The Rochester Engineer March 2023

Figure extracted from the INCOSE SE Vision 2035

SUSTAINING LEVEL

IS YOUR COMPANY LISTED HERE? Call 585-254-2350 for information.

Corporate Members of the Rochester Engineering Society

Board of Directors:

OFFICERS:

President MICHELLE SOMMERMAN, PE

Bergmann Associates / msommerman@bergmannpc.com

First Vice President DENNIS ROOTE, PE

CDE Engineering & Environment, PLLC / dennis.roote@cde-pllc.com

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

Treasurer

TBD - Dennis Roote is interim treasurer.

Immed. Past President GREG GDOWSKI, PhD

University of Rochsester / Greg_Gdowski@urmc.rochester.edu

EIGHT DIRECTORS:

CORNELIUS (NEAL) ILLENBERG PE

Rail Safety Consulting / nillenberg@aol.com

RICHARD E. RICE

Erdman Anthony / rricesquash@gmail.com

BRETT ELIASZ, PE

Bergmann Associates / beliasz@bergmannpc.com

KENTON G. HINES

Merrill Lynch / Kenton.Hines@ml.com

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

The Rochester Engineer

Published since 1922 by ROCHESTER ENGINEERING SOCIETY, INC.

Founded March 18, 1897

Volume 101, Number 9, MARCH 2023

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res news - board of directors

RES News - President's Message

Dear Fellow

Engineers, This past Saturday I had a great experience being part of the RMSC’s Build It Week celebrating engineers

It was great to interact with museum goers of ALL ages! Hopefully this collaboration between RES and RMSC can happen next year, and we can increase representation of the engineering community. A big thank you to Harold Clark for organizing this…and to all the individual members, affiliates and corporate members that participated! Photos will be posted on the RES website soon.

Hopefully you can stop by this Thursday the 2nd at Rohrbach’s on Railroad Street for RES’s monthly first Thursday Social Gathering. Later this month, the RES Continuing Education session on Thursday March 23rd is about Vehicle Technology. There is a great line-up of topics and presenters, check out page 6 for details!

Welcome to all the new RES members!:

1. Raymond Winter, PE - Managing Engineer, C&S Company

2. Tyler Ramblin, PE - Sr. Fire Protection Engineer, RAN Co.

3. Peter LaPietra - Systems Engineer, L3Harris Technologies

4. Dawn LaPietra - Sr. Engineer Manager, L3Harris Technologies

Some highlights from this issue…

It’s always interesting to read through the Rochester History column (page 8), to see what was happening with RES at that time. Speaking of history, on page 12 is great article about RES’s STEM history and some of the current STEM initiatives. Directly following is news from Dr. Walter Cooper Academy (page 14) where tutoring has resumed! On page 15, the Get IT Done column discusses the use of AI and even used some for its writing, check it out! JUDGES NEEDED for the E3 Fair on March 31st at RIT (page 23) and for the Terra Fair Day March 18th at RMSC (page 43).

The Cover article (starting on page 16) on Systems Engineering and its Future discusses SE and how INCOSE helps to support it, with a glimpse into INCOSE’s

Vision 2035 that discusses many trends and aspects driving the evolution of SE. Very interesting read and brought to us by Leandro Alveiro and Teresa Froncek. For more on the local INCOSE chapter, see page 31.

In Campus news at RIT, check out page 25 to learn about how Onsemi’s recent gift to RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering will provide additional resources for educational programming, workforce development opportunities, new research initiatives for faculty and students and coop experiences for students interested in careers in the computer chip field.

It’s a busy month! Here are a few highlights from the calendar (starting on page 28) … PDH opportunities at the ASHRAE lunch meeting on Women in STEM: Enhancing Innovation and Sustainability through Diversity on March 13th at the Strathallan (page 42) and at the ABCD Spring Seminar March 31st on a variety of topics (more info page 41). The week of March the 13th is particularly busy with events by ASPE, INCOSE and Terra. Save the Date for the 2023 Engineering Symposium (in-person this year where you can earn up to 7 PDH’s), see page 32 for details.

If you would like to be involved, please check out the committee list on the website at www.roceng.org and join one! We want to make sure your voice is heard!

Please contact us with any questions, comments, or suggestions. Thank you!

Michelle Sommerman, PE Bergmann RES President

June 1, 2022 - May 31, 2024

Save the Date! (2 PDHs)

Date: Thursday, March 23, 2023 (note: 4th Thursday)

Time: 1:00 to 5:0 pm

Cost: $20 for RES Members; $30 for Non-members

Theme: Vehicle Technology

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

The Pursuit and Discovery of Vehicle Electrification Markets using Lithium-ion and/or Fuel Cell Powertrains - 1 PDH by Mark Mathias, PHD

Adjunct Professor Chemical Engineering Department, University of Rochester

It is now clear that we are moving towards less-petroleum-based and lower-carbon-footprint transportation technologies. Approximately 10% of the passenger vehicles currently sold in the world now have plugs, and this percentage is growing steadily. This trend is due in large part to the fact that Li-ion battery prices have dropped much faster than anyone predicted even five years ago. Remarkably, large (Class 8) truck electrification is now being seriously pursued for the first time. In this talk, we will consider the status and trajectory of Li-ion battery and fuel cell technology and their relationship to various emerging electric vehicle markets. Of course, outcomes will depend on the development of charging/fueling infrastructures, a topic whose status, trajectory, and technology challenges we will also consider.

Mark Mathias is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Rochester and an Electrochemical System Consultant. Mark received a BS in 1982 in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Tech, a PhD in Chemical Engineering in 1987 from the University of Wisconsin, and then spent two years as a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. He joined Mobil Research and Development Corporation in 1989 and moved to General Motors in 1998. Addition details on the website.

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

RIT Hot Wheelz Leadrship Team, Non-PDH Rochester Institute of Technology (this is their solar car team).

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Dynamic Charging of Electric Vehicles in Roadway (or similar topic TBD) - 1 PDH

by John E. Haddock, PhD, PE Professor of Civil Engineering Director, Local Technical Assistance

Program

Perdue University

Registration is on the RES Website Calendar at www.roceng.org. Registration closes at midnight, Wed. Mar. 22

Future Education Courses Being Planned - RES is offering these courses to support the engineering community. Each Continuing Education Session will consist of two or three educational 1-hour webinars with one or two eligible for PDH's. Registration will be on our website soon: www.roceng.org. *Date, cost, and topics are subject to change*

RES EVENT CALENDAR - SAVE THE DATES

RES is excited to announce our 2022-2023 program year is a mix of Continuing Education and Social Gatherings! Updates will be posted on the website calendar as they become available.

Social Gatherings are the 1st Thursday of every month at 5:00 pm

Continuing Education Courses are the 3rd Thursday of every month from 1:00 to 5:00 pm

Here are the plans (subject to change):

EVENT DATE

Thursday, March 2, 2023

EVENT NAME

Social Gathering! Rohrbach's, 97 Railroad Street, Rochester, NY 14609. Time: 5:00 PM. Please register so we know many are attending!

Continuing Education - Vehicle Technology (NOTE DATE CHANGE - was originally on the 17th)** See page 6 and the website for add'l details.

Thursday, March 23, 2023

PDH Session 1: 1:00 - 2:00 Mark Mathias, PHD Adjunct Professor Chemical Engineering Dept. Uof R: The Pursuit and Discovery of Vehicle Electrification Markets using Lithium-ion and/or Fuel Cell Powertrains

Non PDH Session 2: 2:30 – 3:30 RIT Hot Wheelz Leadrship Team, Rochester Institute of Technology (this is their solar car team).

PDH Session 3: 4:00 – 5:00 Dynamic charging of electric vehicles in roadway (or similar topic TBD), John E. Haddock, PhD, PE Professor of Civil Engineering Director, Local Technical Assistance Program Perdue University

Thursday, April 6, 2023

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Thursday, May 4, 2023

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Thursday, June 1, 2023

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Social Gathering! Rohrbach's, 97 Railroad Street, Rochester, NY 14609. Time: 5:00 PM. Please register so we know many are attending!

Engineering Symposium in Rochester - 7 PDHs Available Sponsored by Rochester's Technical and Engineering Societies Registration open now. Early registration discout by March 31st.

Social Gathering! Rohrbach's, 97 Railroad Street, Rochester, NY 14609. Time: 5:00 PM. Please register so we know many are attending!

Continuing Education - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Social Gathering! TBD

Continuing Education - Tour - Rochester Subway Tunnels

*Dates and topics are subject to change*

RES News - Rochester History

A Sampling from the Archives of the Rochester Engineering Society.

1897 - 1976

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.

September 15, 1976 (Board Meeting, Chamber of Commerce)

The Board approved one application for Regular Membership and one for Junior Membership.

RES Director, Richard Rice, requested that the RES form a committee to study, and respond to the City’s proposal to alter its traffic patterns (including the partial closing of Main Street). He also announced that his legislative group for the City’s anti-litter campaign was getting underway. RES Luncheon programs were announced; October – RES President M. John (Jack) Corson, November – Marlene Nicoll of the Landmark Society of Western NY on the Historical American Engineering Record (HAER) Project, December – Professor Jasper Shealy of RIT on “Skiing and Engineering”. Junior Past President, Jack Schickler announced that the HAER Project was now working in the Buffalo area and next would be focusing on Rochester. Senior Past President, Dr. Richard Kenyon, announced that the County Legislature would soon be voting on the Solid Waste Recycling Center. He also listed the qualifications for the NSF supported Technical Advisor to the City of Rochester. President Jack Corson reported that he had recently attended a meeting of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers, where he presented reasons for ASHRAE members to consider also joining the RES.

“The Rochester Engineer” (September 1976)

This issue presented a description of the Rochester Community for Better Architecture, a charter member of the NY State Association of Development/Design Centers (CDC’s). These CDC’s made their services available to individual and community group clients who would not otherwise be able to afford such services. This mechanism allowed community groups to become an integral part of the planning process

for the future of their communities. Locally, the Rochester Community for Better Architecture had been working with groups on the Southeast Community Center, Northeast Area Development, the Maplewood Association, as well as the Charlotte Community Association and other groups concerned for development around Monroe High School and Upper Monroe Beautification. These efforts and their projects would then become eligible for funding support from NY State and City of Rochester grant programs. In an article, “Our Nation’s Energy Policies: Are We on the Right Track?”, Dr. Lewis J. Conte, Dean of the Rhode Island College of Engineering describes our nation’s continuing dependence on petroleum, our distraction by the supposed benefits of oil-shale and “clean coal”, our power plant problem (siting and capital). He described for simultaneously following three paths: the development and application of inexhaustible, non-polluting alternate energy resources, beneficial recovery of large quantities of process energy that is currently being wasted, and energy conservation, on a scale not yet contemplated. He then goes on in some detail to describe alternate energy source potential, the recovery and uses of waste heat and, finally the value and potential for almost unimagined benefit from greatly improved energy conservation in buildings, heating and cooling systems, and from yet-to-be-developed technologies. He closes his discussion by emphasizing how imperative it is that we begin and succeed in these efforts. RES Director, James Sterlace reported on the recent success of the RES Education Committee’s seminar on improved success for small business. RES Legislative Watchdog, Andrew C. Hirsch, described an evaluation of a recent Rochester Times-Union article, “Refuse Recycling: Boon or Boondoggle”. The Monroe County Environmental Management Council dissected the TU article, interviewing the author of nearly every accredited commentor. It found that: 1. Many of the experts warning about problems with the proposed Resource Recovery Facility (RRF) had been quoted out of context. 2. There were significant factual errors in the TU article. 3. There were

serious errors of omission in the series. 4. Alleged problems with the burning of refuse-derived fuel were misstated, fire hazards exaggerated, and reported operating costs that were totally inaccurate. Chair of the Genesee West Audubon Society’s Conservation Committee, Michael E. Carlson’s article, “Statements of Concern Regarding the Van Lare Sewage Treatment Facility of the Rochester Pure Waters District”, calls attention to the recent decision to discharge 40 mgd (million gallons per day) of (only) primarytreated sewage into Lake Ontario, as a means of dealing with an on-going “odor problem”. It was alleged that the Monroe County Pure Waters Division (MCPWD)’s primary motivation in taking this action was to alleviate a six-day back-up of sewage and sludge, resulting from a combination of factors, including; poor-inadequate design, lack of alternatives for effectively dealing with sludge and no clear plan for an upgrade of the facilities. The article goes on to accuse the MCPWA, and others, of violating existing environmental legislation and obfuscating (covering up) the actual problems with the facility and its operation. Editor’s note: In keeping with RES Editorial Policy, an article by MCPWD Director, Gerald McDonald, in response to this one, would appear in the next issue of The Rochester Engineer.

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.

For the article this month, we will look into the special requirements and considerations electrical engineers, designers, and contractors need to take into account when selecting appropriate footwear for use on site.

OSHA 1910.136(a) states that employers “shall ensure that each affected employee uses protective footwear when working in areas where there is a danger of foot injuries due to falling or rolling objects, or objects piercing the sole, or when the protective footwear will protect the affected employee from an electrical hazard, such as static-discharge or electric-shock hazard, that remains after the employer takes other necessary protective measures.”

https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.136

But what does that actually mean when you’re selecting footwear?

In most cases, engineers, architects, and contractors are required to wear some level of safety shoe or boot, and the type of field work you’re doing can impact your decision about how you protect your feet.

Say you’re visiting a laboratory to verify existing conditions? Then, according to the Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute, “shoes should be comfortable, rubber soled, and cover the entire foot,” and “disposable, fluid resistant shoe covers can be worn in jobs where splashing is expected. (“Appropriate Footwear in the Lab | Lab Manager”). Because canvas shoes will absorb chemicals or infectious fluids, they are not recommended.” Instead, choose leather, or synthetic materials which are fluid resistant. Most work boots will fit the bill.

https://www.labmanager.com/lab-health-and-safety/appropriate-footwear-in-the-lab19414#:~:text=The%20Clinical%20Laboratory%20Standards%20Institute,fluids%2C%20they%20 are%20not%20recommended.

Other times, you might find yourself on an active construction site, where there is an increased risk of injury due to falling objects, hard trip hazards, or puncture hazards. As mentioned above, OSHA 1910.136(a) calls for “protective footwear”. This footwear must be puncture and slip resistant, and must also provide impact and shear protection. OSHA does not require that boots be steel toe, but steel toe boots are best suited for this sort of protection. As such, most employers, as well as most clients, will require anybody on a construction site to be wearing protective footwear which is also steel toed.

Why does this differ for electrical professionals who might be working in electrical rooms or around electrical equipment? When these people are on site, they face different risks than others. OSHA 1910.333(c)(8), Safety-Related Work Practices is reflective of this. It prohibits the wearing of conductive articles of jewelry and clothing (such as watch bands, bracelets, rings, keychains, etc.) if they might contact exposed energized parts.

People in the electrical trades should be looking for footwear that includes an Electrical Hazard (EH) rating. For a boot to qualify for an EH rating, it must pass testing spelled out by the ASTM International

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Standard. Boots with an EH rating must provide for not only your standard protective footwear requirements as outlined above, but also protection against electrical discharge of 18,000 volts for 1 minute. These boots are made in such a way that their entire surface is nonconductive.

Steel toed boots can be EH rated, but over time they can provide an opportunity for catastrophic failure where electricity is involved. We’ve all seen a set of wellworn boots with the toes scrapped through. For an electrical professional, this is a potentially fatal exposure.

Another option for people working in the electrical trades is an EH rated safety boot with a composite toe. Composite toes are made from nonconductive materials, which means that as the boots wear on the toe, they do not become a hazard in their own right. Typically, composite toes are also lighter than steel toes. The trade-off is that composite toes do not offer the same level of crush protection as steel toes.

Footwear may also carry a static discharge (SD) rating. Footwear with an SD rating helps to limit the amount of static electricity which can build up on your body as you move around. This type of footwear is generally worn in technical production environments, like microchip manufacturing, where a static discharge could render product useless.

One additional concern is waterproofing. While people in all trades can appreciate dry feet, water and electricity don’t mix, and boots that are water-logged are conductive. Whenever possible, electrical tradespeople should select a boot which is both EH rated and waterproof, but keep in mind that if your boots are wet, they may be compromised.

In summary, while there are many different options for safety shoes, for people in the electrical trades, there are additional risks to consider. When on a job site, you should be looking for hazards. You can see a trip hazard, a nail sticking out of a plank on the floor, or a puddle of fluid which may be slippery. You cannot see an electrical hazard, and therefore, you are always relying on your PPE to protect you in hazardous environments. While standard issue protective footwear may get you on the site, Electrical Hazard rated footwear might just help to get you home. q

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 RES magazine and add an article or would like to request information on a specific topic (not limited to Electrical) just email me at schoghlan@ bergmannpc.com or beliasz@bergmannpc.com. As always, any comments are appreciated…! Thank you for reading.

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

Stacey Coghlan, Electrical Designer Bergmann

Rochester has an incredible STEM history, dating back to before the STEM acronym!

As early as 1989 Eastman Kodak placed 1500 of its technology-based employees into RCSD classrooms as volunteer STEM Coaches; (to help make STEM delivery project-based, and hands-on), in more than seven hundred RCSD 6th, 7th, and 8th grade classrooms. We stayed for two-hour visits, twice a week for the entire school year. This STEM initiative lasted 10 years! Our goal was to make whatever STEM topic the teacher was working on as tangible as possible, and to also describe real-world application examples where we had used the concepts being taught.

My “teacher” was working on buoyancy, which led to density, and eventually the units lbs./in3 (back when we were oblivious to metrification.) Understanding that set that units was the crux of success, but has anybody ever seen a cubic inch.

On the way home that night I stopped at a print shop and asked them to build a steel-rule paper cutting die to make the stretch-out for a cubic inch. At the next class we gave each student a pattern and a Glue Stick (a new toy in and of itself, in the early 1990’s). Everybody made their own cubic inch (the Printer insisted on putting the dots on because “he is a printer”; so, I told the kids if you want a Cubic Inch, fold the paper with the dots on the inside, otherwise it will be a Die. Only about three kids took the bait.)

The Cubic Inch was only half of the original imaginary set of units, but I believe we made a real impact on Project Based Learning, the concept of volume, and density as well.

In 1991, two years before the Federal government began to address our slipping technological advantage and nine years before our government gave the name STEM to the intended solution path, the Rochester Senior Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) created what would today be considered a STEM initiative, known as the E3 Fair. The initial concept was to increase the visibility of the science projects, which area middle school students were already doing this for their respective schools.

Our science project history was that the students stood in front of their project (which took perhaps a couple months to investigate, build and deliver) for perhaps an hour, only to have some school officials walk past and thank them for the hard work.

Instead, we envisioned a day-long Fair, where these exhibits would be judged for their technical content, teamwork, and presentation-finesse, and where these accomplishments were recognized using prize ribbons and trophies. We named this event the E3 Fair. E3 stands for Engineering, Exploration and Experimentation, and this was our attempt at what has since evolved nationally into Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

Over the years, we have added team-based “engineering” competitions. The first involved LEGO motor-driven kits. Starting in 2001, robotics involving a variety of challenges was added, using programmable LEGO Mindstorm kits. Just as important as this increased visibility for such great scholastic work, and Fair-Day robotics competitions, the E3 Fair has inspired the technical societies and corporations, that collectively are the Rochester Engineering Society, to exhibit actual STEM utilization as practiced within Rochester area corporations. Fifteen to twenty-five local engineering organizations have created enumerable hands-on exhibits.

The picture above shows the industry booth from Eastman Kodak. Students are given a sheet of plastic and asked to take it to the first of three stations; that operator heats the sheet in an infrared oven; at the second station, the student sees the plastic sheet drawn down over a wooden model of Jaguar car body; at the last station, a trim-die cuts off the excess plastic, leaving the student with a 9-inch-long model of a car, still warm from the vacuum-forming process.

Between student competitors, parents, teachers and the general public, a typical E3 Fair drew a few hundred students and frequently over one thousand visitors. One year we got in trouble with the RIT security staff because twenty-nine school busses arrived, from all over the fivecounty area, in a 40-minute window.

The Society of Plastics Engineers was a big hit molding screw-drivers on-site. Each student walked away with the handle still warm.

STEM Bridges (Jon Kriegel, 585-281-5216; jkriegel@rochester.rr.com)

STEM Bridges is an RES attempt to pick-up where Kodak left off, delivering STEM support for teachers. The RES hopes to broaden this initiative from only RCSD, to any school district interested in such support, and to recruit technical support across all possible STEM disciplines, not just engineers. Let’s send an MD to help an advanced biology teacher, not a mechanical engineer.

The 2023 E3 Fair (Richard Repka, Rrepka10@gmail.com)

The 2023 E3 Fair will be held on Friday, March 31! See page 25 of this issue for a flyer with details as well as on the RES and E3 Fair websites

The 2023 RES Explorer Post (Richard

Repka, Rrepka10@gmail.com)

For more than 30 years

Jean Kendrick and then Rich Repka have been taking 1520 high school students on 11+ Rochester manufacturing plant tours and/or engineering laboratory visits. The goal is to increase their exposure to engineering, as different from their exposure to firemen and police officers, which was all they received in grade school! This picture shows RES’s Explorer Troop 801 readying for a tour of the Circuit Chip Manufacturing lab at RIT. For more information on the Explorer Post go to the RES website under What We Do

RES Tutoring Team - Volunteers Needed!

(Lee Loomis, Chair - 585-738-3079; LeeLoomis46@gmail.com)

In 1998 RES Board Member and Past President Lee Loomis triggered a family of engineers visiting 2nd and 3rd grade students from RCSD’s Dr. Walter Cooper Academy, as literacy tutors. Working in pairs, these volunteers help to improve reading skills at that mostcritical age. Although Covid stopped this effort for a while, we are recently back in business this year and looking for volunteers!

These are the details around four of the eight RES STEM and Tutoring Programs either created by or supported by the RES. I suggest that this history puts Rochester NY way ahead in STEM delivery!

We will describe the remaining RES programs in the April Rochester Engineer. Yet to come, TERRA, Future Cities, First Robotics, and Skype-AScientist. Details are also on the RES website under What We Do.

If you see value in these education initiatives and would be interested in volunteering, please contact Jon Kriegel RES Education Initiatives Director, at jkriegel@rochester.rr.com. Cell: (585) 281-5216.

In-person RES Tutoring Resumes at Dr. Walter Cooper Academy

A schedule of weekly in-person tutoring began on Tuesday, February 7th. RES/Bergmann Tutor (and RES President), Michelle Sommerman spent about two hours working with several of our “Cooper Scholars” from Mrs. Sanzotta’s First Grade and from Ms. Costa’s Second Grade.

Upon arrival, Michelle received a basket of lesson-support materials from the teacher. She was then guided to the School Library by her first student, and they selected a quiet corner in which to spend about 20 minutes working on letter, number word and word-picture association problems.

Over the course of the next 90 minutes, Michelle worked with four additional students, on similar lessons. Next week, RES/Bergmann Tutor, Tami Coghlan, will take her part in the four-week rotation of tutors from Bergmann Associates.

RES President (and RES Tutor), Michelle Sommerman, guides a student through a set of word-picture association problems.

The second half of the 2022-23 School Year, at Dr. Walter Cooper Academy, now includes in-person tutoring by the RES Tutoring Team...

The need is great… We have a large number of students in need of the one-on-one support that comes from in-person attention to their individual learning needs.

Won’t you please consider joining our 2022-23 RES Tutoring Team…

Questions/Applications??? 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).

There certainly has been lots of attention paid to AI tools and apps in both mainstream and IT focused media over the last few months. Microsoft is rolling out AI enabled Bing search tools, this is also being embedded in Edge and Word. As you can guess from the title of this article, I’m on a wait list to get that upgrade on my work laptop. We do already have in on a lab system running prerelease software.

Google is also making the news by rolling out AI enabled Bard – it is being reported that this has already caused the value of the company to drop this week by 9% ($100B) due to an advertisement where Bard provided answers to a question, and those AI answers proved to be inaccurate, causing a backlash in social media and a significant and likely temporary drop in share price.

So with my smartphone and laptop equipped with AI apps I’ve got these tools to evaluate how they might help with day to day tasks. Let’s start with a little background, AI apps are computer programs that use artificial intelligence to perform tasks that would normally require human intelligence, time, and coffee. Okay so I’m asking my tool to write up a few paragraphs on the benefits and challenges using AI apps, yes I did have AI help write this one. I did edit the following paragraphs a bit to remove redundant sentences, and add in what I felt was actual experiences with the tools. All in all it worked fairly well as long as I was willing to edit and probably saved some time.

One of the primary benefits of using AI apps is the ability to automate mundane tasks. AI apps can be used to automate tasks such as data entry, writing responses, detecting stress in customer service interactions, and even marketing (I didn’t write that last one). This can save businesses time and money, as they no longer need to hire additional staff to perform these tasks (I wouldn’t buy into that yet). AI apps can also be used to provide personalized customer service, as they can be programmed to respond to customer inquiries in a timely manner (hopefully better than those in use at telecom companies – “I SAID CANCEL MY SERVICE!”). This can help businesses build better relationships with their customers and increase customer satisfaction (or perhaps make it much worse if not implemented with the customer’s perspective in mind).

Another benefit of using AI apps is the ability to make

better decisions (the AI app is sounding too confident here). AI apps can be used to analyze large amounts of data and provide insights that can help businesses make better decisions (okay helping makes sense). For example, AI apps can be used to analyze customer data and provide insights into customer behavior, which can help businesses better understand their customers and develop more effective marketing strategies. We have been utilizing security tools that utilize AI to help us quickly identify and assess risk, but it’s combined with review by experienced staff before actions are taken.

While AI apps offer many benefits, there are also some challenges associated with their use. One of the primary challenges is the cost associated with developing and maintaining AI apps. AI apps require a significant amount of time and money to develop and maintain, which can be a significant barrier for businesses. Additionally, AI apps can be difficult to integrate into existing systems, as they require a significant amount of customization.

Finally, there is the risk of AI apps making mistakes. AI apps are only as good as the data they are given, and if the data is incorrect or incomplete, the AI app may make mistakes. This can lead to inaccurate results and poor decision-making, which can have serious consequences for businesses (just ask Google Bard).

In conclusion, AI apps offer many benefits, such as the ability to automate mundane tasks, provide personalized customer service, and make better decisions. However, there are also some challenges associated with their use, such as the cost of development and maintenance, difficulty integrating into existing systems, and the risk of making mistakes. Despite these challenges, AI apps can be a valuable tool for businesses, and their use is likely to continue to grow in the future.

Systems Engineering and its Future Engineering Complex

Systems

“It’s ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.” The famous quote from the American writer Mark Twain is quite fitting and often used in lectures on the topic of Systems Engineering. As its practitioners will call it, SE aims not only to apply concepts and techniques to design, build, and test the best possible system for its intended purpose, but also to identify and mitigate unexpected behaviors.

What is a system? In the broadest sense, a system can be anything. A vehicle, a wheel, a pen, an iron nail, a living organism, nature itself. However, in SE, defining contexts is one of the first steps taken to define a problem and conceptualize its solution, therefore, for practicality, the same is valid for the definition of systems itself. In the context of engineered systems, a system is an integrated set of elements (software, hardware, users), information, people, processes, and services working together and interacting with its environment to achieve a set of intended goals.

SE arose in the 1930s with the recognition that the complexity of systems had increased to a point where it was no longer possible to design them from a purely reductionist approach. The realization first came within industries developing defense systems. With a growing number of system elements and interactions between them, these systems came alive, demonstrating properties that could no longer be directly correlated with the sum of their parts. The systems were showing emergent behaviors that could not be understood simply by understanding its comprising elements.

Some emergent behaviors are authentic purposes of a system and are intentionally designed for. An example is the management of the headway in rail signaling systems. In general, these systems aim to maintain trains minimally and uniformly spaced along the track to increase throughput and arrival predictability. This behavior can only be achieved by close interaction of several parts: supervision systems that manage departure/arrival times, onboard

Increase in complexity over the years. Figure obtained from the INCOSE SE Vision 2035.

systems that control train acceleration and braking to match the intended times (in the case of manually controlled trains, this is achieved by the driver), communication systems to relay messages back and forth, and others. Looking at the system’s architecture and functions implemented by each piece of software and hardware, nowhere can headway management be seen.

In living organisms, another example is intelligence that arises from highly complex interactions of neurons in the brain. Intelligence can only be seen from a “system” (organism) perspective.

Other emergent behaviors are undesired consequences of a complex system design and if they escape the systems engineer’s analysis, they can manifest themselves as loss of mission, property damage and loss of life. Even when all system elements continue to perform as intended, the combination of their actions and/or changes to the environment can lead to undesired outcomes. An example is the crash of the Mars Polar Lander in 1999. The system specification instructed the software developers to cut off the descent engines if any of the legs detected touchdown. During descent, vibrations and signal noise provided a false positive touchdown input from one of the legs to the software, which correctly turned off the landing engine. In fact, the spacecraft was still 40 meters above the surface. In this case, no components failed, but interactions between the environment and the lander were not all accounted for.

Emergence phenomena and complexity are intrinsically connected and managing them is at the core of what SE does. It aims to accomplish this by deploying a set of technical and management processes as well as practices collectively known as Systems Thinking, which is the approach taken by a systems engineer to look at systems holistically, focusing on its mission goals, interactions with the environments (including its users) and interactions among its own components. A systems engineer needs to consider how the system elements and the environment can change over time, recognize that complexity leads to non-linear cause and effect and intricate loops are involved, and study long-term consequence of changes and user actions (intended and non-intended).

The systems engineer also needs to look past functionality and performance, reaching out to stakeholders beyond the end users for collecting requirements. These can be regarding affordability, environmental constraints, interoperability with other existing or future systems, logistics, producibility

(how easily the system can be manufactured), mass properties (how much it should weight and how that weight must be distributed), reliability, maintainability, resilience, safety, security, training needs and usability. A narrow focus only on functional requirements and the system’s nominal operation, neglecting all stages and aspects of the life cycle will most likely lead to unforeseen emergent behaviors.

Many studies across industries show with very definitive evidence that the cost to make changes to a system can rise hundreds of times from concept to production stages. This is because most of the project cost is already committed by the end of the concept stage. Early decisions have a larger impact to the system’s definition and design. Hence, SE brings special value by offering practices to assist enterprises with decision making that will avoid late costly changes.

Education in Systems Engineering and Resources for Information

There is a significant chance that long-term SE practitioners acquired most of their knowledge on the job, initially getting involved with design and development of certain system parts, focusing on specific engineering domains, such as civil or mechanical engineering, and over time acquiring information about the entire system and learning about the enterprise’s SE processes and tools.

As system complexity rapidly increased, the need for a more structured approach became apparent, with more professionals seeking formal education on the subject.

Normally, students are still expected to acquire experience in more traditional engineering disciplines

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Rising cost of changes later in the life cycle. For illustration purposes only. Not to scale.

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(electrical, mechanical, software, optical, etc.) before engaging in interdisciplinary affairs required by holistic system analysis. But this mindset is changing. Graduate courses are commonly found across the country and the number of undergraduate courses is growing.

International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)

Those interested in gaining access to state-of-the-art information on SE, getting involved in the discussions, meeting the people advancing the discipline and joining the effort to advance SE, will benefit by becoming an INCOSE member.

INCOSE (https://www.incose.org) is a not-for-profit membership organization founded to develop and disseminate the interdisciplinary principles and practices that enable the realization of successful systems. INCOSE is designed to connect SE professionals with educational, networking, and career-advancement opportunities in the interest of developing the global community of systems engineers and systems approaches to problems. Founded in the 1990s, initially as the National Council of Systems Engineering (NCOSE) it was later renamed in 1995, with growing involvement of the international community.

With over 19,000 members and more than 65 chapters in over 77 countries around the globe, INCOSE is the standard for the advancement of systems engineering. Members drive the discipline forward, developing state-ofthe-art solutions and products for their customers. INCOSE offers:

• Annual International Symposium (IS), International Workshop (IW), and regional conferences

• A Professional Development Portal (PDP)

• The Technical Leadership Institute (TLI); a free, 2-yr program for accepted members.

• Over 50 working groups that create products, present panels, develop and review standards. Each working group is either a Transformational, Analytic, or Process Enabler. The current working groups are:

Agile Systems and Systems Engineering

Architecture

Artificial Intelligence Systems

Automotive

Competency

Complex Systems

Configuration Management

Critical Infrastructure Protection and Recovery

Decision Analysis

Defense Systems

Digital Engineering Information Exchange

Empowering Women Leaders in SE (EWLSE)

Enterprise Systems

Healthcare

Human Systems Integration

Information Communications Technology

Infrastructure

Integration, Verification & Validation

Knowledge Management

PM-SE Integration

Power & Energy Systems

Process Improvement

Product Line Engineering

Professional Competencies & Soft Skills

Professional Development Initiative

Requirements

Resilient Systems

Risk Management

SE in Early-Stage Research & Development

SE Tools Database

Small Business Systems Engineering

Smart Cities Initiative

Social Systems

Space Systems

System of Systems

System Safety

Systems and Software Interface

Systems Engineering and Lawmaking

Lean Systems Engineering Systems Engineering Quality Management (SEQM)

MBSE Initiative

MBSE Patterns

Measurement

Systems Science

Systems Security Engineering

Tools Integration & Model Lifecycle Management

NAFEMS-INCOSE Systems Modeling & Simulation Training

Natural Systems Transportation

Object-Oriented Systems Engineering Method (OOSEM)

• A new member engagement team

• Monthly webinars

• The INCOSE Corporate Advisory Board (CAB), which is the Voice of the Customer to the INCOSE leadership. The CAB provides strategic guidance to technical leadership, leading to the development of systems engineering products and input to standards to meet their needs. There are over 120 CAB members.

• Student Divisions, where a Student Division is comprised of a group of undergraduate or graduate students who wish to become actively involved in INCOSE while enrolled in an accredited course of study at a college or university. Student Divisions are operated as a component of a nearby chartered INCOSE chapter.

• Systems Engineering Professional (SEP) Certifications, offering Associate SEP (ASEP), Certified SEP (CSEP), and Expert SEP (ESEP) certifications.

• A maintained directory of worldwide academic programs from accredited institutions on their website (https://www.incose.org/academic-affairs-and-careers/se-education).

• SE Body of Knowledge (SEBoK) (https://www.sebokwiki.org)

• Technical Publications: SE Journal and Insight Magazine

• The INCOSE Store, for purchasing and ordering INCOSE products such as:

o Guides to Needs and Requirements

o Letters to My Younger Self: How Systems Engineering Changed My Life

o Systems Engineering Handbook

o Systems Engineering Principles

• INCOSE Foundation: Committed to rewarding skills through scholarships for those engaged in finding solutions to complex technical challenges at all stages of their education or career.

• INCOSE awards to members who achieved outstanding accomplishments. There are both individual and team awards.

Finger Lakes Chapter (FLC)

INCOSE’s Finger Lakes Chapter (FLC) has existed for over 20 years. The chapter covers the western part of New York state, from Rome to Buffalo. Groups of members are in Rochester, Syracuse, Ithaca, and Buffalo; some members are in various states. Currently the chapter has about 100 members (regular, senior and student). FLC has a student division at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. FLC is also an affiliate member of the Rochester Engineering Society.

Chapter members can participate in any of the INCOSE activities mentioned in the INCOSE section. FLC has ASEP, CSEP, and ESEP certified members, and members participating in working groups, IW, and IS. FLC also has members who have been, or currently are, involved in INCOSE’s TLI. Also, FLC hosted the 2005 IS in Rochester, NY.

FLC is run by a Board of Directors that meets monthly. Elections are every three years. FLC has a LinkedIn group and a chapter site on https://www.incose.org. FLC has regular chapter meetings each month from January to June and from October to December. There are no activities in July. Occasionally a social event (such as a picnic) is held in August, and the annual meeting is in September. The regular chapter meetings are open to all at no cost. Meetings are in hybrid format (in person or remotely via Zoom), with current venues in Rochester and Ithaca.

Between 2000 and 2021, FLC has won 17 INCOSE chapter circle awards: 6 bronze, 8 silver, and 3 gold. Through the annual chapter awards program, INCOSE recognizes the valuable contributions of individual INCOSE chapters as they strive to enrich, educate, and enlighten the INCOSE membership while improving recognition of INCOSE and the systems engineering profession. Continued on page 20

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INCOSE’s Systems Engineering Vision 2035

In January 2022, INCOSE launched its vision for the practice in 2035. The intent is to inspire the community and guide the advancements in the field in the next decade.

The complete document is available online at https://www.incose.org/about-systems-engineering/se-vision-2035. It discusses many trends and aspects driving the evolution of SE. A few are covered below. Reading the full vision is highly encouraged for practitioners and enthusiasts alike.

Human Needs and Sustainability

The development goals established by the United Nations call for reduced inequalities and access to food, healthcare and education to all, while at the same time promoting environmental sustainability. Growing population, urbanization and longer lifespans will increase the demands for connectiveness and consumption of goods and information. Addressing these needs and managing resulting stresses in biodiversity and natural resources will undoubtedly call for ever more sophisticated systems that will need to be engineered for sustainability.

Increasing System Complexity

Demand for more information, capability and efficiency are continuously pushing the level of complexity, even in systems that until recently were considered “simple”. As an example: the old reliable refrigerator. Modern units have embedded computers with full operating systems, user interface and Internet connection. Adding just one feature, such as allowing the user to go online, leads to a cascading effect of other requirements related to software updates, retro compatibility, cyber security and resistance to water and humidity for electronic parts. And since there is a computer in it, why not have that computer run diagnostics and inform the user of any needed maintenance? This in turn, leads to more components, more interfaces between them, more emergent behaviors, failure modes and vulnerabilities.

Scaled to truly large systems interacting with each other to fulfill unforeseen user needs in constantly changing environments gives a sense of the magnitude of the challenge ahead. The systems engineer should not shy away from it, but strengthen the usage of systems thinking and keep up with enabling tools and technologies.

SE Practices

Demand for sustainability will give rise to circular economies. Figure obtained from the INCOSE SE Vision 2035.

Current state (2022) of SE practices. By 2035, emerging practices should become standard ones. Figure obtained from the INCOSE SE Vision 2035.

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Currently, the usage of artificial intelligence (AI) components in a system is a problem for SE because the non-deterministic nature of AI conflicts with the intention of verification and validation (V&V) teams to provide evidence that a system is built correctly and fit for its purpose.

By 2035, AI components will be commonplace, not only performing tasks on their own but exchanging information and learning with other systems. The problem of producing objective evidence by verification teams will need to be addressed between the SE, software, and data science communities. Perhaps the answer is automation and deployment of other AI systems for auto verification.

Another big trend is the shift from managing information in documents to a model-based approach. MBSE (Model-Based Systems Engineering) is already adopted by a growing number of organizations, most commonly in the aerospace and defense industries and its usage will become more widespread across other industries.

MBSE allows for a more objective description of the system, reducing the risk of misunderstandings by teams implementing the individual components and increasing transparency for teams performing analysis, such as V&V and safety assessment teams. Well written models can be “played” through when given a set of inputs.

MBSE should be predominant in SE by 2035, in fact they should be synonyms. Models will be interconnected for reusability and exchange of information creating a collaborative virtual environment for visual exploration of the system. Tools will bring more sophisticated AI features to provide insights to the systems engineer and run automatic checks. V&V and safety analysis efforts will be shifted to take place mostly inside the models, identifying issues as early as possible in the life cycle.

The SE discipline is almost a century old, but more fitting than ever for the current days. With complexity soaring, systems are no longer composed of simple structure of elements with fixed interfaces and predefined order for information to be passed back and forth. Systems are ever more commonly organized with interconnected elements point to point forming a mesh network of interactions that transcends any attempts at reductionist forms of analysis. The same is true for an individual system and its elements or for larger systems whose elements are other complex systems.

SE is a career in high demand with insufficient supply of professionals. The hands on the clocks of system

complexity cannot be reversed. To get involved, the resources mentioned in this article are a great start. Locally, the INCOSE Finger Lakes Chapter can help! q

The INCOSE SE Vision 2035 product was prepared by the Systems Engineering Vision 2035 Project Team of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE). It is approved by the INCOSE Technical Operations for release as an INCOSE Technical Product.

Copyright ©2014 by INCOSE, subject to the following restrictions:

INCOSE use: Permission to reproduce the INCOSE SE Vision 2035 document and to prepare derivative works from this document or INCOSE use is granted provided this copyright notice is included with all reproductions and derivative works.

External Use: The INCOSE SE Vision 2035 document may be shared or distributed to non-INCOSE third parties. Requests for permission to reproduce the INCOSE SE Vision 2035 document in whole are granted provided it is not altered in any way. Extracts for use in other works are permitted provided this copyright notice and INCOSE attribution are included with all reproductions; and, all uses including derivative works and commercial use, acquire additional permission for use of images unless indicated as a public image in the General Domain. Requests for permission to prepare derivative works of this document or any for commercial use will be denied unless covered by other formal agreements with INCOSE. Contact INCOSE Administration Office, 7670 Opportunity Rd., Suite 220, San Diego, CA 92111-2222, USA.

Leandro has worked for Alstom for 17 years in the rail signaling industry and has exercised multiple roles during his period, from software engineering, systems engineering and management of product development. Currently, Leandro is responsible for the V&V of Alstom’s North America products.

He has been in the board of directors of the Rochester Engineering Society since June 2022 and an INCOSE and INCOSE FLC member since 2021. Leandro is undergoing the INCOSE Technical Leadership Program.

Teresa Froncek retired from L3Harris Technologies, Space and Airborne Systems, where her roles/responsibilities included being SE Lead, SE functional manager, Project Manager, and Chief Engineer. She has a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Bradley University and a master’s degree in Physics from the University of Missouri –Kansas City. She is a member of Sigma Pi Sigma.

Teresa has been on the FLC board of directors about 10 years, recently completing a 3-yr term as President. Currently, she is Treasurer and Past President.

Friday, March 31, 2023from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM at RIT

Judges Needed

• The E3 Fair is an Engineering Design Contest for Middle Schools (grades 6 –8)

• Approximately 125 participants

• The Fair’s mission: to increase exposure of engineering and technology related fields to students.

• Science / Engineering project poster board competition

• You will be trained via Email prior to the competition

• With a meeting the morning of the fair at 8:00 AM

• Contact: Richard Repka rrepka10@gmail.com to volunteer or for more information by March 17th

E3 Fair: https://www.roceng.org/E3

What's News

AIA Rochester Announces 2023 Board of Directors

The Board welcomes five new members

AIA Rochester announces its 2023 Board of Directors. Jay Woodcock, AIA of Dwyer Architectural and previous Vice President of AIA Rochester assumes the role of President from outgoing president Stacy Welch, AIA, of LaBella Associates.

Jamie Bucci, AIA of SWBR is welcomed to the board into the position of Vice President.

In addition to Bucci, four other new members join the 2023 Board. A CPL employee: Benjamin Deuel, Associate AIA is the Secretary. Hailing from Young + Wright Architectural, Rob Smithgall, AIA is the Director of Outreach. Minerva Jang, AIAS, a student at RIT is Director of Social Media, a previously vacant position. Lastly, Anthony Adiutori, Esq. of Davidson Fink is the chapter’s Director at Large.

Dustin Welch, AIA of Passero Associates, previously the Director of Outreach, remains on the board, moving into the position of Director of

Emerging Rochester Architects (ERA).

Continuing on the Board are Treasurer Michael Short, AIA of Popli Design Group, Director of Practice + Design Christina Fluman, Associate AIA of Edge Architecture, Director of Membership Erin Powers, AIA of CPL, Director of Communications Sara DeSalvo, AIA of Dwyer Architectural, and Director of Governmental Affairs Michael Prattico, AIA of HBT Architects

Michelle Murnane, AIA will continue on in her role as Associate Director, supporting AIA Rochester Executive Director Linda Hewitt, Hon. AIANYS.

For more about AIA Rochester and its programs, including scholarship opportunities, visit www.aiaroc.org and follow AIA Rochester on social media. q

Jay Woodcock, AIA of Dwyer Architectural is the 2023 President of AIA Rochester

Jamie Bucci, AIA of SWBR is the 2023 Vice President of AIA Rochester

Michael Short, AIA of Popli Design is the 2023 Treasurer for AIA Rochester

Benjamin Deuel, Assoc. AIA of CPL is the 2023 Secretary for AIA Rochester

AIA Rochester announces its 2023 Board of Directors

Professional Firms, Employee News

SWBR News

SWBR Welcomes New Finance Specialist

SWBR welcomes finance specialist Candice Korts to the firm.

Korts’ diverse background includes significant finance experience in the local sector and multi-state jurisdictions. She supports the firm’s Education Studio with accounts payable, accounts receivable, and resource plans. She also assists the controller with various month-end and year-end accounting tasks. A former firefighter with the US Airforce, Korts earned her certification in Emergency Medical Technology and an associates of arts and sciences in Human Resources from Monroe Community College.

When asked what excites her about the future of architecture, Korts said, “Architecture is both timeless and ever-changing. You can bring historical properties back to life and keep their original beauty while modernizing it with sophisticated technology.” q

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Campus News

RIT News

Onsemi to donate $500,000 to RIT to further semiconductor educational initiatives Funds will support projects and educational programming aimed at increasing the pipeline of engineers in the computer chip field

Intelligent power and sensing technology corporation onsemi announced funding to Rochester Institute of Technology’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering to support educational programming and research in advancing today’s semiconductor industry.

Over 10 years, the company will donate $500,000 toward helping to build capabilities in consumer devices and intelligent systems—key areas that rely on semiconductors, also referred to as computer chips.

The need for manufacturing computer chips as well as the production of consumer products assembled with these components is a multibilliondollar industry. Providing a pipeline of skilled professionals for these fields and sharing insights about industry trends is essential.

“With a focus on automotive and industrial end-markets, onsemi offers a highly differentiated

and innovative product portfolio, delivering intelligent power and sensing technologies that solve the world’s most complex challenges, and leads the way to creating a safer, cleaner, and smarter world,” said Scott Allen, onsemi’s vice

president of human resources. “However, we can only drive these innovations with a well-trained, agile workforce which is why collaboration with higher education such as RIT is pertinent.”

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Candice Korts

Onsemi’s recent gift to RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering will provide additional resources for educational programming and co-op experiences for students interested in careers in the computer chip field. Credit: Gabrielle Plucknette-DeVito/RIT

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The collaborative relationship established between onsemi and the university will offer increased co-op experiences and workforce development opportunities for undergraduates and graduates as well as new research initiatives for faculty and students.

“We appreciate onsemi’s investment in our microelectronics engineering program. We are committed to graduating engineers with the skills that the semiconductor industry needs,” said Doreen Edwards, dean of RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering.

With an established microelectronic engineering program, one of the first in the country, the engineering college focuses on the design and development of computer chips in its Semiconductor Microsystems and Fabrication Laboratory (SMFL).

Renovations and upgrades to the lab are underway this year, and reflect how the university is expanding further into biomedical research, integrated photonics, smart manufacturing, quantum computing, and other advances to the Internet of Things.

Changes will include upgrades to filtration and air handling systems, the addition of new wet processing stations to prevent cross contamination, and the creation of 5,000 square feet of research space focused on biomedical applications. Additional campus resources such as the Center for Electronic Manufacturing and Assembly and faculty laboratories provide a foundation for students to learn, and for researchers to develop key solutions for the growing industry. RIT is developing technologies to advance chip manufacturing

and assembly processes and new materials discovery for future chips/ circuits.

Onsemi’s recent gift, which includes naming rights to the Reactive Ion Etch (RIE) and Metallization Bay in the SMFL, is part of Transforming RIT:

The Campaign for Greatness

In 2018, RIT launched the blended campaign, which seeks support from a variety of investors, including alumni, government and corporate partners, and research foundations and agencies. The $1 billion campaign is bringing RIT’s strategic plan to life. Campaign priorities include investing in student success, creating world class facilities, advancing research and discovery, and innovating careers of the future. The campaign has surpassed $983 million. q

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Continuing Education Opportunities

Go to the RES Website for Updated Details On All Meetings

Monday, March 13

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) p 42

Women in STEM: Enhancing Innovation and Sustainability through Diversity 1 PDH

Pending

Speaker: ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Teresa Weston

Place: Strathallan, 550 East Avenue, 9th Floor, Rochester, NY

Time: 12:00 Noo. Details will be on the website: www.rochesterashrae.org

Thursday, March 23

Rochester Engineering Society (RES) p 6 RES Virtual Continuing Education Courses –Vehicle Technology - 2 PDH Credits

Place: Zoom

Time: 1:00 to 5:00 pm

Cost: $20 for RES Members, $30 for Non-members

Registration is on the RES Website calendar at www.roceng.org. Registration closes at midnight, Wed. March 22nd

Friday, March 31

Association for Bridge Construction and Design (ABCD) p 41 Spring Seminar – Earn up to 6.5 PDH Credits Speakers and Topics listed on page 41 of this issue and on their website.

Place: Batavia Downs Gaming Center, 8315 Park Road, Batavia NY 14020

Time: Check-in at 7:15 am; Program begins at 8:00 am

Cost: Virtual is $60; In-person Member is $125; In-person Non-member is $150; In-person Full Time Student is $35. In-person includes breaks, lunch and PDH certificates.

Registration begins March 1st. To register visit the website at www.abcdwny.com. For additional information contact Jonathan Herman PE, GPE, 716-989-3318 (jherman@gpinet.com) or Tomas Andino PE, City of Rochester, 585-428-6535 (tomas. andino@cityofrochester.gov). Deadline to register is Friday, March 24th (no refunds after March 24th).

2023 Engineering Symposium in Rochester

Tuesday,

Monday, April 10

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) p 42

Refrigeration Night: RIT Ice Rink Tour

1 PDH Pending

Time: Evening TBA

Details TBA and on the ASHRAE website at www.rochesterashrae.org.

June 8-10, 2023

NYSSPE Annual Meeting – up to 8 PDHs

Place: Hyatt Regency, 125 E. Main St., Rochester, NY 14604

Link to our website: http://nysspe.org/upcomingevents/

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

ENGINEER MARCH 2023

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.

Thursday, March 2

Rochester Engineering Society (RES) p 7

Monthly Social Gathering – Looking for a CoSponsor

Place: Rohrbach’s, 97 Railroad Street, Rochester, NY 14609

Time: 5:00 pm

Registration: Please register so we know how many people are attending! www.roceng.org and go to the calendar.

Tuesday, March 7

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) p 38 EXCOM Meeting

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/342657

Thursday, March 9

Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association (GVLSA) p 34

General Membership Meeting with 1-hour CEU Webinar (Preparing FEMA Flood Evaluation Certificates)

Place: Erdman Anthony, 145 Culver Road, Suite 200, Rochester, NY 14620

Time: 6:00 pm

Details: www.gvlsa.com

Wednesday, March 15

American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE) p 44

Backflow Prevention - Watts

Speaker: Benjamin Ruppert, WMS Sales (sponsor Brian Schaefer, WMS Sales)

Place: Three Heads Brewing, 186 Atlantic Avenue, Rochester, NY

Time: 12:00 noon

Cost: $25 per person

Reservations: David Jereckos, djereckos@ibceng.com or 585-341-3168. Additional details will be available on the website at www.aspe.org/rochester

Thursday, March 16

International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) p 31

The Energy Systems Transition – What Does it Take to Meet Climate Goals

Speaker: Semida Silveira, Cornell University, and International Workshop 2023 (IW2023)

Speaker: Leandro Aveiro, Alstom

Place: By Zoom or In-person at L3Harris Technologies, 1680 University Avenue, Rochester, NY 14610.

Time: 6:00 to 7:30 pm (eastern).

Cost: No cost to attend, but you need to register.

Registration: Attendees need to pre-register by sending an email to Susan.Urban@incose.net and state whether you are attending by zoom or in-person. Those attending in-person must register by noon, March 15th The zoom link will be sent out a few days before the meetings.

Saturday, March 18

TERRA Science & Engineering Fair (TERRA) p 43

TERRA Rochester Finger Lakes Science & Engineering Fair

Place: RMSC, 657 East Avenue, Rochester 14607 For details or to register (or volunteer to be a judge) go to ny-trfsef.zfairs.com/ or contact Harold Clark, Fair Director, trfsef@terraed.org, 908-209-5128.

Thursday, March 23

Rochester Engineering Society (RES) p 6

RES Virtual Continuing Education Courses –Vehicle Technology - 2 PDH Credits

Place: Zoom

Time: 1:00 to 5:00 pm

Cost: $20 for RES Members, $30 for Non-members

Registration is on the RES Website calendar at www.roceng.org. Registration closes at midnight, Wed. March 22nd

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Engineers’ Calendar, Continued

Friday, March 31

E3 Fair - Judges Needed p 23

Place: Rochester Institute of Technology

Time: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

Go to https://www.roceng.org/E3 for details. Contact Richard Repka (rrepka10@gmail.com) to volunteer or for more information.

Friday, March 31

Association for Bridge Construction and Design (ABCD) p 41 Spring Seminar – Earn up to 6.5 PDH Credits

Speakers and Topics listed on page 41 of this issue and on their website.

Place: Batavia Downs Gaming Center, 8315 Park Road, Batavia NY 14020

Time: Check-in at 7:15 am; Program begins at 8:00 am

Cost: Virtual is $60; In-person Member is $125; In-person Non-member is $150; In-person Full Time Student is $35. In-person includes breaks, lunch and PDH certificates.

Registration begins March 1st. To register visit the website at www.abcdwny.com. For additional information contact Jonathan Herman PE, GPE, 716989-3318 (jherman@gpinet.com) or Tomas Andino PE, City of Rochester, 585-428-6535 (tomas.andino@ cityofrochester.gov). Deadline to register is Friday, March 24th (no refunds after March 24th).

Tuesday, April 4

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) p 38 EXCOM Meeting

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/347748

Thursday, April 6

Rochester Engineering Society (RES) p 7

Monthly Social Gathering – Looking for a CoSponsor

Place: Rohrbach’s, 97 Railroad Street, Rochester, NY 14609

Time: 5:00 pm

Registration: Please register so we know how many people are attending! www.roceng.org and go to the calendar.

Monday, April 10

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) p 42

Refrigeration Night: RIT Ice Rink Tour

1 PDH Pending

Time: Evening. Details TBA and on the ASHRAE website at www.rochesterashrae.org

Tuesday, April 25

2023 Engineering Symposium in Rochester p 32

Earn up to 7 PDHs

Place: Rochester Riverside Convention Center, 123 East Main Street, Rochester, NY

Time: 7:30 am to 6:30 pm.

Cost: $175 per person advance registration; $200 per person after April 3, 2023

Registration is online at www.roceng.org and go to April 25th on the calendar.

Friday, May 5 Electrical Association p 40

Casino Night – To benefit the Kessler Burn Center at URMC

Place: The Strathallan, 550 East Avenue, Rochester, NY Contact the Electrical Association for details or to become a sponsor. Website is http://www.eawny.com

Monday-Wednesday, May 22-24

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) p 39

6th STRATUS Conference

Place: Rochester Institute of Technology, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science Abstracts now being accepted at Stratus-Conference.com

See additional details on page 39 of this issue.

The RES website (www.roceng.org) has a calendar of events for this month's meetings and meetings that are received or updated after print deadline. Please refer to the website for updated information. If you wish to be listed in the calendar please send details to res@frontiernet.net.

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

Finger Lakes Chapter of INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

http://www.incose.org/ChaptersGroups/Chapters/ChapterSites/finger-lakes/chapter-home

March Chapter Meeting

Upcoming March Chapter Meeting: March 17, 2022

September Chapter Meetings

 Thursday, Mar 16, 6 – 7:30 pm (eastern)

 “Introduction to Railway Signaling and Train Control for Rapid Transit”

 Architecture Tutorial – Rolf Siegers, INCOSE Architecture Working Group Co-chair

 “The Energy Systems Transition – What Does it Take to Meet Climate Goals?” by Semida Silveira, Cornell University

By Stuart Landau, Senior Train Control Systems Engineer

 “International Workshop 2023 (IW2023)” by Leandro Aveiro, Alstom Hear all about IW2023, the premier systems engineering workshop, from a live attendee!

We are offering an Architecture tutorial this September. Planned dates are Monday, September 19, and Thursday, September 22. Both sessions will be from 11 am to 1 pm (eastern). Rolf Siegers, co-chair of the Architecture WG, will be the presenter. It will be a virtual meeting (zoom) There will be no cost to attend for Finger Lakes Chapter regular/senior/student members. Cost will be $10 for all others. Four PDUs can be earned! These two sessions will provide attendees with an overview of key elements of the architecture discipline. Topics covered will include:

• Terminology/Definitions

• Synergies across software, system, and enterprise architecture

• Process: developing, documenting, assessing, and governing architectures

• Architecture standards (e.g., 42010/20/30) and frameworks (DoDAF, TOGAF, UAF, etc.)

• Role and skills of the architect

• Architecture professional organizations

• Architecture credentials (certi

Railway signaling allows safe operations of multiple trains on the same tracks and optimizes capacity of the tracks. This presentation will be a very brief introduction to its basic principles and how they have been implemented over the last several decades with various technologies, from mechanical devices to microprocessorbased equipment. Application of the principles varies across different types of railways; here we will focus on rapid transit which includes subways and metros, and will cover wayside signaling, cab signaling, and the latest CommunicationsBased Train Control (CBTC)

• Learning more about architecture

 Annual Meeting – Program to be Announced

Our annual meeting will be on Thursday, September 15. It will be virtual and go from 6:00 – 7:30 pm (eastern). There is no cost to attend.

This meeting will be on Thursday, Mar 16, 6 – 7:30 pm (eastern).

Meetings begin at 6:00 pm (eastern) and run to approximately 7:30 pm (eastern)

All meetings are being held virtually until further notice.

Attendees need to pre-register. To register, send an email to Teresa.Froncek@incose.net

Attendees can attend via zoom or, if a US Person, in-person at L3Harris Technologies Rochester, NY (1680 University Avenue, Rochester NY, 14610)

We use zoom for our monthly meetings.

Attendees need to pre-register.

The link will be sent out a few days before the meeting. For non-FLC members attending the tutorial, instructions on sending payment will be sent out after registration is received.

To register, send an email to Susan.Urban@incose.net and state whether you will attend via zoom or in-person.

• There is no cost to attend for anyone, but pre-registration is required

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

The zoom link will be sent out a few days before the meeting. For in-person attendees (L3Harris): Further instructions will be sent out before the meeting Those attending in-person must register by noon, Mar 15. All are welcome. There is no cost to attend the meeting.

 The link will be sent out a few days before the meeting

© 2022 INCOSE Finger Lakes Chapter

© 2022 INCOSE Finger Lakes Chapter

Many topics and speakers details were not available at the deadline for this issue. Be sure to check out the RES and Symposium websites periodically for the updated schedule! All are subject to change.

2023 engineering symposium in rochester

Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association

Year 2022 Officers

President

Justin M. Roloson, LS

Vice President

Matthew R. Palmer, LS

Secretary

Martin J. Gotwalt, LS

Treasurer

Michael A. Venturo, LS

Jared R. Ransom, LS, Ex-officio

Upcoming Events 2022

March 9, 2023

General Membership Meeting - 6:00 PM with a 1-hour CEU Webinar

Erdman Anthony

145 Culver Road, Suite 200 Rochester, NY 14620

March 2023

Board of Directors

2019-2022

Gregory T. Pauly, LS

Jeffrey A. Tiede, LS

2019-2022

Christopher T. Locke, LS

David L. Standinger, LS

2020-2023

Robert J. Avery, LS

Nathan M. Dunn, LS

Jared R. Ransom, LS

Keith Burley, LSIT 2022 - Associates Representative

David Zuber, LSIT - Website Administrator

"Preparing FEMA Flood Elevation Certificates"

Time: 6:00 PM

Thursday, March 9, 2023

Professional Affiliations

 New York State Association of Professional Land Surveyors, Inc.

 National Society of Professional Surveyors

 Rochester Engineering Society

Place: Erdman Anthony 145 Culver Road, Suite 200 Rochester, NY 14620

Details on the website/Facebook/LinkedIn (see above)

ASCE DELIVERS INCREASED VALUE AND SAVINGS TO SMALL ORGANIZATIONS

Companies with fewer than 50 members are eligible for an Associate Partner relationship, designed with the smaller organization in mind. ASCE’s Associate Partner Program is a two-year commitment.

With the Associate Partner Program, your employees retain their individual ASCE memberships, and you deliver savings to your organization, including:

• 20% discount on individual society memberships for up to 49 employees.

• Outstanding member benefits, including 75% on ASCE journals, 10 free PDHs per year, Civil Engineering magazine, and more.

• Additional discount on ASCE Continuing Education products, including Live or On-Demand Webinars; P.E. exam review courses, and our Guided Online Courses.

Payment for employee local ASCE dues is required. This cost is included in the final purchase price and is not offered at a discount.

HOW DO MY EMPLOYEES BENEFIT?

As an Associate Partner Organization, your employees receive individual ASCE memberships at discounted rates, including:

• Individual member account and login on asce.org

• Full access to ASCE member benefits—www.asce.org/member-benefits

• Use of the ASCE Library—the richest collection of civil engineering content.

CONNECT:

Network with the profession’s top leaders and get the latest thinking on trends impacting civil engineering.

LEARN:

Access ASCE’s webinars-on-demand, publications, state-of-the-art professional development, and more from civil engineering’s premier continuing education provider for more than 45 years.

GROW:

Expand your company’s visibility though membership in ASCE’s technical Institutes, and networking with peers.

https://www.asce.org/membership/corporate-engagement/ organization-partners/small-business-partners-and-resources

1 | ASCE Associate Partner Program

American Society of Civil Engineers

http://sections.asce.org/Rochester/

Why join ASCE?

The American Society of Civil Engineers represents more than 150,000 civil engineers across 177 countries. ASCE provides civil engineers with the resources to develop their careers and give back to their communities.

About ASCE:

https://www.asce.org/about-asce

ASCE: Rochester Section

Dues

The Rochester Section of ASCE brings together civil engineer’s within the Greater Rochester area to collaborate in ways they typically would not get the chance to. As a section, we put together many social, learning and community events to further establish the bond between civil engineers, as well as with the community.

About ASCE Rochester: https://sections.asce.org/rochester/

ASCE Younger Members

The ASCE Younger Member group consists of civil engineers 35 years of age or younger. Younger members play a vital role in the growth and development of future engineers and engineering practices. The key roles of the younger member group are to help bridge the gap between student and professional, as well as encourage and set the foundation for future advancements in the industry. In Rochester, we hold social events for networking, have fundraisers, conduct student outreach and more. We are currently in search of board members to assist in outreach and event organization. There are countless opportunities for young engineers to network and develop their careers within Rochester or even throughout the World!

About ASCE Rochester YM Group: https://sections.asce.org/rochester/youngermember-group

About ASCE YM Community: https://www.asce.org/communities/youngermembers

JOIN TODAY!

www.asce.org

Contact asce.Rochester.ymg@gmail.com for specific details regarding ASCE Rochester and/or the Younger Member Group and to join our event mailing list.

Brown

Message from the Chair

Dear Colleagues,

The IEEE Rochester Section has a new Section Treasurer, Emmett Ientilucci. Emmet is an Associate Professor at RIT and is Chair of the Rochester Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS). I would also like to thank our outgoing Treasurer Howard Bussey for his years of volunteer leadership in the Rochester Section as Treasurer.

Danielle Walters Photonics

Bruce Smith

Parsian K. Mohseni PES & IAS

Kelly Robinson

Jean Kendrick

Alex Byrley

Eric Zeise TEMS

Paul Lee

Young Professionals

Eric Brown Student Chapters

Univ. of Rochester Ming - Lun Lee

Jamison Heard Committees Awards

Jean Kendrick Communications

Christine Frayda

Howard Bussey Newsletter

Mark Schrader PACE

Bruce Rubin

Greg Gdowski

William Brewer

IEEE Regions 1 and 2 will host a Joint R1 & R2 Student Conference at the University of Orono, Maine from April 14-16. Activities include a Student Paper Contest, a Battle Bot competition, a T-shirt design contest, and a Drone workshop. More information and registration are available on vTools (# 344108 ).

The next Rochester Section ExCom meeting will be on Tuesday, April 4, from noon to 1 pm (vTools #347748). Please pre-register on vTools.

Stay healthy, and best regards,

Call For Volunteer Judges: Terra Science Fair

The Terra Rochester Finger Lakes Science & Engineering Fair will feature research projects by High School and Middle School students from our region. It will be held on March 18 at the Rochester Museum and Science Center. We are asking for volunteers to serve as judges on fair day Saturday March 18. There is no prior experience needed as we will provide the simple instructions needed to be an effective judge Also, judges will be provided lunch on fair day.

By being a judge, you will be helping students to develop their research and communication skills while learning about projects, that vary from subject matter reports to college level research.

Please go to the fair web site: https://terrafairs.org/trfsef.html to sign up. Contact Mark Schrader at m.schrader@ieee.org with questions.

Geoscience And Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) - STRATUS Conference

If you are interested in UAVs or Drones, be sure to check out the 6th STRATUS Conference which will be held May 22-24, 2023 at the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, RIT. If wish to give a talk, we are now accepting abstracts. Visit Stratus-Conference.com for details.

E3 Engineering & Technology Fair

The annual E3 Fair is for middle school students grades 6 -8. It is a half-day event that organized by engineering societies and industries of the Rochester area. It provides student design contests incorporating engineering projects as well as demos from engineering professionals. The goal of the Fair is to create interest in engineering and technology thr ough fun and engaging activities. Participating students have a unique experience and a great opportunity to collaborate, experiment, and explore engineering. It will be held on Friday, March 31 from 9:00am to 1:00pm in the Clark Gymnasium on the RIT Campus.

Visit: https://sites.google.com/view/e3fair/ for details.

Presented by the Electrical Association of Western New York to benefit t he Kessler Burn Center at URMC

Friday, May 5, 2023 from 6-10PM The Strathallan 550 East Avenue ~ Rochester, New York

SAVE THE DATE

Special thanks to all who have supported this event in the past…we have donated $14,500 to Kessler Burn Center to-date!

SpringSeminar

Friday, March31,2023

TheAssociationforBridgeConstructionandDesignWesternNewYorkChapterwouldliketo inviteeveryonetoattendourannualSpringSeminar.

Earn up to 6.5 PDHCredits!

Location

Batavia Downs Gaming Center

8315 Park Road

Batavia, NY 14020

Phone: (585) 343-3750

Registration

Registration begins March 1, 2023. To register, visit the ABCD WNY website, www.abcdwny.com

For additional information

Contact:

Jonathan Herman, PE

GPI

716-989-3318

jherman@gpinet.com

Tomas Andino, PE City of Rochester

585-428-6535

tomas.andino@cityofrochester.gov

Date & Time

Friday, March 31, 2023

7:15 AM Check In 8:00 AM Program Begins

Scheduled Presentations Include

• Expanding the Pour Season for Bridge Decks Overlays with Latex Modified Concrete

• Buffalo’s Movable Bridges

• Structural Bolting Modern Methods, Quality & Safety

• A Study on Horizontally Curved Integral Abutment Bridges

• The use of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) products for Pedestrian Bridges

• Saratoga County Route 4 Bridge over Paul Creek Emergency Response and Repair

• Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge U.S. Approach Spans Rehabilitation

Attendance Cost

(in-person includes breaks, lunch and PDH certificates)

Virtual $60

In-person Members $125

In-person Non-Members $150

In-person Full Time Students $35

Registration Deadline

Friday, March 24, 2023

(No Refunds after March 24, 2023)

ADDITIONAL SAVE THE DATE

June 21, 2023 -Scholarship Golf Tournament at Terry Hills Golf Course, Batavia NY

Rochester Chapter

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers

President's Message

Wow, what an incredible month of February we had. When we were planning for this year we were hoping to get attendance back up over 50 at meetings. On February 13th we had 131 people register for Suzanne Hagell’s presentation on NYS Climate Policy and HVACR. Speaking to a few past presidents from many years ago, nobody can remember any meetings in recent years with attendance this high. The timing was great too because we were able to show the strength of the chapter to nine local government representatives who attended the meeting.

Just a few nights before on February 10th we hosted the 64th Annual ASHRAE Valentines Dinner Dance. It had been since February 14th 2020 that we were able to host this special event for the chapter. Again, the chapter showed up. We absolutely filled up the Strathallan with 157 people register. As always Jody McGarry did a fantastic job pulling it off. The band, the flowers, the venue, everything came together for a wonderful night.

To close out the month was the Joe Harding Memorial Ski Day at Hunt Hollow. Thank you to IBC Engineering for sponsoring the event, and to George Herman for organizing it.

For March we have another ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer to look forward to. Dr. Theresa Weston will present on Woman and STEM: Enhancing Innovation and Sustainability through Diversity. It is always special for us to have a visit from a Distinguished Lecturer. I look forward to seeing you all there.

Last, I would like to mention an incredibly powerful project that we are participating in. The healthcare industry will have very unique challenges to reaching the goals of NYS CLCPA. Without proper attention and planning there would be an impact on patient care that would leave many behind.

ASHRAE 2022-2023 Meeting Schedule

Presented

Presented by:

ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer Paul Torcellini

Presented by: Chuck Nora/Paul Stewart, Desert Aire

Presented by: Alex Pedrosa, Fulton

Climate Policy and HVAC-R

Presented by: Suzanne Hagell - Chair, GHG Emissions NYS Office of Climate Change

and STEM: Enhancing Innovation and Sustainability through Diversity

Presented by: ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Theresa Weston

ASHRAE Region 1 is leading effort as the executive sponsor of the NY Healthcare Protocol. This will be a roadmap for healthcare facilities to achieve decarbonization while maintaining resiliency. In my eyes this is where ASHRAE is at its best. We are working through the chapters to understand local needs and collaborate with local experts, but taking advantage of the resources that we have globally. Although this will be written for New York State the team is aware that many other states will use this document as they develop their decarbonization plans. If you have interest in sponsoring the project, please let me know.

I would like to thank every one of our members for supporting ASHRAE. For anyone considering joining ASHRAE or getting involved at a higher level within the chapter don’t hesitate to reach out to us!

Matthew Kremers

ASHRAE Rochester Chapter President 2022-2023

by: David Bennett - DriSteem

"How Do We Get to a

Fair Day, Saturday, March 18, Is Coming Soon!

Judges Still Needed!

Share your expertise with an eager student who’s seeking feedback on the work they have done!

Science & Engineering Fairs can be lifechanging and can encourage pursuit of STEM careers.

Harold Clark TRFSEF Director trfsef@terraed.org

Terra Rochester Finger Lakes Science and Engineering Fair

After Fair Day, be sure to check out all the projects at the Fair Showcase on the Fair Website!

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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 Triangle Tube Boilers

104 Lafayette Road Rochester NY 14600

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: NADIA THOMPSON Turner Engineering

359 West Commercial St, Ste 2190 East Rochester NY 14445

(585) 381-3360

Affiliate Liaison: REBECCA KOLSTAD Kolstad Associates

40 Harrison Street Rochester, NY 14605

President's Message

Hope everyone got through the deep freeze with no broken pipes Take time to celebrate World Engineering Day (March 4th), World Plumbing Day (March 11th), & World Water Day. I think we should feel blessed to have the fresh water we have in this part of the country Having said that we need to look at the States to our west for the approaches they are taking with water conservation and apply them now in preparation for the future. ASPE has some great guidelines for water conservation

The C Certified Plumbing Design Technician (CPDT) program is available as precursor (but not required) to taking the CPD exam ASPE Member $225 – Nonmembers $450.

The G Green Plumbing Design (GPD) certification program is available as an online course and certification test for GPD a credential. ASPE Member $500 – Nonmembers $600. Additional Info on ASPE website.

Registration is now open for 2023 C Certified in Plumbing Design (CPD) exam. Exam will be via remote proctor on from April 10-21 Cost will be $450 for ASPE Members and $675 for Non-members Visit a aspe org/education-credentialing/cpd/exam to confirm eligibility.

Check out new news located on our Rochester ASPE website. Contact the Newsletter Editor with comments or articles that you would like to see.

Rochester Chapter at www.aspe.org/rochester

Dave Myers, Chapter President

(Chapters are not authorized to speak for the Society) Meeting Notice – Save the Date

Topic: Backflow Prevention - Watts

Speaker: WMS Sales, Benjamin Ruppert

Sponsor: WMS Sales, Brian Schaefer

Location: Three Heads Brewing, 186 Atlantic Ave, Rochester NY

Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2023, 12:00 Noon, $25 Per Person

RSVP: David Jereckos: djereckos@ibceng.com

(585) 341-3168

Directory of Professional Services

Professional Firms, Employee News, Continued

SWBR News

SWBR Interior Designer Earns CDT Certification

SWBR announced that Interior Designer Gabriella Macera recently earned her certification in Construction Documents Technology (CDT) from the Construction Specifications Institute. CDT professionals are highly respected for their industry expertise in the writing and management of construction documents.

Macera has been with the firm since 2019 and manages a range of education, municipal, retail, and residential project types. As a CDT certified designer, she has a comprehensive understanding of the project delivery process from initial programming to final occupancy

Macera received her bachelor of science in interior architecture and design from Mercyhurst University and previously earned her LEED Green Associate accreditation from the U.S. Green Building Council. q

Gabriella Macera

Affiliated Societies of the Rochester Engineering Society

American Consulting Engineering, Companies of New York

President, Pat Nicoletta, PE

American Public Works Association

Monroe County/Genesee Valley Branch

Chairman, Peter Vars, PE,

American Society of Civil Engineers, Rochester Section

President, Andrew Wojewodzic

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

President, Matt Kremers

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Rochester Section

Chairman, Berto Perez

American Society of Plumbing Engineers, Rochester NY Chapter

President, David Myers

Association for Bridge Construction and Design

President, Ashley Freeman PE

Electrical Association

Executive Director, Karen Lynch

Monroe Professional Engineers Society

President, William Grove

Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association President, Jared R. Ransom, LS

Illuminating Engineering Society of North America Inc., Rochester Section President, Jennifer Abraham

New York State Association of Transportation Engineers, Section 4 President, Christopher Reed

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

IES ROCHESTER MEETINGS ARE BACK !!!

SEPTEMBER 29,2021 - 7:00 PM FREE Event

Rochester Plant Engineers President, Brian Laurer

COME TOUR THE WINNER OF OUR IES ROCHESTER 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

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Rochester Section Chairman, Eric Brown

Basics of Modern Theatre Lighting System Design

- Power Distribution & Control

- DMX & Networking

- LED Theatrical Luminaires

Location & Details TBD - Save The Date !

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

Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, Rochester Chapter President, Tim Gallman

Society of Plastics Engineers, Rochester Section President, Brett Blaisdell

International Council on Systems Engineering, Finger Lakes Chapter President, Teresa Fronk

affiliated societies of the rochester engineering society

Terra Rochester Finger Lakes Science & Engineering Fair

Director, Harold R. Clark, PhD