President's Message

Dear Fellow Engineers,

Despite cancelling the 2022 RES Gala, I remain optimistic that we will be able to resume our normal operations in the upcoming year. We are planning our Annual meeting for this spring that will include the distribution of professional awards and scholarships. We are also considering a second event this summer that will allow us to all come together to celebrate the 125 th anniversary of the RES. We have also started to create unique classes that provide pdh credit to our members and colleagues. The most recent session on acoustics that was held in January was extremely successful. I anticipate that the upcoming sessions in February and March will be as informative, rewarding, and successful. While these small successes have motivated us to continue to deliver new programming, the income loss resulting from repeated cancelations of our largest events (including the Gala) have forced us to make very difficult decisions. We can no longer financially support other extremely important community activities such as the TERA Science Fair and E-Cubed Fair without your help! While we will continue to endorse these activities, our financial support can only be derived from targeted donations from our readers. Your support is needed now more than ever! Please consider donating and joining the RES as a member to help us support these critically important community activities that function to keep STEM activities vibrant in our community. Alternatively, take a break and tune in to one of our great pdh seminars!

We also hope that you have enjoyed reading the Rochester Engineer! We have continued to deliver the magazine, free of charge, even during these difficult financial times. The lead article by Hunt-EAS highlights some of the notable residential housing modifications in the High Falls area (pg 12). This month we continue to highlight the achievements of past recipients of scholarships and up & coming engineers. I’m incredibly impressed with Sadi Brown, a student from Greece Athena High School that has utilized 3D printing and Lego Mindstorm components to develop a robotic hand! I hope to see her in one of the Biomedical Engineering Programs here in Rochester either at RIT or the University of Rochester (pg. 18).

Congratulations to Beardsley Architects + Engineers. They announced that the Concession and Bathhouse Building at Southwick Beach State Park in Henderson, NY, has been selected by AIA Central New York to receive a 2021AIA CNY Citation for Design in the Institutional category (pg 27).

All my best, Greg Gdowski, PhD President, RES

Greg Gdowski, PhD University of Rochester RES President June 1, 2020 - May 31, 2022