the compass

VALLEY FORGE CHAPTER
PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS
P.O. BOX 585 WORCESTER, PA 19490-0585
THE COMPASS
Volume 42, Number 6 – February 2008
(Read the COMPASS on-line at www.pspe-vfc.org)
MEETING SCHEDULE
February 20, 2008
Monthly Membership Meeting. The topic will be Stormwater Best
Management Practices by Dr. Robert Traver, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE,
Associate Professor and Director, Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership,
and Dr. Frank Browne, Ph.D, Adjunct Professor at Villanova University.
This meeting will be held at La Bella Cucina, 2655 Skippack Pike, Center
Square, PA 19422. Social Hour: 5:30 PM. Dinner and Program: 6:30 PM.
Cost $25/person. RSVP to Gwen Himes at [email protected] or 610326-3100.
February 23, 2008
MATHCOUNTS Competition, William Tennent High School, Warminster,
PA.
March 4, 2008
Board of Directors Meeting, Location: Sly Fox, Royersford, 6:00 PM.
March 18, 2008
MATHCOUNTS Banquet at William Penn Inn – Details to Follow.
April, 2008
Nor-East Mapping, Details to Follow
Visit the VFC PSPE website (www.pspe-vfc.org) often for updates on upcoming events.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
By Tony Dougherty, P.E., VFC President
This issue of The Compass finds you as we are in the middle of Engineer’s Week,
a week long celebration of the profession that we all chose as our careers with the
hopes that we could better society with our special talents and training.
Wikipedia defines Engineering as “the discipline of acquiring and applying scientific and technical
knowledge to the design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes.” It is common for
people to say that any man-made object has been engineered and I believe this to be true. I often wonder,
with all of the contributions that engineers make to society as a whole, how is it that most of what we do
goes unrecognized or most times under-appreciated. Sometimes engineers are the subject of the ire of the
community. When a rare, unfortunate occurrence happens, such as the bridge collapse of last summer,
the engineers are put under the microscope. It takes a savvy individual to hear the real news in the sound
bites and realize that it is the bureaucracy, policy makers, and lack of funding that prevented the much
needed repairs and maintenance that particular structure and many other structures need. In fact, it was
engineers that advised the officials that repairs were necessary.
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS
Meanwhile in Hollywood, pampered movie stars and teen idols are so beside themselves with the trials
and tribulations of their complicated lives, they use all kinds of drugs and check in and out of rehab every
two to three weeks. Then we have people getting million dollar deals to produce the latest dreck at the
multiplex. Don’t get me wrong, I consider myself a huge movie fan, but do we really need the latest Paris
Hilton movie, “The Hottie and the Nottie”? I think not.
If you are not into entertainment, how about sports? I have a lot of admiration for what these athletes can
do, but these multi-million dollar contracts are getting ridiculous. How many Bentleys does one person
need? How many billions can a sports franchise make? Maybe the price of admission can be lowered,
maybe the price of your favorite team’s jersey can cost less than a home appliance, or I may just be
dreaming, but maybe engineers, who had a hand in making everything in the world, are finally due a
major payday.
We may never make the millions, but we do have Engineer’s Week. We engineers are mostly a modest
breed. We go to work, we do our jobs, we make the world a better place for all and we ask for very little
in return. This week is our chance to celebrate our accomplishments, recognize our colleagues’
achievements, and make society aware of our good deeds. Make the most of this opportunity and try to
get to as many events as possible. This is our Oscars, this is our Superbowl, so don’t miss out!
Now if you will excuse me, I have to call my agent. I think its time to renegotiate my contract!!
PICTURE OF THE MONTH
The New Beta-max??
A silhouette of a shopper is
reflected in an advertisement
board of Toshiba Corp's HD
DVD at an electronics shop in
Tokyo February 18, 2008.
Japan's Toshiba Corp will
announce plans to cease
production and sales of HD
DVD players on Tuesday, the
Nikkei business daily said.-REUTERS/Issei Kato
2007-08 Chapter Officers and Board of Directors
President
President-Elect
Vice President
Treasurer
Secretary
State Director
Past-President
Chapter Director
Chapter Director
Chapter Director
Chapter Director
Chapter Director
Chapter Director
SE Region PSPE
Vice President
Anthony Dougherty, PE 2500 E. High St., Ste 650, Pottstown, PA 19464
Keith Bergman, PE
1600 Manor Dr., Ste 200, Chalfont, PA 18914
Jim Thompson, PE
3174 Mayflower Road, Plymouth Meeting, PA
Kurt Leininger, PE
920 Germantown Pike, Plymouth Meeting, PA
Lindsay Musselman, EIT PO Box 4, WP20-206, West Point, PA 19401
Paul Dugan, PE
303 Valley Hunt Dr., Phoenixville, PA 19460
Paul Dugan, PE
303 Valley Hunt Dr., Phoenixville, PA 19460
Karen O’Connell, PE
425 Commerce Dr, Ft Washington, PA 19034
Mike Fischer, EIT
303 Valley Hunt Dr., Phoenixville, PA 19460
Anthony Handley, EIT 303 Valley Hunt Dr., Phoenixville, PA 19460
Vacant
Kristin Norwood, PE
2500 E. High St., Ste 650, Pottstown, PA 19464
Anthony Aievoli, PE
318 Winding Way, King of Prussia, PA 19406
610-326-3100 [email protected]
610-272-0165 [email protected]
Frank Stanton, PE
215-497-1231 [email protected]
50 Fir Drive, Richboro PA 18954
610-326-3100
215-996-9100
610-639-8990
610-313-3100
215-652-6649
610-220-3820
610-220-3820
215-283-9444
215-205-2130
610-585-5889
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
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[email protected]
[email protected]
2007-08 VFC Committees
Committee
Audit
Awards
By-Laws
Engineers Week
Ethics
Legislative/Gov’t
Mathcounts
Membership
Nominating
Programs
Publications
Scholarship
Science Fair
VFC Website
Primary Contact
Frank Stanton, PE
Lindsay Musselman, EIT
Kurt Leininger, PE
Anthony Aievoli, PE
Paul Dugan, PE
Paul Dugan, PE
Karen O’Connell, PE
Lindsay Musselman, EIT
Paul Dugan, PE
Tony Dougherty, PE
Kristin Norwood, PE
Lindsay Musselman, EIT
Tony Dougherty, PE
Mike Fischer, EIT
Practice Division
Professional Engineers in Private Practice (PEPP)
Professional Engineers in Construction (PEC)
Professional Engineers in Government (PEG)
Professional Engineers in Industry (PEI)
Professional Engineers in Education (PEE)
Secondary Contact
Jim Thompson, PE
Kristin Norwood, PE
Lindsay Musselman, EIT
Vacant
Mike Fischer, EIT
Tony Dougherty, PE
Keith Bergman, PE
Mike Fischer, EIT
Keith Bergman, PE
Jim Thompson, PE
Anthony Handley, EIT
Karen O’Connell, PE
Jim Thompson, PE
Anthony Handley, EIT
Contact
Paul Dugan, PE
Keith Bergman, PE
Paul Dugan, PE
Lindsay Musselman, EIT
Kurt Leininger, PE
(Note – The above committee positions were determined by those who attended the Board of Director’s Summer
Planning Meeting.)
A REPORT FROM THE VFC STATE DIRECTOR
By Paul Dugan, P.E., State Director of Valley Forge Chapter
On January 26th, the PSPE Executive Board and State Directors of 15 Chapters held our PSPE Board of
Directors Meeting in New Cumberland. The meeting consisted of some lively discussion on the
numerous efforts and activities going on at the state level including legislative updates, membership, the
simplified dues concept, public relations, by-laws revisions, and the upcoming 2008 PSPE Engineers
Conference in Gettysburg to name a few.
Work is well underway for the Gettysburg event which includes some fun for everyone along with golf,
professional development sessions, governance meetings, and the Saturday evening installation and
awards banquet. I plan to bring my family and enjoy the numerous educational aspects of this meeting
location. Mark your calendars for June 5-7 and much more communication will follow related to this
event. The NSPE Annual Conference will be held this year in Portland, Oregon on July 24 – 27. A
complete agenda for this event will go out in early spring.
We have a busy spring calendar and line up of events with Mathcounts and other monthly dinner
meetings. Please check in at www.pspe-vfc.org for our lineup as we keep updating our web site as new
plans are made and details become available. Although we have numerous potential programs, we still
have not made any formal decisions on April-May. Therefore, please notify us if you have any good
program ideas or suggestions. We are also looking for 1 or 2 new slots to fill on the VFC Board of
Directors, so nominations are kindly accepted. I look forward seeing everyone at our upcoming events!
2008 FUTURE CITY PHILADELPHIA – MOST CREATIVE AWARD
by Kurt Leininger, PE and Lindsay Musselman, EIT
On January 26th, 2008, Villanova University’s College of Engineering hosted the 15th annual Philadelphia
Regional Future City Competition. This competition, sponsored in large part by Shell Oil Company, asks
students to use the computer to create futuristic cities and then translate those electronic ideas into large
scale models. The winning team from this competition will join the winners of other regional
competitions at the National Finals, in Washington, D.C., during Engineers Week February 18-24, 2007.
We evaluated the entries for “Most Creative City”, which has been the Valley Forge Chapter’s special
award the past five years. As in prior years, nearly all of the displays had at least one unique or creative
idea that others did not have, which complicated our ranking.
Common themes among all displays were “green” technology and nanotechnology. Many of them
conceived of their city in a foreign land, or at least not in our typical urban setting. The displays that we
both ranked among the top five “most creative” had the following elements (the more unique items are
underlined):
1) A 3rd-world city that is completely self-sufficient, using composting by vermiculture (worms) for
waste disposal, water storage and pumping to public fill stations, and an “organic health spa”.
2) A city located where a monsoon season regularly occurs, with buildings that can be elevated by
large motors to avoid flooding, maglev vehicles (no roads), all biodegradable materials, and dual
power supply – hillside wind turbines in winter and ocean wave-powered turbines in summer.
3) An invisible city enclosed by a dome, located on an African savannah, with three layers –
residential on the bottom, industry and commerce in the middle, and utilities on top - with fiber
optics and satellite communications (the residents have special glasses to allow them to see where
they live).
4) A domed city on Jupiter using hydrogen power, magnetic vehicles, and water imported from
“nearby” Europa; the dome is unbreakable and protected by with nanosensors.
5) (tie)
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A city on the moon intended mainly for research with only 30,000 residents, using fusion and
hydrogen for both power supply and water produced as a byproduct.
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An all-green city with complete waste recycling, mass transit (no cars), hydroponics farming,
a space elevator to capture energy from space, and a large multi-wing cantilevered building for
centralized administration.
The "Most Creative City" was awarded to Cedarbrook Middle School.
For more information visit www.futurecityphilly.org
Cities of the Future, Part 2: If We Build Them, Will We Stay?
By Pam Baker, Tech News World, January 17, 2008
Rising transportation costs and other factors are fueling an urban planning trend in which the model of a
single urban core and the separation of industrial, commercial, and residential areas is transitioning to a
"live, work and play approach ... based on the notion that cities can have multiple nodes that might
revolve around a central core, but they successfully coexist with it," says Kite Realty Group's John Fox.
He adds that this new model could potentially cut pollution and urban blight through the reduction of
commuting times. But Erin Jeffries with the Cosanti Foundation's Arcosanti Project explains that urban
planning officials generally weigh projects in terms of profit potential rather than in terms of community
benefits. There are no theoretical limitations to the hyperstructures that most of today's planned
communities are organized around, such as a proposed 300-story "vertical city" concept designed to
house some 100,000 people. Even more ambitious is the Shimizu TRY 2004 Mega-City Pyramid
proposal, which would exceed the height of the Great Pyramid at Giza by a factor of 12 and sustain a
population of 750,000 people; its structure would incorporate a foundation of concrete piers, photovoltaic
film to draw electricity from solar energy, automated transportation systems, and carbon nanotubes to add
structural integrity. Arcosanti Project representative Matteo Di Michele says such projects can be
accommodated by current construction technologies, although the nanotube component needed for the
Shimizu pyramid still requires the refinement of a mass production methodology. Most of these projects
are planned for Asian nations, because the Asian mindset is more open to moving away from materialism
and hyper-consumption and transitioning to a focus on architectural experimentation and knowledge. Di
Michele argues that the American mindset ought to undergo a similar shift, but American culture has a
pronounced aversion to living and working in populous areas, even though that state of affairs is currently
the norm.
“GETTING TO KNOW YOU”
By Tony Dougherty, P.E., VFC President
This month, Kristin Norwood! Without further ado, here are the results.
The Compass (TC): So, who are you?
Kristin Norwood, P.E.
TC: Where do you or did you work?
I work at Traffic Planning and Design, Inc. (TPD) in our Pottstown office.
Kristin Norwood,
P.E.
TC: How long of have you worked there or been in business?
I have been with TPD for almost 3 years.
TC: What do you do there?
I am a highway design engineer dealing mainly in the designs for highway occupancy permits for
PennDOT.
TC: Are there other notable employers in your career?
I previously worked at KCI Technologies, Inc. for 10-1/2 years.
TC: What is your educational background?
I have both a BCE and MCE from Villanova University.
TC: What licenses do you have?
I have a P.E. license in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
TC: How long have you been in PSPE?
It will be 1 year in March!!
TC: With what other technical or professional societies are you affiliated?
I am a member of the Mid-Atlantic Section of ITE.
TC: Tell us about your family.
My husband is John and we have two daughters, Caitlin (5) and Laura (3).
TC: What are your hobbies?
Sports, hanging out with my family & friends, scrapbooking.
TC: What is your favorite quote?
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it." - Ferris
Bueller
TC: What is your favorite equation?
F=ma (back to the basics)
TC: What is your favorite book?
Life is pretty hectic. I can't even remember the last book I read, except, of course, Dora the Explorer or
Princess books to my two girls.
Thanks Kristin for participating!!!
MEMBERSHIP IN THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS
(Feb. 6, 2008, email received from NSPE)
Your membership in the National Society of Professional Engineers is highly valued. It is a pleasure
serving the nation's top engineers who are dedicated to ethics, professional licensure, and the success and
integrity of a profession that is so important to our country and the rest of the world.
For over five years, NSPE has not raised national membership dues, despite economic changes that have
caused other associations to raise their fees.
However, in order to avoid cutting programs, NSPE needs to adjust its dues structure to continue
providing you with the best service possible.
In January, the NSPE Board of Directors approved an increase in national dues to $125, (approximately
12%). This increase will take effect in July 2008. If you would like to take advantage of existing rates,
you may renew now, which will extend your membership for an additional 12 months beyond your
current expiration date. After July 1, all renewal invoices will reflect the new dues rate. You will receive
an invoice at your normal renewal date.
Thank you for your continued support of NSPE and the engineering profession.
If you have any questions regarding your membership or this dues increase, please contact Member
Services at
1-888-285-NSPE (6773) or by e-mail at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> .
Sincerely,
Bernard Berson, PE, LS, FNSPE
NSPE President
Russell H. Devick, PE, FNSPE
NSPE Treasurer
ENGINEERS CLUB CELEBRATES 90TH ANNIVERSARY CLUB'S TIES TO
WRIGHT BROTHERS AND OTHER FAMOUS INVENTORS HAS PLACED IT ON
LIST OF NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
By Lawrence Budd, Staff Writer
Dayton Daily News, February 03, 2008
DAYTON - Recognition that the Engineers Club of Dayton had been added to the National Register of
Historic Places charged up those on hand Saturday for the club's 90th anniversary celebration.
Still, the level of excitement paled in comparison to the electricity in the room 90 years ago when Orville
Wright gave a speech in acceptance of keys to the now historic building at 110 E. Monument Ave.,
according to Tom Crouch, senior curator at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
Pranksters had wired the tables taken by those on hand for Wright's acceptance speech with electricity,
Crouch, a Dayton native, said during his keynote speech at the anniversary celebration.
"If you had your elbows or hands on the table, you got a shock," Crouch said, while recognizing the club
as a symbol "for what made Dayton great."
Over cocktails before Crouch's speech - standing beneath one of a string of the trophy animal heads,
many bagged by Ervin J. Nutter, hanging around the room - Bill Hagenbuch, 89, of Beavercreek, recalled
how he joined the club.
Hyde Ruble, president of Standard Radio, called early one morning in 1947 to say he had Hagenbuch's
World War II buddy Mike Villard on the ham radio.
Hagenbuch drove out to Ruble's home, talked with his friend via the radio and struck up a friendship with
Ruble, a one-time Engineers Club president, who convinced him to join the club.
"We were good friends from then on," said Hagenbuch, his neck decorated for the black-tie affair with a
bolo tie held together with a club medallion.
Wright accepted keys to the club from inventor Charles Kettering and industrialist Edward Deeds, just
two in a long list of innovators who shared great thoughts at the club.
Other members include Nutter - founder of Elano Corp., an aerospace parts supplier after whom the
Wright State University arena is named - and Ermal Fraze, who patented the pop-top beverage can and is
namesake for the Kettering entertainment pavilion.
Inconvenient Truth…..or Fiction?
By Arthur B. Robinson and Noah E. Robinson
The Wall Street Journal, January 18, 2000
Opponents of the use of coal, oil and natural gas – the world’s primary energy sources – received what
looked to be good news last week. A National Research Council panel of 11 members, after reviewing
and evaluating existing experimental data over the last 20 years, concluded that there has probably been a
rise in the Earth’s surface temperature.
Unfortunately for advocates of the Kyoto treaty, atmospheric temperatures over the same two decades
have not risen. The climate model chosen to support the Kyoto plan – a scheme to sharply reduce energy
use – predicts that atmospheric temperature should have risen by one degree to two degrees Fahrenheit
over those 20 years. Yet satellites and weather balloons have shown no verifiable atmospheric
temperature rise.
Indeed, despite the hype, the NRC findings do little to advance the argument that people have caused
global warming. The NRC panel’s 85-page report, though concluding that surface temperature has risen
a little, is full of inconclusive results. The first sentence of the report’s concluding remarks reads: “The
various kinds of evidence examined by the panel led it to conclude that the observed disparity between
the surface and lower-to mid-tropospheric (atmosphere) temperature trends during this particular 20-year
period is probably at least partially real.”
The report further says that uncertainties in all of the records – surface, satellite and balloon – are too
great to draw conclusions about the relative effects of volcanic eruptions, measurement errors due to
localized human activity in urban areas, instrument errors, human release of greenhouse gases and other
factors. The report concludes that “major advances” in scientific methods will be necessary before these
questions can be resolved.
A LOST MYTH
Other findings have also been inconclusive. The Commerce Department announced that U.S. Surface
temperatures in 1999 were the second-warmest on record. What the department failed to mention is that
it has other surface records in which 1999 falls below 1934, and that NASA ranks 1999 as the 14thwarmest year of the century. In the global atmosphere, satellites show 12 years warmer than 1999 and 8
cooler, while weather balloons show 15 warmer and 27 cooler.
All this is bad news for the antitechnologists. They desperately needed word of their long-awaited
“greenhouse signal,” due to arrive with the new millennium. Now, in the absence of more solid proof,
opposition to their global plans will continue to grow. Already, more than 17,000 American scientists
have signed a petition opposing the Kyoto treaty. Treaty supporters, meanwhile, are increasingly relying
on their multimillion-dollar media campaign promoting a perception of human-caused global warming.
That the Earth is warming is, of course, very old news. The current warming trend began about 300 years
ago, at the low point of the Little Ice Age. Indeed, receding glaciers and other geographic phenomena
caused by this 300-year trend were cited by the NRC committee as support for their belief that the current
rise in surface temperatures is probably real.
This rising trend and the fluctuations within it are closely correlated with solar activity. Solar increases
during the early 20th century caused a substantial rise in temperatures. This was followed by a cooling
cycle. During this latter period, environmentalists spread doomsday scenarios about “global cooling” – a
phenomenon, they claimed, caused by hydrocarbon fuels. Over the last 20 years, temperatures leveled,
and now may be resuming their previous rise. The change has allowed the same environmentalists to
spread fears of “global warming” – demonizing, of course, hydrocarbon fuels.
The chart nearby places all of this in historical perspective. Derived from isotopic ratios in the skeletons
of marine organisms deposited in a region of the Atlantic Ocean, this record shows temperatures during
the past three millennia. Clearly seen are the Little Ice Age and the much warmer period about 1000
years ago known as the Medieval Climate Optimum, so named because of the climate was usually
benign. Earth temperatures are now near the 3,000-year average and clearly not unusual.
What will temperatures be during the 21st century and beyond? No one knows. Astronomers are not yet
able to predict future solar activity. If current trends continue, however, our environment will be much
improved.
Already, plant growth and diversity – from the forests and fields of North America to the rain forests of
South America – have shown a marked increase. This is the result of carbon dioxide fertilization, a
process that occurs when man moves carbon from below-ground deposits of coal, oil and natural gas, and
puts it into the atmosphere where it is then used to make more plants and animals.
Some studies indicate that North American forests are growing so fast that they are storing all of the
human-released carbon from North America. Animals, because they eat plants, have increased just as
rapidly. When this biological miracle stabilizes – one or two centuries in the future – it is estimated that
the plant and animal population of the Earth may have doubled. Farm production is also being increased
by carbon dioxide fertilization, and will continue to accelerate.
A warmer planet, with milder weather (as experienced during medieval times) and much more wildlife –
how could a true environmentalist wish for more? Worries about flooding in this warmer world are
unjustifiable. Floods did not occur 1000 years ago. Scientists have shown that it would take thousands of
years for the ice caps to melt, if they melted at all. As warmer temperatures increase snow in the Polar
Regions, sea levels might actually decrease.
TECHNOLOGICAL WEALTH
Meanwhile, short-term efforts to improve the environment, such as the plan by California’s South Coast
Air Quality Management District to require all public vehicles to be powered by electricity, natural gas,
or other clean-burning fuels, will use more hydrocarbon fuels rather than less. Electricity – especially
now that nuclear power and hydroelectric dams are considered politically incorrect – will continue to be
produced primarily by burning hydrocarbons. The energy delivered to an electric car requires more
hydrocarbon fuel per mile than does the direct use of hydrocarbon fuel.
Our scientists and engineers have provided the technological wealth that now finances most of our
environmental programs. They will continue to do so unless pseudo-environmentalism torpedoes our
economic progress along with the hopes and futures of billions of people in the less developed world.
Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers
Philadelphia Chapter
And
The Engineers' Club of Philadelphia
Joint Dinner Meeting
Topic:
Pennsylvania Professional Engineer
Continuing Education
and
PE Registration Licensing Requirements
presented by
Mr. Al Tantala, Sr., P.E.
of
PA Department of State,
Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs
(Member, Registration Board)
and
Leonard Bernstein, P.E. (PSPE State President)
Location: Conference Room Z on the 16th floor
Municipal Services Building
15th and JFK Blvd.
Cost: $15.00
Date: Thursday, March 6th
Time: 6:00 p.m. Buffet dinner
6:30 p.m. Presentation
Please note: Attendees must register in order to get access to the building.
–
To register call Dick Mulford at 215-985-5701
–
or e-mail him at [email protected]
A Program of
THE DELAWARE VALLEY ENGINEERS WEEK COUNCIL
February 13, 2008
Mr. Kurt Leininger
Valley Forge Chapter, PSPE
211 Channing Avenue
Malvern, PA 19355-2710
Dear Mr. Leininger:
The 2008 Philadelphia Regional Future City Competition was a great success
thanks to our many supporters including Valley Forge Chapter, PSPE. Your
contribution of $200.00 was a great help in funding the competition and its many
awards . This was a wonderful outpouring of appreciation to the 170 middle
school students, teachers and engineer mentors.
Your Most Creative City award was presented to the team from:
Diamond Sponsor
Shell Oil
Platinum Sponsors
Bentley Systems, Inc
Exelon Generation
Honeywell
Gold Sponsors
DMJM + HARRIS, Inc.
DuPont Engineering
GAI Consultants
Pennoni Associates
Villanova University
Silver Sponsors
Agilent Technologies
Society of American Military Engineers
State Farm Insurance Companies
Urban Engineers, Inc.
Cedarbrook Middle School
300 Longfellow Avenue
Wyncote, PA 19095
Ms. Beth Kenna
Phone: 215-881-6420 Fax: 215 576-5610
[email protected]
You can obtain photos of the team receiving your award from our web site,
www.futurecityphilly.org. Click on "Special Awards". I recommend that you
invite the team that won your award to display their model at a society meeting or
some other place where your society members and visitors can view it.. You may
also want to invite them to give the presentation to your society members that they
used in the competition. It will probably be a thrill for the students and interest
your society members in participating in next year's competition. You may see
additional competition photos on our web site, www.futurecityphilly.org.
We hope that you also found your participation in the competition worthwhile and
Bronze Sponsor
AMEC Biopharm
look forward to your continued participation in the future. It takes the effort of
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and over 150 volunteers in addition to a large outlay of funds and your contribution
Air Cond Engrs - Phila Chapt
was certainly appreciated.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Society of Plumbing Engineers
American Society for Quality, Phila Section
Thanks again for your interest. I will advise you of our ongoing activities, and
American Society for Quality, Southern Jersey
hope that you will be with us again next year.
John & Sally Kampmeyer
KlingStubbins
International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers Very truly yours,
National Fire Sprinkler Association
Service Point USA
Triad Fire Protection Engineering Corp.
Trigen-Philadelphia Energy Corp
Sponsors
American Socety of Civil Engineers - Young
Members Forum
American Society of Highway Engrs - Del
John E. Kampmeyer, P.E.
ValDelaware County Chapter, PSPE
Drexel University Society of Women Engineers Regional Coordinator
Engineers Club of Philadelphia
First Philadelphia Regional Competition Winners
Greater Philadelphia Association of Energy
Engineers
Intelligent Transportation Society of Pennsylvania
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engrs - Phila
Institute of Industrial Engineers - South Jersey
Mid Atlantic Section - Inst of Transp Engrs
National Assn of Women in Constr
Pennsylvania Planning Association
Society of Fire Protection Engineers
Society of Manufacturing Engrs - Chapt 15
Society of Women Engineers
Valley Forge Chapter, PSPE
Verizon Pennsylvania
C/O John E. Kampmeyer, PE
150 Saxer Avenue --- Springfield, PA 19064-0248
Phone - 610-328-3020
www.futurecityphilly.org
FAX - 610-328-2339
VALLEY FORGE CHAPTER
PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS
P.O. BOX 585 WORCESTER, PA 19490-0585
BOARD OF DIRECTORS' MEETING MINUTES
Meeting Date
¾ February 5, 2008
Those in Attendance:
Tony Dougherty, P.E.
Kurt Leininger, P.E.
Paul Dugan, P.E.
Lindsay Musselman, E.I.T.
Karen O'Connell, P.E.
Meeting Called to Order
¾ 5:55 PM
Minutes from Previous Meeting
¾ Accepted.
Reports of Officers
President’s report:
¾ January dinner meeting went well. Good information, practical. Good turnout of 37 people, including Berks and Chester.
President-Elect’s report:
¾ Not present.
Vice President’s report:
¾ Not present.
Secretary’s Report:
¾ Future Cities Competition went well. Less schools this year, but good projects. Gave chapter award for "Most Creative
City." More information will be included in the Compass.
Treasurer's report:
¾ Made ~$40 on Baxter's dinner meeting.
¾ Layne Engineering ad to be removed from the Compass because of unpaid status.
¾ Due from NSPE are pretty current.
State Director’s Report:
¾ PSPE Board of Director's Meeting discussed unified dues across the state, boosting membership ideas, good response to
questionnaire.
SE Regional VP:
¾ Not present.
Committee Reports:
¾ Communications
ƒ Compass: Distribution by the middle of the month.
ƒ Notifications: Email to be sent this week.
ƒ Webmaster: No report.
¾ MathCounts
ƒ February 23rd, William Tenent High School.
ƒ Started recruiting volunteers.
ƒ Anton (Bucks) will be running the grading room; Tony Dougherty will be proctoring the morning session.
ƒ Almost 40 schools and ~300 students participating. Any more and VF and Bucks will have to split into separate
competitions.
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Membership:
¾ 5 delinquent/non-paid; 0 new.
Programs:
¾ February 20: Dr. Traver & Dr. Brown, Villanova University professors on Stormwater Best Management Practices.
Need screen and projector. La Bella Cucina.
¾ March 18: Mathcounts Banquet. Trying to get Franklin Institute speaker. No response yet for commitment. Maybe
Helicopter Museum as a backup. William Penn Inn.
o VFC Contribution to mtg – wait to see RSVPs
¾ April 22 or 29: Nor-East Mapping. $500 set cost, charge $5 per person for dinner. Taylor's at the Olde Mill.
¾ May: TBD (technical)
¾ Other suggestions:
o Political Speaker
o "Millionaire Next Door" Financial
o Rt 202 or Turnpike Projects
o Villanova CE Professor Dr. Traver
o Non-technical Fun Gathering
o 4-H Clubs
o Cayuga Pipe Tour
o Lockheed Martin
o PennDOT
o MontCo Infrastructure
o Helicopters
Unfinished Business:
¾ Board of Director replacement nominees for vacant position.
ƒ Dan Humes, Robert Blue
ƒ Dave Donovan, Robert Blue
ƒ Chad Camburn, Bursich
¾ Almost out of mugs for speaker gifts. Crestline suggested as vendor. ~10 gifts. To be decided at a later date.
New Business:
¾ PSPE Awards
ƒ Engineer of the Year – Nominate Harve
ƒ Chapter Communications Award – nominate VFC. Deadline March 3
¾ Nominating Committee for 08-09 officers/directors
ƒ Recommend slate in March, Finalize in April
ƒ Paul Dugan & Keith Bergman
¾ Plaque for Immediate Past-President (Paul Dugan)
¾ PSPE Annual Conference – Gettysburg, June 5-7 – golf, educational programs, family events.
Adjournment:
¾ 7:15 PM
Next meeting March 4, 6pm, location TBD.
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