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ASME Section
Minutes 4-30-03
At Fairleigh
Dickinson University, Muscarelle building 1000 River Road, Teaneck
Attendance: (Attendees
noted by *)
Anold Pristernik -
Honors and Awards
Beal Moore - Chair, History and Heritage *
Boris Khusid - Essex/Hudson Chair
David Greenhut
Doug Longo
Hugh Huntzinger
Iggy D’Agati
Jim O’Toole *
Karen Ohland - Section Chair & Vice Chair, Bergen/Passaic *
Keith Olasin-past Section Chair
Larry Schmerzler
Lisa Grenier
Lisa Laplante - Industry relations *
N. “Bud” Foster *
Pablo Ospina - Section Webmaster *
Peter Hauser - Director, Northeast Region Office
Richard Dolinsky - Bergen /Passaic Chair *
Richard Touma
Sid Goodman - Section Secretary *
Steve Liss - Past Section Chair
Vikey Suwanprutsachati
Karen called the
meeting to order at 7:45 pm
Next Section
Meeting:
May 27th, Tuesday
Planning for the new season
Kraft Headquarters, 7 Campus Drive, Parsippany
At 7:30pm.
This will be a
combination meeting of the Section and the Bergen/Passaic
subsection. The
originally planned Subsection meeting for May 14th has
been cancelled.
Karen thought that
we ought to try meeting on a different night than Wednesday,
and meet this time In
Parsippany for the convenience of members living in that region.
Programs:
We have scheduled
two Section programs that were announced on a mailing to all
members.
See
the mailing and our web page for further information
Additional Region
II programs are also listed on our website.
They are:
Sid said he would
investigate scheduling another program on metal improvement, using a
different surface treatment technique. He will contact
Magnaplate Corporation.
Website and
Webmaster:
Pablo Ospina has
created our new website. It
was unanimously praised.
His e-mail address
is ospinapablo@asme.org.
Karen is ordering
software for Front Page 2002 for Lisa Laplante and Sid
Goodman. Richard Dolinsky’s computer has special
needs. He will buy the Front Page 2002 version for his
machine. He will be
reimbursed.
We want to teach
people how to manage a Website to back-up Pablo and support his
efforts.
The recipients of
software will take online courses from http://www.ed2go.com/jackson.
They will be reimbursed for the
cost (approx. $60). The Course runs 6 weeks. Each week, a
lesson is transmitted. A
student has a week to respond for tutorial comments.
Submissions to the
Website by members or student chapters who do not have Front Page
can be made in the form of a Microsoft Word document.
Before items are posted on the site, they must be proof read.
Submit e-mail articles
to…
Lisa Laplante llaplant@nji.com
Richard Dolinsky dolinskyr@asme.org
Sid Goodman sjgdesin@mindspring.com
Final approval of
submissions will be made by
Karen Ohland Karen.ohland@metmuseum.org
Karen will prepare
a welcome memo for the website.
Special articles for the website are welcome.
Beal Moore will
prepare an article on the history of aviation in New Jersey.
He is going to the Rhinebeck Aerodrome,
NY to take pictures of historic aircraft.
A suggested item
for the web site is the 100 Questions Series of Courses...
100 Questions -
Online Mechanical Engineering Courses:
Each topic is
presented in an interactive computer-based format.
ASME members may
obtain access to these programs.
For information, contact, Tom Kuehl, Continuing Education, at
kuehit@asme.org
or (212) 591-8013.
The
topics are:
Structural
Integrity and Stress Concentration
Mechanical
Properties of Materials
Fracture
Mechanics
Composites
Welds
Strength of
Materials
Structural
Safety
Theory of
Elasticity
Treasury Report:
No formal report.
We still need to get sign-off papers for our Certificates
of Deposit from Keith Olasin.
A formal treasury report will be submitted to ASME
headquarters to complete our annual report to them.
Karen is
temporarily handling the vacant Treasurer’s position.
Karen has sign off authority for Checks.
Sid is a back-up signatory.
We hope that one of
our members will assume the Treasurer’s position.
Training
Trainers:
There will be a
semi-annual meeting for training trainers June 13th to June 15th in
Atlanta, Georgia.
This is to train
trainers for regional student groups and for administrative
conferences.
Anyone interested
in becoming a trainer should contact Karen.
Her e-mail address Karen.ohland@metmuseum.org.
Rebuilding
Together April 26:
This is a one-day
participation in a Habit For Humanity type of rebuilding.
Contact Lisa
Laplante to participate. In
prior years, many of our members pitched in and found it a
rewarding, fun experience.
Lisa’s E-mail is given above.
Her phone number is
(973) 872-2182.
Report of
Regional Student Conference
[April 5th West Point Military Academy.]
Several members
from the ASME North Jersey Section were judges
…Karen Ohland,
Head judge in design competition
…Lisa Laplante, Posters
…Iggy D’Agati, Oral presentation of papers
…Richard Dolinsky, Measurement of designs to qualify against
specification rules.
The design
competition involved moving (simulated) “ore” up a 60% incline,
using the potential energy from 2 liters of water, dumping the
“ore” into a prescribed hole.
There was great
variety in the competing designs.
Three teams came
from the Polytechnic
University of Puerto Rico.
Most teams stayed
until 7pm, an expression of enthusiasm.
Report of FIRST
robotics competition at Rutgers
[April 5th]:
Richard Dolinsky
was a scorekeeper and a Master of Ceremonies in training.
44 High School
teams participated at a Rutgers University Gym.
Teams are paired
off to see which robot can best meet a specific goal.
Each team needs
community sponsorship to pay for the $5,000 kit, to build a robot.
Some NJ
corporations were sponsors. The
winning team goes to a national competition in Florida, requiring a
possible total sponsorship cost of
$25,000.
In previous
competitions, technical society banners were displayed.
There were no banners this time.
Richard will
prepare an article for the Website, asking for involvement by
individuals or businesses interested in helping or sponsoring the
next competition.
Beal suggested that
Richard solicit interest from the principal of the Wyckoff High
School.
This principal was
an engineer. Richard will follow up.
Slate of
Section Directors for Next Year:
We need to fill
vacant positions and confirm continued service or new service for…
…Chair
…Treasurer
…Secretary
…Bergen/Passaic Subsection Chair
…Morris/Sussex Subsection Chair
…Essex/Hudson Subsection Chair
Presently vacant
positions are Section Treasurer and Morris/Sussex Subsection Chair
Please think about
volunteering for one of these positions.
Honors and
Awards Dinner:
The date must be
firmed up. Karen Ohland
phoned Arnold Pristernik, asking
which date he prefers.
The proposed dates
are June 24th, June 25th, or June 26th.
Richard Dolinsky
will check the availability of the Hanover Manor for these dates.
The Hanover Manor
gave us excellent value for the Engineering Week Dinner.
Karen will ask
Arnold to prepare the invitations with the help of Bud Foster (who
volunteered.) Invitees
will include 25, 35, and 50 year members, past chairs, and present
Section Directors.
Special Award
to PSE&G:
We hoped to present
a special award to PSE&G at the Honors and Awards Dinner.
This is not feasible.
The award
recognizes their 100th anniversary and support of ASME.
Karen will contact Norris Allman to see if we can arrange a
special award presentation on the premises of PSE&G.
She will also ask him to find a PSE&G employee who will
help, and arrange for publicity by the ASME publicity professionals.
Summer Picnic:
We would like to
arrange a picnic on July 19th with a rain date of July 26th.
Beal Moore will
check the availability and reservation of picnic tables at Shepard
Lake, where there is swimming and boat rentals.
He will also check the Rhinebeck Aerodrome when he goes there
to take pictures of historic airplanes.
Richard Dolinsky
will check the reservation of picnic tables at Bear Mountain, where
there are boat rentals and walking/hiking paths with spectacular
views.
Bud Foster will
check the reservation
of tables at Lake Hopatcong.
We will make a
selection from these at the next Section meeting.
Submitted by Sid Goodman, Secretary
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