The Drawing Board Reading Chapter, Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers A Publication of the PSPE Reading Chapter March 2012 Inside the Drawing Board Chapter Activities...Page 1 Message from the President...Page 1 Chapter Officers & Board Members...Page 2 2012 Golf Outing Materials...Page 3 MATHCOUNTS The Results!...Page 6 Eagle Scout Dinner...Page 9 PSPE Reading Chapter Technology Initiative...Page 9 PSPE Reading Engineering Scholarship & Application...Page 10 March 2012 Chapter Meeting Announcement...Page 13 CEU Guidelines and Activity Log...Page 14 2012 Chapter Activities March 2012 - American Crane Tour, March 21, 2012 April 2012 - Sturgis Pretzels Tour May 2012 - Manatawny Winery Tour June 2012 - PSPE Reading Golf Outing (to benefit PSPE Scholarship and MATHCOUNTS), June 14, 2012 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Prepared by: Tuan Duong, P.E. Wow! This year has been flying; it s hard to believe we are in middle of March already! The Chapter has been busy with activities the last several months since my last message. In November we had Mr. Paul Schweiger, P.E., presented Improving Fish Passage and Public Safety at Low Head Dams. For our January chapter meeting, Mr. Jeff Todd, P.E. gave a presentation on Roundabouts: Coming Soon to a Town near You. Many of our members found these topics to be very interesting and everyone had a good time. You can save the Chapter the cost of a stamp and copying charges by receiving your copy of the Drawing Board by e-mail. You need Adobe Acrobat to be able to view the Drawing Board. Just e-mail Frank Falzone, E.I.T. at FFalzone@TrafficPD.com with your e-mail address to receive your e-mail copy.
Last month, the Chapter held a tour of Bear Creek Mountain Resort. This was a great tour, our members exposed to just about every facet of the Resort from snow making to the onsite waste water treatment plant to the operation of the ski lifts. Our tour guides Paul and Josh were extremely knowledgeable and friendly. I would like to inform/remind everyone that there is a program on the NSPE s website call Give Back Get Back. If you refer two colleagues, friends, enemies, etc., NSPE will waive your national dues for one year which is a current savings of $140. If you would like more information please visit http://www.nspe.org/referafriend/index.html. Thank you for your continued support in the organization, engineering profession and advancement of the licensed practice of engineering. If there is anything that I or any of the Board can do for you, please contact us per the information below. Tuan Duong, P.E. 2011-2012 PSPE - READING CHAPTER BOARD MEMBERS Tuan Duong, PE James Cinelli, PE Eric Mountz, PE Jason Shaner, PE Michael Hartman, PE Brian Boyer,PE Christopher Rickert, PE Frank Falzone, EIT Denise Alston, PE John Weinheimer, PE Jeff Euclide, PE James McCarthy, PE Karl Peterson, PE President 610.326.3100 Traffic Planning & Design tduong@trafficpd.com 2010-2012 Vice-President 610.375.9301 jcinelli@liberty Liberty Environmental Inc 2010-2012 enviro.com Secretary 610.326.3100 Traffic Planning & Design 2008-2012 emountz@trafficpd.com Treasurer McCarthy Engineering 610.373.8001 jshaner@mccarthy- 2009-2012 Associates, Inc. engineering.com State Director 484.663.3487 dh Enterprises hartman_700@verizon.net 2010-2012 Board Member 484.824.2042 bboyer@boyerengineering. Boyer Engineering LLC 2011-2013 onmicrosoft.com Board Member 610.855.3620 christopher.rickert@ WorleyParsons 2011-2013 worleyparsons.com Board Member 2009 2012 Board Member Traffic Planning & Design Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 610.326.3100 610.481.1146 ffalzone@trafficpd.com 2009-2012 AlstonDR@airproducts.com Board Member 610.374.6144 jweinheimer@rpa RPA Associates 2011-2014 engr.com Board Member 610.373.6667 Entech Engineering, Inc. 2011-2014 JEFF@entecheng.com Past President McCarthy Engineering 610.373.8001 jmccarthy@mccarthy- 2010-2012 Associates, Inc. engineering.com Past President 2004-2012 --- 717.445.6626 (H) aftan@frontiernet.net 2
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29th ANNUAL BERKS COUNTY MATHCOUNTS COMPETITION Prepared by: Eric Mountz, P.E., PTOE emountz@trafficpd.com The twenty-ninth annual Berks County MATHCOUNTS competition was held on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at Alvernia University, Reading. MATHCOUNTS is a competitive program designed to improve and encourage the study of mathematics by junior high school students. The program culminates in one day of mathematics exams for both individuals and teams. A total of 98 sixth, seventh and eighth grade students representing 14 Berks County schools took part in the local competition, which was sponsored and staffed by the Reading Chapter of the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers (PSPE). The top four finishers, along with the winning team, will travel to Harrisburg on March 23-24 for the State Competition. The National Competition is set for Orlando, FL in May. This year s winners were as follows: Individual Winners: 1 st Place 2 nd Place Jason Dixon Boyertown Junior High School West Coached by Kristy Parish Nathan Karwic Twin Valley Middle School Coached by Ted Morse 6
3 rd Place 4 th Place Baotram Nguyen Saint Catherine of Siena Coached by Jennifer Munter Thomas DiCarlo Wyomissing Area Jr/Sr High School Coached by Colleen Vargo and Betsy Santoro 5 th Place 6 th Place Henry Smychynsky Wyomissing Area Jr/Sr High School Coached by Colleen Vargo and Betsy Santoro Mikayla Ambarian Wyomissing Area Jr/Sr High School Coached by Colleen Vargo and Betsy Santoro 7 th Place 8 th Place Joshua Luce Boyertown Junior High School East Coached by Caitlin Moll and Megan Henry David Pierce Fleetwood Area Middle School Coached by Rako Zech 7
9 th Place 10 th Place Aaron Behm Exeter Township Junior High School Coached by Kathy Topper Ty Botts Boyertown Junior High School West Coached by Kristy Parish Team Winners: 1 st Place Boyertown Junior High School West Team Members: Ty Botts Jason Dixon Tabitha Levengood Benjamin Longacre Coached By: Colleen Kristy Parish 2 nd Place Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School Team Members: Mikayla Ambarian Thomas DiCarlo Louis Kim Emily Waxler Coached By: Colleen Vargo and Betsy Santoro 8
3 rd Place Schuylkill Valley Middle School Team Members: Kevin Cook Daisy Grace Rhett Robinson Evan Whitmoyer Coached By: Chris Gallo Additional information regarding the program and last year s results from the local completion are available under the MATHCOUNTS tab at PSPE Reading Chapter. Eagle Scout Dinner Hawk Mountain Boy Scout Council One of our goals for our PSPE chapter is encourage our youth to pursue a career in engineering. We have such an opportunity coming up on May 15, at 6:00 PM, when the Hawk Mountain Boy Scout Council has its annual Eagle Scout Dinner. Each Scout who achieved the rank of Eagle in the past year is paired with an adult who works in the area of their career interest. Many of the boys are interested in engineering, and we are looking for seven engineers who can sponsor and attend the dinner with them. It is a very nice event for both the Scouts and the adults. If you can help, please contact Jeff Euclide at jeff@entecheng.com or (610) 373-6667. Reading Chapter Technology Initiative: PSPE Reading Chapter Email Address PSPEReading@gmail.com PSPE Reading Chapter - WEBSITE LINK http://www.pspe.org/reading/reading.shtml Linked In Search Group Name Society Of Professional Engineers Reading Chapter https://www.linkedin.com Facebook PSPE READING CHAPTER http://www.facebook.com/pages/pspe-reading-chapter/145338222237291?sk=wall DISTRIBUTION OF DRAWING BOARD VIA WEBSITE In the coming months, each subsequent release of the PSPE Reading Chapter drawing board will be initially available for viewing via the website link above. Then after a period of two (2) days the PDF copy of the Drawing Board will be emailed out to the membership. If you have any questions or will request hardcopy of the Drawing Board please contact Frank Falzone, E.I.T. at ffalzone@trafficpd.com or 610-326-3100. 9
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Advertising is available in the Drawing Board and on the Chapter web site for $50.00 per year. If a company wants to advertise and also place positions available on the web site, then the cost is $100 per year. Historically, this was done by sending out invoices to past advertisers. The process to advertise has been changed and now in order to advertise you should send a check in the appropriate amount payable to Reading Chapter PSPE to Reading Chapter PSPE c/o McCarthy Engineering, 1121 Snyder Road, West Lawn, PA 19609. Along with your payment a jpeg file or similar file should be included of your advertisement. Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers Attn: Frank G. Falzone, Jr., E.I.T. 2500 E. High Street, Suite 650 Pottstown, PA 19464 Address Correction Requested 16