ASME Section Minutes 1-20-04
At Kraft Headquarters
7 Campus Drive, Parsippany, NJ
Attendance: attendees noted by *
Anold Pristernik -
Honors and Awards & Treasurer*
Art VaskyBeal Moore - Chair, History and Heritage
Bill Koehler
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 Barry
Peter Hauser - Director, Northeast Region Office
Ramesh Gulrajani - Morris/Sussex Chair*
Richard Dolinsky - Bergen /Passaic Chair*
Richard Straussman, Patent Attorney
Richard F. Tax, American Engineering Assoc
Richard Touma
Sid Goodman - Section Secretary*
Steve Liss - Past Section Chair
Vikey Suwanprutsachati
This meeting was held on 1-20-04 instead of on 1-15-04.
The 1-15-04 date was rescheduled due to bad weather.
Karen called the meeting to order at 7:45 pm
Next Section Meeting:
February 26, Thursday – 7:30pm
Kraft Headquarters – 7 Campus Drive, Parsippany, NJ
Directions:
Route 287 to route 10 west, Exit 39B (if coming south).
Merge onto NJ 10 west. Take Dryden Way ramp toward Ridgedale Ave/Cedar Knolls.
Turn left onto Campus Drive.
Turn left onto Hilton Court. Parking lot for Kraft is there.
If coming east on NJ 10, take Dryden Way ramp and follow as above.
Beal Moore in Recovery:
Beal Moore is recovering from a mild heart attack.
We all wish him well.
Flyers for up-coming Section Events:
Karen brought in two printed flyers which she prepared for the Engineering Week Dinner and
The Meadowlands program. She included a mail in questionnaire asking members to
express topic preferences for a patent law program. Richard Straussman, a patent attorney
from the Morgan & Finnegan firm, offers to provide a presentation.
Attendees at this meeting collated stapled, put address labels on, and applied postage to the
two- sheet flyer for mailing.
This flyer will be mailed to members who do not have E-mail addresses listed with ASME.
E-mails will be sent to listees, rather than a mailing, to save money on postage.
Tour of Kodalux in Fair Lawn, NJ:
Arnold Pristernik contacted George Audisio (audisio@qualexphoto.com). Audisio offered
to provide a tour in March at 8:00pm on a day between Monday and Thursday. Arnold
will attempt to arrange a tour at a later date to give us more lead time for publicizing the
event to our members. The tour would include photographic film printing, paper processing,
paper cutting, and packaging.
Engineering Week Dinner:
Engineering Week Dinner and Keynote Speaker confirmed February 12, 2004
Gregory T. Linteris PhD. will be our keynote speaker. His lecture “Fire in Space” is based on his
experience in space missions.
He is an employee of The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). His travel expenses
will be tallied following government travel rules. These expenses will be reimbursed by NIST, who will
send a bill to ASME. Since Dr. Linteris is an ASME sponsored distinguished lecturer, ASME will reimburse NIST.
We need to rent the following items for the
dinner:
- A VHS video player which plugs into a video projector (a TV screen is not acceptable)
- A 35 mm carousel slide projector and screen (same one used for the video projector).
It is also helpful to have a wireless slide advancer, but a long cord would suffice.
- A wireless lapel microphone.
- A laser pointer.
If one of our members can provide equipment items, contact Karen Ohland at
ohlandk@asme.org. Lisa Laplante has contacted so cieties.
Karen will contact engineering schools.
ASME Program on the Meadowlands -
Feb. 21
A program on the Meadowlands is set for February 21 (Sat.) between 10:00am to 11:30 am.
Hugh Carola, program director of the Hackensack Riverkeeper will make a presentation on how
a conspicuously inappropriate development plan for the Meadowlands was replaced by an
appropriate plan. He is a very dynamic and entertaining speaker.
The saga he unfolds is the story like that of Don Quixote beating the windmill.
A speaker from the Meadowlands Commission (possibly an engineer) will also address attendees.
If possible, the talks will be followed, by a tour of the Meadowlands laboratory.
The event will take place at the Environmental Education Center where there are interactive exhibits.
Attendees will be welcome to interact as desired. Details will be posted on our web site.
Unemployment relief for ASME members
Unemployed members may request a waiver of dues. If dues have already been paid, a refund may be requested.
Unemployed members can send an E-mail to Virgil Carter
(carterv@asme.org) explaining unemployment status and request a waiver. If dues are paid already, contact John Beck
(beckj@asme.org).
New ASME logo.
See it on www.asme.org.
ASME celebration of 125th Anniversary – February, 2005
The following events are planned to mark this anniversary.
- A mechanical engineering exhibit at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA in February
- A program at The Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ, where ASME’s first meeting was held.
- Carnegie Hall in New York City
Several landmark designation ceremonies
- A final event at the ASME Congress in November in Orlando, Florida.
Volunteer coordinators for E-Week 2005 and for ASME’s 125th anniversary are sought from each Section.
Please contact Karen at ohlandk@asme.org
if you are interested in being either a volunteer coordinator or a volunteer.
ASME will have a web page for E-Week.
See www.asme.org/eng_week.
ASME events:
Solar Splash – an ASME Event – June 16-20
ASME is looking for volunteers. If interested, contact Roberta Gorman.
Phone: (212)591-7742, E-mail (gormanr@asme.org)
Section Picnic for next summer:
Tentatively scheduled for Saturday July 24th
Rain date TBD - These dates must be confirmed with Swartzwood Park.
The park offers swimming, boating, and fishing. It has a concession stand.
Planned Date for Honors and Awards Dinner - Tentatively rescheduled for June 17th
Richard Dolinsky was asked to confirm the availability of this date.
Treasurer’s Report:
As of 12/3/03, our checking account balance was $10,856.15.
Possible future programs:
- Management/Consulting/Starting a business – Dick Touma will coordinate a discussion. Brian Boden (a manager at Kraft) and Iggy D’Agati (established a successful business) agreed to serve as panelists.
- Picatinny Arsenal - We have asked Bud Foster to find out if people at the Arsenal are willing to present a program. If and when a willingness is actualized remains undetermined. Karen said she will follow up with Bud. There has been no response yet.
- Visit to Sterling Mine and wine tasting event. Lisa Laplante will look into planning this.
- Presentation by Glenn Corbett, revised construction specifications for high rise buildings.
- Aviation museum in Teterboro.
Events in other Sections
- 2nd Fuel Cell Science, Engineering & Technology
Conference
6/14-16, 2004, Rochester, NY
- 2nd International Microchannels & Minichannels Coanference
6/17-19, 2004, Rochester,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 ohlandk@asme.org
Special articles for the website are welcome.
See the website for other special events
Our website address is http://sections.asme.org/northjersey
Section Officers
- 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 Kraft
February 26
March 18
April 15
May TBD
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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