ASME
Section Meeting Minutes 3-22-05
At Fairleigh
Dickinson University (FDU)
1000 River Road
Muscarelle building
Attendance: attendees noted by bold type
D'Agati, Iggy
Allman, Norris
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
Richard Dolinsky
chaired the meeting, which started at 7:50pm.
Karen Ohland was unable to attend.
Next
Section Meeting: April 19 @ 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: April 12, 2005
A copy of the
flyer and directions is at the end of these minutes.
Engineering Week Dinner, 2005:
The dinner was
held on March 10 at the Hanover Manor, 16 Eagle Rock Road, East Hanover,
NJ 07936.
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Good turnout,
considering the original date was rescheduled due to a snowstorm.
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Good food with
an interesting speaker. The speaker was a student from Engineers Without
Borders.
He was an engineering leader for a water resource survey and project in
Honduras. He was also in a water project in Thailand.
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…AIAA
engineers who reserved could not attend because of the changed date of
the dinner. No payment was received from AIAA students who were able to
attend. They were told that they would not need to pay. As a result we
had a shortfall in anticipated money to cover our expenses.
Program
on Starting a Small Business:
Lisa Laplante
will plan a program with Iggy D’Agati and Brian Boden, and Richard Touma.
She will try to schedule a program in May.
ASME
Distinguished Lecturer - Ian M. Arbon:
His subject is
renewable energy and sustainability. He emailed several possible dates
for the program to Karen.
The date is to be determined after reviewing available flights from
England to the USA.
Honors
and Awards Dinner Rescheduled Again (May 12th not May 6th)
The Honors and
Awards Dinner has been rescheduled for May 12th.
Arnold Pristernik is arranging this event, which is by invitation only.
At the Engineering Week Dinner the Hanover Inn said that May 6th is not
available.
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:
ASME
headquarters gave the Section (subsections included) approximately
$6,000 for operating expenses rather than the expected amount of about
$8,000.
Possible
Program at the Morris Museum:
Bud Foster
said he will visit the museum to provide an opinion on whether a Section
visit there would be worthwhile.
Proposed
Nanotechnology or Biotechnology seminar program canceled.
Boris Khusid
reported that ASME Region II is unable to fund the program proposed for
the University of Pennsylvania. The program would require a subsidy of
approximately $1500.
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.
Energy
Program?:
Truth about
the NJ Energy Crisis. Energy Awareness –Petroleum, Art Vatsky, energy
consultant, offered to present a talk. We await specifics.
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. Lisa will check to see
if it can be held on April 29th or May 6th.
Directions might be given on the website which also has the address:
www.cricketbrewery.com
To get there,
take Route 46 West to Fairfield Foad. The Brewery is at 24 Kulick road,
2 blocks east of Law Drive, which is where the ASME Service Center is
located.
If the event
goes well, Lisa may schedule another tasting program to involve the
technical divisions of ASME.
Student
Robotic Competition held March 13, 18, and 19:
It was held at
the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, NJ. Richard Dolinsky and Mel Lewis
were referees.
Technology Executives Conference – held March 4-6, 2005 in
Pittsburgh, PA.
Boris Khusid,
Norris Allman, and Karen Ohland attended the conference.
The Section was well represented. Topics covered were the restructuring
of ASME, how to run a conference, how to get young engineers involved,
and how to raise money.
Regional
Administrative Conference in Puerto Rico to be held April 22-24,
2005
Attendance
from the Section will include Iggy D’agati with his wife, Richard
Dolinsky (possibly with his wife), Karen Ohland, and Lisa Laplante.
The conference will include, a report of what the Section has done and
will be doing, socializing, information from representatives upward to
ASME officials, and information from officials downward to
representatives, swimming/snorkeling/diving from the beach on which the
hotel is located.
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:
April 8, 2005
– The Romanian Orchestra of Engineers – 7:30 pm DeBaun Auditorium @
Stevens
http://anniversary.asme.org/HeritageDay05.shtml.
To reserve tickets ($15) please call (201)216-8937 or email to
BoxOffice@debaun.org.
Note your name, show (ASME presents the Romanian Orchestra of
Engineers), the date (April 8) and how many tickets you would like.
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.
Long Island
Section
April 14, 2005
– “Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling for System Design and
Improvement”.
Call Joan Chille @ (516)575-9765 by 4/11.
May 18, 2005 –
“Flow Technologies”. Call Tony Cacioppo @ (718)445-8400 ext 103
Met Section
“From Engineer
to Manager”. Contact Marca Lam @ 212-353-4393 or
mjlam@cooper.edu:
Other events
http://www.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 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
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