ASME
Section Meeting Minutes 2-15-05
At
Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU)
1000 River Road
Muscarelle building
Attendance: attendees noted by bold type
D'Agati, Iggy
Dolinsky, Richard
Foster, Bud
Goodman, Sid
Gulrajani, Ramesh
Huntzinger, Hugh
Khusid, Boris
Koehler, Bill
Laplante, Lisa
Lewis, Mel
Litvany, James
Moore, Beal
Ohland, Karen
Ospina, Pablo
O'Toole, Jim
Pristernik, Arnold
Schmerzler, Larry
Touma, Richard
Vatsky, Art
Next Section Meeting:
March 22 @ 7:30pm
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
After the meeting, Boris established the date of
– April 12
A
draft flyer was prepared by Karen.
A copy of the flyer appears at the end of these minutes.
Engineering
Week Dinner, 2005
The
dinner is scheduled for February 24. Arrangements were discussed at this
Section Meeting.
The dinner will be held at the Hanover Manor, 16 Eagle Rock Road, East
Hanover, NJ 07936.
Second
Annual Biometical Engineering Showcase at NJIT 3-11-05 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Registration is now open for the Second Annual
New Jersey Biomedical Engineering Showcase co-hosted by the New Jersey
Institute of Technology, Rutgers – the State University of New Jersey,
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Stevens Institute of
Technology, Princeton University, the Public Health Research Institute
of New Jersey and our partners and sponsors the Biotechnology Council of
New Jersey, the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology, the
Health Care Institute of New Jersey, Lowenstein Sandler, Cushman
Wakefield, Schering Plough, the New Jersey Biotechnology and Life
Sciences Coalition.and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority.
The theme of this year’s showcase is: “Creating Connections – Enhancing
the Synergies between Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology.”
For information and registration for this program please go to
http://bmeshowcase.njit.edu
Questions: Please contact Judith Sheft, Assistant Vice President
Technology Development New Jersey Institute of Technology, (973)596-5825,
sheft@njit.edu.
ASME
Diversity and Outreach Program
Last November, ASME’s Board on Diversity and
Outreach (BDO) gave more than $22,000 to universities and engineering
schools, to encourage more minorities and women to become active in ASME
and in the engineering community. The amounts dispersed varied between
$500 and $1500. These allocations were not made by individual
Sections. Individual Sections such as the North Jersey Section have
awarded funds to students who were actively involved in ASME Student
Sections.
Intellectual Property Program – Held January 26th at Stevens
Institute.
Topics
covered were patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights. The
program went well. 30 to 35 attendees were there. The patent attorney
said he is willing to provide a follow up meeting or give advice to
engineers or students who are interested in employment in this field.
Research positions exist and are said to pay well. James Litvany
organized this event.
james@litvany.com (201)444-5592 H
Program on Starting a Small Business
Lisa Laplante will plan a program with Iggy
D’Agati and Brian Boden, and Richard Touma. She will speak to these men
at the Engineering Week Dinner about actualization.
Talk on New
Engineering by Eugene F. Adiutori
Engineer Adiutori has written a book on this
subject and has given several presentations. He requires guarantee of a
reasonably good attendance. Professor Mel Lewis said that FDU is
looking for a lecturer. Mel was given a description of the proposed
program and may possibly arrange for a very good attendance at an
upcoming FDU conference.
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 emailed an inquiry of interest to
other Sections. She said that other Sections are interested.
Honors and
Awards Dinner Rescheduled Again
The
Honors and Awards Dinner has been rescheduled for May 6th.
Arnold Pristernik is arranging this event, which is by invitation only.
Rebuilding Together
On April 30th 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
Karen
reported that we presently have $7,612.94 in the checking account, and
approximately $10,000 in our CD account.
Possible
Program at the Edison Museum in West Orange, NJ.
Art Vatsky said he would look into arranging a
program there. We await his input.
Possible
Program at the Morris Museum
Bud Foster was asked to look into arranging a
program there. We await his input.
New
requirements for passing the Engineer In Training test, leading to a PE
license.
Professor Mel Lewis, coordinator of the
Engineering Technology Program at Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU)
said that FDU presently gives courses appropriate for NY State
requirements for continuing education for PE License renewal. He said
that NJ will probably also require courses in continuing education for
License renewal. He said that mechanical engineering courses for
passing the Engineer in Training Test or passing the PE license could be
developed by FDU.
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. We await specifics from him.
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Program Involving
engineers in the pharmaceutical, automotive, facilities, or nutrition
field: Validation engineering. See the announcement of the Biomedical
Engineering Showcase, above.
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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.
Karen said she will discuss this with Boris.
Wine/Beer
Tasting Program – to be rescheduled.
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. The tentative date of May
6th will need to be rescheduled to avoid conflict with the
Honors and Awards dinner.
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.
Conference -
Evolution and Innovation in the Engineering Classroom – April 15-16, 2005
This conference will be held at Fairleigh
Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ.
The
conference web page may be found at
http://alpha.fdu.edu/ucoll/asee.
The conference will include presentation of short papers (500 words
maximum) related to engineering and engineering technology education,
technical sessions, workshops, a keynote speaker, and a luncheon
speaker. A full range of educational issues will be covered. The FDU
School of Computer Sciences and Engineering department web page may be
found at
http://fduinfo.com/deptsplash/uccse.php.
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.
Judges for the competition are being sought. Iggy D’Agati, Karen Ohland,
and Richard Dolinsky intend to serve in that capacity. Others are
welcome.
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April 22-25, 2005 – Regional Administrative
Conference will be held in Puerto Rico. The Region will defray expenses
of Section representatives according to their guidelines for travel
expenses, $100 a day and 3 meals. The deadline for registration is
February 25th.
ASME Long Island Section Programs
March 23: Wireless Technology will be held at
SUNY Farmingdale, Lupton Hall - Room 101. Reservations requested.
Light refreshments will be served at 6:00 PM. The meeting will start at
7:00 PM.
2 PDH credits will be earned by attending this meeting.
West Point Program
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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Section Chair &
Bergen/Passaic Subsection Vice 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
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History and Heritage –
Beal Moore
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Industry Relations –
Lisa Laplante
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Leadership and
Development Initiative – James Litvany
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Webmaster – Pablo
Ospina
Submitted by Sid Goodman, Secretary
E-mail address:
goodmans1@asme.org Phone no. (201)327-5158 | 