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VALLEY FORGE CHAPTER PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS
P.O. BOX 585 WORCESTER, PA 19490-0585
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS
THE COMPASS Volume 45, Number 4 – April/May 2011
(Read the COMPASS on-line at www.pspe.org/valleyforge)
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE By Kristin Norwood, P.E., VFC President
Well, this past year has gone by quickly. I would like to thank the other Board
members for their assistance as I fumbled my way through my presidency. It
truly is a team effort and I appreciate everyone’s help. And as my tenure ends,
I would like to reach out to our membership to once again request that you get
involved in our Chapter. There are so many worthwhile activities that you
could participate in…MathCounts and Delaware Valley Science fair, just to
name a few. The more you get involved, the more meaningful your
membership will be. Plus you get the opportunity to work with a great bunch
of people. Everyone I have dealt with over the last year has left me with a
positive impression of the society and its members. I challenge each of you to
step up and take a more active role to help make this society even better in years to come. I thank you for
the opportunity to serve as your President and hope to meet many more of you at upcoming events. Have
a great summer!!
EVENTS SCHEDULE
May 24, 2011 Student Recognition Dinner
6:00pm, Pizza Time Saloon, West Point
August, 2011 Board of Directors 2011-2012 Planning Meeting
To be determined
September 21, 2011 Valley Forge Chapter Golf Outing
Turtle Creek Golf Course, Limerick, PA
More info to follow!
Visit the VFC PSPE website (www.pspe.org/valleyforge) often for updates on upcoming events.
Kristin Norwood, P.E.
2010-11 Chapter Officers and Board of Directors
President Kristin Norwood, P.E. Collegeville, PA 19426 610-842-0521 [email protected]
President-Elect Chad Camburn, P.E. 2129 E. High St, Pottstown, PA 19464 610-323-4040 [email protected]
Vice President Bruce Rhoades, P.E 505 Midland Cir, St. Davids, PA 19087 484-529-8360 [email protected]
Treasurer Mike Fischer, E.I.T 303 Valley Hunt Dr., Phoenixville, PA 19460 215-205-2130 [email protected]
Secretary Dan Humes, E.I.T 60 Ash Stoker Lane, Horsham, PA 19044 267-549-6643 [email protected]
State Director Paul Dugan, P.E. 303 Valley Hunt Dr., Phoenixville, PA 19460 610-220-3820 [email protected]
Past-President Karen Danko, P.E. Lafayette Hill, PA 19444 610-405-8733 [email protected]
Chapter Director Jim Thompson, P.E. 3174 Mayflower Road, Plymouth Meeting, PA 610-639-8990 [email protected]
Chapter Director Nate Zipay, E.I.T. 2500 E. High St, Ste 650, Pottstown, PA 19464 610-326-3100 [email protected]
Chapter Director Anthony Handley, E.I.T 303 Valley Hunt Dr., Phoenixville, PA 19460 610-585-5889 [email protected]
Chapter Director Linsday Musselman, E.I.T. PO Box 4, WP20-206, West Point, PA 19401 215-652-6649 [email protected]
Chapter Director Anthony Dougherty, P.E. 2500 E. High St., Ste 650, Pottstown, PA 19464 610-326-3100 [email protected]
Chapter Director Randy Cleaver, P.E. [email protected]
SE Region PSPE Vice President
John A. Nawn, P.E. 35 S. Third St, Philadelphia, PA 19106 215-316-9450 [email protected]
2010-11 VFC Committees
Committee Primary Contact Secondary Contact
Audit Jim Thompson, PE Kurt Leininger, PE
Awards Bruce Rhoades, PE Kristin Norwood, PE
By-Laws Nate Zipay, EIT Paul Dugan, PE Engineers Week Tony Dougherty, PE Paul Dugan, PE
Ethics Mike Fischer, PE Bruce Rhoades, PE
Legislative/Gov’t Paul Dugan, PE Anthony Handley, EIT Mathcounts Karen Danko, PE Dan Humes, EIT
Membership Lindsay Musselman, EIT Jim Thompson, PE
Nominating Karen Danko, PE Chad Camburn, PE Programs Tony Dougherty, PE Nate Zipay, EIT
Publications Kristin Norwood, PE Anthony Handley, EIT
Scholarship Lindsay Musselman, EIT Chad Camburn, PE Science Fair Tony Dougherty, PE Jim Thompson, PE
VFC Website Anthony Handley, EIT Mike Fischer, EIT
Practice Division Contact
Professional Engineers in Private Practice (PEPP) Paul Dugan, PE
Professional Engineers in Construction (PEC) Kurt Leininger, PE Professional Engineers in Government (PEG) Paul Dugan, PE
Professional Engineers in Industry (PEI) Lindsay Musselman, EIT
Professional Engineers in Education (PEE) Karen Danko, PE
(Note – The above committee positions were determined by those who attended the Board of Director’s Summer Planning Meeting.)
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Delaware Valley Science Fairs 2011
By Anthony Dougherty, P.E., Chapter Director
Another year goes by and another Delaware Valley Science Fair was held at the Greater Valley Forge
Expo Center in Oaks, PA. As usual, the entries in the fair never cease to amaze us with their ingenuity
and intelligence. This year the judging was completed by board members, Jim Thompson, Tony
Dougherty, Mike Fischer and Randy Cleaver. As in years past, the event consists of 5 fairs spanning the
grade levels, 12th
, 11th
, 10th
, 9th
, and one fair for grades 6th
through 8th
. Each fair (grade level) was
reviewed separately and the winner in each grade level received the Valley Forge Chapter award for
engineering achievement. For the high school fair levels, a second prize for innovative engineering was
awarded. The winners of these awards are as follows:
Fair Prize Project Student
12th
Grade
1st Better Blimps Brett Reich – Shamong, NJ
2nd
Understanding Complexity in
Nonlinear Dynamic Systems Using
Musical Compositions
Chiraag Nataraj – Radnor, PA
11th
Grade
1st A Multi-port Reconfigurable
Antenna for Mobile Applications
Kevin Li – Fort Washington,
PA
2nd
Acoustic Imaging Using Optimized
Beamforming Techniques
Andrew Feldman – Freehold, NJ
10th
Grade
1st The Most Efficient Boat Hull at
Different Speeds of Water
Lauren Casulli – Ardmore, PA
2nd
Powering the Future: The Effects of
Nitrate Concentration on Microbial
Fuel Cells
Achille Tenkiang – Bear, DE
9th Grade 1st Does Cleaning Your Carpet
Remove its Flame Resistance
Shelby Kennedy – Pennsville,
NJ
2nd
Solar Powered Wireless Energy
Transfer
Mayur Bhandary – Norristown,
PA
6th-8th
Grade
1st Lifting Under Pressure – An
Analysis of Hydraulics
Kyle Kirsten – Pottstown, PA
Congratulations to all of this year’s winners. Let’s all hope that these promising young students continue
to pursue engineering as their interest, career choice, and/or area of study. These winners have been
invited to the May 24th
, 2011 membership meeting to show off their project and receive a certificate of
their achievement. If anyone is interested in judging next year, please don’t hesitate to contact Tony
Dougherty, P.E.
VFC Past Presidents
By Kurt Leininger, P.E., Past President & Past Treasurer
As we have every April, our traditional “past-president month”, we acknowledge all of the past-presidents of PSPE
Valley Forge Chapter. Only three past-presidents have served two consecutive terms (1953-55, 2001-03, and 2007-
09), and only one has served two interrupted terms (Joe Maida).
2009-10: Karen O’Connell Danko 1987-88: Stan Kemp 1967-68: Frank Martin
2007-09: Tony Dougherty 1986-87: Dave Fleisher 1966-67: Paul Zahn
2006-07: Paul Dugan ` 1985-86: Jim Carroll 1965-66: Bill Guggenheim
2005-06: Rod Plourde 1984-85: John Timbario 1964-65: George Russell
2004-05: Mike W. Moore 1983-84: Joe Maida 1963-64: John Lilley
2003-04: Kurt Leininger 1982-83: Ross Forman 1962-63: Dan Driscoll
2001-03: Frank Stanton 1981-82: Edgar Hendler 1961-62: Edward Seiz
2000-01: Ken Ede 1980-81: Art Luthy 1960-61: Malcolm Brown
1999-2000: Tom Readinger 1979-80: Jessee Ring 1959-60: Andrew Betz
1998-99: Brian Healy 1978-79: Bob Freer 1958-59: Adolf Hopf
1997-98: John Groseck 1977-78: Fred Eidman 1957-58: John Fridy
1996-97: Rabindra Mallik 1976-77: Otto Gotzsche 1956-57: Harold Curll
1995-96: Dan Caramanico 1975-76: Alan Cohen 1955-56: Walt Bornemann
1994-95: Rod Barnhart 1974-75: Gerald Everz 1953-55: Leroy Dangremond
1993-94: Bob Di Domizio 1973-74: Edmund Haigler 1952-53: Herbert Reed
1992-93: Harve Hnatiuk 1972-73: Charles Crowley 1951-52: Russ Greulich
1991-92: Ken Creech 1971-72: Fred Reichert 1950-51: Tom Williams
1990-91: Don DeCleene 1970-71: Frank Chaplin 1949-50: George Shaner
1989-90: Joe Maida 1969-70: Alfred King 1948-49: George Greeby
1988-89: Bookes Britcher 1968-69: John Pink
In Memoriam
KENNETH P. CREECH, P.E.
The Valley Forge Chapter would like to express their condolences to the family of Kenneth P. Creech,
P.E. who passed away suddenly on March 26, 2011. Ken was a former PSPE member and Past President
who was active in the MathCounts competition for several years. Please keep Ken’s family in your
thoughts.
Special thanks to Past President Karen Danko, P.E. for donating the funds typically used to purchase a
past president’s plaque to MathCounts!
Proposed Slate of Directors for 2011-2012 By Kristin M. Norwood, P.E., President
Board Members:
Chad Camburn, P.E. (President) Bruce Rhoades, P.E. (Pres.-Elect)
Randy Cleaver, P.E. (Vice President) Mike Fischer, P.E. (Treasurer)
Lindsay Musselman, E.I.T. (Secretary) Kristin Norwood, P.E. (Past-President)
Tony Dougherty, P.E. (Director) Jim Thompson, P.E. (Director)
Karen Danko, P.E. (Director) Anthony Handley, E.I.T. (Director)
Nate Zipay, E.I.T. (Director) Daniel Humes, E.I.T. (Director)
Paul Dugan, P.E. (State Director) John Nawn, P.E. (SE Region PSPE VP)
Committees:
Committee Primary Secondary
Audit: Jim Thompson Kurt Leininger
Awards: Bruce Rhoades Kristin Norwood
By-Laws: Nate Zipay Paul Dugan
Engineers Week: Tony Dougherty Paul Dugan
Ethics: Mike Fischer Bruce Rhoades
Legislative / Gov’t: Paul Dugan Anthony Handley
Mathcounts: Dan Humes Karen Danko
Membership: Lindsay Musselman Jim Thompson
Nominating: Kristin Norwood Bruce Rhoades
Programs: Tony Dougherty Nate Zipay
Publications: Kristin Norwood Anthony Handley
Scholarship: Lindsay Musselman Randy Cleaver
Science Fair: Tony Dougherty Jim Thompson
Web Site: Anthony Handley Mike Fischer
Practice Division Primary
PEPP (Private Practice) Paul Dugan
PEC (Construction) (Vacant)
PEG (Government) Paul Dugan
PEI (Industry) Lindsay Musselman
PEE (Education) Karen Danko
VALLEY FORGE CHAPTER PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS
P.O. BOX 585 WORCESTER, PA 19490-0585
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS' MEETING MINUTES
Meeting
May 3, 2011
Sly Fox, Royersford, PA
Those in Attendance:
Kristin Norwood, P.E. (President) Chad Camburn, P.E. (Pres.-Elect)
Kurt Leininger, P.E. Mike Fischer, P.E. (Treasurer)
Dan Humes, E.I.T. (Secretary) Karen Danko, P.E. (Past-President)
Tony Dougherty, P.E. (Director) Jim Thompson, P.E. (Director)
Bruce Rhoades, P.E. (Vice President) Anthony Handley, E.I.T. (Director)
Nate Zipay, E.I.T. (Director) Lindsay Musselman, E.I.T. (Director)
Paul Dugan, P.E. (State Director) John Nawn. (SE Region PSPE VP)
Randy Cleaver, P.E. (Director)
Call to Order 6:33 pm
Minutes from Previous Meeting
Defer to e-mail vote for approval.
Reports of Officers
President’s Report: President-Elect’s Report:
Nothing to Report. Nothing to Report.
Vice President’s Report: Secretary’s Report:
Nothing to Report. Nothing to Report.
Treasurer's Report:
Nothing to Report.
State Director’s Report:
May 7th is the State Directors Board Meeting in Harrisburg.
Karen Danko opted for the Board to make a donation to MathCounts rather than receive the Past President’s Plaque.
Past President: SE Regional PSPE VP:
Nothing to Report. Not Present
Director’s Report’s:
Tony Dougherty informed the Board that during the State Directors Meeting on May 7th, the Board is going to discuss the
student membership dues, creation of student chapters / charters, enterprise membership recruitment. Tony informed the
Board that in the future, we will most likely receive a list indicating that someone in the area has recently passed the PE
Exam, in which we should contact them to entice them to join the NSPE/PSPE.
Committee Reports:
Communications
Compass: A Mathcounts Donation from Karen article will be included. Tony is to prepare a Science Fair article.
Notification of Membership – May Announcement to be sent out confirming the May 24th
Meeting.
Bruce to send Kristin and e-mail confirming the date, time and venue.
Webmaster: Nothing to Report.
MathCounts:
Nothing to Report.
Scholarship:
Checks are to be presented at the May Meeting / Awards Banquet.
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Membership:
Lindsay will download the membership list to update the Board.
Programs:
Program suggestions for the upcoming year:
Sporting Event (Bus Trip), VVF Ground Infiltration Wells, Turnpike Projects, Cayuga Pipe Tour (Valley
Forge/Bucks), PennDOT (Route 202), Helicopters-Boeing, Lockheed Martin, 4-H Clubs, Perkiomen
Watershed Conservancy, U.S. electric power grid update, Wastewater “Class A” Biosolids Drying and
Distribution, 4G Wireless and Dutchland. The Board is to think of additional ideas for the Summer
Planning Meeting.
Old Business:
Golf Tournament – The golf tournament is to be scheduled with the Regional Meeting in September; a tentative date
of September 21st was selected. The golf committee is to coordinate a meeting to begin planning the event.
The Golf Committee met after the Board Meeting and determined that the venue would be Turtle Creek.
Mike will coordinate with Turtle Creek regarding start time(s) and pricing.
A motion was made from Chad and seconded by Mike to approve the nominated officers and to table the committees
until the summer planning meeting. The motion was passed with no abstentions.
A committee for Mathcounts is still needed and to be included in the above summer planning meetings agenda.
New Business:
Randy Cleaver attended the Awards Dinner with Kathy Orr. He said it was an interesting discussion on STEM.
Nomination Committee (it is that time of year again). Karen and Chad are to discuss nominations of officers to be
presented at the April Board Meeting.
As Dan Humes is taking over the MathCounts Coordinator position, Lindsay confirmed that she would be willing to
take the Secretary’s position back.
Delaware Valley Science Fair is to be held April 6th
. Tony, Jim, Randy and Mike will be judging the event. Tony will
purchase the gift cards prior to the event.
(Post Board Meeting Additional Items):
Tony sent an e-mail on March 9th stating that a STEM Career Day would be held at the Wilson High School
(Berks County) on May 18th. He requested that any potential volunteers follow up with the flier and email
attached to his email.
Student Membership Fees to be discussed at the next meeting.
Adjournment: 7:00 pm
Next meeting: Summer Planning Meeting, TBD (via e-mail).
