Rochester Engineering Society Magazine June 2014

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Superior Water and Wastewater Treatment Services A Great Advantage for Our Community | 8

Pumps at Monroe County’s east-side fresh water treatment plant inWebster push fresh water out to the distribution system.

Also in this issue:

Stormwater Management: It's Everywhere

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Finished Water - New Webster Water Treatment Plant Now Drawing Water From Lake Ontario | 48

Feature 1:

Stormwater Management: It's Everywhere - Page 16

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4 • RES Recognizes the 2013 Engineer of the Year and 2013 Young Engineer of the Year at the 112th RES Annual Gala

RES Mission Statement: The RES will become the lead organization for improving the image and influence of the engineering community in the greater Rochester area by: Demonstrating a comprehensive knowledge of the region’s engineering and technical capabilities; Providing the best clerical support and public relations assistance to our affiliates; Continually communicating the engineering and technical accomplishments to both the engineering and technical community and the public; Providing regular forums and networking opportunities for the exchange of ideas and discussion of issues; and, Providing programs that identify career opportunities to the region’s youth and develop the skills of the practicing engineer.

5 • Invite us to come and tell you about the RES Tutoring Team Program 7 • Get to the Point! - Presentation Phobia (2): From Power Point to Standing Ovation

8 • Superior Water and Wastewater Treatment Services - A Great Advantage for Our Community (cover) 10 • The Limited Monopoly - The NDA - A Key Agreement in Business Operations

12 • Get IT Done - You Know Nothing Jon Snow

News items and articles are invited. Materials should be submitted to the executive director at the society’s office, 657 East Avenue, Rochester, New York 14607; Phone number (585) 254-2350, e-mail: res@frontiernet.net.

14 • Continuing Education Opportunities 14-15 • Engineers’ Calendar 16 • Stormwater Management: It's Everywhere (feature)

The web site for the Engineers’ Center is at: www.roceng.org. The deadline is the 10th day of the month prior to the issue. Unless otherwise stated, opinions expressed in this publication are those of contributors, not of the Rochester Engineering Society, Inc. Advertising information may be obtained by contacting the office of the Rochester Engineering Society or going to the website at www.roceng.org.

18-19, 23-25, 32 • Professional Firms - Employee News 20-22 • Position Openings 25-27, 30-31 • Campus News 28 • News from Professional Firms

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48 • "Finished Water" - New Webster Water Treatment Plant Now Drawing Water from Lake Ontario (feature)

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49 • NY Section American Water Works Association Hits the Century Mark 50 • RES Individual Membership Application

Board of Directors:

OFFICERS: President MARY STEBLEIN, EIT LaBella Associates / mary.steblein@swe.org First Vice President ADAM CUMMINGS, PE Barton & Loguidice, PC / ACummings@bartonandloguidice.com Second Vice President TBD Treasurer MICHAEL V. TRIASSI Optimation Technology, Inc. / mike.triassi@aol.com Past President EDWARD HENSEL, PhD, PE Rochester Institute of Technology / Email: echeme@rit.edu

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

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"Finished Water" - New Webster Water Treatment Plant Now Drawing Water From Lake Ontario - Page 48

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ROCHESTER ENGINEERING SOCIETY, INC.

DIRECTORS: CORNELIUS (NEAL) ILLENBERG PE Alstom Signaling, Inc. / Email: neal.illenberg@transport.alstom.com JON KRIEGEL Retired / jkriegel@rochester.rr.com SCOTT GRASMAN, PhD Rochester Institute of Technology / Email: ESTHER BETANCOURT Harris Corporation / RICHARD E. RICE, PE MJ Engineering / rrice@mjels.com CASEY DILL Arnold Magnetic Technologies / casey.dill@gmail.com CARL J. PILLETTERI, PE cjpill@rochester.rr.com DIRECTOR to TBD

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51 • Rochester Engineer Advertising Rates 52-54 • Directory of Professional Services 54 • Directory of Business Services 55 • Affiliated Societies and Corporate Members of the RES

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• ABCD Association for Bridge Construction and Design...............35-36 • AFE Association for Facilities Engineering...........................................39 • APWA American Public Works Association...........................................33 • ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers............................................40 • ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers....................................................32 • ASPE American Society of Plumbing Engineers....................................42 • EA Electrical Association.......................................................................41

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• GVLSA Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association.............................44 • IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.................46-47 • IES Illuminating Engineering Society....................................................38 • INCOSE International Council of Systems Engineering...........................43 • IS&T Society for Imagins Science and Technology.............................37 • MPES Monroe Professional Engineers Society......................................45 • RES Rochester Engineering Society.................................................... 3-6 • SWE Society of Women Engineers........................................................34

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President’s Message Edward Hensel, PhD, PE RES Past President 2013 - 14

We are indeed fortunate to live in an area where clean, fresh potable water is in abundant supply. However, even with the vast water resources available locally, engineers still provide a significant infrastructure for the water system that each resident uses daily. This month, The Rochester Engineer highlights the many ways in which engineering plays a role in our water systems. The next time you turn on the tap in your sink to take a drink of fresh water, enjoy a hot shower, or clean your dishes from a hearty meal please take a moment to reflect on the important role that engineers play in delivering this lifeessential commodity to your home and place of work. As you speak with non-technical members of our community, please use examples from the domains of transportation, energy, communications, healthcare, water, entertainment, sports, agriculture, security, housing and manufacturing to point out the ubiquitous and often invisible yet essential role that engineering plays in our every day lives. When you hear a young person talk about a particular industry or application field that excites them, consider explaining how they can fulfill their passion by pursuing academic studies in one of the many engineering disciplines and then putting their talent to work to realize their dreams.

is a rewarding career that will allow them to earn a good living, support their families and have a positive impact.

As you speak to adults in your social groups, become a little bit vocal in citing examples of the manner in which engineered systems positively impact our society. The next time there is an interruption in a basic service such as electricity, water or bridge traffic, point out that the systems generally work so well we have come to take them for granted. We need to raise the visibility of our often invisible profession. You can help spread the word.

In September 2013, my President’s message included a personal note about the sense of optimism that pervaded the Rochester community, and importance that perception played in the decision to relocate to Rochester. As I approach the end of my term as President of the RES, it is clear that Rochester engineers remain a vibrant force for good in our community. It has been a pleasure to serve as President this year, surrounded by a fantastic group of board members, staff, affiliates and volunteers. Thank you to each and every individual that I have had the pleasure of working with this year.

As engineers and technologists living and working in the greater Rochester area, we need to promote science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) as essential skills for the 21st century economy. Young people today, as with countless previous generations, want to make a positive impact on the world around them. STEM skills will provide them with the tools to make their mark on the world. So, please, at every opportunity that you have, encourage young people to pursue and excel at STEM in their K-12 studies. Let them know that engineering res news - president’s message

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RES News RES Recognizes the 2013 Engineer of the Year and 2013 Young Engineer of the Year at the 112th Annual Gala on Saturday, April 26, 2014 The Rochester Engineering Society held their 112th Annual Gala honoring 31 high school and college students receiving scholarships, four Engineers of Distinction, two Finalists for Young Engineer of the Year, and the 2013 Engineer of the Year and 2013 Young Engineer of the Year. Additional details from the Gala and photos from this event (taken by Jeff Witherow) will be posted on the website at www.roceng.org.

We are pleased to announce the 2013 Rochester Engineer of the Year is Maureen Valentine, PE.

key leadership for her department, college, and the institute as a whole.

Maureen is highly regarded for her untiring commitment to promoting gender diversity in the engineering professions. Together with her female colleagues in the College of Applied Science and Technology at RIT, Maureen created the “Women in Technology” program, which is having a major impact on the recruitment and retention of women in the technology disciplines.

Currently, she is providing leadership on a prestigious National Science Foundation funded initiative at RIT, called ADVANCE, to explore ways to transform higher education to increase the number of women faculty in professorial ranks in the STEM disciplines, particularly in engineering and technology.

In recognition of her leadership to promote gender diversity in the STEM disciplines, Maureen received the 2012 “Changing Hearts and Minds” Award at RIT. As many of you know, Maureen for the last several years has led the Planning Committee for the Rochester Engineering Symposium. Each year, this day-long event positively impacts nearly 400 registered engineering professionals in our community, providing high quality professional development hours in a collegial environment.

Maureen was nominated by the Rochester Section of the Society of Women Engineers.

Maureen is a licensed civil engineer, Professor of Civil Engineering Technology and Associate Dean in the College of Applied Science and Technology at RIT, where she has worked since 1993. In her 21 years at RIT, Maureen has provided

We salute Maureen's extensive accomplishments as a professional engineer and in academia, and the impact that she is having and will continue to have on the professional development of women engineers. We congratulate Maureen on receiving the Rochester Engineer of the Year Award for 2013.

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We are also pleased to announce the 2013 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year is Courtney Reich, PE Courtney is a licensed mechanical engineer with a BS degree from Kettering University and a Masters of Engineering degree from RIT. In her six years on the GM Fuel Cell Program in Honeoye Falls, she held the positions of design release engineer, team lead and then supervisor of pre-production operations.

Her innovations in fuel cell design gained her a US patent, with a second still pending. While at GM, she also earned two prestigious “Team GM” awards for leadership and project execution.

After GM, she joined Trison Business Solutions, supporting the facilities design and specifications for the BEST Test Center - a battery testing facility at Eastman Business Park that will enable companies to commercialize their battery technologies using state of the art testing equipment. res news - gala

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RES News

Join the “RES Tutoring Team” Help a Rochester Child Learn to Read Whether or not you think you have the time to commit to it right now, please contact us and learn about this successful program, and the opportunity it offers us to “make a difference” in Rochester’s City Schools. Let us come and meet with you, your business associates, family members, friends, neighbors. Even just two hours a week can make a big difference.

The RES Tutoring Team at Dr. Walter Cooper Academy currently includes full-time, employed Professional Engineers, recently-graduated engineers, retired engineers, retired school teachers, U of R undergraduate engineering students and RIT undergraduate, and graduate engineering students. The school year is nearing an end, and we're seeking more dedicated people, willing to make room in their busy lives for this important opportunity to "give back" to our community, for next year. We want to hit the ground running, in the Fall of 2014, with an expanded team of RES Tutors. We need your help...

Schedule a presentation to learn about the school, the Volunteer Program Leaders, Administrators and Dr. Walter Cooper (RES 1996 Engineer of the Year). Hear about the training each tutor will receive. Please contact the RES office, and let us know you’re interested in tutoring at Dr. Walter Cooper Academy - School #10, 353 Congress Avenue (in the 19th Ward, one block North of Genesee Park Blvd., between Post Avenue and Virginia Avenue).

The RES Tutoring Team is affiliated with…

Friends of Educational Excellence (FREE) Partnerships, (585) 218-0038 via email: bpollock@freepartnerships.org, via website: www.freepartnerships.org Reach the RES Tutoring Team at…

Rochester Engineering Society, (585) 254-2350 via email: leeloomis46@gmail.com, via website: www.roceng.org Awards, continued Her next assignment with Trison was as the Operations Manager for NOHMs Technologies, a Lithium Sulfur battery materials company that relocated to Rochester in August 2013. Courtney was instrumental in setting up their facility, starting up operations locally, and providing significant product development and engineering guidance to the team. Her outstanding performance in these roles, recently earned her a permanent leadership position with the firm. Earlier this month, Courtney was hired directly by NOHMS Technologies to be their Director of Engineering & Operations.

Courtney has been active with the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council, serving as a team member, res news tutoring team

and now as a co-chair for the Energy Innovation Workgroup.

She also served as President of the Rochester section of the Society of Women Engineers, was the 2012 Finalist for the YEOY award, and in 2005 was honored by Kettering with its Woman of the Year award. In 2012 she helped start the local alumnae chapter for her sorority, Alpha Sigma Alpha, and continues to serve as the chapter president.

Courtney has been an excellent role model and mentor – and her message to young people is both straightforward and meaningful: “Get out there and see what engineering is all about. Find a mentor to guide you … and, above all, don’t be afraid of change or of moving on. The possibilities in this field are endless.” We congratulate Courtney on receiving the Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year Award for 2013. q JUNE 2014 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 5

Rochester History 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. Once again war affected the Society, taking away many of its leaders and 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. 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, purpose and infrastructure of the City of Rochester, and beyond. The Second World War and the Korean Conflict are now history. These experiences have changed the face and, no doubt, the future of the community. The Rochester municipal leadership and the industrial community have become immersed in the cold-war, growth economy.

“The Rochester Engineer” (November 1956)

This issue featured an in-depth article on the advances in photographic technology during the post-war decade, by Dr. Cyril J. Staud, Vice President in charge of Research, Eastman Kodak Company. He detailed improvements in color sensitivity of amateur photographic films, allowing more effective use of flash-assisted cameras. Dr. Staud commented on major improvements in color transparency (slide film) photography. He described advances in professional motion picture film technology in support of Todd A-O (curved projection screens) and Cinerama (three-screen) wrap-around movie presentations. He also discussed high-resolution black & white photography and its new applications in television and newspaper presentations. He finished with a discussion of photographic advances in medicine, specifically, x-ray film and the applications for photography in medical education.

“The Rochester Engineer” (December 1956)

This issue, named the Civil Engineers’ Number,” highlighted luncheon and dinner presentations on topics particularly relevant to civil engineering. The ASCE luncheon presentation, “Expressways – Urban Highways, New Roads for Booming Traffic,” was given by Bernard F. Perry, District Engineer, NY State Department of Public Works.

Editor’s note: Bernard Francis Perry, PE, LS, would later be named RES 1965 Engineer of the Year. The feature article in this issue, “Changes in Water Main and Sewer Construction,” by A. Bradford Squire of W.S. Lozier Compay, described recent advances in construction practices for installing water and sewer mains. Heavier truck traffic, more expensive pavement materials had necessitated relocation of water mains and utility infrastructure from under streets into adjacent pathways.

Fortunately, more efficient excavation equipment had made this easier, and less expensive. By this time, automobile traffic had eliminated the option of leaving trenches open for days at a time to facilitate inspection procedures, rather requiring the closing of trenches at the end of each day. On-site concrete mixers had been replaced by the use of readymix concrete trucks. New joint sealing materials and techniques had 6 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | JUNE 2014

A Sampling from the Archives of the Rochester Engineering Society...1897 - 1957

by Lee M. Loomis

replaced the on-site fires and kettles of yesterday’s street-side job sites.

“The Rochester Engineer” (January 1957)

Dubbed, as always, the “Automotive Number,” the January issue featured an article, “Fuel Injection for Passenger Cars,” by Robert K. Hathaway, Service Engineer, Rochester Products Division, GM Corporation. With the Fall 1955 announcement by GM of the introduction of fuel-injection in its 1956 Corvette, and select other models, a new era of automotive engine technology was dawning.

The article defined fuel injection, reviewed its necessity in the cars of the future and discussed in detail the elements of its operation. GM was anxious to promote its continuous-flow port injection system as superior to others, allowing for better fuel control, improved engine efficiency and exhaust emission control. A second article, “Corrosion Prevention,” by Arthur A. Davis of Davis-Howland Oil Corporation, discussed new additives, contained in lubrication oils and greases, that would protect engines and fittings from internal corrosion, often exacerbated by increased use of salt on winter streets and highways.

“The Rochester Engineer” (February 1957)

Historically the “Architects’ Number,” this issue announced the joint AIEE/RES dinner meeting presentation, “Electrical and Physical Aspects of the St. Lawrence Development,” by Ellis L. Armstrong, Project Engineer, Uhl, Hall & Rich Engineering Company. As the Assistant Project Manager, Mr. Armstrong described the construction of the three-dam, $600M, St. Lawrence Power Project at Massena, NY. Past RES President (1929 – 1930), C. Storrs Barrows provided an article, “The Early Architects of Rochester,” in which he reviewed the accomplishments of Capt. Daniel Loomis, Rochester’s first architect, and other early 19th Century architects, including Loomis’ son, Isaac, his son-in-law William Richardson, Jason Bassett, Merwin Austin, A.J. Warner, Frederick Brockett, D.C. McCallum, Henry Searle, John R. Thomas and Claude F. Bragdon. Following the Civil War, more Rochester buildings were designed by James G. Cutler, Richard A. Upjohn, Harry B. Gleason, John R. Church, Charles & Harvey Ellis, and many others who, absent any master plan, shaped the buildings that gave our city character, at the turn of the 20th Century. Also featured in this issue was the centralization of three former Irondequoit School Districts, Laurelton, Ridgewood and Durand Eastman, into the new East Irondequoit Central School District. This move enabled the funding and construction of the first high school facility for these students who, previously had to attend City of Rochester high schools.

The result was a $5.16M project which modified an elementary school into a middle-school, constructed a new elementary school and built a 1,200 student high school, on 38 vacant acres on Ridge Road East.

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 the current economic crisis, 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, 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. We welcome your questions and comments on this series. res news - history

Get to the Point!

Presentation Phobia (2): From Power Point Poison to Standing Ovation In a previous article I presented the concept of the Three Ps of Presentations: Plan, Prepare, and Practice. In the planning stage, you must establish the circumstances around your presentation, determine your audience’s needs and interest, and organize your information. In this article, I’ll discuss how to prepare your content.

Peter and Cheryl Reimold, in their book The Short Road to Great Presentations, (IEEE Press and Wiley-Interscience, 2003), introduce a formula for structuring a presentation. They call it the Universal Presentation Structure which is especially helpful for technical professionals who relate well to formulas.

Introduction:

1 to 2 minutes

Body:

3 to 5 key points

Conclusion:

1 minute

Select Key Points

In your second TELL, the Body, you identify three to five key points to address. These evolve from the list of questions your audience may have. Although you may have identified 15-20 questions, you’ll see a pattern form and be able to group several questions under one key point. For example, How much will this cost?, Is this expensive?, and What is our budget for the project? all can be addressed under the key point Cost Factors.

Use the Pyramid Method to structure each key point. State your key point and follow it with supporting information. Remember that to be convincing you need to provide facts and evidence.

This is often called the TELL-TELL-TELL method.

Capture Audience Attention

In your first TELL, the Introduction, you must accomplish four goals: 1. Establish Rapport with your audience 2. Grab the audience’s Attention 3. State your Main message 4. Outline your Plan The Reimolds define this as your RAMP and allow you only 1 to 2 minutes. This is when you have your audience’s full attention. Don’t waste the opportunity by reciting dull information such as your name, the title of your presentation, or your purpose. You can let an opening slide provide that information.

Building Rapport is as easy as smiling, connecting with your audience by telling them you are excited to be with them, or greeting them at the door when they come in. This warms them up to you and encourages them to listen to you.

Use an Attention Getter that relates to your main message. A joke, an apology, or a thank-you is dull and you risk offending someone.

Instead, try a statistic, a photo, or a word of caution. You need to find something that relates to your main message and grabs the audience’s attention.

Make sure your Main Message is direct. This isn’t a time to be wishywashy. If you have a plan that can reduce costs by 40%, then say that.

If your proposal shows you can alleviate the stormwater issues in a new commercial area, then state that right up front. Your audience will appreciate this and pay more attention to your presentation now that they know what your purpose is and what the topic has to do with them.

End your Introduction with a Plan. This is your road map for your presentation. It shows your audience that you are organized and what they can expect next. It also reminds you of your own structure and helps you stay on track. We encourage you to add a slide into your presentation showing your plan (or write it on a chart or board) and also to speak it.

Using the RAMP in the Introduction is the best way to establish yourself as a confident, interesting speaker. get to the point

You vary the number of key points you present based on the amount of time you have to speak. If it is just a short 10 minute presentation, stick to only three points. If you have more time you stretch it to five points. Don’t be tempted to add more than five points if you are given a longer amount of time. Rather than overloading your listeners with too many points, you can go into greater detail and depth for the five selected points.

Wrap it up With a Conclusion

The third TELL is your Conclusion. This is your chance to summarize what you just told your audience. In The Short Road to Great Presentations the Reimolds suggest you say the words “To summarize” or “In conclusion” to peak audience attention. Your listeners may have dozed off in the middle of your presentation and this is your clue that you are almost finished. In just one minute, you briefly restate your main message and key points. Don’t add in any more details and never go over the minute.

RGI Learning offers workshops in conflict resolution and communicatons skills.

Please email me at LisaM@rgilearning.com with questions or comments for a future article. Online instruction on how to write effective reports and proposals is available at www.rgilearning.com. © 2014, RGI Learning Lisa Moretto is the President of RGI Learning, Inc. For 20 years she has helped engineers improve their oral and written communication skills. Visit www.rgilearning.com or call (866) 744-3032 to learn about RGI’s courses.

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Superior Water and Wastewater Treatment Services A Great Advantage for Our Community

By Pete Kundin The County of Monroe, City of Rochester, and Monroe County Water Authority (MCWA) have long been leaders in the field of providing clean water to our region. Also, we are blessed with one of the most progressive wastewater collection and treatment systems in the nation.

It is clear that the abundant availability of clean water is vitally important in our everyday lives. So, let’s examine the systems here and identify why we are unique to many areas of the country.

There are two main water supplies to us here in the greater Rochester area. The City of Rochester has been supplied with fresh water from two lakes south of the City for many years. Hemlock and Canadice Lakes supply water through gravity fed pipes to the City. They come from a junction point called the Rush Reservoir.

Due to the natural down slope of the terrain, little pumping is required to bring this water to the City. The lakes are pristine and required no filtering until federal laws regarding turbidity (water clarity) were put in place in the 1980s. When more stringent controls on turbidity were mandated, a filter plant was constructed at the Hemlock Lake site. This was a very modern automated plant with a SCADA system and an automated filter backwash system that included PLCs and motor operated valves (MOVs). In addition, the Rush Reservoir had its very large valves motorized to insure a clear path to the reservoir system which could be monitored, including the large Cobbs Hill and Highland reservoirs.

Worker at a rectangular butterfly valve in the Culver-Goodman section of the deep-rock tunnel system circa 1991.

Recently, the City sold Hemlock and Canadice Lakes to NYS with a supply contract, which allows the City the right to continue to remove enough water to meet its needs.

The Monroe County Water Authority is in charge of another major supply of fresh water here and is the third largest purveyor in the state. The MCWA has an intake pipe which reaches into Lake Ontario and feeds the Shoremont Filter Plant on Dewey Avenue. It also is a highly automated facility. It has 16 filter beds and is split internally into three parallel process trains.

The three sections were modernized at different times as the MCWA kept up with automation. Major upgrades happened in 1985, 1992, and 2003. The entire facility is networked with modern control equipment which allows the Authority to monitor the plant as well as the pump stations and reservoirs The Gatehouse at Cobb’s Hill Reservoir where the City of throughout the six-county region. It is continually monitored via a SCADA Rochester stores water from Hemlock and Canadice Lakes. system to insure its integrity and reliability. Due to the topography, water is pumped south from the Lake versus the gravity feed from Hemlock Water Plant.

The most recent addition to the system is the new MCWA facility in Webster.

It reaches out into the Lake directly north of Webster. The plant is state of the art and completes the system for its customers, providing us with a Westside, Southside, and Eastside water supply. We are fortunate to have this resource, and the supply now extends out of Monroe County supplying water to portions of each of the five surrounding counties.

The City and County have a long-standing cooperative agreement and actually trade water within the systems to insure a reliable supply. Our community is extremely fortunate to have these strong utilities working together to insure a reliable, world-class water supply.

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Digester tanks at the Van Lare waste-water treatment facility. cover article

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understand, and should be equally proud of, is the advanced capability we have here in Monroe County to treat wastewater and storm water. Our system is operated by the Monroe County Department of Environmental Services, known as the MCDES. Although the DES has other tasks such as operating our landfill in Riga, its major concern is water treatment.

To understand the importance of our system, it is probably best to start with the collection system. In many cases, older large cities, such as Rochester, have combined sewer systems. That is, our sewage collection systems are combined with our rain collection systems. The acronym for this is CSO, or combined sewer overflow. Essentially our sewage is combined with rain water before transportation via pump stations to one of two treatment plants operated by the County.

The major issue with this is during rain events a large amount A row of valve actuators controlling the incoming flow to Monroe of water is introduced to the City of Rochester collection County’s east-side fresh water treatment plant in Webster. system, which traditionally is too much for the plants to treat. Unfortunately, what occurred during these events was that the untreated combined flow was discharged into the rivers, streams, and eventually Lake Ontario. This is a common issue today in many municipalities. In fact, our nation’s capital is currently embarking on an extremely expensive project to protect the water table in Washington, DC. Due to some very forward thinking by our County Government in the 1970s, Monroe County took advantage of a growing sentiment in the federal government, and built a unique tunnel system to store CSOs and virtually eliminate the discharge into our local waterways. This project took more than ten years to complete.

The County was an industry leader in this CSO technology. The Cities of Chicago and Milwaukee were the other major cities to install this type of system more than 30 years ago. The engineers who worked and operated the system here were pioneers and have shared their knowledge with other municipalities across the USA.

Aeration tanks at the Van Lare waste-water treatment facility.

Another important component of the system is a series of pump stations that move wastewater through three major collection districts. In the City of Rochester district, the flow moves via gravity. On the Westside is the northwest collection quadrant where wastewater ends up at the treatment plant in Hilton. Another district is on the Eastside and is called the Irondequoit Bay Pure Waters District. The Frank E. Van Lare Treatment facility is the largest plant in the system and is located in the Rochester district on Lakeshore Boulevard. It supports the Eastside tunnel system.

The wastewater on the Eastside is actually fed through the tunnels to an extremely large and important pump station at the front of the plant.

The Irondequoit Bay Pump Station, or IBPS, looks like a small three-story building, but is actually a seven-story building with four floors underground. It pumps into Van Lare for treatment. There have been many major rehabs of these facilities over the past few years. In addition to new pumps at IBPS, the aeration systems at Van Lare have been upgraded and automated.

One of the more interesting projects occurred about ten years ago. The wastewater treatment process produces a by-product called sludge.

Previously the sludge was incinerated. Then, the County installed new centrifuge technology advancing the dewatering of the sludge, and put in a truck offloading facility as well. Now, the dewatered sludge is sent to the Riga landfill, and the incinerators were shut down. This was a boost to the landfill in producing methane gas, and the County now generates a large amount of clean, renewable electricity from the gas. The modern treatment facilities as well as the advanced collection system are monitored continually by a state-of-the-art control room at the Van Lare facility.

The combination of our fresh water and waste water systems make our area an envy to all those who are involved in this industry.

Pete Kundin is the General Manager, East Coast Factory Store, Rotork Controls, Inc. in Rochester, New York.

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The Limited Monopoly® The NDA - A Key Agreement in Business Operations

by John Hammond, PE and Robert Gunderman, PE A Healthy Paranoia

Protection of intellectual property can be a critical task for an enterprise. This is often the case from the earliest gestation of a business when a new invention is conceived, through the start-up phase, and later in ongoing research, development, and manufacturing operations.

Invariably, in order for a business to grow and operate, it becomes necessary to share confidential information, including information that is intellectual property, with third parties who are “outsiders.”

Thus business owners, managers, and the engineers and scientists who are “in the trenches” doing the inventing should all develop a sense of caution when engaging with such third parties. A little paranoia is a good thing – there should be instinctual consideration of certain questions in any given situation, such as, “Is it necessary to share confidential information with this person? To what extent? What are the benefits and risks?” And lastly, “If we must disclose confidential information to achieve an objective, are we protected? Is our intellectual property secure?”

The NDA as a Tool

In the latter case, when it is clearly necessary to disclose confidential information to a third party in order to achieve a business objective, a Non-Disclosure Agreement is a standard tool that is used to protect business interests. The NDA should be executed between the parties prior to any sharing of confidential information.

The premise of an NDA is simple: Third Party X agrees to keep confidential all information provided by Company Y. However, an NDA is a contract, and there are important legal aspects to the protection that it provides to Company Y. An NDA should cover aspects of confidential information including terms pertaining to its definition, limitations of disclosure, use by the third party, possible compelled disclosure (such as by a court order), term (i.e., length of time the NDA is in effect), notice of breach, remedies for breach, return or destruction of confidential information, warranty, and jurisdiction where the NDA shall be interpreted 10 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | JUNE 2014

“The need to share confidential information is a necessity in almost any business engaged in inventing, and in product research, development, and manufacturing. But you can protect your interests if you take the proper steps.” and any future disputes adjudicated.

Although a single “generic” NDA might cover most opportunities in dealing with third parties, it is also important to understand that use of an NDA is often situation dependent. It could well be that for a given interaction with a third party, a Non-Disclosure Agreement should be customized for that interaction; or at the very least, a generic NDA should be reviewed to be certain that key business interests are adequately covered.

It is easy to see that although simple in principle, an NDA has important and complex legal considerations.

Thus an NDA should be drafted by a qualified attorney1, who fully understands the client’s situation(s) that the NDA will need to cover.

Patent Aspects of the NDA

Although we encourage you to consult an attorney regarding the preparation and use of a NonDisclosure Agreement, we can comment on a few aspects of NDAs that are patent-specific. A first aspect pertains to patentability of an invention. If you disclose information regarding an invention to a third party without an NDA in place and prior to filing a patent application, that disclosure could be construed as a public disclosure. That action starts the clock on a “one year grace period,”2,3 before which you must file a patent application if you wish to pursue patent protection of your invention. Third parties include ones that you may not know, like readers of a blog or participants in social media.4 In contrast, if you have an NDA executed and in place with the third party before disclosing confidential information on your invention, such a disclosure cannot be construed as a The Limited Monopoly

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Additionally, having the NDA in place can lower risk in another way. If the third party were unscrupulous, and upon receiving your confidential information, filed his own patent application in the USPTO on your invention, you would have an opportunity to recover by taking possession of that application through a derivation proceeding5,6 before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

The NDA could be valuable evidence that the third party obtained the invention disclosed in his patent application from you. The derivation proceeding would not be easy, fast, or cheap, but you would at least have some recourse in trying to obtain a patent.

(You would also have considerable other legal recourse as advised by your attorney.)

A second aspect of an NDA pertains to ownership of your intellectual property. If you are hiring a third party to provide services in areas such as product research and development, product design, and/or product manufacturing, it is quite possible that the third party might make a patentable invention related to your product in the course of providing such services. Of course, you want to own the patent rights to that invention, since you are paying for the work being done by that third party. In that situation, your NDA should include language by which the third party assigns “all right, title, and interest” in the invention and any patent application and patents to your company. Absent that language, in accordance with U.S. law, the third party inventor owns the rights to that invention.7 Obviously, that’s not a situation you want to negotiate after the fact due to lack of a proper NDA that includes assignment terms.

The NDA as a Non-Necessity

When approached by a prospective client who is interested in possibly pursuing a patent on an invention, we are sometimes asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement prior to receiving confidential information from the prospective client. In view of the above information on NDAs, such a request is completely understandable. However, for communications with patent practitioners admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, it is also entirely unnecessary.

As a condition of being admitted to practice before the USPTO, all patent agents and patent attorneys, as members in good standing with the federal patent bar, have sworn an oath to keep confidential all information provided by a client or prospective client.8 (Of course, patent attorneys are also subject to similar requirements of their respective state bar admission(s).) Thus the broad terms of this oath provide the confidentiality necessary for a client to discuss his invention with a patent practitioner, be it agent or attorney.

We also note that as patent practitioners, we have been advised by attorneys to not sign an NDA with a client or prospective client if one is proffered, for a number of reasons. As noted above, a non-disclosure agreement is often a complex document. The terms of an NDA, as well as the overall quality of its language, can vary widely. Thus an NDA must be carefully considered before execution, and it is not unusual to find something objectionable in any given draft. As in any contract, negotiation of the terms of an NDA may be done. However, if a patent practitioner were The Limited Monopoly

to negotiate the terms of an NDA, that could be construed as a violation of another of the rules of patent practice, which states that, “A practitioner shall not attempt to exonerate himself or herself from, or limit his or her liability to, a client for his or her personal malpractice.”9 Knowing the oath that patent practitioners take to establish and maintain their livelihood, as well as the numerous other ethics rules we are bound by, confidential information is safe to disclose to a licensed patent agent or attorney. No ethical practitioner would violate these critical rules of patent practice; and from a self-preservation standpoint, no responsible practitioner would risk disbarment from the USPTO and the subsequent loss of livelihood for lack of proper safeguarding of a client’s confidential information.

Proceed With Caution In summary, you should always get a proper Non-Disclosure Agreement in place before disclosing confidential information to a third party, with the exception of a licensed patent practitioner.

The need to share confidential information is a necessity in almost any business engaged in inventing, and in product research, development, and manufacturing; however, you can protect your interests if you take the proper steps.

1. Readers may contact either of the authors if a referral to a qualified attorney is needed.

2. 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)(1).

3. See also The Limited Monopoly® March 2013.

4. See The Limited Monopoly® March 2014.

5. 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)(2).

6. 37 C.F.R. §§ 400-412.

7. See The Limited Monopoly® April 2006.

8. 37 C.F.R. §§ 10.56-10.57.

9. 37 C.F.R. § 10.78.

GRAPHIC CREDIT: World War II motivational poster by illustrator Albert Dorne, issued in 1944 by the United States Office of War Information. The authors thank The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula, Missoula, MT for historical details and poster image published at http://fortmissoulamuseum.org/WWII/detail. php?id=469.

Authors John M. Hammond P.E. (Patent Innovations, LLC www. patent-innovations.com) and Robert D. Gunderman P.E. (Patent Technologies, LLC www.patentechnologies.com) are both registered patent agents and licensed professional engineers. They offer several courses that qualify for PDH credits. More information can be found at www.patenteducation.com.

Copyright 2014 John Hammond and Robert Gunderman, Jr. Note: This short article is intended only to provide cursory background information, and is not intended to be legal advice.

No client relationship with the authors is in any way established by this article.

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IT done

You Know Nothing Jon Snow

– André Godfrey

I recently saw an episode of Silicon Valley on HBO. It has the good fortune of being televised immediately after Game of Thrones. The show is about a bunch of Silicon Valley coders who may have hit it big with an application they’ve developed. If you’ve seen the show I understand that ‘application’ is technically not correct, but close enough.

applications, e-business, or e-commerce is eligible for this award.

In any event, the coders are all guys. All of them. The only woman of relevance in this nerd herd is a recently introduced love interest to one of the guys.

Women nominated for this award must work within the Greater Rochester metropolitan area (includes Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, and Wayne counties).

There are a lot of statistics out there that speak to the appalling ratio of women in the technology fields. I won’t beat a dead horse, but I was captured by a recent headline in a technical blog entitled - The tech industry’s woman problem: Statistics show it’s worse than you think.

Nominees may be from the corporate sector, vendors, not-forprofits, government, or educational institutions. Previous recipients may not be nominated for this award, but previous nominees may be nominated again. The recipient is selected for her impact to the Technology profession, as demonstrated by:

Probably so. Even on television sitcoms.

The Technology Woman of the Year awards were recently held at Casa Larga in Victor, New York. Hosted by Digital Rochester and originally founded by Entre Computer Services (a modest plug for the home team), the Technology Woman of the Year award has established itself as one of the most coveted and prestigious awards in our area.

Every year hundreds of technology people gather to be present at the award breakfast. Women and men in the industry take the time from their busy business lives to be there. Why? Because the need to recognize women in technology is important. But equally important is the need to encourage young women to enter the field and that is the driving force and the raison d’etre for the founding of the award, its success and the award’s continuance.

Overlooked sometime are the companies and individuals who nominate the candidates. It is these individuals and companies that bring to the attention of Digital Rochester the names of deserving candidates. It is an easy thing to do, to fill out a form, and yet it is not. It is an amazing unselfish act. The person who is making the nomination needs to draw attention towards the achievements of another and in a day of ‘what’s in it for me’, it is exceptional to find someone who altruistically takes the time and trouble to write extensively about the accomplishments of another.

Who is eligible for this award?

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Additionally, women working in the fields of optics and engineering disciplines are also eligible for this technology award, as Digital Rochester recognizes Rochester’s deep roots in research, development, and manufacturing within these high-profile verticals.

• Sustained contributions to the field including success promoting or implementing technology • Contributions advancing the status, opportunities, and employment for women in the Technology profession • Community service There were nine nominees in 2014. Women with doctorates and women representing the front lines of information technology service. All deserving with great stories told about them, and great stories they told.

Congratulations to Anne Bell, Vice President of enterprise and corporate applications at Xerox Corporation as the 2014 Technology Woman of the Year.

Think about IT.

André Godfrey is President/CEO of Entré Computer Services, www.entrecs.com

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NYSSPE 2014 Annual Conference 9 PDH Credits Offered (3 day event)

Place: Hyatt East End & Long Island Aquarium & Exhibition Center, 451 East Main Street, Riverhead, NY 11901 Comments: Go to page 45 of this issue for details on the topics for the PDH's and Tours scheduled.

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Tuesday, June 3

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

Friday, June 6

Rochester Section Meeting Place: Hibachi Sushi Buffet Restaurant, South Town Plaza on Jefferson Road (Route 252), Jefferson Road, Rochester.

Time: 12:00 noon.

Comment: Any IEEE member is invited to attend and to participate, or just to observe. Lunch is $3 for IEEE member.

No reservation or RSVP is needed, just show up. Website: http://rochester.ieee.org.

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Place: Hyatt East End & Long Island Aquarium & Exhibition Center, 451 East Main Street, Riverhead, NY 11901 Comments: Go to page 45 of this issue for details on the topics for the PDH's and Tours scheduled.

To register go to http://www.cvent.com/d/k4q239.

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Annual Golf Outing Place: Victor Hills Golf Course, 1450 Brace Road, Victor, NY Time: Shotgun start at 10:00 am. Buffet dinner around 4:00 pm.

Cost: $75 per person (lunch, 18 holds golf, dinner, and awards).

Reservations: Contact Jennifer Wengender, CPA, 585-454-7600.

Monday, June 16

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A Security Credential Management System for V2V Communications Speaker: Andre Weimerskirch, Associate Research Scientist, University of Michigan, Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), Transportation Cyber-Security & Privacy Time: Meeting Introduction/Featured Presentation at 6:00 pm; Adjourn and Networking at 7:15 pm Location: There are many sites which will have telephone conference access and will display the presentation.

Details on the website: www.incose/org/flc. The local locations are RIT, Bldg. 82, Room 1150. Contact Clark Hochgraf at cghiee@rit.edu for a reservation. The other local location is Xerox. Contact Charles Rizzolo at Charles.rizzolo@xerox.com.

This meeting is open to non-members.

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Annual Nick Dargento Memorial Scholarship Golf Outing Place: Victor Hills – South Course, 1450 Brace Road, Victor, NY Time: Registration at 9:00 am; Shotgun Start at 10:00 am; Lunch stand at the turn, Social Hour following golf, Steak Dinner at 4:00 pm Reservations: Registration and payment is required by noon, June 13th. Contact Frank St. George at FSTGedorge@jtmauro.com or 585-210-4491.

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2014 Annual Golf Outing Place: Victor Hills Golf Course, 1450 Brace Road, Victor, NY Time: 10:30 Shotgun Start.

Registration form and details are on the website at www.ies-rochester.com.

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2014 Sporting Clays Event Place: Rochester Brooks Club, 962 Honeoye Falls Road, Rush, NY Time: Registration from 2:30 to 3:30; Sporting Clays 50 Targets from 4:00 to 6:00; Cocktails (2 drink tickets) cash bar from 6:00 to 7:00; Chicken Dinner from 7:00 to 8:00 pm.

Cost: Shooting & Dinner is $40 per person, Dinner Only $15 per person. Pay at registration; make checks payable to “GVLSA” Reservations: Contact Bob Hatch at bhatch@schultzpc.com or 585-349-3750 or John Gillen at johngillen@frontiernet.net or 585-786-3960 by June 16th.

Details: www.gvlsa.com

Monday, July 14

Electrical Association (EA)

Annual Golf Outing Visit www.eawny.com for details and registration.

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16th Annual Scholarship Golf Outing Place: Terry Hills Country Club, Batavia, NY Time: Registration begins at 11:30 am; Lunch at 11:30 am (Halfway House); Shotgun start at 12:45 pm; Dinner at 6:00 pm.

Reservation: Contact Tom Frys by June 11th, 585-753-7741 or tfrys@monroecounty.gov. Details are on page 35 of this issue and a tournament application is on page 36 of this issue.

Thursday, June 19 Go Green – 4th Annual Go Green Expo

Place: La Luna, High Falls Business Center Time: 5:30 to 9:30 pm; Live Band from 8:30 to 11:30 pm Reservation: Reservations to Go Green on Facebook or mviggiani@gogreenledinternational.com.

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Stormwater Management: It's Everywhere

By Mary B. Steblein, PE, CPESC

One of my personal goals is to travel to every state in the country (currently at 29). One thing that always catches my eye when I’m in a new part of the country is the local approach to stormwater management. Many of these practices are hidden in plain sight; you probably don’t recognize them for what they are, but if they didn’t function properly, we would notice the flooding and polluted waterways.

Stormwater consists of rain or snow melt which “runs off” when it hits the ground and collects pollutants in its path. In a lawn area, it would likely be absorbed, but as we continue to develop land, we’re also increasing impervious surfaces such as asphalt, concrete pavements, and roofs. In the past few decades, stormwater run-off has been managed by directing it into storm sewer piping and then into large detention or retention ponds with control structures that allow a measured rate of discharge.

Stormwater management as we currently know it began with the “Federal Water Pollution Control Act,” (commonly known as the Clean Water Act, or CWA) legislation in 1972. This act included the creation of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). Under NPDES, permits are required for stormwater runoff from several sources: construction sites, municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s) and some industrial activities.

Following the enactment of the CWA, the waters of the United States were improving. In order to continue that trend, EPA’s Phase I stormwater program was rolled out in 1990, specifically regulating medium and large municipalities, construction activity at sites larger than 5 acres, and ten categories of industrial activity.

However, a decade later, the 2000 National Water Quality Inventory indicated 40% of the surveyed water bodies across the country were still impaired. EPA’s Phase II program followed in 2003, expanding regulations to include small municipalities, construction sites between 1 and 5 acres, and additional industrial categories.

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In New York State, the Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) administers the NPDES program under the State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES), which currently has three general permits available: General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Construction Activity (GP-0-10-001), General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) (GP-0-10-002), and the Multi-Sector General Permit For Stormwater Discharges Associated With Industrial Activity (GP-0-12-001). Many new development and redevelopment projects are subject to the requirements of GP-010-001, and in Monroe County, the MS4 communities are responsible for reviewing stormwater management designs, inspecting active construction sites, and maintaining a database of stormwater management practices.

This article will not address industrial stormwater discharges.

Stormwater management can be quantified in several ways. Two major components are the water quality and the water quantity. An assessment of water quality may be measured by the type and amount of pollutants found in run-off, including: total suspended solids, total phosphorus, total nitrogen, pathogens, and sediment. The current design guidance requires the use of “green infrastructure” to treat a calculated water quality volume, and to do so as close to the source as possible.

Green infrastructure includes best management practices for reducing runoff through recharge to groundwater - such as rain gardens, bioretention areas, and tree plantings - and also low impact development practices such as minimizing impervious surfaces, rooftop disconnection, and protection of natural features. Prior to recharging groundwater, water quality practices filter out pollutants through a variety of media (topsoil, sand, stone, vegetation).

Water quantity control consists of attenuating the runoff rate after a site is developed, to the rate of runoff prior to development. Water quantity control is often achieved with a wet pond, a created wetland, or where site conditions allow, an infiltration basin.

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Water quality and quantity control measures are constructed during a development project and are intended to address the final site conditions. It should be noted that at active construction sites, erosion and sediment control measures are installed and maintained to minimize the transport of sediment in stormwater runoff. MS4 communities regularly inspect active construction sites.

As the regulations in New York State continue to evolve (two of the general permits expire in 2015) we will continue to see changes in how stormwater is managed. There will be increased emphasis on municipalities regulating development rather than the State, and green infrastructure practices aren’t going away anytime soon – but they will be improved as we continue to learn from the practices being installed today.

There is evidence of innovations in stormwater management all around us, but how often is it observed by the general population?

There is currently a disconnect between the regulatory agencies creating and enforcing the legislation, the municipalities charged with educating the public, and the public who don’t understand why they can’t fill the ditch in their front yard, or mow the grass to the edge of the stormwater pond. As stormwater management increasingly becomes the responsibility of municipalities, there will need to be more education to ensure these practices are maintained properly.

There are coalition groups in our area, such as the Stormwater Coalitions in Monroe County, Ontario-Wayne County, Western New York, Central New York, and Chemung County, working to educate the general public and other segments of the population about stormwater management.

These coalitions are focused in areas where municipalities are designated MS4s. As mentioned previously, discharged stormwater from MS4 areas is authorized by a NYSDEC permit which requires compliance with six minimum control measures: 1. Public Education and Outreach, 2. Public Participation/Involvement, 3. Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination, 4. Construction Site Runoff Control, 5. Post-construction Runoff Control and 6. Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping.

Communities have been striving to provide public education, outreach, and participation opportunities to the public. Have you encountered Larry the H20 Hero (http://h2ohero.org/) or Ronny Raindrop? These characters help us understand the role of stormwater management in our everyday lives and show us that everyone can contribute to better water quality: • Create a rain garden for the yard. Use native plants in landscaping.

• Buy or make a rain barrel to capture roof drainage and use for irrigation.

• Consider a porous driveway or other hardscaped surface.

• Pick up and dispose of pet waste properly.

• Mulch when mowing the lawn and minimize use of fertilizers and pesticides.

• Take vehicles to commercial car washes where water is recycled, and water use is more efficient. If washing at home, wash on a pervious surface and use phosphate-free cleaners.

• Properly dispose of household chemicals, electronics, and pharmaceuticals.

Everyone can take some time to learn about green infrastructure practices being used around our community. When you’re at the Seneca Park Zoo, observe the bioretention areas adjacent to the overflow parking areas, the green (living) roof on a building near the entrance, and the H2O Hero exhibit. If you’re at the Rochester Institute of Technology, check out the “ecoswale” along Perkins Road, and the stormwater planter associated with the roof-top drainage from the bus shelter.

When visiting the University of Rochester campus, check out the rain garden near Goergen Hall and the Computer Studies Building. There are several municipal rain gardens with informational signage such as Turning Point Park in Charlotte, and the Town of Penfield’s rain garden at the Department of Public Works. Keep your eyes open around our community and on your travels, perhaps you’ll be surprised by the “hidden” stormwater infrastructure all around you.

Mary B. Steblein, PE, CPESC is a Civil Engineer at LaBella Associates feature article

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Professional Firms Employee News Bergmann Associates Employee News

Bergmann Associates announced four have recently joined the local firm in Rochester, NY. Adriana Galdamez has joined the company as a CAD drafter/ technician. Adriana has an architectural engineering technology degree from Alfred State College of Technology.

Peter Wlodarczyk has joined the company as an assistant project manager.

Steve Percassi, PE has joined the company as a project manager.

Steve has a bachelor of science in civil engineering and a master of science in structural and earthquake engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Adriana Galdamez

Peter Wlodarczyk

Steve Percassi, PE

Krista Greer, PE

Krista Greer, PE has joined the company as a discipline specialist – water resources. Krista has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Penn State University and a masters from Virginia Tech University in civil engineering. q

Jay Judson Retires from SWBR Architects SWBR Architects’ principal and architect, Jay Judson, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, retired on May 31 after 28 years of work for the firm.

Throughout his tenure at SWBR, Judson has been involved in a wide variety of highly technical project types and has excelled as a designer.

He has specialized in work for the firm’s college and university clients, serving as the client liaison and project leader. Of Judson’s 28 years at SWBR, he has been involved in the firm’s board of directors for more than 25 years. He served as treasurer of SWBR from 1993 to 2010 and president from 1984 to 1992.

“Jay embodies SWBR’s spirit and energy, and has been a leading brand ambassador for our firm since joining in 1986,” said Dave Beinetti, president of SWBR Architects. “His dedication, wealth of knowledge, extended experience and positive attitude have been a major contribution to the firm’s success. We thank Jay for all he has done. We congratulate him on his upcoming retirement and wish him the best of luck.”

At SWBR, Judson served as the senior principal involved with highereducation projects with Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Monroe Community College (MCC) and numerous other area educational institutions. Highlighted projects include SUNY Geneseo’s Bailey Hall, MCC’s Thomas Flynn Campus Center and Wolk College of Nursing, RIT’s Café and Market, Center for Applied Science and Technology Center, Center for Excellence in Mathematics Science and Technology and Louise Slaughter (CIMS) Hall. Most recently, Judson was involved in the design of the nationally recognized Golisano Institute for Sustainability at RIT. 18 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | JUNE 2014

Judson has been actively involved in the Rochester community, participating in the Town of Brighton, N.Y., Architectural Review Board. He has served on several boards, including Monroe Community College Foundation, Rochester School for the Deaf, the Rochester Institute of Technology Nathaniel Rochester Society, the White Haven Memorial Park, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester General Hospital Foundation, Genesee Country Museum and Rochester Family Service.

In 2013, he was honored by Builders Exchange of Rochester with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contribution to the Rochester community and his decades of involvement in improving and shaping the local construction industry.

Previously, he was recognized with the Perkin’s Founder Award from the Rochester School for the Deaf and the Whitaker Service Medallion for years of service at RIT. Prior to coming to SWBR, Judson was employed at JRJ&A Architects for four years, Odell Associates for seven years and Wolf Associates for two years. Judson holds a master of architecture from Washington University in St Louis, Mo. Upon retirement, Judson plans to relocate to Murrells Inlet, S.C., with his wife, Lauren. He will attend local institutions in S.C. to further his education, with an emphasis on Spanish and archeology. q

professional firms employee news

Erdman Anthony Employee News & Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the Association for Facilities Engineering (AFE).

Erdman Anthony announced the addition of Jeffrey Bidell, P.E., CBCP, to its facilities division.

Bidell will act as department manager of the mechanical engineering and energy services group in the Rochester office.

Bidell has close to 40 years of experience in mechanical engineering, energy engineering, plumbing and fire protection, Jeffrey Bidell, PE project management, commissioning, business development, and leadership. He is a licensed professional engineer in the states of New York and Pennsylvania and is an Association of Energy Engineers Certified Building Commissioning Professional (CBCP).

Bidell holds a degree in mechanical engineering science from Rochester Institute of Technology and in civil technology from Erie Community College. He is active in several professional organizations and served as president of the Rochester chapters of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating professional firms employee news

Erdman Anthony also announced David Standinger, PLS, was recently named as department manager of geospatial services in its Rochester office.

Standinger has more than 30 years of experience in the surveying/engineering industry, the last 19 as a professional land surveyor in New York, and is also currently licensed in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and New Hampshire.

David Standinger, PLS

Standinger holds an associate degree in survey technology from State University of New York at Alfred and trained in the field artillery surveying program at the U.S. Army Field Artillery Training Center at Fort Sill in Oklahoma. q Professional Firms, Employee News continued on page 23...

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Position Opening (continued on page 21)

FACULTY POSITION - Mechanical Engineering Department Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Engineering, 76 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623

JOB TITLE and RANK: Lecturer, Faculty, Non-Tenure Track DEPARTMENT: Mechanical Engineering BR #: 984 STARTING DATE: 20 August 2014 DESCRIPTION: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING: The Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) at Rochester Institute of Technology invites applications for a non-tenure track faculty position, to be filled at the Lecturer level.

The ME Department has a strong commitment to engineering education and offers B.S., M.S, and Master of Engineering degree programs, and contributes to multi-disciplinary PhD programs in of engineering. The department offers aerospace, automotive, energy and bioengineering options to students completing their BS in ME. The emphasis of our program is on career-oriented, hands-on education with mandatory co-op program.

Detailed Job Description The successful candidate will teach undergraduate courses, supervise undergraduate student design teams, advise undergraduate students, and perform other professional duties. The successful candidate will be expected to teach core mechanical engineering courses and laboratories in accordance with their area of expertise. Applicants should have the ability to support a variety of courses, including but not limited to labs, core courses and elective courses. Representative lab courses include: Engineering Mechanics Laboratory, Engineering Design Tools, Engineering Measurements Laboratory, Engineering Applications Laboratory, Materials Science Laboratory, Strength of Materials Laboratory. Representative core courses include: statics, strength of materials, dynamics, thermodynamics, fluids, and heat transfer. Elective courses include automotive engineering and aerospace engineering electives.

Qualifications & Education Preference will be given to applicants with demonstrated industrial/commercial work experience in the area of automotive and/ or aerospace systems and classroom teaching experience. Candidates are sought who can contribute to existing and developing educational programs in the department and college. We seek applicants with a strong commitment to engineering education, student mentoring, and who are focused on the success of students both inside and outside of the classroom. Faculty members are expected to engage in continuous personal professional development.

Required Minimum Education Level: MS, MA How to Apply Apply online at http://careers.rit.edu/faculty Keyword Search: 984BR. Please submit: your curriculum vitae, cover letter addressing the listed qualifications and the following attachments: -Statement of teaching philosophy; -The names, addresses and phone numbers for three references.

You can contact the search committee with questions on the position at: careers@rit.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until a suitable candidate is found.

Required Application Documents Curriculum Vitae or Resume, Cover Letter, List of References, Statement of Teaching Philosophy Additional Details RIT does not discriminate. RIT promotes and values diversity, pluralism and inclusion in the work place. RIT provides equal opportunity to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, age, marital status, sex, gender, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, veteran status or disability in its hiring, admissions, educational programs and activities.

RIT provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities, veterans or wounded warriors where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please contact the Human Resources office at 585-475-2424 or email your request to Careers@rit.edu. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

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Professional Firms Employee News Thomas Robinson Joins Barton & Loguidice Barton & Loguidice welcomes Thomas M. Robinson, RLA, LEED AP, as senior managing landscape architect to lead the firm’s Rochester-based sustainable planning and design projects.

Robinson has more than 20 years of experience with the planning, design, and implementation of multi-use trails, bicycle facilities, parks, and green infrastructure systems for stormwater Thomas M. Robinson, RLA management. His specialties include merging pedestrian and bicycle circulation systems with sustainable site development strategies.

Robinson has been involved in many of the area’s high profile projects, including managing the master plan updates for six Monroe County Parks around Irondequoit Bay and serving as project manager for BikeWalkBrighton, a comprehensive townwide active transportation plan.

Robinson is affiliated with the American Society of Landscape Architects, the United States Green Building Council, and the Town of Penfield Watershed Management Committee.

He earned his B.S. in arboriculture and urban forestry from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and his masters of landscape architecture from the University of Washington, Seattle.

Robinson is a registered Landscape Architect in the states of New York and Wisconsin, and a LEED accredited professional. q Professional Firms, Employee News continued on page 24...

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Professional Firms Employee News Stantec’s Bob Anderson Promoted to Controller, Northeast and South Financial specialist Bob Anderson of Fairport has been promoted to Controller of Stantec’s Northeast and South regions in the US. Based in Rochester, Anderson oversees the design firm’s finances and accounting across the 60+ offices in those two regions.

Anderson spent the last eight years as the financial services manager of Stantec’s Tri-State region, managing the region’s finance and accounting as well as integrating the many firms that Stantec has acquired along the East Coast over the last few years.

Stantec’s Rochester office employs over 90 engineers, architects, and other design professionals. q

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Costich Engineers Employee News Costich Engineering announced the hiring of three people.

Brandon Krebs was hired as a CAD designer for the Telecommunications Department. Brandon holds an AAS degree in mechanical technology from FLCC and a B.S. in architectural technology from SUNY Alfred.

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Kyle Weissenburger comes to us from the Town of Henrietta Department of Public Works where he served as a landscape designer. Kyle holds a bachelor of landscape architecture from The State University of New York College of Environmental Science & Forestry at Syracuse University. He is a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control. He will be working with our telecommunications team.

Rafael Barreto was hired as a project engineer for commercial and telecommunication projects. He will focus on drainage analysis and stormwater permitting. Rafael has a B.S in civil engineering technology from RIT. q

Kathleen Kogut Joins KHEOPS KHEOPS Architecture, Engineering & Survey, DPC (KHEOPS) announced the hiring of Kathleen R. Kogut, of West Seneca, NY, to its architectural team. An Architect, Ms. Kogut has 29 years of experience in the architectural design and construction industry. She has wide-ranging experience in project management, architectural design, construction document preparation, contract administration and construction management. q

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Professional Firms Employee News SmartEdge Announces New Company President SmartEdge, a Tonawanda, NY based Energy & Facility Solutions provider announced Scott Drabek, as the new company president. Scott is a Partner of SmartEdge and has been with the company for over 9 years.

Scott has over 20 years of experience within the facilities management and engineering field.

For the past 9 years, Scott has held the position of vice president and regional manager for the Facilities Solutions & Smart Buildings area within SmartEdge. These areas include Energy Management, HVAC, Video Surveillance & Card Access, Fire Alarm, Communications, and Nurse Call. Scott also works closely with our New York State contracts, along with continuing to develop our business for long term growth.

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RIT Student Presents Renewable Plastics at Posters on the Hill in Washington, D.C. Auburn resident Laura Parisi attended prestigious event

Laura Parisi capped her undergraduate career at Rochester Institute of Technology at the Posters on the Hill event in Washington, D.C., April 28–29.

Parisi, from Auburn, N.Y., is an honor student and a senior chemistry major in RIT’s School of Chemistry and Materials Science. Her poster, “Plastic Produced with a Renewable Material: Eugenol,” summarized two years of research she conducted with her adviser, Massoud (Matt) Miri, professor of chemistry at RIT. Parisi was one of 60 undergraduate researchers selected from 600 applicants to present her project to the scientists and members of Congress attending the annual event, sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research.

Parisi and Miri’s research investigated renewable resources for creating commercial-grade plastics. Polyethylene—a ubiquitous plastic—is a polymer, or large molecule, made up of repeating units of the chemical compound ethylene typically produced from oil or natural gas. Scientists like Parisi and Miri are experimenting with new sources of commercially produced, renewable polyethylene.

“We synthesized copolymers of ethylene with the renewable compound eugenol, which is a liquid derived from clove oil and in a variety of other plants,” Parisi said. “Since ethylene can be produced from sugar cane, ethylene/eugenol professional firms employee news | campus news

copolymers could be produced as completely renewable plastics.”

Eugenol is currently used in the dental industry for its antiseptic properties, she said.

“The copolymers we produced would have potential for food and medical packaging and other applications,” Parisi said.

Parisi and Miri met several congressmen and women, including Reps. Louise Slaughter and Dan Maffei, as well as members of the American Chemical Society and fellow scientists.

“Laura did an excellent job presenting our research project and promoting funding for research on sustainable polymers and for undergraduate research in general,” Miri said.

After graduating this May, Parisi will pursue her Ph.D. in chemistry at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. q

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Campus News IdeaLab@RIT Sparks Innovative Solutions for Individuals With Disabilities Student teams devise some workable concepts that will be further developed in RIT’s ‘IdeaMake’

The Access Technology IdeaLab@RIT is a brainstorming marathon—run on sheer adrenalin. And the most recent one held in April was no exception.

Several teams of Rochester Institute of Technology students and their coaches had a common goal—to work on problem-solving solutions for several local agencies serving individuals with disabilities.

Here’s what they came up with: • Transfer board slide that makes it easier to move people with disabilities to and from the seat of a vehicle they are using for transportation

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• An adjustable-secured arm device to help translate hand movements of students in wheelchairs/standers to control and manipulate contents on computer screens •

Video game for the blind and visually impaired featuring an underground maze/obstacles/puzzle solving capability that implements high quality audio engineering to create an immersive experience

• Simplified, user-friendly version of Facebook designed for people with disabilities to share their lives with friends and family • A digital companion/game that helps people with disabilities to develop better hygienic routines with encouragement, helpful reminders and progress tracking “It was an eye-opening experience for students to focus on the unique problems faced by Heritage Christian Services, the Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired and Al Sigl Community of Agencies—including Mary Cariola Children’s Center and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society,” said Sandra Turner, adjunct professor in RIT’s Saunders College of Business and the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences.

Turner is the coordinator of IdeaLab, a problem solving, design, technology and marketing program at RIT’s Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

medical-related problems faced by Rochester General Health System. According to Richard DeMartino, the Albert J. Simone Endowed Chair for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and director of the Simone Center, several of the past student entrepreneurial projects have advanced into real solutions and services.

“This time we are excited to work in partnership with local agencies who help countless individuals in our community,” said DeMartino. “They offered our students the unique opportunity to focus on real-life challenges that can make a difference in the lives of children and adults with special needs.”

Turner explained the event is a collaborative multidisciplinary effort within all of the RIT colleges—mechanical engineering, gaming, psychology, electrical engineering, industrial design and business—“which means the ideas flow rapidly and in all different kinds of creative directions.”

“The whole goal of IdeaLab is that it doesn’t end here but carries over to the following semester, which is then called IdeaMake,” explained Turner. “Part of the goal is research, so after the project is conceptualized and in prototype form, it can be tested for functionality to see if it’s a viable business— and that’s when the business plan, marketing and distribution channels come into play. The goal is to turn the student ideas into commercialized opportunities.” q

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RIT Student Valeria Gonzalez Wins Best Paper for Research on High-Strength Concrete Research contributes to findings on using alkali-activated materials increases structural strength

for high temperature barriers and aerospace applications. Alkaliactivated materials are also considered sustainable because of their limited release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Valeria Gonzalez, an undergraduate engineering student, was part of a research team at Rochester institute of Technology that found cement and concrete strength could be improved by more than 50 percent of traditional use by incorporating industrial waste, specifically alkaliactivated slag from blast furnaces.

Her project work was recognized at the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers annual conference this past winter, and her research, “Factors affecting the setting time and compressive strength of alkali-activated ground granulated blast furnace slag reinforced with Wollastonite,” was awarded the best undergraduate research paper.

Gonzalez’s work helped to confirm the durability of high performance concrete. The inclusion of alkaliactivated slag, waste by-product, has the potential to improve the materials strength of concrete used

“From the beginning I was very interested in this project. I had the opportunity to use skills I learned in industrial engineering and sustainable engineering. It was a perfect fit,” said Gonzalez, a fifth-year dual degree industrial and systems engineering student in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering. She worked closely with Benjamin Varela, professor of mechanical engineering, on his research team for the past two years. Varela has been instrumental in the development of alternative materials solutions for high performance concrete and cement.

“We have been trying to create ‘green’ cements and through some of Valeria’s work we have a formula which is three times stronger that normal cement,” Varela said.

Alkali activation, the chemical reaction of two aggregate materials, produces a paste that can be hardened at a lower temperature.

This alternative to traditional cement is an emerging technology with the potential to develop high performance, cement-less construction materials, said Gonzalez.

The RIT researchers described the use of blast furnace slag, mixed with a potassium-based solution and further, with the mineral Wollastonite, resulted in the strength of the

mixture increasing by 53 percent over traditional concrete strength measurements.

The United States uses approximately 260 million cubic yards of readymixed concrete each year for structures such as highways, airport facilities and runways, buildings and bridges, according to the Portland Cement Association. The national industry organization supports research for improvements to cement and concrete, particularly in the areas of sustainability and increased durability as well as cost-effectiveness alternatives to asphalt.

The research into further developing this material will continue. Gonzalez had her findings published this past March by the International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering. After graduation in May, she will present findings at its international conference in the Czech Republic later this summer.

“It makes me proud that we are one of the few from the U.S. who had papers accepted for this conference,” said Gonzalez. “It is a great opportunity to get international experience and I enjoy sharing this information about what we have learned so far.” q Photo is by Elizabeth Lamark, RIT Production Services

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I-590 and Winton Road Diverging Diamond Interchange Project Recognized with Several Significant Awards The I-590 and Winton Road Diverging Diamond Interchange Project in Rochester is being recognized with several significant awards.

The Genesee Valley Branch of the American Public Works Association (APWA) presented the 2013 Project of the Year Award for Transportation Projects in the less than $5 million dollar category to the project design team of New York State Department of Transportation and Erdman Anthony.

The award was established to promote excellence in the management and administration of public works projects by recognizing the alliance between the managing agency, the engineer, and a contractor that has led to the successful completion of a public works project.

The Diverging Diamond project has also earned the following awards: • A National Recognition Award in the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) 2014 Engineering Excellence Awards competition. This prestigious distinction honors exceptional achievements in engineering.

• The ACEC New York Diamond Award • An Engineering News-Record 2013 Award of Merit

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was extremely congested. Motorists trying to access I-590 from Winton Road in the afternoon would likewise experience long backups and delays. To solve this problem, the New York State Department of Transportation chose to construct a Diverging Diamond Interchange—an innovative design that delivers smoother traffic flow, reduces backups and delays, and improves motorist and pedestrian safety.

In addition to the safety factors, the Diverging Diamond Interchange was chosen over other options because it would also take the shortest amount of time to construct, require the least amount of real estate, and provide the best cost value.

Erdman Anthony worked collaboratively with the New York State Department of Transportation and other consultants to provide a 3D model of the corridor, which was used by the contractor for grading and final pavement construction. Services for the $5 million construction project also included geometry modifications during construction, traffic signal design, curb and island layout and details, retaining wall design, cross sections of the corridor, temporary traffic signals, and construction cost estimate. In addition, Erdman Anthony was responsible for producing handout materials and mailers for public information meetings held before the interchange was completed. A video created by Erdman Anthony explained how to drive, walk, and bike safely through the novel interchange. q

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Campus News Vision Scientist David Williams Named Member of the National Academy of Sciences David Williams, one of the world's leading experts on human vision, has been named a member of the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. The honor is one of the highest given to a scientist in the United States. Williams was one of 84 scientists selected for 2014.

Williams has pioneered new technologies that are improving the eyesight of people around the globe, from the legally blind to those with 20/20 vision. He is the University of Rochester's William G. Allyn Professor of Medical Optics, dean for research and director of the Center for Visual Science.

“David's election to the National Academy recognizes a remarkable record of truly brilliant contributions to our understanding of how we see,” said Peter Lennie, provost and Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Science, and Engineering. “His work ranges from fundamental discoveries about the organization of the photoreceptors in the eye, to the development of inventive techniques that greatly improve the outcomes from refractive surgery and greatly improve our prospects for understanding retinal disease.”

“David Williams has been a force in the field of vision science, and his induction into the National Academy of Sciences is very well deserved,”

said Robert L. Clark, senior vice president for research and dean of the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. “His work and his mentorship of students and colleagues exemplify the high academic values that we strive for here at the University of Rochester.”

light going into the eye to obtain better vision. This can improve vision in patients with contact lenses, intraocular lenses, and laser refractive surgery. For example, the methods Williams’s group developed have improved the outcomes of all Lasik procedures worldwide.

In 2012 he received the most prestigious award in the field of vision, the António Champalimaud Vision Award. In awarding the prize, the jury said Williams and his research group have “revitalized the field of physiological optics, producing year after year truly beautiful, technically brilliant, and groundbreaking work.” He was honored for his work on adaptive optics technologies—a “major breakthrough in the understanding and/or the preservation of vision.”

Williams is the author of more than 100 papers, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and recipient of the Friedenwald Award from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, among other honors. In 2003, his adaptive optics phoropter, which allows for more precise corrective lens prescriptions, was named one of R&D Magazine's top 100 inventions of the year. He joined the University in 1981 after earning a doctorate in psychology in 1979 from the University of California at San Diego.

Astronomers first developed adaptive optics so that telescopes could see more clearly through the Earth’s atmosphere. The technologies that Williams and his group developed allow them to apply these techniques to the eye and make it possible to image individual retinal cells, down to individual cone photoreceptors in the living human retina. This can be done by sending light directly through the pupil and analyzing the light that reflects back out of the pupil. These techniques can not only modify the light leaving the eye to obtain better pictures of the retina, but they can also modify the

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The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit institution that was established under a congressional charter signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. It recognizes achievement in science by election to membership, and – with the National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council – provides science, technology, and health policy advice to the federal government and other organizations. q

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Students Develop Tactics to Make RIT’s Student Alumni Union ‘greener’ Energy efficiency ideas for national design challenge are incorporated into daily operations

Inspired by Rochester Institute of Technology’s focus on green technologies, some of its undergraduate electrical/ mechanical engineering technology students are looking to make the university’s Student Alumni Union a greener place.

Their work is part of the Green Energy Challenge, a national student design competition sponsored by the National Electrical Contracting Association. Student chapters of the organization participate annually on a design project to do energy audits of power and lighting systems as well as detail how alternative energy systems can be incorporated into facilities.

RIT’s students submitted their plan for the campus’ Student Alumni Union to the association but also found that the work relates directly to campus initiatives to improve its carbon footprint.

Working closely with the university’s Facilities Management Services team, the students assessed current energy consumption in the different dining facilities and academic department offices to recommend ways to increase energy efficiencies in the widely used facility. In the past several years, FMS has transitioned many campus facilities to LED lighting and continually monitors environmental temperatures and energy usage in academic and residential buildings.

The student team wanted to take this further and worked with two FMS engineers, Dave Harris and Ryan Crittenden, to focus on the benefits of higher efficiency lights and lighting arrays as well as the installation of more motion-activated lighting sensors, and new arrays of photovoltaic panels on the roof and wind turbines outside the SAU. “Some of the issues discovered with our preliminary analysis of the SAU were mainly found on the energy consumption uses,” said Shaun Henry, a fourth-year electrical/mechanical engineering technology student in RIT’s College of Applied Science and Technology. He is one of four students from the program on the project’s design team. “Despite the relatively large areas of glass to allow in natural lighting, a lot of light fixtures are kept on all day. Some cafe lights were also found on when the facility was not in use over the weekends. And glass panels currently in use may be the source of heat loss raising the need for additional heating during colder months.” campus news

One of the products of the work being performed by the students will be a list of Energy Conservation Measures (ECMs), said Harris, director of FMS’ Training, Utilities, and Environmental Management. FMS will review the measures in terms of energy to be saved, reduced maintenance costs, first costs required to implement the measures and return on investment.

“The students wanted to know about the amounts of energy, both electrical and natural gas, the facility uses on an annual basis,” he added. “The building’s occupants have many different requirements on how space is configured and used. Identifying those different uses and their impact on energy is one of the many challenges the students faced when looking at the buildings energy profile.”

The team has since proposed to retrofit the remaining fluorescent lighting fixtures to LED technologies, as well as install additional occupancy and photo sensors throughout the building to reduce energy usage. They have begun formulating ideas to add photovoltaic panels and interactive energy monitoring stations to the area.

Working with the FMS engineers, the students gained insights into some of the technologies and software implemented in the recently completed Golisano Institute for Sustainability on the RIT campus. Some of these same technologies have the potential to significantly reduce wasted energy through customized programming for the SAU project—things as simple as area-specific sensors to provide adequate lighting for any time of day. The technology is available; it only needs those willing to make changes for the better, Henry said.

“This project is important because it gives us as students a chance to apply concepts we have been studying to an everyday necessity—lighting and energy use,” he adds. “We hope to provide the groundwork for a greener, more energy efficient campus, and hope to carry over our ideas when we finish here at RIT and go out into the world.”

The RIT team of Shaun Henry, Daniel Appiah Mensah, Charles Riggio and Joseph Repass, along with faculty advisor David Krispinsky, associate professor in the electrical, computer and telecommunications engineering technology program, will learn of results in July. If they are part of the group of finalists, they will present their findings at the NECA convention in Chicago in September. q

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

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President's Message

Well the year has gone by quickly. This is my last opportunity to write this article. It culminates many months as the chapter president and many years on the chapter board. I want to thank all of the other board members and committee chairpersons who make everything that the chapter does possible. I leave the chapter in capable hands. Ed Burns will be taking over as the chapter president.

Last month we concluded with our annual golf tournament and picnic. The weather cooperated and it was a good day to be away from the office with friends and co-workers. Of course, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that the golf outing and picnic are accomplished in great part to the efforts of Jim Browe. We all have a tendency to take for granted the time and effort it takes to orchestrate an event like this and for the last several years Jim has been the person to take this on.

For those of you that I did not see at the picnic, I want to wish you a wonderful summer off from ASHRAE. Robert J. Wind Jr., PE, 2013-14 Rochester ASHRAE President

Professional Firms Employee News Rich McFadden, PE Named Structural Project Engineer at Erdman Anthony Erdman Anthony recently named Rich McFadden, PE, structural project engineer in transportation services in its Rochester office.

McFadden has more than 27 years of experience in the engineering field as a project team leader with experience in directing, leading, reviewing, and designing highway and structures projects from planning to construction. He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of New York.

McFadden holds a bachelor of science degree in civil and environmental engineering from Clarkson University and is a graduate of the entrepreneur business program at Keuka College. He has received numerous New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) awards for excellence in transportation. q Rich McFadden, PE 32 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | JUNE 2014

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Geoffrey Benway, PE Genesee Valley Branch President Things that drive me crazy!

Working in public works has its rewards but also its moments of bewilderment. The exploits of many of our customers never ceases to amaze and entertain me. I am sure we all have those memorable moments. As I reflect on my 30+ years, here are some of the classics….

• The woman who called the Sewer Department to ask them to return her necklace that she accidently flushed down the toilet!

• The gentleman who asked the town to plow his road in the opposite direction so we would stop dumping snow in his driveway!

• The people who call me in the spring after a rain storm to wonder what I am going to do about it!

• The people who live along a stream but complain when the water level rises after a rain storm.

• People who buy a wooded lot on a wooded street and then cut down every tree on their lot to get more sun.

• People who complain about traffic on their street but will drive 20 mph over the speed limit once they got on the adjoining street.

• The “concerned citizens” who come to a board meeting who seem to know more about traffic design than the consultants simply because they have a driver’s license.

• People who build a new house in the suburbs but complain about urban sprawl when the land next to them is being developed.

• The weekend handy man (or woman) who thinks the catch basin in their front yard is the ultimate disposal device for oil, fertilizer, pet waste, antifreeze, and other household waste.

• The person who obviously pays more in road taxes than me and insists on driving in the far left hand lane for their entire trip.

• People who buy a house on a golf course and then post signs telling people to keep off their lawn.

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• People who believe that the local parks are there for the convenience of their pet’s recreation and waste disposal needs.

• Snow plow operators who believe that they are the only person allowed on the road during a snow storm. Then to top it off, they push snow onto their neighbor’s yard!

• People who say “You know, I pay your salary!” I did the math! The town taxes for a $300,000 home entitles them to 10 minutes of my time per year. Use it wisely!

OK, no job is perfect! There is some craziness in every profession. But I can think of no more rewarding career than public works. The important message is that everyone must work together to solve problems. I hate to sound like my father, but what happened to civility? I understand that our customers need help and they are stressed, but as my mom used to say, you catch more flies with honey than vinegar!

Respect each other, especially those that work to make your quality of life better each day!

National Public Works Week

It’s May and that means it is National Public Works Week!

I went to Wegmans, CVS, and Walmart and could not find a card that expressed my sentiments to Ron Williams, our distinguished Director of Public Works. They have one for just about every other special (?) day on the calendar. Maybe next year! So what can we do? How about asking your town, village, city, county, and state representatives to pass a resolution to acknowledge the services of those workers who keep public works working!

“Civility costs nothing, and buys everything.”

Mary Wortley Montagu

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Rochester Section

Society of Women Engineers c/o RES at the RMSC, 657 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607 www.swerochester.org ASPIRE • ADVANCE • ACHIEVE

FY2015 Elections 2013-2014 Executive Board ROCHESTER SECTION President Carol Richardson carite@rit.edu Vice President Jodi Carville, RIT jlceee@rit.edu Secretary Dr. Marca Lam RIT marca.lam@swe.org

Elections were held in May for the FY2015 Executive Board. Congratulations to our new officers: President: Jodi Carville Vice President: Marca Lam Treasurer: Donna Jones Secretary: Danielle Walters Council of Representatives: Mary Steblein Biographical information can be found on our website, www.swerochester.org.

If you are interested in volunteering your time and talent as a committee chairperson, please contact Jodi Carville at jlceee@rit.edu or any other board member.

Treasurer Jacqueline Tyson Xerox Corporation jacqueline.tyson@swe.org Council of Representatives Mary Barker Steblein LaBella Associates D.P.C. mary.steblein@swe.org Membership Chair Dr. Cheryl Hanzlik RIT cahanzlik@gmail.com Awards/Scholarship Chair Jeanne Christman RIT jxciee@rit.edu

Courtney Reich, 2013 Young Engineer of the Year award recipient, and Maureen Valentine, 2013 Engineer of the Year award recipient.

Newsletter Editor Susand Aurand Xerox Corporation susan.aurand@swe.org Feel free to contact any of us with questions, comments, or concerns. Email can be directed to swe.rochester@swe.org

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The Society of Women Engineers inspires women to achieve full potential in careers as engineers and leaders; expands the image of the engineering profession as a positive force in the quality of life; and demonstrates the value of diversity.

SWE members attended the RES Gala with the SWE Scholarship Recipient. Pictured are Jodi Carville, Donna Jones, Alexandra Haltof (scholarship recipient), Mary Steblein, and Carol Richardson.

Both Photos by Jeff Witherow

If you are interested in becoming involved on a committee, please contact Jodi Carville at jlceee@rit.edu. Visit http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/index.php/membership for more information about joining SWE. Visit us online at www.swerochester.org and Like our SWE Rochester page on Facebook.

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Rochester Chapter

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

A Local Image Institute A few years ago IS&T had the pleasure to host Gene Salesin of the Image Permanence Institute (IPI) for a local Rochester Chapter IS&T program where he outlined some of their recent activities. IPI is housed in the Gannet Building on the RIT campus and is globally recognized as one of the finest and best equipped independent centers for testing imaging materials and for conducting preservation research.

I would like to direct you a recent summary that outlines current IPI activities and how they serve as "preservation experts to the world." The article outlines how IPI has constructed web sites for the public to understand the aging of images on a variety of mediums, and to explore the problems and then outline the solutions for "best practices" for storing and preserving these images. Please go to the PDF version of the Research at RIT magazine (Spring/Summer 2014) that features an extensive review about the Image Permanence Institute activities on pages 12-16 at http://rit.edu/JzWHE.

IS&T Digital Printing Conference NIP30 and Digital Fabrication Conference

Two conferences will be collocated for the convenience of two audiences that have common ground.

For almost thirty years NIP has been the leading forum for discussion of advances and new directions in non-impact and digital printing technologies industry-wide. NIP brings together researchers, developers, academics, practitioners, manufacturers and distributors from across the world, to share ideas and discover ways to collaborate.

In 2005 a new technical session was held on "digital fabrication," within that NIP conference. It was so successful that this session has become a conference within a conference and is now collocated with NIP for the convenience of attendees. However, digital fabrication technologies go well beyond traditional printing.

These techniques have been used for biomedical applications, MEMS devices, 2D and 3D functional printing, pattering processes, sensors, biomaterials and much more. This conference will be held on September 7-11, 2014 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For more information go to http://imaging.org and then to the conferences tab.

CIC22 - 22nd IS&T Color Imaging Conference

This conference will explore advances in color theory, color perception, image quality, color devices and color applications, and has been conducted for twenty consecutive years. This year a collocation is planned with the second annual conference of the Academy of Digital Pathology (IADP) that will bring together two communities working on shared challenges. This collocated meeting will be conducted at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass. on November 3-7, 2014. For more information go to http://imaging.org and to the conferences tab.

Future Local IS&T Programs

We are beginning to plan the monthly programs for our 2014 - 2015 programs (September- May). We invite you to tell us what you would like to see and hear. You may send me an email at rpatti@frontiernet.net. Thank you in advance for your participation!

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Illuminating Engineering Society - Rochester Chapter P. O. Box 23795, Rochester NY 14692 585-766-0329 www.ies-rochester.org

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Rochester Chapter No. 21

Association for Facilities Engineering

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Rochester Section

American Society of Civil Engineers www.asce.org Board Editorial

by Katherine C. Dugan, PE, M.ASCE, Rochester Section Treasurer

ASCE Upstate NY Regional Student Conference

The RIT ASCE Student Chapter participated in the 2014 ASCE Upstate New York Regional Student Conference - an annual event in which civil engineering students participate in design competitions, professional/technical presentations and other activities - held at the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, NY, on April 24 – 26.

Over 300 students from 13 regional colleges and universities participated, including Broome Community College, Clarkson University, Cornell University, Ecole de

Technologie Superieure, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Hudson Valley Community College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology, SUNY Canton, Syracuse University, SUNY Institute of Technology, University at Buffalo, and West Point.

Competition supplements the students’ education with a comprehensive, studentdriven project experience from conception and design through fabrication, erection, and testing, culminating in a steel structure that meets client specifications and optimizes performance and economy.

The Concrete Canoe Competition requires teams to design, fabricate and race a canoe made from a special mix of lightweight concrete. RIT’s Concrete Canoe Team placed 3rd overall and displayed commendable sportsmanship and teamwork handling their vessel “Tempest”. The Steel Bridge

The competitions provide students with important experience forming teams, budgeting, and, designing and communicating that is invaluable in their future civil engineering careers.

Congratulations students!!

RIT 2014 Conference Participants

ASCE VISION, MISSION, AND GOALS

This month, I thought that it would be a suitable time to refresh our memory on the ASCE vision, mission and goals. The American Society of Civil Engineers, founded in 1852, is a not-for-profit professional society incorporated in the State of New York.

Society Vision Civil engineers are global leaders building a better quality of life.

Society Mission Provide essential value to our members and partners, advance civil engineering, and serve the public good.

Society Goals 1. Facilitate the advancement of technology to enhance quality, knowledge, competitiveness, sustainability, and environmental stewardship.

2. Encourage and provide the tools for lifelong learning to aid our members’ continued growth throughout their careers.

3. Promote professionalism and the profession throughout society to enhance the stature of civil engineers and to influence public policy.

4. Develop and support civil engineer leaders to broaden our members’ perspectives, enhance their career growth, and promote the public interest.

5. Advocate infrastructure and environmental stewardship to protect the public health and safety and improve the quality of life.

You can find these statements and other interesting information about the society in the ASCE 2014 Official Register available as a pdf at http://www.asce.org/offreg/.

This is a brief column intended to inform the reader on the operation of the ASCE at the state, region and national levels. Topics for discussion are encouraged and your comments are appreciated.

Russell Porter, P.E., M.ASCE, LEED AP (rporter@members.asce.org) Region 1 Governor

If you have ideas for a site visit or PDH class topic, please forward them to Sam Anthony at anthonyes@erdmananthony.com.

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Rochester, NY Chapter

American Society of Plumbing Engineers www.aspe.org

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International Council on Systems Engineering www.incose/org/flc

Upcoming Chapter Meeting Events The following outlines the program content for the upcoming event: • June

16, 2014

André Weimerskirch, Associate Research Scientist University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), Transportation Cyber-Security & Privacy

A Security Credential Management System for V2V Communications NOTE: THIS MEETING IS ON MONDAY EVENING

• The first INCOSE FLC Valerie Gundrum Outstanding Memorial Award was presented to Mr. Jeffrey J. DeMatteis (STEM Outreach Coordinator for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Information Directorate in Rome, NY) at the 64th Annual Mohawk Valley Engineers' Executive Council (MVEEC) Technical Awards Banquet in NY Mills, NY on May 1, 2014. This award will be granted annually to an individual, group or organization for outstanding volunteer contributions to further awareness of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in elementary, junior high or high school students. The deadline for 2014 award nominations is 8/31/2014. The award will be presented at the Fall Dinner Meeting (contact Al at alphornmusic@gmail.com for the nomination details) • Annual Picnic information: Robert H. Treman Park (http://nysparks.com/parks/135/details.aspx) Upper Pavilion (Ithaca, NY); Sunday 8/10/2014, 1-6 pm; Open to everyone; BBQ meat will be provided by FLC; Please bring a dish, chips, or dessert to pass; Parking fee: $7; RSVP to Wes Hewett (wahewett@gmail.com)

Please contact Rick Zinni with any questions at rzinni@gmail.com.

Meeting Agenda:

6:00 pm Meeting Introduction / Featured Presentation

7:15 pm (Approx. Time) Adjourn and Networking

Locations:

The following sites will participate in the meeting. All sites will have telephone conference access and will display the presentation (please contact Rick Zinni for any general questions at rzinni@gmail.com): 1.

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Endicott, NY Cornell University Syracuse University

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Moog Inc.

Wesley Hewett at wahewett@gmail.com, Owego, NY Dr. Peter Jackson at pj16@cornell.edu, Rhodes Hall 267, Ithaca, NY Dr. Young Moon at ybmoon@syr.edu, 220 Link Hall Clark Hochgraf at cghiee@rit.edu, Rochester, NY, Bldg. 82, Room 1150 Geoff Bright at gbright@moog.com

Binghamton University Rome, NY SRC, N. Syracuse, NY Lockheed Martin SI

Cheryl Monachino at cmonachi@binghamton.edu Bruce Rubin at bruceieeerubin@yahoo.com Kevin Devaney at devaney@srcinc.com, 6225 Running Ridge Road, N Syracuse, NY 13212 Stephen C. Felter, PhD at stephen.felter@lmco.com, LMCO

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RIT, Rochester, NY Xerox

Charles Rizzolo at charles.rizzolo@xerox.com

The monthly meetings are open to members and non-members alike - and are free for all attendees!

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Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association Website: www.gvlsa.com

Year 2014 Officers President John F. Gillen, LS Vice President Roy B. Garfinkel, LS Secretary Robert J. Avery, LS Treasurer Michael A. Venturo, LS Robert B. Hatch, LS, ex officio

Year 2014 Meeting Dates July 11, 2014 NFLSA/GVLSA Golf Tournament

June 2014

Board of Directors 2012-2014 David J. LaRue, LS Gregory D. Bell, LS 2013-2015 Michael C. Bodardus, LS Jared R. Ransom, LS 2014-2016 Clifford J. Rigerman, LS Joseph J. Hefner, LS

2014 Sporting Clays Event Rochester Brooks Club 962 Honeoye Falls Road Rush, NY (www.rochesterbrooks.org)

Join us for our 5th Annual Sporting Clays Event Friday June 20, 2014 Registration: 2:30-3:30 (practice / instruction rounds available $5/round)

Sporting Clays 50 Targets 4:00-6:00 Ammunition not included, $7.50 a box at the club.

Eye & ear protection required, limited quantities available.

Cocktails 6:00-7:00 (2 drink tickets) Cash Bar Chicken Dinner 7:00-8:00 Shooting & Dinner: $40 per person Dinner Only: $15 per person Pay at registration; make checks payable to “GVLSA”

Reserve Your Spot Today or Call For More Information!

Registration deadline June 16, 2014 Rain or shine event – dress appropriately

Professional Affiliations • • •

New York State Association of Professional Land Surveyors, Inc. National Society of Professional Surveyors Rochester Engineering Society

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Contact: Bob Hatch at bhatch@schultzpc.com or 585-349-3750 Contact: John Gillen at johngillen@frontiernet.net or 585-786-3960

Please check out the website at www.gvlsa.com

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Monroe Professional Engineers Society

A Chapter of the New York State Society of Professional Engineers 657 East Avenue, Rochester, New York 14607 Dedicated to Professionalism in Engineering in the Interest of Public Safety and Welfare www.monroepe.org

2013-14 Officers: President Dan Curry, PE (dan.curry@optimation.us), President-elect Joe Dombrowski, PE, Treasurer Neal Illenberg, PE, Membership Chair Timothy M. Webber, PE

New York State Society of Professional Engineers 2014 Annual Conference - 9 PDHs offered (3 Day Event) Location: Hyatt East End & Long Island Aquarium & Exhibition Center, 451 East Main St, Riverhead, NY 11901 To register: http://www.cvent.com/d/k4q230

Thursday, June 5th

Exhibitors StormTech Stormwater Management – 1 PDH Helical Piles … The Sandy Solution – 1 PDH Engineering Disasters: A Hazardous Materials Management Perspective – 2 PDHs Building and Designing in Coastal Area– 1 PDHs Hurricane and Flood Resistant Construction – 1 PDHs Hybrid Hot Water Boiler Systems.- 1 PDH Commercial Safety Products & Institutional Plumbing Fixture & Accessories – 1 PDH Boiler Efficiency & Performance – 1 PDH Composite Helical Piles – 3 Case Studies – 1 PDH Installation & Awards Banquet

Friday, June 6th

Exhibitors Brookhaven Tour Hurricane Awareness & Preparedness Lessons Learned from Super Storm Sandy – 2 PDHs The Engineering of Golf – 1 PDH Keynote Luncheon: NSPE Executive Director Professional Misconduct and Ethics for the Professional Engineer – 1 PDH The Foundation for Engineering Education (FEE) Board Meeting Executive Committee Meeting Winery Tour

Saturday, June 7th

Interest Group Meetings NYSSPE Board of Directors meeting As always, you are encouraged to become a more active member in the Monroe Professional Engineers Society. We are constantly striving to improve your membership but we always need more help. If you are interested in becoming an active member or have any questions, please email me at dan.curry@optimation.us.

Dan Curry, P.E. MPES President mpes news

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Rochester Section

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The new Rochester section web site is at: http://rochester.ieee.org (always check the web PDF edition for late changes and additions)

Jacob Z. Schanker, P.E., Newsletter Chair E-mail: j.schanker@ieee.org

Rochester Section Meeting – Tuesday, June 3 at Noon The next monthly Rochester Section business meeting is on Tuesday, June 3, at 12:00 pm, at the Hibachi Sushi Buffet Restaurant in South Town Plaza on Jefferson Road (Route 252) just west of West Henrietta Rd. (Route 15). Any IEEE member is invited to attend. Lunch is only $3 for IEEE members.

No reservation or RSVP is needed, just show up.

Free E-book for IEEE Members In June, IEEE-USA will offer “Career Planning Guide: How to Achieve Greater Satisfaction and Impact at Work.”

This e-book challenges readers to analyze themselves and their current job by completing a selfassessment, writing down their likes and dislikes and listing what their ideal job would be. The reader is then asked to think about their talents and accomplishments and prepare vision statements.

After reading this, you will have a ready reference of knowledge to help you achieve greater satisfaction and impact on the job.

This e-book will be available free to members starting 1 June.

To purchase IEEE members-only products, and to receive the member discount on eligible products, members must log in with their IEEE Web account.

IEEE TV Worth a Look If you are going to pass time looking at kitten videos, mashups and the like, why not switch to IEEE TV and actually learn something worthwhile?

IEEE.TV is free to the general public, and made possible by IEEE members and select industrysponsors.

IEEE members can log in to access special members-only programs and site features including downloads and transcripts.

Rather than just reading about it, go to www.ieee.tv and see what you've been missing.

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From the Section Chair, Greg Gdowski Please mark and hold August 2, 2014 on your calendar. That is the date of the Rochester Section’s Centennial Banquet at the Hyatt Regency Hotel located in downtown Rochester. The meeting will occur in tandem with the Region 1 Board of Governors meeting in Rochester. The IEEE Region 1 leadership has been invited to attend Rochester’s Centennial Banquet. This is a great opportunity for the Section to showcase its history and activities. This is also an exceptional opportunity for Rochester members to network with IEEE leadership.

A special thanks goes out to the IEEE Student Branch at the University of Rochester. On April 10th, they visited the Mendon Center Elementary School in Pittsford for an outreach event. Wendi Heinzelman (UofR faculty advisor and Dean of Graduate Studies) joined with several undergraduate students including Jeremy Warner, and Gary Ge to teach 150 elementary students how to make a speaker using a paper plate, some wiring, and a magnet. The elementary students learned a little about electronics and had great fun in constructing the speaker out of simple paper plates (see photos below). The Rochester Section is looking to expand on this great idea. We would really like to bring electronics into as many elementary schools as possible. If you are interested in having us run an outreach program in your children’s elementary school, please contact me.

We need your help! If you are a member of the Photonics Society Chapter, we will be contacting you very soon. Bruce Smith (Microsystems Engineering, RIT) has graciously offered to help us spearhead the rejuvenation of the Rochester Chapter. However, we need more volunteers to fill all officer roles in order to maintain the status of the Chapter. Please contact one of the Rochester Section IEEE officers today for more information on how you can help with the local Photonics Society Chapter.

Have you been an IEEE member for over 10 years? Have you been active for five years as an engineer, scientist, educator, or technical executive? Consider elevating your membership to a Senior Member Grade! All newly elevated Senior members receive an engraved Senior Member plaque to commemorate their achievement. You will also receive a $25 coupon for joining any new IEEE society. There is a short application process on the main IEEE website. This includes providing three references from existing Senior members. If you do not know any Senior members, I would be glad to help identify them for you. Please contact me if you are interested in elevating your membership to Senior Member Grade.

Please remember to check the status of your IEEE profile settings for receiving notification of section news. It is critical that you check on your profile today! The RES does not publish The Rochester Engineer in July! The only way we will be able to contact you in July is by email. A number of our members have entered invalid email addresses or have selected to not receive communications via email in association with their IEEE membership. The easiest and quickest way for us to keep you informed about upcoming events is by email. Please visit the IEEE website (http://www.ieee.org) and verify your contact information. That will allow us to keep you informed as events evolve within the Section. I also have some great news if you have not yet renewed your membership. The annual half-year membership dues period has begun!

Additional Events:

On June 17-18th, the Rochester Institute of Technology will be hosting the second annual “Effective Technology Conference” at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center. This two-day conference will feature speakers, exhibits, and poster sessions. It is a great opportunity to share ideas and innovative solutions to the challenges of applying technology to make access for individuals truly effective. Please visit their web pages at: http://www.rit.edu/research/access/.

If you are looking for a cheap $3 lunch, join us for the next monthly Rochester Section IEEE Executive Committee meeting. It will be from 12-1pm on June 3rd at the Hibachi Sushi Buffet in Southtown Plaza (3333 W. Henrietta Rd, Henrietta, NY). Please join us to learn more about the Society and how you may contribute.

I hope to see you at the next Executive Committee meeting! ieee news

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New York Section of the American Water Works Association Hits the Century Mark

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n 1914, in an effort to further local communication and knowledge sharing, the American Water Works Association changed its constitution to allow for the formation of local Sections. At a meeting at the Manhattan Hotel in New York City on January 10, 1914, the New York Section became the first of what would eventually be 43 Sections in North America.

New York was in many ways the heart of AWWA for the early part of the 20th Century. AWWA Annual Conferences were held in New York City, Buffalo, and Rochester; and AWWA was led by New Yorkers – men like Allen Hazen, George Warren Fuller, Nicholas S. Hill, and Malcolm Pirnie – all pillars of the water industry today. In 1937, AWWA established its first headquarters in New York City.

With just 215 members to start, the New York Section continued to grow and flourish. The ability for local water professionals and workers to share information about treatment practices, distribution, storage, and public health was critical during this time, as water systems from New York City to Buffalo began to rapidly advance in terms of treatment and distribution. As early as 1914, the City of Buffalo began delivering chlorinated water, and in 1915, New York City completed the development of the first part of what is known as the Catskill System including the Ashokan Reservoir and Catskill Aqueduct. Many other cities and communities in the state followed suit. By 1940, 67% of the U.S. population’s drinking water was either filtered or disinfected.

The membership of the New York Section had more than doubled by 1944, and after World War II, as industry and jobs boomed, the Section continued to grow, doubling its membership again by 1963. Operating for more than 80 years as a volunteer organization, the Section took a major step forward in 1995 by hiring its first full-time staff and establishing a Section office in Syracuse, NY. Now, a century after it became the first local “Section” of AWWA, the New York Section is nearly 1800 members strong, maintains a staff of 2, manages a regionalized training program offering 45 operator training classes each year, awards nearly $10,000 in scholarships annually, and serves as the source for knowledge sharing among water professionals in New York State.

NYC Department of Environmental Protection Archive “hdq.c.aq.597”

January 10, 1914: The day the NY Section formed, workers in NYC blasted through the final heading, opening up City Water Tunnel 1.

On October 16, 2013, nearly 100 years later, NYC announced the completion of City Water Tunnel 3, construction of which began in 1970 to alleviate dependence on City Water Tunnel 1. NYSAWWA Board Member James Roberts (Deputy Commissioner, NYCDEP) stands 3rd from right Photo courtesy of NYC Mayor’s office

“I’m proud to be a part of the rich history of the New York Section,” says Chair Daniel Seaver of the Latham Water District, “We still share information and knowledge about water treatment and distribution to protect public health by ensuring the delivery of drinking water of the highest quality and sufficient quantity. It’s hard to believe that it has been a century since the Section began, but wonderful to think that we continue to embrace the mission of those that came before us, and that others will carry it on for the next 100 years.”

For more information about NYSAWWA, contact Jenny Ingrao at jenny@nysawwa.org. feature article

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Affiliated Societies of the Rochester Engineering Society American Consulting Engineering Companies of New York President, David J. Meyer, 585-218-0730 Email: dmeyer@pathfinderengineers.com

Association For Facilities Engineering, Rochester Chapter President, Dan Friday, 585-341-3225 Email: danf@rochesterymca.org

American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Rochester Section Chairman, Vincenzo G. Marcello, 585-422-0043.

Email:Vincenzo.Marcello@SDMS.usa.xerox.com

Electrical Association Executive Director, Kirstie Steves 585-538-6350, fax 538-6166, Email: kirstie@eawny.com President, Joe Lengen, Horizon Solutions

American Public Works Association Monroe County/Genesee Valley Branch Past-Chairman, Geoff Benway Email: benway@penfield.org American Society of Civil Engineers, Rochester Section President, Thomas Zaso, PE Email: TZaso@rocgeotechnical.com American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Rochester Chapter President, Robert J. Wind, Jr. PE, IBC Engineering 585-292-1590, rwind@ibcengineering.com American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Rochester Section Chairman, Sarilyn Swayngim Email: sarilyn.swayngim@gmail.com American Society of Plumbing Engineers, Rochester New York Chapter President,Terry Brown, CPD, 585-288-5590 Email: tpbrown@meengineering.com Association for Bridge Construction and Design President, Jeffery Blank Email: jblank@didonato.cc Association of Energy Engineers Western New York Chapter President, William Murray, 585 641-7121 Email: bmurray@ec4b.com

Monroe Professional Engineers Society President, Dan Curry, PE, 585-321-2300 Email: dan.curry@optimation.us New York State Association of Transportation Engineers, Section 4 President, Howard R. Ressel, 585-272-3372.

Email: Howard.Ressel@dot.ny.gov

Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association President, John F. Gillen, LS Ex-Officio, Robert Hatch, 585-349-3750.

Email: bhatch@schultzpc.com Illuminating Engineering Society of North America Inc., Rochester Section Executive Director, Chuck Eckert, 585-766-0329, Email: ceckert1@rochester.rr.com President, Michael Trippe Email: mtrippe@pointsourcegroup.com Imaging Science & Technology, Rochester Chapter President, David Odgers Email: odgers@frontiernet.net

New York Water Environment Association Inc., Genesee Valley Chapter (www.gvcnywea.org) President, Bill Davis, 585-381-9250 Email: william.davis@mrbgroup.com Professional Services Management Association, Upstate New York Chapter President, Margaret Rathmell, SWBR Email: mrathmell@swbr.com Refrigeration Service Engineers Society Executive Director, Kirstie Steves 585-313-8972, fax 538-6166, Email: kirstie@rses-rochester.org President, Jim Allen, email: jta141@yahoo.com Sheet Metal & Air-Conditioning Contractor’s National Association-Rochester, Inc. Executive Director, Aaron Hilger 585-586-8030. Email: mzin@smacnaroc.org

Independent Entrepreneurs Council, Rochester NY Chapter Chairman, Ralph Kraft, 585-621-6946 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Rochester Section Chairman, Greg T. Gdowski, 585-275-2580 Email: Greg_Gdowski@urmc.rochester.edu Institute of Industrial Engineers, Rochester Chapter President, John Kaemmerlen, 585-475-2767 Email: jxkpdm@rit.edu International Council on Systems Engineering, Finger Lakes Chapter President, Jack Riley Email: jackri2139@hotmail.com

Societ of Manufacturing Engineers, Chapter 16 Chairman, Christopher r. Vastola, 585-367-2904 Email: SMERoch16@aol.com Society of Plastics Engineers, Rochester Section President, Brett Blaisdell, Bausch & Lomb, 1400 North Gooaman Street, Rochester, NY 14609 585-338-5417, Email: brett.blaisdell@bausch.com Society of Women Engineers President, Carol Richardson Email: carite@rit.edu

Corporate Members of the Rochester Engineering Society Garlock Sealing Technologies (Champion)

Rochester Institute of Technology, Kate Gleason College of Engineering

IBC Engineering, PC (Champion)

Stantec Inc. (Champion)

BME Associates

Iberdrola Energy Projects, Inc. (Enterprise)

TY-LIN International (Enterprise)

Clark Patterson Lee Corporation (Champion)

LaBella Associates (Champion)

Alstom Signaling Inc. Bergmann Associates P.C. (Champion)

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M/E Engineering, P.C.

EnergyMark, LLC

Optimation Technology, Inc. (Enterprise)

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