Rochester Engineering Society Magazine January 2021 President's Message

Happy New Year! I am sure all of us are happy to move beyond 2020. I would like to begin by saying thank you. Thank you to all of the healthcare workers that have worked tirelessly over the last year to keep our community safe and healthy. I’ve had the pleasure of working with some of the ER staff at Strong over the last year on Covid-19 related projects. The stress endured by the staff in keeping our community healthy is often under-appreciated. Please know that your efforts have not gone unnoticed. I would also like to thank all of the educators in our community that have worked to keep our educational system moving forward. The accommodations that were made to keep classrooms open or to deliver education remotely was a monumental task. I am confident that we will emerge from this crisis in 2021. All of us at the RES look forward to delivering more in person content and activities in the upcoming months.

Things to read in this issue of the Rochester Engineer!

RES tutoring and the Dr. Walter Cooper Academy Food Pantry (page 8). We are working towards providing tutors in mathematics once the students are back in the building. In the meantime, please consider providing either food or clothing donations to the Academy!

Edward Kostowniak provided a great article on renewables and utilities and the scope of Fisher Associates within this space on pages 10-12. Take a look at this cover story to gain insight on wind and solar

power initiatives being carried out in our area!

Rochester-based SWBR acquired 3tarchitects located in the Troy, New York region (page 16). This acquisition will allow the company to geographically expand across New York State!

Congratulation to RES member, Optimation for winning the Manufacturing Innovation Award from the Rochester Technology and Manufacturing awards (page 17)!

Are you looking for PDH credit or for interesting things to do virtually in Rochester? Check out the Engineers’ Calendar on pages 20 and 21!

Make sure you pencil in the Casino Night presented by the Electrical Association of Western New York on May 7 th (page 28). Proceeds will benefit the Kessler Burn Center at the URMC!

Finally, don’t forget that the first person to identify the page with 1920s artwork will receive a gift from the RES!

All my best,

Greg Gdowski RES President