ASME Section Minutes 9-23-03
At Fairleigh Dickinson University, Muscarelle Building
1000 River Road, Teaneck, NJ
Attendance: attendees noted by *
Anold Pristernik-Honors and Awards & Treasurer
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
Bud Foster
Pablo Ospina-Webmaster*
Peter Hauser -Director, Northeast Region Office
Ramesh Gulrajani-Morris/Sussex Chair
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:
October 14, Tuesday
Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU), 1000 River Road, Teaneck,
Muscarelle building
At 7:30pm. See the FDU website for directions
http://www.fdu.edu
Note: this is a change from previous scheduling. Boris teaches a class on
Thursday nights and cannot attend Thursday meetings. Whether we make holding
Section meetings on exclusively on Tuesday nights remains to be determined.
Treasurer’s Report:
None at this meeting.
Section Picnic for next summer:
After considering alternatives, the consensus was to hold a picnic at Swartzwood Park,
in the general Newton, NJ area. Richard Dolinsky agreed to arrange a reservation for
next July, preferably on a Saturday, with a Sunday as a second choice.
The park offers swimming, boating, and fishing. It has a concession stand.
Richard will find out whether the park can provide a catered meal. He will reserve a picnic area for about 50 people.
Distinguished Lecturer Program/Engineering Week Keynote Speaker:
Karen has been in touch with Gregory T. Lenteris PhD.
He offers a lecture called “Fire in Space”. From his experience in space missions his talk covers what happened when fires occurred.
Karen is trying to arrange his appearance as our keynote speaker at the next Engineering Week Dinner.
The date of the dinner will be adjusted to suit his availability.
As a backup speaker, Beal Moore recommended Glenn Corbett. Engineer Corbett is on
the commission which is investigating the fires which destroyed the World Trade Center.
He is developing revised specifications for the construction of high rise buildings.
Visit to U.S. Testing Laboratory Program:
Beal Moore reported that the U.S. Testing Laboratory agreed to give us a tour of their Lab on the
evening of November 13th. The laboratory supervisor, Frank Servino prefers to have the tour start at 9:30pm.
We felt that is much too late. Beal will ask for an earlier start, preferably 8:00 pm or 8:30pm.
He will find the best restaurant near the lab. We will have supper before the tour. He will provide the information
necessary for notifying our members of this program. The laboratory person making arrangements,
is Marylou Lescala. Her phone number is (973)575-5252. If we cannot have a starting time no later
than 8:30 pm, we may cancel this program.
Planned Date for Honors and Awards Dinner:
June 10, 2004
Possible future programs:
- Management/Consulting/Starting a business – Dick Touma agreed to coordinate a discussion. Brian Boden (a manager at Kraft) and Iggy D’Agati (established a successful business) agreed to serve as panelists. It was thought that having a representative from the Small Business Adminstration , might be interesting.
- Engineering Design/Inventions. Boris said he will ask professors at the New Jersey Institute of
Technology if they are willing to present a program. Sid will follow up with Boris.
Beal will ask Larry Schmerzler to recommend a speaker from the inventor’s society he
has been involved with. Larry, a retired engineering professor, was in a university project
that designed a hybrid automotive engine. This was long before the concept became popular.
- Picatinny Arsenal - Sid will follow up with Bud Foster.
We would like Bud to ask people at the Arsenal if they are willing to present a program. Bud retired from the Arsenal.
- Visit to Sterling Mine and wine tasting event. Lisa Laplante will look into planning this.
- Tour of Kodalux in Fair Lawn, NJ – Arnold Pristinik is making inquiries.
ASME Diversity Action Grants:
Diversity and outreach grants are available from the ASME.
These grants help the enrollment of minority groups in the study of engineering.
Karen will notify NJIT, Stevens Institute, and FDU about grants for the 2003-2004 academic year.
Engineering Forums – Proposed by Dick Touma:
Dick explained wants to try engineering forums which take place during the day. The forums target engineers
who are unable to attend evening programs. These forums will provide a speaker for a topic.
An interactive discussion will follow each presentation. He hopes that the model program he is developing, will be
successful enough for other ASME Sections to adopt. He is attempting to obtain speakers for topics
such as The Future of Engineering Careers in the Biomedical
Industry, and Is There a Role for Engineers In the Pharmaceutical Industry?.
Other topics may be on personal finances or discussions on politics. He would like to encourage engineers of different disciplines and their friends to attend.
Other ASME Programs:
Burt Dicht is planning an October 15th Seminar on how to organize and run a Professional Development Seminar.
Contact ASME headquarters for further information.
The Met Section October Dinner Meeting, features Terry Copeland, Ph.D., Millenium Cell, on
Oct.22. Contact Dr. Marca Lam 212-353-4393, mjlam@cooper.edu,
sections.asme.org/metropolitan_ny.
Website and Webmaster:
Submissions to the Website by members or student chapters should be in Front Page or 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 goodmans1@asme.org
Final approval of submissions will be made by:
Karen Ohland Karen.ohland@metmuseum.org
Special articles for the website are welcome.
See the website for other special events
Our website address is http://sections.asme.org/northjersey
Regional Educational Seminars (ASME reimburses expenses for trainers):
There are Regional Student Leadership Training sessions on October 4 in Puerto Rico, and
on October 18 at Manhattan College.
At the Seminar in Puerto Rico, the planned sessions are:
- Team Building & Leadership (Ed Ecock – trainer),
- Resume Writing and Interview Preparation (Karen Ohland – trainer),
- Entering the Workplace (Marian Heller – trainer).
A similar program is anticipated for the Manhattan College Seminar, with the addition of training in how
to make an acceptable presentation. Also, a design competition will be held.
Anyone interested in becoming a trainer should contact Karen.
Her e-mail address Karen.ohland@metmuseum.org
Section Directors for Next Year:
- Chair – Karen Ohland
- Treasurer – Arnold Pristernik
- Secretary – Sid Goodman
- Bergen/Passaic Subsection Chair – Richard Dolinsky
- Morris/Sussex Subsection Chair – Ramesh Gulrajani
- Essex/Hudson Subsection Chair – Boris Khusid
Future Section Meetings (unless otherwise notified)
– please mark your calendar:
Dates at FDU
October 14 (revised date)
November 20
December 18
Dates at Kraft:
January 15
February 12
March 18
April 15
May 20
June 17
Time of meeting will be at 7:30pm unless otherwise noted
Submitted by
Sid Goodman, Secretary
E-mail address: goodmans1@asme.org
Phone no. 201-327-5158
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