The Rochester Engineer April 2023

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Announcing the 2022 RES Awards Recipients | 18 - 30

Nicholas Cianfrocco

Andrew D. Donovan

James Buduson

Zachary Campo

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Mark F. Bocko, PhD 2022 Engineer of the Year

Vladimir Fabre

Binghua "Ben" Guan

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Robert P. McCarthy

Jessica Shang, PhD

2022 Young Engineer of the

2022 Young Engineer of the

Year Finalist

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Scholarship Awards Announcement on John R. McIntyre, PE

Daniel Rice

2022 Engineer of Distinction

2022 Engineer of Distinction

2022 Young Engineer of the Year

Also in this issue: Jason P. Scott 2022 Engineer of Distinction

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Announcing the 2022 RES Awards Recipients | 18 - 30 Volume 101, Number 10, APRIL 2023 Nicholas Cianfrocco

Andrew Donovan

James Buduson

Zachary Campo

2022 Engineer of Distinction

2022 Engineer of Distinction

2022 Young Engineer of the

2022 Young Engineer of the

Year Finalist

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Mark F. Bocko, PhD 2022 Engineer of the Year

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Corporate Members of the RES RES Board of Directors RES President's Message 2023-2024 RES Nominations - Notice to all RES Members RES Annual Meeting Thursday, May 25 Congratulations to the Scholarship Recipients RES History - October 1976 RES Technical Corner RES Event Calendar - Save the Dates

RES STEM Activities Dr. Walter Cooper Academy, In-person Tutoring Resumes Get IT Done - Process Improvement through automation...

Announcing the 2022 RES Award Recipients (pages 18 thru 30) Position Openings (Pages 31, 38-40) robotics implementation in the current manufacturing

Campus News Professional Firms Employee News Continuing Education Opportunities (PDHs) Engineers’ Calendar 2023 Engineering Symposium in Rochester Directory of Professional Services Affiliated Societies of the RES

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• ABCD Association for Bridge Design and Construction.................................. 53 • ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers.............. 49 • ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers....................... 54 • ASPE American Society of Plumbing Engineers...... 56 • EA Electrical Association......................................... 52 • IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers......................................... 50 • IES Illuminating Engineering Society...................... 47 • INCOSE International Council on Systems Engineering..................................... 48 • IS&T Society for Imaging Science & Technology.... 46 • MPES Monroe Professional Engineers Sciety........... 43 • RES Rochester Engineering Society.................... 2-16 • TERRA TERRA Science & Engineering Fair................. 55

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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.

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

EIGHT DIRECTORS:

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

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

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

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

MICHAEL DUFFY .

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

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

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

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

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

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Volume 101, Number 10, APRIL 2023 (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, Congratulations to ALL of the Professional and Scholarship awards winners! As part of the RES scholarship committee, I get to review the RES scholarship applications (recipients on p 8). I am always very impressed with the range of applicant’s experience/achievements and am inspired anew to promote engineering. Following those are the Monroe Professional Engineers Society awards to high school seniors (p 9). Then, after reading through the professional award RES Annual Meeting & Award Presentations recipient’s Q/A (pages 1830) I am again impressed with the breadth of expertise, achievements and passion of the recipients.

The Rochester area is and hopefully will continue to be a vibrant and rich engineering community! Save the date of Thursday May 25th for the RES Annual Meeting and Awards presentations.

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To be held Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 5:30 pm

Place: Registration: Time:

Rochester Museum & Science Center, Bausch Auditorium.

Registration will be available online soon.

5:30 to 6:45 pm cash bar & hors d'oeuvres; 6:45 to 8:00 RES Business/Elections and Awards

Learn About RES Activities RES Update Briefing

Board and Officer Elections Award presentations to the: 2022 Engineer of the Year,

2022 Young Engineer of the Year,

Four Finalists for Young Engineer of the Year,

History column (p 10), to see what was happening with RES at the time. On page 14 is great article about some of the current STEM initiatives and how you can support and grow the engineering community.

Directly following is news from Dr. Walter Cooper Academy where tutoring has resumed! On page 32, is this month’s Student Feature on Industry 4.0 and the benefits of Mixed Reality (MR) in industrial settings, check it out!

and Seven Engineers of Distinction.

Also see the scholarship recipients for the 2022-23 year.

Meet new and continuing officers and directors for the

the fiscal year 2023-2024. You will hear a few words from the current President, Michelle Sommerman, PE

Details will be posted on the RES website at www.roceng.org.

Sponsorship Opportunities Available Soon!

(All photos are from the 2022 Annual Meeting)

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A quick look back on March’s RES CE session on Vehicle Technology…it was great! Thanks again to the speakers and the members of our Engineering Development Committee for creating and providing this opportunity. Shout out to our non-pdh presenter, Shannon Nosal, Project Manager on the Hot Wheelz Solar Racing Team at RIT. Looking ahead to April…hopefully you can stop by Thursday the 6th at Rohrbach’s on Railroad St. for RES’s monthly first Thursday Social Gathering. Later this month is the Engineering Symposium on Tuesday April 25th.

There is a great line-up of topics and presenters, and you can earn up to 7 PDH’s, check out pages 44-45 for details!

Welcome to the new RES members!:

A few highlights from the calendar (starting on p 41) …PDH opportunity at the ASHRAE Refrigeration Night: RIT Ice Rink Tour on April 10th and learning opportunities at the IES meeting about Applying Wireless Technologies to Connected Lighting as a Catalyst for the Internet of Things (IoT), also on April 10th. The ASPE meeting is about CPVC for Commercial Plumbing and Heating Applications on April 19th and the INCOSE meeting about INCOSE FuSE (Future of Systems Engineering) on April 20th.

If you would like to be involved, please check out the committee list on the website at www.roceng.org and join one!

We want to make sure your voice is heard!

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

1. Tom Fromberger, PE (Regular Membership), Director of Site Development, MRB Group 2. Keenan Nolan (Associate Membership), Sales Engineer Critical Power Systems, Stark Tech

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Michelle Sommerman, PE Bergmann RES President June 1, 2022 - May 31, 2024 APRIL 2023 The ROCHESTER ENGINEER | 5

RES 2023-2024 NOMINATIONS

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Notice to All RES Members NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE ROCHESTER ENGINEERING SOCIETY

Published pursuant to Article IX, Section 1 of the Constitution Pursuant to Article VII, Section 9 of the Bylaws to the Constitution, the Nominating Committee of, Greg Gdowski, PhD, chair and Michelle Sommerman, PE, cochair, reported a slate of officers for the 2023-2024 RES year.

Selected by the Nominating Committee for the designated offices are: PRESIDENT (2022-2024) MICHELLE SOMMERMAN, PE Project Engineer - Mechanical Bergmann

Directors who will continue in office until the expiration of their terms are: DIRECTOR (Term Ending 6/30/2024) STEVEN W. DAY, PhD Department Head, Biomedical Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology DIRECTOR (Term Ending 6/30/2024) NOAH KELLY Leadership Excellence & Development Program (Engineering), Alstom DIRECTOR (Term Ending 6/30/2024) MICHAEL DUFFY Engineering Manager, Software Services Bosch Security Systems, LLC

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT (2022-2024) DENNIS ROOTE, PE Owner, CDE Engineering & Environment

DIRECTOR (Term Ending 6/30/2024) LEANDRO AVEIRO Engineering Group Manager - Verification & Validation, Alstom

SECOND VICE PRESIDENT (2022-2024) MIKE KURDZIEL, PHD Director, Engineering, L3Harris

Past President who will serve as a member of the Board of Directors, pursuant to Article VIII, Section 2 of the Constitution is:

TREASURER DENNIS ROOTE, PE Owner, CDE Engineering & Environment

PAST PRESIDENT (2022-2024) GREG T. GDOWSKI, PhD Executive Director, Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester

DIRECTOR (Term Ending 6/30/2025) BRETT C. ELIASZ, PE Discipline Leader - Electrical Bergmann DIRECTOR (Term Ending 6/30/2025) RICHARD E. RICE Retired, Consulting Engineer DIRECTOR (Term Ending 6/30/2025) HOWARD RESSEL, PE Senior Highway Engineer, Popli Design Group DIRECTOR (Term Ending 6/30/2025) KENTON G. HINES Merrill Lynch 6 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER APRIL 2023

Pursuant to Article IX, Section 2, of the Constitution, additional nominations may be made by a petition signed by at least 10 VOTING members. Such a petition, together with a written acceptance from each nominee, must be filed with the RES Administrative Director no later than 12:00 noon on May 4, 2022. If there are additional nominations, ballots will be mailed to all members in good standing and ELIGIBLE to vote by May 11, 2022. If there are no other nominations received, the election will be by a vote at the annual meeting to be held on Thursday, May 25, 2023.

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RES Annual Meeting & Award Presentations To be held Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 5:30 pm Place: Registration: Time:

Rochester Museum & Science Center, Bausch Auditorium.

Registration will be available online soon.

5:30 to 6:45 pm cash bar & hors d'oeuvres; 6:45 to 8:00 RES Business/Elections and Awards Learn About RES Activities RES Update Briefing Board and Officer Elections Award presentations to the: 2022 Engineer of the Year, 2022 Young Engineer of the Year,

Four Finalists for Young Engineer of the Year, and Seven Engineers of Distinction.

Also see the scholarship recipients for the 2022-23 year.

Meet new and continuing officers and directors for the the fiscal year 2023-2024. You will hear a few words from the current President, Michelle Sommerman, PE Details will be posted on the RES website at www.roceng.org.

Sponsorship Opportunities Available Soon!

(Photos are from the 2022 Annual Meeting)

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2022-23 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

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Keith Amish Memorial Scholarship Rochester Engineering Society

Rochester Engineering Society Awards

William Schepp Rochester Institute of Technology Chemical Engineering

Thank you to the Scholarship committee for your volunteering to interview and select the scholarship The CHA and IEEE Awards are screened recipients for 2022-23. The Scholarship Committee consists of: Michelle Sommerman PE (Chair),

through the RES selection committee. CHA

Wendy Smith, Diane Trentini, Donald Nims Jr., PE; also interviews their selection.

Mike Walker, and Mark Schrader, PE. Joseph W. Campbell Memorial Scholarship Rochester Engineering Society

J. Brendan Cappon Rochester Institute of Technology Biomedical Engineering/ Mechanical Engineering

Susan L. Costa Memorial Scholarship Rochester Engineering Society

Olivia Ernst Rochester Institute of Technology Biomedical Engineering

David Fergusson Memorial Scholarship Rochester Engineering Society

Burak Canbaz Rochester Institute of Technology Electrical Engineering

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Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Scholarship Jesse Burdick-Pless Rochester Institute of Technology Computer Science

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Scholarship Anthony Mazzacane Syracuse University Computer Science

Adam W. Lawas Memorial Scholarship (CHA)

Elizabeth Barron Rochester Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2022-23 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

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Erdman Anthony Scholarship Monroe Professional Engineers Society

Monroe Professional Engineers Society Awards The scholarship selection committee consists of Victor Genberg PE, Mark Butcher PE, Robert Marshall PE , Joe Dombrowski PE, Andrew Straub PE, and Bruce Wallmann, PE (Chair)

Paul & Claire Raynor Scholarship

Emma Ferraro Alexander High School Major: Mechanical Engineering

Alstom Foundation Scholarship Monroe Professional Engineers Society

Robert Brown Honeoye Falls-Lima High School Major: Mechanical Engineering

Monroe Professional Engineers Society

Lucas Monroe Marion High School Major: Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering

Vastola Scholarship Monroe Professional

RE:Build Optimation Technology Scholarship Monroe Professional Engineers Society

Lauren Nelson Wheatland-Chili High School Major: Chemical Engineering

Engineers Society

Vivian Nguyen Webster Thomas High School Major: Biomedical/Optical Engineering

Colliers Engineering & Design Scholarship Monroe Professional Engineers Society

Emma Robinson Palmyra-Macedon High School Major: Civil Engineering res and affiliate scholarship recipients

American Council of Engineering Companies Scholarship Monroe Professional Engineers Society

Joseph Forti Pavilion High School Major: Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering

Congratulations to all the Scholarship Recipients!

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RES News - Rochester History Back to Table of Contents A Sampling from the Archives of the Rochester Engineering Society.

1897 - 1976

by Lee M. Loomis Continuing with the historical sampling of the earlier writings on behalf of the Rochester Engineering Society, the years following "The Great War", into and through the “Great Depression”, continued to be a time of reaching out for the maturing Society, both locally and nationally. The meeting minutes describe a series of technical discussions and presentations intended to broaden the technical horizons of the membership (especially the CE's, ME's and EE's).

The RES affiliated itself with a number of National technical societies, adopted local Affiliated Societies, frequently held joint meetings with them and continued taking action on a growing list of public matters. Certain issues of standardization, some crucial to public safety, became the responsibility of the RES and its affiliates. In the pervasive economic downturn of the “Great Depression”, the magazine offered classified advertising for unemployed engineers, technicians and draftsmen and took other steps to try to deal with the crisis. Still, it continued its effort to shape the function, focus and infrastructure of the City of Rochester, and beyond. World War, again affected the Society, taking away many of its leaders while providing opportunities for others to step forward to fill these vacancies. In an effort to provide even greater perspective on the happenings and concerns of the day, a synopsis, featuring selected items from "The Rochester Engineer" has become an integral part of this series. The Second World War, the Korean Conflict, and the Vietnam War are now history. These experiences have changed the face of and will, no doubt, influence the future of the community. The Rochester municipal leadership and the industrial community have become immersed in the cold-war, growth economy.

October 20, 1976 (Board Meeting, Chamber of Commerce) The Board approved two Regular Membership and two Junior Membership applications. It was announced that, at RES 10 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER APRIL 2023

Member Fred Buja’s request, RES President Jack Corson would be speaking at the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) November Board meeting to discuss the “Goals and Accomplishments of the RES”. RES Director James Sterlace reported that the Greece Central School District had requested a few engineers be invited to visit and advise 11th and 12th grade students who are interested in careers in engineering. Advisors are still being sought for an RES Explorers Post. RES Past President Dr. Richard Kenyon reported that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has officially granted $15,000 in funding for the first eight months the Society’s “Technology Transfer” program.

Office space would need to be found for the NSF Program Manager. RES First VP Richard Blazey reported that the RES Energy Contest Awards had been presented at the October RES luncheon meeting. It was recommended that RES Member Gordon Keenan received a letter of thanks from the Society for his coordination of the contest. RES Director Richard Rice reported that his section of the Clean Cities Program would have recommendations for updating the City of Rochester’s litter ordinance, by early spring 1977.

“The Rochester Engineer” (October 1976) Recently appointed (1976) Director Monroe County’s Pure Waters Division, Gerald McDonald provided a summary and perspective on the County’s Pure Waters Program. Evolving from 1961 NY State legislation, the County was in the midst of a massive ($700M) public works project.

Funded by the Federal Gov’t (75%), NY State (12.5%) and the County (12.5%), this project would eventually eliminate sewage discharges from 34 local, overloaded or antiquated treatment res news - history

plants into area streams, ponds and rivers.

Monroe County communities, and especially the City of Rochester, had (continued to have) characteristic, 19th/20th Century combined sewage/ rainwater drainage systems, which would routinely overflow into local water bodies (including the Genesee River) following rain events. Eventually, this project would include construction of the Northwest Quadrant District (NWQD) facilities (1972), construction/expansion of the Frank E. VanLare (FEV) Wastewater Treatment facilities (1976) and construction of the Gates-Chili-Ogden (GCO) Sewage Treatment Plant (1977). The project would also result in the construction/boring of nearly 40 miles of interceptor sewers, including several 15’ diameter tunnels which would serve as sewage/stormwater storage facilities for the sewage/rainwater, during extended rain events.

Mr. McDonald acknowledged in his article that there had recently been significant odor problems at the FEV facilities, but that these were in the process of being dealt with, successfully. In his insightful article, “Why Should an Engineer Get Involved in Politics?”, RES Member William C. Larsen, PE, reminded us that engineering is an ancient profession, with it roots in the design/ construction of fortifications for protection during wars. It was later that engineering skills were necessary for the design/construction of canals, irrigation systems, bridges, buildings, aqueducts, and rudimentary sanitation systems, for the good of civil governments. “If engineers have been so involved in the building of civilization, why aren’t more of them political leaders?”, he asked. His answers: “Engineers are not usually sufficiently extroverted, happier when they are solving problems, they are not given to snap judgements, preferring to gather facts, consider alternatives, arrive at thought-out conclusions, and they are more intellectually honest, a characteristic developed during their formal education years.”

In summary, he said that engineers are often not suited for the compromising, unscientific, vague world of politics. Mr. Larsen then suggested that there is a need, in legislative bodies, for people with analytically-trained minds, organized thought res news - history

processes, people capable of making rational, not necessarily popular, judgements. At this point in US history, there were 220 lawyers, but only two engineers, in the House of Representatives.

He went on to say, “Lawyers are not trained to be experts in scientific fields; they are trained to be adjudicators of differences and drafters of laws. They depend on experts to tell them what is right. Historically, problem solving has been the role of the engineer…intellectually, this is the role of the engineer. The political scene could use more of us.” In his article, “Explorer Scouts and the RES”, RES Member Robert Freitag, provides a summary of the past year’s engineering careers exploration activities of Explorer Post 523, including, Eastman Kodak Company Paper Mill tour (mechanical, chemical, electrical, instrumentation), Channel 21 (electrical, communications), Erdman & Anthony Consulting Engineers (civil, computer, structural), Delta Laboratories (environmental, pollution control), Monroe County Traffic Engineering Department (traffic, highway), and Rochester Products (mechanical, industrial, electrical). Sponsoring an Explorer Post provides an opportunity for RES Members to impart to young people the importance of technical societies, a means for sharing vocational interests, interpret the responsibilities of citizenship, and support youth in their search for meaningful, rewarding career options.

Subsequent articles in this series will describe the RES' continuing outreach to other technical societies as it considered its role in this and the larger community, along with more of the activities of the RES as it moved to be of greater service to its membership, especially those suffering from current economic crises, and adopted a greater role in shaping the future of the City and its environs. Noted also, will be the contributions made by RES members in the struggle to meet the challenges coming out of World War II and the Korean Conflict, as well as a hoped-for period of post-war growth and prosperity. These articles will also feature an impressive array of RES activities in support of post-war re-emergence of Rochester area industry, and the continuing prosperity of the second-half of the 20th Century. We welcome your questions and comments on this series.

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Technical Corner

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Tis the season for Maple Syrup..! Well, the tail end of the season for collecting sap from the trees. Our season here in upstate NY runs between mid-February and mid-March roughly, and also depends on the temperature.

Sap out of a tree is actually mostly water and is clear. So, low temps do not allow for good sap flow.

However, you want 20oF to 30oF nights and a 40oF to 50oF day with the hopes of collecting the sap during the daytime and not overflowing your buckets overnight.

I think most people have an idea where syrup comes from or likely have visited some of the nearby sugar shacks, but in general there is a lot to it and some science as well.

Science and Labor: I do partake in making maple syrup and this past season I really honed in on getting the correct temperatures of the sap.

For example, you can use a thermometer, but I chose to use a hydrometer (see photo). When you are boiling sap, you are basically boiling off the water and water boils at around 210oF. But once the water begins to evaporate you are left with really hot sap with the goal of continuing to boil until you are at a temp of around 219oF. The water is actually keeping the temp down at it’s boiling point but once the water is gone then the temp rises.

Too much, and your syrup will crystalize into a hard candy. So, the last few minutes is critical in getting the temperature just right.

Health Benefits: Did you know that maple syrup is loaded with minerals and antioxidants too. I put syrup on a lot of things as I use it for a substitute for the typical white sugar/corn syrup. Maple syrup is by far the healthier choice in my opinion and is natural. Also, not to mention the labor involved to haul and cook off the water is commendable which adds to the health benefits.

To stick with the labor and tie in the Science-rule of thumb - 40 Gallons of sap will yield 1 Gallon of Syrup Hopefully this article finds you well and can be used as a reference when you start making your own maple syrup.

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

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

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RES EVENT CALENDAR - SAVE THE DATES

RES is excited to announce our 2022-2023 program year is a mix of Continuing Education and Social Gatherings!

Updates will be posted on the website calendar as they become available.

Social Gatherings are the 1st Thursday of every month at 5:00 pm Continuing Education Courses are the 3rd Thursday of every month from 1:00 to 5:00 pm Here are the plans (subject to change): EVENT DATE EVENT NAME Thursday, April 6, 2023

Social Gathering! Rohrbach's, 97 Railroad Street, Rochester,

NY 14609. Time: 5:00 PM. Please register so we know many

are attending!

No CE Course in April. RES is participating in the Symposium!

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Engineering Symposium in Rochester - 7 PDHs Available

Sponsored by Rochester's Technical and Engineering

Societies. Registration is now open.

Thursday, May 4, 2023

Social Gathering! Rohrbach's, 97 Railroad Street, Rochester,

NY 14609. Time: 5:00 PM. Please register so we know many

are attending!

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Continuing Education - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

Details and registration will be on the RES website calendar soon.

Thursday, June 1, 2023

Social Gathering! TBD

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Continuing Education - Tour - Rochester Subway Tunnels

*Dates and topics are subject to change*

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RES - STEM Activities

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Got a Technical Background?

Consider becoming a STEM/Literacy Volunteer Last month The Rochester Engineer had an article about supporting eight RES Education Initiatives including hands-on, in-class STEM support for Teachers, and Literacy Tutoring at the 3rd Grade level.

One might ask, “Just what is it that local engineers can do to be supportive of such programs?”

Thanks to a Kodak STEM Program offered in the 1980’s I have been visiting Middle School Classrooms for more than thirty years. The goal here is to support whatever STEM topic the teacher is pursuing, by bringing hands-on demonstration hardware and actual application examples of real-world usage of that STEM topic being taught. My favorite example is a discussion of what a car engine produces that helps society, given all the bad things such engines produce along the way. The answer is that all motors produce torque.

For Middle School students, that might be pretty intangible. I was volunteering at the Rochester School for the Deaf two years ago, and I made a little wooden fixture that held a ratchet-handle and breaker-bar. Clamp this thing to a table and take turns creating torque from the socket end, and then from the ratchet end. The smallest kid in the class could easily out-torque my best efforts at the socket end (and, by the way, this demo almost always leads to a half-hour discussion on how torque actually makes a car move. That’s even more fun!)

Let’s look at the remaining three STEM initiatives the RES is supporting.

FIRST ROBOTICS

March turned out to be a very active month for STEM volunteering. The FIRST Robotics competition was March 17-22 at RIT. Over 700 Upstate New York teams competed. First is a wild, eight-week program starting in MidJanuary, and at the March competition, selecting the top team to go on to the National event, and then perhaps the World Championship. In 2019, world-wide, there were 18,000 Four-Student Teams. First is a Dean Kaman effort (we know him as the designer of the Segway from several years ago). The time-line here is very different than classroom visitations. Maybe eight weeks of mentoring a Team, in the first quarter of each year, and/or acting as a Judge at the local competition. First Robotics is worldwide and is focused on high school students.

E3 FAIR

As mentioned in the last month’s STEM article, the E3 Fair was also in March. Mentoring here can involve several months of after-school contact, and we also recruit judges for the Fair at the end of March. The E3 Fair is Rochester based, involves 6th, 7th, and 8th grades, and is hosted by RIT. It is 35 years old.

FUTURE CITY

Last year I was a mentor (remotely, via Zoom), at RCSD School #42, working with 6th graders. The teacher recruited me and two engineers from Bergmann Associates. Future City is a competition triggered by Discover E, sponsors of Engineers' Week. Using the Engineering Design Process (EDP) and project management skills, 14 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER APRIL 2023

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students showcase their solutions to citywide sustainability issues. On a national level, almost all of the RES Affiliates are Discover E Coalition members. The combined STEM efforts of Discover E involve 300,000 volunteers/ educators and 5-1/2 million students every year.

The task in this competition is to design and build a model of a city of the future where students have to address congestion, residential, commercial and recreational areas, planet-conscious utilities (power, sewage, and recycling options), public transportation, etc. In this case, etcetera could perhaps be bigger than each of the other concerns.

Our team got the Rochester award for Best Engineering. Future City encompass more than 45,000 middle school students annually in the US, Canada, China, Egypt, and Nigeria.

TERRA FAIR

TERRA STEM Fairs sponsors or organizes seven (7) Regional Science and Engineering Fairs across New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, serving 40 counties. Eligible students range from 6th through 12th grade. Like the E3 Fair, one goal is to better recognize the “Science Fair” project students made for their school science class, or perhaps enter a project they built in their own pursuit of STEM. Terra STEM volunteers are STEM practitioners eager to interact with students and their teachers. Volunteers can share their expertise with students by sponsoring or mentoring them, or as judges on Fair Day.

The day of Judging at a TERRA Fair

Please consider volunteering your career-related expertise in support of the Rochester-area STEM and Tutoring Initiatives described in the 2023 March and April Rochester Engineer magazine. I have enjoyed every minute of the exposure that such volunteer programs have afforded.

Zoom and Skype have allowed such community participation without actual classroom visitations, during the pandemic-times. However, it is my hope that soon we will be able to return to actual classroom visitations.

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RES News - Tutoring Team

In-person RES Tutoring at Dr. Walter Cooper Academy A schedule of weekly in-person tutoring began on Tuesday, February 7th. RES/Bergmann Tutor, Tami Coghlan, spent about two hours working with several of our “Cooper Scholars” from Mrs. Sanzotta’s First Grade and from Ms. Costa’s Second Grade.

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

Over the course of the next 90 minutes, Tami worked with four additional students, on similar lessons.

In the week following Winter Break, RES/Bergmann Tutor, Kathleen Connolly, took her part in the fourweek rotation of tutors from Bergmann Associates.

RES Tutor, Tami Coghlan, guides a student through a set of word-picture association problems.

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

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

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

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

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Process Improvement through automation...

As organizations grow, so do their processes. These processes can become cumbersome, time-consuming, and prone to errors. This is where the potential benefits of work process automation come in. Work process automation refers to the use of technology to streamline and automate manual processes. This can include anything from data entry to invoice processing to employee onboarding. So many organizations utilize multiple systems without any integration, defined systems of record for key data (employees, product data, or customers), or checks and balances.

The potential benefits of work process automation are many, and organizations that implement automation can see improvements in productivity, efficiency, and accuracy. Here are just a few of the common benefits of work process automation: Increased efficiency: One of the most typical benefits of work process automation is increased efficiency.

By automating manual processes, organizations can complete tasks much faster than they could with manual processes. This is because automation eliminates the need for manual data entry, which can be time-consuming and error prone. Automation also allows organizations to complete tasks 24/7, without the need for human intervention. This means that tasks can be completed faster and with fewer errors, which can lead to increased productivity and profitability.

Improved accuracy: Manual processes are prone to errors, which can be costly for organizations. However automated work processes that are not fully tested and validated can generate more chaos even faster. So, it’s critical that automation of work process is tested and has human check points to avoid errors. One way work process automation can help reduce errors by eliminating the need for manual data entry. Automation can also help ensure that tasks are completed in a consistent and accurate manner. This can be especially important for tasks that require a high degree of accuracy, as they need to have accurate high-quality data.

Cost savings: Work process automation can also lead to cost savings for organizations. This is because automation can eliminate the need for manual labor, which can be expensive. Automation can also help reduce errors, which can be costly to fix. Additionally, automation can help organizations complete tasks faster, which can get IT done

lead to increased productivity and profitability.

Improved employee engagement: Manual processes can be tedious and time-consuming, which can lead to employee disengagement. Work process automation can help alleviate this by freeing up employees to focus on more meaningful tasks. This can lead to increased employee engagement and job satisfaction.

Better customer service: By automating processes such as order processing or customer service requests, organizations can respond to customer needs faster and more accurately. This can lead to increased customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Scalability: Helping organizations scale as they grow using automation to complete tasks faster and with fewer errors, which can make it easier to handle increased volumes of work. Additionally, automation can help organizations standardize processes, which can make it easier to train new employees and maintain consistency as the organization changes.

Competitive advantage: Organizations can complete tasks faster, more accurately, and more efficiently than their competitors. This can help organizations stand out in the marketplace and attract more customers.

Leveraging experience in work process automation can help organizations pivot when needed, agility is a valuable and competitive tool.

Wrapping up, I’ve seen work process automation bring significant benefits to organizations of all sizes. From increased efficiency and accuracy to cost savings and improved customer service, the benefits of work process automation are many. Organizations that implement work process automation can gain competitive advantage in the marketplace, improve employee engagement, and achieve greater profitability if it’s done right.

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Announcing the Award Recipients Join us Thursday, May 25, 2023 for the Award Presentation at the RES Annual Meeting Come congratulate the 2022 Engineer of the Year

2022 Engineer of the Year Mark F. Bocko, PhD Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Rochester Education: Colgate University, 1978, BA Physics University of Rochester, 1980, MS Physics University of Rochester, 1984, Ph.D. Physics

How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership?

As Chair of the ECE Department at the University of Rochester, I created the Audio and Music Engineering program that allows students to pursue their passion for sound and music while preparing for careers in the growing audio industry.

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My PhD advisor at the University of Rochester, David H. Douglass, showed me how to think out of the box before it was a thing. His personal example and sage advice have been major influences throughout my entire career.

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Announcing the Award Recipients Join us Thursday, May 25, 2023 for the Award Presentation at the RES Annual Meeting Come congratulate the 2022 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year

2022 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year Joshua T. Rodems, PE Project Manager (Structures), Principal Associate Bergmann, an affiliate of Colliers Engineering & Design Education: Rochester Institute of Technology, 2011, BS Civil Engineering Technology with Structural Design Certificate (Summa Cum Laude) University at Buffalo, 2015, MS Civil Engineering with emphasis in Bridge Engineering How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership?

Through my respective roles on the ASCE Rochester and RIT Civil Engineering Advisory boards, I have helped award scholarships to local students and provided input to shape a college curriculum to better align with current industry practices and demands.

What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement?

Pursuing, winning, and completing challenging design-build transportation projects has become a career benchmark and I take tremendous pride in leading the designs of bridges for transformative interchange and corridor reconstruction at both I-390/490 in Rochester and I-81/481 in Syracuse.

Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career.

Team sports have taught me the value of collaboration, respect, competitiveness, and, most importantly, hard work.

To earn playing time, I vowed never to be outworked and that mentality and work ethic has carried over to my professional career.

What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients?

Test your limits! Put yourself in challenging roles and situations and be active in your community. Finally, you will learn more from your mistakes than you will from your successes. Don’t be discouraged by your missteps; use them to grow.

Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester.

Just like our culture, tradition, and people, I view the future of engineering in Rochester as diverse, wholesome, and bright. Our wide-ranging and multidisciplinary needs will create countless opportunities for the next generation of talented young leaders to thrive.

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Announcing the Award Recipients Join us Thursday, May 25, 2023 for the Award Presentation at the RES Annual Meeting Come congratulate the 2022 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year - Finalist

2022 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of Year - Finalist James Buduson Specialist, Systems Engineering L3Harris Technologies Education: Monroe Community College, 2016, AS Engineering Science Rochester Institute of Technology, 2019, BS Electrical Engineering

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Take advantage of how broad engineering is and find work that excites you. That excitement will not only improve your work quality but will also improve others around you to create effective solutions and drive innovation.

Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester.

Rochester is in a unique position to create a positive feedback loop of passionate engineers. Current engineers can inspire students to pursue STEM. Those new engineers are then positioned to join a growing diverse community of innovators and give back.

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2022 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of Year - Finalist Zachary Campo Electrical Engineer Bosch Security Systems, LLC Education: University of Rhode Island, 2016, BS Biomedical Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology, (presently attending) MS Electrical Engineering

How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership?

I have had the privilege of taking several new hires under my wing. By teaching them schematic design, PCB layout, and PCB routing, we have been able to make prototypes quickly and efficiently in house.

What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement?

Sustaining Bosch’s vast portfolio of sensors. I am constantly learning about motion detectors, glass break sensors, or wireless devices. Whether there are manufacturing/test fixture issues or component replacements, I have the knowledge to support the issue.

Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career.

Phil Tucker, Senior Test Automation Engineer, has had a profound effect on my career. He exposed me to LabView/ TestStand programming, which I now use daily to evaluate products and manufacturing possibilities. I am very thankful for his guidance.

What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients?

The ability to understand how you learn is the key to success. Once you understand this, expose yourself to new ideas and technology. It will make engineering a lot more fun and lead to successfully building incredibly challenging things.

Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester.

My vision is for Rochester to be a place where people never stop learning. With connections to universities and high schools, companies in the area can expose students to what engineering life is about. We can help guide and prepare the next generation of young engineers. cover article - 2022 finalist young engineer of the year

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Announcing the Award Recipients Join us Thursday, May 25, 2023 for the Award Presentation at the RES Annual Meeting Come congratulate the 2022 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year - Finalist

2022 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of Year - Finalist Robert P. McCarthy Software Engineer Bosch Security Systems, LLC Education: Finger Lakes Community College, 2016, AS Engineering Science University at Buffalo, 2018, BS Electrical Engineering University at Buffalo, 2021, MS Engineering Management

How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership?

After high school I donated a program to a local community support effort to create a dog park in Canandaigua, NY. Continuously mentor up and coming engineers to assist in their growth.

What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement?

Came up with a custom testing framework around our new Software-based Central Station Receiver product, B6800. Able to scale thousands of panel reporting simulators, automated configuration of several components in the environment, and parameterizing output data in a standardized format.

Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career.

Nate Ransom, filled me in on architectural and best programming practices with an insane amount of patience for my novice experience at the time. Continued to push what I was comfortable with and look further into problems that I’d face as an engineer.

What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients?

Coming from an electrical engineering background and now successful in a software engineering role, do not limit yourself on education. Push into whatever will bring you personal happiness and wherever your passions bring you.

Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester.

Push into the future with new technologies and challenge the how / why of things done within your organization.

Just because it is being done ‘that way’ for some time does not mean it has to remain that way, be the reason for change and challenge the barriers of the organization.

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Announcing the Award Recipients Join us Thursday, May 25, 2023 for the Award Presentation at the RES Annual Meeting Come congratulate the 2022 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of the Year - Finalist

2022 Kate Gleason Young Engineer of Year - Finalist Jessica Shang, PhD Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering University of Rochester Education: Harvard University, 2008, BA Engineering Sciences University of Cambridge, 2011, MPhil, Engineering Princeton University, 2015, PhD, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership?

I am also on the Executive Committee for the American Physical Society Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter. On campus, I also serve on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee for Mechanical Engineering, and was the previous faculty advisor for the Society for Women Engineers.

What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement?

My greatest achievements are the students that I supervise and mentor. It gives me great pride to see them grow in maturity and skill and chart their own path after graduation.

Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career.

Engineering “clicked” for me during junior year, when I took fluid mechanics and also began research in a microrobotics lab. I saw a new side of engineering, fundamental research, that continues to be my research paradigm.

What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients?

Savor what makes the undergraduate experience special, beyond your studies. Conversations in the dining hall, that class outside your major, invited lectures, roaming the city with friends -- these will be among the memories you treasure the most.

Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester.

What constitutes “engineering” is ever evolving and expanding. While Rochester has a long engineering legacy, I hope Rochester’s engineers will continually adapt and innovate to secure a bright future for the next generation of residents. cover article - 2022 finalist young engineer of the year

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Announcing the Award Recipients Join us Thursday, May 25, 2023 for the Award Presentation at the RES Annual Meeting Come congratulate the 2022 Engineer of Distinction

2022 Engineer of Distinction Nicholas Cianfrocco Senior Scientist, Software L3Harris Technologies Inc. Communications Systems Education: Rochester Institute of Technology, 2002, BS Computer Engineering Technology Rochester Institute of Technology, 2002, MS Computer Science

How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership?

Life is a series of challenges and as an engineer, I am excited to overcome them! This includes software development at L3Harris as an architect and project leader - roles in which I employ my craft but also mentor others.

What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement?

My greatest engineering achievement was to turn my childhood interest in computers into a rewarding, challenging, and enjoyable career. Every day I am honored to support the armed forces through my team's efforts in solving exciting new challenges.

Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career.

My RIT professor George Zion recognized my potential and encouraged me to pursue a dual BS/MS degree. This was both challenging and rewarding; it helped prepare me to become a better engineer that continuously looks to improve myself and others.

What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients?

As a former RES scholarship recipient, I was in your exact position over 20 years ago. You are in control of your own future! To help, seek engaging mentors that can guide you along the way and always be networking.

Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester.

A Rochester engineer is well-rounded in both soft skills and engineering skills that is always learning and eagerly applying their skills to life's challenges.

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Announcing the Award Recipients Join us Thursday, May 25, 2023 for the Award Presentation at the RES Annual Meeting Come congratulate the 2022 Engineer of Distinction

2022 Engineer of Distinction Andrew D. Donovan Chief Systems Engineer L3Harris Technologies Inc. Education: Shippensburg University of PA, 2004, BS Computer Science Stevens Institute of Technology, 2022, Graduate Certificate Systems Engineering Stevens Institute of Technology, 2023 (in progress), MS Systems Engineering

How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership?

When I was a Signal Officer in the Army, I routinely leveraged engineering skills to lead a team of professional soldiers to engineer technical communication solutions that supported the mission and other soldiers in the units we supported.

What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement?

The successful deployment of our Handheld Video Data Link system to the USMC. Being able to watch Marines use a radio I helped engineer to receive vital information and control aircraft was a great experience.

Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career.

My deployment to Iraq in 2007-2009 and the Commander I supported had a profound effect. The fast-paced nonstop environment coupled with my Commander’s demonstration of empathic leadership shaped my view on what it means to serve those you lead.

What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients?

Never lose sight of the “Art” of engineering. Often as engineers we get too focused on the “Science” of engineering, meaning the technical details or scientific principles. Creative, artistic thinking when applied to engineering leads to innovation.

Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester.

Leverage the incredible education/research foundation established by Rochester’s renowned universities coupled with Rochester’s diverse population to lead the country in the diversification of the engineering field by opening up career paths within our great local technology companies. cover article - 2022 engineer of distinction

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Announcing the Award Recipients Join us Thursday, May 25, 2023 for the Award Presentation at the RES Annual Meeting Come congratulate the 2022 Engineer of Distinction

2022 Engineer of Distinction Vladimir Fabre Scientist, Electrical Engineering L3Harris Technologies Inc. Education: New York Technical College, 1981, AS Electrical Technology Rochester Institute of Technology, 1989, BS Electrical Engineering Technology

How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership?

During my early career at Eastman Kodak, I participated in various community related work where I use my engineering skills along some of my colleagues to repair various household electronic appliances for some less fortunate people. Today, I attend many seminars and conferences where students are present giving them career advice. I also provide valuable feedback on their poster work.

What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement?

My greatest achievement has been to have had the courage to branch out into the field of chemical engineering as a result of being laid off as an electrical engineer, and go to work for a small startup battery company out of Cornell University. There, I learned a great deal about chemistry and materials S\science which culminated in my receiving a patent for Lithium Sulfur batteries.

Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career.

Dr. Timothy Tredwell, a device physicist at the Kodak Research Lab had a profound influence in my career. He taught me how to conduct extensive research in the field of Amorphous Silicon, Low Temperature Polysilicon transistors and their use in designing circuits for digital radiography. He taught me how to be very analytical and patient to the point of repeating experiments multiple times to verify results.

What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients?

Be humble and be willing to learn from others and always strive to achieve continuous improvement. Be the best that you can be.

Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester.

Technology is continuously advancing and Rochester is an area of the country where its engineering talent pool can help disrupt various industries. Looking ahead of electrified mobility, I see huge opportunities in the battery sector where the engineering community can use their inovation skills to make a huge contribution towards achieving the government’s goal of having all cars be electric vehicles by 2035.

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Announcing the Award Recipients Join us Thursday, May 25, 2023 for the Award Presentation at the RES Annual Meeting Come congratulate the 2022 Engineer of Distinction

2022 Engineer of Distinction Binghua "Ben" Guan System Architect Bosch Security Systems, LLC

Education: Central South University, Changsha, China 2006, BS Information Management and Information System

How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership?

I used my skills for leadership by mentoring juniors, shared knowledge, and best practices to benefit the organization.

What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement?

Helping the project staying on track regardless of the challenge of available resource and volatility.

Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career.

Grateful that I was involved in experimental project which requires full-stack tech as a start of my career, which brought me a great learning and practicing experience, which benefits me a lot in my following career.

What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients?

Stay focused on goal, engage with the engineering community, stay passionate and enjoy the journey.

Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester.

Provide more opportunities on communication and collaboration in the community, promoting best practices and innovation on engineering.

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Announcing the Award Recipients Join us Thursday, May 25, 2023 for the Award Presentation at the RES Annual Meeting Come congratulate the 2022 Engineer of Distinction

2022 Engineer of Distinction John R. McIntyre, PE Scientist, RF Hardware Engineering L3Harris Technologies Inc. Education: Rochester Institute of Technology, 2008, BS Electrical Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology, 2008, MS Electrical Engineering

How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership?

I enjoy working alongside and mentoring early career engineers and participating in the culture of development that greatly benefited me. I also love when my role allows me to influence future innovations and technology roadmaps both within and beyond L3Harris.

What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement?

I am proud to have been part of the AN/PRC-163 Multi-Channel Handheld Radio engineering team. Several innovations and patents came from that impossible-seeming design, but watching the team blossom into a set of diversely skilled technical leaders was a real honor.

Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career.

I’m thankful for a wealth of mentorship from many individuals, including Tony Manicone, whose co-op I will ever be; Mark Thompson, the model of wisdom, integrity and diligence; and Bill Eign, whose support and passion for peopledevelopment has enriched many.

What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients?

Don’t lose the forest for the trees in school. Seek mentors and ask questions. Learn the difference between what you know, what you think, and what you don’t know. Learn to turn data into information and communicate it with integrity.

Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester.

I would love to see the Rochester engineering community further develop a culture of ‘bringing others with you’, including mentorship in the workplace, and tutoring, mentorship and investment in the community.

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2022 Engineer of Distinction Daniel Rice Scientist, Mechanical Engineering L3Harris Technologies Inc. Tactical Communications Sector Education: Rochester Institute of Technology, 1998, BS Mechanical Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology, 2001, MS Manufacturing Management and Leadership

How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership?

I work annually with the technology and careers teams at Wayne Central High School to present to students about careers in engineering. I am also very involved with my children’s various arts programs building sets and props.

What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement?

In general I would say always finding a solution to a challenge even when I wasn’t sure where to start. I learned early in my career to trust the data and follow it through. In particular to development of our 20m submersible radio product at L3H. Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career.

I have been blessed with incredible mentors throughout my life and my career. A key individual that really impacted my journey would be Gary Griffin, an engineer I worked with at Parker Hannifin.

What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients?

Get as much experience as you can early in your career and through co-ops and then find a path that you are passionate about.

Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester.

I would love to see Rochester return to the technology hub it once was when we had three (3) worldwide recognizable companies. cover article - 2022 engineer of distinction

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Announcing the Award Recipients Join us Thursday, May 25, 2023 for the Award Presentation at the RES Annual Meeting Come congratulate the 2022 Engineer of Distinction

2022 Engineer of Distinction Jason P. Scott Scientist, Mechanical Engineering L3Harris Technologies Inc. Communication Systems Education: University at Buffalo, 2001, BS Mechanical Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology, 2010, MS Business Administration with focus on Technology Management How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership?

Mentoring young engineers is a large part of the role as a “Scientist” in mechanical engineering at L3Harris. As my career has progressed, I’ve found that it can be more rewarding watching colleagues that I’ve mentored in engineering being successful in their own deliverables than having successes of my own.

What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement?

I’ve been very fortunate working at L3Harris. We are given the opportunity to develop highly technical products for amazing customers. With that said, after 20 years in new product development. My “greatest achievement” has been the relationships and friendships formed along the way.

Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career.

I started my undergraduate collegiate studies in Architecture school. One of the first-year projects was that you had to mail an uncooked egg to the School of Architecture per the guidelines outlined in the project statement.

The students whose egg did not break along with the lowest weight of the mailed package would determine the best grades. In a class of 350 students, I was among the ~70 students whose egg survived the trip AND I had the lightest package from the entire class. I thought I had a guaranteed A. With that said, I had a TA that did not like how my solution “made him feel” and subsequently I did not receive the best grade. The next day I switched from architecture to mechanical engineering. I have that subjective TA and his A- to thank for my entire engineering career…

What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients?

Never stop asking questions. In my experience, some of the best engineers in the word aren’t the smartest or the most innovative. The most successful engineers always know who or where to go to find the correct answers.

Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester.

The ideal vision for engineering in Rochester is a community that creates future technical superstars through higher education. In addition, engineers throughout their careers should cultivate knowledge by sharing as a technical community. Most importantly, that community should create a professional landscape that is highly populated with a diverse set of technical opportunities.

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Under Industrial 4.0, how does Mixed Reality (MR) promote robotics implementation in the current manufacturing

by Wenhao Yang, C-DIME Lab, RIT The Fourth Industrial Revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, has transformed the world around us. It integrates advanced technologies, including the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), big data, cloud computing, and robotics, to create "smart factories" and other digital ecosystems. The main objective of Industry 4.0 is to create a more efficient, productive, and cost-effective industrial environment, while also enhancing the quality of products and services. Real-time data and advanced analytics are leveraged to optimize production processes, reduce waste, and improve supply chain management.

Industry 4.0 is expected to have a significant impact on numerous industries, such as manufacturing, transportation, energy, healthcare, and more. While Industry 4.0 presents significant opportunities for businesses to improve efficiency and reduce costs, it also poses new challenges for businesses and industries as they seek to adopt and implement new technologies to improve their operation. Data management, workforce adaptation, and cybersecurity risks are just a few of the challenges that need to be addressed. As we move forward into this new era, it's essential to strike a balance between reaping the benefits of Industry 4.0 and managing its challenges.

As a crucial technology component in Industry 4.0, Mixed Reality (MR) blends virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) to create a hybrid environment that seamlessly integrates the digital and physical worlds.

With MR, virtual objects are placed into the real-world environment in a way that allows users to interact with them as if they were real, resulting in an upgraded version of AR with a wider scope, better immersion, more intuitive interaction methods, and more advanced hardware. Mixed reality can be viewed as a spectrum that ranges from fully virtual to fully physical environments, with varying degrees of digital content and real-world interaction. One of the key features of mixed reality is the ability to anchor virtual objects to specific points in the real world, allowing them to maintain their position and perspective as the user moves around. Mixed reality is considered a promising technology with significant potential for a wide range of industries, including entertainment, healthcare, education, and more.

As Industry 4.0 continues to drive the digital transformation of manufacturing, there are several challenges that must be addressed when it comes to the deployment of robots in manufacturing settings. One

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of the primary concerns is safety, as it is essential to ensure that robots can operate safely alongside human workers. Careful design and engineering are required to prevent accidents and minimize the risk of injury.

Workforce training is another critical challenge that must be addressed. As robotics technology becomes more prevalent in manufacturing, it is vital to ensure that workers have the necessary skills and training to operate and maintain these systems. This requires investment in training and education programs to prepare workers for the jobs of the future. Another limiting factor for the implementation of robots in manufacturing is flexibility.

To remain competitive, manufacturing facilities must be able to quickly adapt to changing market conditions and customer demands. This necessitates flexible, agile robotics systems that can be reconfigured and customized as needed. Addressing these challenges will be key to realizing the full potential of robotics in Industry 4.0 manufacturing environments.

Mixed Reality (MR) technology has several potential benefits in industrial settings. Firstly, it allows users to experience digital content in a real-world context, which can be especially useful for complex industrial processes with multiple components or systems. Secondly, MR technology can facilitate collaboration among workers, enabling them to share information and work together more efficiently. Thirdly, MR technology can be used to create immersive training simulations, enabling workers to practice and refine their skills in a safe, controlled environment. Finally, MR technology can assist workers in completing tasks more quickly and accurately, thereby reducing errors and increasing overall productivity.

The implementation of robots in manufacturing has the potential to revolutionize the industry, but with great technological advances come great challenges.

Fortunately, Mixed Reality (MR) technology can be the key to addressing some of these challenges and improving efficiency, safety, and productivity in the manufacturing process.

Robot programming is an area where MR has significant potential to make a difference. By providing a more intuitive and immersive way to visualize and test robotics programs, MR can help programmers refine robotic programs and improve efficiency. MR allows programmers to test robot movements and operations in a virtual environment, reducing the risk of accidents or errors. Additionally, the intuitive and interactive student feature

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programming experience provided by MR makes it an ideal tool for teaching new programmers.

MR can also be used to provide interactive training simulations for robotic systems. Trainees can practice complex procedures in a safe and controlled virtual environment, which reduces the risk of accidents or damage to real-world equipment. The 3D display in MR allows trainees to better visualize and interact with robots and their components, which can improve their understanding of the robot's design and function. The immersive experience provided by MR can also create a more engaging and interactive learning environment.

Another solution where MR can make a significant impact is remote collaboration. MR can provide a shared virtual environment that displays real-time information about a robot's surroundings and operations, enabling remote collaboration and decision-making for team members. This can be particularly useful for team members who are not physically present in the same location, as it ensures that all team members are on the same page. MR can also be used to provide remote guidance and training, allowing experts to mentor and guide trainees in real time.

AR can also assist maintenance technicians with step-by-step instructions and visual aids, making it easier to diagnose and repair problems with robotic systems. MR can provide a more detailed and accurate visualization of the robotic system, allowing technicians to identify and diagnose issues more quickly and accurately. It can also be used to provide guided maintenance and repair instructions, ensuring that all necessary steps are taken.

By incorporating MR into their industrial processes, organizations can achieve greater productivity, higher quality, and improved worker performance, while also accelerating innovation and reducing costs. As the key technology of Industry 4.0, AR has the potential to greatly improve the effectiveness and efficiency of robotics systems, making them more accessible and user-friendly for a wide range of applications. q

Meet Wenhao Yang, a Ph.D. candidate from the C-DIME lab at Rochester Institute of Technology, under the guidance of Dr. Yunbo "Will" Zhang. With a research focus on Mixed Reality (MR) and Human-robot interaction, Wenhao is passionate about tackling manufacturing and HCI-related problems.

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RIT News

RIT Becomes Partner in New National Semiconductor Center Based at Cornell University Kai Ni will lead JUMP 2.0 contribution to center through work on novel high-performance memory

Rochester Institute of Technology recently became a partner in the SUPREME Center (Superior Energy-efficient Materials and Devices), a new $34 million research center, based at Cornell University. The center will focus on development of energy-efficient semiconductor materials and technologies.

Kai Ni, an assistant professor of electrical engineering in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering, will lead faculty researchers and students as part of the national collaboration.

“This center is about advancing materials and devices. It is about highperformance logic, interconnect and memory,” said Ni, who has been at the forefront of developing emerging charge-based memories. “We are part of the team developing memory technologies because that is what we are good at. We are looking beyond the next 10-20 years. And this work is how we can mobilize a whole U.S. academic sector to jointly look for solutions.”

As part of SUPREME, RIT will seek to demonstrate scalable performance improvements in future microsystems by developing novel device architectures through the use of new physics and material properties. Funding for the university’s contributions is nearly $1.3 million.

Kai Ni, assistant professor of electrical engineering, will lead the RIT research team in work associated with the national center.

Credit: Marie Lang/RIT

Overall funding from the Semiconductor Research Corporation was distributed to establish seven centers across the country as part of SRC’s Joint University Microelectronics Program (JUMP) 2.0 initiatives.

Collaborations are aimed at accelerating U.S. advances in information and communications technologies. Complementing substantial government and state funding, this is part of a larger effort to revitalize the semiconductor industry with new advances in technology, stronger workforce development initiatives and increased capabilities.

The SUPREME Center will have 14 partner universities: Cornell; RIT; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Boise State University; Georgia Institute of Technology; North Carolina State University; Northwestern University; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Stanford University; Yale University; the University of Colorado, Boulder; the University of Texas, Austin; the University of California, Santa Barbara; and the University of Notre Dame. Huili Grace Xing, the William L. Quackenbush Professor of Engineering in materials science and engineering, and in electrical and computer engineering, at Cornell Engineering, will serve as the center’s director. The seven national centers are: •

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Cognition: Next-generation AI systems and architectures (COCOSYS: Center for the Co-Design of Cognitive Systems, Georgia Institute of Technology) Communications and Connectivity: Efficient communication technologies for ICT systems (CUBIC: Center for Ubiquitous Connectivity, Columbia University)

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• Intelligent Sensing to Action: Sensing capabilities and embedded intelligence to enable fast and efficient generation of actions (COGNISENSE: Center on Cognitive Multispectral Sensors, Georgia Institute of Technology) • Systems and Architectures for Distributed Compute: Distributed computing systems and architectures in an energy efficient compute and accelerator fabric (ACE: Evolvable Computing for Next Generation Distributed Computer Systems, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) • Intelligent Memory and Storage: Emerging memory devices and storage arrays for intelligent memory systems (PRISM: Center for Processing with Intelligent Storage and Memory, University of California San Diego) • Advanced Monolithic and Heterogenous Integration: Novel electric and photonic interconnect fabrics and advanced packaging (CHIMES: Center for Heterogeneous Integration of Micro Electronic Systems, Penn State) • High-Performance Energy Efficient Devices: Novel materials, devices, and interconnect technologies to enable next-generation digital and analog applications (SUPREME: Superior Energy-Efficient Materials and Devices, Cornell University) For news, photos and videos, go to www.rit.edu/news. To follow RIT on social media, go to www.rit.edu/socialmedia. q campus news

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SWBR News

SWBR Announces New Principal and Leadership Promotions SWBR announced that Donald Pannone has been promoted to principal of the firm. Pannone has been with the firm since 1985, most recently serving as senior associate and senior project manager.

"Brett is a leader who is deeply committed to design and is enthusiastic about the positive impact of our work," said Principal Joe Gibbons, AIA. "He is an excellent collaborator, mentor, and client manager."

A leader in the firm’s Workplace studio, Pannone is an expert in design for science, technology, and industrial project types. His impressive portfolio includes highprofile research and advanced manufacturing projects that have added thousands of jobs to the Upstate New York region. Pannone has served in project leadership roles for several notable clients, Donald Pannone including Eastman Kodak Company, DuPont, University of Rochester, L3Harris, and Cornell University.

Business Operations Manager Libby assists the leadership team with business development in the capital region. She also oversees the firm's Troy office's finance, marketing, and project management functions, with a particular emphasis on developing and maintaining client relationships. Libby has a bachelor of fine arts/graphic design from Suffolk University's New England Alicia Libby School of Art & Design, and an MBA in marketing and operations from the University of Massachusetts Boston.

“Don is a leader in the science, technology and industrial arena” said President Tom Gears, AIA. “We are confident that his expertise and commitment to client satisfaction will maintain our position at the forefront of industrial, manufacturing, and research design.”

"Alicia is a hardworking team member with many skills," said Principal Scott Townsend, AIA. "She has a background in graphics, has overseen invoicing and finance, and recruits new employees while managing our Troy team and bringing in new work. We're not sure where we'd be without her."

In addition to his design work, Pannone volunteers for the National Kidney Foundation, the Multiple Sclerosis Society, and Browncroft Community Church. He attended Monroe Community College, and is an associate member of the American Institute of Architects.

Tait manages large K12 and higher education projects as a senior project manager in the firm's Education Studio. His ability to respond to multiple clients while maintaining existing client relationships has established him as a trusted advisor for key clients such as the University of Rochester, St. John Fisher University, the University of Buffalo, Monroe Ian Tait, AIA Community College, Mary Cariola Children’s Center, and Eugenio Maria de Hostos Charter School. He graduated from Robert Gordon University in Scotland with a bachelor of science in architecture.

SWBR also announced three key leadership promotions. Brett Gawronski, AIA, Alicia Libby, and Iain Tait, AIA have been promoted to Senior Associates. Senior associates support all aspects of client service and project management.

Gawronski, a senior project manager, oversees large multifamily affordable and supportive housing projects for key clients such as DePaul, Edgemere Development, PathStone, and the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority.

His design portfolio also includes several large-scale projects for the Chicago Housing Authority.

Since joining the firm in 2017, Brett Gawronski, AIA Gawronski has also focused on developing new client relationships and expanding the firm's housing portfolio in the Western New York market with several high-profile projects. He received his bachelor of science and master of architecture degrees from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

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"Ian is a talented and creative designer who consistently brings new ideas to his projects," Principal Steven Fernaays, AIA said. "He is a dedicated and responsive project manager.

Our clients enjoy working with Ian because he is the ultimate team player."

SWBR announces key promotions to its leadership team.

Principal and Structural Engineer Mark Kluczynski, PE is the firm’s new chief operating officer. Senior Associate and Structural Engineer Matthew Weber, PE has been promoted to structural engineering department manager. professional firms employee news

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Kluczynski will focus on growth and performance goals, aligning processes and procedures, and promoting company culture and vision as principal and chief operating officer. Weber will oversee all aspects of structural engineering for the firms projects as a structural engineer department manager, including design, client relationships, team development and management, and coordination with other disciplines and

“Mark and Matt have extraordinary talent and leadership skills, and we are thrilled with this transition,” said President Tom Gears, AIA. “Mark’s expertise, dedication, and decisiveness make him the right person to lead our operations. And Matt’s leadership, design expertise, and project management skills will insure our structural engineering team’s continued growth and success.”

Matthew Weber, PE

engineering group for over 20 years and was promoted to Principal in 2019. He graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo with a bachelor of science in civil engineering. He serves on the firm’s board of directors, is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Structural Engineering Institute, and the American Institute of Steel Construction. He has also been an NCAA Division I football official since 2011.

Weber has over 20 years of experience providing structural analysis and innovative design solutions for educational, municipal, housing, and industrial projects. He joined the firm in 2009. He graduated from Clarkson University with a bachelor of science in civil engineering. He is a member of the American Institute of Steel Construction and serves on the firm's board of directors and finance committee. q

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SWBR announced that Marlee Beers, Adam Bonosky, Jasmine Calhoun, Josh Greenaker, Kimberly Mura, Kris Sambor, Jeff Spenard, and Tom Thompson have been named associates and shareholders of the firm.

Landscape Architecture Manager Marlee Beers, RLA, has been with the firm since 2015. Beers manages a variety of projects ranging from urban mixed developments to smallscale complex site designs.

Senior Planner Adam Bonosky, AICP, AIA, has been with

Marlee Beers, RLA

Adam Bonosky, AIA

Jasmine Calhoun

Josh Greenaker

the firm since 2020 and specializes in urban design projects including community development plans and downtown revitalization plans.

Senior Finance Specialist Jasmine Calhoun has been with the firm since 2020 and is responsible for payroll processing, software training, expense report management, and assisting the finance manager with monthly and year-end reporting.

Project Designer Josh Greenaker is a designer in SWBR’s Workplace Studio and recently managed the firm’s conversion to Autodesk Construction Cloud. He joined the firm in 2018.

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A Look at the Past...

In The RES Archives

Advertising Rates and RES

Membership Application is Available

at www.roceng.org

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Melanie Stachowiak, PE Partner

Also in this issue:  Two RES Events in Feb. - Feb.2 (Social Gathering Rohrbach's) - Educational Courses Feb. 16 (Non-PDH) | 6 & 7

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 RES Tutoring Team: Exhibition Day at Walter Cooper Academy | 12

 Campus News | 19

 Professional Firms Employee News | 18

 Engineers' Calendar | 22

 Position Openings | 20

 E3 Fair - Mar. 31st | 17

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Now working together, committed to clients and community.

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Professional Firms Employee News, Continued SWBR News Senior Communications Coordinator Kimberly Mura has been with the firm since 2014. Mura is responsible for promoting the firm’s brand identity through content writing and public relations.

Graphic Designer Kris Sambor is responsible for the design and creation of the firm’s promotional collateral including marketing materials, website, intranet, and signage. He joined the firm in 2016.

Syracuse Office Manager Jeff Spenard, AIA, provides staff leadership and project and business operations management for the firm’s Syracuse team. Spenard joined the firm in 2022.

Kimberly Mura

Kris Sambor

Jeff Spenard, AIA

Tom Thompson

Construction Administration Manager Tom Thompson has been with the firm since 2020. Thompson manages the in-house construction administration team, which ensures project design accuracy through construction completion.

SWBR now has 70 shareholders. q

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Requirements: • • •

B. S. Civil Engineering Degree 4 – 12 years of Transportation Engineering experience designing highways, streets, culverts and bridge capital improvement projects for municipalities or government transportation agencies NYS P.E. preferable

Desired Technical Skills Include: • • • • •

Design of highway, street, bridge and culvert projects (all aspects of preliminary and final design to produce bid ready documents) Preliminary Design Approval Document preparation including technical studies not limited to (Drainage Reports, Traffic Studies, PETSR, etc.)

Detailed Design of Construction Plans Construction Cost Estimating

Highway Design

Desired Software Experience Includes: • • • •

CAD Software (Microstation, AutoCAD, InRoads) Roadway Modeling, Traffic Analysis & Modeling (HCS, Vissim, Synchro, Simtraffic, etc) Drainage Design (HEC-HMS,\ HEC-RAS, etc.)

Microsoft Office

Interested candidates are invited to send a cover letter and resume (include Design Engineer in the subject line) to:

Sidewalk Design

The selected candidate will predominantly work on projects for NYSDOT, City of Rochester and Monroe County.

We are seeking a Design Engineer/Project Engineer to join our team to assist the Transportation Group in our Rochester Office. Lu Engineers provides all employees an excellent benefits package.

This position will be provided a very competitive compensation package including a hiring bonus.

Bridge Design

Lu Engineers is a full service transportation, civil and environmental engineering firm, headquartered in Rochester, NY with additional offices in Buffalo, Syracuse, Binghamton, Albany & NYC.

Position Openings...Pages 31, 38-40

Jonathan Ottman jottman@luengineers.com

Lu Engineers is an equal opportunity employer.

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Refrigeration Night: RIT Ice Rink Tour 1 PDH Pending

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Time: Evening Program Details are on the ASHRAE website at www.rochesterashrae.org.

2023 Engineering Symposium in Rochester

Thursday, May 18

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

RES Virtual Continuing Education Courses – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – 2 PDHs

NYSSPE Annual Meeting – up to 8 PDHs 14604

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Earn up to 7 PDHs Place: Rochester Riverside Convention Center, 123 East Main Street, Rochester, NY Time: 7:30 am to 6:30 pm.

Cost: $175 per person advance registration; $200 per person on April 1, 2023 Registration is on the RES website calendar. Website is www.roceng.org and go to April 25th.

June 8-10, 2023

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

Link to our website: http://nysspe.org/upcoming-

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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.

Tuesday, April 4

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

Wednesday, April 19

American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE) p 56 p 50 CPVC for Commercial Plumbing and Heating

EXCOM Meeting Place: Hybrid, via WebEx and in-person (see vtools for venue and WebEx login) Time: 11:50 am to 1:00 pm Registration links for this event is at: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/347748.

Thursday, April 6

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Monthly Social Gathering Place: Rohrbach’s, 97 Railroad Street, Rochester, NY 14609 Time: 5:00 pm Registration: Please register so we know how many people are attending! www.roceng.org and go to the calendar.

Monday, April 10

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

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Refrigeration Night: RIT Ice Rink Tour

1 PDH Pending

Time: Evening Program Details are on the ASHRAE website at www.rochesterashrae.org.

Wednesday, April 19

Illuminating Engineering Society (IES)

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Applying Wireless Technologies to Connected Lighting as a Catalyst for the Internet of Things (IoT) Speaker: Brian Drew, Northeast Regional Sales Manager Connected Systems, Cooper Lighting Solutions Place: Dinosaur BBQ, Upstairs Meeting Room, Rochester Time: 12:00 to 1:00 PM Cost: $35 includes lunch.

Registration: Please register on the website at http://www.iesrochester.org/events.

Support Your Affiliate Attend A Meeting engineers' calendar

Applications Speaker: Josh Horan, Piping System Consultant (sponsor is Lubrizol Advanced Materials) Place: Three Heads Brewing, 186 Atlantic Avenue, Rochester, NY Time: 12:00 noon Cost: $25 per person Reservations: David Jereckos, djereckos@ibceng.com or 585-341-3168. Additional details will be available on the website at www.aspe.org/rochester.

Thursday, April 20

International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)

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INCOSE FuSE (Future of Systems Engineering) Speaker: Erika K. Palmer, PhD, Cornell Universtiy Place: By Zoom or In-person at L3Harris Technologies, 1680 University Avenue, Rochester, NY 14610.

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

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

Registration: Attendees need to pre-register by sending an email to Susan.Urban@incose.net and state whether you are attending by zoom or in-person. Those attending in-person must register by noon, April 19th.

The zoom link will be sent out a few days before the meetings.

Tuesday, April 25

2023 Engineering Symposium in Rochester Earn up to 7 PDHs

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Place: Rochester Riverside Convention Center, 123 East Main Street, Rochester, NY Time: 7:30 am to 6:30 pm.

Cost: $175 per person advance registration; $200 per person on April 1, 2023 Registration is online at www.roceng.org and go to April 25th on the calendar.

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Society for Imaging Science & Technology (IS&T) p 46 Super-Resolution: Computational and Deep Learnin-Based Approaches Speaker: Dr. Majid Rabbani, Professor of Practice, EME Dept., RIT Place: Irondequoit Public Library, Room 115 Time: 6:00 pm Additional details at http://roceng.org/ISandT

Tuesday, May 2

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

Rochester Engineering Society (RES)

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Electrical Association

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6 STRATUS Conference Place: Rochester Institute of Technology, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science Abstracts are being accepted and due by April 1st for the Stratus-Conference.com.

If you have any questions about the conference contact Emmett Ientilucci at Emmett@cis.rit.edu.

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

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Annual ASHRAE Golf outing and Picnic Place: Ravenwood Golf Course Time: Golf at 9:30 am; Picnic from 4:30 to 8:00 pm.

Details will be on the website at www.rochesterashrae.org.

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RES Annual Meeting – RES Elections and Award Presentations Place: RMSC, Bausch Auditorium. 657 East Avenue, Rochester NY 14607 Time: 5:30 to 8:00 pm. Hors d’oeuvres and cash bar at 5:30 to 6:45 pm.

Reservations: Reservations are required and will be available soon.

Comments: Details will be available soon.

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Casino Night – To benefit the Kessler Burn Center at URMC Place: The Strathallan, 550 East Avenue, Rochester, NY Cost: $65/Ticket. Includes $500 in betting chips, hors d’oeuvres, food stations and dessert. Cash bar available. Also includes raffles, a silent auction and live music.

Contact the Electrical Association for details or to become a sponsor. Website is http://www.eawny.com.

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Monthly Social Gathering – Looking for a CoSponsor Place: Rohrbach’s, 97 Railroad Street, Rochester, NY 14609 Time: 5:00 pm Registration: Please register so we know how many people are attending! www.roceng.org and go to the calendar.

Friday, May 5

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

Tuesday, May 23

EXCOM Meeting Place: Hybrid, via WebEx and in-person (see vtools for venue and WebEx login) Time: 11:50 am to 1:00 pm Registration links for our events are at: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/351995

Thursday, May 4

Monday-Wednesday, May 22-24

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 continued

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657 East Avenue, Rochester, New York 14607 Dedicated to Professionalism in Engineering in the Interest of Public Safety and Welfare 2022-2023 Officers: President William J. Grove, PE, President-elect Robert K. Winans, PE, Vice-President Kenneth Rea, PE, Secretary Martin E. Gordon, PE, Treasurer Christopher R. Devries, P.E., Membership Chair Vacant Past Presidents: Michael O. Ritchie, PE, Christopher V. Kambar, P.E., David C. Roberts, PE, Directors: Barry J. Dumbauld, PE, Donald P. Nims, Jr., PE, Douglas R. Strang Jr, PE, Joseph Dombrowski, PE, David C. Roberts, PE, Neal Illenberg, PE,

MPES Congratulates 2023 Scholarship Winners In order to promote the profession of engineering, MPES offers two scholarships to high school seniors who plan to enroll in ABET accredited engineering programs. Please join us in congratulating this year’s scholarship winners:

Lucas Monroe has been awarded the Paul and Claire Raynor Scholarship (sponsored by MPES).

Lucas is a senior at Marion High School. Lucas set multiple school and team records on the Marion Swim Team and worked as a lifeguard at Rotary Camp ONSEYAWA. Lucas plans to study Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.

Vivian Nguyen has been awarded the Vastola Scholarship (sponsored by MPES).

Vivian is a senior at Webster Thomas High School. Vivian was the captain of her Varsity Swim Team and volunteered at the Webster Public Library and at Webster Comfort Care.

Vivian plans to study Biomedical and Optical Engineering.

MPES wishes Lucas and Vivian good luck with their engineering studies!

Respectfully, Bill Grove, PE As always, we encourage active membership in the Monroe Professional Engineers Society. We are constantly striving to improve your membership but we always need more help. If you are interested in becoming an active member or have any questions, please email me at grove.engineering@yahoo.com or contact MPES through our website at www.monroepes.org/contactus/.

William Grove, PE, President, MPES mpes news

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Announcing the

2023 Engineering Symposium in Rochester (In-person only)

www.engineeringsymposiumrochester.com

Earn up to 7 PDHs Sponsored by Rochester's Technical and Engineering Societies

Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Courses available in: Civil, Electrical, Lighting, Mechanical, HVAC, and Plumbing.

LOCATION: Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center 123 East Main Street, Rochester, NY Time: 7:30 am to 6:30 pm $175 Advance Registration Available from Feb. 1st through March 31st $30 Student Registration $200 From April 1st and at the Door Registration is on the RES calendar at www.roceng.org The Monroe Chapter of NYSSPE, in accordance with ADA compliance, will make every attempt to provide reasonable accommodations for those requiring additional services to participate in our educational programs. If you should require such services, please contact Lynne Irwin at the Rochester Engineering Society (res@frontiernet.net or 585-254-2350) to request support by March 31, 2023.

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April 25, 2023 PDH hours will be acceptable in New York State. Schedule subject to change.

7:30 to 8:15

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:15 to 8:30

Welcoming Remarks: Chris Devries, Chair of the 2023 ESR Committee Mechanical Engineering Sponsored by ASME

Electrical Sponsored by IEEE

Mechanical, Plumbing, & Fire Protection Sponsored by ASHRAE and ASPE

Lighting and Power Sponsored by IES

The right tool for the job: Understanding project limitations to maximize the earth retention.

A Practical Look at Gears and Reducers, and their most common problems.

EV-Chargers, Present And Future

Ground Source Heat Pump Systems: For a More Sustainable Future

Cooling Tower Isolation

Robert Ross, P.E., and David Pecorini, P.E.

Neville W. Sachs, P.E.

Tom Piekunka

Angela Waters

RGRTA Zero Emission Bus Project

Non-metallic Piping Sealing Challenges

Static Electricity Industrial Hazards and Mitigations

Rethink Water Heating

Cured in Place Pipe (CIPP) Rehabilitaion

David P. Belaskas, P.E.

Matt Tones

Kelly Robinson, PE, PhD

Chris Anderson

Jeffrey Gardiner

Monroe County Strategic Energy Management

Chain Reaction– Cycling for Climate Change Mitigation

Applying AC Drives

Design and Sizing Considerations for Oil Separators

ATS Fundamentals. A Basic Understanding Of Types, Vocabulary And Functions

B. Andrew Fraser, and Corky Kelsey

William J. Bishop, PE

Kevin Diehl

Emily Miller and Randy Schafer

William Schneeloch

9:30 to 9:45

8:30 to 9:30

Civil Engineering Sponsored by ASCE

Sreeram Dhurjaty, PhD, SMIEEE, Distinguished Speaker, IEEE

10:4 5 to 11:0

9:45 to 10:45

Break

12:00 to 1:30

11:00 to 12:00

Break

Lunch and Keynote Program: ASCE NYS INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT CARD John Folts, PE, MASCE Overview of the ASCE NYS Report Card grades that were released in 2022 Medical Application for detecting Breast Cancer

Paralleling Concepts

Value Engineering (PVC vs Cast Iron)

Design Build Of A Helium Recovery, Compression, Purification And Liqui Faction System

Mark J. Pawloski, P.E., and Paul J. Spitzer, P.E.

Satish Kandlicar- (professor at RIT)

Michael Hainzl

Sal Terranova

Jeffery Gardiner

2:30 to 2:45

1:30 to 2:30

Rochester’s I-390/I-490 Major Interchange Improvement Project - Phases 1 & 2

Break TBD

Reliability Concepts

Are your Buildings and its Systems Designed, Installed and Functioning Properly? Code Requirements, Common Mistakes, and Best Practices from an Engineer's Perspective

Generators

Rob Schiller, P.E., and/or Chris Sichak, P.E.

TBD

Michael Hainzl

Chonghui Liu, PE, CEM, LEED AP

Steven Huber

Celebrating Public Space with the ROC the Riverway’s Rundel Library North Terrace Project

TBD

From Sand to Solar Farms: Silicon Photovoltaics enters Terawatt Era

Electrification of Legacy Central Heating Plants

Back to basics: a Beginner's Introduction to Lighting.

Susan Matzat, P.E.

TBD

Dr. Santosh Kurinec

Jim Parks

Michael Trippe

3:45 to 4:00

2:45 to 3:45

Rochester’s I-390/I-490 Major Interchange Improvement Project - Phase 3 & 4

4:00 to 5:00

Break

Be sure to check out the RES website calendar or the Symposium website periodically for the updated schedule! All are subject to change.

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Rochester Chapter

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

Wednesday, April 26, 2023 Place: Irondequoit Public Library, Room 115 Time: 6:00 pm This meeting will be in-person only, our first one in three years.

We will not have videoconferencing available at this program. Reservations not needed to attend.

Email us if you wish to attend dinner after the program so we can reserve enough space.

Super-Resolution: Computational and Deep Learning-Based Approaches

by Dr. Majid Rabbani, Professor of Practice, EME Department, RIT, and Prasanna Reddy Pulakurthi, PhD Student, EME Department Abstract:

Super-resolution refers to obtaining an image at a resolution higher than that of the camera sensor.

Super-resolution can be applied either to a single low-resolution image or to a single frame within a lowresolution captured sequence. The approaches can be either computational-based (using physical modeling of the capture process, subpixel motion estimation and image registration, and regularized spatially variant deblurring) or example-based using machine learning and deep convolutional networks. This presentation provides a brief overview of the history and the evolution of the field while addressing its challenges and future directions.

Biography:

Majid Rabbani received his Ph.D. in the electrical engineering department from UW-Madison in 1983 and joined the Research labs at Kodak the same

year, from where he retired with the rank of Kodak Fellow in 2016 and joined the EME department at RIT, first as a visiting professor and since 2021 as a Professor of Practice. His research interests span both the traditional and learning based approaches to image and video processing and analysis, where he has delivered 40+ keynote presentations, published two book and holds 44 issued patents. He is twice the co-recipient of the Kodak Mees Award (Kodak's highest research honor), and twice the co-recipient of an Engineering Emmy Award, the second time for his contribution to the JPEG and MPEG standards. He was awarded the “IEEE Region 1 Technical Award” in 2008, the “Electronic Imaging Distinguished Educator Award,” in 2012 and the “Electronic Imaging Scientist of the year Award,” in 2015. He was the Chair of the SPIE Fellows Committee from 2013 to 2016. Majid is a Fellow of IEEE, a Fellow of SPIE, and a Kodak Distinguished Inventor.

Call for Nominations Do you have an interest in contributing to a professional society? Do you have an interest in supporting younger image scientists as well? Are you interested in meeting (at least virtually) with image scientists of all sorts to hear about things going on in the image science world? The Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T) includes all of imaging science in its mission: https://www.imaging.org/site/ist.

There are many reasons why someone might be interested in being active in the Society for Imaging Science and Technology. We are looking for people to serve as councilors and chapter officers, to help us arrange and host speakers, support local conferences, etc.

If you have questions regarding the program, or nominations, please email rochesterist@gmail.com.

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

IES Rochester Section Presents Applying Wireless Technologies To Connected Lighting As A Catalyst For The Internet Of Things (IoT) Presented by Brian Drew Northeast Regional Sales Manager - Connected Systems, Cooper Lighting Solutions This lunchtime presentation will explore how we use wireless controls to meet control strategies and how wireless controls provide a steppingstone to the Internet of Things (IoT). We’ll look at the history that has brought lighting and controls they are at today and how wireless is now the leading solution for connected lighting applications. It will also cover common wireless control technologies and how they work, look at triggers in control applications that may require I.T. involvement addressing security concerns and discuss the role of wireless connected lighting plays in the internet of things with real world examples.

THIS PROGRAM QUALIFIES FOR 1.O LU/HSW HOUR

Wednesday April 19, 2023 - 12:00-1:00 Dinosaur BBQ - Upstairs Meeting Room $35 includes lunch Please register at our website http://www.iesrochester.org/events ies news

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

Upcoming March Chapter Meeting: March 17, 2022 September Chapter Meetings April Chapter Meeting

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

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Attendees attend via zoom if a US Person, L3Harris Technologies Attendees needcan to pre-register.

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

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Annual 18-Hole Scholarship Golf Tournament Four-Person Scramble Format

Monday, June 12, 2023 Proceeds will benefit the ASCE scholarship program to support our future civil engineers.

Webster Golf Course

Colleagues, friends, and family are all welcome to join the fun. Foursomes and individual sign-ups are welcome.

440 Salt Road, Webster, NY

Cost: $115 per person Includes breakfast, driving range, 18 holes, cart, lunch and drink tickets.

To register or sponsor a hole, contact Josh Rodems www.webstergolf.com

Registration, Breakfast, Social Hour & Driving Range: 7:45 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.

Phone: 585-498-7944 Email: jrodems@bergmannpc.com Reservations and Payment Due by May 26, 2023

Shotgun Start: 9:00 a.m. Lunch will be served after the tournament.

Participant Names:

Company Name and Address:

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Please Make Checks Payable to: ASCE – Rochester Section.

Corporate Sponsorships: $175 - Hole Sponsorship (Sign) $200 - "Longest Drive" or "Closest to Pin" Sponsorship Corporate Sponsorships: (All packages include registration for four golfers and hole sponsorship.) $600 - Team Sponsor (save $35 on foursome + hole sign) $700 - Driving Range Sponsor $750 - Breakfast Sponsor $800 - Lunch Sponsor $900 - Cart Sponsor (company ad in each golf cart)

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Phone: ________________________________________________ Send Completed Form and Payment to: Josh Rodems Bergmann 280 E. Broad Street, Suite 200 Rochester, NY 14604 Phone: 585-498-7944 Email: jrodems@bergmannpc.com

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April 2023 Newsletter Section Officers Chair Eric Brown Vice Chair Kelly Robinson Treasurer Emmett Ientilucci Secretary Eric Zeise

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 Kelly Robinson Jean Kendrick SPS Eric Zeise TEMS Paul Lee Young Professionals Eric Brown

Message from the Chair

Dear Colleagues, IEEE Regions 1 and 2 will host a Joint Student Conference at the University of Maine Orono from April 14-16. Activities include a Student Paper Contest, a Battle Bot competition, and a Drone workshop. More information and registration are available on vTools. ( https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/344108 ) If you are interested in UAVs or Drones be sure to check out the 6th STRATUS Conference which will be held May 22-24, 2023 at the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science at RIT. Visit Stratus-Conference.com for details.

The next Rochester Section ExCom meeting will be on Tuesday, May 2, from noon to 1 pm ( https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/351995 ). Please pre-register on vTools.

Stay healthy, and best regards,

Student Chapters 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

IEEE 2023 R1 & R2 Joint Student Conference Two students from the University of Rochester will be attending the IEEE 2023 Region 1 and Region 2 Joint Student Conference in at the University of Maine, Orono, Maine. The conference will be held on April 14-16 and will feature a student paper contest, a drone workshop, battle bots, and a T-shirt design contest.

For more information go to the vTools site mentioned by Eric Brown above or go to: the conference website https://ieeer1.org/r1r2mainestucon/

IEEE 2023 Sections Congress: August 11-13 Volunteer leaders from around the world will meet in the Shaw Centre, Ottawa, Canada, to exchange ideas and learn about the products and programs IEEE offers to members in their local areas. See: https://sections-congress.ieee.org/ .

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Geoscience And Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) - STRATUS Conference If you are interested in UAVs or Drones, be sure to check out the 6th STRATUS Conference which will be held in person on May 22-24, 2023, at the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, RIT. Visit Stratus-Conference.com for conference details and see the information show below.

If wish to give a talk, we are now accepting abstracts. Please submit the abstract for your talk by the due date: April 1, 2023. Go to https://stratus-conference.com/call-for-abstracts for details and instructions.

If you have any questions about the conference, please contact: Emmett Ientilucci:

Emmett@cis.rit.edu

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Presented by the Electrical Association of Western New York

to benefit the Kessler Burn Center at URMC

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

$65/TICKET Receive $500 in Betting Chips to Play Craps, Texas Hold’em, Blackjack, Three Card Poker, Intersect Poker & Let It Ride Hors D’Oeuvres, Food Stations & Dessert ~ cash bar

RAFFLES ~ SILENT AUCTION ~ LIVE MUSIC

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2023 Bridge Awards ABCD is Accepting Nominations for the

ABCD 2023 BRIDGE DESIGN AWARDS

The Western New York Chapter of the Association for Bridge Construction and Design is requesting submissions from the membership for our 2023 Bridge Design Awards program.

The Award honors owners, designers, and contractors for outstanding bridge projects throughout Western New York. Submissions may involve new or rehabilitated bridges, single or multi-span structures, which have been completed and opened to traffic in 2022.

Each year, three bridges are selected as the Bridge of the Year based on criteria listed below. These bridges exemplify innovative and/or unusual techniques, design, and/or construction methods. There are three categories for the Bridge Awards: Bridge Cost - Under $2,000,000 Bridge Cost - $2,000,000 to $10,000,000 Bridge Cost - Over $10,000,000 For categorization purposes each submission may contain only one bridge, even if the project as a whole consists of multiple bridges. Submissions are judged on the project merits - design, requirements, use of innovative technology, schedule and coordination, site conditions, constructability, and complexity - as well as the Entry Documentation - narrative description, photos, sketches, project features, and overall entry presentation.

SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE BY APRIL 14, 2023 Submission instructions are available on the ABCD website: www.abcdwny.com For Questions or Information, contact:

Rebecca Stump (716) 710-3943 rstump@bergmannpc.com Eric Yahn (585) 458-9750 eyahn@bvrconstruction.com Winners will be announced at the annual dinner on May 18 at Terry Hills in Batavia abcd news

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Rochester Chapter

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

President's Message

We started out the month of March by celebrating National Engineers Week! It was great this year to finally get back in high school classrooms for the first time since the pandemic. Rob Hudson, our student activities chair, got us into Fairport CSD to visit seven (7) of their technology classes. Rob and I discussed careers in engineering with nearly 200 students! As we learned later with MCC it is so important to connect with students while they are young. For next year we hope to expand to more school districts. Please let us know if you are interested in supporting this.

The next week on March 7th Past President Mike Benedict and I had a great discussion with MCC leaders, including the Applied Technologies College and Dr. Robin Cole (VP, Workforce & Economic Development and Career Technical Education). The Rochester ASHRAE chapter was supported

by Joe Morelle Jr. (Unicon), Don Fella (SMACNA), Allen Mort and Jonathan Perna (Local 46), and Domenic DiLeo (Isaac).

The HVAC industry is currently seeing a labor shortage, and we are looking at a significant increase in need based on the NY CLCPA climate act that is proposed to create an additional 90,000 HVAC jobs in NYS by 2030. MCC offered ideas about how to connect with students at a younger age before they leave high school and we discussed opportunities for our organizations to work jointly to support the effort. It is truly impressive what MCC is doing to engage with prospective students. The downtown campus is really an impressive facility. We look forward to supporting this movement and what it can become in the future. Our partnership with MCC this year has really opened doors for the chapter.

On March 13th we had a wonderful visit from ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Theresa Weston to present on Woman and STEM: Enhancing Innovation and

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APRIL NEWSLETTER

ASHRAE 2022-2023 Meeting Schedule Date Monday, 9/12/2022

Monday, 10/17/2022

Event

IAQ

Presented by: David Bennett - DriSteem

PDH Approved

Monday, 12/12/2022

Presented by: ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer Paul Torcellini

Location White House Lodge

Humidification 101

"How Do We Get to a Decarbonized World?"

Monday, 11/14/2022

Theme

Fall Social at The White House Lodge

Strathallan

History Review

Strathallan 9th Floor

PDH Approved

Grow Room Design PDH Approved

Strathallan 9th Floor

PDH Approved

Strathallan 9th Floor

64th Annual ASHRAE Valentines Dinner Dance-

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Strathallan 9th Floor

NYS Climate Policy and HVAC-R

Membership Promotion

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

(PDH Pending)

Thursday, 2/23/2023

Joe Harding Memorial Ski Day (week of recess)

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Monday, 3/13/2023

Women and STEM: Enhancing Innovation and Sustainability through Diversity Presented by: ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Theresa Weston

Resource Promotion

Monday, 1/9/2023

Friday, 2/10/2023

Monday, 2/13/2023

Monday, 4/10/2023

Tuesday, 5/23/2023

Presented by: Chuck Nora/Paul Stewart, Desert Aire Hybrid Boiler Systems for Decarbonization Presented by: Alex Pedrosa, Fulton

(PDH Pending)

RIT Ice Rink Tour

Refrigeration Night

Presented by: TBD

(PDH Pending)

Annual ASHRAE Golf Outing and Picnic (Ravenwood Golf Course)

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Hunt Hollow 9am-4pm

Strathallan 9th Floor

RIT

9:30 AM Golf 4:30 - 8:00 Picnic

Sustainability through Diversity. The Rochester ASHRAE chapter has a very strong female membership. This was a terrific opportunity for us to connect with Society President Farooq Mehboob’s mission supporting DEI. Updated 3/12/2023

Next will be our annual Refrigeration Tour on April 10 . For this year we will get a tour of the RIT Ice Rink! Please check our website for registration. th

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

Matthew Kremers ASHRAE Rochester Chapter President 2022-2023 ashrae news

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Thank you, Rochester Engineering Society!

By the time you read this, the 2023 Terra Rochester Finger Lakes Science & Engineering Fair will have been held at the Rochester Museum & Science Center, with 47 students presenting 39 Projects!

Gender 36% 64% Male

Harold Clark TRFSEF Director trfsef@terraed.org

Projects ranged from Analyzing Urine as a Fertilizer (G6) to A Machine Learning Approach to Estimating Occurrence Rates based on NASA Exoplanet Archive Data for Transits (G11)

Female

Thank you • RES Members for encouraging students to participate and volunteering to be Judges • Lynne Irwin and the RES Office for their support in publicity

-----------------Don’t miss the chance to judge at the Genius Olympiad, June 12-16

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President/Education Chair: DAVID MYERS LaBella Associates, PC 300 State Street Suite 201 Rochester, NY 14614 585-454-6110 Vice President Technical: DAVE JERECKOS IBC Engineering, PC 3445 Winton Place Suite 219 Rochester, NY 14623 585-292-1590 Vice President Legislative: ALAN SMITH, P.E. IBC Engineering, PC 3445 Winton Place Suite 219 Rochester, NY 14623 585-292-1590 Vice President Membership/AYP: TRAVIS JESSICK Triangle Tube Boilers 104 Lafayette Road Rochester NY 14600 585-794-8845 Treasurer: JENNIFER WENGENDER, P.E., CPD CPL 255 Woodcliff Drive, Suite 200 Fairport, NY 14450 585-454-7600 Administrative Secretary: ADAM KRAMER Bergmann 280 E. Broad Street Suite 200 Rochester, NY 14604 585-498-7802 Newsletter Editor: NADIA THOMPSON Turner Engineering 359 West Commercial St, Ste 2190 East Rochester NY 14445 (585) 381-3360 Affiliate Liaison: REBECCA KOLSTAD Kolstad Associates 40 Harrison Street Rochester, NY 14605 Rochester Chapter Website: www.aspe.org/rochester

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President's Message I hope everyone celebrated World Plumbing Day & World Water Day. It seems that water has become a major topic, whether its rain, sleet, snow or hail, we have experienced it lately. One week we are in a drought condition and the next it's floods or six feet of snow.

This is the time for at review A.S.P.E.’s Plumbing Engineering Handbook, Volume 2, Chapter 11 Water Treatment, Conditioning & Purification and Chapter 13 Rainwater & Stormwater Harvesting. ASPE has some great guidelines for water conservation.

We now have 63 Members and I recommend that they think about the Certificate Programs offered by A.S.P.E. such as: Certified Plumbing Design Technician (CPDT) available as precursor (but not required) to taking the CPD exam.

Green Plumbing Design (GPD) online course and certification.

Certified in Plumbing Design (CPD) exam which will be via remote proctor from April 10-21. I wish those who have signed up luck.

The Newsletter is located on our Rochester ASPE website. Contact the Newsletter Editor Nadia Thompson with articles you have written and would like to submit, future articles you would like covered, or comments.

Dave Myers, Chapter President (Chapters are not authorized to speak for the Society)

Meeting Notice – Save the Date Topic:

CPVC for Commercial Plumbing and Heating Applications

Speaker:

Josh Horan, Piping System Consultant

Sponsor:

Lubrizol Advanced Materials

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

Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 12:00 Noon, $25 Per Person

RSVP:

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

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46A Sager Drive, Rochester, NY 14607 Tel: 585-458-0824 • Fax: 585-458-3323 www.foundationdesignpc.com

Advertising Rates and Membership Application is Available at www.roceng.org Professional Firms, Employee News, Continued Fisher Associates News Fisher Adds to Land Development and Transportation Teams Fisher Associates welcomed two engineers to its Rochester headquarters: John Galeotafiore, EIT, joined the Land Development team, and Jamey Lazio, EIT, joined the firm’s Transportation team.

John Galeotafiore, EIT

Jamey Lazio, EIT

Jamey comes to the firm with 10 years of bridge inspection and construction inspection experience, including seven seasons in the field performing bridge and culvert inspections in support of New York State’s inspection programs.

John brings previous experience as a project engineer, holds a Nuclear Gauge Safety Certificate, and is an American Concrete Institution (ACI) Grade I Technician.

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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, Pat Nicoletta, PE

American Public Works Association Monroe County/Genesee Valley Branch

Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association

Chairman, Peter Vars, PE,

President, Jared R. Ransom, LS

Monroe Professional Engineers Society President, William Grove

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 ARE BACK !!!

America Inc., Rochester Section 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 !

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American Society of Plumbing Engineers, Rochester NY Chapter

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

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President, Teresa Fronk

President, Brett Blaisdell

Terra Rochester Finger Lakes Science & Engineering Fair

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