The Philadelphia Engineer

Newsletter of the Philadelphia Chapter of the

Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers

December 2004

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

DECEMBER MEETING

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

2004-05 SCHEDULE

COMPETITION FOR THE

OUTSTANDING ENGINEERING ACHEIVEMENT AWARD

 

The PSPE Philadelphia Chapter is proud to announce the 2004 Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award program, which will occur at our December 2nd monthly Chapter meeting.

 

In following with tradition, we have planned an evening of exciting projects that will be competing for the 2004 Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award.  As of press time, nominations for the competition are still open, but from early indications, we expect five to seven entries. 

 

Entries will be judged by a panel composed of the Presidents of the local PSPE chapters. 

 

Our Chapter Meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn on City Line Avenue (City Line and Presidential Blvd.) with our Board Meeting at 5PM, Social Hour at 6PM, dinner at 7PM and Competition to begin at 7:30PM.

 

Reservations are recommended for this always overflow event.  Please call 215-985-5701 with your reservation, or (for web viewers) send an email for your reservation to

mailto:info@engrclub.org

 

by John Liddy, P.E.

 

I want to thank all the Engineers that take time out of their personal life and dedicate themselves to the future of engineering.  Our chapter and engineers week council have a number of activities during the year, where valuable time from our personal life is shared to help influence young people to become Engineers.   For those of you who are involved, you understand that this time spent is very rewarding.  It is a wonderful thing to see youngsters start to ponder thoughts of inventing and discovering.  

 

It is also rewarding to see young engineers challenging themselves to become PE’s.  Just the other day I was teaching a class of newly hired engineers and in the elevator on the way out from class they were talking about taking the “test”.  I inquired what “Test”?   The reply “Oh the EIT”.  If I could offer a little help.  Taking the test should be a fun experience, and it should be used as an opportunity to challenge yourself.  The reward is yours forever.    

 

I often think of the relay race when the baton is passed from one to the other, as each member of the team races to pass the baton to the next, in the hope of finishing first.  We can think of ourselves, as relay racers, carrying the next generation our excitement and enthusiasm for engineering.

 

I often hear people say, “Oh you volunteer your time!,” “You mean you don’t get paid?,” or, “How can you spend time with all those geeks in one room, I would get itchy.”  What attracts me to other engineers is the honestly in our conversations and there unyielding energy to become better in all aspects of life.

 

I look forward to seeing you at our next meeting.

 

 

09SEP04

Board Meeting

07OCT04

NSPE NE Regional Meeting

04NOV04

Meet Matt Burns EOY

02DEC04

Outstanding Engr Achievemt

06JAN05

Board Meeting

12FEB05

MathCounts

18FEB05

Engineers’ Week Luncheon

26FEB05

Engineers’ Week Banquet

04MAR05

How to Apply for PE License

01APR05

TBA

06APR05

Education Awards Night

 

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Chapter Officers & Directors

Treasurer’s Report

President

John E. Liddy, P.E.

6106487915

Expense Accounts

Budget

Month

To Date

President-Elect

Jason S. Schmoyer, P.E.

6105833131

Administrative

450.00

0.00

0.00

Vice President

Fredric L. Plotnick, P.E.

2158853733

Attendance

0.00

0.00

0.00

Vice President

T. James Cokonis, P.E.

6104317044

Awards

550.00

0.00

0.00

Secretary

Khaled R. Hassan, P.E.

2152223000

Engineers’ Week

500.00

0.00

0.00

Treasurer

Richard A. Mulford

2159855701

MathCounts

750.00

0.00

0.00

Membership Secr

Richard A. Mulford

2159855701

Meetings & Programs

400.00

541.06

541.06

State Director

Francesco M. Russo, P.E.

6105686500

Membership

0.00

0.00

0.00

Alt State Director

Michael A. Porter, P.E.

2159797727

Publications

1350.00

67.35

67.35

Director - 2005

Casimir DeCwikiel, P.E.

6105255617

Scholarship

1100.00

0.00

0.00

Director - 2005

Leonard K. Bernstein, P.E.

2156855367

Young Engineers

0.00

0.00

0.00

Director - 2005

John G. Woods, P.E.

2158482914

Total Expenses

5100.00

608.41

608.41

Director - 2006

Robert M. Rodgers, P.E.

2157351932

 

 

 

 

Director - 2006

Philip D. Udo-Inyang, P.E.

2152047831

Income Accounts

 

 

 

Director - 2006

 

 

Advertising in Newsletter

400.00

0.00

0.00

Director - 2007

Michael A. Porter, P.E.

2159797727

Dues

2850.00

75.00

375.00

Director - 2007

Edward Pluciennik, P.E.

2152223000

Interest

140.00

1.26

6.18

Director - 2007

Connie L. Ly

2152894600

Phila Chapter Fund

1710.00

164.12

935.61

 

 

 

Total Income

5100.00

240.38

1316.79

Committee Chairs

 

 

 

 

Teacher Awards

Jason S. Schmoyer, P.E.

6105833131

Checking Account

6134.23

from / to

5766.20

Budget

Richard A. Mulford

2159855701

 

 

 

 

Bylaws

Leonard K. Bernstein, P.E.

2156855367

Philadelphia Chapter Fund

Shares

Value

May ‘04

Chapter Fund

Fredric L. Plotnick, P.E.

2158853733

Evergreen Money Market

 

133.07

133.10

MathCounts

Connie L. Ly

2152894600

Exelon

600

23772.00

19980.00

OE Achievement

Fredric L. Plotnick, P.E.

2158853733

McDonalds

100

2915.00

2640.00

Publications

Fredric L. Plotnick, P.E.

2158853733

PA Power & Light

400

20800.00

17260.00

Registration

John G. Woods, P.E.

2158482914

Wachovia Bank

324

15944.04

15296.04

Scholarship

Fredric L. Plotnick, P.E.

2158853733

Total Fund Assets

 

63564.11

55309.14

Young Engineers

Michael A. Porter, P.E.

2159797727

 

 

 

 

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PSPE Philadelphia is at the forefront of mentoring the children of our community to the opportunities of engineering and what it takes to get there.  Starting with the DiscoverE program at the elementary level and our MathCounts program for 7th & 8th graders, we are the front line ambassadors for Engineering.  But we need volunteers to make these programs work.  Please contact President-Elect, John Liddy, to see how you can help these with these programs. 

Membership Secretary’s Report

Licensed Members

122

Members

13

Student Members

15

Life Members

57

Total

207

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