ASME
Section Meeting Minutes 2-9-06
At Fairleigh
Dickinson University (FDU)
Attendance: attendees noted by underlined bold type
D'Agati, Iggy
Dolinsky, Richard
Foster, Bud
Goodman, Sid
Gulrajani, Ramesh
Khusid, Boris
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, starting at 7:45p
The Next
North Jersey Section ASME Executive Section Meeting:
Will be on
Thursday, March 16, 2006 at 7:30pm at FDU
Address of FDU:
100 River Road
Teaneck, NJ
Muscarelle Building
Future meeting dates will be on the third Thursdays of the month.
Engineer’s Week Dinner:
February 24,
2006
Hanover Manor, 16 Eagle Rock Avenue
East Hanover, NJ
phone no. (973)992-7425
Planning for
the dinner was discussed. Dinner committee members are requested to
arrive at 4:00 PM for preparations at the Manor.
Art Vatsky,
energy consultant, will be the keynote speaker.
The of his address is “US Dependence on Imported Petroleum: Can You
Handle the Truth?”
Camfil Farr
Inc. has designated Don Thornburg for an engineer of the year award.
Financial
scholarships to individual students will not be granted. Certificates
recognizing achievement will be given at the meeting. We will award
grants to engineering schools upon approval of their proposals for
projects, which augment mechanical engineering skills.
We are waiting for proposals from schools.
Blizzard
contingency dates: February 27 or February 28. Richard will check
availability of these dates with the Manor.
Brainstorming Meeting- possibly in March:
We will invite all
ASME members to a brainstorming session. The object is to involve more
members in directly actuating programs of general and technical interest.
Richard Dolinsky is in the planning stage.
Pharmaceutical Project Engineering Program in April:
Program by
Bruce Eckman, QC engineer - (908)232-8900 0ffice, (908)528-3286 cell
The program he offers is as follows;
Mechanical Engineering Projects in Pharmaceutical Construction
GMP basics you need to know
-Good manufacturing practices per 21CFR211
-Facility design concepts acceptable to the USFDA
-Mechanical systems subject to commissioning qualification
-Validation activities during the four phases of a facility project
-Design qualification review.
It is hoped that this program will interest engineers who work in the
pharmaceutical industry or those who would like to enter that industry.
Bruce is
available throughout April except for Thursdays and the third Monday.
Boris Khusid needs a bio, to propose holding the event at NJIT. A Pizza
supper will be served. We will plan the supper for an attendance of up
to 40 people.
Attendees will be asked for a nominal fee of $10.00 to cover our costs.
NJIT students will be free. As soon as Sid Goodman gets a bio from
Bruce, he will email it to Boris along with an outline of the program.
(Bruce sent a bio to Prof. Khisid. Boris is checking with the NJIT
Administration for approval of holding the program there.)
Honors
and Awards Dinner:
The executive
committee felt that May would be a good month for it.
We will solicit more members of the Honors and Awards committee.
Web Page
Course:
St. Peters
College offers a 6-week course to us. Based on attendance by 20 students
the price per student is estimated to be roughly $400. Each session will
be 2 hours, using computers at the College that are loaded with web page
design software.
Morris
Museum Tour:
But said he
would arrange a tour for April. No specific input from him yet.
Meadowlands Pumping Station Tour:
Lisa Laplante
will try to arrange a tour in April.
Paterson
Falls Generator Tour:
Lisa Laplante
will try to arrange a tour in April:
Wine
Tasting/Beer Brewing Tours:
These are good
networking events. Lisa will verify availability and scheduling. She
will notify members by E-mail on short notice. Previous Beer/Wine tours
were well attended. Beer bottling and labeling is done on Thursday
nights.
Beer tasting is on Friday nights.
Another
Program on Patents:
Lisa will ask
James Litvany if he can arrange a follow up program for the winder of
2006. He arranged the previous program on patents with patent attorney
R. Straussman.
The event was well attended. (At the Engineering Week dinner, R.
Straussman said he is very willing to serve again.)
Program
on Starting a Business:
Lisa will talk
to Iggy D’Agati, Brian Boden, and Dick Touma about this. No input from
Iggy, Brian, and Dick yet.
ASME
Section Leadership Training:
Training will
be held on March 3, 4, and 5th. Karen Ohland sent a link for
registration to qualified members. Richard Dolinsky, Lisa Laplante, and
Ramesh Gulrajani will be joining Karen for this training.
Regional
Student (robotic) Competition (RSC):
An RSC program
is being planned for by FDU, Teaneck. April 1, 2006 at FDU, Teaneck in
the gymnasium.
Rebuilding Together:
Lisa Laplante
said a Rebuilding Together event is planned for April 29, 2006.
Volunteers for this event are asked to contact her at
laplantel@asme.org.
Present
North Jersey Section Officers:
Section Chair
- Richard Dolinsky
Treasurer - Arnold Pristernik
Secretary - Sid Goodman
Bergen/Passaic Subsection Chair - Lisa Laplante
Morris/Sussex Subsection Chair - Ramesh Gulrajani
Essex/Hudson Subsection Chair - Boris Khusid
History and Heritage - Beal Moore
Industry Relations - Lisa Laplante
Leadership and Development - James Litvany
Webmaster - Pablo Ospina
Submitted by Sid
Goodman
Secretary
Goodmans1@asme.org | 