Rochester Engineering Society Magazine August 2022

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August 2022

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A conceptual rendering of the restoration of the Franklin Square green space. (Source: Bergmann)

Also in this issue:  Up & Coming Engineer: Meet Nicholas Odle

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 Student Feature: Millimeter-Wave Robot Localization for Intelligent Material Handling |  Position Openings

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 Professional Firms Employee News  News From Professional Firms

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 Campus News

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 Engineers' Calendar

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Corporate Members of the Rochester Engineering Society

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Corporate Members of the RES RES Board of Directors RES President's Message RES Technical Corner by Joshua Doores, Colliers Engineering & Design RES History - October - November 1975 Dr. Walter Cooper Academy, Enduring the Pandemic...

Up & Coming Engineer: Meet Nicholas Odle Get IT Done - A Slice of the Electromagnetic Pie Bergmann - Back to the Future: Turning a Highway Back

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Professional Firms Employee News News From Professional Firms What's News Campus 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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• ABCD Association for Bridge Design and Construction.................................. 43 • ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers.............. 38 • ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers....................... 44 • ASPE American Society of Plumbing Engineers...... 46 • EA Electrical Association......................................... 36 • IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers......................................... 40 • IES Illuminating Engineering Society...................... 42 • INCOSE International Council on Systems Engineering..................................... 37 • IS&T Imaging Science & Technology.......................... 39 • RES Rochester Engineering Society.................... 2-12 • TERRA TERRA Science & Engineering Fair................. 45

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Board of Directors: OFFICERS: President MICHELLE SOMMERMAN, PE Bergmann Associates / msommerman@bergmannpc.com

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Second Vice President MIKE KURDZIEL, PhD Harris Corporation / mike.kurdziel@L3harris.com

Treasurer TBD - Dennis Roote is interim treasurer.

President GREG GDOWSKI, PhD University of Rochsester / Greg_Gdowski@urmc.rochester.edu

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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

MICHAEL DUFFY .

Bosch Security Systems, LLC / michael.duffy@us.bosch.com

STEVEN W. DAY, PhD Rochester Institute of Technology / swdeme@rit.edu

NOAH KELLY Leadership Excellence & Development Program (Engr.), Alstom noah.kelly@alstomgroup.com

LEANDRO AVEIRO Engineering Group Manager - Verification & Validation, Alstom leandro.aveiro@alstomgroup.com

Administrative Director LYNNE M. IRWIN Rochester Engineering Society / e-mail: res@frontiernet.net or therochesterengineer@gmail.com

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RES News - President's Message Dear Fellow Engineers, Mid-summer is upon us! I hope that each of you have been and are enjoying it.

The June and July events were a great example of a HOW of RES ~ Opportunities to Build Relationships ~. At the June social gathering at The Exchange, it was great to connect and reconnect in-person. THANK YOU to International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Finger Lakes Chapter for your sponsorship. I had the pleasure to meet & chat with Chapter President Teresa Froncek. Wow – the chapter covers a large geographic area, from Rome in the east to Buffalo in the west! THANK YOU also to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Rochester Section (President Eric Brown) for sponsoring the event.

The July event was fantastic! The presentations on developments in the City of Rochester and at The Strong were VERY informational. During the walking tour it was great to walk through the developments discussed in the presentations. Bonus – the weather cooperated! Another great opportunity to connect. A big THANK YOU to all the organizers (particularly the Engineering Development Committee) and speakers. Who knew we had a fountain of knowledge on Rochester in our group in Howard Ressel (member of the EDC committee)? I am excited for more of these to come!

Shout out to new members since the end of May: Individual members Andrew Poshadel, PhD, Senior Energy/ Mechanical Engineer, Pathfinder Engineers and Architects and Erin McCormick, PE, Engineering Manager, RTS, Registered PE. (You may know Erin as the Moderator for RES on our virtual Education Series.) Corporate Sustaining Member - Electrostatic Answers, Dr. Kelly Robinson, Fairport, NY (www.electrostatic answers.com). I met Kelly at the social gathering in June and we had a great conversation! I am so glad he and his company decided to join the RES! A few highlights from this issue…on pages 10-11 Lee Loomis takes us through some RES history. Every time I read this section, I am always impressed by how active RES members were in the Rochester community. It’s also interesting to read about the topics of interest at that time…and think of how they translate to the current conversations. Baja SAE Rochester had a competition in early June and RIT’s team RIOT Racing won (page 30)! As always, check out the calendar (starting on page 34) followed by various Affiliates news. Activities are gearing up for this Fall, a few include a tour of the Charles Carroll Plaza & Sister Cities Bridge Revitalization by ASCE, the 2022 Upstate Electrical Show by the EA of WNY and the 34th Annual Fall Bridge Conference by ABCD WNY. I’m very happy to report there is much activity within RES in reinvigorating various committees. All in support of YOU! If you would like to be involved, please check out the committee list on the website and join one. We want to make sure your voice is heard! Speaking of the website, thanks to the Website Committee, there has been steady progress on general updates throughout the site. If you haven’t been on it lately, please be sure to check it out at www.roceng.org.

Michelle Sommerman, PE Bergmann RES President June 1, 2022 - May 31, 2024

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Also, the Engineering Development Committee will be starting up the Education Series in September (yes, Fall is coming) and are always looking for session ideas so please, send them to Lynne (or a committee member). Or better yet…join the committee!

Please contact us with any questions, comments, or suggestions.

Thank you!

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Technical Corner

by Joshua Doores, Electrical Engineer, Colliers Engineering & Design For the article this month we will consider X/R ratios and their relationship to 3 phase fault current and line to ground fault current. This article will try to answer the following questions: What is X/R?, Why does it matter?, and How is it used by electrical engineers and designers?, particularly as it relates to fault current.

We remember from ohms law, that current is a function of voltage divided by impedance, I=V/Z. Impedance is the combination of resistance “R” and reactance “X”. This ratio of an electrical systems reactance over its resistance is known as the X/R ratio. Note, that the electrical system in question could be as small as a branch circuit or as large as the entire electrical distribution for a building, including the utility.

Reactance depends on the inductance and frequency of the system. In real-life applications in the USA, we deal primarily with 60Hz voltage and current; it is a constant, therefore reactance varies based on the inductance of the electrical system. Inductance reflects how difficult it is to change the current. Coils of wire are a common electrical component that generates inductance. Voltage leads current in inductive electrical circuits.

Resistance is the measure of how hard it is for current to flow, having to do with the physical properties and circular area of the conductor being used.

You may be familiar with the concept of the impedance triangle which is used to visually demonstrate the components that make up impedance and the phase angle between them. See figure below. As you can see, the larger the inductive reactance the larger the phase angle and the more voltage leads current, and the two waveforms become more out of phase.

Figure 1: Impedance Triangle, source: website: https://www.electrical4u.net/ electrical-basic/impedance-reactance-impedance-triangle/

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In summary the X/R ratio provides information on how much of the impedance of current in your electrical system is due to inductance (ie: wire coils found primarily in transformers, motors, and generators) This matters to us for a couple of reasons. X/R ratio has a direct relationship to power factor, which is essentially how efficient we are with the power we are getting from the utility. Referring back to the impedance triangle, the larger reactance is, the larger the phase angle, the further the voltage curve shifts from the current curve and therefore the less wattage is extracted as usable power. Remember the equation P(Watts) = V*I*cos(φ). Cos(φ) is the power factor and another way to write power factor is pf = cos(tan-1(X/R)). That equation comes directly from the impedance triangle. Tan(φ) = X/R, so φ=tan-1(X/R).

Additionally, the magnitude of X/R has a direct relationship to the size of the asymmetrical fault current generated due to a fault. Let’s look at the following graphs that I found in a study report written by John Merrell, electrical engineer at Power Systems Engineering, in 1999. The study report is titled “The Importance of the X/R Ratio in Low-Voltage Short Circuit Studies” and can be found at the following link: https://www.powerstudies.com/sites/www. powerstudies.com/files/ImportanceofX-over-RRatios.pdf

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The top graph shows us the sine curve of the symmetrical fault current as well as a decaying exponential that is generated largely as a function of X/R ratio. The summation of those two curves results in the asymmetrical fault current. The bottom chart nicely displays how X/R ratio affects the magnitude of the peak asymmetrical fault as it compares to the RMS symmetrical fault. This chart is specific to a certain type of electrical equipment, but the general idea applies universally. The larger the X/R ratio the larger the peak asymmetrical fault that could be generated. This must be taken into account when selecting overcurrent protective devices and equipment designed to withstand fault conditions.

Finally, does X/R ratio change depending on the type of fault?, specifically, I looked into a 3phase line fault vs a single line-ground fault. In order to answer this question, we will look at the theory of symmetrical components. There are 3 components associated with a balanced 3-phase system; the positive sequence ‘Z1’, negative sequence ‘Z2’, and zero sequence ‘Z0’ components. I don’t claim to fully understand symmetrical components, but the research I have done suggests that they are an essential means for analyzing fault conditions in power systems.

The positive and negative sequence impedances are generated by circuit components such as transformers, conductors, utility, etc. While the zero sequence impedance results from current flowing on something

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other than the phase path, usually this is the ground path and so zero sequence is predominantly present during a ground fault condition.

Therefore, in a 3ph fault, there is positive and negative sequence impedances present and the fault current is determined by the equation I3ph = V/Z1 In a line-ground fault, there is positive, negative, and zero sequence impedances present, and the fault current is determined by the equation Iline-gnd = (3*V)/ (Z1+Z2+Z0) Given those equations, we can infer that the overall impedance of a ground fault will be different than that of a line fault given the ground path. Since ground paths are predominantly just conductors, I believe it is safe to assume that the resistance part of the overall impedance would increase and bring the overall X/R down for a ground fault when compared to a 3ph fault.

This is in part why line faults are almost always larger than ground faults; the X/R ratio is larger and so the asymmetric fault current is larger.

Either way, you can’t assume that the X/R ratio for a 3phase line fault is the same as the X/R ratio for a line to ground fault. These values must be solved for if you know the power factor of your system or you would need to gather additional information on the fault current, available from your utility.

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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 Brett Eliasz at beliasz@bergmannpc.com. As always, any comments are appreciated! Thank you for reading.

Brett Eliasz, P.E., LEED AP BD+C , RES Director

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Student Feature - Up & Coming Engineer

Meet another young engineer Nicholas Odle Homeschool Senior

by Howard Bussey and Harold Clark

What do you do when a commercial off-the-shelf product is lacking some features? Many people live with the product as sold. Some, if they have an engineering bent, modify the product to improve performance. That is exactly what Nick Odle, who is entering his senior home-schooled year, did. His Nerf™ Blaster, a battery powered toy for outdoor use, originally shot the soft darts at about 70 feet per second. With Nick’s modifications, the shot speed went up by about a factor of two to almost 160 feet per second — well over 100 mph. It also allows one to be further away from the target, which makes the outdoor game much more exciting for all the participants.

Nick made quite a few changes to the blaster. The darts are shot by counter-rotating flywheels. The new flywheels have a profile that allows for better contact with the dart to accelerate it to the higher projectile speed. They rotate faster than the stock motor/ flywheel combination, powered by a new battery Nick integrated into the system. Since the initial contact of the dart with the faster flywheels generated additional dust, Nick added casing holes so the dust wouldn’t build up in the acceleration chamber.

Nick knows the speed of his darts because he installed a chronograph to time the darts as they are fired, which allows

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calculating the speed of the darts in the barrel.

Not only are the darts shot faster, they are pushed into the firing chamber faster — again because of modifications Nick made to the timer for the mechanism that pushes the darts into the launch flywheels. The timer mods allow selection of firing speed - so during competition, he can choose how long each magazine of darts will last. His shooter discharges darts 2 to 4 times faster than the standard model.

During our interview, Nick clearly explained the what, the why, and the how of his modifications.

And as is often the case, when we asked for a demonstration, the demo failed, bringing to mind Robert Lucky’s facetious explanation (in his Reflections column in IEEE Spectrum) some years ago of the real cause of failing demos — the presence of a possible member of upper management. True to an engineering mentality, Nick let us know by email a short time later what the problem was — if the timing for pushing the darts into the firing wheels is too long, the mechanism fails to operate — and the dial had been turned to the slowest firing rate. Nick provided a video demonstrating the operation of his enhanced shooter.

Nick’s paperwork for his engineering entry to the Terra Rochester Finger Lakes Science and Engineering Fair clearly explained the project rationale, the phases, the requirements for each phase, the procedures, the test plans, and the test results. This kind of documentation is an engineering manager’s dream!

Nick already has the mindset of a good engineer and is cultivating all the associate habits. Currently taking mathematics, physics, and general education courses at Genesee Community College to complement his homeschool curriculum, Nick hopes to continue his education in college in electrical, or possibly, mechanical engineering. He’s very intrigued by RIT’s Work Study program, which means he’d be staying in Rochester, where we’re likely to see more of him as he continues to grow into a first-rate engineer. q AUGUST 2022 The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 9

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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” (October 1975) This issue provides, “Another View of Who Should Supply the Power”, by Francis E. Drake, Jr., PE, CEO of Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation.

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in his September 1975 “The Rochester Engineer” article which discussed the question of public versus private ownership of electric power facilities in the Rochester area. Citing the present-day challenges and realities of long-range forecasting and planning for electric generation facilities, Mr. Drake describes current forecasts for record post-WWII electric load growth, as they play out against societal and government projections for the need for more “energy conservation” in the planning for not-yet-invented equipment, appliances, and technologies. RIT and MIT announced co-sponsorship of an evening seminar on “Digital Encoding of Newspaper Graphics”, presenting a review of advanced technologies for efficient means of computer storage of newspaper graphics. The seminar announcement stated that, “Advanced electronic systems are being developed that will permit newspaper content to be composed and assembled within the computer, thereby eliminating current manual layout and paste-up operations.” In his article, “A Critical Look at Astrology”, Dr. Bart J. Bok, Emeritus Professor at the University of Arizona, decries the alarming increase in the spread of astrology. He stated that, “This pseudoscience seems to hold a fascination, especially for people of college age who are looking for firm guideposts in the confused world of the present. The public, young and old, has the right to expect from its scientists, especially from astronomers, clear and clarifying statements showing that astrology lacks firm and scientific foundation.” He also decried the practice, by many daily newspapers, of carrying columns about astrology, seeming to feed upon the faith of res news - history

a considerable section of the American public in a “magical practice that has no shred of justification in scientific fact”, stating that the principal reason why people turn to astrology, and kindred superstitions, is that they lack, in their own lives, the resources necessary to solve serious personal problems confronting them.”

November 19, 1975 (Board Meeting, Chamber of Commerce) RES President John F. Schickler introduced a guest, Guy Prentice, President of the Rochester Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Mr. Prentice described his group as data-processing professionals from industry and education, who meet monthly to hear outside speakers on pertinent topics. RES Director, James Sterlace, announced that the RES was endorsing the voluntary administration of the National Engineering Aptitude Search Test to high school students who believe that they might have an aptitude for engineering. Mr. Sterlace also announced that the Civil Engineering Technologists Association was seeking professional recognition for its members, who hold Bachelor of Technology (BT) degrees. RES Past President, Dr. Richard A. Kenyon, PE, explained the nature and purpose of such BT degrees, and the RES Board then decided to postpone a recommendation concerning the status of BT’s. The Board decided to increase its annual support for the Rochester Council of Scientific Societies from $35 to $100. Richard Rice (IES) announced that the City of Rochester was considering taking over its street lighting system from RG&E, and he invited the RES to join with the IES in a requested techno-economic evaluation by this move by the City. Regarding the Monroe County Solid Waste Disposal Plant, Dr. Kenyon announced that Raytheon Corporation is ready to submit design(s) for the facility to County Executive Lucien Morin and the County, for their approval, and that the plant was expected to be res news - history

completed and put into operation in two years.

RES President Jack Schickler reported that he had recently written a letter of protest, published in the Rochester Times Union, regarding the recent, unauthorized, re-printing and distribution of the The Rochester Engineer, September article, criticizing RG&E’s operation and management of its electric generation, transmission, and distribution systems.

“The Rochester Engineer” (November 1975) Recent articles in The Rochester Engineer (September & October), pertaining to the ownership and control of the RG&E electric system inspired several Letters to the Editor on the subject: some “pro” and some “con”. One letter even praised the RES, stating that, “Reading about such national issues is both thought-provoking and healthy. Continued debate of questions like this one can only serve the best interests of the Society.” Controversy also arose from Professor Bart J. Bok’s article, “A Critical Look at Astrology”, in the October issue, inspiring Mildred L. Cinalli, President of the Astrological Guild of the Rochester Area, to express her concern for Dr. Bok’s, “misrepresenting both the profession and principles of astrology.”

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.

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Dr. Walter Cooper Academy; Enduring the Pandemic…

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To say the least, the 2021-22 School Year has brought challenges...

The RCSD was able to re-establish in-person learning, as January classes resumed. The in-person classes continued, February - June of 2022. Nevertheless, the educational progress of our students had been hampered by the “lost time” of the two-year pandemic. Our students had been deprived of essential support during these crucial “educational years” in their lives.

Despite the recent lifting of masking requirements, the previous policy that the RCSD will NOT allow non-parent volunteers to enter the schools to tutor students, in-person, has remained in place through the end of this school year.

Believing that there must be a way to return to our tutoring work…The RES had hoped to launch a “Virtual RES Tutoring Team”, this Spring. However, we were told that this could not happen, either; the teachers had found that many of their students, having fallen behind over the past two years, were in need of more intense classroom attention. This was an overwhelming challenge for our teachers, one which made it impossible for them to create the necessary special tutoring work assignments (even if only virtual) for individual students.

Recently, Principal, Dr. Eva Thomas and Community School Site Coordinator, Michele White, have been helping us plan for the resumption of the in-person operation of the RES Tutoring Team, in the Fall of 2022.

Once RCSD’s Central Office has approved the DWCA Master Schedule Plan for the 2022-23 School Year, we will be moving ahead with assembling a menu of teacher/student tutoring needs, developing a weekly tutoring needs schedule, and inviting our RES Tutors to volunteer for these tutoring assignments.

One additional “Intervention Teacher” has been hired (total now @ 4). Working with the two “Teacher/ Coaches”, they will be identifying, by Grade Level, students who need additional support in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics.

Divided into small groups (6 – 8 students), these students will now be able to receive the attention they need, and our RES Tutors, specifically, will be asked to support this effort, as part of their new tutoring assignment(s).

With this recent, very encouraging progress, we can now begin recruiting and assembling our 2022-23 RES Tutoring Team.

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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A Slice of the Electromagnetic Pie This month’s subject is electricity and its progeny electromagnetism. These are at the heart of IT. There are four great forces of the universe. They include the Strong, Weak, Electromagnetic, and Gravitational forces. The “Strong” and “Weak” forces deal with nuclear bonds and are rarely experienced in our lives.

Gravity is something that we experience daily. Humanity continues to drop things and, on occasion, fall. It is the Electromagnetic Force [“EM”] that has become the unseen hero of IT. We are awash in EM waves. They are produced by natural phenomenon but grow ever more prevalent as humanity’s scientific prowess develops.

These infinitely propagating waves are the result an electron being accelerated by an electrical field (“accelerated” includes changing direction as in a curved wire). The magic arises when a moving electric field produces a magnetic field, and that magnetic field then produces a new electric field. This process selfpropagates with each producing the other ad infinitum.

These two forces come together like two lovers practicing a quadrille dance to infinity. These continuously oscillating electric and magnetic fields together form a bundle of energy that we label a “photon.”

While most folks think of photons as something visible, we are “blind” to almost all frequencies. Most animals have a higher visual acuity than humans. As stated in The Body by Bill Bryson, “Because we were once nocturnal, our ancestors gave up some color acuity—that is, sacrificed cones for rods—to gain better night vision.

Much later, primates re-evolved the ability to see reds and oranges, the better to identify ripe fruit, but we still have just three kinds of color receptors compared with four for birds, fish, and reptiles."

While color may not be our strong suit, our rod cells are powerful enough to detect a single photon. That said, we need at least nine photons received within 100 milliseconds to alert the brain. Given the ongoing variety of electromagnetic waves being processed, it is not surprising that about a third of our entire cerebral cortex is engaged with vision. get IT done

We can only see a sliver of the vast electromagnetic spectrum, perceiving frequencies in the narrow spectrum of 430 to 770 terahertz. We cannot see lower frequencies [radio waves, microwave, and infrared] or higher frequencies [ultraviolet, X rays and gamma rays].

We have been experimenting with electricity for ages, but it was only in the last 150 years that we understood the relation between electricity and magnetism. In 1865 James Clerk Maxwell proposed the “Theory of Electromagnetism” which showed that light was electromagnetic radiation. Maxwell not only postulated the existence of the EM spectrum, but he also developed experiments that demonstrated electromagnetic induction. This concept remains central to generators and, when reversed, electric motors.

Electricity came of age at the Worlds Fair in 1893. This event introduced electric lighting to the public at large, bathing the fairgrounds in an awesome “magical glow.”

As noted in the book AC / DC by Tom McNichol, “the children’s author L Frank Baum was so enthralled by the site that he used it as inspiration for the Emerald City in his Wizard of Oz book series.”

While light has provided us succor throughout history, it is the unseen part of the spectrum that I would like to probe in the next few articles. Those unseen waves dramatically impact our lives. Not only do we use the power of electromagnetic waves in medicine, cooking, and communication but it is at the heart of all things “IT.” Next month, we will discuss how the EM spectrum truly undergirds our civilization.

See the light and Think About IT!

Tony Keefe, COO, Entre Computer Services www.entrecs.com AUGUST 2022 The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 13

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Back to the Future: Turning a Highway Back into a Neighborhood

A conceptual rendering of the restoration of the Franklin Square green space. (Source: Bergmann)

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s our highway infrastructure across the nation is reaching the end of its lifecycle, some cities are faced with having to choose whether to rebuild them or reconceptualize them.

Either way, now is the time to decide. Wait, what?

Reimagining a modern-day city is an option?

A growing number of cities, like Rochester, NY, are choosing to rethink their roadway systems by turning highways back into block configurations that support and connect neighborhoods--like they used to. In fact, according to The Congress for the New Urbanism, a group that tracks highway removals, in 2021, they counted “33 proposed projects in 28 American cities.” This is going to take a lot more than just moving streets.

The first phase of Rochester’s Inner Loop transformation, Inner Loop East, has already been completed. Now, a multi-disciplinary team from Bergmann – including transportation engineers,

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urban planners and landscape architects - have been working closely with the City of Rochester and its residents to develop a comprehensive strategy for how to approach the next phase deconstruction—Inner Loop North.

Here’s how it happened The 1930s profile of downtown Rochester looked a lot different than it does now. The roadway system focused on connecting neighborhoods in a typical city grid pattern. But by the 1950s, with the “car in every garage” mentality, people began traveling outside the city to live in surrounding suburban communities, while commuting into the City downtown to work.

This gave way to highway design that focused on getting commuters to and from downtown destinations as quickly as possible, while reshaping downtown infrastructure. More specifically, Rochester fell victim to the inner loop cover article - bergmann

highway trend that, while it allowed for expedited travel times, also cut-off its downtown from surrounding neighborhoods.

In 1965 the construction of the Inner Loop was completed. Not only did it leave the City surrounded by a concrete trench that separated the downtown from established neighborhoods, it tore at the very fabric of these established communities. Most significantly, construction of the Inner Loop expressway resulted in the razing of houses, churches, offices, public buildings, parks and hotels - all in the name of expediting vehicular traffic. The construction of the Inner Loop Expressway disproportionately impacted black and brown communities in the City, causing significant displacement and limiting accessibility to downtown businesses.

Begin the Beguine According to The New York Times, “…Federal and state funds have historically gone to building highways, not removing them. But in 2013, the City of Rochester, in upstate New York, won a nearly $18 million grant from the Obama administration that allowed it to take out an eastern segment of its sunken Inner Loop freeway, known locally as “the moat.”

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An aerial view of the Inner Loop North corridor at North Clinton and Joseph Avenues. (Source: Bergmann)

The Inner Loop East highway section, which was due for major upgrades, would cost less money to remove than to repair. Having less traffic and residences, it was an ideal segment to begin the transition. Preceded by an in-depth planning study, the Inner Loop East project spanned over twenty years and has resulted in significant opportunity for City residents with new housing, commercial space and multi-modal infrastructure focused on creating safe and welcoming pedestrian and bicycle environments.

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the Inner Loop North Transformation Study with Bergmann in the lead. The initial design phase evaluated various design concepts to reimagine the existing highway infrastructure and replace it with a more traditional city grid street orientation.

As noted in the study, the Inner Loop North segment comes with its own challenges including higher traffic volumes. However, the benefits of removing the sunken expressway – including reconnecting neighborhoods, fostering economic prosperity, accessibility enhancements and new development opportunities - greatly outweigh any traffic mitigation impacts.

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connectivity and accessibility, Bergmann and its team of associated subconsultants, led the creation of the Inner Loop North Transformation Study, which included urban planning and design, community and stakeholder engagement, transportation engineering and roadway design services.

In 2020, the project team advanced the existing conditions analysis, including baseline data collection related to highway conditions, infrastructure and traffic and assessed demographic and market conditions to understand how these factors contribute to the viability of the surrounding neighborhoods.

Despite much of the work occurring during the pandemic, the team effectively engaged a wide range of stakeholders and community members through virtual meetings, socially distanced walking tours and online platforms.

In 2021, the team presented conceptual design options for the corridor, evaluating available options to deliver on the public’s vision and City’s goals. Based on community and City feedback, a preferred alternative was selected. The concept - referred to as “City Grid Restoration” - is a roughly $100M plan that achieves the following: • Removal and filling-in of the remaining high-speed expressway • Establishment of a lower speed, two-lane urban arterial street with signalized intersections and several new city street linkages • Continuous cycle track and sidewalks, pedestrian nodes and narrowed crossings created by shorter blocks • New and re-established green spaces • Roughly 25 acres of developable land to reestablish parks and green spaces and provide acres for future development to facilitate home ownership and entrepreneurial opportunities Conclusion The Inner Loop North Transformation Study was completed in Spring 2022, with the next phase of preliminary and detailed design anticipated to begin in late 2022 / early 2023. This major urban revitalization project supports Rochester’s vision for greater community connectivity, accessibility and community development by addressing the current needs of the residents and rebuilding the neighborhood structure to fit modern day living. From improving quality of life by reducing carbon emissions to creating a more accessible and pedestrian-centric design that encourages downtown commerce, Rochester will have its third and best opportunity to succeed. q Learn more at: https://www.innerloopnorth.com https://rochistory.wordpress.com/2019/03/27/out-of-the-loop-pt-5-a-before-and-after-look-at-the-neighborhoods-ofthe-inner-loop/

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Millimeter-Wave Robot Localization for Intelligent Material Handling

by Abhishek Vashist, Ph.D. Candidate, Rochester Institute of Technology

Intelligent material handling (iMH) systems represent the next major step in the advancement of warehouse productivity and safety. Our vision is to establish a center for state-of-the-art research, application, and demonstration of iMH systems consisting of a fleet of autonomous material handling agents (forklifts, picking robots, etc.) capable of maximizing productivity while safely interacting with people and objects in a warehouse or production environment. One of the major technological challenges is the estimation of an autonomous agent’s location in a warehouse environment.

To address the challenge of indoor localization, in our approach, we deploy 60 GHz based millimeterwave (mmWave) routers as Access Points (APs) on the ceiling of the warehouse and one router on the robotic agent acting as a Client. To localize the client, we use machine learning (ML) modeling to learn the complex relationship between the wireless features and the distances. The overall setup for the data collection and the test time inference is shown in Fig. 1. The robot setup with mmWave router is shown in Fig. 2.

Figure 1: Localization train and test setup

Figure 2: Robot setup in a test warehouse

The approach consists of two phases: offline phase and inference phase. In the offline phase, we construct the radio map of the warehouse aisle where the features are the Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) values from the AP routers received at the Client. Before training the ML models we implement a data imputation and synthetic data augmentation on the collected training dataset. Performing augmentationbased training train our localization system to be more robust in the event of single or multiple AP failure.

In our framework, we have designed a two-level ML learning approach for location prediction within the two aisles of the warehouse. The first ML model performs the aisle level classification and the second ML model takes the signal information to regress the position of the agent within the aisle. Further, the predictions from both the ML models are combined to predict the position in 2-dimension space within 18 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER AUGUST 2022

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the aisle. The datasets used for the training and the testing are collected across different days. This is done to capture the wireless signal fluctuations that can arise at such high frequencies. During the inference phase, the trained ML model is deployed on the robotic agent, and then at the run time, the model performs the inferencing in the warehouse.

The next step is the training of the ML models, where the radio map features along with the corresponding locations are fed to the model.

Figure 3 illustrates the prediction performance for 2D location estimation using our developed ML model.

Figure 3: Prediction plot between the actual (blue) and the predicted (orange) locations

We evaluate different classes of ML models using our approach. For aisle level classification SVM achieves a very high accuracy of 99.55% and for the regression Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) model achieves high accuracy with the Root Mean Square Error of 0.19m and 0.92m in x and y positions respectively.

In Table I, we evaluate different ML models for continuous location estimation. We observe that MLP achieves highest accuracy compared to simple linear regression and support vector regression models.

Further, Table II shows the performance using the aisle level classification for different ML models and we obtain the highest accuracy using a support vector machine (SVM) compared to a simple approach as KNN. This also illustrates the need of using machine learning to provide an accurate positioning system for an indoor warehouse environment.

Table I: ML regression performance comparison

Table II: ML Classification performance comparison

Our work also received Best Paper Award at IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE) 2020, Las Vegas, 2020. q Author Bio: Abhishek Vashist is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in the Department of Computer Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. He previously received his BS in electronics and communication engineering in 2010 and MS in electrical engineering in 2017. His research interest includes millimeter wave communication, machine learning, CPU design, and interconnection networks. His work has also won the best paper award at ICCE 2020. Contact him at av8911@rit.edu. student feature

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SWBR News SWBR Announces Two Employees Election to Board of Directors; Architect Earns WELL Accreditation; Two Promotions; Three New Team Members; and, New Central New York Leader

Chris Jahn, AIA

Matthew Weber, PE

Elizabeth Reynolds, AIA

Jasmine Calhoun

Tom Thompson

Nikki Coley

Micaela Foster

Regina Startzel

SWBR announces the election of Chris

Jahn, AIA, and Matthew Weber, PE, to its Board of Directors. Board members’ responsibilities include the implementation of corporate procedures and controls and formulation of overall business plans, operations, market objectives and strategies.

Senior Associate and Senior Project Manager Chris Jahn has spent most of his career designing facilities for higher education. His recent notable projects include the Alternative Energy Building at SUNY Morrisville, the new Multidisciplinary Building at Cornell, and the award-winning Townsend Hall at the University at Buffalo. In addition to his design portfolio, he leads the firm’s higher education business development efforts. Jahn earned a master of architecture and a master of science in civil engineering and construction management from the University of Illinois.

Weber was re-elected to the board and provides structural analysis and innovative and collaborative design solutions for educational, industrial, commercial, and affordable housing projects. He serves on the finance committee and provides leadership within the structural department. Weber earned a bachelor of science in civil engineering from Clarkson University.

SWBR also announced that Project Architect Elizabeth Reynolds, AIA, has completed the required exam and is now a WELL Accredited Professional (WELL AP).

Administered by the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), WELL is the leading tool for advancing health and well-being in buildings globally.

New and existing buildings can strive to achieve the standards set forth by WELL to receive a Silver, Gold, or Platinum certification for their project.

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As a WELL AP, Reynolds works with clients who are interested in pursuing a WELL certified project and helps them design healthier and more focused buildings using the established WELL standard.

She earned her bachelor of science in Architectural Technology from SUNY College of Technology at Alfred and has been with the firm since 2017.

The firm also announced the promotion of Jasmine Calhoun to Senior Finance Specialist and Tom Thompson to Construction Administration Department Manager. Thompson now manages the firm’s inhouse construction administration team, which ensures accuracy and integrity of the project design through project completion.

Calhoun joined the firm as a finance specialist in 2020. In her new role, she is responsible for payroll processing, software training, expense report management, and assisting the controller with monthly and year-end reporting. She graduated from the University at Albany with a bachelor’s in actuarial science and a minor in business and economics.

“Since she started, Jasmine has accepted and excelled at the new responsibilities she has been given” said CFO Michael Picard. “The finance team is fortunate to have a highly skilled, organized, and analytical team member.”

Thompson brought significant client-based construction management experience to SWBR when he joined the firm as a construction administrator in 2020. In his new role, he is responsible for managing the construction administration phase, including staff supervision, procedure training, and performing field visits to ensure that projects are meeting the design intent and clients’ expectations. He received a bachelor of arts and science in education from Syracuse University and a master of science in project management from Boston University.

“In addition to his considerable construction administration experience, Tom is a dedicated client relationship manager,” said President Tom Gears, AIA. “His commitment to focusing on the customer, and the customer’s stakeholders, aligns with our mission to positively impact lives through meaningful design.”

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Foster and Regina Startzel.

Coley brings significant accounting experience and a strong bookkeeping background to the firm. As part of the finance department, she is responsible for financials for the firm’s Troy office and corporate accounts payable. She has a bachelor of science in business management.

As part of the administrative team, Foster is responsible for various business agreements, proposal letters, and coordinating the firm’s continuing education sessions. She has a bachelor of science in business management from Keuka College.

Startzel brings over 25 years of experience to her role as administrative assistant. She provides construction administration support and assists with various business agreements, technical documents, and proposals.

Jeffrey Spenard, AIA, has been hired to manage the Central New York operations.

In a career spanning 35 years, Spenard has worked at several national design firms in multiple roles. In his new Regina Startzel role, he provides staff leadership and project and business operations management for the firm’s Syracuse office. He is also responsible for identifying and developing new business opportunities. “I am proud to provide leadership to the great team we have in Syracuse,” said Spenard. “I am looking forward to further developing our existing client relationships and expanding our diverse portfolio in this region.

“Jeff’s significant background in the industry and in Central New York is a win for us,” said President Tom Gears, AIA. “Not only is he a licensed architect with a diverse design portfolio, but he has extensive experience in multi-office leadership. We’re thrilled to have him join the team.”

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Bergmann Celebrates Retirement of Two Long-Standing Leaders Mark McAnany and Dave Thurnherr Bergmann, an affiliate of Colliers Engineering & Design, is honoring the retirement of two long-standing leaders and notable members of Rochester’s engineering community, Mark McAnany, PE, Principal and Dave Thurnherr, PE, former Vice President, Northeast Infrastructure. Both men have been employed at the firm for nearly 40 years. They were honored in early June at a celebration at the firm’s Rochester office.

Mark McAnany, Principal

McAnany joined the firm’s transportation team in 1983 and over the course of his career held numerous technical and leadership roles.

He served as Northeast Highway Practice Leader for many years before stepping into the role of Principal in 2020 to focus on client and government relations. McAnany built an impressive project portfolio and team, which contributed to establishing Bergmann’s reputation as a leader in community-focused, transformative transportation design.

He played important roles in numerous critical transportation projects across the region, including the transformation of the Scajaquada Corridor (Route 198) in Buffalo, upgrading of the NY17/I-81 interchange in Binghamton, the City of Rochester’s Inner Loop North transformation study and the City’s Aqueduct Reimagined project, which is in progress today. He served on many industry and community boards, served on Bergmann’s Board of Directors and was named 2013 Engineer of the Year by the Rochester Section of the ASCE. McAnany’s final day at the firm was June 3, 2022.

John Hubert, Bergmann’s Vice President, Northeast Infrastructure shared: “Mark has been instrumental in promoting Bergmann’s transportation practices over the last 30 plus years, guiding some of our most prolific transportation projects and growing our reputation with such key clients as NYSDOT, NYSTA, City of Rochester, and Monroe County. His years of external involvement with industry and regional organizations in many ways made him the face of Bergmann in the NYS transportation market. We are sad to see Mark go, but he

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has left us in a great place and well positioned for continued growth.”

Dave Thurnherr, former Vice President, Northeast Infrastructure

Thurnherr retired from his role of Vice President, Northeast Infrastructure in October 2021 after 37 years with Bergmann. He has since been serving in an advisory capacity.

Over the years Thurnherr applied his civil and structural engineering expertise to a wide range of projects, including rail, bridge, waterways and buildings.

Under Thurnherr’s leadership, the Northeast Infrastructure group experienced record growth, expanding service offerings, deepening the bench of impressive talent and contributing to some of the most notable road, bridge and structural projects across the region. He encouraged an entrepreneurial mindset among staff and focused on delivering the highest quality of work for clients.

Over the course of his career, he established an impressive resume that includes flagship projects such as the Corning Bypass for NYSDOT, Stutson Street Liftbridge, Manayunk Railroad Bridge for SEPTA in Philadelphia, Walkway Over the Hudson in the Hudson Valley and numerous Erie Canal Rehabilitation projects.

Thurnherr served multiple terms on Bergmann’s Board of Directors and held professional affiliations with ASCE, AISC and AREMA. John Hubert, Bergmann’s Vice President, Northeast Infrastructure shared: “Under Dave’s leadership, a culture of teamwork and entrepreneurship was fostered within the Northeast Infrastructure group, which led to a consistent pattern of growth and development. Dave went out of his way to establish personal relationships with staff and support them in their careers, which has resulted in many key staff having long tenures, some for their entire careers. This continued after his formal retirement last year, actively supporting me as his successor and our integration with Colliers Engineering & Design. We thank Dave for all he has done to set us on this path of continued success.” q professional firms employee news

Fisher Associates News Fisher Associates Adds Director of Plannng and Landscape Architecture Talent in Rochester Fisher Associates continues to expand and recently added new talent in its Rochester office. The recent hires — which include new leadership for its growing Planning team — reflect the firm’s commitment to serving clients’ evolving needs through responsible and sustainable growth.

Joining Fisher Associates in Rochester are: Donald Naetzker

Donald Naetzker, RLA, ASLA, CNU, APA is the firm’s new Director of Planning. With over 39 years of diverse experience as a consultant, owner, businessman, agency staff, and builder, he brings a wealth of knowledge to the firm. Don’s work ranges from entrepreneurial private-sector ventures to public sector planning and capital improvements.

Joining Trowbridge Wolf Michaels (TWMLA), a Fisher Associates Landscape Architecture Studio, in Rochester are:

John Reddington

John Reddington, RLA, ASLA is a Senior Project Manager. He has nearly 25 years of experience in the fields of landscape architecture, planning, and land development. He is an expert in sustainable design practices, stormwater management, and the LEED certification process. John previously worked at Fisher Associates from 2013 to 2017.

Michael Paw is a Landscape Designer who recently received his bachelor of landscape architecture at State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. q

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Passero Associates News Fabio Bendaña joins Passero Associates as Aviation Buildings Program Manager Passero Associates welcomes Fabio Bendaña to our Northeast Aviation Services Team in the Rochester office as Aviation Buildings Program Manager.

Fabio joins the firm with over 20 years of experience in the aviation industry. He has worked at CHA Consulting, RW Armstrong, and most recently held the position of Director of Construction Manager Services/ Aviation Team Leader at Popli Design Group. Fabio has collaborated with Passero over the years in various aviation projects such as the Canopy for the Terminal Improvements Program at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport. Currently, he is working at the Newport News - Williamsburg Airport in professional firms employee news

Fabio Bendaña

Virginia. Fabio’s experience working with governmental agencies, airport authorities, airlines, and regulatory agencies will be a great asset to the firm. Fabio holds a master’s in architecture from Florida International University, and a master’s in chemical engineering from Louisiana State University. q

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Lu Engineers Announced Valente Earns PE Accreditation Lu Engineers announced that Paul Valente, PE, has passed the Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) exam and is now an accredited Professional Engineer licensed to practice in New York State. The announcement was made by Cletus Ezenwa, PE, CEO. Paul Valente, PE

Mr. Valente joined the Transportation Group in 2019, following graduation from SUNY Buffalo where he earned a BS in civil engineering. In his role as a certified Engineer-inTraining (EIT) with the firm, Mr. Valente has worked on multiple assignments for high-profile public clients, including the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), Monroe County Department of Transportation (MCDOT), New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA), and the City of Rochester (COR).

His diverse responsibilities have included working as a

design engineer on multiple access road improvements, including those for the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport; serving as a transportation engineer for multiple rehabilitation and resurfacing projects throughout Monroe County; construction inspection of multi-million dollar Locally Administered Federal Aid (LAFA) projects to ensure conformance to plans and specifications; assisting with inspection of more than 100 local and State-owned bridges for NYSDOT and NYSTA; hydraulic evaluations of existing and proposed culvert systems; traffic data collection, assessment and analyses; and drafting and review of plans and preparation of engineer’s estimates for bidding.

Paul is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and holds safety and training certifications from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the National Highway Institute (NHI), and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). His community commitments include Habitat for Humanity. q

Beardsley Architects + Engineers News Stultz and Daddario Join Beardsley Architects + Engineers Beardsley Architects + Engineers announced that Nathan B. Stultz has joined the firm as a plumbing and mechanical designer, and Kyle T. Daddario has joined as a architectural designer in the Auburn office.

Nathan B. Stultz

Mr. Stultz has 13 years of experience with the design of plumbing and fire protection systems and has been responsible for developing designs for new construction, investigating on-site conditions, and reviewing existing documentation to create virtual models of existing building systems. He

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is highly proficient utilizing BIM applications for REVIT, having implemented REVIT systems company-wide and serving as a BIM and REVIT resource for staff.

Mr. Daddario is a 2022 graduate of Onondaga Community College with a degree in architectural technology. Mr. Daddario will be working on projects in the higher education and commercial market sectors. q

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Bergmann News Marquee Mixed-Use Development, 260 East Broad Street, Receives Top Award From AIA Rochester Design Awards National architecture, engineering and planning firm Bergmann, an affiliate of Colliers Engineering & Design, is proud to announce that the mixed-use development 260 East Broad Street has received a Design Award from the 2022 Design Awards hosted by American Institute of Architects (AIA) Rochester. The award was announced at the ceremony on June 9, at the George Eastman Museum.

This is the highest accolade bestowed on a project by the organization and an honor for all involved. 260 East Broad Street was one of 28 projects identified as award contenders by AIA Rochester, with the final awards judged by architectural professionals from AIA Pittsburgh.

260 East Broad Street, owned by Buckingham Properties and designed by Bergmann, is located at the corner of South Clinton Avenue and East Broad Street in downtown Rochester. The development was completed in 2021 and is one of the latest examples of the downtown resurgence, bringing an exciting mix of retail, dining, residential spaces and a commercial anchor tenant to the heart of the city. Bergmann served as the architectural and engineering design team for this project, working in close partnership with Buckingham and LeFrois.

“The evolution of our architectural team over the past five years is reflected in the quality of our design,” stated Andrew Raus, AICP, Senior Vice President, Bergmann. “The team carefully listened to the owner, Buckingham, and anchor tenant Butler Till throughout the entire process and created a building that exemplifies the vibrant era of revitalization we are experiencing, while restoring the urban form of our downtown core.”

“We are grateful to Buckingham Properties, specifically Ken Glaser and Aaron Malbone, for giving us this opportunity to help bring their vision for this marquee building to life,” stated Gary Flisnik, Assoc. AIA, PMP, Principal, Bergmann. “Our team utilized an integrated design approach to marry multiple perspectives and delivered a building that stands on its own while having a sense of connection to the structures around it. The end result is something we can all be very proud of and will make a lasting statement in downtown.”

Bergmann’s team recognized the need to design a building that would match the visibility and importance of the site, located along a key vehicular gateway to the city and on the site of the historic Midtown Plaza. Constructed over an existing three-story, below-grade parking garage, this approx. 107,000 SF building utilizes several design elements and materials along the exterior for visual interest in relation to neighboring buildings. The structure also incorporates an exterior lighting design that gives the building a grand illuminated presence at night. ”This award is recognition that we have made a positive impact on the community,” stated Steven Kushner, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, Design Lead - Project Advisor, Bergmann. “Great projects allow the architect the ability to think and explore form, massing, materials, function, and if we are lucky, meaning. It is a credit to our visionary owner, Buckingham Properties, that we were able to think and explore in this project, and hopefully found meaning, in contributing to a revitalized downtown Rochester.”

The project is the latest in Bergmann’s portfolio to represent the company’s dedication to the revitalization and economic success of the City of Rochester, with other notable projects including the Promenade at Erie Harbor Pedestrian Bridge & Multi-use Trail, Inner Loop North Transformation Study, Aqueduct Reimagined, plus numerous other ROC the Riverway-related initiatives. q news from professional firms

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Stantec News Stantec Awarded Engineering During Construction and Commissioning of Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant Renewal Project

Project will serve as a source of clean water for cities of Regino and Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, has been awarded the engineering during construction, and commissioning portions of the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant Renewal Project (BPWTP) in Saskatchewan, as part of the Graham-Aecon Joint Venture. Together with its partners Graham, Aecon, and Associated Engineering (AE), Stantec led the engineering design of the $273 million comprehensive upgrade to the BPWTP, using the progressive design-build delivery model. This is the first time this delivery model has been employed in Canada for water infrastructure.

The project is owned by the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant Corporation (BPWTP Corporation) and is now proceeding with construction. It will deliver an upgraded water treatment plant for the 260,000 customers in the cities of Moose Jaw and Regina, plus users of SaskWater and Buffalo Pound Provincial Park. The BPWTP is located approximately 30 kilometers northeast of the City of Moose Jaw. Commissioned in 1955, the plant has undergone three major capacity and process improvements since its original construction, with the last capacity increase completed in 1989. The plant’s infrastructure elements are nearing the end of their operational life-cycle and this renewal project will help tackle climate-related raw water conditions, evolving regulatory requirements, help prevent loss of water supply, and address dated

water treatment technologies, all to simplify operations and increase capacity to meet future demands.

Stantec will be involved in construction inspections as well as start-up and commissioning activities. A key component of the project’s overall engineering design was to reuse much of the existing infrastructure, reducing construction cost and minimizing the construction of a new building footprint.

“We’re incredibly proud of our design team and partners for their work on this project,” says Gillian Edwards, design manager for the BPWTP renewal. “This is a live operating plant that can’t experience long shutdown periods. Our design team has been working closely with our construction partners and the BPWTP Corporation to sequence construction and commissioning activities. This way we can ensure physical upgrades are completed with minimal impact to current water production.”

“We are very excited to transition into this new phase of our Plant Renewal Project and to continue working with Stantec and the Graham-Aecon Joint Venture to ensure a successful outcome,” says Ryan Johnson, president and CEO of Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant Corporation.

Stantec has completed an Issued for Construction (IFC) package for the Plant Renewal that includes updated treatment processes to address regulatory

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requirements into the future. The work on the first phase included design and regulatory approval support. Stantec’s architects also collaborated with water treatment plant engineers to design a new administrative building for BPWTP Corporation staff. This building will connect the plant’s operations, maintenance, and management groups, improving team cohesiveness.

The project is expected to be complete in 2025.

The Stantec-Graham-Aecon-AE partnership has delivered more than 30 alternative delivery projects together, valued at over $2 billion combined. Approximately two-thirds of the Western Canadian population drinks water from treatment plants delivered by this group of consultants, who have completed projects in Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, and Vancouver.

Other key projects completed by this team of partners includes the Regina Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade in Saskatchewan and the Bonnybrook Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion Program in Calgary.

By viewing all aspects of water as an integrated system, Stantec is helping to confront global water challenges and accelerate the pathway to a more sustainable, reliable, and affordable future that provides improved water, energy, and infrastructure solutions. Learn more at stantec.com/water. q news from professional firms

Barton & Loguidice News Barton & Loguidice Awarded "Best Firm to Work For" for Fifth Consecutive Year, and Announces The Acquisition of Pennsylvania Firm Barton & Loguidice (B&L), a multi-disciplinary consulting firm that provides technical solutions to public and private clients with 350 employees throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, has been named one of the “Best Firms to Work For” for the fifth year in a row in both the Multidiscipline and 200+ Employee categories nationwide according to the Zweig Group – a leading industry research and benchmarking firm. The award recognizes the top multi-discipline architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, planning, and environmental consulting firms in the United States and Canada for creating an environment where their employees feel valued, can make a difference, and contribute to the overall success of the firm.

The Best Firms to Work For award is based on firm culture, workplace practices, employee benefits, retention rates, and professional development as determined from a corporate survey as well as the results from a comprehensive employee survey.

“In a year with so much growth, our team of professionals continues to exceed expectations while maintaining a vibrant family culture,” said President and CEO of Barton & Loguidice John F. Brusa, Jr. “Receiving this award for the fifth consecutive year, amplifies B&L’s continued commitment to our employees, our clients and the communities we serve while being recognized as an employer of choice in the consulting industry.”

Winners will be honored at 2022 Elevate ACE Conference and Awards Gala, taking place in Las Vegas, NV on September 14-16. The complete list of 2022 “Best Firms to Work For” winners can be accessed here: Best Firms To Work For Award (zweiggroup.com). q Barton & Loguidice (B&L), also welcomes AJC Professional Services, LLC (AJC). AJC, with offices in Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, PA, specializes in Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) consulting engineering services to private, institutional and public sector clients in the Mid-Atlantic. This acquisition takes place a year after acquiring Traffic Solutions in Maine.

With the move, B&L will add an office in Pittsburgh, PA, with AJC Founder, Eric Horvat, P.E., serving as Vice President and Branch Manager. AJC’s existing Harrisburg office will integrate into B&L’s existing Camp Hill office, giving the firm a total of 17 offices in six states and 350 professionals.

Horvat has more than 20 years of experience in the design, construction and commissioning of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection systems for industrial, municipal, commercial, educational and government building facilities. He has worked on multiple LEED projects, designing, analyzing and news from professional firms

reviewing systems focused on minimizing energy costs, life cycle cost analysis and operational efficiency.

Licensed in eleven states (PA, VA, MD, NJ, NY, OH, WV, DE, DC, CA, FL, TX), Horvat has developed a robust list of clientele over his career, from Federal Government, Army Corps of Engineers and The Pennsylvania State University to numerous private clients. “We look forward to all the opportunities this combined effort will bring in the areas of client service, project development and staff growth,” said Horvat. The acquisition of AJC will bring six additional technical staff to the firm's growing presence in the Pennsylvania and Mid-Atlantic markets.

“This acquisition fortifies our depth in servicing B&L’s Mid-Atlantic clientele, while continuing to expand our geographic footprint into western Pennsylvania,” said President & CEO John F. Brusa, Jr., P.E. “We are excited to have AJC join our growing B&L team.” q

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AIA News AIA Rochester Announces 2022 Design Excellence Awards Show Recgnizes Top Buildings by Local Design Professionals

The Rochester chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Rochester) returned to an in person setting and held its 2022 Design Awards Gala at the George Eastman Museum.

Seven firms garnered nine awards as selected by a jury of peers from AIA Pittsburgh.

The Design Award is the highest of accolades given.

Bergmann’s 260 East Broad Street was awarded a Design Award. The designers were challenged to create solutions for a mixed-use project that would house the workspace for an anchor tenant in a manner that equally promoted their brand and commitment to Rochester. The response by Bergmann was a new five-story mixed-use development on the corner of Clinton Bergmann’s 260 East Broad Street garnered a Avenue and Broad Street in downtown Rochester.

2022 AIA Rochester Design Award.

A Design Award was also awarded to In.Site: Architecture’s OPENhouse. Seven outdoor structured spaces, on three levels, facing four directions, yields one OPENhouse. The overarching theme of this house is that it is open: open floor plan, open to southern sun and lake breezes, open to the outdoor rooms and open to visitors.

Cuba Rushford by CPL and Melo Coffee & Kitchen by Rozzi Architects each earned a Merit Award.

In.Site: Architecture’s OPENhouse earned a 2022 AIA Rochester Design Award.

Citation Awards were given to Bero Architecture for the Rehabilitation of The Little Theatre, In.Site:Architecture for Girne City Hall, and SWBR for the Home Leasing Union Square Apartments.

SWBR was awarded a Community Impact Award for their Irondequoit Community Center and Bero Architecture also received a Community Impact Award for their Rehabilitation of the Little Theatre Project.

The winner of the Designers Unleashed: Architectural Ideas Competition was a team of two from Edge Architecture: Christina Fluman and Julia Renick. Their project, TREEHOUSE, best answered the challenge to use architecture to promote visibility of the growth being achieved across the city, as well as inspire what is to come next.

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The third annual People’s Choice Contest was won by Bero Architecture’s The Little Theatre. The People’s Choice Contest is a fundraiser that promotes local architecture while raising money for a local nonprofit.

Public voting raised over $400 for the Urban League of Rochester.

Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Rochester awarded two projects to member firms as well: the 2022 IES Awards Exterior Winner was Warner Castle – Loggia and Courtyard by Stantec and the 2022 IES Awards Interior Winner was Gates Chili Performing Arts Bero Architecture’s The Little Theatre won the 2022 People’s Center by SEI Design Group.

Choice Contest, whose proceeds benefit the Urban League of Rochester.

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AIA Rochester, Architecture Foundation Announce 2022 Scholarships $18,000 awarded to architecture students

The Rochester Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Rochester) and the Architectural Foiundation of Greater Rochester (AFGR) have again partnered to help the next generation of architects pursue their training.

Merit-based scholarships totaling $18,000 have been awarded to six students heading to school this fall to study architecture courtesy of AIA Rochester and the AFGR, with contributions from AIA National, Women in Architecture, and the Family of Myron Starks.

Three 2022 high school graduates were awarded scholarships for their first year of college. Pittsford Mendon High School's Maeve St. John was awarded the $2000 Myron Starks Scholarship, a $500 AIA National Scholarship, as well as a $5000 AIA Rochester Scholarship to attend Kent State University. Danielle Strauf, also of Pittsford Mendon High School received a $3000 AIA Rochester Scholarship to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Marth Casey of Penfield High School received a $3000 AIA Rochester Scholarship towards Syracuse University.

College student Quille Hughes, who is attending Rochester Institute of Technology, was awarded a $1000 AIA Rochester Scholarship, along with a $2000 Women in Architecture Scholarship. SUNY University of Buffalo student Peter Fillion earned a $1000 AIA National Scholarship and a $2000 AIA Rochester Scholarship. Vina Nguyen Pharm of SUNY Alfred State what's news

College recieved a $3000 AIA Rochester Scholarship.

The scholarship winners were publicly recognized during AIA Rochester's Design Awards Celebration held at the George Eastman Museum on June 9.

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RIOT Racing: Baja team wins first place overall in weekend international competition

RIT’s team takes top placement at hometown event for the first time in its seven previous outings The suspension track, a twisting course of multiple railroad ties, boulders, and a treacherous curve that saw more cars upside down than upright, proved to be the biggest tests at the Baja SAE Rochester Challenge.

it. There’s a lot more to it; some sacrificed sleep to get this car made.”

The approach worked as RIT placed fifth in the cost category, 10th in acceleration, fourth in the sled pull, and 14th in maneuverability, as well as first in overall dynamics, the field-based challenges. With third place in endurance— contributing major points toward an overall score— and second in suspension, RIT came out on top.

Several teams aced the course, but at the end of the weekend, RIOT Racing, Rochester Institute of Technology’s RIOT Racing, RIT’s Baja race team, took first place overall at the Baja SAE Baja race team, Rochester Challenge. It was the first time the team won ‘at home’ since it conquered the field. began hosting the international event. 2022 was the university’s seventh Of the previous time as host. Credit: Scott Hamilton/RIT seven times hosting the Rochester event, this was the first year RIT took home the big trophy.

Cornell won the acceleration event and had the fastest lap time in the 4-hour endurance race in 3:41. Ecole de Rounding out the top finishers for the multi-day event Superieure would take top placements in acceleration, were: RIT, the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ecole maneuverability, and design. de Technologie Superieure (Canada), Cornell University, and Purdue University – West Lafayette.

Rochester-based event planners have a reputation for building a track that tests cars, and historically, the More than 1,500 students from 100 national and suspension event is a challenge and a crowd-pleaser. international collegiate race teams competed June 2-5 at RIT’s Gordon Field House and Hogback Hill “Our original design was even more difficult,” said Asif Motocross site in Palmyra, N.Y. Sponsored by SAE Habib ’20 (mechanical engineering technology) who International, the student design competition tested helped prepare the field. students’ engineering skills. It was also an opportunity for companies to find talented engineers.

“We knew it may knock the cars around a bit, but the course tests what they built. There was enough variance During the spring semester, RIOT Racing met regularly to the course to see how the cars would move through to build its car, participating in system and equipment it,” said Habib, a former RIT Baja team member and reviews and making decisions based on what’s best now a mechanical engineer with Anduril Industries, for the team and the competition, said Mike Borodzik, based in Irvine, Calif. “More cars finished than expected. project manager for RIOT Racing.

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experience. Among the many sponsors of the major national collegiate design challenge, Cummins Inc. representatives participated in multiple facets of the event as sales and design judges and course safety and engine/system inspectors. Students also met with representatives to learn more about positions with the company as interns and as employees.

“We look for people that can communicate well and really show a drive and passion for this work,” said Mariah Plants, a production validation engineer. “At Cummins, we are constantly innovating and need passionate and diverse thinkers to design and build the products of the future that can help us reach our zero emissions goal. There are many talented individuals here who demonstrate the spirit of innovation and who would likely enjoy a challenging and rewarding career at Cummins.” Cummins Inc. specializes in diesel and alternative fuel engines and power generation products.

“This event is a very good indicator to us of their passion and what they did to build, test, and compete with their cars,” she said.

Plants spoke with more than 100 students at the event and also had an eye out for her former teammates on Penn State-Altoona’s Baja team.

The last time RIT hosted an SAE Baja event was in 2019 just before the pandemic. Over the previous two years, onsite field events had to be curtailed, with only virtual design presentations by student teams. In 2022, SAE began onsite challenges once again, and Rochester was the second of its three U.S.-based Baja series events. Baja SAE Arizona takes place in September.

“Planning takes about a year to put it all in place — from logistics to site development — and the thinking is, ‘it’s three years away, we have time.’ But then everything changed after 2019,” said Martin Gordon, RIT team academic adviser and professor in RIT’s College of Engineering Technology. “Think of what happened between 2019 and now. This has been a great competition, and we’re happy to be back together.

We’re looking forward to 2025.”

Overall Baja SAE Challenge Event Winners: 1. Rochester Institute of Technology 2. University of Michigan Ann Arbor 3. Ecole de Technologie Superieure (Canada) 4. Cornell University 5. Purdue University – West Lafayette 6. University of Wisconsin – Madison 7. Concordia University 8. San Diego State University campus news

9. University of Nevada - Las Vegas 10. McMaster University (Canada) Individual Event Winners: Sales University of Nevada – Las Vegas Youngstown University Purdue University – West Lafayette Design Ecole de Technologie Superieure (Canada) Johns Hopkins University Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil) Cost University of Nevada – Las Vegas Ecole de Technologie Superieure (Canada) University of Michigan Ann Arbor Acceleration University of Michigan Ann Arbor Pennsylvania College of Technology Cornell University Maneuverability McMaster University (Canada) Ecole de Technologie Superieure (Canada) Centro Universitario Da FEI (Brazil) Sled Pull Quinnipiac College University of Central Florida Montana State University – Bozeman Suspension San Diego State University Rochester Institute of Technology Centro Universitario Da FEI (Brazil) Endurance Pennsylvania College of Technology University of Laval (Canada) Rochester Institute of Technology Overall Dynamic Events Leaders Rochester Institute of Technology University of Laval (Canada) Centro Universitario Da FEI (Brazil) For more information, contact Michelle Cometa at 585-475-4954, michelle.cometa@rit.edu or on Twitter: @MichelleCometa. q

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Continuing Education Opportunities

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

Wednesday, September 14

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Thursday, November 10

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Buffet Dinner, PDH Presentation (1 PDH Credit Approved) & Site Tour: Charles Carroll Plaza & Sister Cities Bridge Revitalization

Place: TBD (Downtown) Times: Welcome at 5:00 pm; Dinner/Presentation from 5:30 to 6:30; Site Tour from 6:30 to 7:30 pm.

Cost: $35 for Members, $45 for Non-members; $20 for Students.

Reservations: Reservations by Friday, September 9th to ascerochester@gmail.com.

Website: https://sections.asce.org/rochester

Support Your Affiliate Attend A Meeting

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Place: RIT Inn & Conference Center, 5257 West Henrietta, Henrietta, NY (Note new location this year!)

Time & Cost: TBA Registration: Conference registration, advertising, and exhibitor booth registration begins October 3rd. Visit and sign up at the ABCD WNY website, www.abcdwny.com.

Additional details contact Robert Fleming PE, Bergmann, rfleming@bergmannpc.com or 585-498-7817 or Tomas Andino PE, City of Rochester, tomas.andino@cityofrochester.gov or 585-705-4483.

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

Engineers’ Calendar

The engineering societies are encouraged to submit their meeting notices for publication in this section. The deadline for submitting copy is the 10th of the month prior to the month of publication. Please email to: 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.

Tuesday, September 6

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) EXCOM Meeting

Wednesday, September 14

Imaging Science & Technology (IS&T)

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Place: Hybrid, via WebEx and in-person (see vtools for venue and WebEx login) Time: 11:50 am to 1:00 pm Registration links for our events are at: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/311469.

Wednesday, September 14

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Theory and Practical Considerations of Developing and Deploying an HDR Imaging System.

Place: Virtually (by zoom). Time: 6:00 pm Reservations: Email rochesterist@gmail.com to get the details to join this program.

Monday, September 19 & Thursday, September 22

International Council p 38 on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)

Buffet Dinner, PDH Presentation (1 Approved) & Site Tour: Charles Carroll Plaza & Sister Cities Bridge Revitalization Place: TBD (Downtown) Times: Welcome at 5:00 pm; Dinner/Presentation from 5:30 to 6:30; Site Tour from 6:30 to 7:30 pm.

Cost: $35 for Members, $45 for Non-members; $20 for Students.

Reservations: Reservations by Friday, September 9th to ascerochester@gmail.com.

Website: https://sections.asce.org/rochester

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Architecture Tutorial (see draft of the list of topics on page 37 of this issue)

Presenter: Rolf Siegers, INCOSE Architecture Working Group Co-Chair Place: This will be virtual (zoom).

Cost: There is no cost to attend for Finger Lakes Chapter regular/senior/student members. Cost is $10 for all others.

Comments: Further information, including registration details will be announced next month.

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Wednesday, October 19

Electrical Association of Western New York (EA)

electriFYI! – 2022 Upstate Electrical Show (The biggest, most widely attended electrical show in New York State!)

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Place: The Dome Arena, 2695 East Henrietta Road, Henrietta, NY Time: 2:00 to 7:00 pm Comments: Free Show, One Day Only! Also free BBQ Dinner, beer & wine.

Website: www.eawny.com. Phone: 585-382-9545.

Thursday, November 10

Association for Bridge Construction and Design (ABCD)

34th Annual Fall Bridge Conference – Earn up to 6 PDH Credits

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Place: RIT Inn & Conference Center, 5257 West Henrietta, Henrietta, NY (Note new location this year!)

Time & Cost: TBA Registration: Conference registration, advertising, and exhibitor boot registration begins October 3rd. Visit and sign up at the ABCD WNY website, www.abcdwny.com.

Additional details contact Robert Fleming PE, Bergmann, rfleming@bergmannpc.com or 585-498-7817 or Tomas Andino PE, City of Rochester, tomas.andino@cityofrochester.gov or 585-705-4483.

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The Electrical Association of Western New York presents

SAVE THE DATE FREE SHOW!!! ONE DAY ONLY!!!

Wednesday October 19, 2022 2pm-7pm The Dome Arena 2695 East Henrietta Road Henrietta, New Yor k 14467

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Finger Lakes Chapter of INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON SYSTEMS ENGINEERING Finger Lakes Chapter of INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON SYSTEMS ENGINEERING http://www.incose.org/ChaptersGroups/Chapters/ChapterSites/finger-lakes/chapter-home http://www.incose.org/ChaptersGroups/Chapters/ChapterSites/finger-lakes/chapter-home

Upcoming March Meeting: March Save the Chapter Dates: Sept 19 & 22, 2022 17, 2022  Architecture Tutorial – Rolf Siegers, INCOSE Architecture Working

 “Introduction to Railway Signaling and Train Control for Rapid Transit” Group Co-chair We By are offering Architecture tutorialTrain this September. dates are Monday, Sept. 19, and Stuartan Landau, Senior Control Planned Systems Engineer Thursday, Sept. 22. Both sessions will be from 11 am to 1 pm (eastern). Rolf Siegers, co-chair of Railway signaling allows operations trains on the same tracks the Architecture WG, will besafe the presenter.

It willof bemultiple a virtual meeting (zoom).

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cost to attend for Finger Lakes Chapter regular/senior/student members. Cost will be $10 for all optimizes capacity of the tracks. This presentation will be a very brief introduction to others. Save the dates!

its basic principles and how they have been implemented over the last several

Draft list of topics: • What architecture? decades withis system various technologies, from mechanical devices to microprocessoro Definition; examples; introduce quality attributes; offer distinctions between sys arch and ‘other architectures’ (specifically, and enterprise) based equipment.

Application ofsoftware the principles varies across different types of • What is system architecting? o Some architect’ traditional SE top-down thinking and metros, railways; here we ‘how will to focus onbasics, rapidconnecting transit towhich includes subways (contextual/conceptual/operational/logical/physical)

and will wayside signaling, cab signaling, and the latest Communications• cover Key architecture standards o ISO/IEC/IEEE/ANSI 42010, 42020, 42030; perhaps a glimpse ahead at 42040 and 42050 Based Train Control (CBTC).

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Key architecture frameworks o DoDAF, TOGAF, Zachman, FEAF, UAF (w/tip-of-the-hat to NAF, DNDAF, DAF, MODAF, etc.)

Key architecture consortia/orgs o INCOSE AWG, Open Group Architecture Forum, Object Management Group, System Architecture MeetingsForum begin at 6:00 pm (eastern) and run to approximately 7:30 pm (eastern) •

• Architecture academia certificates, All meetings in are being (professional held virtually until etc.) further notice. o

MIT’s System Architecture Lab; Penn State’s Center for Enterprise Architecture; Carnegie Mellon’s

Software Institute (software architecture branch) We use zoom forEngineering our monthly meetings.

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Architect certifications

• There is no cost(The to attend for anyone, butArchitect pre-registration is required. o TOGAF-certified Open Group); Open Certified (The Open Group); Zachman Certified Enterprise Architect (Zachman International); FEAC Certified Enterprise Architect (FEAC Institute)

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o To register, send an email to Teresa.Froncek@incose.net

Role & skills of the architect o Some common duties, plus challenges of achieving high competency both technically and in soft  The link will be sent out a few days before the meeting skills

Further information, including registration details, will be announced next month.

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Rochester Section

American Society of Civil Engineers www.asce.org

BUFFET DINNER, PDH PRESENTATION & SITE TOUR

Charles Carroll Plaza & Sister Cities Bridge Revitalization

PRESENTER: DATE: LOCATION: TIME:

COST:

James Krapf, P.E. (T.Y. Lin) Wednesday September 14, 2022 TBD (DOWNTOWN) Welcome Hour, 5:00pm – 5:30pm Dinner/Presentation, 5:30pm – 6:30pm Site Tour, 6:30pm – 7:30pm $35 for Members $45 for Non-Members $20 for Students

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Rochester Chapter

Society for Imaging Science and Technology Website: http://roceng.org/ISandT

Our meetings are held by zoom.

Please email rochesterist@gmail.com to get the details to join this program.

Wednesday, September, 14, 2022 Time: 6:00 pm HDR Imaging: 20 Stops of Dynamic range, now what?

Theory and Practical Considerations of Developing and Deploying an HDR Imaging System.

by Wayne Prentice Abstract:

HDR (High Dynamic Range) sensors are being widely used in automotive and machine vision applications. The sensors claim 20-24 stops of dynamic range. This talk covers, theory and practical considerations. More specifically, how much do these sensors extend the capabilities over SDR (Standard Dynamic Range) systems and how to maximize the advantage. This includes analysis of HDR practical dynamic range, auto exposure, information content, processing and encoding.

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Biography:

Wayne has been working in the imaging industry for over 35 years. He has a BSEE from Clarkson University and a Masters in Imaging Science from RIT. Wayne has worked on imaging equipment ranging from x-ray, CAT scanners, MRI, extra-terrestrial imaging and digital cameras. Much of Wayne's digital camera experience came from 17 years working at Kodak R&D, product development for digital cameras. He holds US 15 patents in digital imaging. At Kodak Wayne became the lead image scientist and manager for Digital Camera R&D group. He was responsible for competitive testing, image quality testing, new feature development, image science aspects of product commercialization. Wayne has worked as an independent contractor over the past 5 years providing solutions to a wide range of imaging challenges mostly in the areas of developing custom camera applications, computer vision and HDR imaging.

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August 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, Pandemic-related travel restrictions for IEEE events were recently lifted. All IEEE volunteer travel and associated meetings must continue to adhere to all appropriate guidance from local public health authorities.

IEEE Region 1 will hold a Board of Governors (BoG) meeting on August 12-14.

The BoG brings representatives from all IEEE Sections within Region 1 together with their regional leadership.

This is the first in-person Board of Governors meeting since 2019.

Our next Rochester Section ExCom meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 6, from noon to 1 pm. Attendance details are available on the vTools registration page: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/311469 Stay healthy and best regards,

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

PES & IAS Joint Conference on Electrostatics The IEEE Rochester Section Power and Energy Society and Industry Applications Society Joint Chapter held its conference on June 12. The following tutorials were presented.

Gas Discharge and Electrical Breakdown presented by: Prof. Akira Mizuno, Toyohashi University of Technology, & Prof. Shesha Jayaram, University of Waterloo Electrostatic Instruments and Measurements presented by: Prof. Mark Horenstein, Boston University, & Prof. Maciej Noras, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Electrostatic Processes presented by: Dr. Kelly Robinson, Electrostatic Answers, Rochester NY.

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Keynote Speakers

The following distinguished keynote speakers presented at the conference: •

Dr. Hak-Joon Kim, Department of Environmental Machinery, Korea Institute of Machinery and Metals, South Korea.

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Dr. Michael Mascagni, Department of Computer Science, Florida State University, USA, Faculty Appointee at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

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Dr. John Foster, Department of Nuclear Engineering and. Radiological Sciences, Plasma Science and Technology Laboratory, University of Michigan, USA.

Please see: http://electrostatics.org/jointconferenceonelectrostatics.html for additional details about the presentations and the presenters.

Photos From IEEE Rochester Section & Student Chapter Events The following photos could not be included last month.

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

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

Our annual golf outing was a great success !!

Introducing our Board of Directors for 2022/2023 Executive President: Jennifer Abraham VP: A.J. Hetzke Secretary: John Newton Treasurer: Jonathan Metzger Directors Peter Brincka ~ Steve Galley ~ Dwight Roth ~ Michael Trippe If you have an interest in joining our board, would like to participate in any IES Rochester special events as a presenter… or if you would like to see us present anything specific, please contact any board member.

We are on social media !! Check us out !!

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Save the Date 34th Annual Fall Bridge Conference Thursday, November 10, 2022 at

RIT Inn and Conference Center 5257 West Henrietta Rd Henrietta, NY 14467 Attendance Benefits • Earn up to 6-PDH Credits • Network with up to 300 bridge professionals • Learn about new products and services at the conference exhibit booths • Enjoy coffee breaks, a buffet lunch, and a post-conference cocktail hour

NEW CONFERENCE LOCATION

For many years the ABCD Fall Conference has been hosted at the Millennium Hotel in Buffalo. Due to changes in management, the Millennium Hotel has halted the hosting of all events until further notice. This years Fall Conference will be held at the RIT Inn and Conference center, conveniently located just south of Rochester off the I-190. The RIT Inn recently hosted the ABCD March 2022 dinner meeting and has proven that it can provide the same high-quality service our members look forward to.

Registration Conference Sponsorship, Advertisement and Exhibitor Booth Registration begins October 3st.

Visit and sign up at the ABCD of WNY website at: www.abcdwny.com

For additional information contact

Robert Fleming, P.E. Bergmann/CED Email: rfleming@bergmannpc.com Phone: (585) 498-7817

Tomas Andino, P.E. City of Rochester Email: tomas.andino@cityofrochester.gov Phone: (585) 705-4483

Association for Bridge Construction and Design Western New York Chapter www.abcdwny.com abcd news

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Rochester Chapter

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

AUGUST NEWSLETTER

President's Message

Welcome to the 2022-2023 ASHRAE year! Our chapter finished off the last calendar year on a high note. The Chapter hosted ASHRAE Society President Mick Schwedler on June 8th. President Schwelder shared great insight to the importance of our industry as the world continues to struggle with complications from COVID. ASHRAE is a trusted source for guidelines on reducing airborne virus transmision, keeping vaccines safe, and reducing our impact on climate change. President Schwedler shared with us in his speech that, “We have never been more essential as an industry”. The chapter hopes to carry the momentum into this year as we work to bring the meeting attendance back.

A few of our members will be traveling to the Granite State CRC August 25-27 as ASHRAE Region 1 meets for the Chapter Regional Conference, where we discuss the last year and vote to improve moving forward. In September we will host our fall social. Jim Parks, President-elect and Program Chair, will be working diligently to get our program scheduled for the year.

I would like to thank every one of our officers, board and committee members. For a full list please visit our new website rochesterashrae.org. This year we also hope to connect to our membership through new social media outlets, more to come on that later.

Matthew Kremers ASHRAE Rochester Chapter President 2022-2023

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Terra Rochester Finger Lakes Science & Engineering Fair Harold Clark TRFSEF Director trfsef@terraed.org

This year’s fair was a great success in opening the world of STEM to almost 90 students.

And we’re already planning next year’s!

Save the Date!

Saturday, March 18, 2023

at the RMSC Museum & Science Center If you’d like to see the projects from this year’s Fair, go to the Fair Website, Fair/Showcase, Keyword = FairDay

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President/Education Chair: DAVID MYERS LaBella Associates, PC 300 State Street Suite 201 Rochester, NY 14614 585-454-6110 Vice President Technical: DAVE JERECKOS IBC Engineering, PC 3445 Winton Place Suite 219 Rochester, NY 14623 585-292-1590 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

President's Message Our Annual ASPE Rochester Golf outing was Thursday, June 9, 2022 at Victor Hills. My thanks to Treasurer Jennifer Wengender for her leadership in organizing this event - the outing was a success!

The weather was good, and the event was attended by over 50 golfers. I would also like to thank our Engineering/Architectural firms who sponsored this golf outing and those who attended; Bergman, Clark Patterson, EB4C, I.B.C., LaBella, and M/E. I also want to thank our affiliate Manufacturer Representatives, Emerson-Swan Inc, Empire State Associates, Twin ‘D’ Associates, Ferguson Enterprises, Highland Tank, Ideal -TTB, Kolstad Associates, Nu-Flow, Stark Group, Victaulic, WMS Sales, whom without their support we would not be able to put this event on, and without who’s daily assistance life would be much harder.

Congratulations to the various winners from the Board Members.

We are still hopeful that by September we can finally get back together in person for our monthly technical lunch meetings. We don’t have any events planned for August.

Pleas register for and attend: The ASPE Convention & Expo 2022 in Indianapolis on September 16 – 21, 2022.

Rochester Chapter website is at www.aspe.org/rochester. Happy summer!

David W. Myers, Rochester Chapter President

Meeting Notice – Save the Date September Meeting: To be Announced Date:

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Time:

To Be Announced

RSVP:

Dave Jereckos (585) 292-1590, Djereckos@ibceng.com

(Chapters are not authorized to speak for the Society)

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Engineering Architecture Survey Planning Construction Observation

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May 2022

2022 RES Annual Meeting | 7 Thursday, May 26, 2022

Time: 5:30 (cash bar & hors d'oeuvres); 6:30 - ~7:30 pm RES Business & Award Presentations Registration is now available online. LIMIT OF 100 ATTENDEES!

Don't miss the Professional Award and Scholarship presentations!

Also learn about future RES Activities, and meet the new officers!

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Also in this issue:  RES Annual Meeting

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 Up & Coming Engineers - Meet xxxxx | 16  Campus News | 17

 News From rofessional Firms | 26

 Congratulations to the Scholarship Recipients | 14  Position Openings | 28

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Directory of Business Services Advisors

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.

Philip J. Welch

First Vice President - Investments

Wells Fargo Advisors

400 Meridian Centre, Suite 210 Rochester, NY 14618 Direct: 585-241-7546 Fax: 585-241-3986 philip.J.welch@wellsfargoadvisors.com

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Affiliated Societies of the Rochester Engineering Society American Consulting Engineering, Companies of New York

Monroe Professional Engineers Society

Electrical Association

President, Mike Ritchie, PE

Executive Director, Karen Lynch

President, Alex Strasenburgh

American Public Works Association Monroe County/Genesee Valley Branch

Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association

Chairman, Peter Vars, PE,

New York State Association of Transportation Engineers, Section 4

President, Jared R. Ransom, LS

President, Christopher Reed

Rochester, NY Section

American Society of Civil Engineers, Rochester Section President, Andrew Wojewodzic

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

Illuminating SocietyMEETINGS of North IESEngineering ROCHESTER America Inc., Rochester Section

ARE BACK !!!

President, Jennifer Abraham

SEPTEMBER 29,2021 - 7:00 PM

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Rochester Chapter President, Matt Kremers

FREE Event Rochester Plant Engineers

COME TOUR THE WINNER OF OUR IES ROCHESTER President, Brian Laurer EXTERIOR LIGHTING AWARD - ROC CITY SKATE PARK MEMBERS FROM THE DESIGN TEAM FROM STANTEC AND FROM THE CITY OF ROCHESTER WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE PLEASE REGISTER ONLINE AT WWW.IESROCHESTER.ORG

Imaging Science & Technology, Rochester Chapter President, Bruce Pillman

Sheet Metal & Air-Conditioning Contractor’s National Association Rochester, Inc. Executive Director, Don Fella

Wednesday October 13 - 12:00 Noon

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Rochester Section

Institute ofBasics Electrical and Electronics of Modern Theatre Lighting System Design Engineers, Rochester Section Chairman, Eric Brown- Power Distribution & Control

Chairman, Berto Perez

- DMX & Networking - LED Theatrical Luminaires

Society of Plastics Engineers, Rochester Section

Location & Details TBD - Save The Date !

American Society of Plumbing Engineers, Rochester NY Chapter

Please Visit Our Website For More Details www.iesrochester.org

Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, Rochester Chapter

President, David Myers

President, Tim Gallman

Association for Bridge Construction and Design President, Ashley Freeman PE

International Council on Systems Engineering, Finger Lakes Chapter

affiliated societies of the rochester engineering society

President, Teresa Fronk

President, Brett Blaisdell

Terra Rochester Finger Lakes Science & Engineering Fair

Director, Harold R. Clark, PhD

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BE SURE YOU CONTACT YOUR AFFILIATE

Celebrating 30 Years!

BEFORE ATTENDING ANY EVENTS. WITH THE COVID19 CRISIS MANY EVENTS ARE BEING CANCELLED, RE-SCHEDULED OR VIRTUAL! WE HOPE EVERYONE STAYS SAFE AND HEALTHY! ~ RES Board of Directors

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June 2022 Also in this issue:  Thank You: Sponsors of the RES Annual Meeting

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 RES Program - June 29

 RES Program: New Developments Downtown with Walking Tour & Social Hour - Thurs., July 21

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 Up & Coming Engineer: Meet Madeline Cotter

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 Student Feature: Compressing Naural Networks Towards Edge Artificial Intelligence

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 Student Feature: Adapting Smart Garments to Observe Respitory Behavior with Tobacco Use

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