ASME Section Minutes 1-13-05
At Fairleigh Dickinson University
(FDU)
1000 River Road
Muscarelle building
Attendance: attendees noted by * and bold type
Arnold Pristernik-Honors and Awards & Treasurer
* Art Vatsky
Beal Moore-Chair, History and Heritage
Bill Koehler
*Boris Khusid-Essex/Hudson Chair
Bud Foster
Hugh Huntzinger
Iggy D’Agati
Jim O’Toole
Karen Ohland-Section Chair & Vice Chair, Bergen/Passaic
Larry Schmerzler
Lisa Laplante- Industry relations
Pablo Ospina-Webmaster
Peter Hauser -Director, Northeast Region Office
Ramesh Gulrajani-Morris/Sussex Chair
*Richard Dolinsky-Bergen /Passaic Chair
Richard F. Tax, American Engineering Association
Richard Touma
*Sid Goodman-Section Secretary
*James Litvany, ASME LDI, Leadership Development Initiative
Richard called the meeting to order at 7:45 pm
Next Section Meeting:
To be determined
Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU)
1000 River Road
Muscarelle building
See the FDU website for directions http://www.fdu.edu
Program on Filtered Air in HVAC systems:
Dr. Boris Khusid asked for a date on which the speaker will be available.
He asked for a description of the presentation. He will coordinate attendance of students and faculty from
NJIT, and from Stevens Institute.
Subsequent to this Section Meeting, Don
Thornburg, established March 17 as the date he is available to make the presentation at
NJIT.
A description of the program is as follows:
ASME Program – Air Filtration - Are you getting what you are paying for?
The air is a cesspool of invisible particles. Most of these particles are smaller
than 0.30 microns. It has recently been reported that immense numbers of people
suffer and perish from continued exposure to them (Ref. American Lung Association).
A good quality air cleaning device (filter) can remove most of these particles,
but only if the particle removal efficiency of the device is maintained.
Many filters sold to users lose their "test report" efficiency very quickly when
used in their intended applications. These filters show very good performance
when tested per the current industry standard test method, ASHRAE 52.2.1999.
This method does not reveal the quick loss of efficiency exhibited by some filters sold
in the most dangerous particle size ranges. Currently the ASHRAE standard is in the
process of being revised to better show the "real life" performance of filtration devices, but the revision is being fought by segments of the industry, which
supply the current "problem" materials.
Relying on the present standard exclusively can result in many trillions of very fine
particulate passing through the filtration system and into your lungs, instead of being
captured by the HVAC system as intended. Don Thornburg, Manager of Research
and Development for Camfil Farr Inc. will give a lecture on effectively coping with
these problems. His presentation will include a means to analyze the complete
lifetime cost of meeting filtration requirements.
Engineering Week Dinner, 2005:
The dinner is scheduled for February 24. Student awards will be given as well as Engineer of the Year awards.
Lisa Laplante is sending out letters to companies asking them to select their Engineer of the Year. Boris Khusid
received the recommendation of three NJIT students for an award. He has not yet received a recommendation
from the Stevens Institute. The dinner will be held at the Hanover Manor, 16 Eagle Rock Road, East Hanover, NJ 07936.
Intellectual Property Program:
Scheduled for January 26th at Stevens Institute.
Topics covered will be patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights. Registration is requested.
To register, or to obtain information, contact James Litvany (President of the Stevens Alumni
North Jersey Club) james.litvany@dnps.com
or james@litvany.com.
James Litvany, LDI said he will try to arrange parking passes. He will ask Susan Lavigne to send out
an announcement by e-mail with a parking pass. He hopes to have parking passes available at
the security desk as well as have them attached to the mentioned e-mail notice. He is arranging
funding of refreshments. Refreshments will be served at 5:00 pm. Refreshments will consist of
pizza. water, soda, and perhaps cookies. The program will start at 6:00 pm.
Professor Prasad is coordinating the event with attorney Richard Straussman.
Program on Starting a Small Business:
Lisa Laplante will plan a program with Iggy D’Agati and Brian
Boden.
Talk on New Engineering by Eugene F. Adiutori:
Engineer Adiutori has written a book on this subject and has given several presentations.
Karen e-mailed him asking if he will be available to provide a program. He has not replied.
ASME Distinguished Lecturer- Ian M. Arbon:
Karen e-mailed Mr.
Arbon, asking if he would be available for a lecture.
His subject is renewable energy and sustainability. Because he is traveling from England,
he needs a tour of appearances, not just a presentation at one Section. Karen e-mailed
an inquiry of interest to other Sections.
Honors and Awards Dinner Rescheduled:
The Honors and Awards Dinner has been rescheduled for March 15th at
the Hanover Manor. Attendance is by invitation. Richard Dolinsky phoned the Hanover Manor from the Section Meeting to confirm this change of date.
Rebuilding Together:
On April 20th there will be a “Rebuilding Together” program. Lisa Laplante would like to have
ASME members participate. If interested, contact her at llaplant@nji.com.
Election and nomination of new officers:
Karen will issue a call for nominations to our members.
We need to elect or re-elect the following officers of the Section for a two-year term.
We must do this at the next Section meeting.
We need a Section Vice Chair to cover for Karen when she is away on regional or national
Affairs.
Secretary of the Section - Sid Goodman has served for more than two years.
Bergen/Passaic Subsection Chair – Richard Dolinsky has served two years.
Please nominate someone or volunteer your own services.
ASME celebration of 125th Anniversary – 2005:
Volunteer coordinators for E-week 2005 and the 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.
Treasurer’s Report:
Treasurer Arnold Pristernik reported by phone to Sid that we received an allocation
of $6,140 for the Section and two allocations of $450 each for the Bergen/Passaic
and Essex/Hudson Subsections. Just prior to receiving this total of $6,590 we had $1,022.94
in our checking account. Arnold was not able to attend this Section Meeting.
Karen Ohland has the details on the amount in our Section’s Certificate of Deposit account.
Possible Program at the Edison Museum in West Orange, NJ.:
Art Vatsky said he will look into arranging a program there.
Possible Program at the Morris Museum:
Bud Foster was asked to look into arranging a program there.
Other Possible Programs Suggested:
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Truth about the NJ Energy Crisis. Energy Awareness –Petroleum, Art
Vatsky, energy consultant, is willing to present a talk.
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New Engineers program: New requirements for passing the Engineer In Training test, leading to a PE
license.
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Program Involving engineers in the pharmaceutical, automotive, facilities, or nutrition field:
Validation engineering.
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Nanotechnology or Biotechnology seminar. Boris Khusid announced that The University of
Pennsylvania will provide facilities for a Region II program. He asked if Region II would cover
expenses for one of three distinguished lecturers who would be chosen for the event.
Dean Harold Craighead, Cornell
Greg Timp, University of Illinois
Bob Austin, Princeton University.
Boris asked for a response from Region II as soon as possible.
Wine/Beer Tasting Program:
Tentative Date May 6th
The Cricket Hill Brewery hosts tours of their beer factory from 6 to 8 pm on Fridays.
They give free samples and sell beer to visitors. Registration not required. Bringing a
business card is requested. exchange. Lisa will be asked to send out an e-mail announcement.
Directions are given on the website http//www.eisenhowerhall.com/directions.
New Organizational Changes for ASME:
The proposed organizational changes being developed by the ASME Board of
Governors are on the website www.asme.org/change.
Upcoming Events:
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Technology Executives
Conference
March 4-5, 2005, Pittsburgh, PA.
Boris Khusid and Karen Ohland will attend.
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April 9, 2005
Regional Student competition
At Stevens Institute, Hoboken, NJ.
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April 22-25, 2005
Regional Student Leadership Seminar/ Regional Operating Board Meeting and the Regional Administrative Conference in Puerto Rico.
Jim Litvany said he is interested in attending.
ASME Long Island Section Programs:
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January 26: Solar Hydrogen and Fuel Cells. - RoomT101, Lupton Hall at SUNY Farmingdale at 6:00 pm.
Reservations requested. Speaker: Prof. Tawfik. Light refreshments. Credit given for 3
PDH’s.
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March 23: Wireless Technology in Room T101 (as above). Reservations requested. Light refreshments.
Credit given for 2 PDH’s.
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March 29: The SR-71 Blackbird – An Engineering Marvel. A talk by Col. Richard H. Graham (retired).
At the West Point Military Academy. Dinner served at 6:15 pm. Presentation at 7:00 pm. $15/person.
Reservation: Call Robert Earle 845-647-8663, earleb@catskill.net.
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 has changed. It is now: http://sections.asme.org/northjersey
Present Section Officers:
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Chair – Karen Ohland
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Treasurer – Arnold Pristernik
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Secretary – Sid Goodman
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Bergen/Passaic Subsection Chair – Richard Dolinsky
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Morris/Sussex Subsection Chair – Ramesh Gulrajani
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Essex/Hudson Subsection Chair – Boris Khusid
Submitted by Sid Goodman, Secretary
E-mail address: goodmans1@asme.org
Phone no. (201)327-5158
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