Rochester Engineering Society Magazine September 2022

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September 2022

What’s new and exciting at the old Marketplace Mall?

The new U of R Orthopaedics and Physical Performance Center…!

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RES Scholarship Application Details Available Now on the website!  Interviews scheduled between Sept. 5 to Dec. 2  Application Materials Due Dec. 12  Award Notification ~ Feb. 6

Architects Rendering of the New UR Medicine Orthopaedics & Physical Performance Center

Also in this issue:  Up & Coming Engineer: Meet Nishant Lehari | 10

 RES Event: The Lock Experience on the Erie Canal - Sept. 27

 Student Feature: Engineering the Matrix - Soft Materials to Mimic Natural Tissue

 Position Openings

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 Professional Firms Employee News  Engineers' Calendar

Nishant Lehari

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 Campus News

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RES NEWS (Highlighted in Blue)

What's new and exciting at the old Marketplace Mall?

The new U of R Orthopaedics and Physical Performance Center...! | 16

Corporate Members of the RES RES Board of Directors RES President's Message RES Technical Corner by Joshua Doores, Colliers Engineering & Design Up & Coming Engineer - Meet Nishant Lahari RES History - November - December 1975 Dr. Walter Cooper Academy, Emerging from the Pandemic...

Get IT Done - Charge IT up!

UR - What's new and exciting at the old Marketplace Mall?

The new U of R Orthopaedics and Physical Performance Center...!

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Professional Firms Employee News Campus News Position Openings Continuing Education Opportunities (PDHs) Engineers’ Calendar Directory of Professional Services Directory of Business Services Affiliated Societies of the RES

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• ABCD Association for Bridge Design and Construction...................................40 • ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers...............34 • ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers........................42 • ASPE American Society of Plumbing Engineers.......44 • EA Electrical Association..........................................32 • GVLSA Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association..39 • IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers..........................................36 • IES Illuminating Engineering Society.......................38 • INCOSE International Council on Systems Engineering......................................33 • IS&T Imaging Science & Technology...........................35 • RES Rochester Engineering Society..................... 2-14 • TERRA TERRA Science & Engineering Fair..................43

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The Rochester Engineer Published since 1922 by ROCHESTER ENGINEERING SOCIETY, INC.

Founded March 18, 1897

Board of Directors: OFFICERS: President MICHELLE SOMMERMAN, PE Bergmann Associates / msommerman@bergmannpc.com

First Vice President DENNIS ROOTE, PE CDE Engineering & Environment, PLLC / dennis.roote@cde-pllc.com

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

Treasurer TBD - Dennis Roote is interim treasurer.

President GREG GDOWSKI, PhD University of Rochsester / Greg_Gdowski@urmc.rochester.edu

EIGHT DIRECTORS:

CORNELIUS (NEAL) ILLENBERG PE Rail Safety Consulting / nillenberg@aol.com

RICHARD E. RICE Erdman Anthony / rricesquash@gmail.com

BRETT ELIASZ, PE Bergmann Associates / beliasz@bergmannpc.com

KENTON G. HINES Merrill Lynch / Kenton.Hines@ml.com

MICHAEL DUFFY .

Bosch Security Systems, LLC / michael.duffy@us.bosch.com

STEVEN W. DAY, PhD Rochester Institute of Technology / swdeme@rit.edu

NOAH KELLY Leadership Excellence & Development Program (Engr.), Alstom noah.kelly@alstomgroup.com

LEANDRO AVEIRO Engineering Group Manager - Verification & Validation, Alstom leandro.aveiro@alstomgroup.com

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

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Volume 101, Number 3, SEPTEMBER 2022 (Electronic Copies Only) You can purchase individual printed copies directly from ISSUU. 2,500+ Monthly Circulation (11 issues electronically) ISSN 0035-7405

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.

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

The web site for the RES is: 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.

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RES News - President's Message Dear Fellow Engineers, Autumn is around the corner! I always view this time of year as a time for fresh starts (i.e. start of the school year) and a time to “get back to it” on all fronts. For RES, this means making sure we are connecting with our members and the engineering community on all levels.

It was great to see and chat with people at the August social gathering at Three Heads Brewing. The plan is to have these types of gathering once a month. Another great opportunity to connect is at RES’s September social event - a cruise on the Erie Canal aboard the Colonial Belle. Check out page 6 of the magazine for details!

Shout out to all the new RES members since end of July!

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Director, Monroe County Electrical Engineer, C&S Companies Urban Engineers of New York, DPC Commercialization Manager, Kodak Alaris (runs the RES Explorer Post) Senior Project Manager, DDS Engineering Optical Engineer, L3Harris Owner, MAS Engineering Head Project Manager, Strut Systems Installation LLC

A few highlights from this issue… on page 10-11 Harold Clark (Terra Science & Engineering Fair Affiliate member) shares a local high school student’s accomplishment due to his perseverance and creative problemsolving. Impressive!

On pages 12 & 13 Lee Loomis takes us back…to the time when member Dick Rice was Director of Operations for Midtown Holdings and Chair of the Southeast Loop Citizens Advisory Committee and authored an article on Manhattan Square Park.

The Cover story (starting on page 16) describes how part of Marketplace Mall is taking on a new life as the UR Medicine Ortopaedics & Physical Performance Center.

roast, a tour of the Charles Carroll Plaza & Sister Cities Bridge Revitalization by ASCE, 65th Annual Clambake by the EA of WNY, tour of the George Eastman Museum

by IEEE and the 34th Annual Fall Bridge Conference by ABCD WNY. I’m very happy to report there is much activity within RES in reinvigorating various committees. All in support of YOU! As always, if you would like to be involved, please check out the committee list on the website at www.roceng.org and join one! We want to make sure your voice is heard!

The Engineering Development Committee will be starting up the Education Series in and are always looking for session ideas so please, send them to Lynne (or a committee member). Or better yet…join the committee!

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

RES Scholarship Application Details Available Now on the website!

 Interviews scheduled between Sept. 5 to Dec. 2  Application Materials Due Dec. 12  Award Notification ~ Feb. 6

In this month’s student feature on “Engineering the Matrix - Soft Materials to Mimic Natural Tissue” (page 20-22) it was interesting to read about the research being done at RIT.

Michelle Sommerman, PE

As always, check out the calendar (starting on page 28) followed by various Affiliates news. September is a busy month! A few activities are…ASHRAE pig

June 1, 2022 - May 31, 2024

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RES September Event

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Reservations required

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Fall Colors on the Erie Canal Aboard the Colonial Belle RES Event:

"The Lock Experience on the Erie Canal"

Date:

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Time:

2:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Cost:

$30 for members, $35 for non-members

Location:

The Colonial Belle, 400 Packett's Landing, Fairport, NY 14450 (www.colonialbelle.com); 585-223-9470

For reservations click here or go to the calendar at www.roceng.org.

The RES invites you to join us for a cruise on the Erie Canal. Snacks and beverages will be available from the Colonial Belle at an extra cost while enjoying the operation of one of the locks!

When we get back to land, we will be in the vicinity of many local establishments in downtown Fairport to go for food after the boat ride. If we have enough interest, we will reserve space at a restaurant.

Reservations:

Reservations required with payment by Friday, September 9, 2022 The registration form will have a additional choice because we are inquiring if there is interest in going for food after the boat cruise at an establishment in Fairport, NY.

Sponsorships:

We welcome sponsorships for RES Events.

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Technical Corner

by Joshua Doores, Electrical Engineer, Colliers Engineering & Design For the article this month, I will be highlighting Article 625 from the 2017 NEC which provides guidance on ‘Electrical Vehicle Charging Systems’. The entire article is broken into (4) sections; General, Equipment Construction, Installation, and Wireless Power Transfer Equipment.

SECTION I - GENERAL provides important definitions that help to clarify the various parts of the Electric Vehicle Charging System. Refer to the final page in this article for an illustration showing the different parts of Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE).

While not specifically defined in Article 625, electric vehicle charging stations are commonly categorized into 3 categories; Level I, Level II, and DC Fast Charging.

Level 1 – Operates on 120VAC, 20A circuit; is almost always a cord and plug connection type and provides 1.2kW – 1.7kW of power. A full 100-mile charge can take 20-24 hours of charging.

Level 2 – Operates on 208-240VAC, 40A-60A branch circuit; can be either cord and plug or hard-wired and provides 6.2kW – 10.2kW of power. A full 100-mile charge can take 3-5 hours of charging.

DC Fast Chargers - Typically operate at 480VAC, 3ph.

There is a large range of power options available ranging from 50kW to 350kW. A full 100-mile charge can take a little as 30mins with a DC Fast Charger.

SECTION II – EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTION is most important if you are a manufacturer of EVSE components. The following sections I found to be important from the standpoint of an applications engineer.

625.15 – Markings Any equipment being used for electric vehicle charging must be marked as such, that would include receptacle enclosures, disconnect switches, the charging station itself.

The NEC utilizes the verbiage ‘FOR USE WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES’. The other important marking refers to section 625.52 which discusses whether ventilation is required or not. Depending on the specific res - technical corner

RES - Technical Corner circumstance, marking ventilation as 'NOT REQUIRED' or 'VENTILATION REQUIRED' may be required.

625.17(A)(3) and (C) – Cords and Cables This section discusses the supply and output cable types, ampacity, and lengths. The types and ampacity should come with the unit as a package, however if that is not the case, you will want to reference Table 400.4 and look for Electric Vehicle Cable. EV chargers are considered continuous loads and so equipment should be rated for 125% the full load. Sections (A)(3) and (C) specifically discuss the length of cable allowed. For cord and plug connected EVSE, the code requires an interrupting device inside or within 12in of the attachment plug. Therefore, if the interrupting device is located inside the supply controller, then the supply cord shall be no longer than 12in, if the interrupting device is inside the plug or within the cable, 12in from the plug, the supply cable must be 6ft-15ft long. All of this should come from the factory meeting code if the product is UL listed.

Section (C) discusses the overall cable length, which is defined as the cable length from the power supply attachment plug to the output cable connector. This maximum length shall be 25ft unless a listed cable management system is part of the EVSE. Therefore, if you had a 10ft supply cord, the maximum output cable length is 15ft. If you wanted a longer output cable, there must be a cable management system. If your supply controller is fixed in place and power is hard-wired to the unit, then you have all 25 of the allowable feet available for the output cable.

625.18 – Interlock An interlock shall be provided with the EVSE such that the connector is de-energized whenever it is uncoupled from the electric vehicle. NOTE: This is not required for portable cord and plug connected EVSE intended for connection to receptacles rated 125V, single phase, 15A or 20A. So essentially, residential level 1 charger systems that are cord and plug may not have this interlocking feature.

625.19 – Automatic De-Energization of Cable A method of sensing cable strain and/or rupture and then automatically de-energizing the output cable and connector is required to prevent exposing users to live electric components inside the cable and/or connector. NOTE: This is not required for portable cord and plug connected EVSE intended for connection to receptacles rated 125V, single phase, 15A or 20A. So essentially, residential level 1 charger systems that are cord and plug may not have this strain sensing feature.

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RES - Technical Corner, Continued 625.22 Personnel Protection System The EVSE shall have a listed system of protection against electric shock of personnel. If a cord and plug is used for power supply, an integral interrupting device at the plug or within 12in of plug is required. 625.54 requires the use of GFCI receptacles rated 150V to ground or less and 50A or less. If hard wiring a charger and the branch circuit is 150V line to ground or less and 50A or less, I would recommend a GFCI breaker be used.

SECTION III - INSTALLATION This is the most important section for the applications engineer who will be designing the installation of an EV charger.

625.40 – EV Branch Circuit Each outlet installed for the purpose of charging electric vehicles shall be supplied by an individual branch circuit. I wouldn’t even put a maintenance receptacle on the same branch as the EV charger branch. If there are 5 EV chargers, then one must provide (5) branch circuits.

625.41 Overcurrent Protection Electric Vehicle Charger branch and feeder circuits shall be sized for continuous operation and therefore overcurrent protection shall be rated for not less than 125% of the maximum load.

625.43 Disconnecting Means Required for EV equipment rated more than 60A or more than 150V line to ground. Disconnecting means shall be installed in a readily accessible location and shall be lockable open in accordance with 110.25. This requirement starts to come into play with larger level 2 commercial chargers and DC fast chargers rated 480V, 3ph.

625.44(A-C) Provides acceptable receptacle types for portable, stationary, and fixed equipment. Fixed equipment requires a hard-wired connection.

625.46 Loss of Primary Source Upon loss of voltage from utility or other power systems, energy cannot be back fed through the electric vehicle unless permitted by 625.48.

625.48 Interactive Systems EVSE that is part of an interactive system that serves as optional standby power shall be listed, evaluated for use with specific EV, and marked suitable for that purpose.

In that case, the requirements of Article 702 shall apply.

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Back to Table of Contents This is a very interesting aspect of EV charging that requires more research on my part and could probably serve as a source of an article on its own.

625.50 Location The coupling means (EV connector) of the EV Charger shall be stored and/or located at least 18in above the ground for indoor applications and 24in above ground for outdoor applications.

625.52 Ventilation Ventilation is only required in indoor charging applications with vehicles that have batteries listed as needing ventilation. Therefore, the only time ventilation is done is if you knew that you were going to be charging vehicles indoors that have batteries that need ventilation. Because of this, it is almost never done.

Currently, the vast majority of batteries being used in EV’s do not require ventilation. That being said, if you were going to include a ventilation system, if would have to meet the following requirements:  Mechanical ventilation shall be required for both supply and exhaust air directly from the outdoors.

For ventilation volume requirements, refer to Table 625.52(B)(1)(A)  The supply circuit to mechanical ventilation equipment shall be electrically interlocked with the EVSE and shall remain energized during the entire charging cycle.  Equipment shall be marked in accordance with 625.15  Equipment receptacles shall be rated and marked and shall be switched such that the ventilation system shall be electrically interlocked through the switch supply power to the receptacle.

625.54 GFCI Protection for Personnel All single-phase receptacles installed for connection of electric vehicle charging that are rated 150V to ground or less, and 50 amperes or less shall have GFCI protection for personnel.

The final section is devoted to the Wireless Power Transfer Equipment Technology. This type of charging involves a base plate, a charger power converter, and a cable connecting the 2. The EV sits on top of the base plate and is charged in a wireless manner. This is not as popular a technology at the moment, but something to be aware of.

Another charging technology that is being developed is the idea of using battery powered charger stations and utilizing solar panels in conjunction with the battery powered system. This technology was not talked about in Article 625 of the 2017 code but could be included in future editions. res - technical corner

1.) Supply Controller & Human Interface: This is the brains of the operation. Grid power is input to the controller either via hardwiring or via an approved receptacle. And power to the electric vehicle is transferred via the output cable and connector.

2.) Supply Power Cable: Cord and plug assembly rated for the supply controller and designed to interface with an approved dedicated receptacle.

Connects the supply controller to utility power.

3.) GFCI/Weatherproof Receptacle: An approved connection and disconnection means where it meets the requirements of 625.44 4.) EV Charger Receptacle: The pedestal provides many benefits to the EV system, primarily allowing for the supply controller to be mounted without the need for a wall, a place to store the output cables and connectors while not in use, and a protected raceway for hardwiring the controller.

5.) Branch Circuit Conduit and Conductors: Whether a receptacle and power supply cable are used or if the controller is hard-wired, power from a local panel board will be required to be run out to the EV charger.

6.) Output Cable to Electric Vehicle: Cable used to connect the supply controller to the electric vehicle via the connector and coupling system. Length of cable is limited to 25ft. unless equipped with a cable management system.

7.) Electric Vehicle Connector: The plug end on the output cable. There is a different connector for AC charging (Levels 1 & 2) versus DC Fast Charging. There are also different connectors depending on which part of the world you are in (similar to how there are different receptacle plug types depending on where you are in the world). The US has standardized around the J1772 Type Connector.

Hopefully this article finds you well and can be used as a reference for your project needs.If anyone would like to contribute to the Rochester Engineer and add an article or would like to request information on a specific topic (not limited to Electrical) just email Brett Eliasz at beliasz@bergmannpc.com. As always, any comments are appreciated!

Thank you for reading.

Brett Eliasz, P.E., LEED AP BD+C , RES Director res - technical corner

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Student Feature - Up & Coming Engineer

Meet another young engineer Nishant Lahari

by Harold Clark Perseverance and creative problem-solving. That’s certainly something Nishant Lahari, a 12th grader at Corning-Painted Post High School knows about, as he has pursued an idea to address climate change that he first had in 8th grade. For it, he was designated as one of America's Top Ten Young Scientists in the 3M Young Scientist Challenge in his freshman year. His continued pursuit of his idea included contacting 60 laboratories before finding one willing to let a high schooler use its equipment to run his experiments, and that one was at Cornell, 70 miles from his home! He also accomplished his research without a professor or a mentor, just a friendly technician who taught him the equipment and made sure he worked safely.

Last March Nishant competed in the Terra Rochester Finger Lakes Science & Engineering Fair, where he won the Grand Prize of promotion to the Regeneron International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF), the world's largest pre-collegiate science competition.

In Atlanta in May at ISEF Nishant won First Place in Chemistry!

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their homes as a matter of course, Nishant wondered if that same approach could be used to address climate change. What was needed was something that would allow individuals to capture atmospheric carbon and “recycle” it, particularly in the home, where CO2 concentrations are double of those outdoors. Perhaps, he thought, a small unit containing an absorbing substance that could be taken to a processing facility where the CO2 could be deabsorbed to be used in chemical processing or sequestered in underground formations, and a fresh unit picked up and taken back home. Thus, the idea of Integrative Carbon Reduction Technology (iCART) was born, and Nishant set off to find a suitable material.

It had to be inexpensive and reusable through many cycles, so Nishant decided to explore fabrics and similar materials that he could impregnate with polyethyleneimine, a stable substance that readily absorbs CO2. He began by selecting cotton, silica aerogel, 3M dust sheets, ceramic wool, nylon, polyester, 3M

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Filtrete 1000, 3M Filtrete 1500, the latter two being materials used as filters in heating systems, with the thought that perhaps the absorbing unit could be incorporated in HVAC systems.

One key requirement for the fabric was that it have high surface area, so Nishant first needed to screen the materials using the Brunauer Emmet-Teller (BET) method. It was the liquid nitrogen required by the BET instrument that caused the many laboratories’ reluctance to have a high schooler using their equipment. Ultimately Nishant was able to use the facilities of a laboratory at Cornell where the lab technician was willing to handle the liquid nitrogen for him.

After narrowing down his candidate fabrics to those with the highest surface area, Nishant developed a procedure for coating them with the polyamide, drying them, and then measuring their CO2 absorbance, both in a pure CO2 atmosphere and in ambient air. Cotton proved the best candidate and had the added benefits of being both inexpensive and having a reasonably low carbon footprint in its own production process.

Based on his measurements, Nishant determined that a unit measuring 1 meter on a side and containing 3750 sheets of impregnated cotton, if exchanged weekly, could annually absorb the equivalent amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by 100 trees! In his calculations, Nishant even accounted for the carbon footprint of transportation to the desorption facility and/or a sequestration site, as well as the desorption process itself. Nishant is now working to optimize the arrangement of the sheets inside the unit and has applied for and received a patent!

Nishant’s work has caught the eyes of others. He’s giving at TEDx in Tarrytown on September 15th and one at Nazareth College on September 17th. He’s also in discussion with several companies about licensing!

When he’s not concentrating on his research or schoolwork, Nishant relaxes by playing golf. He learned the game as a youngster by following his father around the course, began to play himself, and eventually realized he was actually pretty good at it. He’s now the captain of his high school varsity team and competes nationally. In fact, the week before ISEF he was in Florida at a golf competition!

So, what are Nishant’s plans for the future? He still has to complete high school, but then it’s definitely off to college, preferably in Boston. He’s very interested in becoming a surgeon, having done an internship last summer at Cornell diagnosing leukemia from bodily fluids and this summer doing pharmaceutical research as part of the Secondary Student Training Program at the University of Iowa.

Nishant has a bright future in whatever field he ultimately chooses for a career.

If you want to know more about Nishant’s project you can check out his ISEF Project Board or one of his YouTube videos. q

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RES News - Rochester History

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A Sampling from the Archives of the Rochester Engineering Society.

1897 - 1975

by Lee M. Loomis Continuing with the historical sampling of the earlier writings on behalf of the Rochester Engineering Society, the years following "The Great War", into and through the “Great Depression”, continued to be a time of reaching out for the maturing Society, both locally and nationally. The meeting minutes describe a series of technical discussions and presentations intended to broaden the technical horizons of the membership (especially the CE's, ME's and EE's). The RES affiliated itself with a number of National technical societies, adopted local Affiliated Societies, frequently held joint meetings with them and continued taking action on a growing list of public matters. Certain issues of standardization, some crucial to public safety, became the responsibility of the RES and its affiliates. In the pervasive economic downturn of the “Great Depression”, the magazine offered classified advertising for unemployed engineers, technicians and draftsmen and took other steps to try to deal with the crisis. Still, it continued its effort to shape the function, focus and infrastructure of the City of Rochester, and beyond. World War, again affected the Society, taking away many of its leaders while providing opportunities for others to step forward to fill these vacancies. In an effort to provide even greater perspective on the happenings and concerns of the day, a synopsis, featuring selected items from "The Rochester Engineer" has become an integral part of this series.

The Second World War, the Korean Conflict, and the Vietnam War are now history. These experiences have changed the face of and will, no doubt, influence the future of the community. The Rochester municipal leadership and the industrial community have become immersed in the cold-war, growth economy.

“The Rochester Engineer” (November 1975) (continued) “How to Make A City Park: Rochester’s Manhattan Square Park” is an article in this issue. Written

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Committee, the article describes the history of the Southeast Loop (bounded by Court Street, South Union Street, Monroe Avenue and Chestnut Street) from its 1820’s inception, through and into the Urban Renewal Programs of the late 1940’s.

It still took another fifteen years before the City Council would decide to proceed with a project intended to attract middle and upper income people to take up residence close to the Central Business District. The Park occupies five acres at the corner of Court and Chestnut Streets, close to the sixty-acre Southeast Loop housing project, and its anticipated 7,500 future residents, along with downtown office workers, shoppers, visitors and tourists. The Park would also have an acre of gardens, a massive one-acre waterfall, a fountain cascading 25 feet, from above street level to a plaza some 20 feet below. Over the top of the plaza would be a 100’ by 100’ galvanized “space frame”, rising 50’ above street level. Additional features would include a 20’ wide x 100’ long, tunnel under Chestnut Street leading to office, commercial and parking facilities south of the Xerox Tower. Additional features would include a half-acre game area (basketball, handball, etc.) and 12,000 sq.ft. set aside for a children’s play area. An additional 1 ½ acres would include an open meadow for football, soccer, kite-flying and sledding, all surrounded by tree-lined promenades with ample lighting and restrooms. At this juncture (1975), Manhattan Square Park would become the only downtown multi-use park in the US. Its versatility would be ensured by portable stage assemblies, a state-of-the-art sound system, a 20,000GPM fountain and, eventually a full-service res news - history

restaurant. This issue of The Rochester Engineer provided a full-page ad entitled, “At Least Three Reasons Why You Should Join the Rochester Engineering Society”. These reasons included…

1. We’ll help make you a Star, citing the notoriety attained by RES Past President, Dr. Richard Kenyon as leader of “Operation RESOURCE”, a solid waste study that will lead to a first-of-its-kind solid waste recycling facility for Rochester and Monroe County. Further examples included John Hoff, Majority Leader of the Monroe County Legislature (Rochester’s 1974 Engineer of the Year), and Richard Rice, leader of an RES effort to modernize the City’s noise ordinance, as well as the Chair of the Southeast Loop Citizens Advisory Committee.

2. You’ll be able to “Hob Nob” with business and political Big Shots”, via a regular association with the RES’ impressive list of participating members.

3. You’ll be the first on your block to find out about new scientific or technical matters, via the RES’ monthly luncheon series, participation on one of the RES’ Watch Dog committees, and stimulating articles in The Rochester Engineer.

The 1975-76 Membership Grades/Fees included: Regular Member ($30), Associate Member ($30), Junior Member ($7), Student Member ($1), Sustaining Member ($50+), Participating Company ($100), Non-Resident Member ($12) and Affiliated Society ($30).

December 17, 1975 (Board Meeting, Chamber of Commerce) The Board approved one Regular Membership application, one Associate Membership, three Junior Memberships and one Student Membership. President Schickler announced that the cost for producing The res news - history

Rochester Engineer had been successfully lowered to $.50/copy, and that an expanded subscription campaign would be starting soon.

Publications Committee Representative, Andrew Hirsch, provided copies of solicitation letters for magazine advertising and RES membership subscriptions, which were subsequently approved for use in increasing magazine revenue. Engineers Joint Dinner Chair, Lee Loomis, announced that Senator James Buckley, Congressman Barber Conable and County Executive Lucien Morin had all agreed to be speakers at the February 26, 1976, Engineers Joint Dinner. Dr. Kenyon announced that the National Science Foundation had agreed to provide (not yet determined) funding to support the recently created position of “Technology Advisor” to City Manager, Elisha Freedman. RES Director, John Robertson announced that Lucien Morin, T. F. Dunn, Facilities Chief at Monroe County Airport’s Traffic Control and Prof. Moshe Lubin of the U of R’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics would each be speaking at the next three RES Luncheons. Jack Schickler announced that RES Director had been appointed to the Executive Committee.

Subsequent articles in this series will describe the RES' continuing outreach to other technical societies as it considered its role in this and the larger community, along with more of the activities of the RES as it moved to be of greater service to its membership, especially those suffering from current economic crises, and adopted a greater role in shaping the future of the City of Rochester and its environs. Noted also, will be the contributions made by RES members in the struggle to meet the challenges coming out of World War II and the Korean Conflict, as well as a hoped-for period of post-war growth and prosperity.

These articles will also feature an impressive array of RES activities in support of post-war reemergence of Rochester area industry, and the continuing prosperity of the second half of the 20th Century.

We welcome your questions and comments on this series.

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Dr. Walter Cooper Academy; Emerging from the Pandemic…

To say the least, the 2021-22 School Year has brought challenges...

The RCSD was able to re-establish in-person learning, as January classes resumed. Through February, March, April, May and June, in-person classes continued. Nevertheless, the educational progress of our students was greatly hampered by these early stop/start measures, resulting from the most recent variants of the disease. Our students have been deprived of essential support during these crucial “educational moments” in their lives.

Despite the lifting of masking requirements, the policy remained in place that the RCSD, through the end of the ’21-’22 school year, would NOT allow non-parent volunteers to enter the schools to tutor students in-person, some who may still have not been vaccinated.

This Spring we were prevented from launching a “Virtual RES Tutoring Team”, because our teachers had found that many of their students, having “fallen behind”, needed more intense, inclassroom attention. This was an overwhelming challenge for both teachers and students which, coupled with on-going preparations for the resumption of NYS Student Testing in English Language and Math, made it impossible to create the necessary special tutoring work assignments (even if only virtual) for individual students.

To further meet this “fallen behind” challenge, Dr. Walter Cooper Academy was one of five sites chosen this summer to be offering July and August “Summer School” sessions for our students, aimed at continuing the process helping them with “catching up” on their studies.

Community School Site Coordinator, Michele White, has begun helping us plan for the resumption of the in-person operation of the RES Tutoring Team in the Fall of 2022. Soon, we will be assembling a menu of teacher/student tutoring needs, developing a weekly tutoring needs schedule, and inviting our RES Tutors to volunteer for these tutoring assignments.

This is pretty much the process/protocol we were following from 2014-19, before it was interrupted, first by series of drastic 2018-19 RCSD budget cutbacks/layoffs, and then the pandemic, and we are looking forward to its resumption.

We have begun assembling our 2022-23 RES Tutoring Team…

Questions??? Reach out to RES Past President Lee Loomis and the RES Tutoring Team at…Rochester Engineering Society (585) 254-2350, via website: www.roceng.org, or via email: leeloomis46@gmail.com, (585) 738-3079 (mobile & text).

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In last month’s article we discussed the “magic” of the electromagnetic (“EM”) spectrum. This month we begin discussing the impact of EM waves on computing.

We have had mechanical “computing” devices for centuries, but our present computers depend on the movement of electrons and the storage of electromagnetic data. We need to start this journey with the power grid, for without that we would have no moving electrons and no modern computers.

Transformers are the foundation of our electric grid.

Transformers use EM waves to raise or lower voltage in a circuit. Transformers enabled the creation of the electric grid and are instrumental to computing devices. Ironically, while computers and most technology use direct current (“DC”) our power infrastructure is based on alternating current (“AC”). This was an economic decision as the higher the voltage transmitted, the lower the line loss. Our electric grid uses AC because, at the time of creation, no DC transformers existed.

Additionally, with no transformers to alter voltages [in a DC world], all devices had to be connected to a power source creating the specific voltage needed for a device.

To run devices of various voltages would necessitate being connected to multiple power sources [each producing different voltages].

The electric grid is generally separated into three segments: high voltage running from power production to cities, medium voltage running from a transmission station at the edge of town to the pole in front of your home, and the low voltage section from the transformer into your home [and all other houses on your side of the transformer].

You have surely seen a few types of transformers. In neighborhoods with overhead wires, they appear to be small trash cans at the top of poles. In neighborhoods with underground utilities, the transformer is a steel rectangle on the front lawn. Inside, they operate in the same fashion.

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coiled wire is energized which, through EM waves, induces a voltage in the other coil. The “magic” is in the number of turns of the coils. If both coils have the same number of turns, the output voltage is the same as the input voltage. But if the output coil has half the turns of the input coil, the voltage coming out would be half of that going in.

As an aside, one of the conceptual differences between AC and DC circuits is that while electrons do “flow” in a direct current circuit, the movement of electrons in an AC circuit move back and forth like a saw blade.

Back to computing devices. All our electronics are powered by direct current and use a built in “wall wart”.

This enclosure houses a transformer and rectifier circuit.

Unlike the utility transformers, there are no oil insulated coils inside these wall warts. Instead, the transformation is provided via microelectronics. Our homes are full of AC transformers connected to rectification circuits. The transformer decreases the AC voltage to match the needed voltage of the target device and the rectification circuit converts the AC voltage to DC voltage.

Becoming more common are inductive chargers for electronics. With these, you place your device on a surface generating an electromagnetic field. Your device has an antenna on which the EM field induces a charge.

New technology will create room-wide EM clouds that can simultaneously charge all your devices. While some worry about exposure to EM waves, “despite extensive research, to date there is no evidence to conclude that exposure to low level electromagnetic fields is harmful to human health.”

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What’s new and exciting at the old Marketplace Mall?

The new U of R Orthopaedics and Physical Performance Center…!

Architects Rendering of the New UR Medicine Orthopaedics & Physical Performance Center

At more than 330,000 square feet, the UR Medicine Orthopaedics & Physical Performance Center that’s being built alongside The Marketplace Mall in Henrietta is the biggest offsite building project in University of Rochester history.

It’s going to hold some big changes in the delivery of orthopaedic care, too.

The center will combine ambulatory surgery and other essential orthopaedic services in one convenient spot, with the building and its surrounding campus designed especially for patients with painful mobility challenges.

The mall’s former Sears building is being refitted as a new ambulatory surgery center specially designed for orthopaedic cases, with new operating rooms and procedure rooms. The surgery center opens in a few months and will have 8 operating rooms, with shell space to add more in the future.

The new-build, multi-story tower above the surgery center will house virtually anything a patient might need for diagnosis and treatment of a bone, spine, muscle or joint condition: diagnostic imaging; clinic exam rooms; physical, occupational, and hand therapy; sports medicine facilities; athletic training; injury prevention programs; and nutrition/mind-body wellness services. The tower and its 144 exam rooms are set to open in late 2023.

Rochester-based M/E Engineering provided HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire protection and low voltage systems to the Orthopaedics & Physical Performance Center project. The design included centralized heating/cooling plants, emergency power, UPS power, bulk oxygen storage, room pressurization control, fire pump and all the associated distribution systems.

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Some details on the engineering installations: • Emergency standby generators - Two 750kw units • Double-ended 2500kVA electric service • 75hp fire pump • 210,000cfm for the HVAC system • 1700 tons of cooling • Medical gases including oxygen, nitrogen, med air, vacuum and nitrous oxide The entire orthopaedics campus employs some innovative design, construction and patient-care approaches, including: Locating an advanced medical complex at a suburban mall. The University of Rochester Medical Center is part of a growing national trend: academic medical centers reclaiming and repurposing massive mall properties. As the nation’s shopping habits have changed, retailers have lost foot traffic and closed mall properties, but large-scale stores are finding new lives as medical complexes. Gutting and refitting the former Sears at Marketplace as a new surgery center instead of building one from scratch shaved a full year off construction time and associated costs.

Pre-fabricated, cutting-edge operating room construction: The UR orthopaedics center is home to the first installation of a Clean Cube™ Medical System operating room in the world. Manufactured by SynergyMed Solutions, CLEAN CUBE is a novel approach to operating room design and construction. Instead of oneby-one assembly of an OR’s components (electrical, gas connects, data lines, etc.) by different subcontractors at the construction site, the CLEAN CUBE can be prefabricated with these and other essential components Three photos of the construction of the 330,000 square feet UR and ready for installation after it arrives by truck from Medicine Orthopaedics & Physical Performance Center set to Synergy’s manufacturing plant to its destination. This open in late 2023 saves months of construction time and labor.

Additionally, the Clean Cube system offers cost and time savings for users when it’s operational. The room’s walls are glass rather than traditional materials and thus easier to clean; shorter turnaround time of ORs means more surgeries can occur each day. Because

the Clean Cube OR is a tightly constructed, single unit, it enables a vapor “lockdown” of the room and dispersal of disinfecting gases that super-sanitize the room automatically.

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Use of live motion capture and data analysis to diagnose motion and gait disorders: Injury and illness can impair motion in patients of all ages. University of Rochester Orthopaedics opened its first Motion Lab back in 1926 to study the intricacies of human locomotion in order to better understand movement disorders and how to treat them. Researchers’ findings are helping

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The project is UR Medicine’s response to skyrocketing demand for orthopaedic care in recent years, and the need for additional capacity as patients of all ages in the region experience more orthopaedic issues.

Additionally, UR Medicine is anticipating that more orthopaedic care will move from hospital to ambulatory settings in the years ahead.

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Paul T. Rubery, MD, Chair of the Department of Orthopaedics and Marjorie Strong Wehle Professor of Orthopaedics, said the project is an opportunity to build a center that’s not only rightsized for patient volumes, but also expands on

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treatment options and convenience for patients.

“We’re seeing patients of all ages – from infants to people in their 90s and older – who need our care to keep their bones and joints healthy so they can remain as active and well as possible,” Rubery said. “This project answers an urgent, unmet need for patients: faster access to surgery and provider appointments, a convenient location, and a campus and treatment space designed precisely for their needs.”

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The center will enable the Department of Orthopaedics to offer forward-thinking approaches that emphasize wellness and injury prevention, as well as traditional care, Rubery said.

“In the United States, the number of Americans over the age of 65 is expected to double from roughly 50 million today to nearly 100 million by 2060. With the growing demand for orthopaedic care in the nation, it’s clear that providers must take a more proactive approach to helping patients stay healthy, mobile, and fit. That will contribute to the population’s overall wellness and help patients delay or even prevent many orthopaedic conditions from affecting their lives.” q

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Engineering the Matrix - Soft Materials to Mimic Natural Tissue

by Adeel Ahmed, Ph.D. Candidate, BMECHE PhD Program, Rochester Institute of Technology Studying cell biology, drug discovery, and disease progression can appear far removed from the realm of engineering.

However, in recent years, innovations in bioengineering have relied heavily on advancements in biomaterials, microfluidics, and engineered tissues.

The stereotypical image of a biomedical lab in movies and TV is that of scientists carrying plastic and glass Petri dishes and reaching to grab a terrified mouse or rabbit for their next experiment. While it is true that plastic and glass dishes are the most widely used substrates to grow cells in most research labs, it does not take much to realize that the stiff, flat plastic dish is not an exact representation of the environment in our body (Figure 1).

Figure 1: Differences between native tissue and cell culture dishes

Native tissues are highly complex structures comprised of a matrix of protein fibers (micron scale in size), proteoglycans, macromolecules, growth factors, and water (up to 70% of the human body) within which cells are encapsulated (Figure 2). This hydrated macromolecular matrix, referred to as the extracellular matrix (ECM), is the tissue scaffold that allows cells to attach and grow.

In addition, the ECM is extremely soft compared to the plastic dishes commonly used – as is evident if you press anywhere on your body compared to the device you are reading this text on.

Lastly, the ECM and cells share a dynamic, reciprocal relationship.

Cells deposit new ECM material – primarily collagen – during tissue development, and the ECM guides cell functions such as their movement, shape, organization, and gene expression.

Figure 2: A cell in its native environment receives guidance from both chemical factors and surrounding materials

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materials. The fibers in tissue are highly organized into various microstructures and represent the tissue function. For example, collagen fibers are highly aligned in load-bearing tissues like muscles and tendons.

Around tumors, cells reorganize the ECM and use it as a path to invade the surrounding tissue and blood vessels. In turn, the composition and fiber organization also affect the mechanical properties of the ECM. These mechanical properties (fiber organization, stiffness, viscoelasticity) are well known to direct stem cell growth and gene expression. Thus, the materials that cells interface with play a critical role in guiding biological processes. Once we identify the rifts in the cell-material interface between native tissue and a petri dish, it is no surprise that most drugs that seem to work on cells in a dish fail to work in animal models. Often, drugs that appear to work in animal models still fail in human trials due to the apparent differences between human and animal physiology.

While the incongruity between the environment of a plastic dish and native tissue has been apparent for the past 50 years, materials scientists and engineers have only recently turned their attention toward novel materials that can precisely mimic the ECM. Our research at the Biological Microsystems Lab at RIT has been focused on using collagen to recreate the fibrous organization observed in the ECM for studying cell-matrix interactions.

Collagen is the most common material in the ECM. Consequently, it has been the most desirable material to recreate the ECM in vitro because it presents low toxicity, does not elicit an immune response, and cells can dynamically engage with collagen fibers to remodel and reorganize them.

Collagen is commercially obtained as a solution in an acidic solution. When this solution is neutralized with a base and warmed to 37˚C (body temperature), the collagen molecules spontaneously come Figure 3: Difference between a bulk collagen hydrogel (top) together to form a hydrated and engineered aligned hydrogel (bottom) fibrous network (hydrogel) and mimic the ECM. However, unlike the native ECM, fibers in this self-assembled hydrogel are randomly organized, as seen in Figure 3.

Our work shows that microfluidic systems can be exploited to introduce order into the collagen matrix. We have observed that when a neutralized collagen solution is injected into a microfluidic channel (< 1/100th of an inch) with a constriction in the flow direction, the increased velocity of the collagen solution at the constriction results in an extensional strain component within the viscoelastic collagen solution.

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Engineering the Matrix - Soft Materials to Mimic Natural Tissue, continued This extensional strain serves to reorient the self-assembling collagen fibers into the flow direction and thus align them.

Using microfluidics and the concept of extensional flows, we have engineered collagen matrices with defined degrees of fiber alignment and directionality (Figure 3). Simply by changing the shape of the microfluidic channel, we can obtain collagen hydrogels with regions of constant fiber alignment, gradients in fiber alignment, and fibers oriented in different directions.

We have further expanded the capacity to engineer the ECM by adding different materials into our collagen to recapture the complexity and heterogeneity of native tissue. Since microfluidic flows are laminar in nature, they prevent the mixing of solutions in them. Thus, distinct materials can be introduced side by side in a microchannel to replicate tissue interfaces or provide unique microenvironments for different cell types. In addition, the mechanical properties and microstructure of the collagen matrix can further be tuned by modifying the self-assembly conditions of the matrix.

When cancer cells were cultured on our engineered collagen, we observed that they organized directionally and followed the collagen fiber alignment, as they do in native tissues. We observed that cells could reorganize the fibers and migrate into the matrix, a behavior that cannot be observed on plastic dishes or many synthetic ECM materials.

We anticipate that our work will be used to provide novel insights into cell behavior in vitro, accurately model tissues, and be scaled up to include several other biomaterials that are found in the ECM (Figure 4). Engineered ECM constructs are expected to improve the relevance of in vitro testing by providing cells with a biologically relevant microenvironment, cutting down on animal testing, and moving us toward personalized medicine. q Figure 4: Different ECM materials that can be engineered using microfluidics 22 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER SEPTEMBER 2022

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Popli Design News Popli Announces Promotion Popli Design Group (PDG) announced the promotion of Mark Laistner, PE, to senior director of Transportation Design.

or lead structural engineer on 60+ bridge replacement/rehabilitation projects, including over 40 locally administered Federal aid projects, ranging from a 20-foot precast Mark joined the firm as our director of concrete box culvert to a 2,300-foot steel bridge design in 2014, where he has deck truss bridge. Mark earned his bachelor been responsible for managing the of science degree in civil engineering from firm’s bridge design staff, projects, and the State University of New York at Buffalo development of new business. During in 1987, and is a Licensed Professional this time, Mark has expanded our Engineer in the states of New York, bridge design capabilities and client Pennsylvania, and Maine. He is an active base as a prime consultant to include member of the Association for Bridge municipalities in various regions across Construction and Design (ABCD), the Mark Laistner, PE the state, the New York State Department American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), of Transportation, and the New York City and the American Concrete Institute (ACI).

Department of Transportation. He has managed the He was also an ABCD WNY Chapter Board Member, firm’s most noteworthy bridge design projects, which serving as President in 2007-2008 and 2017-2018. have earned several awards.

In his new role, Mark will oversee operations and Mark has over 35 years of technical expertise, primarily provide strategic direction to our bridge and highway in the design, inspection, and load rating of bridges. design sectors and ensure the successful delivery of projects. q During this time, Mark has been the project manager

SWBR News SWBR Adds Architecture, Interior, and Landscape Designers SWBR welcomes interior designer Katherine Beinetti, project designer Harrison Taylor, and landscape designer Carmine Tronolone.

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Interior designer and past SWBR intern Beinetti assists with furniture and finish selections and drafting construction documents on a variety of project types. She sees meaningful design as being intentional, functional design that is understanding of the user’s needs. She received her AAS in interior design from Monroe Community College, and her BFA in interior design from SUNY Buffalo.

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firm’s housing studio through all project phases, from predesign to construction documentation. What excites him about architecture is how wide-reaching and impactful it is, that architects can improve local neighborhoods and help communities in other parts of the world. He has a bachelor of science in finance and economics from Syracuse University, and a master of architecture from Illinois Institute of Technology.

Tronolone received his bachelor of landscape architecture from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. As a landscape designer, he supports the landscape architecture group with design development and detailing. He sees meaningful design as being rooted in empathy, awareness, and inclusion, always looking for ways to positively impact communities. q Carmine Tronolone

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Research team develops workforce training that integrated virtual reality, gamification

Multidisciplinary team from academia and industry builds comprehensive program to address shortages in machining industry

More than 1,000 is a cross-college, openings in the Finger multiple-institution Lakes region for project that includes skilled machinists are different sectors projected in the coming of the workforce years. Labor trained because the nature by local academic and of this problem workforce programs is not something are expected to fill only that only one a small percentage department or one of those needed. sector can solve.

Shortages will come We have included RIT engineering faculty-researchers Rui Liu and Yunbo Zhang developed a about because of people we think are machinists training program prototype combining virtual reality, gamification, retirements, but essential to solving sustainability and cybersecurity. Credit: Provided/RIT also because fewer this problem.” apprentices are seeking positions in the field.

Liu and Zhang, both faculty-researchers in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering, lead a team Local academic researchers and industry partners that consists of campus partners from the university’s are developing new training options to fill the Golisano College of Computing and Information expected gaps—integrating gaming and virtual reality Sciences, the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, as to appeal to a younger generation of manufacturing well as faculty from the ESL Global Cybersecurity professionals.

Institute. Monroe and Finger Lakes community colleges have faculty involved as well as those from Rochester Institute of Technology researchers Rui regional BOCES programs. Industry partners such Liu and Yunbo Zhang received a $650,000 grant as Gleason Works and input from regional economic from the National Science Foundation’s Advanced development representatives round out the team.

Technology Education (ATE) program as part of the NSF’s focus on the future of work and the integration Project members are developing and field testing of technology with training and learning. The project a set of training modules based on the cognitive uses new technologies such as artificial intelligence apprenticeship model—instruction that combines and virtual reality to benefit trainees by increasing formal coursework and apprenticeships—for learning skills needed in industries today and allowing for complex skills coupled with artificial intelligence and those who may be deaf or hard-of-hearing better virtual/augmented reality. access to career fields in need of machinists.

Machining is a skillset needed to build and produce “Is there an easier way to get machinists trained? We precision parts. Learning often begins with an are looking to bridge the gap between supply and apprentice working side-by-side with a seasoned demand, those interested and the companies that professional. Trainees practice with supervision until need skilled people to fill these important jobs,” said they are able to work independently, often taking a Liu. year or more to master equipment and processes.

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gathering data about skills needs and gaps from the regional economic organizations. Findings indicate that while there are workforce gaps, the area is rich in varied industries with open positions, as well as academic institutions to provide levels of training development.

“Components of the program focus on modernizing machining education programs with new technologies,” said Liu. “We have integrated a lot of new technologies into this training program, including gamification.

This a new concept. We think this might be the thing that attracts young people into industries. We are also adding some online training. For some prospective students from rural areas, it may not be easy to get to the area.”

Plans include preparation of customizable materials for some independent study, but also for integrating human behavioral considerations to better understand trainees’ background. Modules can provide information to fill gaps and update skills needed to address Industry 4.0 topics such as automation and monitoring, sustainable machining, and cybersecurity. But the core focus is on consolidating skills and requirements.

“Right now, we have very diverse training requirements, for students and for retraining current workers, with different requirements from college and from the companies, so that is the reason we want to make the training program flexible. Just trying to coordinate the curriculum from different training providers, each with their own machining training programs. All different materials, how can we synchronize them together?” said Zhang.

Added to this are different machines and systems to master as well as the multiple procedures to complete processes. And if apprentices want to attain degrees and further their education, recognized standards for coursework and experiences are needed, said Zhang.

“Students who complete their associate degree and want to finish with a bachelor’s degree might need courses and trainings they took to be compatible for transfer to four-year colleges,” said Zhang. “If students want to transfer, it will be really easy for them to evaluate their background. We can we synchronize the curriculum, so they pursue a higher degree.”

Data from the U.S. Department of Labor indicates that 30 percent of the machinists today are over the age of 55 with retirements expected in the next 10 years. Nearby training institutes and community colleges can train more than 100 new machinists per year. In the Finger Lakes region, there are estimates of more than 800 to 1,000 job openings per year.

Training prospective machinists and updating current employees in the machining field is only one of several economic development initiatives underway in the region. RIT’s engineering college has been recognized for its online programming, and the university recently launched RIT Certified—an applied education and training pathway. Last month, Monroe Community College opened its Economic and Workforce Development Center. The combined resources of these and other training programs are aimed toward building a new economy workforce in the region.

The research team will continue curriculum development through the summer and begin module testing by the fall. Partners in the research program are: Liu and Zhang, both assistant professors from the Kate Gleason College of Engineering; Chao Peng and Hanif Rahbari, both assistant professors from the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences; and Michael Thurston, research faculty from the Golisano Institute for Sustainability. Collaborating partners are Monroe and Finger Lakes Community Colleges and the regional BOCES programs. q campus news

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Continuing Education Opportunities

Go to the RES Website for Updated Details On All Meetings - www.roceng.org BE SURE TO CHECK IF A MEETING IS STILL SCHEDULED BECAUSE OF COVID-19

Wednesday, September 14

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Place: Christopher’s on Main, First Federal Plaza, 28 E Main St. Suite 10, Downtown Rochester.

Times: Meet and Greet from 5:00 to 5:30 pm; Dinner/ Presentation from 5:30 to 6:30; Site Tour from 6:30 to 7:30 pm.

Cost: $35 for Members, $45 for Non-members; $20 for Students.

Reservations: Reservations by Friday, September 9th to ascerochester@gmail.com.

Website: https://sections.asce.org/rochester

Monday, September 19 & Thursday, September 22 International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)

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Presenter: Rolf Siegers, INCOSE Architecture Working Group Co-Chair Place: This will be virtual (zoom). Time: 11 am to 1 pm Cost: There is no cost to attend for Finger Lakes Chapter regular/senior/student members. Cost is $10 for all others.

Registration: Attendees need to pre-register by sending an email to: Teresa.Froncek@incose.net. A link will be sent out a few days before the meetings. For nonFLC members attending the tutorial, instructions on sending payment will be sent out after your registration is received.

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

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Registration: Registration will be available on the website soon (www.abcdwny.com). You may contact Becca Stump (rstump@bergmannpc.com) with any questions.

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Cost: $35 for Students, $150 for In-person member, $200 for In-person nonmember, $75 Virtual Member, $100 Virtual nonmember (includes breaks, lunch and PDH certificates).

Registration: Conference registration, advertising, and exhibitor booth registration begins September 26th.

Visit and sign up at the ABCD WNY website, www.abcdwny.com.

Additional details contact Robert Fleming PE, Bergmann, rfleming@bergmannpc.com or 585-498-7817 or Tomas Andino PE, City of Rochester, tomas.andino@cityofrochester.gov or 585-705-4483.

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The engineering societies are encouraged to submit their meeting notices for publication in this section. The deadline for submitting copy is the 10th of the month prior to the month of publication. Please email to: Therochesterengineer@gmail.com. The meetings offering PDHs are highlighted in blue. Details about the meeting and affiliate (if in this issue) are on the corresponding page listed next to the affiliate name.

Thursday, September 1 Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

Wednesday, September 14

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

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Joint IEEE Rochester Section and Santa Clara Valley Section: Technical Engineering Management Society (TEMS Meeting). Kodak’s Journey in Digital Photography – An Insider’s Perspective

Speaker: Willy Shih, Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration at the Harvard Business School in Boston, Mass. You may send questions for Willy to the facilitator at edcheng@ieee.org prior to the meeting.

Time: 4:00 to 5:00 PM PDT / 7:00 to 8:00 PM EDT Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kodaksjourney-in-digital-photography-an-insiders-perspectivetickets-398060267977

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Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) EXCOM Meeting

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Place: Hybrid, via WebEx and in-person (see vtools for venue and WebEx login) Time: 11:50 am to 1:00 pm Registration links for our events are at: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/311469.

Monday, September 12

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

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Annual Fall Social: Pig Roast, Corn Hole Tournament (hosted by the Young Engineers Group), Small Trade Show supported by the Buyers Guide

Place: The White House Lodge, Webster Park Time: 4:00 to 7:30 pm Details will be on the website: www.rochesterashrae.org.

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& Site Tour: Charles Carroll Plaza & Sister Cities Bridge Revitalization Place: Christopher’s on Main, First Federal Plaza, 28 E Main St. Suite 10, Downtown Rochester.

Times: Meet and Greet -5:00 to 5:30 pm; Dinner/ Presentation - 5:30 to 6:30; Site Tour - 6:30 to 7:30 pm.

Cost: $35 Members, $45 Non-members; $20 Students.

Reservations: Reservations by Friday, September 9th to ascerochester@gmail.com.

Website: https://sections.asce.org/rochester

Wednesday, September 14

Imaging Science & Technology (IS&T)

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HDR Imaging: 20 Stops of Dynamic range, now what?

Theory and Practical Considerations of Developing and Deploying an HDR Imaging System.

Place: Virtually (by zoom). Time: 6:00 pm Reservations: Email rochesterist@gmail.com to get the details to join this program.

Wednesday, September 14

Electrical Association of Western New York (EA) 65th Annual Clambake

Place: St. Paul Fireman’s Exempt, 690 Thomas Avenue, Rochester (NOTE NEW LOCATION) Cost: $70 for Members; $75 for Non-members.

Time: Doors open at 4:30 pm. Beer and soda (cash bar) will be available as well as a cheese, crackers, and veggie tray. Clambake buffet at 5:30 pm Reservations: All tickets MUST be purchased in advance. Upon receipt of payment your tickets will be forwarded to you. No tickets will be sold after Wednesday, September 5th. Tickets will not be available at the door. Registration forms/sponsorship application is available at www.eawny.com or by contacting Karen at karen@eawny.com.

Comments: See the EA website for list of foods on the buffet.

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(First drink is on IES) Place: Swiftwater Brewing Company, 378 Mount Hope Avenue, Rochester 14620 Time: 5:00 pm Reservations: Please RSVP to jabraham@pathfinder-ea.com and/or aj@illuminfx.com to help with attendance but is not required. Visit the website for the latest information: www.iesrochester.org.

Thursday, September 15

International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)

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Architecture Tutorial (see the list of topics covered on the INCOSE page in this issue of the RE). 4 PDUs can be earned!

Presenter: Rolf Siegers, INCOSE Architecture Working Group Co-Chair Place: This will be virtual (zoom). Time: 11 am to 1 pm (eastern) Cost: There is no cost to attend for Finger Lakes Chapter regular/ senior/student members. Cost is $10 for all others.

Registration: Attendees need to pre-register by sending an email to: Teresa.Froncek@incose.net. A link will be sent out a few days before the meetings. For non-FLC members attending the tutorial, instructions on sending payment will be sent out after your registration is received.

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

Tuesday, September 27

Rochester Engineering Society (RES)

Place: This will be virtual (zoom).

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Come Enjoy the Fall Colors and the Lock Experience on the Erie Canal Aboard the Colonial Belle

Time: 6:00 to 7:30 pm.

Cost: No cost to attend.

Registration: Attendees need to pre-register by sending an email to: Teresa.Froncek@incose.net. A link will be sent out a few days before the meetings.

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

Thursday, September 15 Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association (GVLSA)

International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)

Place: The Colonial Belle, 400 Packett’s Landing, Fairport, NY Time: 2:30 to 5:30 pm. If there is enough interest, we will reserve space at a local restaurant in Fairport after the boat ride.

Cost: $30 for members, $35 for non-members. Snacks and beverages will be available from the Colonial Belle at an extra cost while enjoying the operation of one of the locks.

Registration: Registration is REQUIRED with payment by Friday, September 9th. Registration form is available on the website at www.roceng.org. Please let us know if you are interested in food after the boat ride.

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Board of Directors Meeting & General Membership Meeting Place: 40 & 8 Club, 933 University Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607 Time: Board of Directors at 6:00 pm; General Membership meeting at 7:00 pm

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Place: We anticipate holding a technical lunch meeting. Details are still being worked on.

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

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Tour of Kistner Concrete Lockport, NY Precast Concrete Plant – 1 PDH Available

Place: Kistner Concrete, 5550 Hinman Road, Lockport, NY. Time TBA (around lunch time) Cost: $35 for members and non-members and $20 for students. Cost includes lunch.

Registration: Registration will be available on the website soon (www.abcdwny.com). You may contact Becca Stump (rstump@bergmannpc.com) with any questions.

Tuesday, October 4

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) EXCOM Meeting - IEEE Day

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electriFYI! – 2022 Upstate Electrical Show (The biggest, most widely attended electrical show in New York State!)

Place: The Dome Arena, 2695 East Henrietta Road, Henrietta, NY Time: 2:00 to 7:00 pm Comments: Free Show, One Day Only! Also free BBQ Dinner, beer & wine.

Website: www.eawny.com. Phone: 585-382-9545.

Thursday, October 20

Imaging Science & Technology (IS&T)

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Place: Hybrid, via WebEx and in-person (see vtools for venue and WebEx login) Time: 11:50 am to 1:00 pm Registration links for our events are at: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/321548/ IEEE members will receive an additional discount on the lunch buffet to celebrate IEEE Day!

Tuesday, October 11

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

Speaker: Tony Whitman, L3Harris Technologies Space & Airborne Systems Place: Virtually (by zoom).

Time: 6:00 pm Reservations: Email rochesterist@gmail.com to get the details to join this program.

Thursday, October 20

Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association (GVLSA)

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Livingston County Dinner & General p 37 Membership Meeting George Eastman Museum – Technology Curator Place: Yard of Ale, 3226 Genesee Street, Piffard, NY Private Tour 14533 Host of Tour: Todd Gustavson, curator of the George Eastman Museum’s Technology Collection will conduct a tour of the vault containing their rare and innovative camera technology (including digital). You will see items rarely seen by the public on this private tour.

Place: George Eastman Museum, 900 East Avenue, Rochester, NY Time: 2:00 pm Cost: $10 (partially subsidized museum admission) Registration: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/321586

Time: 6:00 pm Details: www.gvlsa.com

ADDITIONAL MEETINGS WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE CALENDAR Support Your Affiliate Attend A Meeting

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

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The Electrical Association of Western New York presents

SAVE THE DATE FREE SHOW!!! ONE DAY ONLY!!!

Wednesday October 19, 2022 2pm-7pm The Dome Arena 2695 East Henrietta Road Henrietta, New Yor k 14467

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Finger Lakes Chapter of INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON SYSTEMS ENGINEERING http://www.incose.org/ChaptersGroups/Chapters/ChapterSites/finger-lakes/chapter-home

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

By Stuart Landau, Senior Train Control Systems Engineer Railway signaling allows safe operations of multiple trains on the same tracks and  Architecture Tutorial – Rolf Siegers, INCOSE Architecture Working optimizes capacity of the tracks.

This presentation will be aArchitecture very brief introduction to Group Co-chair Architecture Tutorial – Rolf Siegers, INCOSE Working areCo-chair offering an Architecture tutorial this September. Planned dates are Monday, September Group itsWe basic principles and how they have been implemented over the last several 19, and Thursday, September 22. Both sessions will be from 11 am to 1 pm (eastern). Rolf

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Rochester Section

American Society of Civil Engineers www.asce.org

BUFFET DINNER, PDH PRESENTATION & SITE TOUR

Charles Carroll Plaza & Sister Cities Bridge Revitalization

PRESENTER: DATE: LOCATION:

TIME: COST:

James Krapf, P.E. (T.Y. Lin) Wednesday September 14, 2022 Christopher’s on Main First Federal Plaza 28 E Main St. Suite 10 Meet and Greet, 5:00pm – 5:30pm Dinner/Presentation, 5:30pm – 6:30pm, Site Tour, 6:30pm – 7:30pm $35 for Members, $45 for Non-Members $20 for Students

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Rochester Chapter

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

Our meetings are held by zoom.

Please email rochesterist@gmail.com to get the details to join this program.

Wednesday, September, 14, 2022 Time: 6:00 pm HDR Imaging: 20 Stops of Dynamic range, now what? Theory and Practical Considerations of Developing and Deploying an HDR Imaging System

by Wayne Prentice Abstract: HDR (High Dynamic Range) sensors are being widely used in automotive and machine vision applications. The sensors claim 20-24 stops of dynamic range. This talk covers, theory and practical considerations. More specifically, how much do these sensors extend the capabilities over SDR (Standard Dynamic Range) systems and how to maximize the advantage. This includes analysis of HDR practical dynamic range, auto exposure, information content, processing and encoding.

Biography: Wayne has been working in the imaging industry for over 35 years. He has a BSEE from Clarkson University and a Masters in Imaging Science from RIT. Wayne has worked on imaging equipment ranging

from x-ray, CAT scanners, MRI, extra-terrestrial imaging and digital cameras. Much of Wayne's digital camera experience came from 17 years working at Kodak R&D, product development for digital cameras.

He holds US 15 patents in digital imaging. At Kodak Wayne became the lead image scientist and manager for Digital Camera R&D group. He was responsible for competitive testing, image quality testing, new feature development, image science aspects of product commercialization. Wayne has worked as an independent contractor over the past 5 years providing solutions to a wide range of imaging challenges mostly in the areas of developing custom camera applications, computer vision and HDR imaging.

Thursday, October, 20, 2022 Time: 6:00 pm Webb Telescope and Rochester Contributions

by Tony Whitman, L3Harris Technologies Space & Airborne Systems Abstract: This will be an overview of the James Webb Space Telescope design and the challenges of integrating and testing the optical part of the space telescope.

This was the first space telescope with a segmented primary mirror, the largest space telescope ever, and required test equipment operating down to 18 K. Mother Nature also provided a couple stories.

Biography: Tony Whitman is a chief systems engineer at is&t news

L3Harris Technologies Space & Airborne Systems in Rochester, NY. On the James Webb Space Telescope he started in 2003 as the lead systems engineer for the integration and test of the James Webb Space Telescope and finished as the cryogenic optical director in 2017. Tony is now chief systems engineer for the Optical Telescope Assembly of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA’s next great observatory scheduled to launch by 2027.

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September 2022 Newsletter Section Officers Chair Eric Brown Vice Chair Kelly Robinson Treasurer Howard Bussey Secretary (Vacant)

Chapters & Groups AES & COMSOC Cristiano Tapparello CS & CIS Bo Yuan EDS & CSS Sean Rommel EMBS Cristian Linte GRSS Emmett Ientilucci LIFE Mark Schrader APS & MTTS Danielle Walters Photonics Bruce Smith Parsian K. Mohseni PES & IAS Jean Kendrick Kelly Robinson SPS Alex Byrley Eric Zeise TEMS Paul Lee Young Professionals Eric Brown

Student Groups Univ. of Rochester Ming-Lun Lee RIT Jamison Heard

Committees Awards Jean Kendrick Communications Christine Frayda Howard Bussey Newsletter Mark Schrader PACE Bruce Rubin

Liaisons RES Greg Gdowski RCSS William Brewer

Message from the Chair Dear Colleagues, Summer has once again flown by and IEEE is busy planning some exciting events for the remainder of the year.

But before we start thinking of apple cider and hot chocolate, the Rochester Section will make the most of the summer we have left with an IEEE Family Night at Frontier Field on Thursday, September 15 to see the Rochester Red Wings vs the Lehigh Valley IronPigs.

There will be a pregame happy hour from 5-6 with live music, and “Bark in the Park” for dog lovers that want to bring their pup to the game. All attendees must pre-register at https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/311469, and will receive matching “Diamond Dollars” for the concession stand.

The next ExCom meeting will be on Tuesday, October 4, from noon to 1 pm. Please register at https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/321548. IEEE members will receive an additional discount on the lunch buffet to celebrate IEEE Day! Stay healthy and best regards,

Joint IEEE Rochester Section and Santa Clara Valley Section: Technical Engineering Management Society (TEMS Meeting Willy Shih will present Kodak’s Journey in Digital Photography – An Insider’s Perspective In this on-line meeting, we will see excerpts of the video interview “The Kodak Moment: Why it Didn’t Last”, and then we will interact with Willy in a Q&A session.

The facilitator of this meeting will be Edmund Cheng, Chair of the IEEE TEMS Silicon Valley Chapter.

Date: Thursday, 1 September 2022 Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT / 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kodaks-journey-in-digital-photography-aninsiders-perspective-tickets-398060267977

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Speaker Biography:

Willy Shih is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration at the Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts. He is part of the Technology and Operations Management Unit, and he teaches in the MBA and Executive Education Programs.

Willy’s expertise is in manufacturing, supply chains, and product development. He has written or coauthored numerous cases and teaching materials in a wide range of industries. His book, “Producing Prosperity – Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance,” co-authored with Gary Pisano, has called attention to the link between manufacturing and innovation.

Prior to coming to HBS in 2007, Willy spent 28 years in industry. Reporting to him have been manufacturing and distribution operations around the world, as well as global sales and marketing operations.

You may send questions for Willy to the facilitator at edcheng@ieee.org prior to the meeting.

George Eastman Museum – Technology Curator Private Tour Todd Gustavson, Curator of the George Eastman Museum’s Technology Collection will host and conduct a tour of the vault containing their rare and innovative camera technology (including digital).

Todd is an expert on the history and the technology of Kodak’s early digital cameras and many other items in the museum’s vast collection. We will see items rarely seen by the public on this private tour.

Date: Tuesday October 11 Time: 2:00 pm Cost: $10 (partly subsidized museum admission) Location: George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14607 Registration: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/321586

Stratus 2023 UAV Conference Targeted for Spring Dr. Emmett J. Ientilucci, RIT Associate Professor of Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing announces the following event: The STRAUS 2023 UAV conference with be at RIT in 2023. We are targeting the last week of May. It will be a 3-day conference. Please stay tuned for updates.

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

IES Rochester Section Happy Hour !

We’d like to thank everyone for their support this year.

Please join us on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 5:00 PM for a casual after work get together and some lighting industry social time. This is meant to be a casual, fun time, and an opportunity for those of us involved in the local lighting community to get to know each other in an informal atmosphere. And the Þrst drink is on us !!

Swiftwater Brewing Company 378 Mount Hope Avenue Rochester, NY 14620

Please RSVP to jabraham@pathfinder-ea.com and/or aj@illuminfx.com to help us with attendance but is not required.

Visit Our Website For the Latest Information www.iesrochester.org

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

Facebook: facebook.com/GVLSA

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/groups/8212223

Year 2022 Officers

Board of Directors

President Justin M. Roloson, LS Vice President Matthew R. Palmer, LS Secretary Martin J. Gotwalt, LS Treasurer Michael A. Venturo, LS

2019-2022 Gregory T. Pauly, LS Jeffrey A. Tiede, LS 2019-2022 Christopher T. Locke, LS David L. Standinger, LS 2020-2023 Robert J. Avery, LS Nathan M. Dunn, LS Jared R. Ransom, LS

September 2022

Jared R. Ransom, LS, Ex-officio

Keith Burley, LSIT 2022 - Associates Representative David Zuber, LSIT - Website Administrator

Upcoming Events 2022 September 15, 2022 Board of Directors Meeting - 6:00 PM General Membership Meeting - 7:00 PM 40 & 8 Club 933 University Avenue Rochester, NY 14607 October 20, 2022 Livingston County Dinner & General Membership Meeting 6:00 PM Yard of Ale Restaurant 3226 Genesee Street Piffard, NY 14533

Board of Directors Meeting Time: 6:00 PM

General Membership Meeting Time: 7:00 PM

Thursday, September 15, 2022 Professional Affiliations  New York State Association of Professional Land Surveyors, Inc.  National Society of Professional Surveyors  Rochester Engineering Society

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40 & 8 Club 933 University Avenue Rochester, NY 14607

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34nd Annual Fall Bridge Conference Thursday, November 10, 2022

In-Person or Vir tual Option RIT Inn and Conference Center 5257 West Henrietta Road Henrietta, NY 14467 Presentation Topics Include: • Route 34B over Salmon Creek Bridge (NYSDOT) • Ethics for Engineers (David Orr, P.E., PhD) • Precast Arch with Segmental Precast Invert & Pedestals Case Study (Kistner Concrete Products) • Climate Change (Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt) • D.C. Arlington Memorial Bridge Rehab (AECOM) • & more!

Attendance Benefits:

• Earn up to 6-PDH Credits • Network with up to 300 bridge professionals • Enjoy coffee breaks, a buffet lunch, and a post-conference cocktail hour provided by ABCD

Registration: Conference sponsorship, advertisement and attendee registration begins September 26th.

Visit and sign up at the ABCD WNY website, www.abcdwny.com

Attendee Cost: (includes breaks, lunch and PDH certificates) Student $35 In-person member $150 In-person nonmember $200 Virtual member $75 Virtual non-member $100

See www.abcdwny.com for sponsorship and advertisement opportunities For additional information contact: Robert Fleming, P.E. Bergmann/CED Email: rfleming@bergmannpc.com Phone: (585) 498-7817

Tomas Andino, P.E. City of Rochester Email: tomas.Andino@cityofrocester.gov Phone: (585) 428-6535

Association for Bridge Construction and Design Western New York Chapter www.abcdwny.com

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ABCD Upcoming Events

Tour of Kistner Concrete Products, Inc. SAVE THE DATE -- Kistner Concrete has invited ABCD for a tour of their Lockport, NY precast concrete plant.

Please join us for a walkthrough of the steel fabrication and QA/QC departments as well as the production area where precast retaining walls, drainage structures, box culverts, and barriers are manufactured. A PDH presentation and lunch will be part of the event. Further details, including sign-up information, will be announced on our website and sent via email to our members. All members, non-members, and students are welcome to attend.

Date: Friday, September 30, 2022 Time: TBA, around lunch time Location: 5550 Hinman Rd, Lockport, NY

Cost: $35 (Members and Non-Members) $20 (Students) Cost will include lunch.

You may contact Becca Stump (rstump@bergmannpc.com) with any questions. We hope to see you there!

ABCD is Seeking Candidates for the ABCD-WNY 2022-2023 RESEARCH GRANT As it is the mission of ABCD-WNY to improve and encourage the science of bridge design, construction maintenance, and reconstruction, we are interested in providing funding for projects that aim to further the collective understanding of the industry. We are looking to support the efforts of any research study that relates to the behavior of bridges at any time during their life cycle, from design and construction through maintenance and rehabilitation.

The available sum for the grant is $10,000 and will presented at the ABCD-WNY Annual Fall Conference scheduled for November 10, 2022 in Rochester, NY. If there are multiple qualified contenders for the award, we may elect to split the sum between the deserving candidates.

To be considered for the ABCD-WNY grant, please submit a written proposal describing your research project and how the work fulfils the goals of our organization. Entries will be judged by the ABCD-WNY Chapter Officers and Board of Directors based on their relevance to the fields of bridge construction and design. Further information about ABCD-WNY can be found at abcdwny.com. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions.

SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE VIA EMAIL BY OCTOBER 22, 2022 TO EITHER: Nick Barnhard (716) 997-3212 BarnhardN@erdmananthony.com

Jason Messenger (585) 385-7417 Jmessenger@luengineers.com

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Rochester Chapter

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

President's Message

The Rochester ASHRAE Chapter is enjoying the last bit of summer before we are full steam in September.

August will be a quiet month outside of the annual Region 1 CRC (Chapter Regional Conference) in New Hampshire August 25-27. Scott Edwards and I will be traveling as the Delegate and Alternate to represent our chapter, and a few other members will travel for their training sessions. This will be a very fun event to attend, being the first CRC back to full capacity since COVID. This years’ Region 1 CRC will be attended by Society President Farooq Mehboob where he will have a chance to discuss with us the change that he is pushing in ASHRAE at a global level; transparency and DEI. On July 25th we had a great kickoff meeting. The committee chairs are very engaged and ready to make things happen. Some of examples include scholarship, student activities, newsletter, and social media. I am very thankful for the effort of the committee chairpersons. They represent our chapter very well.

On September 12th we will grow with a new tradition that started last year. Our fall social has replaced the clambake that we used have in September. With the staggering cost of clams, and lack of host venues, this is something new we are trying to grow. Our intent is to have our Young Engineers group host a cornhole tournament, a small trade show supported by the Buyers Guide, and a pig roast. Invitations will be sent by the time this is published. Please consider joining us we would love to see you there!

In October we will be back to the traditional program.

Jim Parks will be putting together the program, and if you have topics you want to hear please let us know.

Again I would like the thank every one of our

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SAVE THE DATE! ASHRAE Rochester’s Annual Fall Social Please join us for barbecue, beer, and an evening of fun with old friends and industry colleagues.

Where: The White House Lodge, Webster Park

When: Monday, September 12th Time: 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm We will be hosting a cornhole tournament, registration details and prize information will be available on the website soon! members for supporting ASHRAE. For anyone considering joining ASHRAE or getting involved at a higher level within the chapter don’t hesitate to reach out to us!

Matthew Kremers ASHRAE Rochester Chapter President 2022-2023

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What’s the best way to encourage kids to pursue their education and perhaps become an engineer? …For them to know one!

It could be YOU that opens up the world.

Harold Clark TRFSEF Director trfsef@terraed.org

Have you considered the gift YOU can give by: • Being a tutor for a 1st grader at the Dr. Walter Cooper Academy through the RES Tutoring Program.

Contact: Lee Loomis, leeloomis46@gmail.com

• Being a mentor in the RIT Science & Technology Entry Program (STEP) for a 7 to 12th grader.

Contact: Ashley Simmons, aask12@rit.edu

• Sponsoring a 6 to 12th grader to enter a project in the 2023 Terra Rochester Finger Lakes Science & Engineering Fair.

Contact: Harold Clark, trfsef@terraed.org

YOU Can Be the Difference!

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President/Education Chair: DAVID MYERS LaBella Associates, PC 300 State Street Suite 201 Rochester, NY 14614 585-454-6110 Vice President Technical: DAVE JERECKOS IBC Engineering, PC 3445 Winton Place Suite 219 Rochester, NY 14623 585-292-1590 Vice President Legislative: ALAN SMITH, P.E. IBC Engineering, PC 3445 Winton Place Suite 219 Rochester, NY 14623 585-292-1590 Vice President Membership/AYP: TRAVIS JESSICK Dave Gooding Inc 173 Spark Street Brockton MA 02302 585-794-8845 Treasurer: JENNIFER WENGENDER, P.E., CPD CPL 205 St Paul Blvd Rochester, NY 14604 585-454-7600 Administrative Secretary: ADAM KRAMER Bergmann 280 E. Broad Street Suite 200 Rochester, NY 14604 585-498-7802 Newsletter Editor: CHRIS WOLAK Victaulic Fairport, NY 14450 484-350-1954 Affiliate Liaison: REBECCA KOLSTAD Kolstad Associates

President's Message I hope that all of you are finding time to visit friends and relatives and getting in some travel and/or camping.

We anticipate September meeting will be in-person for our monthly technical lunch meetings. We are still working on details.

Registration is open for the 2022 A.S.P.E. Convention and Expo The ASPE Convention & Expo 2022 is being held in Indianapolis, IN September 16- 21st.

• This is the largest plumbing design product showcase in the country with 250+ Global Exhibitors.

• New ways to save time and money through live sessions on the floor.

• Networking opportunities designed to connect you with thousands of industry professionals from around the world.

• Over 30 Opportunities to earn CEUs. As always, Expo Hall only registration is Complimentary!

Contact: aspeninfo@taffyevents.com | 571-313-5801 for additional information. Hope to see you at the convention. Stay cool.

The Rochester Chapter website is www.aspe.org/rochester. Have a great rest of the summer!

Meeting Notice – Save the Date

(Chapters are not authorized to speak for the Society)

Topic:

To be announced

Speaker:

Presented by WMS sales.

Date:

September 28, 2022

RSVP:

David Jereckos: djereckos@ibceng.com (585) 341-3168

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Directory of Business Services Advisors

Investment products and services are offered through Wells Fargo Advisors, a trade name used by Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, Member SIPC, a registered broker-dealer and non-bank affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company.

Philip J. Welch

First Vice President - Investments

Wells Fargo Advisors

400 Meridian Centre, Suite 210 Rochester, NY 14618 Direct: 585-241-7546 Fax: 585-241-3986 philip.J.welch@wellsfargoadvisors.com

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Affiliated Societies of the Rochester Engineering Society American Consulting Engineering, Companies of New York

Electrical Association

Executive Director, Karen Lynch

President, Alex Strasenburgh

American Public Works Association Monroe County/Genesee Valley Branch

Monroe Professional Engineers Society

Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association

Chairman, Peter Vars, PE,

President, Jared R. Ransom, LS

President, Mike Ritchie, PE

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

Rochester, NY Section

American Society of Civil Engineers, Rochester Section President, Andrew Wojewodzic

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

Illuminating SocietyMEETINGS of North IESEngineering ROCHESTER America Inc., Rochester Section

ARE BACK !!!

President, Jennifer Abraham

SEPTEMBER 29,2021 - 7:00 PM

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

FREE Event Rochester Plant Engineers

COME TOUR THE WINNER OF OUR IES ROCHESTER President, Brian Laurer EXTERIOR LIGHTING AWARD - ROC CITY SKATE PARK MEMBERS FROM THE DESIGN TEAM FROM STANTEC AND FROM THE CITY OF ROCHESTER WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE PLEASE REGISTER ONLINE AT WWW.IESROCHESTER.ORG

Imaging Science & Technology, Rochester Chapter President, Bruce Pillman

Sheet Metal & Air-Conditioning Contractor’s National Association Rochester, Inc. Executive Director, Don Fella

Wednesday October 13 - 12:00 Noon

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Rochester Section

Institute ofBasics Electrical and Electronics of Modern Theatre Lighting System Design Engineers, Rochester Section Chairman, Eric Brown- Power Distribution & Control

Chairman, Berto Perez

- DMX & Networking - LED Theatrical Luminaires

Society of Plastics Engineers, Rochester Section

Location & Details TBD - Save The Date !

American Society of Plumbing Engineers, Rochester NY Chapter

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

Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, Rochester Chapter

President, David Myers

President, Tim Gallman

Association for Bridge Construction and Design President, Ashley Freeman PE

International Council on Systems Engineering, Finger Lakes Chapter

affiliated societies of the rochester engineering society

President, Teresa Fronk

President, Brett Blaisdell

Terra Rochester Finger Lakes Science & Engineering Fair

Director, Harold R. Clark, PhD

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Celebrating 30 Years!

RES Scholarship Application Details Available NOW on the website!  Interviews scheduled between Sept. 5 to Dec. 2  Application Materials Due Dec. 12

Rochester | Buffalo | Syracuse | Capital District www.meengineering.com

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