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*