The American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Cincinnati Section Newsletter

January 2008

BY-LAWS FOR OUR ASME SECTION

31 January 2008 Dinner Program - Saturn V Space Challenges (Joint with Dayton-Cincinnati ASME)

Abstract: Dave Weber will share his Saturn V experiences, specifically, the Brown Engineering function and his two engineering sections, Von Braun, the static test stand for the Saturn V, human factors considerations inside the S-IV-B Stage, reliability of the IB-Centaur shroud separation system, and his trip to Kennedy Space Center to perform Saturn V AS-500F.

About Dave Weber: From August 1963 to September 1966 he was the Chief of a couple of sections of a contractor, Brown Engineering in Huntsville AL supplying the Engineering personnel for NASA at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). The last job he performed at MSFC was to make a trip to Kennedy Space Center to gather complete vehicle configuration information necessary for the MSFC Propulsion and Vehicle Engineering Laboratory to perform a Saturn V AS-500F vehicle acceptance review. This was for the MSFC to approve of the first Saturn V assembled in the Vertical Assembly Building (VAB) at KFC.

The venue is the Cincinnati North Holiday Inn in Sharonville.

For more information and cost/menu/reservation details download the meeting flyer.

AEP Lawrenceburg Combined Cycle Power Plant Tour

On Wednesday 19 December 2007 a group of 22 Cincinnati Section members and guests were treated to a tour of the Lawrenceburg (IN) Combined Cycle Power Plant. Following the 90-minute tour, most of the group enjoyed a dinner at nearby Whiskey’s restaurant.

Pictures from the tour may be viewed and downloaded HERE.

(the following information is taken from the AEP fact sheet on the plant)

Lawrenceburg Plant is a natural gas-fired, combined cycle power plant, with nominal generating capacity of 1,096 megawatts (MW). The plant consists of four General Electric (GE) 7FA gas combustion turbine generators (GTGs), four Aalborg heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs), two GE model D11 condensing reheat steam turbine generators (STGs) and other ancillary equipment. The plant is arranged in two similar units, each with two gas turbine that each exhaust into an HRSG. Te steam from each unit’s HRSGs feeds its respective steam turbine, enabling each unit efficiency to run in the top tier of the generation industry.

The plant primarily operates as an intermediate, load-following plant. In general it operates during the summer and winter peak periods when power is needed for eight or more hours during the day – unlike the simple cycle gas turbines that operate when peaking power is needed for shorter periods.

AEP acquired Lawrenceburg Plant from an affiliate of Public Service Enterprise Group in May 2007. The plant began commercial operation in June 2004. Lawrenceburg Plant is owned by AEP Generating Company and is operated and maintained by Indiana Michigan Power, a unit of AEP.

Employment Opportunities

AtriCure (www.atricure.com), a small medical device company in West Chester OH, is seeking applicants for two job openings. The job descriptions may be downloaded from the following links:

Senior Mechanical Engineer Biomedical Engineer

2007 Recognition Dinner

On Tuesday 16 October 2007 the Section held its 2007 Honors Dinner at the Cincinnati Holiday Inn North in Sharonville. The following members were recognized (those attending the dinner are marked with an asterisk*):

Earl A Borgmann 50 Years

Richard L Kegg* 50 Years

James D Matchett* 50 Years

Kenneth R Morrison 50 Years

Rutson L Wood 50 Years

Maurice R Berry Life Member

James R Luginbuhl* Life Member

Lowell L Bear* Life Member

Jay E Nachod* Life Member

Kenneth A Bachelder 25 Years

Thomas R Edwards 25 Years

David S Hamann 25 Years

Russell J Kennedy 25 Years

Karl J King 25 Years

James R Messmer 25 Years

Kenneth A Nisly-Nagele* 25 Years

Tony L Shipley 25 Years

Stephen J Sullivan* 25 Years

Alan G Turner* 25 Years

Elias Tzioumis* 25 Years

Pictures from the 2007 Recognition Dinner are posted here.

Pictures from 24 May 2007 Tour of the Mill Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility

Flyer for 20 March Dinner Meeting.

Charts for 20 March Dinner Meeting

Proctor and Gamble “Candle and Soap Chart”

Executive Council Meetings

The Executive Council of the ASME Cincinnati Section meets on the third Monday of every month at 5:00 PM at the GE Evendale Learning Centre. The meetings are open to any member of the Section. If you would like to attend and/or become a part of the Executive Council, contact any of the Section officers.

Cincinnati Section “Community of Practice” Web Site

The Section has established a “Community of Practice” site on the ASME web portal. There are several interesting features of this service including the capability to capture input from COP members. To see the COP web site click HERE.

Recognition Dinner 10 Oct

The Section recognized members of the Section who have reached the membership milestones of 25 yrs, 50 yrs, and 75 yrs, as well as those who have qualified for Life Member status.

This year the following members were recognized:

75 years continuous membership:

Alfred T Blackburn

50 years continuous membership:

Ralph C Corley Herman A Harrison

Edward C Remmell David G Wilson

25 years continuous membership:

Daniel R Aerni Larry D Davis Dale J Friemoth Robert A Harris Paul L Helpling

James P Hendrickson Kenneth L Johnson Douglas L Marriott Billy J Marshall Randall E Nagel

Dean A Rankey Ronald L Richmond Taylor J Rosenfeld Daniel J Teegarden Hugh A Thompson

Ronald R Vanoverloop

Elevation to Life Member status:

Philip R Gliebe John M Koshoffer John J Miller Thomas H Schneidau

To view photos from the event, click HERE.

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