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Announcing the 2021 RES Awards Recipients | 16 - 29
Jarrod P. Adams 2021 Engineer of Distinction
Mark F. Bocko, PhD 2021 Engineer of Distinction
Maura Chmielowiec
2021 Young Engineer of the Year Finalist
Lydia M. Hays
2021 Young Engineer of the Year Finalist
John W. Nieto
2021 Engineer of the Year
Jarmes P. Farnham, Jr. 2021 Engineer of Distinction
Alan Pilecki 2021 Engineer of Distinction
Thomas Howard, PhD
Jacob W. Hillmon 2021 Engineer of Distinction
Peter C. Sherer 2021 Engineer of Distinction
2021 Young Engineer of the Year Finalist
Andrew D. White, PhD
2021 Young Engineer of the Year
Joseph D. Majkowski
2021 Young Engineer of the Year Finalist
Sage Keefer
2021 Young Engineer of the Year Finalist
Megan N. Smith
2021 Young Engineer of the Year Finalist
Also in this issue: RES Annual Meeting
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Up & Coming Engineers - Meet Larry Lewis | 30 Campus News | 32
Professional Firms - Employee News
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Congratulations to the Scholarship Recipients | 14 Position Openings | 36
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Up & Coming Engineers | 30 contents RES NEWS 2 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 16 30 32 34 36 38 39 57 58 59 index
April 2022
Announcing the 2021 RES Awards Recipients | 16 - 29
Jarrod P. Adams 2021 Engineer of Distinction
Mark F. Bocko, PhD 2021 Engineer of Distinction
Maura Chmielowiec
2021 Young Engineer of the Year Finalist
Lydia M. Hays
2021 Young Engineer of the Year Finalist
John W. Nieto
2021 Engineer of the Year
Jarmes P. Farnham, Jr. 2021 Engineer of Distinction
Larry Lewis
Alan Pilecki 2021 Engineer of Distinction
Thomas Howard, PhD
Jacob W. Hillmon 2021 Engineer of Distinction
Peter C. Sherer 2021 Engineer of Distinction
2021 Young Engineer of the Year Finalist
Andrew D. White, PhD
2021 Young Engineer of the Year
Joseph D. Majkowski
2021 Young Engineer of the Year Finalist
Sage Keefer
2021 Young Engineer of the Year Finalist
Megan N. Smith
2021 Young Engineer of the Year Finalist
Also in this issue:
(Highlighted in Blue) RES Annual Meeting
Corporate Members of the RES | 32 RES Board of Directors RES President's Message Notice: RES Nominations 2022-23 RES Annual Meeting & Award Presentations RES History - April - May 1975 Dr. Walter Cooper Academy, Enduring the Pandemic... RES Technical Corner by Brett Eliasz, PE 2022 Engineering Symposium in Rochester Get IT Done - Phone IT In! Congratulations: 2021-22 Scholarship Recipients Announcing the 2021 RES Award Recipients Up & Coming Engineers: Meet Larry Lewis Campus News Professional Firms Employee News Position Openings Continuing Education Opportunities (PDHs) Engineers’ Calendar Directory of Professional Services Directory of Business Services Affiliated Societies of the RES
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Up & Coming Engineers - Meet Larry Lewis | 30 Campus News
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Congratulations to the Scholarship Recipients | 14
• ABCD Position Openings | 36 Association for Bridge Design and Construction...................................51 • APWA American Public Works Association................50 • ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers...............44 • ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers........................54 • ASPE American Society of Plumbing Engineers.......56 • EA Electrical Association..........................................46 • GVLSA Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association..52 • IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers..........................................48 • IES Illuminating Engineering Society.......................47 • INCOSE International Council on Systems Engineering......................................43 • IS&T Imaging Science and Technology.......................53 • MPES Monroe Professional Engineers Society.........45 • RES Rochester Engineering Society..................... 2-11 • SWE Society of Women Engineers............................42 • TERRA TERRA Science & Engineering Fair..................41
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The Rochester Engineer Published since 1922 by ROCHESTER ENGINEERING SOCIETY, INC.
Founded March 18, 1897
Board of Directors: OFFICERS: President GREG GDOWSKI, PhD University of Rochsester / Greg_Gdowski@urmc.rochester.edu
First Vice President MICHELLE SOMMERMAN, PE Bergmann Associates / msommerman@bergmannpc.com Second Vice President DENNIS ROOTE, PE CDE Engineering & Environment, PLLC / dennis.roote@cde-pllc.com
Treasurer TBD - Dennis Roote is interim treasurer.
Past President JOSEPH DOMBROWSKI, PE Retired from M/E Engineering / jdombrowski3@rochester.rr.com
EIGHT DIRECTORS: CORNELIUS (NEAL) ILLENBERG PE Rail Safety Consulting / nillenberg@aol.com
RICHARD E. RICE Erdman Anthony / rricesquash@gmail.com
BRETT ELIASZ, PE Bergmann Associates / beliasz@bergmannpc.com
KENTON G. HINES Merrill Lynch / Kenton.Hines@ml.com
MIKE KURDZIEL, PhD (Director on Executive Committee)
Harris Corporation / mike.kurdziel@L3harris.com
STEVEN W. DAY, PhD Rochester Institute of Technology / swdeme@rit.edu
NANCY CRAWFORD Optimation Technology, Inc. / nancy.crawford@optimation.us
TIMOTHY HOWE Stantec / Timothy.Howe@stantec.com
Administrative Director LYNNE M. IRWIN Rochester Engineering Society / e-mail: res@frontiernet.net or therochesterengineer@gmail.com
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Volume 100, Number 10, APRIL 2022 (Electronic Copies Only) You can purchase individual printed copies directly from ISSUU. 2,500+ Monthly Circulation (11 issues electronically) ISSN 0035-7405
RES Mission Statement: The RES will become the lead organization for improving the image and influence of the engineering community in the greater Rochester area by: Demonstrating a comprehensive knowledge of the region’s engineering and technical capabilities; Providing the best clerical support and public relations assistance to our affiliates; Continually communicating the engineering and technical accomplishments to both the engineering and technical community and the public; Providing regular forums and networking opportunities for the exchange of ideas and discussion of issues; and, Providing programs that identify career opportunities to the region’s youth and develop the skills of the practicing engineer. News items and articles are invited. Materials should be submitted to the administrative director at the society’s office, 657 East Avenue, Rochester, New York 14607; Phone number (585) 254-2350, e-mail: therochesterengineer@gmail.com. The web site for the RES is: www.roceng.org. The deadline is the 10th day of the month prior to the issue. Unless otherwise stated, opinions expressed in this publication are those of contributors, not of the Rochester Engineering Society, Inc. Advertising information may be obtained by contacting the office of the Rochester Engineering Society or going to the website at www.roceng.org. Published every month but July. You can purchase individual copies directly from ISSUU. Go to www.roceng.org to join the Rochester Engineering Society. Click on the individual membership and you can submit your application on-line. res news - board of directors
RES News - President's Message Dear Fellow Engineers, This is one of my favorite months as President of the RES! This month we celebrate both the scholarship and the professional award recipients. It is truly an honor to recognize those individuals that have achieved the highest levels of success in their respective fields. We will be recognizing all scholarship and professional award recipients at the RES Annual Meeting to be held Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 5:30 pm at the Rochester Museum & Science Center. Please register and join us to help celebrate their success at the Annual meeting (pg. 7)! The RES Scholarship Committee manages the process for several internal and professional society scholarships. The RES Scholarships, including the David Fergusson, Susan Costa, Joseph Campbell, and Ken Amish awards, are made possible through family endowments. Each of these scholarships honor the memory of individuals that have had a remarkable impact on the Rochester community. I would like to thank the families that have provided the endowments that allow us to celebrate each year the achievements of young individuals that aspire to have successful engineering careers. Please take a look at our web pages for more information on each of these scholarships and others awarded by the Rochester community! Congratulations to the RES Scholarship recipients including: Lianming Hu, Maya Liseth Parada, Calvin Nau, and Aden Crimmins (pg. 14)! The Professional Awards Committee manages the process and selection of the Engineer of Year, Engineers of Distinction, Young Engineer of the Year, and the Young Engineer of the Year finalists. The purpose of these awards is to recognize outstanding achievement and the contributions to the profession by engineers in the Rochester region. I have always been highly impressed and humbled by the achievements of these individuals over the last several years. This year is no different! Congratulations to both John Wesley Nieto (Senior Fellow, L3Harris Technologies) and Andrew D. White, PhD (Associate Professor, University of Rochester) as the Engineer of the Year and the Young Engineer of the Year recipients! In addition, congratulations to all of the Young Engineer of the Year finalists, and Engineers of Distinction (pgs. 16-29)! We have also continued our new column focused on students and student programs. This month we highlight a FIRST Robotics Team program director, Larry Lewis from Viewpoint Systems. FIRST has been res news - president’s message
a long-time passion of Mr. Lewis, who helped with the effort for the last 18 years. He currently supports all FIRST Robotic Teams throughout the Penfield School District. Hats off to his commitment to the program! I can only imagine how many young engineers he has inspired over the last two decades! (pg. 30). Finally, check out all the great activities that are starting to emerge from our Affiliates (pgs. 41-56). IEEE will be celebrating a Historic Milestone for the Digital Camera on April 26 at the Kodak Center. The celebration will unveil a plaque celebrating Kodak’s 1975 invention of the hand-held digital camera. Terry Tabor PhD, Eastman Kodak, Vice-President and Chief Technical Officer will offer brief remarks along with several invited guests. This meeting will be held in conjunction with their annual Joint Chapters Meeting (pg. 48). Have a great April! All my best, Greg Gdowski, PhD President, RES
Greg Gdowski, PhD University of Rochester RES President June 1, 2020 - May 31, 2022 APRIL 2022 The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 5
RES 2022-23 NOMINATIONS
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Notice to All RES Members NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE ROCHESTER ENGINEERING SOCIETY
Published pursuant to Article IX, Section 1 of the Constitution
Pursuant to Article VII, Section 9 of the Bylaws to the Constitution, the Nominating Committee of, Joseph Dombrowski, PE, chair and Greg Gdowski, PhD, co-chair reported a slate of officers for the 2022-2023 RES year. Selected by the Nominating Committee for the designated offices are: PRESIDENT (2022-2024) MICHELLE SOMMERMAN, PE Project Engineer - Mechanical Bergmann FIRST VICE PRESIDENT (2022-2024) DENNIS ROOTE, PE Owner, CDE Engineering & Environment SECOND VICE PRESIDENT (2022-2024) MIKE KURDZIEL, PHD Director, Engineering, L3Harris TREASURER DENNIS ROOTE, PE Owner, CDE Engineering & Environment DIRECTOR (Term Ending 5/31/2024) STEVEN W. DAY, PhD Department Head, Biomedical Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology DIRECTOR (Term Ending 5/31/2024) TBD DIRECTOR (Term Ending 5/31/2024) MICHAEL DUFFY Engineering Manager, Software Services Bosch Security Systems, LLC DIRECTOR (Term Ending 5/31/2024) TBD Stantec
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Directors who will continue in office until the expiration of their terms are: DIRECTOR (Term Ending 5/31/2023) BRETT C. ELIASZ, PE Disipline Leader - Electrical Bergmann DIRECTOR (Term Ending 5/31/2023) RICHARD E. RICE, Eng. Facilities Business Development Erdman Anthony DIRECTOR (Term Ending 5/31/2023) NEAL J. ILLENBERG, PE Principal Engineer, Rail Safety Consulting DIRECTOR (Term Ending 5/31/2023) KENTON G. HINES Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch Past President who will serve as a member of the Board of Directors, pursuant to Article VIII, Section 2 of the Constitution is: PAST PRESIDENT (2020-2022) GREG T. GDOWSKI, PhD Executive Director, Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester Pursuant to Article IX, Section 2, of the Constitution, additional nominations may be made by a petition signed by at least 10 VOTING members. Such a petition, together with a written acceptance from each nominee, must be filed with the RES Administrative Director no later than 12:00 noon on May 6, 2022. If there are additional nominations, ballots will be mailed to all members in good standing and ELIGIBLE to vote by May 13, 2022. If there are no other nominations received, the election will be by a vote at the annual meeting to be held on Thursday, May 26, 2022. Details on the annual meeting will be announced soon. Respectfully submitted, Lynne Irwin, Administrative Director
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RES Annual Meeting To be held Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 5:30 pm
Place: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Bausch Auditorium. Registration Is required. Cost: TBD Registration will be posted online soon. Time: 5:30 to 6:45 pm cash bar & hors d'oeuvres; 6:45 to 8:00 RES Business/Elections and Awards
Learn About RES Activities RES Update Briefing Board and Officer Elections Also the Award presentations of the: 2021 Engineer of the Year, 2021 Young Engineer of the Year, Finalists for Young Engineer of the Year, and Engineers of Distinction. Also see the scholarship recipients for the 2020-21 year.
Meet new and continuing officers and directors for the the fiscal year 2022-2023. You will hear a few words from the current President, Greg Gdowski, PhD and incoming President, Michelle Sommerman, PE Details will be posted on the RES website at www.roceng.org. Registration will be required - No cost (except cash bar) Sponsorship Opportunities Available Soon! (All photos are from the 2019 Gala) Look for 125th Anniversary Celebration details to be held this summer! Congratulations!
2019 High School Scholarship Recipients Vastola Scholarship Monroe Professional Engineers Society
Aditya Bhargava
Victor High School Major: Biomedical Engineering / Harvey Mudd
Bergmann Scholarship
John Caputo
Greece Olympia High School Major: Engineering Exploration / RIT
Paul & Claire Raynor Scholarship Monroe Professional Engineers Society
Matthew Cufari
Pittsford Sutherland High School Major: Nuclear Engineering / MIT
Alstom Foundation Scholarship
Erik Maier
Oakfield Alabama Central School Major: Electrical Engineering / SUNY at Buffalo
Frederick E. Bragg Scholarship NYS Association of Transportation Engineers
Natalie O’Hern
Our Lady of Mercy High School Major: Chemistry / Wellesley College
Optimation Technology Scholarship
Hudson Panning Brockport High School Major: Computer Engineering
Robert I. Loftus Memorial Scholarship
NYS Association of Transportation Engineers
Katherine Flanigen
Pittsford Sutherland High School Major: Neural Science / New York University Shanghai Campus
Thomas C. Lehmkuhl Memorial Scholarship NYS Association of Transportation Engineers
Justin Hofmann
Honeoye Falls-Lima Central School Major: Finance and minor in Accounting / High Point University
Erdman Anthony Scholarship
William Johnson
Byron Bergen High School Major: Electrical Engineering / SUNY at Buffalo
Edward J. Ries Memorial Scholarship
Rachel Roof
Honeoye Falls-Lima High School Major: Computer Engineering / RIT
David Lazzar Scholarship
Peter Rydzynski
Victor High School Major: Mechanical Engineering / University of Pittsburgh
American Council of Engineering Companies Scholarship
Ariel Struzyk
Penfield High School Major: Chemical Engineering / Cornell University
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2019 College Scholarship Recipients Keith Amish Memorial Scholarship Rochester Engineering Society
Danny Ayele
University of Rochester Mechanical Engineering
Association for Facilities Engineering
Hye Joon Diane Kim
Rochester Institute of Technology/KGCOE Chemical Engineering
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Association for Facilities Engineering Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Scholarship
Michael C. Krowl
Finger Lakes Community College Instrumentation & Controls Technology
Rebekah Bagley
Pensacola Christian College Electrical Engineering
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Scholarship
Margaret Cech
Binghamton University Electrical Engineering minor in Computer Science
David Fergusson Memorial Scholarship Rochester Engineering Society
Stephanie Marini
Rochester Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering
Joseph W. Campbell Memorial Scholarship Rochester Engineering Society
David Reynoso Susan L. Costa Memorial Scholarship Rochester Engineering Society
Bianca Dyer
University of Rochester Chemical Engineering
Adam W. Lawas Memorial Scholarship Rochester Engineering Society
Dana Eschler
Rochester Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering, Minor in Advertising and Public Relations
American Society of Civil Engineers
Nicole Gerritz SUNY at Buffalo Civil Engineering
University of Rochester Mechanical Engineering
American Society of Civil Engineers
James Ritzenthaler
Rochester Institute of Technology Civil Engineering
Society of Women Engineers Scholarship
Amber Smith
Alfred University Glass Science Engineering
American Society of Civil Engineers
Anthony Tintera
The RES Board has Cancelled the Annual Gala for 2022 (Was scheduled for Saturday, April 2, 2022)
SUNY at Buffalo Civil Engineering
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RES News - Rochester History
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A Sampling from the Archives of the Rochester Engineering Society. 1897 - 1975 by Lee M. Loomis 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, focus and infrastructure of the City of Rochester, and beyond. World War, again affected 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, the Korean Conflict, and the Vietnam War are now history. These experiences have changed the face of and will, no doubt, influence the future of the community. The Rochester municipal leadership and the industrial community have become immersed in the cold-war, growth economy.
“The Rochester Engineer” (April 1975) In an article from the National Observer (March 29, 1975, re-printed by permission), entitled, “Natural Resources…A City Discovers Expert Close to Home”, author Daniel Henninger describes Rochester, Monroe County and the RES’ on-going effort, beginning with Operation 8 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER APRIL 2022
RESOURCE, to offer technical support to meeting the needs of the Communities in/ around Monroe County. The article concludes with a quote from RES President, Dr. Richard A. Kenyon, “Politics has been our excuse for not doing this sort of thing, in the past. We’d be making a bigger mistake, though, if we didn’t do it, now.” This issue introduces the concept of the RES Technical Skills Bank and provides a questionnaire wherein interested RES Members, and others, are invited to list their professional and technical qualifications and interest areas, including Building Resources, Land Use Planning Environment, Energy Conservation, Consumer Affairs, Government Services, Public Utilities, and Community Services. Recognizing the current impact of the on-going Arab oil embargo, this issue features an article, “The Nuclear Alternative”, by Richard D. Kelley, Manager Special Projects, RG&E. In this article, Mr. Kelley provides an overview and projection for the next 10 – 20 years, beginning with the oil embargo, projected growth in US energy needs, recent (Winter 1974) natural gas supply curtailments, and the new Federal program called, “Project Independence”. Recognizing that developments in alternate energy technologies, especially solar and wind, cannot offer significant energy resource relief in the immediate future, Mr. Kelley describes the benefits of continued development and application of nuclear power to meeting the nation’s energy needs. He concluded his article by saying, “RG&E totally endorses the national effort to explore and utilize ALL our energy resources. I am confident that today’s research will ensure res news - history
a healthy energy supply for the 21st Century, but engineers are well aware that, while we seek these new technologies for tomorrow, we must use existing technologies for today.” In a departure from traditional RES magazine articles on current and developing technologies, this issue provided part one of a two-part series, ”The Survival of the Bark Canoe”, by John McPhee (1975 New Yorker magazine, re-printed by permission). It narrates the considerable experiences of Henri Vaillancourt, a Maine woodsman who, in the 1960’s, at age 24, had already built 33 birch-bark canoes. It goes into extensive detail on the arduous process by which Vaillancourt cut, split, hewed and constructed his canoes. The article goes on to describe the numerous designs and shapes of native American canoes, along with step-by-step details of construction of birch-bark canoes. It also describes a camping trip taken by the author, led by Vaillancourt, and provides extended detail of what can only be called a total “roughing-it” experience, in the wilderness of Maine. Editor’s note: The “uniqueness” of this article became a topic of discussion, comment, and concern for the RES Board (see following BoD minutes). Finally, this issue announced a “Request for Applications” for the newly-established position of Monroe County Director of Pure Waters, to report directly to the County’s Director of Public Works. The RES had established a committee of qualified, experienced volunteers to advise the County on their selection of a candidate for this position. May 21, 1975 (Board Meeting, Chamber of Commerce) The Budget Committee reported that it anticipated an $18k year-end budget deficit for 1974-75, due primarily to the continued increasing costs for publishing The Rochester Engineer. 1st VP, John Schickler, said that he and the RES Publications Committee had recently been examining the financial status of the magazine, and were ready to recommend an increase in its res news - history
price, to RES Affiliates and Members. Mr. Schickler said he estimated current (1975) cost for producing the magazine was $.50/issue, and that a proposal for a price increase would be made at the June Board meeting. Several comments were made in opposition to a price increase for the magazine, including complaints about its “lack of relevance” to certain groups of engineers. Edwin Stevens, Editor, explained why he put certain items into the magazine. He commented specifically on the birch-bark canoe article (May 1975 issue), saying that it showed how a young man still cared enough to construct beautiful and durable canoes out of natural materials. Dr. Richard A. Kenyon expressed pleasure that people were interested enough to discuss the magazine and said that he hoped such discussions would continue and be constructive. Two applications, for a Junior and an Associate Membership were approved, raising a question of why a non-engineer would be allowed to become an Associate Member, as stated, only for the purpose of joining the Society’s Blue Cross-Blue Shield medical insurance plan. It was pointed out that several non-engineers had already joined the RES. It was agreed that membership requirements would be reviewed, toward addressing this issue. Editor’s note: Continuing in that spirit, a motion was then approved to discontinue the annual giving of a “free” luncheon ticket to each RES Member. 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 and the Korean Conflict, 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, and the continuing prosperity of the second-half of the 20th Century. We welcome your questions and comments on this series. APRIL 2022 The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 9
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Dr. Walter Cooper Academy; Enduring the Pandemic… As we have said, the School Year is well underway, but there continue to be challenges... Covid-19 vaccinations became authorized, back in November. Since then, an increasing number of resources/locations, have been urging parents to bring their children (ages 5 – 11) in for a free vaccination. The RCSD has finally been able to re-establish in-person learning, as January classes resumed. Through February and into March, in-person classes have continued. The educational progress of our students was greatly hampered by these early stop/start measures, resulting from the most recent variant of the disease. Our students have been deprived of essential support during these crucial “educational moments” in their lives. Despite the recent lifting of masking requirements, the policy remains in place that the RCSD will NOT allow non-parent volunteers to enter the schools to tutor students in-person, some who may still have not been vaccinated. Believing that there must be a way to return to our tutoring work…we had hoped to be launching a “Virtual RES Tutoring Team”, this Spring. However, we have recently been told that this cannot happen in the current school year. Our teachers are finding that many of their students, having fallen behind, are in need of more intense classroom attention. This is an overwhelming challenge which, coupled with on-going preparations for upcoming NYS Student Testing in English Language and Math, has made it impossible to create the necessary special tutoring work assignments (even if only virtual) for individual students. Isn’t there some way in which we can still help these children?... As a matter of fact, there is, most students can benefit from being read to by caring adults. Our Principal, Dr. Eva Thomas, has offered to provide a list of books, broken down by grade level. These books are used to supplement classroom learning toward helping students develop a better understanding of the values of: trust, loyalty, helpfulness, friendship, courtesy, kindness, obedience, cheerfulness, personal thrift, bravery, cleanliness and reverence. We are hoping that our RES Tutors, and others, might consider agreeing to follow a prescribed protocol that lets them access a website, from the comfort of their own home or office. They would then read aloud, a values-focused text. This “reading” would then become available for students, during their non-school time, to “hear a story” from someone who cares enough to make the time to read to them. We will be reaching out to our “veteran” RES Tutors in the weeks to come, soliciting their participation as “RES Readers”, for this special assignment. Questions??? Reach out to RES Past President Lee Loomis and the RES Tutoring Team at…Rochester Engineering Society (585) 254-2350, via website: www.roceng.org, or via email: leeloomis46@gmail.com, (585) 738-3079 (mobile & text).
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Technical Corner For the Electrical article this month we will discuss preloading of medium voltage (MV) fuses and the effects the preloading has on the TCC curves. Unfortunately, the reference material is too large to attach to this article, but I can provide the links: S and C TCC curve for standard speed SMU fuse units-TCC 153-2 https://www.sandc.com/globalassets/sac-electric/documents/sharepoint/documents---all-documents/tccnumber-153-2.pdf?dt=637838914218842534 These fuses appear to be able to handle about 200% of their rated current continuously, however if you look below under the BASIS verbiage these fuse curves were based on 77 degrees F and NO INITIAL LOAD. If you keep reading down to APPLICATION, you will notice another S and C information Bulletin 242-190 located at the link below: https://www.sandc.com/globalassets/sac-electric/documents/sharepoint/documents---all-documents/informationbulletin-242-190.pdf?dt=637201464078109714 -
This link provides tables that are to be used to size your fuses and is based on the continuous current. We will be using table 7 as these correlate to the specific TCC curve and type of fuse These ratings appear to drop (or shift the curves) from the 200% ratings listed in the TCC curves which again had NO INITIAL LOAD… These tables properly illustrate the characteristics of a PRE-LOADED fuse…meaning this fuse is installed and carrying some degree of current which reduces the heat-dissipating ability which reduces the melting time (shifts the curves) In addition to the base continuous current we can see these fuses can handle Daily peaks a little higher than the continuous ratings. The emergency values listed should only occur once or twice per year. A transformer primary fuse is selected to accommodate-NOT TO INTERRUPT-peak loads.
In conclusion, a 100E fuse should be able to handle 130 amps continuously (table 7) as well as daily and limited emergency peak loads often experienced in a medium voltage system. Solely using the TCC curve tells me the same 100E fuse can handle roughly 200 amps continuously which is NOT how we should be selecting these types of fuses. The more heat from a pre-loaded fuse and the peak load experiences the fuse has encountered anneals the fuse metals and shifts the curve. If we size per the continuous ratings in the tables, we can ensure the longevity of fuses.
Hopefully this article finds you well and can be used as a reference for your project needs. If anyone would like to contribute to the Rochester Engineer and add an article or would like to request information on a specific topic (not limited to Electrical) just email me at beliasz@bergmannpc.com. As always, any comments are appreciated…! Thank you for reading. Brett Eliasz, P.E., LEED AP BD+C , RES Director res - technical corner
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Due to the continuation of COVID19 the committee has decided to go virtual for everyone's safety. If you are registered and paid, we have forwarded it to the 2022 Virtual Symposium. A letter has been sent to you on how to register for this year. We hope to see everyone in-person in 2023! Please continue to stay safe and hopefully the vaccines will allow us to do so soon! Chris Devries, Symposium Chairman
The 2022 Engineering Symposium in Rochester is going Virtual Sponsored by Rochester's Technical and Engineering Societies and RIT
Three Consecutive Thursday's April 21, April 29, and May 5 Earn up to 9 PDHs (3 PDHs each day) Courses available in: Civil, Electrical, Lighting, Mechanical, HVAC, and Plumbing.
Details on presentations and speakers is on the website.
Time: 1:00 to 5:00 pm each date $90 Advance Registration for all 3 dates. Registration is on the website at www.roceng.org (Go to the calendar and then April 21st)
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Phone IT In! Our lives have been enriched by the development of Information Technology (“IT”). This article will discuss mobile or “personal” phones. Today, everyone carries a mobile phone, and not just in the US, but worldwide. While we all understand the technology in our phones, few know that the telecommunication carriers were the crucible of IT. Claude Shannon was an MIT graduate who worked for AT&T in the 1940s. Shannon helped replace electromechanical telephone relays with switching circuits to route calls and to use those electrical switches to implement logic. This electrical routing is the fundamental concept that underlies all computing. Shannon also worked to maximize the amount of data that could be sent over copper wires (telephone lines). Shannon invented the field of information theory and is the “Father of Information Technology.” Before mobile phones, we used phones tied to a physical location. We called from one location to another and asked for the person that we wanted to talk to. They often were not there and, you may have had to speak to someone that you would rather not talk to, e.g., your friend’s mean father or crazy brother. With mobile phones your contacts are always there (as the phone was with them) and they were the only ones to answer the device. It was a personal phone. I believed that the ability to call people instead of locations would explode adoption of mobile phones. Today, phones are more miniaturized computer than voice service platform. Of course, you can still make a voice call, but I would wager that most of the time on our “phones” is not used to talk. We text, post, scroll, research, listen, watch, and [as noted in the last article] read. I will confess that I made an unbelievably bad call on the future of texting. I was the VP of IT for Frontier Cellular when texting was enabled by developments in our switching platform. In a meeting to discuss new products, we discussed the potential of “texting.” Understand that we had supported pager texting for years, but that was a get IT done
business focused market ignored by the public at large. I remember making an impassioned plea to keep focused on our enablement of the era of personal phones and not be sidetracked by the addition of what I saw as consumer paging. History has proven me very, very wrong. Another serendipitously introduced product was Caller ID. New switch developments enabled the capture and communication of the calling number (later augmented with a lookup of the associated name). We discovered the power of that feature accidentally. One Friday night, our engineers upgraded the telecommunication switch software. Caller ID was part of the package and was enabled by default. That weekend, caller ID was active on all client devices. On Monday, the engineers identified that the service was on and, as we had not released the feature as a product yet, they turned it off. Our call center lit up! “Hey, can you please turn that phone number displaying thing on again?” We quickly created a “calling feature bundle” for $1 per month. When your phone is always with you it becomes valuable for you to know if you want to take this call. Everyone was willing to pay the fee and an extra $1 per month from a half-million clients was substantial revenue. Today your phone integrates those features with your contacts, ringtones and more. They communicate with radio towers and GPS satellites to help us navigate and prevent us from being lost (a perennial fear of humans). Phone it in using the IT in your phone. And Think About IT!
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Congratulations to the 2021-22 Scholarship Recipients
Rochester Engineering Society Awards
Thank you to the Scholarship committee for your volunteering to interview and select the scholarship recipients for 2021-22. The Scholarship Committee consists of: Michelle Sommerman PE (Chair), Wendy Smith, Diane Trentini, Donald Nims Jr., PE; Mike Walker, and Mark Schrader, PE.
Joseph W. Campbell Memorial Scholarship Rochester Engineering Society
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Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Scholarship
Anand Idris University of Rochester Optical Engineering; Minor in Computer Science
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Scholarship
Lianming Hu University of Rochester Mechanical Engineering
Christina Nguyen Rochester Institute of Technology Electrical Engineering
Susan L. Costa Memorial Scholarship
Society of Women Engineers Scholarship
Rochester Engineering Society
Maya Liseth Parada University of Rochester Mechanical Engineering
David Fergusson Memorial Scholarship Rochester Engineering Society
Calvin Nau Rochester Institute of Technology Industrial Engineering
Keith Amish Memorial Scholarship Rochester Engineering Society
Aden Crimmins Rochester Institute of Technology Computer Engineering
The CHA, IEEE, and SWE Awards are screened through the RES selection committee. Adam W. Lawas Memorial Scholarship (CHA) Tyler Rodgers Rochester Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering 14 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER APRIL 2022
Lydia Blatnik Rochester Institute of Technology Biomedical Engineering
New York State Association of Transportation Engineers Scholarship Awards
NYSATE Section 4 congratulates the Year 2021 scholarship winners. We received four applications for the 2021 scholarships. The scholorship selection committee, consisting of Chris Reed (Chairperson), Brian Sherman, Vitaliy Vysochanskyy, and Phil Klingler, reviewed each application and made awards based on academic achievement and each candidate's involvement and participation in civic and extra curricular activities. Since 1986, NYSATE Section 4 has given out over $87,000 in scholarship money.
The Frederick E. Bragg Scholarship Alexander Hutter (son of Greg Hutter) $1000
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NYSATE Awards, continued The Robert I. Loftus Memorial Scholarship
Jason Hofmann (son of James Hofmann Jr.) $875
The Thomas. C. Lehmkuhl Memorial Scholarship Kaelyn Button (daughter of Jeremy & Jill Button) $875
Monroe Professional Engineers Society Awards
The Scholarship Selection Committee consists of Victor Genberg PE, Mark Butcher PE, Robert Marshall PE, Joe Dombrowski PE, Andrew Straub PE, and Bruce Wallmann PE.
Paul & Claire Raynor Scholarship
Monroe Professional Engineers Society Madeleine Cotter Allendale Columbia School Major: Computer/Environmental
Vastola Scholarship
Monroe Professional Engineers Society Ethan Rheude Canandaigua Academy Major: Biomediical Engineering
Bergmann Scholarship
Connor Ingham Wheatland-Chili High School Major: Survey & Geomatics
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Erdman Anthony Scholarship
Matthew Adamson Palmyra-Macedon High School Major: Mechanical Engineering
Alstom Foundation Scholarship
Conor Bracy Webster Thomas High School Major: Astronautical Engineering
RE:Build Optimation Technology Scholarship
Emma Voglewede Churchville-Chili High School Major: Mechanical Engineering
American Council of Engineering Companies Scholarship
Cole Chiapperino Honeoye Falls - Lima High School Major: Mechanical Engineering
Edward J. Ries Memorial Scholarship Nathan Pieters Irondequoit High School Major: Electrical Engineering
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Announcing the Award Recipients Join us Thursday, May 26, 2022 for the Award Presentation at the RES Annual Meeting Come congratulate the 2021 Engineer of the Year
2021 Engineer of the Year John Wesley Nieto Senior Fellow L3Harris Technologies Education: University of Missouri at Rolla, 1984, Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering University of Missouri at Rolla, 1985, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership? I have tried to be a technical leader at Harris Corporation and L3Harris Technologies during my entire career. What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement? Designing, implementing and testing communication waveforms for use in wireless communications systems. Applying communications theory to real-world applications and then witnessing them work over the air is very exciting. Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career. When I first started my career at Harris, I was placed in the Advanced Technology Department (ATD). ATD had a developmental program where new engineers were placed there to work with experienced engineers to expand their understanding and knowledge. The program’s goal was to transfer the new hires to different parts of the organization after a few years. I was lucky to remain in ATD for almost 10 years. All the engineers in ATD were very knowledgeable and bright, but in addition were also kind, friendly and willing to share all their knowledge with me. The almost 10 years I worked in ATD had a profound influence on the rest of my career. What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients? Take the first couple of years in college to decide what path you want to follow and then embrace the fun. Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester. Rochester is a great place to live and work. There are many companies in the area that offer great opportunities for engineering work and these opportunities will continue to grow in the coming years. Engineering is alive and well in Rochester NY !! 16 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER APRIL 2022
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Announcing the Award Recipients Join us Thursday, May 26, 2022 for the Award Presentation at the RES Annual Meeting Come congratulate the 2021 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year
2021 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year Andrew D. White, PhD Associate Professor University of Rochester Education: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, BS of Chemical Engineering, 2007 University of Washington, PhD of Chemical Engineering, 2013
How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership? I continuously learn and innovate in how we teach engineering to undergraduate and high school students. I've also worked towards advancing the use of AI in my discipline by authoring textbooks, chairing conferences, teaching new classes, and writing publications. What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement? I helped design an anti-fouling coating made entirely from biodegradable and naturally occurring compounds. This coating has been applied for biological implants, drug design, and detecting cancer biomarkers. The compound was designed by understanding how nature solves this problem. Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career. I studied abroad for one year in Magdeburg, Germany and all my junior-year core chemical engineering classes were taught in German. I experienced what it was like to struggle with language and culture. What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients? Being a good engineer is not only about technical skills. Engineering is being able to identify problems, collaborating with people, and communicating your solutions. Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester. Engineering in Rochester should grow to be more diverse and inclusive. We require a better understanding of how society is affected by our decisions and the ethics that guide those decisions. This means including engineers from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
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2021 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year Finalist Maura Chmielowiec Senior Specialist, Systems Engineering, L3Harris Technologies, Chief System Engineering Group Education:
Rochester Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering 2011-2016 Purdue University, Master of Science in Engineering, Systems Engineering 2018-2021 Stevens Institute of Technology, Master of Business Administration 2022 - Present
How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership? Throughout my career in industry as well as in college, I have enjoyed using my engineering background to help organize and facilitate STEM outreach events for the K-12 community. I hope to inspire the engineers of the future! What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement? One engineering achievement I am especially proud of was founding the RIT Hot Wheelz Electric Vehicle Team. This team provides a supportive environment for females in engineering to get involved in a hands on project that builds program management and technical skills outside of the classroom. Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career. My parents have always given me their unwavering support in any endeavor I attempt to pursue. From buying my first project car at fourteen years old to moving me around the country to pursue engineering opportunities, I owe my success to them. What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients? Even when others think your goals or aspirations are impossible to achieve, never give up. You have the skills and abilities to conquer anything you set your mind to. Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester. I hope that the engineers of tomorrow see the engineering opportunity and talent within the Rochester area so that they too can have a long and successful career within this great community. 18 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER APRIL 2022
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2021 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year Finalist Lydia M. Hays Senior Associate, Software Engineer L3Harris Technologies Education:
Rochester Institute of Technology: August 2012 to May 2018 Bachelor’s and Master’s of Science in Computer Engineering Minor in Creative Writing Carnegie Mellon University: August 2017 – August 2019 Doctoral Student (Discontinued) in Electrical & Computer Engineering
How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership? I assist high school robotics teams by mentoring programming students and volunteering at the regional competition as a robot inspector. At work I am regularly a feature lead and led the transition of my team to new technologies. What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement? My first year at L3Harris, I was involved in the design and implementation of our 4th Generation Automatic Link Establishment algorithm that was awarded the L3Harris Technology Innovation award. I have continued to innovate and improve on its features. Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career. Haitham Abu-Sbaih is a patient teacher, brilliant engineer, and trusted me with key design decisions from the beginning of my career. I hope to gain his depth of knowledge and emulate his ability to civilly settle discussions. What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients? Remember that everyone you meet can teach you something new. Whenever possible, give your time to help others just as you have been helped to get here. Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester. I want to grow confident, diverse engineers starting in our schools. By supporting programs like FIRST robotics, we can give students the opportunity to experience a wide range of engineering and learn from professionals in those fields.
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2021 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year Finalist Thomas Howard, PhD Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Rochester Education:
Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Rochester, 2004 Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester, 2004 Master of Science in Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University, 2006 Doctor of Philosophy in Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University, 2009 Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012
How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership? I have taught several summer mini courses on robotics and mechatronics through the University of Rochester’s Upward Bound Math/Science program and have presented our laboratory’s research through Featured Presenter activities at the Rochester Museum and Science Center. What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement? Although my contributions to the team that won the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge are more visible, I consider my work as an experimental lead for the Army Research Laboratory Robotics Collaborative Technology Alliance capstone experiments as my greatest engineering achievement. Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career. My parents had a profound impact, who bore witnesses to and supported my early attempts at building robots. My engineering education started early by learning from my dad, who worked as an engineer for Xerox Corporation for forty years. What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients? Take engineering courses outside your major and try to learn a new programing language every year. Having interdisciplinary engineering skills and learning how to communicate with people outside of your area of expertise is more important than ever. Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester. I predict a stronger tech presence as companies become more aware of Rochester’s great schools and universities and remote work options becomes mainstream. By supporting engineering outreach activities, we can make these opportunities broadly accessible to everyone in our community. 20 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER APRIL 2022
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2021 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year Finalist Sage Keefer Senior Supervisor, Software Engineering L3Harris Technologies Education: Computer Science Bachelor of Science, Summa Cum Laude, SUNY Potsdam 2013-2017
How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership? I enjoy working with engineers new to the field and guiding them through the first year or so of their career. What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement? My work on HF’s 4th Generation Automatic Link Establishment was the most rewarding project I’ve been a part of. Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career. Dr. Susan Haller was my first Computer Science professor at SUNY Potsdam. She encouraged me to explore the field, and was an excellent role model and mentor to me in my time there. What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients? Take advantage of every opportunity this scholarship opens up for you. Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester. An overall engineering community in Rochester further focused on balancing excellence in quality and customer satisfaction with employee work life balance would be fantastic.
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2021 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year Finalist Joseph D. Majkowski Lead Engineer L3Harris Technologies Education: Rochester Institute of Technology Bachelor and Masters of Science, Electrical Engineering
How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership? I have been able to apply my engineering skills to effectivly communicate my vision for the future of antennas within L3H. This has helped to steer our dirction and motivate my team to develop cutting edge antenna solutions. What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement? Development of the High efficiency broadband matching network. Improved efficiency of all of our whip antennas by 50% has made us the leader in antenna technology for military radios. This has contributed to multiple, multi-million dollar radio contract awards for L3H. Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career. Loss of key co-workers. I was able to shoulder the burden of their loss, which spurred very rapid personal development and growth. This also gave rise to some very unique engineering ideas. What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients? Never stop learning and growing. Keep pushing your ideas forward and proving their validity. Your ideas can and will change our society. Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester. World-class engineering that is recognized all over the world for its life altering innovations. This vision would involve multiple collaborative efforts throughout the community. 22 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER APRIL 2022
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2021 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year Finalist Megan Nicole Smith Specialist, Software Engineer L3Harris Technologies Communications Systems Education: Georgia State University Master’s Degree – Computer Science (2014-2016) Bachelor of Science – Applied Physics (2008-2013)
How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership? Since I started studying science and engineering, I have been using that knowledge to give back to fellow students and coworkers. In college, I tutored physics and computer science. I also volunteered as an instructor for the Girls Who Code Foundation. What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement? I am part of a great team that develops tactical communication radios for our armed forces. Coming from a military background, I believe this to be a great achievement. I take pride in our product and its performance. Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career. The higher level engineers and leadership at L3Harris have exponentially improved my engineering career. They have given me so much mentorship, guidance and feedback, as well as the opportunity to work on challenging and rewarding assignments. What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients? I would say never give up on something hard or worth doing. I have found that you can accomplish anything by trying hard and reaching out for help and other available resources. All the answers are there, if you look. Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester. I believe an investment in engineering solutions is the future for Rochester, and the rest of the world. Implementing better public transportation (such as high speed railways), more installations of solar panels, and the use of electric cars would improve our future. cover article - RES award announcements
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Announcing the Award Recipients Join us Thursday, May 26, 2022 for the Award Presentation at the RES Annual Meeting Come congratulate Six 2021 Engineers of Distinction
2021 Engineer of Distinction Jarrod P. Adams Scientist in Electrical Engineering L3Harris Technologies Education: AS Engineering Sciences (04) Genesee Community College BS Electrical Engineering (07) Rochester Institute of Technology
How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership? As a member of the Genesee Valley Club BMWCCA, I have instructed Autocross events to improve driver car control techniques and to help further understand electrical assistants (ABS, Traction control, etc.) to improve overall driving skills and safety, while having fun! What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement? I can’t think of one specific achievement in particular that rises to the top, but a combination of many. Overcoming technical implementation challenges during a multi-year product design, that comes together for the final customer product delivery, is a rewarding experience. Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career. I’ve had the opportunity to collaborate with many people who have positively influenced my career, but my grandfather really sparked my engineering interest at a young age by teaching me how to fly small airplanes, which led to building model R/C versions. What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients? Don’t lose that thirst for knowledge. It’s easy to become singularly focused once applying your skills in industry. A college education is a great foundation for engineering, but try to maintain that desire to acquire new skills and expand your engineering toolbox. Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester. With the increasing number of professional opportunities and technical education paths available, I see engineering within Rochester continuing to grow and provide innovative solutions to future challenges.
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2021 Engineer of Distinction Mark F. Bocko, PhD Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Rochester Education: BA in Physics, 1978, Colgate University MA in Physics, 1980, University of Rochester Ph.D. in Physics, 1984, University of Rochester
How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership? I have taught Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Rochester for 37 years and I served as Chair of the ECE Department for 15 years. During this time, I also founded a new program in Audio and Music Engineering at the UR. What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement? In 1996, with my collaborators Marc Feldman and Andrea Domino, we published the first proposal for a practical superconducting quantum computer. Twenty-five years later scores of groups world-wide continue the development of superconducting quantum computers based on these original concepts. Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career. My PhD advisor Professor David Douglass of the University of Rochester gave me the opportunity and the inspiration to pursue my passion of pushing the boundaries of technology. What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients? Do what interests you the most, but keep an open mind about exploring new areas that you may not initially have believed to be interesting, as you learn more about them they may become your new passion. Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester. I am passionate about the intersection of the arts and technology, in particular audio and music. I would like to build on our regional strengths to make Rochester a center for audio technology and sound/music production for new media. cover article - RES award announcements
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Announcing the Award Recipients Join us Thursday, May 26, 2022 for the Award Presentation at the RES Annual Meeting Come congratulate Six 2021 Engineers of Distinction
2021 Engineer of Distinction James P. Farnham, Jr. Director of Automation and Controls ReBuild: Optimation Technology, LLC Education: Alfred State College AAS, Electrical Engineering Technology, 1990-1992 Clarkson University BS, Electrical Engineering, 1992-1994
How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership? I’ve used my engineering skills mostly at church and scouting activities. As the group manager for the automation and controls group, I’ve mentored many young engineers. What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement? My greatest engineering achievement to date was seeing my first batch house, that I was the lead electrical engineer for, being built and make product. This was a tremendous learning experience for me and enabled me to go the next level in my career. Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career. Paul Kelly, Mike Bond, Dale Reynolds, Bob Snow have probably had the most impact on my electrical engineering career. I thank Bill Pollock for the opportunity to work at Optimation and all the support that he has provided during my journey at Optimation. What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients? Engineering is difficult. It takes dedication, discipline, intelligence, sacrifice, among other things. But it’s amazing to see the results of your labors. It’s awesome to see what you’ve been working on for a year or built and making product. Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester. Rochester has always been a hub of great minds. Think of Kodak, Xerox, Bausch and Lomb back in their heydays and the innovation that existed. That innovation still exists in the many companies that were formed since then and continue to grow. 26 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER APRIL 2022
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2021 Engineer of Distinction Jacob W. Hillmon Scientist, Electrical Engineering L3Harris Technologies
Education: Rochester Institute of Technology, BS Electrical Engineering, 2008 Rochester Institute of Technology, MS Applied Statistics, 2018
How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership? I try to lead professionally by showing up and following through for my colleagues. I try to always be available and open to using my skills to contribute towards solving complex engineering problems. What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement? I am most proud to have been a part of the large multidisciplinary team that designed and now produces the AN/PRC-163 Multi-Channel Handheld Radio System. Helping this team to overcome many complex challenges has been the highlight of my career. Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career. Two individuals, Mark Thompson and Bill Eign, set a standard for excellence and integrity. They inspire me to set high standards for myself and my work. Studying statistics gave me more tools for solving engineering problems, changed how I see everything, and made me curious. What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients? Find projects that challenge your abilities and make you curious. Find mentors and teams that are driven and supportive. These things will set you up to do your best work and grow towards fulfilling your potential. Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester. I am always excited when Rochester is recognized for contributions towards solving national and global problems. My vision is for Rochester engineers to continue making positive impacts globally.
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2021 Engineer of Distinction Alan Pilecki Director of Engineering Chief Engineer, HF Products L3Harris Technologies Education: 2001: Bachelor of Science: Computer Science – SUNY Geneseo 2010: Masters of Science: Computer Science Rochester Institute of Technology
How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership? There is such a need in our community and profession for good leaders. My engineering experience has allowed me to become a better servant leader in the church ministries, youth sports organizations, and professional projects I am involved in. What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement? Leading the development of the AN/PRC-160 Wideband HF Manpack radio, the first military tactical radio of its kind. It is in use across the US DoD and our allies around the world providing critical communications to their missions. Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career. The transformation of my engineering team to be Agile and Continuous Improvement centric. This has been professionally lifechanging for me as an engineer and project manager. It has provided an environment where engineers thrive on our projects. What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients? Be a change agent for what you believe in. Don’t accept the status quo. Empower others to be a part of the solution. Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester. For Rochester to be established as a place where students and professional engineers alike want to come and stay for their careers, because of the robust opportunities that the companies, institutions, and community here provide. 28 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER APRIL 2022
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2021 Engineer of Distinction Peter C. Sherer Technical Sales Engineer Re:Build Optimation Technology, LLC
Education: BSME Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1980
How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership? Engineering as a discipline teaches systematic problem solving, I have learned to apply this discipline to other life challenges, and have helped others to work through challenges in a systemic manner with helpful outcomes. Most engineering efforts have a project construct, which teaches planning and preparation, these techniques are also life skills that can be applied to endeavors outside of work (like a honey-do list!) What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement? As an engineering leader, I have received great personal satisfaction in being able to mentor and guide others in seeking to engineer projects effectively. There is no greater reward than being part of the growth and success of another who is learning and absorbing new knowledge, that you can help achieve results they may not have been able to accomplish without your coaching and participation. Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career. Much of my formative experience harkens back to my time at Eastman Kodak, where I learned from some truly outstanding engineers. The early years were rich with both technical depth and expertise, as well as project experiences that were complex, challenging, and great vehicles for observing and practicing teamwork and positive interpersonal skills. I don’t think I realized how fortunate I was to be standing on the shoulders of many great men and women, until I viewed those experiences in retrospect years later. What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients? Several thoughts come to mind here. One of my mantras is: “If you don’t know the answer, talk about how you are going to get the answer”. Be open to new challenges and don’t be intimidated by them, as they may provide the springboard for your most personal growth. Get to know your immediate circle of close associates and keep your eye out for a senior person that you respect, with a goal of asking that person to mentor you (it helps to know that senior people are always flattered when young folks ask them for help). Most significant technical endeavors will require the creative participation of a team of contributors, so learn to be a friend, a good listener, and a compromiser. Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester. Rochester has an outstanding technical pedigree that we all need to continue to build upon. This will take vision and planning. The vision will need to be directed at some of the challenges our modern society continues to face, and the role technology and engineering will play to help us as a people solve these challenges and continue to evolve a world that is safe, environmentally sound, and rewarding to be a part of. As engineers, we must plan how to define problems, develop new processes, and design equipment platforms to deliver these advances to our constituents. We are in a time of great technical turmoil, which also creates great opportunity. It is a time for us to engage with vigor, to help create the next construct of our world. APRIL 2022 The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 29
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This month’s column is a highlight on a student program through the lens of a local engineer. Larry Lewis is currently a Systems Engineer at Viewpoint Systems. He received his bachelor of science degree in Electrical Engineering Technology from RIT in 2004. When he graduated from RIT and was looking to do something with his free time, he received an email about a FIRST® Robotics team forming at work that was looking for mentors. He didn’t have any background in robotics but jumped right in as a mentor to lead a strategy group of students (how to drive a robot and play the game). Eighteen years later, his role has evolved to support all FIRST programs throughout the Penfield School District. Since 2010 he has been the coach for the FIRST Robotics Team 1511 Rolling Thunder at Penfield High School which has approximately 45 members. FRC 1511 Rolling Thunder – Home of Rolling Thunder (penfieldrobotics.com). What is FIRST? From their website, "FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a robotics community that prepares young people for the future through a suite of inclusive, team-based robotics programs for ages 4-18 (PreK-12)
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that can be facilitated in school or in structured after school programs. Teams operate under a signature set of FIRST Core Values to conduct research, fundraise, design, build, and showcase their achievements during annual challenges." There are levels within FIRST for various age ranges. Locally they are FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Discover (Grades PreK - 1), FLL Explorer (Grades 2-4), FLL Challenge (Grades 4-8), FIRST Tech Challenge (Grades 7-8) and finally the FIRST Robotics Competition (Grades 9-12). For the FIRST Robotics competition (high school) build season is January until competition (typically 7 weeks). The Rolling Thunder team meets year-round. In the off-season, the team focuses on technical training (getting team members up-to-speed to get ready for build season), team dynamics and student leadership. The FIRST program is mentor guided and student run. Once Larry got involved, he saw the impact that being on the team had on students and mentors and how they can make a positive change in the community and society. It allows students to see a variety of career paths, value STEM more, and have appreciation for all of the technologies that surround them. The team has students from diverse backgrounds, varying interests (varsity athletics, drama club, chess club, band, etc.) and all have a common goal. It’s interesting and rewarding to see all the team members mesh and interact with each other. People are multi-faceted and there are many different things to do on the team; software, electronics, mechanics, design, leadership, FIRST outreach, and business (fundraising, marketing). The team becomes a 2nd home for many students, a place where they can fit in and be part of something. It’s a support network. Larry stays in touch with past students and is inspired by the stories of what they do. He sees being involved with FIRST as an opportunity to give back, to help create culture and unity amongst the students and the community. It is much more than robotics. Team members are ambassadors for FIRST and STEM in community. Mentors are always wanted. Anyone can be a mentor and can jump in at any level! At the high school level, it helps if mentors have a background in engineering, but teams also need mentors in business, project management, and marketing. Mentors can be dedicated year-round mentors or seasonal mentors (i.e. build season only), judge RES Student Feature
events, or tournament volunteers. All a new mentor or student needs is the willingness to jump in and try! To get engaged with a team in your area please visit: https://www.firstinspires.org/team-event-search FIRST Contact: https://www.firstinspires.org/about/contact-us FIRST Robotics Team 1511 Contact: https://penfieldrobotics.com/contact/ If you'd like to learn more, the FIRST robotics community is featured in the original documentary “More Than Robots,” now streaming on Disney+. If you know of a student in grade 6 through college or a past RES scholarship recipient who should be highlighted in this column, please contact Lynne Irwin at the RES, res@frontiernet.net q APRIL 2022 The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 31
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Faculty research improves smart warehouse technology and material handling options
Michael Kuhl and research team test collaborative robots to supplement warehouse operations Soon industrial robots in warehouses will be smart enough to know which has the right of way in busy aisles. Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are developing an intelligent materials handling system for warehouses that integrates smart technologies including LiDAR sensors and artificial intelligence. With supply chain challenges brought on by the pandemic and increased demands for e-commerce, technology can provide the support businesses need to improve productivity, efficiency, and safety in a warehouse setting.
A group of faculty-researchers built a prototype autonomous fork truck with embedded systems to advance smart warehouse systems. Credit: Photo provided
“This is one area where robotics and autonomous material handling can help,” said Michael Kuhl, professor of industrial and systems engineering in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering. “Robots can work longer periods of time—not necessarily to replace jobs, but on some of the manual, non-value-added tasks. It means a change of focus of jobs, with people needed to design and maintain fleets of vehicles and robots.” Kuhl and the project team received a grant for “Effective and efficient driving for material handling,” a oneyear, $300,000 project sponsored by The Raymond Corp. It advances earlier work with the company that established task selection and path planning of individual autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). New work focuses on advanced avoidance and communication strategies for multiple robots and humans in the warehouse environment. In warehousing operations, there is often a mix of autonomous and human-operated equipment. Avoidance strategies need to be integrated with task 32 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER APRIL 2022
options, path planning, and recognition of multiple robots able to communicate with one another in real time, and to recognize humans who also will be interacting in the warehouse space. “We have information about localization, the different types of sensors that we use within the warehouse to try to identify where the robots are located, and the actual movement of the robot,” said Kuhl. “Can they plan to get from the current location to destination safely and efficiently? They can have a short path, but they still need to avoid other robots and people.” Using deep neural network strategies (types of machine learning techniques), the system components are trained to make specific, sequenced decisions based on common tasks, but also infrequent or unusual actions that might occur in the warehouse environment. The team is also studying the communication networks within the warehouse —WiFi and cellular network technology functions—as viable solutions. New standards for cellular technologies permit increased individual cellular communication between individual campus news
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Faculty researchers developing the smart warehouse technology are, left to right, students Rahul Gulia and Andrew Pasek; Professor Clark Hochgraf; student Dylan Lebedin; Professor Andres Kwasinski; students Sriparvathi Bhattathiri and Ankita Tondwalkar; Professor Michael Kuhl; student Anton Bogovik and Professor Amlan Ganguly. Credit: Photo provided
devices, Kuhl explained. “In terms of people and vehicles interacting, could we take advantage of the sensors of multiple vehicles moving around the warehouse?” he said. “If a vehicle is coming down one path, and it sees a person or another vehicle coming out of an aisle, can they communicate and make a decision about what to do next? Who has the right of way?” The team has found that robots will be able to react. In field experiments at Simcona Electronics Corp., a Rochester-based company that sources and procures electrical and mechanical components for manufacturing, the team tests the robotic technology in its 50,000-square-foot facility. “We needed the real setting to be able to do this work and to move it forward. They provide an extremely valuable resource for us,” said Kuhl. He has has been working with campus partners Amlan Ganguly, associate professor and department head, and Andres Kwasinksi, professor, both in the computer engineering department in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering; and Clark Hochgraf, associate professor in the electrical and computer engineering technology department in RIT’s College of Engineering Technology. Also participating on the project team is Maojia Li, a recent RIT engineering doctoral graduate. q campus news
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Passero News Passero Associates Senior Promotions and New Shareholders Passero Associates proudly announces promotions to senior management and the addition of new shareholders. Promoted to the position of Senior Associate: David Cox, PE and Mira Mejibovsky, AIA, LEED AP BD+C. DAVID COX, PE – Sr. Associate│Civil Department Manager Mr. Cox is in his 12th year with Passero Associates and has 20 years in the Civil Engineering Industry. His role as Sr. Associate│Civil Department Manager includes oversight responsibilities for Civil, Survey, ReadyVIS, and the Hudson Valley office. He is a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology and holds an MBA from St. John Fisher College. He is licensed drone pilot and Professional Engineer in New York and Pennsylvania. David provides project management and project engineering services on commercial, industrial, residential, institutional, and energy projects. MIRA MEJIBOVSKY, AIA, LEED AP BD+C – Sr. Associate│Senior Project Architect Ms. Mejibovsky has been a valued member of Passero’s leadership team since 2005 and has served the Architecture profession with excellence for over 30 years. Since joining Passero 16 years ago, Ms. Mejibovsky has designed and managed student housing, hospitality, multi-family, commercial, religious, and education projects, developing and growing those markets for Passero. As Sr. Associate│Senior Architect, she is an industry leader and frequently provides counsel and guidance to staff and clients. Ms. Mejibovsky holds a Masters of Architecture from Moscow Architectural Institute and has continued her studies at Rochester Institute of Technology. She is a member of the AIA, and a LEED Accredited Professional in Building Design and Construction.
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Passero has also added five new shareholders and Associates: Lisa Cheung, LEED Green Associate; Matthew Nissen, PE; Daniel Passero, NICET IV; Justin Vollenweider, AIA; and Patrick Williams, PE, SE. These new members of senior leadership represent both the range of professional services that Passero offers in planning, civil engineering, construction support, architecture, and structural engineering and the firm’s geographic regions of service. LISA CHEUNG, LEED GREEN ASSOCIATE – Associate│Director of NE Aviation Services Ms. Cheung has over 27 years of experience as an airport planner and over 25 years with the firm. She supports aviation clients as Northeast Aviation Services Director, and now, Associate and Shareholder. She excels at managing client relationships, strategic recruiting efforts, and building coordination and communication within the Aviation Team. Ms. Cheung is a licensed private pilot which lends additional knowledge to the master planning and obstruction analysis support she provides her clients. She delivers outstanding, client-focused service on every project. Ms. Cheung is a graduate of Dowling College, with a Master of Business Administration: Aviation Management, and a BA in Mathematics. She is a LEED Green Associate and a member of the New York Airport Management Association, Massachusetts Airport Management Association, Northeast Chapter of American Association of Airport Executives and American Planning Association. Ms. Cheung is based in the firm’s Rochester office. 34 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER APRIL 2022
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MATTHEW NISSEN, PE – Associate│Senior Project Manager Mr. Nissen has over 14 years of experience as an engineer and with Passero Associates. His progression to Senior Project Manager, Associate and Shareholder is reflective of his dedication, entrepreneurial spirit and focus on building strong client relationships. He has solidified relationships with long-standing clients and has fueled numerous new relationships with private developers and municipalities. Mr. Nissen is a licensed Professional Engineer in New York and Pennsylvania and holds a BS degree in Civil Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a member of American Society of Civil Engineers, American Council of Engineering Companies, New York Aviation Management Association, and serves as Vice Chair on the Oneonta Airport Commission. Mr. NIssen is based in the firm’s Albany office. DANIEL PASSERO, NICET IV – Associate│Senior Engineering Technician With 38 years of exemplary service to his credit, Dan Passero is one of the longest-standing employees at Passero. Through his experience on countless Private, State, Municipal and FAA projects, he has developed a master-level knowledge of NYSDOT and FAA Rules, Regulations and Specifications, Monroe County DOT, and City of Rochester Standard Construction Documents. Dan has logged thousands of hours observing Municipal utility, road rehab and road reconstruction projects, and Airport runway, taxiway, apron and lighting projects. Dan has earned the respect of construction professionals throughout the A/E/C industry for his knowledge, skill in working with contractors/subcontractors and his ability to make changes in the field when constructability issues arise. Dan holds many certifications, including National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies – NICET IV-Transportation Engineering Technology and Highway Construction Inspection, FAA P-401 Asphalt Paving and NYSDEC-Certified Erosion & Sediment Control. Mr. Passero is based in the firm’s Rochester office. JUSTIN VOLLENWEIDER, AIA – Associate│Senior Project Architect Mr. Vollenweider began his career as an Intern at the firm in 2007 and his career advancement is reflective of his increase in leadership and responsibilities over his nearly 15 years at Passero. Mr. Vollenweider has played a key role in the growth and expansion of the Southeast US Architectural Service line with significant project wins and has been involved in the design of many award-winning projects. Justin is a graduate of Alfred State University, with a Bachelor’s degree in Architectural Engineering Technology. He is a member of the AIA and is licensed as an Architect in the States of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Ohio, New York and Vermont. Mr. Vollenweider is also a member of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards and the Construction Specifications Institute. He holds the Construction Specifications Institute CSI-CDT certification. Mr. Vollenweider is based in the firm’s St. Augustine, Florida office. PATRICK WILLIAMS, PE, SE – Associate│Structural Department Manager Mr. Williams, with over 17 years of experience, joined PA in 2019, establishing and developing the Structural Engineering Department. He has been Structural Engineer of Record and is responsible for all of PA’s building structure work, including the design and construction of low to mid-rise structures for municipal, multi-family, healthcare, faith-based, industrial, aviation, K-12 and higher education projects. Mr. Williams and the Structural Team are a trusted resource for clients and building owners. His emphasis on design collaboration with other project team members ensures a coordinated and streamlined product while ensuring constructability and material efficiency. Mr. Williams is a graduate of Old Dominion University where he earned his BS in Civil Engineering Technology, with a Structural emphasis, and has completed graduate level studies in business administration and structural engineering. He holds PE licenses in 11 states and SE (structural engineer) licenses in three states. Mr. Williams is based in the firm’s Rochester office. q Professional Firms Employee News, continued on page 37 professional firms employee newss
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Go to the RES Website for Updated Details On All Meetings - www.roceng.org BE SURE TO CHECK IF A MEETING IS STILL SCHEDULED BECAUSE OF COVID-19
Friday, April 1
Wednesday, April 20
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) p 44 Teleconference/Webinar: Pozzolanic Concrete – Pozzolanic Reaction – 1 PDH Pending
Association for Bridge Construction and Design (ABCD) ABCD Spring Seminar Earn up to 6 PDH Credits Place: Batavia Downs Gaming Center, 8315 Park Road, Batavia, NY 14020 Time: 7:15 am - Check-in; 8:00 am-Program begins. Cost: Virtual - $50; Members - $125; Non-members - $150; Full Time Students - $35 (includes breaks, lunch and PDH certificates). Registration: Registration begins March 1st. To register visit the ABCDWNY website at www.abcdwny.com. Registration deadline is Friday, March 25th (no refunds after March 25th). For additional information contact Jonathan Herman, PE, GPI, 716-989-3318, jherman@gpinet.com or Tomas Adino, PE, City of Rochester, 585-428-6535, tomas.andino@cityofrochester.gov.
Monday, April 11
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Tentatively: Tour and Presentation at Meier Supply 1 PDH Credit Pending
Speaker: Alexander Gugliotta, Aquafin, Inc. Time: Lunch hour – 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. Cost: $10 to receive PDH for Members; $15 to receive PDH for Non-members; Students and No PDH required – FREE. Reservations: RSVP by Friday, April 15th and you will receive an invitation to the webinar via email - ascerochester@gmail.com. Website: www.asce.org Back to Table of Contents
Due to the continuation of COVID19 the committee has decided to go virtual for everyone's safety. If you are registered and paid, we have forwarded it to the 2022 Virtual Symposium. A letter has been sent to you on how to register for this year. We hope to see everyone in-person in 2023! Please continue to stay safe and hopefully the vaccines will allow us to do so soon! Chris Devries, Symposium Chairman
The 2022 Engineering Symposium in Rochester is going Virtual Sponsored by Rochester's Technical and Engineering Societies and RIT
Three Consecutive Thursday's April 21, April 29, and May 5 Earn up to 9 PDHs (3 PDHs each day) Courses available in: Civil, Electrical, Lighting, Mechanical, HVAC, and Plumbing.
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Speaker: Mike Nohle Time: 5:00 pm with a catered meal. Please refer to the website as details are being finalized: www.rochesterashrae.org.
Details on presentations and speakers is on the website.
Time: 1:00 to 5:00 pm each date $90 Advance Registration for all 3 dates. Registration is on the website at www.roceng.org (Go to the calendar and then April 21st)
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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: Therochesterengineer@gmail.com. The meetings offering PDHs are highlighted in blue. Details about the meeting and affiliate (if in this issue) are on the corresponding page listed next to the affiliate name.
Wednesday, April 6
Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Thursday, April 14
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Over, Under, Around and Through: How Hall of Famers Surmount Challenges Speaker: Jill Tietjen, PE Place: Zoom presentation. Time: 7:00 to 8:00 pm Registration: Register through the SWE website, swerochester.org.
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RIT Microelectronic Engineering 40 Anniversary Conference – Also celebrating the retirement of Dr. Lynn Fuller after 51 years of teaching Microelectronics at RIT
Keynote Speaker: Gary Patton, Corporate Vice President, General Manager of Design Enablement, and General Manager of Component Research at Intel. Place: RIT Inn & Conference Center Time: Technical Program - 8:30 am to 4:30 pm with lunch. Dinner program – 5:30 to 8:30 pm. Registration: The conference and dinner agendas along with the registration link can be found here – https://www.rit.edu/engineering/rit-microe-40th-anniversary.
Monday, April 11
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
Tentatively: Tour and Presentation at Meier Supply 1 PDH Credit Pending
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Wednesday, April 13
Exploring the Cosmic Web with JWST
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Speaker: Dr. Jeyhan Kartaltepe, Astrophysicist, School of Physics and Astronomy, RIT Place: Zoom Meeting. To receive the zoom details to join this program email: rochesterist@gmail.com. Time: 6:00 pm Details: http://roceng.org/ISandT engineers' calendar
Board of Directors Meeting
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Place: 40 & 8 Club, 933 University Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607 Time: Board Meeting at 6:00 pm Details: www.gvlsa.com.
Wednesday, April 20
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Teleconference/Webinar: Pozzolanic Concrete – Pozzolanic Reaction 1 PDH Pending
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Speaker: Alexander Gugliotta, Aquafin, Inc. Time: Lunch hour – 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. Cost: $10 to receive PDH for Members; $15 to receive PDH for Non-members; Students and No PDH required – FREE. Reservations: RSVP by Friday, April 15th and you will receive an invitation to the webinar via email ascerochester@gmail.com. Website: www.asce.org.
Wednesday, April 20
Speaker: Mike Nohle Time: 5:00 pm with a catered meal. Please refer to the website as details are being finalized: www.rochesterashrae.org.
Society for Imaging Science & Technology (IS&T)
Place: The Exchange Sports Bar, 251 Exchange Blvd., Downtown Rochester Time: 4:00 to 7:00 pm. 1st drink FREE for ASCE Members! Website: www.asce.org.
Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association (GVLSA) th
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Thursday, April 14
Friday, April 8
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
Join us for Happy Hour!
American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE)
ADA Compliant Plumbing Products
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Speaker: Jillian Tondreau, Delta Faucets (Sponsor: Twin “D” Associates) Place: Webinar Reservations: Reservations to Dave Jereckos, 585-341-3168 or djereckos@ibceng.com by April 18th. Chapter website: https://www.aspe.org/rochester/events.htm Engineers' Calendar, continued on page 40
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Society for Imaging Science & Technology (IS&T)
The Current and Future Role of Eye Tracking in Virtual and Augmented Reality
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Speaker: Gabriel Diaz, RIT Place: Zoom Meeting. To receive the zoom details to join this program email: rochesterist@gmail.com. Time: 6:00 pm Details: http://roceng.org/ISandT
Thursday, April 21
International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) AVIAN & MBSE at NAVAIR
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Tuesday, April 26
Digital Camera Milestone Dedication – Joint Chapters Meeting
APWA Awards Banquet
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Speakers: Keynote Speaker – Dr. Terry Taber, Sr. VP and Chief Technical Officer, Kodak. See page 49 for list of 6 speakers and topics. Place: Kodak Center on Ridge Road Time: 3:00 to 4:00 – Digital Camera IEEE Milestone Ceremony; 4:00 to 4:30 – Light Refreshments; 4:30 to 6:00 – Two Sessions; 6:00 to 6:45 – Reception, Cash Bar; 6:45 to 8:00 – Buffet Style Dinner; 7:15 to 8:00 pm – Keynote Presentation. Reservations: To register for the Milestone event: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/308439. To register for the Joint Chapters Meeting & Dinner: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/308572
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Place: RIT Inn & Conference Center Time: 6:00 pm Registration: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/ event?llr=tfo7rkebb&oeidk=a07ej3adkpua7e2f819
Tuesday, May 3
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
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EXCOM Meeting
Speakers: John Sliger and Rhett Zimmer, AVIAN Time: Meetings begin at 6:00 pm and run to approximately 7:30 pm Registration: All meetings are held virtually until further notice. We use zoom for our monthly meetings. There is no cost to attend but pre-registration is required. To register send an email to Teresa.Froncek@incose.net and a link will be sent out a few days before the meeting.
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
American Public Works Association (APWA)
Place: Hybrid, via WebEx and in-person (see vtools for venue and WebEx login) Time: 11:50 am to 1:15 pm Registration links for our events are at: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/307431.
Monday, May 16
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) ASHRAE Picnic / Golf Tournament
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Place: Ravenwood Golf Course, 929 Lynaugh Road, Victor, NY Time: Golf registration – 9:30 to 10:45 am; Shotgun start at 11:00 am; Picnic from 4:00 to 7:30 pm. Dinner served by Dinosaur Bar-B-Que. Please see page 55 in this issue for additional details and forms to purchase tickets and be a sponsor. Also you can refer to the website for additional details: www.rochesterashrae.org.
Friday, May 20
Electrical Association (EA)
Casino Night – To Benefit the Kessler Burn Center at URMC
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Place: The Strathallan, 550 East Avenue, Rochester, NY Time: 6:00 to 10:00 pm Cost: $65/Ticket. Tickets and additional details on the website at www.eawny.com or by calling 585-382-9545.
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Thank You, Rochester Engineering Society! By the time you read this, the 2022 Terra Rochester Finger Lakes Science & Engineering Fair will have been held with 86 students presenting 75 projects, more than 2.5x last year!
Gender Non-Binary 4%
Harold Clark TRFSEF Director trfsef@terraed.org
Projects ranged from “Analyzing Authenticity of Spices” (Grade 6) to “Training Artificial Intelligence Agents in Game Environments” (Grade 12) See them all at Fair/Showcase. Ethnicity
Male 47% Female 49%
Hispanic 3%
Multi-racial 13%
White 35%
Asian 15%
Thank you • RES Members for encouraging students to participate and volunteering to be judges • Lynne Irwin and the Office for the excellent publicity
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African American 31%
MiddleEastern 3%
Don’t miss the chance to judge at the GENIUS Olympiad April 15 -30
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The Society of Women Engineers stimulates women to achieve full potential in careers as engineers and leaders, expands the image of the engineering profession as a positive force in improving the quality of life, and demonstrates the value of diversity.
swerochester.org Find us on Facebook at SWE Rochester c/o Rochester Engineering Society at RMSC 657 EastAve Rochester, NY 14607
Join us for zoom presentation by Jill Tietjen, P.E. “Over, Under, Around and Through: How Hall of Famers Surmount Challenges” Wednesday, April 6, 2022 Zoom Meeting – 7-8pm Jill Tietjen will discuss her new book: Over, Under, Around, and Through, which presents short profiles of fifty women, who have been inducted into Halls of Fame around the world. She will focus on a few and discuss how they dealt with significant obstacles and challenges in their lives. Jill presents the stories within a framework of ten key characteristics that are embodied in these women: mental intelligence, emotional intelligence, social support, moral compass/spirituality, determination/perseverance/persistence, optimism, creativity, resilience, action orientation, and passion. Please register through our website.
Elections for Open Positions SWE Rochester will be holding elections for next year’s leadership team. Please consider running for one of the following roles. If you have any questions or are interested in running, please reach out to the current SWE President, Marca Lam. President – oversee SWE affairs and help to further the advancement of women engineers in the Rochester Area. Vice-President – assist the President with SWE affairs. Perform the President’s duties in their absence. Secretary – be the section correspondence focal point. Administer and organize the electronic communication through gmail. Treasurer – maintain SWE accounts, prepare the annual finance report. The leadership team develops the direction of the section, but there are more ways to help! WE NEED YOUR HELP Join our leadership team as secretary of vice-president. Please reach out to swerochester@gmail.com to get more information on each role.
Join or Renew SWE Roc Benefit from a network of women engineers, get involved in outreach activities, and gain access to professional and personal development resources!
If you haven’t done so already, be sure to renew your membership today at swe.org. If you don’t have a membership yet, please join us!
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Finger Lakes Chapter of INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON SYSTEMS ENGINEERING http://www.incose.org/ChaptersGroups/Chapters/ChapterSites/finger-lakes/chapter-home
Finger Lakes Chapter of INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON SYSTEMS ENGINEERING http://www.incose.org/ChaptersGroups/Chapters/ChapterSites/finger-lakes/chapter-home
Upcoming March Chapter Meeting: March 17, 2022
Upcoming Chapter Meeting: April 21, 2022 “Introduction to Railway Signaling and Train Control for Rapid Transit” By Stuart Landau, Senior Train Control Systems Engineer Railway signaling allowsatsafe operations of multiple trains on the same tracks and “AVIAN & MBSE NAVAIR”
By John Sliger andtracks. RhettThis Zimmer, AVIAN will be a very brief introduction to optimizes capacity of the presentation Air Systems are large, complex, its Naval basic principles andCommand how they (NAVAIR) have beenprograms implemented over the last several
comprehensive, and have a long from system life cycle.devices Adapting at NAVAIR decades with various technologies, mechanical to MBSE microprocessorincludes a “Digital Transformation” for systems engineering, formalizing based equipment. Application of the principles varies across different typesaofmodelbased here approach forfocus systems engineering, difficulty due to differentand phases of the railways; we will on rapid transit which includes subways metros, recognizing size doesn’t fitlatest all, converting well-defined andacquisition will cover cycle, wayside signaling, that cab one signaling, and the Communicationsdisciplines into MBSE, creating familiar “views”, and obtaining stakeholder buyBased Train Control (CBTC). in.
Meetings begin at 6:00 pm (eastern) and run to approximately 7:30 pm (eastern) Meetings begin 6:00held pm virtually (eastern)until andfurther run tonotice. approximately 7:30 pm (eastern) All meetings are at being
All held virtually until further notice. We meetings use zoomare forbeing our monthly meetings. We use zoom for our monthly meetings. • There is no cost to attend for anyone, but pre-registration is required. • There is no cost to attend for anyone, but pre-registration is required. o To register, send an email to Teresa.Froncek@incose.net o To register, send an email to Teresa.Froncek@incose.net The link will be sent out a few days before the meeting The link will be sent out a few days before the meeting
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American Society of Civil Engineers www.asce.org
WEBINAR: POZZOLANIC CONCRETE
PRESENTER: DATE: LOCATION: TIME: COST:
Alexander Gugliotta (Aquafin, Inc.) Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Teleconference / Webinar Lunch Hour, 12:00pm – 1:00pm $10 to receive PDH for Members & $15 to receive PDH for Non-Members Students or No PDH required: FREE
RSVP by Friday 4/15 and you will receive an invitation to the webinar via email.
Join us for Happy Hour! Thursday, April 14 The Exchange Sports Bar 251 Exchange Blvd. Downtown Rochester 4 P.M. – 7 P.M. 1st drink FREE for members!!! 44 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER APRIL 2022
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657 East Avenue, Rochestter, New York 14607 Dedicated to Professionalism in Engineering in the Interest of Public Safety and Welfare 2021-22 Officers: President Michael O. Ritchie, PE, President-elect Bill Grove, PE, Vice-President Robert K. Winans, PE, Secretary Martin E. Gordon, PE, Treasurer Christopher R. Devries, PE Past Presidents: Christopher V. Kambar, PE , David C. Roberts, PE, Directors: Barry J. Dumbauld, PE, Donald Nims, PE, Joseph Dombrowski, PE, Jim Drago, PE, Neal Illenberg, PE, Douglas R. Strang Jr., PE
MPES SCHOLARSHIPS MPES sponsors two annual scholarships for local college students to study Engineering. To ensure that this organization can continue to provide scholarships to deserving students for years to come, we are seeking donations from local engineering firms, RES and MPES members. For more information on how to make a donation please email mritchie@costich.com.
CHANGES TO ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM IN ROCHESTER Due to the ongoing threat of Covid, this year’s Engineering Symposium in Rochester will be held virtually and is scheduled for three consecutive Thursday afternoons (4/21, 4/28 and 5/5). Registration is now open on the RES website, www.roceng.org (bottom of home page or go to April 21st on the calendar).
NOMINATIONS OPEN ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE AWARD Nominations are open for the Engineering Education Excellence Award to recognize engineering faculty who have demonstrated the ability to link engineering education with professional practice. Nominees must be licensed and have a faculty appointment in an ABET-accredited engineering program. https://www.nspe.org/sites/default/files/resources/pdfs/AboutNSPE/2020Engineering-Education-Excellence-AwardNomination-Form.pdf The award winner will be recognized on the NSPE website and will receive a cash prize of $5,000. The application deadline is March 31.
ASCE – REPORT CARD FOR AMERICA’S INFRASTRUCTURE ASCE released their annual Report Card for America’s Infrastructure. ASCE gave America’s Infrastructure a score of C-. This is the highest score ASCE has given in 20 years. Up from a D+ in 2017. Infrastructure supports nearly every aspect of life. Our pipes deliver drinking water to homes and hospitals. Airports, railroads, and inland waterways transport goods from farms and manufacturing plants to store shelves. The roads that crisscross the country allow us to get to work and school safely, and the network of transmission and distribution lines keeps the lights on and our electronics charged. Dams enable consistent water supply in arid climates, and levees hold back floodwaters to protect rain-soaked communities. Since ASCE began issuing the Report Card in 1998, the grades have struggled to get out of the D’s. However, more recently, decision-makers at all levels of government have recognized the critical role our infrastructure plays in supporting our quality of life and economy. Voters and lawmakers alike have championed smart infrastructure policy and increased investment in our multimodal freight system, drinking water networks, and more. This down payment on our infrastructure bill has contributed to modest but meaningful improvements. – ASCE Executive Summary. 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 mritchie@costich.com or contact MPES through our website at www.monroepes.org/contactus/. Mike Ritchie, PE, President, MPES mpes news
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Rochester, NY Section P.O. Box 23795 Rochester, NY 14692 www.iesrochester.org
IES Rochester Section Excellence In Lighting Awards It’s that time again…
The IES Rochester Section is pleased to present our annual Excellence in Lighting awards… And we want your submissions !!! Qualifying projects can be anything you have worked on in the past three years (2019-Present). Any sort of project qualifies. There will be an indoor and an outdoor category. Size & scope of projects are not the goal. The goal is excellent use of lighting in design and application. Anything goes. Submissions are due by Friday May 6th. Awards to be presented June 9th at the Rochester AIA awards dinner at the George Eastman Museum The judging process has been updated. Details are posted on our website. Questions or submissions should be directed to Peter Brincka at pete@qlsny.com Please remember to visit our website at www.iesrochester.org ies news
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April 2022 Newsletter Section Officers Chair Eric Brown Vice Chair Kelly Robinson Treasurer Howard Bussey Secretary (Vacant)
Chapters & Groups AES & COMSOC Cristiano Tapparello CS & CIS Bo Yuan EDS & CSS Sean Rommel EMBS Cristian Linte GRSS Emmett Ientilucci LIFE Mark Schrader APS & MTTS Danielle Walters Photonics Bruce Smith Parsian K. Mohseni PES & IAS Jean Kendrick Kelly Robinson SPS Alex Byrley Eric Zeise TEMS Paul Lee Young Professionals Eric Brown
Message from the Chair
Dear Colleagues, Congratulations to the newly elected Rochester Section Executive Committee Officers: Eric Brown (Chair), Kelly Robinson (Vice Chair), Howard Bussey (Treasurer), and Mark Schrader (Secretary). The big event for the Section is almost here. On April 26 the Rochester Section will host an IEEE Milestone Ceremony and Joint Chapters Meeting (JCM) at the Kodak Center (see page 2). Our next ExCom meeting will be on May 3 from noon - 1 pm. Please register in advance at https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/307431. In-person attendance details will be updated on vTools. Stay healthy and best regards,
TRFSEF Report Terra Rochester Finger Lakes Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Student Groups Univ. of Rochester Ming-Lun Lee RIT Jamison Heard
Committees Awards Jean Kendrick Communications Christine Frayda Howard Bussey Newsletter Mark Schrader PACE Bruce Rubin
Liaisons RES Greg Gdowski RCSS William Brewer
The Terra Rochester Finger Lakes Science & Engineering Fair was held virtually on March 19. o o o o
There were 63 students from grades 6-12 who were from the Rochester region and Western New York. The fair was very diverse with respect to gender, race, and ethnicity. We thank the 48 volunteer judges who read over the student’s materials, watched students’ presentations, asked questions, and then scored each student using a standard rubric. We thank the 63 students who participated and showed the results of their research, application of scientific principles, engineering/fabrication skills, and data analysis in their excellent presentations.
The combined awards ceremony for TRFSEF, the Potsdam fair, two international fairs, and the New York City fair will be held on April 20. Further questions? Contact Harold Clark, Ph.D., Fair Director, at trfsef@terraed.org.
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IEEE Digital Camera Milestone & Joint Chapters Meeting (JCM) The dedication of the plaque for the IEEE Milestone, First Hand-Held Solid-State Still Camera, will be held in conjunction with the Joint Chapters Meeting (JCM) on April 26. The Joint Chapters Meeting will present a keynote, six technical talks, and a dinner. The events will be held at the Kodak Center on Ridge Road. The schedule and registration URLs are shown below. Time Room 3:00 PM ‒ 4:00 PM Kodak Center Lobby 4:00 PM ‒ 4:30 PM Dining Room 4:30 PM ‒ 5:15 PM
Conference Rooms
5:15 PM ‒ 6:00 PM
Conference Rooms
6:00 PM ‒ 6:45 PM
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6:45 PM ‒ 8:00 PM 7:15 PM ‒ 8:00 PM
Dining Room Dining Room
Event Digital Camera IEEE Milestone Ceremony Light Refreshments IEEE Rochester Section JCM – Session 1 Three parallel presentations highlighting work in the Rochester area IEEE Rochester Section JCM – Session 2 Three parallel presentations highlighting work in the Rochester area IEEE Rochester Section Reception (crudité, cash bar) Buffet Style Dinner Keynote Presentation
Keynote Presentation: Dr. Terry Taber, Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer Kodak The talks for the JCM: • Human Brain – Computer Machine Interface - Prof. Zhi (Jenny) Zheng, RIT, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering • LED Printhead Technology - Chung Hui Kuo PhD, Research Scientist/Engineer, Eastman Kodak Company • Kodak Digital Camera Technology - Ken Parulski, Chief Scientist, aKAP Innovation • Celebrating RIT Contributions to Landsat – Aaron Gerace, PhD, RIT Remote Sensing Lab • Industrial Static Charge Control Demonstrations – Kelly Robinson PhD, Electrostatic Answers • History and Applications of Digital Radiography, Kodak's Contributions - Ram Dhurjaty, IEEE Distinguished Speaker Registration for the Milestone event: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/308439 Registration for the Joint Chapters Meeting & dinner: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/308572
Rochester Institute of Technology Microelectronic Engineering 40th Anniversary Conference Also celebrating the retirement of Dr. Lynn Fuller after 51 years of teaching Microelectronics at RIT. Date and Location: April 8th, 2022, at the RIT Inn and Conference Center. Technical Program – 8:30 am to 4:30 pm with lunch Dinner Program – 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm Dinner Keynote speaker: Gary Patton, Corporate Vice President, General Manager of Design Enablement, and General Manager of Component Research at Intel The conference and dinner agendas along with the registration link can be found here https://www.rit.edu/engineering/rit-microe-40th-anniversary
STRATUS Conference, May 23-25, Syracuse, NY There will be more than 45 talks on UAVs and Remote Sensing. Conference sponsorship is available. See the website: Stratus-Conference.com for more information and for registration.
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APWA Awards Banquet Please join us as the Genesee Valley Branch of APWA gathers to celebrate the region’s best in Public Works. When: Where: Registration:
Thursday, April 28, 2022 @ 6:00 p.m. RIT Inn & Conference Center http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=tfo7rkebb&oeidk=a07ej3adkpua7e2f819
This year’s award winners are: Project of the Year Awards ⋅
Chili Community Center – Town of Chili
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I-390 Interchange Improvements at I-490 – NYSDOT
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Irondequoit Community Center – Town of Irondequoit
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Ridge Road Bridge over Oak Orchard Creek – NYSDOT
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Fairport Northbank Enhancements – Village of Fairport
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Mud Mills Road Bridge over Ganargua Creek – Wayne County DPW
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Irondequoit Bay Marine Park – Town of Irondequoit
Individual Awards ⋅
Douglas Zefting Award (County) – Wayne Krull, Orleans County DPW
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Douglas Zefting Award (Town/Village) – Manuel Ortega, Village of Fairport DPW
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Dick Mack Contractor of the Year Award – Keeler Construction Co. Inc.
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Young Leader of the Year Award – Laura Wadhams, P.E., Genesee County
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Professional Manager of the Year – Transportation – James Fletcher, Town of Canandaigua
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Commendation for Exemplary Service to Public Works (posthumously) – James R. Pond, P.E., P.T.O.E.
APWA Scholarship Program Do you know a student entering or attending college or a trade school with an emphasis in civil engineering, urban planning, or the public works profession or trades? The Genesee Valley Branch is offering two scholarship awards for the 2022-2023 academic year. If interested, visit: http://newyork.apwa.net/pagedetails/21268
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2022 Bridge Awards ABCD is Accepting Nominations for the
ABCD 2022 BRIDGE DESIGN AWARDS
The Western New York Chapter of the Association for Bridge Construction and Design is requesting submissions from the membership for our 2022 Bridge Design Awards program. The Award honors owners, designers, and contractors for outstanding bridge projects throughout Western New York. Submissions may involve new or rehabilitated bridges, single or multispan structures, which have been completed and opened to traffic in 2021. Each year, three bridges are selected as the Bridge of the Year based on criteria listed below. These bridges exemplify innovative and/or unusual techniques, design, and/or construction methods. There are three categories for the Bridge Awards: Bridge Cost - Under $2,000,000 Bridge Cost - $2,000,000 to $10,000,000 Bridge Cost - Over $10,000,000 Submissions are judged on the project merits - design, requirements, use of innovative technology, schedule and coordination, site conditions, constructability, and complexity - as well as the Entry Documentation - narrative description, photos, sketches, project features, and overall entry presentation. SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE BY APRIL 22, 2022 Submission instructions are available on the ABCD website: www.abcdwny.com For Questions or Information, contact:
Nick Barnhard (716) 997-3212 BarnhardN@erdmananthony.com Rebecca Stump (716) 710-3943 RStump@bergmannpc.com ***SAVE THE DATE – MAY DINNER: MAY 25 at TERRY HILLS*** abcd news
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Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association Website: www.gvlsa.com
Facebook: facebook.com/GVLSA
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/groups/8212223
Year 2022 Officers
Board of Directors
President Justin M. Roloson, LS Vice President Matthew R. Palmer, LS Secretary Martin J. Gotwalt, LS Treasurer Michael A. Venturo, LS
2019-2022 Gregory T. Pauly, LS Jeffrey A. Tiede, LS 2019-2022 Christopher T. Locke, LS David L. Standinger, LS 2020-2023 Robert J. Avery, LS Nathan M. Dunn, LS Jared R. Ransom, LS
April 2022
Jared R. Ransom, LS, Ex-officio
Keith Burley, LSIT 2022 - Associates Representative David Zuber, LSIT - Website Administrator
Upcoming Events 2022
April 14, 2022 Board of Directors Meeting 6:00 PM 40 & 8 Club 933 University Avenue Rochester, NY 14607
Board of Directors Meeting Thursday, April 14, 2022 Time: 6:00 PM
Professional Affiliations New York State Association of Professional Land Surveyors, Inc. National Society of Professional Surveyors Rochester Engineering Society
40 & 8 Club 933 University Avene Rochester, NY 14607
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Rochester Chapter
Society for Imaging Science and Technology Website: http://roceng.org/ISandT
Our meetings are being held by zoom. Please email rochesterist@gmail.com to get the details to join both programs.
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 Time: 6:00 pm Exploring the Cosmic Web with JWST by Dr. Jeyhan Kartaltepe, RIT
Abstract: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) successfully launched in December 2021 and very soon we will start to receive the first data from this brand new telescope. Dr. Kartaltepe is the lead investigator on the largest survey that JWST will conduct in its first year (COSMOS-Web) and a coinvestigator on several other surveys that will probe the first galaxies to have formed in the universe. In this presentation, Dr. Kartaltepe will discuss JWST, its postlaunch milestones, and the science she and her team will conduct at RIT using data from several surveys.
Biography: Dr. Kartaltepe is an astrophysicist in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She is an expert in the areas of galaxy formation and evolution, galaxy morphologies, galaxy mergers and interactions, and the properties of infrared galaxies. She is a leading member in several large collaborative multiwavelength surveys, including COSMOS (The Cosmic Evolution Survey), CANDELS (The Cosmic Assembly Near-Infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey), and CEERS (The Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science Survey). She teaches courses across the undergraduate and graduate astrophysics curriculum and mentors undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdocs in a wide range of research projects.
Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Time: 6:00 pm The Current and Future Role of Eye Tracking in Virtual and Augmented Reality by Gabriel Diaz, RIT Abstract: Why are XR companies investing in eye tracking for XR? The presentation will list soe current limitations of VR/ AR displays and how eye tracking might resolve them. The current limitations of eye tracking, and what the field (and Dr. Diaz's labratory) is doing to address those limitations. Learn a little on the future of eye tracking. is&t news
Biography: Gabriel Diaz is an Associate Professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and director of the PerForM Lab (Perception for Movement). The PerForM lab utilizes a variety of technologies, including virtual reality, motion capture, eye-tracking, and machine learning, to conduct research on human vision and gaze behavior, and the role of eye movements and perception in guiding action. This basic research is conducted in parallel with work funded by industry (e.g., Google, Facebook/Meta) on the development of new technologies to improve the accuracy and precision of mobile and VR/AR-integrated eye tracking technology. APRIL 2022 The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 53
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Rochester Chapter
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers Rochester ASHRAE website: www.rochesterashrae.org
President's Message
We are happy to see that Spring is upon us! During our recent Board of Governors meeting, the Rochester Chapter had the privilege of hosting (virtually) two chapters from Spain and Greece. Our chapters are looking to establish a productive exchange of cultural ideas, and we are looking forward to working with the folks in Europe as they look to grow their chapter!
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ASHRAE 2021-2022 Meeting Schedule Date Monday, 2/14/2022
Friday, 2/25/2022
Monday, 3/14/2022
Monday, 4/11/2022
Event
Theme
Updates on Refrigerants Codes/Standards
Membership Promotion
Presented by: Ivan Rydkin, Daikin America
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Joe Harding Memorial Ski Day (week of recess
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Building Systems Commissioning
Resource Promotion
Presented by: Chris Whittet, Performance Systems Development
(PDH Pending)
Refrigeration Tour TBD
Refrigeration Night
Presented by: Mike Nohle
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Location Blades
Hunt Hollow 9am-4pm
Blades
TBD
On March 14th the Rochester Monday, Annual ASHRAE Golf Outing and Picnic 9:30 AM Golf ASHRAE Chapter had a --5/16/2022 (Ravenwood Golf Course) 4:30 - 8:00 Picnic presentation titled “Building Systems Commissioning” presented by Chris Whittet, an Energy Code Specialist with Performance Systems Development. Many thanks to Matt Kremers for setting this up, for Chris on leading the discussion, and to those that attended! A special thank you to Bret Fryover and Nik Jaremka for working with Blades this year on anticipated monthly attendance and coordination. Our April program is tentatively set for 5pm on Monday April 11th at Meier Supply. This program will feature a presentation by Mike Nohle, followed by a tour and a catered meal. Please refer to our website as details are finalized and published. We hope to see you there and invite you to come and enjoy seeing everyone in person! The Rochester Engineering Symposium is being held on three (3) Thursday's virtually, April 21st, April 28th, and May 5th from 1:00 to 5:00 pm. If you are a new engineer in need of training, or if you are a veteran professional engineer looking for additional PDHs this event is for you. Our recent Past President Mike Benedict has lined up three speakers sponsored by ASHRAE. Thank you Mike for your effort with this! Next month will be our annual golf tournament at Ravenwood on Monday May 16th. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor for this event, please contact Jim Browe (jbrowe@rfpeck.com). We are finalizing plans on welcoming our ASHRAE Society President Mick Schwedler to Rochester on June 8th, so look for more details next month. We are looking at a few options for a social event that is open to all members in our chapter in the afternoon. The ASHRAE Rochester Chapter is working hard to re-establish a few yearly scholarships aimed at college students with a focus in mechanical engineering, specifically HVAC or a related field such as an energy program. We will soon be asking local MEP firms to nominate any of their interns, students or co-op’s that they employ for receiving some financial assistance in their studies in our industry. Finally, our new website at www.rochesterashrae.org has been officially launched! If you do Updated 2/13/2022 happen to come across the old website, there is a link that will redirect you to our new site. Thank you to Kevin Wind for many years of hard work on helping maintain our former site! For information on upcoming chapter meetings, current officer list and contact information, chapter newsletters, and more. If you are a member of our Rochester Chapter, you will need to complete a one-time registration process to gain access to the website and for attendance to upcoming events. Also take a minute and like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/#!/ashraerochester.
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MONDAY, MAY 16, 2022 ASHRAE Picnic / Golf Tournament To be held at Ravenwood Golf Course Reservation Deadline is… May 9th, 2022
MONDAY, MAY 16, 2022
ASHRAE Picnic / Golf Tournament To be held at Ravenwood Golf Course Reservation Deadline is… May 9th, 2022
Picnic: 4:00 PM-7:30 PM Four Man Scramble and Ravenwood Optional Skins Game 2022 PICNIC CocktailsASHRAE & Hors d’oeuvres 4:00-5:30 PM Golf Course Dinner: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Golf includes: FORM 929 Lynaugh Road SPONSORSHIP Dinner Served By: o Golf Picnic: 4:00 PM-7:30 PM Four Man Scramble and Victor, NY 14564 Ravenwood Dinosaur Bar-B-Que Monday May 16, 2022 o Cart
Optional Skins Game o Driving Range Prizes Golfoincludes: Beer & food at the turn o Golf o
Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres 4:00-5:30 PM
Golf RegistrationGolf 9:30 Course – 10:45 am Juice, Scones and Coffee Served 929 Lynaugh Road 11:00 am - Shotgun Start
Dinner: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Dinner Served By: Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
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NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD OR DISTRIBUTED AT THE DOOR!
Please include check and make payable to: Address where you would like your picnic tickets sent to: TICKETS WILL BE MAILED TO YOU OR CAN BE PICKED UP AT THE R.F. PECK CO., INC. “ASHRAE – Rochester Chapter” Picnic: 4:00_________________________________________ PM-7:30 PM Company: Thank you in
Ravenwood Golf Course Attention: Kacie Sutton Mail prior to May Road 9 , 2022 to: 929 R.F.Lynaugh Peck Co., Kacie Inc. Sutton Attention: R.F. Peck Co., Inc. 889 Atlantic Avenue Victor, NY 14564
Please include and make payable to: Address where you would like your picnic tickets sent to: Return thischeck form…. Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres 4:00-5:30 PM – Rochester Chapter” advanced for Mail prior“ASHRAE to May 9th, 2022 to: Contact Name: ______________________________________ Company: _________________________________________ Dinner: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Return this form….
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Contact Name: ______________________________________ Address: Dinner___________________________________________ Catered By: long standing Address: ___________________________________________ Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
ASHRAE City: ________________ State: _________ Zip: __________
889 Atlantic Avenue Rochester, YorkPM 14609 11:00 AMNew – 4:00 - Golf
City: ________________ State: _________ Zip: __________ Rochester Chapter
Rochester, New York 14609 Any questions, call (585) 685-8705 Any questions, call (585) 685-8705 4:00 PM - 7:30 PM - Picnic Email: ksutton@rfpeck.com Email: ksutton@rfpeck.com
Phone: (Work) _______________ (Home) ________________ tradition. Phone: (Work) _______________ (Home) ________________
Ticket Request Request Form Ticket Form
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AmountEach Each Fee Fee Amount
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Golf $100.00 sponsorship you made) and make payable Golf $100.00to: Picnic Rochester Chapter $65.00 ASHRAE
Picnic
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$65.00
Golf and Picnic (SAVE $10.00) Attention: Jim Browe Total amount enclosed:
$155.00
Golf and Picnic (SAVERF$10.00) Peck Company, Inc. $155.00 Golfer #1 Golfer #2 889 Atlantic Ave. Total amount enclosed:
Rochester, NY 14609 Golfer #1Golfer Golfer Golfer #6 Any questions, call#5 Jim at (585) 697-0836 ext. #2 101 Email: jbrowe@rfpeck.com
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City: ________________ State: _________ Zip: __________
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Golfer #8
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Sponsorship
Golfer #7 X for Sponsorship
Golfer #8 Sponsorship Amount
Major Door Prize Sponsor – Gift/Item or Cash Donation- $200 or more. Gold - $250.00 - Hole Sponsorship and Recognition at Picnic Silver - $150.00 - Hole Sponsorship Bronze - $100.00 - Recognition at Picnic
$250.00 $150.00 $100.00
Prize Sponsor - $175.00 - Longest Drive Prize Sponsor - $175.00 - Closest to Pin
$175.00 $175.00
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President/Education Chair: DAVID MYERS LaBella Associates, PC 300 State Street Suite 201 Rochester, NY 14614 585-454-6110
President's Message
Vice President Technical: DAVE JERECKOS IBC Engineering, PC 3445 Winton Place Suite 219 Rochester, NY 14623 585-292-1590
ASPE’s has several Training and Certification Programs:
Vice President Legislative: ALAN SMITH, P.E. IBC Engineering, PC 3445 Winton Place Suite 219 Rochester, NY 14623 585-292-1590 Vice President Membership/AYP: TRAVIS JESSICK Dave Gooding Inc 173 Spark Street Brockton MA 02302 585-794-8845 Treasurer: JENNIFER WENGENDER, P.E., CPD CPL 205 St Paul Blvd Rochester, NY 14604 585-454-7600 Administrative Secretary: ADAM KRAMER Bergmann 280 E. Broad Street Suite 200 Rochester, NY 14604 585-498-7802 Newsletter Editor: CHRIS WOLAK Victaulic Fairport, NY 14450 484-350-1954 Affiliate Liaison: REBECCA KOLSTAD Kolstad Associates
With COVID restrictions slowly being lifted we are working hard to find a meeting location. The April meeting will still be online. We will let you know if anything changes as meeting time gets closer. •
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The ‘Certified In Plumbing Design (CPD)’ Exam is being held via remote proctor on April 11-22, 2022 The ‘Green Plumbing Design (GPD)’ which is being transitioned to an online course and certification. Medical Gas Training and Certification Program. ASPE assist in the design of the training part of this certificate program.
Visit our web page for Links to Engineering Societies, Publications and State Codes and Engineering Tools. Effective March 22, 2022 ‘G Grease Traps or Interceptors (19 NYCRR Part Part1229) of Emergency Adoption and Proposed Rule Making’ takes effect. The ASPE Rochester ‘Golf Outing’ is June 9, 2022 at Victor Hills. Details to be announced. ASPE Convention will be held September 16-21, 2022 in Indianapolis. Please feel free to contact myself or any Board Member with questions or concern.
David W. Myers
Rochester Chapter President
Meeting Notice – Save the Date Topic:
ADA CompliantNotice Plumbing Products Meeting – Save the
Date
Speaker: Jillian Tondreau, Delta Faucets, (Sponsor: Twin “D” Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 Associates) Date: RSVP: Time:
April 20, 2022 To Dave Jereckos (341-3168), or djereckos@ibceng.com 18, 2022. Toby BeApril Announced
(Chapters are not authorized to speak for the Society)
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High Falls-based Metro Falls Real Estate’s 2022 Residential Plan Highlighted by Additional Housing Units in City and Suburbs Todd Clicquennoi and team seek to differentiate their loft apartments as the market matures by Michael Trapanovski, AIA & Sean Phelan, Associate AIA (HUNT Engineers & Architects)
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Investment products and services are offered through Wells Fargo Advisors, a trade name used by Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, Member SIPC, a registered broker-dealer and non-bank affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company.
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Affiliated Societies of the Rochester Engineering Society American Consulting Engineering, Companies of New York
Executive Director, Karen Lynch
Electrical Association
American Public Works Association Monroe County/Genesee Valley Branch
Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association
President, Alex Strasenburgh
Chairman, Peter Vars, PE,
New York State Association of Transportation Engineers, Section 4 President, Paul J. Spitzer PE
President, Jared R. Ransom, LS Rochester, NY Section
P.O. Box 23795 Rochester Plant Engineers Rochester, NY 14692 President, Brian Laurer www.iesrochester.org
American Society of Civil Engineers, Rochester Section President, Andrew Wojewodzic
Illuminating SocietyMEETINGS of North IESEngineering ROCHESTER America Inc., Rochester Section
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SEPTEMBER 29,2021 - 7:00 PM
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COME TOUR THE WINNER OF OUR IES ROCHESTER Sheet MetalPARK & Air-Conditioning EXTERIOR LIGHTING AWARD - ROC CITY SKATE Contractor’s Association MEMBERS FROM THE DESIGN TEAM FROM STANTEC National AND Rochester, Inc. FROM THE CITY OF ROCHESTER WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE Executive Director, Aaron Hilger PLEASE REGISTER ONLINE AT WWW.IESROCHESTER.ORG Imaging Science & Technology,
Rochester Chapter
President, Bruce Pillman
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Rochester Chapter President, Mike Benedict
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Society of Plastics Engineers, Engineers, Rochester Section Rochester Section Wednesday October 13 - 12:00 Noon Chairman, Eric Brown President, Brett Blaisdell Basics of Modern Theatre Lighting System Design - Power Distribution & Control - DMX & Networking - LED Theatrical Luminaires
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Rochester Section Chairman, Berto Perez
Institute of Industrial and Systems Location & Details TBD - Save The Date ! Engineers, Rochester Chapter Please Visit Our Website For More Details President, Tim Gallman www.iesrochester.org
American Society of Plumbing Engineers, Rochester NY Chapter President, David Myers
Society of Women Engineers. Rochester Section President, Marca J. Lam
International Council on Systems Engineering, Finger Lakes Chapter President, Teresa Fronk
Association for Bridge Construction and Design
Monroe Professional Engineers Society
President, David Jenkinson, PE affiliated societies of the rochester engineering society
President, Mike Ritchie, PE
Terra Rochester Finger Lakes Science & Engineering Fair
Director, Harold R. Clark, PhD
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