The Rochester Engineer June 2023

www.roceng.org

June 2023

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RES Event in June

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Photos From RES Annual Meeting - May 25th | 7

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Member Profiles: Bill Pollock, PE | 14 Brett Eliasz, PE | 16

June 14 - Continuing Ecucation Live Event - The Broad Street Tunnel Tour (tour is full - limit reached) and Aqueduct Reimagined Presentation

Tour at 2:00; Presentation at 4:00 pm | 8

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Up & Coming Engineer - Meet another young engineer - Eddy Wu | 22

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Three 2023 Symposium Presentation Highlights (IEEE, ASCE/NYSATE/ ASHRAE/ASPE) | 19 - 21 Campus News | 30 Student Feature - Virtual Reality

Applications in Autism Research | 28

Corporate Members of the Rochester Engineering Society

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Volume 102, Number 1, JUNE 2023

Meet Another Young Engineer

Eddy Wu | 22

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RES NEWS (Highlighted in Blue)

Cover Article: Bosch Security Systems | 24

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Corporate Members of the RES RES Board of Directors RES President's Message Photo's from RES Annual Meeting May 25th RES PDH Continuing Ed. - Tour Wed., June 14 - 2 PDHs RES Event Calendar - Save the Dates RES History - November-December 1976 Dr. Walter Cooper Academy, In-person Tutoring RES Technical Corner RES Member Profile - Bill Pollock, PE RES Member Profile - Brett Eliasz, PE Get IT Done - So many apps...

Three 2023 Engineering Symposium Presentation Highlights

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The Next Generationn Conettix Receiver from Bosch (cover) Student Feature: Virtual Reality Applications in Autism Research Campus News Position Openings (pages 33-36) News From Professional Firms Continuing Education Opportunities (PDHs) Engineers’ Calendar Directory of Professional Services - pages 49-50 Affiliated Societies of the RES Directory of Business Services

index

19 - IEEE - Electric Vehicle Charging Topologies...

20 - ASCE/NYSATE - Strategic Energy Management for Water Resource...

21 - ASHRAE/ASPE - Electrification of Legacy Central Heating Plants

news of the...

• ABCD Association for Bridge Design and Construction.................................. 45 • ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers.............. 42 • ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers....................... 44 • ASPE American Society of Plumbing Engineers...... 48 • EA Electrical Association......................................... 43 • IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers......................................... 40 • IES Illuminating Engineering Society...................... 47 • INCOSE International Council on Systems Engineering..................................... 39 • IS&T Society for Imaging Science & Technology.... 49 • RES Rochester Engineering Society.................... 2-17 • TERRA TERRA Science & Engineering Fair................. 46

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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

DIRECTORS:

HOWARD RESSEL, PE Popli Design Group (retired NYSATE) / ressel@frontiernet.net

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

YVETTE LaBOMBARD, PE Director Gas Engineering, RG&E yvette_labombard@rge.com

SHEILA RANSBOTTOM, PE Senior Transportation Engineer, Wendel anumrich@wendelcompanies.com

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

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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.

Published every month but July. You can purchase individual copies directly from ISSUU. Go to www.roceng.org to join the Rochester Engineering Society. Click on the individual membership and you can submit your application on-line. res news - board of directors

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RES News - President's Message Dear Fellow Engineers, It’s not official but it’s in the air – summer is here! Ready for the Rochester whirlwind summer? As a reminder, the Rochester Engineer is not published in July so lots of info in this issue! A few new sections are debuting this month. First up, member profiles are going to be in each issue. We started with longtime member Bill Pollock and Director Brett Eliasz (pages 14-17).

Good to learn about fellow members and their interests, engineering and otherwise. If you have a suggestion for a Member Profile, please email us. Next are highlights of three presentations from this year’s Engineering Symposium (pages 19-21). If you are interested in getting in touch with the presenter OR have a suggestion for the next batch, please email us!

The Up and Coming Engineer section is back (p22) highlighting a local student, Eddy Wu, his path and accomplishments. He won high honors at the Terra Rochester Finger Lakes Science & Engineering Fair this year for his project, (among other awards) and he also won promotion to the Genius Olympiad, an international competition focused on the environment.

The Olympiad will be held at RIT this June 12-17 and they need judges! (p45).

The Annual Meeting and Awards Presentations was a great evening! Good chance for everyone to enjoy visiting, do some business and recognize the award recipients. Welcome to the Directors new to the Board: Howard Ressel, Yvette LaBombard and Sheila Ransbottom.

Thanks again to all the generous sponsors that made the event possible. Checkout page 7 for pictures of the award recipients!

And here is a picture of some RES Past res news - president’s messages

Presidents (and myself) in attendance (thank you to Mike Kurdziel for taking photos).

The social gathering in July will be at a different place (Three Heads Brewing) so we can be outside to enjoy the summer weather.

Welcome to the new RES members:

1. Yvette LaBombard, PE, Director Gas Engineering, RG&E 2. Emily Hebert, Integration & Test Systems Engineer, L3Harris

Some highlights from this issue…

Save the Date for the next RES Continuing Education Series Live Event on June 14th (p8) The Broad Street Tunnel Tour (Tour has been sold out) and Aqueduct Reimagined Presentation. In the Rochester History column (p10), Lee takes us back to 1976. The Technical Corner is back to an electrical engineering focus (p13). In Get IT Done read about Continued on page 6...

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So many Apps…see page 18. The Student Feature reviews how VR technology has emerged as a promising tool to provide assessments and treatments for individuals with autism (p28-29).

Starting on page 30, Campus News is about RIT VEX Robotics team that placed 10th overall at the VEX World Championship. Then on p31-32, is an article on the UPWARDS partnership announced at the G7 Summit in Japan, and how RIT will participate in curriculum development, student and faculty exchanges, research projects, and Micron’s Women in Semiconductors (WiSe) program.

The Engineers' calendar (p36) has many events listed and if you like golf, there’s a tournament for you!

Here are the highlights from Affiliates (starting on p39): INCOSE’s June Chapter meeting at L3Harris evening of June 15th (p39), IEEE update and symposium synopsis (p40-41), ASCE announces a great tour coming up June 27th of the Ames R. Pond Regional Traffic Operations Center (p42), EAWNY announces their 43rd Annual Golf Outing July 10th (p43), a message from the ASHRAE chapter president Matt Kremers and all that has been accomplished this year – impressive! (p44), ABCD Scholarship Golf Outing June 21st (p45), news on the Genius Olympiad from Terra (p46), a Golf Tournament June 22nd by IES (p47), news from ASPE and Golf Tournament & dinner this week June 8th (p48).

Would you like to be involved? We’re especially looking for people to help gather content for the RE. 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 at res@frontiernet.net with any questions, comments, or suggestions.

Thank you!

Here are a couple more pictures from the Annual Meeting on May 25, 2023 at the RMSC:

Neal Illenberg PE and Lee Loomis

School of the Arts Jazz Ensemble

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Lynne Irwin, RES Admin

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RES Annual Meeting and Award Presentations Congratulations to our Award Recipients Thursday, May 25, 2023

2022 Award Recipients in attendance. Top three are Young Engineer of the Year Finalists; bottom six are Engineers of Distinction. Top right is the Mark Bocko, PhD, 2022 Engineer of the Year; middle is Joshua Rodems, PE, 2022 Young Engineer of the Year. Bottom right are two scholarship recpients.

Thank you to Mike Kurdziel for taking pictures of the award recipients in attendance.

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RES PDH CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSE - LIVE EVENT!

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Join us for a very exciting Continuing Education RES Live Event

The Broad Street Tunnel Tour and Aqueduct Reimagined Presentation Date: Wednesday, June 14 Time: Tour at 2:00 p.m., Presentation from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

There will be a Social Hour (cash bar) to follow at Dinosaur BBQ for those interested.

Place: Presentation at the Rochester Public Library Gleason Auditorium PDHs: 2 PDH’s Pending (1 PDH for the Tour and 1 PDH for the Presentation) TOUR IS SOLD OUT! PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE PRESENTATION AT 4:00pm and social hour at the Dinosaur to follow.

Cost: Cost is $10 per PDH Registration: Two separate registrations are now open - one for tour only and one for the Aqueduct Presentation only. Because of the limited availability of attendees for the tour, you need to register and pay for the presentation separetely.

The tour will be limited to 40 attendees (Tour is full), the presentation is not limited.

Many Rochesterians are not aware of the fact that a 1.2 km long tunnel exists in downtown Rochester (the longer of two tunnels downtown). The former bed of the Erie Canal and the aqueduct that carried the canal later became the Rochester Industrial and Rapid Transit Railway or commonly known as the Rochester subway. After the subway closed, the tunnel was used to store newsprint for the Gannet Rochester papers and a haven for graffiti artists. Join us for a fascinating underground tour of the tunnel and then learn about upcoming plans to reimage the Erie Canal Aqueduct.

The tour will be led by Charles Lowe, P.E, NYSDOT, Thomas Hack, P.E. City of Rochester, Retired. The presentation will be coordinated by Kamal Crues, P.E. current City of Rochester Assistant City Engineer. The event is being coordinated by Howard Ressel, P.E. NYSDOT retired, Popli Design Group.

ADDITIIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE EMAILED TO THE ATTENDEES BEFORE THE EVENT!

Registration is on the website calendar at www.roceng.org.

Registration closes at midnight, Tuesday, June 13, 2023 Future Education Courses Being Planned - RES is offering these courses to support the engineering community.

Each Continuing Education Session will consist of two or three educational 1-hour webinars with one or two eligible for PDH's. Registration will be on our website soon: www.roceng.org. *Date, cost, and topics are subject to change*

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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, June 1, 2023

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

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

are attending!

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Continuing Education - Save the Date!

Join us for a very exciting RES Webinar Series Live Event

The Broad Street Tunnel Tour and Aqueduct Reimagined

Presentation - Tour at 2:00 pm, 4:00 to 500 Presentation;

with social hour (cash bar) after the presentation at the

Dinosaur. PDH's pending (1 - 2 possible PDHs). Details

and registration is open on the website. 40 person limit on

the tour (Tour is full - limit has been reached).

Thursday, July 6, 2023

Social Gathering! Three Heads Brewing, 16 Atlantic Avenue,

Rochester, NY 14607. Time: 5:00 PM. Please register so we know

many are attending!

Thursday, August 3, 2023

Social Gathering! Three Heads Brewing, 16 Atlantic Avenue,

Rochester, NY 14607. Time: 5:00 PM. Please register so we know

many are attending!

Thursday, September 7, 2023

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

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

are attending!

*Dates and topics are subject to change* res - event calendar

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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.

“The Rochester Engineer” (November 1976) Along with announcing the winners of the RES Bicentennial Energy Self-Sufficiency contest, this issue celebrates the signing of the contracts for 10 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER JUNE 2023

proceeding with the $53M Monroe County Resource Recovery Program. This program dates back to the RES’ “Operation Resource”, a study started in 1971, to find a means of dealing with the rapidly increasing City/County solid waste management problem. It resulted in enlisting the services of Raytheon Corporation to design the facility, and an estimated 22-month construction period for its completion (in early 1978). Winners of the RES’s Bicentennial Energy Self-Sufficiency contest included: “Black Liquid Solar Collector”

by Jack Trentleman of Corning Glass (1st prize $400), “300sf (2,100gallon) Water-Cooled Solar Panel System” by Warren Kellog of East Pattern & Mold (2nd prize - $200), and “Windmill to Convert Wind Energy Directly to Thermal Energy”, by Jim Clark of Bausch & Lomb (3rd prize - $100).

Contest judges included Arthur Melville, David Whitlock and Lee Loomis of RG&E’s Energy Research & Utilization Group. RES “Legislative Watchdog”, Andrew Hirsch, reported on the impending decision by US Transportation Secretary, William T. Coleman, on whether airbags (initially developed in the early 1970’s) should now be required in all US-manufactured automobiles. Still smarting from the problematic 1974 seatbelt-ignition interlock federal law, the US Department of Transportation was trying to determine if its primary priority of “saving human lives” justified the requiring a redundant system of protection (seat belts, plus air bags), especially if the public perception would become that of yet another example of “government over-reach”.

RES Legislative Watchdog Andrew Hirsch’s position was, “Secretary Coleman should decide against these air bags.” Editor’s note: Front airbags have been required in all new res news - history

December 15, 1976 (Board Meeting, Chamber of Commerce) The Board heard a report from Dr. Richard Kenyon, Principal Investigator, on the “Forty-five Day Progress Report” for the RES’ Technology Transfer Project, funded by the National Science Foundation. He explained that Technology Transfer for the City of Rochester and the County of Monroe would take place in two ways: a “brokerage” function to handle smaller projects and “citizen task forces” for major ones. For example, he said that a small project might be solving problems associated with Midtown Mall’s parking garage, whereas a major one, the combining of the five Monroe County Pure Waters Districts into one County District, would require citizen input to the work of a specially formed task force with expertise in the issues of such a proposal. RES Director James Sterlace reported that he and Charlotte Dickerson of the RES Education Committee, would be meeting with representatives of RIT and the U of R to discuss possibilities for attracting high school students to consider careers in engineering.

and Corn Hill). The two primary objectives of this strategy included: improving general appearance of the walking environment downtown, and providing space for new and expanding downtown activities.

A final report on this study was expected to be ready by the end of 1976. This issue announced the appointment of RES Member Andrew C. Hirsch, a recent mechanical engineering graduate of RIT, as project manager of the RES/National Science Foundation Technology Transfer Project.

Guided by the Project’s Principal Investigator, Dr. Richard A. Kenyon, Andy “hit the ground running” with the assembly of a number of proposed technology transfer opportunities for both the City of Rochester and the County of Monroe. This project is unique in that there were (currently) no similar projects in the US that served two different governments (City & County). RES President, M. John (Jack) Corson’s address to the September RES luncheon meeting summarized recent activities (“Operation Resource”, RES’ support for the assembling of an Historic American Engineering Record, the launching of the new “Technology Transfer Project”), and he provided an overview of plans for the future (having RES officers attend the meetings of our RES Affiliates, a concerted effort to reduce the Society’s financial deficit, an active promotion of inter-disciplinary engineering meetings and activities).

“The Rochester Engineer” (December 1976) In January of 1976, the City of Rochester hired RTKL Associates of Baltimore, MD, specialists in city planning, engineering and architecture, to conduct a “renaissance” study aimed at developing ways for Rochester to make itself more inviting.

Elements of such a study were defined as: The Pedestrian Environment, Leisure-Time Activities, Basic Land Uses, and Special Features. This study announced three recommendations: Main Street Mall (to help improve the overall character of downtown), Eastman School Area (a plaza on the block of Gibbs St. as a focus for cultural entertainment), and Downtown Living (at/near Southeast Loop, Grove Place, Park Avenue,

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.

passenger vehicles since the 1999 model year.

Side airbags are not specifically mandated, but nearly all manufacturers include them as standard equipment to meet federal side protection requirements.

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RES News - Tutoring Team

In-person RES Tutoring at Dr. Walter Cooper Academy A schedule of weekly in-person tutoring continued on Tuesday, May 2nd, RES/Bergmann Tutor, Katelyn Burns, spent about two hours working with several of our “Cooper Scholars” from Mrs. Sanzotta’s First Grade.

Upon arrival, Katelyn received a basket of lesson-support materials from the teacher. She was then guided, by her students, 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 and games.

Over the course of the next 90 - 120 minutes, Katelyn worked with four additional students, on similar reading, word association and math lessons. A 2021 engineering graduate of the University of Buffalo, Katelyn is a member of the four-person RES/Bergmann Tutoring Team.

RES/Bergmann Tutor, Katelyn Burns, guides a pair of students through a word-picture association game.

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… Else please consider joining our RES Tutors for the 2023-24 School Year?

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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Technical Corner - Electrical Engineering Focus This month’s article focuses on ampacity adjustment of conductors within a dwelling.

Basically, copper and aluminum wires do not like heat. When there is current flow within a wire then they begin to generate heat. Other sources of heat within a wire are from the ambient temperature of the air or the heat generated by other conductors within the same conduit to name a few. So, during design this will need to be recognized and compensated for.

Diversity of the load a cable segment feeds is also another factor that comes into play with dwellings. Diversity is looking at how much electrical load is drawing current at the same time. Turns out with dwelling units the diversity is quite significant. So, NEC 2023 section 310.12 recognizes this and allows a derating factor to be used on the service-entrance conductors, which feed the entire load of the dwelling.

The concept here is that the more devices connected to the service the more chance that all of them will not be operating at the same time, so you are able to apply an 83% adjustment factor for the cabling segments shown in this illustration.

Please note the segment feeding another panelboard from Apartment 2 does not apply to this adjustment factor rule and must be sized using the typical 310.16 ampacity tables.

Example: What size aluminum wire will you need to run from Apartment 2 to a 100-amp sub-panel shown in the illustration?

(Typical sub-panel installation) Cable Type: SE Cable with 90-degree XHHW-2 conductors within (see photo) What is interesting here is that this sub-panel does not feed the entire load of the dwelling so you would refer to table 310.16 and find that #1 AWG would be sufficient using the 75 degree column.

(Refer to NEC Article 338 (illustrated version)-wire larger than #10 so use 75 degree column not the 60 degree column) If this was the segment of wire ahead of the panel, or service, you could use table 310.12(A) which indicates one size smaller which is #2 AWG. This is allowed due to the 83% rule mentioned above.

The amperage of the panel is 100A and if we take 83% of this, we would need a wire segment sized for 83 amps minimum.

When you round up you would get a #2AWG aluminum rated for 90amps.

Hopefully this article finds you well and can be used as a reference for your project needs. If anyone would like to contribute to the 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 res - technical corner

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RES MEMBER PROFILE

Bill Pollock, PE RES member since 1990 RES History

RES member since 1990 RES Director 2000-2005 RES Engineer of the Year 2001

Experience

2021-present: General Manager Rochester at Re:Build Optimation Technology 1985-2021: Founder, President and CEO of Optimation Technology 1985-1989: Associate Professor of Engineering Technology at Alfred State College 1973-1985: Senior Controls Engineer at Eastman Kodak

Education

BS/ME in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Licensed Professional Engineer in New York and North Carolina

Organizations & Groups

Control System Integrators Assoc. - Founding member since 2001 NYS Society of Professional Engineers - Member since 1987 Rochester Technology & Manufacturing Association - Board Member/ President 2015-2021 WXXI Trustee 2010-2013 High Tech Business Council of GRE - Board Member/Director 2001-2008 Rochester Business Alliance – Board Member 2007-2010 Keshequa Central School – Board Member President 1988 1993 Town of Granger (Allegany County) Board of Assessment Review – Member and Chairman 1987 - present

Honors & Awards

Engineer of the Year (RES) 2001 Vanden Brul Award as Entepreneur of the Year (RIT) 2010 Finalist for Business Person of the Year (SBC of RBA) 2013 RPI Athletic Hall of Fame, Track & Cross County 1989

Professional Highlight

Bill founded Optimation to provide engineering services for industrial and manufacturing applications during a time when most engineering firms were focused on roads, bridges, building and infrastructure. Optimation expanded to industrial 14 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER JUNE 2023

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design and fabrication services when they purchased the construction division from Kodak in 2006. More recently Bill helped to transition the ownership of Optimation to Re:Build Manufacturing. Re:Build has the business plan to restore manufacturing to the United States. Optimation is happy to be part of a much larger and growing organization with a shared vision. In addition to historic clients in chemical, food, pharmaceutical, glass, oil and gas and more established industries, Optimation is now focused heavily in industries related to the green energy revolution. Major projects include hydrogen, carbon capture, lithium batteries, wind and solar. Optimation has built millions of dollars in systems to generate green hydrogen, test fuel cell, convert methane to methanol, and assemble lithium batteries. The theme of the Olympics in Japan for 2020 (which didn't happen) was Sustainability and they wanted to have a jet fly-over with jets fueled by farm waste. OTI was commissioned to create a distillation system to convert farm waste into jet fuel. In partnership with GE, OTI built the world’s largest 3D printer. The unit was designed to print a concrete tower 65 feet tall to position the windmill higher and increase the power generated. There is a rush to invest and build green infrastructure and Re:Build Optimation is a part of it.

Interests & Hobbies

Running - Bill has always enjoyed running. He started running in marathons when he was 64. He’s run 16 marathons including running the Boston Marathon 8 times.

Bill and his wife live in an underground house he designed and built himself (with the help of all of his friends).

It includes all the energy savings technology available when he built it 40 years ago.

Bill is converting a 1951 Dodge Pickup to an EV. He’s watched hundreds of youtube videos and searched dozens of websites for the parts and pieces he needs on the project.

Quote Life will have its up and downs. Just remember that failure is never final. There is always a hypothetical possibility that everything will turn out fine.

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RES MEMBER PROFILE

Brett Eliasz, PE RES member since 2018 RES History RES Director 2021-present

Experience 20+ years in the electrical industry Electrical Installation and Design/Engineering

Education AAS, Electrical Engineering Technology, SUNY Alfred BT, Electrical Technology, SUNY Buffalo

Organizations & Groups Victor Little League Baseball Coach

Honors & Awards RES Young Engineer of the Year 2021

Professional Highlight Being able to teach others and share my knowledge Working on projects that change and protect people's lives Interests & Hobbies - Staying Active-Weightlifting, Swimming and Absolutely Zero Running Homesteading: - Four (4) Goats - No goat milk, cheese or soap at the moment but someday.

- Currently just Chicken Eggs - Making Maple Syrup - this past season finished off an entire 2 gallons…!

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Starting small: - Fixing Old Cars - Snowmobiling - 4 Wheeling - Boating - Fixing everything myself - Heating my house with wood-Chopping and Sawing Wood - Any sports with my 7-year-old son - Watching the Buffalo Bills in Orchard Park - Science Experiments with my son - Fishing - Nature Hikes

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Get IT Done

So many apps...

Selecting and implementing business applications is an important part of the successful operation of any modern organization. When planned and selected well, new applications can streamline processes, improve productivity, increase profitability, and enable organizations to adapt to changing opportunities.

Selecting and implementing business applications can be a complex and challenging process.

Here are some things to keep in mind when selecting and implementing business applications: When considering new business applications, a critical step is understanding and agreeing to the requirements and objectives, this documents the value the application provides to the organization and defines the expected results of using it.

It is valuable to ensure there is representation of different roles that will use or support the application, including employees, managers, and IT leadership. Involving these stakeholders early in the decision-making process can help ensure that all requirements and opinions are considered, prioritized, and that the application is a good fit for the organization. You likely have multiple individuals on the team with valuable insight.

• Speaking of value to the organization, what are the available funds to cover licensing, implementation, training, data migration, data integration and ongoing support?

• Does self-hosting make the most sense or is a mobile or software as a service (SaaS) solution a better fit based on the use case?

At a minimum IT’s responsibility is to ensure applications being considered will be functional and supportable in your organization. Looking to compatibility with end user devices, compliance, policies, infrastructure and that they can support the solution. Depending what data the application processes, IT will look to ensure it is appropriately secured, and that the quality of the data is being managed to ensure integrity and reliability. IT should have an overall plan identifying what systems will be used as the source of critical data and how that data will be managed, where data will be stored, how it will be validated, and identify the compliance and retention requirements.

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they provide new perspective or capabilities you never considered, or they may just not be a good fit at this time.

With a short list of applications, it’s time to setup demonstrations and vendors evaluations. Again, IT should be involved with assessing the vendor provided systems are sufficiently secure and reliable, unfortunately this is often not considered until there are issues or breaches.

Once the best vendor and application solution has been selected through demonstrations and reference checks, the next step is to plan for implementation.

This involves developing a plan with the vendor for installing and configuring the application, migrating data, integrating with other systems, and training employees on how to use it. It is important to involve IT staff in the implementation process to ensure that the application is properly configured and integrated with existing systems and properly monitored. Before rolling out the application to all users, it is important to test it thoroughly to ensure that it is functioning as expected. This involves testing all features and processes and integration points with other systems.

It is important to keep stakeholders informed of the progress of the implementation and to address any concerns or issues that arise. This can help ensure a smooth transition and increase buy-in from employees.

We typically build and follow a formal communication plan to ensure status and challenges are well communicated.

Once implemented and running, it is valuable to measure the effectiveness of the application, did it meet the original objectives. This can help identify areas for improvement and can help ensure that the application is providing a positive return on investment.

Wrapping up, by following proven processes and engaging the right resources to assist or lead the effort, organizations of all sizes can benefit from a periodic review and refresh of applications to ensure they are effective and provide the organization the intended value.

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IEEE - Electrical Vehicle Charging Topologies, Technologies and Future Presented by Sreeram (Ram) Dhurjaty, PhD President of Dhurjaty Electronics Consulting LLC

Background Ram has several years of experience designing medical devices, power supplies and various other devices. He has occupied senior positions in industry at Eastman Kodak, Bose, and Analogic Corporation. Ram retired from Kodak as the Technology-guru and senior fellow. He has designed a CT-scanner and MR front ends, Fetal Heart monitors, ultrasound imaging systems, patient monitors, and defibrillators. He invented the World’s first hand-cranked defibrillator.

Ram has 17 issued patents in various areas of medical devices. He is a Life-Senior member of the IEEE, Past chair of the Rochester Section, Distinguished speaker of IEEE Consumer Technology Society, and IEEE R1/R2 Historian. He is also a member of SPIE, AHA, AAPM and RES. Ram is a private pilot with a commercial certificate and holds an extra class HAM radio license (AD2BW).

Summary This presentation discussed various present-day EV charging system topologies - AC Level 1 (Residential install), AC Level 2 (Residential and Public install), DC Fast Charger (Public and Commercial install) and Wireless Charger (Residential and Public install). Ram reviewed the technology of the various chargers, their deployment (connectors and wiring), standards (US and global), efficiency, losses and issues of compatibility. Charge management and the roles of smart grids was discussed as this is one of the things that will be critical to the future of widespread use of EV's. Bidirectional chargers, that can use the EV as a power source to a home/business, and wireless chargers were also discussed.

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ASCE/NYSATE - Strategic Energy Management for Water Resource Recovery Facilities Presented by Andy Fraser, Engineering Operations Manager Monroe County Department of Environmental Services

Corky Kelsey, Chief Operator Monroe County Department of Environmental Services

The four processes requiring the most energy at either Plant are Aeration, Pumping, HVAC and Solids Handling.

Background Andy was the Energy Champion for the duration of the 2018-2021 SEM Program run. Currently the Engineering Operations Manager Assistant at Monroe County Department of Environmental Services Corky Kelsey is currently the Chief Operator for MCDES FEV & NWQ WRRFs and also a key role in the success of the SEM Program.

Summary This presentation discussed the Strategic Energy Management (SEM) program implementation for the Frank E VanLare (FEV) Water Resource Recovery Facility and Northwest Quadrant Treatment Plant (NWQ). The two Monroe County facilities participated in the pilot SEM program (funded

by NYSERDA) in 2018. The SEM purpose is to align energy efficiency with business practices. It's benefits include finding ways to; improve control and operation of facilities, reduce risks of violating permit, extend infrastructure and equipment life spans, identify operational issues and drive energy savings.The SEM team at the Monroe County DES were trained on the program, energy consumption at the facilities, simple calculations to estimate energy use/cost, and how to implement the program. The team then organized "treasure hunts" at each facility that included operators, mechanics and HVAC staff where they identified SMART (Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant Timely) ideas to save energy. The team gathered the ideas and placed into four categories according to effort/ cost and energy savings; Quick Wins, Gems, Don't Do, and Strategic.

There were ten Quick Wins identified between the two plants that were able to be implemented right away! Some of the challenges for the team that were overcome were: employee motivation and changing staff culture, tunnel vision – assuming past practices are best, making time, combating capital projects, understanding external effects on energy usage, and data collection.

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ASHRAE/ASPE - Electrification of Legacy Central Heating Plants Presented by Jim Parks

Sales Engineer with Stark Equipment’s Boiler Group

Background Jim has 8 years of experience in the hydronic systems industry. He is an Adjunct Professor at MCC where he teaches a course in Hot Water Heating Systems. He is also the President-elect of the Rochester Chapter of ASHRAE. Jim lives in Irondequoit with his wife and two dogs and is expecting his first child in July.

Summary In this presentation Jim discussed New York State’s ambitious decarbonization and electrification goals and what can we do today to prepare our heating systems for this change. The presentation explored how to implement existing technologies right now to move our buildings closer to compliance with the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA). We can utilize central plant infrastructure that exists in many buildings to reduce the carbon footprint of a building so it is in line with NYS goals, all while preparing for full future electrification. There were four main learning objectives; understand the timing and ramifications of NYS CLCPA, understand technology currently available commercially for decarbonization, understand design strategies for low carbon legacy heating plants, and understand the financial assistance available for implementation. A suggested design approach for heating systems today was discussed including; understanding the true building load, how to drive down overall energy consumption, how to build out infrastructure for full electrification, and replacement of gasfired equipment with electrical equipment. An application example was reviewed to show how a hybrid system (gas-fired boiler, electric boiler and heat pumps) could realistically achieve energy savings and carbon footprint reduction in line with NYS goals.

Excerpt Shifting the Paradigm…

1. Stop thinking about 100% gas heating systems.

2. Stop thinking that we need our heating systems to be 100% electric.

3. If you utilize the available resources, a path exists RIGHT NOW to achieve this goal in a financially responsible way.

Editor’s note: This is what stood out to me…this is a shift in the way of thinking. There are things we can focus on, that are in our control (building engineers), and can do now (that are financially responsible) that will make a change.

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Meet another young engineer Eddy Wu

by Noah Kelly, RES Director Alstom As a child, nothing comes close to the feeling of school getting cancelled due to snow. These snow days were commonplace for Eddy Wu during his time in elementary and middle school. However, as the years went by, the amount of snow, and consequently, snow days significantly dropped until it was almost a foreign concept to the students. In high school, Eddy wanted to understand why something that used to be so common, became more of a distant memory. When looking into global warming, Eddy became very interested in contrails and their major contribution to the global warming issue.

A contrail refers to the trail of clouds formed by aircraft as the water vapor condenses around small

Figure 1. Infrared radiation trapped from a newly formed contrail

dust particles. This phenomenon has been cited to cause global warming to a higher degree than the CO2 emissions from burning fuel! The reason why contrails have become so detrimental to their environment is due to their ability to trap heat that would otherwise be released into space.

For a contrail to form, certain parameters relating to temperature, humidity, and pressure need to be met. If you could predict these variables at any given location, you could potentially avoid traveling through contrail-forming regions. This is exactly what Eddy Wu set out to do. Eddy developed a Contrail Reduction Algorithm and Data Live E-system (CRADLE) to identify the best routes for commercial flights based on contrail reduction.

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and vision transformers, Eddy worked towards creating a highly accurate computer vision model for contrail detection. Once a departure and arrival airport was identified, Eddy would supply his models with publicly available live readings of the weather.

The model would then compare the given flight path to a contrailmatched map and calculate a series of alternative routes that would avoid contrail producing regions.

Eddy was able to achieve a contraildetection model with an accuracy of over 93%! He was able to utilize this model within his own app called “Contrail Reduction with Deep Learning”. Eddy was able to create CRADLE primarily using the coding language Python. Eddy had entered CRADLE At the Terra Rochester Finger Lakes Science & Engineering Fair. At this fair, Eddy won Highest Honors for his project, as well as the Air Force Engineering Award and the National Geographic Award. He also won promotion to the Genius Olympiad, an international competition focused on the environment, that will be held at RIT in June.

Eddy had no prior schooling on the language, and became self-taught through the use of YouTube videos and online forums. He had said this project helped inspire his career path, and will be continuing to pursue furthering his research in collaboration with MIT’s THINK Scholarship Program!

In the future, Eddy would like to pursue a career in physics and computer science. When touring a physics lab, Eddy was fascinated by the technology being used. He compared the equipment to that used by the Marvel superhero Iron Man. Since then, he has been reading numerous scientific research articles and fell in love with the idea of bringing new knowledge into the world. He compared physics to that of magic, and wishes to utilize this magic to invoke change and better the world. His advice to students considering research: “You’re never too young to start being curious about things”. q res student feature - up & coming engineer

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The Next Generation CONETTIX Receiver from Bosch

Making updates to products is nothing new at Bosch. To build and maintain world class intrusion solutions requires continuous innovation to ensure our offerings meet the challenges customers are looking for us to solve. When engineering and product management were tasked to update our currently fielded receiver product family, it became abundantly clear that we needed to do much more than change out some obsolete components; we needed a clean sheet design. After various trade studies, customer interviews, and market evaluations the engineering and product management team embarked on a journey to move to a softwarecentric receiver solution. A software driven solution was going to not only meet today’s challenges, but create the flexibility needed to address tomorrow’s challenges. We needed to build a product that had a modern, intuitive user interface, with the ability to flex to various customer sizes while still maintaining the reliability that customers were accustomed to from Bosch. The B6800-SR is delivering on this vision.

After a long-awaited development, the B6800-SR will be available for sale to customers in July of 2023. We’re excited to get this into the hands of those that have been asking for it!

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Intrusion System Components To understand why Bosch decided to invest in a new receiver, it helps to understand the role the receiver plays along with other intrusion system components.

A basic system consists of a control panel, a user interface, detectors, an alarm output, and a central monitoring station.

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Control Panel – This is the brain of the entire system User Interface – This is the means to control and interact with the intrusion system. This could be a key fob, keypads, or applications on a mobile device.

Detectors – A sensor that to detects events, movements, or changes in its environment Alarm Output – Alerts the users of an occurring alarm. This can be a siren, a message to your phone, or a notification to a monitoring station Central Monitoring Station – This supervises the control panel from an offsite location.

What is the new B6800-SR? The B6800-SR is a software-based IP receiving platform that features Bosch’s award winning CONETTIX IP alarm communication technology to receive alarm messages, process the data quickly, and securely pass the information on to your choice of monitoring automation software. Operating on commercial off-the-shelf Windows software, B6800-SR is simple to install, simple to use and simple to maintain.

A browser-based user interface means that there is no special software to install on your operators’ workstations. Multiple operators can maintain your database simultaneously, greatly streamlining operation – especially in large monitoring centers. B6800-SR operates on your computers, so there is no proprietary hardware to buy or maintain. With flexible licensing for up to 10,500 alarm accounts, B6800-SR has the scalability to support small, medium, and large monitoring centers. cover article - bosch

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Key Features When developing the new B6800-SR, our customers we’re looking for a system that was as reliable as our previous generation receivers, but created greater overall value in a flexible, intuitive, and scalable software solution. Some of those key features are part of the initial B6800-SR launch. � Simple and modern web browser GUI to easily configure and maintain accounts � Dashboard showing real-time status and vital information about the system � Multiple simultaneous users can update panel accounts � Web based help directly from the GUI

� Scalable system runs on existing hardware investments � Software only IP receiving system that runs in Hyper-V as a Virtual Machine � System expansion supports from 500 up to 10,500 panel accounts � Two Receivers per system for flexible deployments

� Number of panel accounts can be expanded as needed � Migrate panel accounts from D6x00 receiver systems � Fully automated failover solution as required by UL standards � Easy setup and software upgrades for system and security enhancements

With the CONETTIX B6800-SR Software Central Station Receiver, you experience state of the art technology to allow you to provide peace of mind. It’s like nothing really happens.

Investments in Software Development & System Integration Building a state-of-the-art software receiver like the B6800-SR required significant investment not only into the product itself, but also investments in the team and infrastructure necessary to launch and sustain a product of this nature. As part of this project scope, Bosch also invested in a new Systems Integration Lab (SIL) to reduce development risk and increase the fidelity of the features in the initial launch.

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Specifically, on the B6800-SR project, the SIL enabled the product team to better evaluate and replicate system behavior during (and after) the software development process, ensured key capabilities from legacy products were carried forward, but most importantly enabled the team to make data driven decisions around system requirements and system performance.

System Integration Lab Mission & Purpose The mission of the SIL is simple, it was established to create value for our customers.

Whether focused on the B600-SR, or other Bosch initiatives, it will position Bosch to provide better system integration with key customers, better integration with evolving technology, and increased customer intimacy.

The SIL has established and will continue to establish a new standard of collaboration with customers unlike anything Bosch has ever taken on before.

About Bosch Intrusion in Fairport, NY Keeping the wrong people out is the goal of every security system. But when your facility is at risk, you want to know that your intrusion system will perform. From our detectors that make the correct decision every time to our highly capable intrusion systems that have the flexibility to meet different building requirements -- Bosch helps to protect your property, your assets and most importantly, the people.

Fairport, New York is the headquarters for Bosch Security Systems, LLC. in the United States. This location serves as the head office for regional operations and head to the Intrusion Business Unit global team. This Fairport facility is home to leadership teams, engineering, product management, marketing, sales, and customer service.

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Virtual Reality Applications in Autism Research

by Zhiwei Yu, IIRL, RIT Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impairments in social communication, repetitive behaviors, and restricted interests (Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 2013). The prevalence of ASD has increased in recent years, with current estimates indicating that approximately 1 in 36 children (1/54 in 2016, 1/44 in 2018) in the United States are diagnosed with ASD (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020). The assessment of ASD can be challenging, as it requires a comprehensive evaluation of the individual's social communication and interaction skills, as well as their behavior and sensory processing. Various traditional treatments (such as applied behavior analysis and cognitive behavioral therapy) have been developed to help individuals with ASD to improve their social skills and manage their symptoms. Recent research has also demonstrated that Virtual Reality (VR) technology may be promising in both assessments and treatments for individuals with autism, offering unique benefits that traditional methods may not provide.

VR is a computer-generated environment that can simulate real-world experiences. When compared with humanadministrated scenarios, its benefits include but not limit to: 1) provide high controllability, robustness, and precision when develop interactive environments; 2) offer less threatening but comfortable environments to have repetitive role-play practices; 3) allow researchers to collect data in a more objective, precise and standardized manner. Given these advantages, VR has boosted many explorations in the autism research. How VR technology has emerged as a promising tool to provide the assessments and treatments for individuals with autism are reviewed in this article.

Assessments

The assessment of social communication and interaction skills is a key component of the diagnostic process for ASD. VR technology provides researchers with a controlled environment to simulate social interactions and situations, allowing for the assessment of social communication and interaction abilities. For example, traditional assessments of ASD rely on clinician-administrated observations and interview-based questionnaires, which can be subjective and vary in their reliability. Social interactions can be unpredictable and overwhelming for individuals with ASD, making it difficult to accurately assess their social communication and interaction abilities in real-world situations. VR technology can overcome these limitations and enhance the diagnostic process by providing a standardized and high controllable environment for assessments. Strickland et al. (2017) utilized a VR-based job interview simulation in conjunction with a comprehensive job skills assessment to estimate employment readiness in individuals with ASD. The study found that the VR-based job interview simulation improved the accuracy and reliability of the assessment for social communication and interaction skills. Results confirmed significant improvements in verbal content skills for individuals with ASD who completed the VR-based employmenttraining program when compared with those did not. Koirala et al. (2021) designed a novel VR-based sensory assessment system to explore how children with ASD were different from their typically developing (TD) peers in terms of visual and tactile sensory processing. This study required participants to play a VR game by painting 2D and 3D maze-like paths with a 3D haptic robot. Fig. 1 shows two game scenes with the 2D (a) and 3D (b) settings, respectively. Results indicated that the system could highlight significant visual and sensory differences between the ASD and TD groups and capture more significant differences when compared to the traditional questionnairebased results.

Treatments

The applications of VR technology in the treatment of ASD have also shown promising results. VR technology provides individuals with ASD with a less threatening, less socially challenging, more controllable and comfortable environment to have role-play practices for social communication and interaction skills. One of the ways to use VR for autism treatments is through social skills training/intervention. Children with autism often have difficulty 28 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER JUNE 2023

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stimuli, such as visual, auditory, and tactile events, in a way that is safe and controllable for them. Furthermore, VR can be employed to reduce anxiety and stress in children with autism. Children with autism may experience heightened anxiety and stress levels in response to new or unfamiliar situations, and VR can be used to create calming and relaxing environments that can help reduce anxiety levels. Adjorlu et al.

(2019) explored the feasibility of VR-based singing environment where virtual audiences would provide feedbacks to help individuals with ASD to reduce social anxiety. Results disclosed that individuals with ASD were able to sing in front of virtual audiences without a major level of social anxiety.

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Fig. 1. 2D (a) and 3D (b) demonstration of the VR-based game scene. Participants were required to use the painting ball (powered by a 3D haptic robot) to color 2D and 3D paths.

Objects covered by the yellow rectangle were rotating within each scene, they were played as the visual stimuli.

with social interactions, and VR can create a safe and controlled environment in which they can practice social skills. For example, a therapist can use VR to simulate social situations such as a birthday party or a school classroom, where the child can practice eye contact, conversation skills, and other social behaviors. Ke et al.

(2022) proposed VR-enabled environments to provide an immersive and play- and designed-oriented training of multi social skills (such as interpersonal negotiation and self-identity expression) for individuals with ASD. Results demonstrated individuals with ASD showed improvements in those social skills.

In addition, VR plays significant roles in the sensory integration therapy for individuals with autism. For example, children with autism often have sensory processing issues, which can make it difficult for them to process and respond to stimuli in their environment.

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While VR technology has shown promise in the assessments and treatments of ASD, there are also several challenges that need to be addressed in the near future. One of the main challenges is the cost of VR technology. VR equipment and software can be expensive, making it inaccessible for many individuals with ASD and their families. Additionally, VR technology requires specialized training to be used effectively, which can limit its widespread adoption in clinical settings. Another challenge is to further validate effectiveness of VR technology in autism research.

While preliminary studies have shown promising results, more research is needed to determine the longterm effectiveness of VR technology in the assessments and treatments for ASD. Furthermore, there is an urgent need for larger sample sizes in studies to evaluate the effectiveness.

Conclusions

In conclusion, VR technology has shown successes in simulating social interactions and situations with a highly controllable environment to provide assessments (e.g., sensory processing) and treatments (e.g., practices of social interactional skills) for individuals with ASD. Even though, there are challenges in using VR technology in autism research. The long-term effectiveness of VR technology needs to be further verified. Overall, VR technology has the potential to improve the lives of individuals with ASD by providing safe and effective tools for assessments and treatments. q Zhiwei Yu, a Ph.D. candidate from the Intelligent Interaction Research Lab (IIRL) at the Rochester Institute of Technology, supervised by Dr. Zhi Zheng. With a research focus on Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Behavioral and mental healthcare.

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VEX Robotics team places in top 10 at international competition Collegiate team recognized for seasonal wins and team awards for outstanding robotics program RIT’s VEX Robotics team placed 10th overall among 96 collegiate teams in the recent VEX Robotics World Championships in Dallas.

Teams competing in the championship came from U.S. universities from Alaska, Oregon, and California as well as international teams from Columbia, Mexico, China, Puerto Rico, and Australia.

Closing a strong 2023 season, the team was also recognized for excellence in technical designs and the overall quality of its program.

VEX Robotics at RIT has grown significantly since it began in 2017.

“Our early years, it was about building the team, understanding how we were going to run a club. We spent time recruiting people with the different disciplines needed, so we have some really talented individuals,” said Stefany Ferguson, team president and a fifth-year electrical engineering major from Manchester, Conn.

Students on the RIT VEX Robotics team that placed 10th overall at the VEXU World Championship recently are (front row, left to right) Allison Kunin, Brianna Vottis, Joe Saso, Zoe Rizzo, Stefany Ferguson, Aniket Sonika, Owen Gormley, and Richie Sommers. (Back row) Ryan McGee, Victor Rabinovich, and Chris Brown (faculty advisor). Credit: Provided by S. Ferguson

Ferguson has been involved with VEX since high school, and she joined the RIT team in her first year. Placing in the top 10 this year of the championship was a milestone that Ferguson helped make happen.

VEX Robotics has several categories of competitions with K-12 competitors as well as college teams. Similar to FIRST Robotics, the program is intended to spur interest in STEM disciplines, emphasize teamwork, and encourage students to apply what they learn in classrooms to real-world projects, such as building robotic systems.

Middle and high school teams start with a kit of parts and mentors to help them build robots. At the collegiate level, teams spend the academic year designing robots, often building different parts and electronic systems in labs or machine shops. For some of the team members, the part designs are new skills being learned.

Two of the robots used by RIT VEX Robotics and two of the recent awards presented to the team for qualifying for the 2023 Worlds and for overall program excellence. Credit: Provided by S. Ferguson

“It’s a great thing for a college student to know. We did a lot of 3D printing for just about every part of the robot—the gears, support towers—we also got into making silicon molds for all the wheels that we used,” said Ferguson, who is completing the bachelor’s/master’s dual-degree program in electrical engineering in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering. q 30 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER JUNE 2023

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Rochester Institute of Technology takes its place on international stage at G7 to advance semiconductor development

Micron launches U.S.-Japan university partnership to increase research, educational opportunities and the pipeline of graduates in computer chip manufacturing Rochester Institute of Technology is one of six U.S. universities named as part of an international partnership to improve competitiveness in computer chip design, development, and manufacturing.

Micron Corp. and the National Science Foundation announced the partnership—the U.S.-Japan University Partnership for Workforce Advancement and Research & Development in Semiconductors for the Future (UPWARDS)— and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the 2023 G7 Summit in Japan.

Aimed at expanding engineering education and research to underrepresented students and faculty, the partnership will pair universities for shared learning across the two countries. Other participating universities are Hiroshima University, Kyushu University, Nagoya University, Tohoku University, and Tokyo Institute of Technology, from Japan; and RIT, Boise State University, Purdue University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Washington, and Virginia Tech, from the U.S. With an established microelectronic engineering degree program, one of the first in the country, RIT currently has more than 1,500 alumni working in the semiconductor field. The specialized program blends the theoretical knowledge and hands-on training required to design and build chips.

Through the UPWARDS partnership, RIT will participate in curriculum development, student and faculty exchanges, research projects, and Micron’s Women in Semiconductors (WiSe) program.

RIT’s cleanroom, located in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, is undergoing updates this summer in recognition of the demand for increased research and teaching related to computer chip design, development, and manufacturing. Credit: Elizabeth Lamark/RIT

“As a leading producer of STEM graduates, Rochester Institute of Technology recognizes the crucial role that semiconductors and related technologies play in driving innovation and economic growth, said RIT President David Munson. “More importantly, we are committed to fostering diversity and removing educational barriers. We look forward to partnering with our academic colleagues in Japan and in the United States, as well as Micron, through the UPWARDS for the Future initiative to advance semiconductor research and workforce development.”

The university’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering (KGCOE), the College of Engineering Technology (CET), and RIT Certified will be key contributors to the UPWARDS for the Future partnership: • Both colleges are teaching and training future and current engineers for jobs in the semiconductor industry—ranging from research and design to semiconductor manufacturing and electronic packaging.

• Faculty and graduate students enrolled in RIT’s doctoral programs in Microsystems Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering will collaborate on cutting-edge research as part of the UPWARDS partnerships. Current research projects range from developing new materials and processes to designing and building new devices for memory, power, energy, and security applications.

• RIT’s cleanroom, the Semiconductor and Microsystems Fabrication Lab, is undergoing an expansion this summer. The university acquired state and national funding, including $2 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce Omnibus Bill, to update and expand the lab.

• Both colleges offer multiple workforce development programs at the university and at corporate-partner sites to help build the skilled workforce needed by the semiconductor and electronic packaging industry. KGCOE offers a weeklong short course that covers the full range of processes used to produce computer chips. CET is involved in electronics

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RIT takes its place on international stage at G7...continued packaging training for corporate partners in its Center for Electronic Manufacturing and Assembly. The latter is also part of a regional focus on re-training area veterans.

The founding universities, including RIT, are known for their high-quality education and proven commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Each one has focused on closing the gender equity gap in STEM, which is crucial to building the industry’s workforce of the future, Micron officials said in an official statement.

“This is an exciting opportunity for our students and faculty,” said Doreen Edwards, dean of RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering. “Our college has been educating microelectronic engineers for the semiconductor industry for over 40 years.

The UPWARDS for the Future Program will attract a whole new generation of diverse engineers who will be well prepared to contribute to this important global industry.”

Funding for the international initiative will come from Micron and the founding institutions that will contribute in-kind donations over a five-year period. The NSF also will invest over the same time period to implement different elements of UPWARDS for the Future. Additionally, each U.S. university will participate in student exchanges, provide summer research opportunities and fellowship programs, and provide faculty support.

In October 2022, Micron announced it would invest up to $100 billion over the next 20 years to build a megafab, a semiconductor fabrication center, in Onondaga County, located in central New York. It is expected to create thousands of new jobs in an effort to increase production of computer chip technology. The site was selected because of its proximity to multiple institutions of higher education, research and development laboratories, multiple related businesses to support the semiconductor supply chain, and a skilled workforce.

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Zachary Campo

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2022 Engineer of Distinction

2022 Young Engineer of the

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Year Finalist

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Mark F. Bocko, PhD 2022 Engineer of the Year

Vladimir Fabre

Binghua "Ben" Guan

2022 Engineer of Distinction

2022 Engineer of Distinction

Robert P. McCarthy

Jessica Shang, PhD

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2022 Young Engineer of the

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Scholarship Awards Announcement on John R. McIntyre, PE

Daniel Rice

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News From Professional Firms CHA News CHA Reaches 20% Carbon Reduction Goal Two Years Early CHA Consulting, Inc. (CHA), an innovative engineering design, consulting and construction management firm, announced that it has achieved its 2025 carbon reduction goal two years ahead of schedule. CHA set the goal in its 2019 Sustainability Report to decrease its carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent per employee by 20% from its 2019 baseline. Through various carbon reduction initiatives implemented since 2020, CHA achieved a 19% reduction in its CO2 equivalent per employee by the end of 2022. The remaining 1% was attained through investment in carbon offsets upon the recommendation of CHA’s Green Team, which is comprised of over 35 colleagues from throughout the organization with the responsibility to develop sustainability goals and measure progress.

CHA partnered with Carbonfund.org (Carbonfund) to purchase the carbon offsets. CHA’s investment will support the largest voluntary nitrous oxide (N2O) abatement project in North America, a partnership between Carbonfund and Ascend, to offset 269 metric tons. N2O is a greenhouse gas (GHG) that contributes to global warming and is 265 times more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere than CO2. Ascend added an absorption system that captures and destroys N2O emissions from its plant in Cantonment, Florida.

“We are proud of our employees and offices for their dedicated efforts in reaching our carbon reduction goal two years ahead of schedule,” said Jim Stephenson, CEO of CHA Holdings. “Meeting this goal propels us forward as an organization while allowing our Green Team to establish new carbon reduction goals over 2023,” said Erin Crotty, CHA Senior Vice President, Government National Market Director, Green Team Chair.

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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.

Jonathan Ottman jottman@luengineers.com

Lu Engineers is an equal opportunity employer.

Continuing Education Opportunities

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Continuing Education – Live Event – Tour of the Broad Street Tunnel (limit 40 people) and Aqueduct Reimagined Presentation - 2 PDHs Pending Place: Presentation at the Rochester Public Library Gleason Auditorium Time: Tour at 2:00 pm; Presentation from 4:00 to 5:00 pm. A social hour (cash bar) to follow at the Dinosaur BBQ Cost: $10 per PDH Registration: Two separate registrations are now available – one for the tour only and one for the presentation only. Because of the limited availability of attendees for the tour you need to register and pay for each separately.

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James R. Pond Regional Traffic Operations Center Tour 1 PDH Crediit

Place: James R. Pond RTOC, 1155 Scottsville Road, Rochester, NY 14624 Happy Hour is at Beerhead Bar & Eatery (in College Town), 1401 Mt. Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620 Time: Tour at 2:15 pm; Happy hour to follow tour at 4:00 pm.

Cost: $10 per person which includes a free drink at Happy Hour.

Registration; Reservations by Friday, June 23rd. Event is limited to 30 attendees! https://sections.asce.org/rochester

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

Thursday, June 1

Monday, June 12 – Saturday, June 17

Rochester Engineering Society (RES) Monthly Social Gathering

p 9 TERRA Science & Engineering Fair (TERRA)

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.

Tuesday, June 6

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) EXCOM Meeting

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Place: Hybrid, via WebEx and in-person (see vtools for venue and WebEx login) Time: 11:50 am to 1:00 pm Registration links for our events are at: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/351996.

Thursday, June 8

American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE) Golf Tournament & Dinner

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Place: Victor Hills Golf Club, 1450 Brace Road, Victor, NY 14564 Time: 10:00 am till 5:00 pm Reservations: David Jereckos, djereckos@ibceng.com or 585-341-3168. Additional details will be available on the website at www.aspe.org/rochester.

Monday, June 12

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Annual 18-Hole Scholarship Golf Tournament

Place: Webster Golf Course, 440 Salt Road, Webster, NY 14580 Time: Registration, breakfast, social hour and driving range from 7:45 to 8:45 am; Shotgun start at 9:00 am.

Lunch will be served after the tournament.

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

Registration: To register or sponsor a hole, contact Josh Rodems, 585-498-7944 or jrodems@bergmannpc.com.

Reservations and payment due by May 26th.

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Genius Olympiad – an international competition with over 700 students. Judges Needed!

Place: Rochester Institute of Technology Contact Harold Clark with any questions, trfsef@terraed.org.

Thursday, June 15

International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)

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INCOSE’s Systems Engineering Competency Assessment Guide Speaker: Clifford Whitcomb, PhD 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, June 14th.

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

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Place: Terry Hills Country Club, 5122 Clinton Street Road, Batavia, NY 14020 Time: Registration and lunch (Halfway House) begins at 11:30 am; Shotgun start at 12:30 pm. Steak dinner at 5:30 pm. Awards following dinner.

Cost: $125 per person (includes lunch, golf with cart, keg beer, dinner, and prizes). $40 for dinner only. $200 Hole Sponsorships available!

Registration at www.abcdwny.com from May 22nd through June 16th. Additional information – contact Nick Barnhard, PE, 716-997-3212 or BarnhardN@ErdmanAnthony.com.

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Engineers’ Calendar, Continued Thursday, June 22

Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Annual Golf Tournament

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Place: Fairview Golf Course, Avon, NY Registration: Full details and online registration on the website at http://www.iesrochester.org.

Tuesday, June 27

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

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James R. Pond Regional Traffic Operations Center Tour 1 PDH

Place: James R. Pond RTOC, 1155 Scottsville Road, Rochester, NY 14624 Happy Hour is at Beerhead Bar & Eatery (in College Town), 1401 Mt. Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620 Time: Tour at 2:15 pm; Happy hour to follow tour at 4:00 pm.

Cost: $10 per person which includes a free drink at Happy Hour.

Registration; Reservations by Friday, June 23rd. Event is limited to 30 attendees!

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

Thursday, July 6

Rochester Engineering Society (RES) Monthly Social Gathering

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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, July 10 Electrical Association

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Place: LeRoy Country Club, 7759 East Main Road, LeRoy, NY 14482 Time: Registration opens at 9:00 am; Shotgun Start at 10:00 am.

Cost: Register early for discounted prices (Before June 20th). Buffet Dinner only is $30 per person. Hole sponsorships available.

Contact the Electrical Association for reservations, www.eawny.com or 585-382-9545.

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Place: Hybrid, via WebEx and in-person (see vtools for venue and WebEx login) Time: 11:50 am to 1:00 pm Registration links for our events are at: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/360677

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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.

Tuesday, September 5

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) EXCOM Meeting

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Place: Hybrid, via WebEx and in-person (see vtools for venue and WebEx login) Time: 11:50 am to 1:00 pm Registration links for our events are at: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/360679

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

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

 “Introduction Railway Signaling and Train Architecture Control for Rapid Transit”  Architectureto Tutorial – Rolf Siegers, INCOSE Working  Thursday, June 15, 6:00 – 7:30 pm (Eastern) ByGroup StuartCo-chair Landau, Senior Train Control Systems Engineer  “INCOSE’s Systems Engineering Competency Assessment We are offering an Architecture this September.

Planned dates Monday, Railway signaling allows safetutorial operations of multiple trains onare the sameSeptember tracks and 19, and Thursday, Both sessions Ph.D. will be from 11 am to 1 pm (eastern). Rolf Guide” bySeptember Clifford22.Whitcomb, Siegers, capacity co-chair of of thethe Architecture be the presenter. willabevery a virtual meeting (zoom). to optimizes tracks. WG, Thiswill presentation willItbe brief introduction There will be no cost to attend for Finger Lakes Chapter regular/senior/student members. Cost

guide is others. a compilation of 37 competencies its basic principles and Four howPDUs they have been implemented over the last several willThe be $10 for all can be earned!

These two sessions will provide attendees with an overview of key elements of the architecture

needed for systems engineering, with information decades with various technologies, discipline.

Topics covered will include: from mechanical devices to microprocessorfor individuals and organizations on how to identify • Terminology/Definitions

basedand equipment.

Application ofsystem, the principles varies across different types of competence.

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railways; we willstandards focus rapid transit which includes subways metros, •here Architecture (e.g., 42010/20/30) and frameworks (DoDAF, TOGAF, and UAF, etc.)

Clifford Whitcomb, PhD, on is an INCOSE Fellow and Chair of the INCOSE Competency Group and will cover wayside signaling, cab Working signaling, and the latest Communications• Architecture professional organizations (CWG).

He is also affiliated with the Naval • Architecture credentials (certifications and certificates)

Based Train Control (CBTC).

Postgraduate School and Cornell University.

• Learning more about architecture

 Annual Meeting – Program to be Announced

Our annual meeting 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.

Meetings begin at 6:00 pm (eastern) and run to approximately 7:30 pm (eastern)

This meeting will be on Junean 15,email 6 – 7:30 pm (eastern).

Attendees need to pre-register.

To Thursday, register, send to Teresa.Froncek@incose.net All meetings are being held notice.

Attendees can virtually attend via until zoom further or, if a US Person, in-person at The link will be sent out a few days before the meeting.

Technologies Rochester, NY (1680 University Avenue, Rochester NY, 14610).

We L3Harris use zoom for our monthly meetings.

For non-FLC members attending the tutorial, instructions on Attendees need to pre-register. payment will be after is received.

• Theresending is register, no cost to attend forsent anyone, butregistration pre-registration is required.

To send an email to out Susan.Urban@incose.net and state whether you will attend via zoom or in-person.

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

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Those attending in-person must register by noon, June 14.

All are welcome. There is no cost to attend the meeting.

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June 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, I am excited to announce that the IEEE Rochester Section officially has a Women In Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group! Special thanks to Deyasini Majumdar for spearheading the petition and serving as interim IEEE Rochester WIE Chair.

IEEE WIE membership is open to IEEE members of any grade interested in promoting women engineers and scientists, and inspiring girls worldwide to follow their academic interests in STEM careers.

Please contact Deyasini Majumdar If you are interested in joining or co-organizing a networking event with IEEE WIE. The next Rochester Section ExCom meetings will be on Tuesday, August 1st (#360677) and September 5th (#360679) from noon to 1 pm. Please pre-register on vTools for in-person or virtual attendance.

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

Report on the RES Symposium – Electrical Tract The RES Symposium was held at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center on Tuesday, April 25. This was the first in-person Symposium since the cancellation of the event due to COVID-19 in 2020. There were approximately 375 attendees who attended talks in five parallel tracts. The luncheon keynote speaker presented a detailed talk on the state of various elements of the New York State infrastructure, including roads, bridges, harbors, parks, railroads, and water distribution.

Several IEEE members and Generac representatives presented talks in the Electrical Track. This track was presided over by Dave Krispinsky and Jean Kendrick, with assistance from Mark Schrader. Each of talks was attended by between 60 and 100 people.

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The presentations provided historical context, detailed technical information about the current state of the art, as well as a well-grounded prediction about future technology. The following talks were presented: o o o o o

EV-Chargers, Present and Future - by Sreeram Dhurjaty, PhD, SMIEEE, Distinguished Speaker, IEEE Static Electricity Industrial Hazards and Mitigations – by Kelly Robinson, PE, PhD Applying AC Drives – by Kevin Diehl Paralleling Concepts – by Michael Hainzl, Reliability Concepts – by Michael Hainzl From Sand to Solar Farms: Silicon Photovoltaics enters Terawatt Era – by Dr. Santosh Kurinec

Upcoming Reports, Events, and Opportunities  June 14 at RIT: GENIUS Olympiad is an international high school competition about environmental

issues. The competition covers the disciplines of Science, Arts, Short Film, Creating Writing, Business, and Music. Finalists from 65 countries and 31 states will represent 740 projects selected out of 1420 submissions. Signup as a judge at https://apply.geniusolympiad.org/judge_registration

 Look for a report the 6th Annual STATUS Conference, which was held at RIT on May 22-24, in the upcoming August IEEE Newsletter. Also look for a report on Moses Power Plant tour (May27).

 The IEEE Joint Chapters Meeting is tentatively scheduled for September. A notice with a registration link will be emailed to the Rochester section when plans are finalized. If you are interested in presenting or arranging a talk, please contact Kelly Robinson at Kelly.Robinson@ElectrostaticAnswers.com.

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Rochester Section

American Society of Civil Engineers http://sections/asce.org/rochester/home

JAMES R. POND REGIONAL TRAFFIC OPERATIONS CENTER TOUR

Join the Rochester Section of ASCE as we tour the James R. Pond Regional Traffic Operations Center (RTOC). Learn about the MCDOT Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS), NonIntrusive Detection (NID) technology implementation, use of data analytics for traffic signal system Signal Phasing and Timing (SPAT), and view demonstrations including RRFB and HAWK beacon setups. Presentation and Tour are approved for 1.0 PDH credit hour.

DATE: Tuesday, June 27, 2023 TIME: 2:15 PM with Happy Hour to Follow at 4 PM LOCATION: James R. Pond RTOC Center, 1155 Scottsville Rd, Rochester, NY 14624 COST: $10 Per Person which Includes a Free Drink at Happy Hour

Join us for Happy Hour following the tour!

Beerhead Bar & Eatery (in College Town)

1401 Mt Hope Ave Rochester, NY 14620 4 PM – 7 PM

Please RSVP by Friday, June 23rd Event is Limited to 30 Attendees!

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43 Annual Invitational Golf Outing Monday Scramble Format July 10, 2023 This event sells out... space is limited!

LeRoy Country Club

7759 East Main Rd, LeRoy NY 14482

Schedule & Golf Package

10:00 a.m. SHOTGUN START at Club House [Registration opens at 9:00 am]

REGISTER EARLY FOR DISCOUNTED PRICE!

EAWNY Members $400/Foursome ($420 after 6/20) NonͲMembers $420 ($440 after 6/20) Price is determined by date payment is received!

Price Includes: 18 Holes of Golf, cart, coffee and donuts at registration, lunch at the turn [choice of hotdog or hamburger, chips and beverage], one free beverage ticket (good at the beverage cart), buffet dinner and prizes.

Beverage Tickets

Each golfer receives one free beverage ticket that can be used at the Beverage Cart. Additional drinks may be purchased directly from the Beverage Cart Driver [cash only] .

Hole Sponsorship

Here's an opportunity for your company to be a sponsor of EAWNY's 43rd Annual Invitational Golf Outing.

A $100 per hole sponsorship will display your company name at the tee for all EAWNY member golfers and guests to see. Show your company's contribution and dedication to the Electrical Association and check the appropriate box on the Registration/Sponsor Form.

Buffet Dinner

Even if you are not a golfer, reserve now for dinner.

Tickets are only $30 per person.

Come out early to enjoy LeRoy Country Club's facilities.

Join the golfers for cocktails before dinner.

Prize Donations

Prizes are needed and will be greatly appreciated.

The value should be approximately $25 or greater.

Donations indicated on Registration/Sponsor Form will be recognized in the program.

Electrical Association of Western New York PO Box 20219, Rochester, New York 14602-0219 Phone: 585-382-9545 www.eawny.com ~ karen@eawny.com

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Rochester Chapter

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

JUNE NEWSLETTER

President's Message It is hard to believe that the year is over. Looking back, I am proud of what the Rochester ASHRAE Chapter accomplished between September and today. Having been involved with the chapter for over 12 years I can’t remember a time when we had so much growth in interest in the Rochester ASHRAE Chapter. Our leadership groups (Officers, Board of Governors, committee leaders) are genuinely interested in improving the chapter.

They all have been a pleasure to work with and should be pleased with the outcome of their efforts.

Here is a short list of what stands out to me from this year: •

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I started out the year with an article in ASHRAE Insights to celebrate my family with three generations of ASHRAE Chapter Presidents.

Awarding a scholarship for the first time since … well nobody can remember back that far.

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Through the scholarship with Monroe Community College and the MCC Foundation we have had opportunities to connect with MCC President Dr. Burt-Nanna, and also the Forward Center Workforce Development leaders to discuss labor opportunities in our industry. I hope we can use this partnership to improve our future as our industry grows to meet the state decarbonization goals.

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Participation in developing the NY Healthcare Protocol. This working document will help healthcare leadership and state policymakers work together to ensure that we can maintain quality patient care while meeting the states decarbonization goals.

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Getting back to high school classrooms to speak to students about our industry for National Engineers Week.

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Attendance growth. Early in the year we were hoping to see 50 in attendance at our monthly meetings.

Our Valentines Dinner Dance (which we haven’t hosted since the pandemic hit) had 157 in attendance.

Followed by 131 people for the February chapter meeting which is higher than I have ever seen. We had a fantastic turnout for the April Refrigeration Tour at RIT. The golf tournament sold out.

Thank you to the leadership team for helping me reach my goals as chapter president. I am fully confident that next year’s officers will continue the success that we had this year and can’t wait to see what they can improve on.

Have a great summer!

Matthew Kremers ASHRAE Rochester Chapter President 2022-2023

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24th Annual Scholarship Golf Outing Wednesday, June 21, 2023 Save the date as the Association for Bridge Construction and Design would like to welcome everyone to participate in our annual Scholarship Golf Tournament. The tournament proceeds will benefit the ABCD Scholarship Program. The Western New York Chapter plans to award scholarships to students in a bridge related curriculum for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Terry Hills Country Club; Batavia, NY

Highlights

• Keg beer starting 1 hour before dinner

• Registration beginning at 11:30 AM • Lunch beginning at 11:30 AM (Halfway House) • Shotgun Start at 12:30 PM

• Steak Dinner at 5:30 PM • Awards following Dinner

Cost

Contact Information

Location Terry Hills Country Club 5122 Clinton Street Road Batavia, NY 14020 Phone: (585) 343-0860

$125 per person (includes Lunch, Golf Nick Barnhard, PE with Cart, Keg Beer, Dinner, and Prizes) Phone: (716) 997-3212 $40 (dinner only) Email: BarnhardN@ErdmanAnthony.com $200 Hole Sponsorships available

Register Online at www.abcdwny.com May 22nd thru June 16th abcd news

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Terra Rochester Finger Lakes Science & Engineering Fair Harold Clark TRFSEF Director trfsef@terraed.org

This year’s return to an in-person fair was a great success in opening the world of STEM to almost 50 students.

And we’re already planning next year’s!

Save the Date!

Saturday, March 23, 2024

Judges Needed for Genius Olympiadan international competition with over 700 studentsJune 12-17 at RIT Judge Registration Opened!

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

IES ROCHESTER SECTION OUR ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT IS ON THE MOVE JOIN US ON THURSDAY JUNE 22ND AT FARVIEW GOLF COURSE IN AVON

FOR FULL DETAILS AND ONLINE REGISTRATION, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.IESROCHESTER.ORG Please remember to visit our website at www.iesrochester.org ies news

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President/Education Chair: DAVID MYERS LaBella Associates, PC 300 State Street Suite 201 Rochester, NY 14614 585-454-6110

President's Message It is time for new blood in the leadership positions with ideas to help the Rochester Chapter grow. Please feel free to contact a Board Member if you would like to serve on the Board either as an Elected Official, Affiliate or just want to be more involved in Chapters Issues.

Vice President Technical: DAVE JERECKOS IBC Engineering, PC 3445 Winton Place Suite 219 Rochester, NY 14623 585-292-1590

Election of a new Board is held in last weeks of May. The newly elected board members will be introduced at the June Golf Outing.

Vice President Legislative: ALAN SMITH, P.E. IBC Engineering, PC 3445 Winton Place Suite 219 Rochester, NY 14623 585-292-1590

We have 64 Members consisting of 43 Full, 12 Associate and 9 Affiliate members. In that group of 64 members we have 15 PE’s and 9 CPDs. Of those that attend meetings, about half are Members. If you attend meetings but are not a Member, we are always glad to see you but please consider joining the Rochester Chapter of ASPE.

Vice President Membership/AYP: TRAVIS JESSICK Triangle Tube Boilers 104 Lafayette Road Rochester NY 14600 585-794-8845

Our Annual ASPE Rochester Golf Outing is at Victor Hills Golf Course on Thursday June 8, 2023, starting at 10:00 AM. Hope to see you all at the dinner.

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:

The ASPE Tech Symposium will be in Bellevue, Washington from September 28th to October 1st of 2023. Registration is open and early registration ends on June 30th. There will be 30 Tech sessions over 2-1/2 days.

Just want to thank the Members the Rochester ASPE for hanging in through COVID and coming back strong this year.

Thank you.

Dave Myers, Chapter President (Chapters are not authorized to speak for the Society) Meeting Notice – Save the Date

Topic:

Golf Tournament and Dinner

Speaker:

Your New ASPE Board

Sponsor:

American Society of Plumbing Engineers.

Location: Victor Hills Golf Club, 1450 Brace Road, Victor NY 14564 Date:

Thursday, June 8, 2023, 10:00 AM till 5:00 PM

RSVP:

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

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Slate of Officers for IS&T Here is the slate of officers for our Chapter election in June. Current members will receive a link to the voting site.

President: Director: VP Programs: VP Membership: Treasurer: Recording Secretary: Councilors:

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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

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Illuminating SocietyMEETINGS of North IESEngineering ROCHESTER ARE BACK !!!

America Inc., Rochester Section President, Jennifer Abraham

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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

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Society of Plastics Engineers, Rochester Section

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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

affiliated societies of the rochester engineering society

President, Teresa Fronk

President, Brett Blaisdell

Terra Rochester Finger Lakes Science & Engineering Fair

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Celebrating 30 Years!

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2023 RES Annual Meeting & Award Presentations | 7 Thursday, May 25, 2023 Time: 5:30 pm (cash bar & hor d'oeuvres)

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