan Navagh - Associates Representative

August No Meetings

October 19, 2017 - General Membership meeting Livingston County Dinner time and location T.B.D. November 16, 2017 - Board of Directors and General Membership meeting at the 40 & 8 Club, 933 University Avenue, Rochester December 9, 2017 – Annual Dinner Meeting time and location T.B.D.

Thursday September 14, 2017 Board of Directors Meeting at 6:00pm Webinar at 7:00pm at Erdman Anthony

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Rochester Engineering Society

Thursday October 19, 2017 General MembershipMeeting Livingston County Dinner Time and Location TBD

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President: JENNIFER WENGENDER, P.E., CPD Clark Patterson Lee 205 St. Paul Blvd Rochester, NY 14604 585-454-7600 Vice President Technical: DAVE JERECKOS IBC Engineering, PC 3445 Winton Place, Suite 219 Rochester, NY 14623 585-292-1590 Vice President Legislative: DAVID MYERS LaBella Associates, PC 300 State Street, Suite 201 Rochester, NY 14614 585-454-6110 Vice President Membership: DOUG MEIER Twin”D” Associates 1577 Ridge Road West Suite 116B Rochester, NY 14615 585-581-2170 Treasurer: ALAN SMITH, P.E. IBC Engineering, P.C. 3445 Winton Place, Suite 219 Rochester, NY 14623 585-292-1590 Administrative Secretary: ADAM KRAMER IBC Engineering, PC 3445 Winton Place, Suite 219 Rochester, NY 14623 585-292-1590 Education Chairman: JENNIFER WENGENDER, P.E., CPD Clark Patterson Lee 205 St. Paul Blvd Rochester, NY 14604 585-454-7600 Newsletter Editor: Open - please contact a board member if you are interested.

Affiliate Liaison: TRAVIS JESSICK aLTHERM, iNC. 255 hUMPHREY sT. eNGLEWOOD, nj 08631 551-486-9556

President's Message I would like to welcome our new ASPE board. Our new terms started in July and are effective for 2 years. In June, I had the opportunity to attend the ASPE Region 2 President’s meeting in Detroit along with our out-going president, Al Smith. It was great to exchange ideas with all the Region 2 chapters and get updated on Society business from the Society delegates.

The ASPE Rochester golf outing in June was a success. With 54 golfers, it was one of our largest turnouts. Thank you to all the sponsors for your continued support of ASPE and our Chapter.

AOSmith IBC Engineering Beacon Madaes Kolstad Associates - Little Giant Clarion (Twin D) Labella Clark Patterson Leonard Valve Company (Twin D) Charlotte Pipe Liberty Pump (Twin D) Delta Faucet (Twin D) M/E Engineering EC4B Mansfield Eemax (Twin D) Nu Flow Emerson-Swan Inc. PPP Precision Plumbing Prod Empire State Associates (ESA) RC Kolstad Water Corp.

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Jennifer Wengender, PE Rochester Chapter President

Meeting Notice – Save the Date Topic:

Fire Sprinkler Systems for Dwellings Speaker: Darren Palmieri, Tyco

Date:

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Time:

12:00 Noon

Place:

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

Reservations:

To Dave Jereckos, 585-341-3168 or djereckos@ibceng.com

by Monday, September 18, 2017.

Future meeting - October 18th (Chapters are not authorized to speak for the Society)

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Rochester, NY Section P.O. Box 23795 Rochester, NY 14692 www.iesrochester.org

Happy Summer from the The IES - Rochester Section We’d like to thank everyone for their support this year.

Our golf outing was a great success again and our Lighting Fundamentals course was very well attended.

Introducing our Board of Directors for 2017/2018 Executive

President: Peter Brincka VP/Secretary: Daniel Rusnack Treasurer: Christopher Langton

Directors

Joe Dombrowski ~ John Garbinski ~ Steve Galley Robert Gleason ~ A.J. Hetzke ~ Dwight Roth ~ Michael Trippe If you have an interest in joining our board, would like to participate in any IES Rochester special events as a presenter… or if you would like to see us present anything specific, please contact any board member.

Stay tuned to our website - www.iesrochester.org - for upcoming events including an AGI32 presentation this fall.

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August 2017

Section Officers Chair Greg Gdowski Vice Chair Dave Krispinsky Treasurer Bill Fowlkes Secretary Ray Ptucha

Chapters & Groups

AES & COMSOC Cristiano Tapparello CS & CIS Bo Yuan Education Society Jayanti Venkataraman EMC/PSE Society Volunteer Needed!

EDS & CSS Sean Rommel EMBS Cristian Linte GRSS Emmett Ientilucci LIFE Mark Schrader APS & MTTS Joseph Majkowski Photonics Bruce Smith PES & IAS Jean Kendrick SPS Ray Ptucha TEMS Paul Lee Young Professionals Eric Brown

Student Groups

Univ. of Rochester Tom Howard RIT Mehran M. Kermani

Committees

Awards Jean Kendrick Communications Greg Gdowski Newsletter Anh Karam PACE Alex Loui

Liaisons

RES Harold Paschal RCSS William Brewer http://rochester.ieee.org

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Message from the Chair

Dear Colleagues and Friends of IEEE, I hope you had the opportunity to join us during our summer event at Seabreeze in July. I am happy to report that the summer event had the largest recorded number of registrations (146) during my tenure as Chair of the Rochester Section! If you are a regular member, this is also a great time to consider applying for elevation as a Senior Member. If you have questions regarding this process, please feel free to contact me. See you at the August Excom meeting!

Best regards,

MEMBERSHIP UPDATES

Welcome new Regular Members: Thomas Tombs.

Welcome new Graduate Student Members: Moeen Hassanalieragh, Michal Heilemann, Lu-Tzu Li, Avezou Petit Frere, and Brittany Smith.

Welcome new Student Members: Katelyn Offerdahl, Vijay Gopal, and Zengguo Sun.

BECOME A VOLUNTEER!

IEEE Rochester Section is looking for interested volunteers to help organize and plan local events. The local IEEE organizational units are run by a group of very dedicated volunteers. These volunteers are the most important group of individuals that make IEEE what it is in Rochester. This dedicated group has many different reasons for volunteering. What is yours!

There are a number of different society chapters, standing committees and affinity groups that are inviting you to experience the rewards, challenges, and networking benefits of volunteering for IEEE Rochester Section. Please visit: http://sites.ieee.org/rochester/ resources-things-you-need/become-a-volunteer/

UPCOMING IEEE EVENTS

Rochester Section EXCOM Meeting - August 1, 2017 @ 11:45 - 13:00

If you are looking for a cheap lunch ($5 for members and $3 for students), join us for the next monthly Rochester Section IEEE Executive Committee meeting. All current and prospective IEEE members may attend! Please join us to learn more about the Society and how you may contribute. We are always looking for new members and volunteers.

NEW LOCATION FOR JUNE AND AUGUST! NEW Location: Tandoor of India 376 Jefferson Rd, Henrietta, New York.

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American Public Works Association Serving Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans and Wayne County Website: NewYork.APWA.net

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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 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, Clement Chung, PE Email: cchung@members.asce.org or cchung.pe@gmail.com American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Rochester Chapter President, Christina Walter Email: cmwalter@trane.com American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Rochester Section Chairman, Steven Ivancic, University of Rochester Email: American Society of Plumbing Engineers, Rochester New York Chapter President, Jennifer Wengender, PE, CPD, Clark Patterson Lee, 205 St. Paul Blvd., Rochester, NY 14604. 585-454-7600.

Email: jwengender@clarkpatterson.com Association for Bridge Construction and Design President, Mark Laistner, Popli Design Group 585-481-1239 Email: MLaistner@popligroup.com Association For Facilities Engineering, Rochester Chapter President, Matthews Knights, 585-924-2186 x221 Email: mknights@ultrafab.com

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

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

Email: Howard.Ressel@dot.ny.gov

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, Pete Brinka. Email: pete@qlsny.com Imaging Science & Technology, Rochester Chapter President, David Odgers Email: odgers@frontiernet.net

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

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

Sheet Metal & Air-Conditioning Contractor’s National Association-Rochester, Inc. Executive Director, Aaron Hilger 585-586-8030. Email: mzin@smacnaroc.org Societ of Manufacturing Engineers, Chapter 16 Chairman, John F. Schmitt, 585-581-1880 Society of Plastics Engineers, Rochester Section President, Brett Blaisdell, Bausch & Lomb, 1400 North Gooaman Street, Rochester, NY 14609 585-338-5417, Email: brett.blaisdell@bausch.com Society of Women Engineers President, Marca J. Lam, RIT Email: mjleme@rit.edu

Monroe Professional Engineers Society President, David C. Roberts, PE Email: dcrobertspe@gmail.com

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

BME Associates

Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. IBC Engineering, PC (Champion)

LaBella Associates (Enterprise) M/E Engineering, P.C.

CHA Consulting (Champion)

MRB Group

Erdman Anthony Associates

Optimation Technology, Inc. (Champion)

Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce (RBA)

Passero Associates

affiliated societies & corporate members of the rochester engineering society

Rochester Institute of Technology, Kate Gleason College of Engineering TY-LIN International (Champion) Visron Design, Inc. VJ Stanley

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