President’s Letter Charley Wall

President, Tulsa Post

Welcome to February and another edition of the Tulsa Post newsletter! On January 19th, we installed our 2010 officers and were also able to present J. D. Metcalfe $1,000 scholarships to three well deserving college students. Congratulations to Dane Miodov and Blake Cannedy, both are Army ROTC students at Oklahoma State University, and to Jon Guillen who is an Air Force ROTC student at the University of Oklahoma. Thank you to David Epperly from ALL Consulting and his team for reviewing the applications and making the selections.

On February 20th and 21st, the Post will participate in the Tulsa Regional Science and Engineering Fair. Several post members have volunteered their time to judge entries of high school students from across the Tulsa area. Then on February 21st, COL Snyman and I are scheduled to present Army and SAME awards to the top entries in several different science and engineering categories. A big thank you to Chris Strunk, from the Tulsa District Corps of Engineers, for organizing all of the volunteers and awards for this great activity. We are looking forward to a great year for the Tulsa Post. We have many solid programs and opportunities scheduled. A great outing to Webbers Falls is planned for March. April will bring our joint Small Business Conference with the Arkansas Post to be held in Tulsa this year. The National SAME Conference will be held in Atlanta in May. Also, look for details about an upcoming Young Member event! Looking forward to a great 2010! Charley Wall 2010 Tulsa Post President

February 14-20: E-Week Activities 26-28: Tulsa Regional Science Fair, TCC March 5: Tulsa Engineering Summit TBD: Trip to Webbers Falls April 13-14: Joint Small Business Conference, Tulsa, OK May 4-7: National SAME JETC Conference, Atlanta, GA 18: Program Meeting June 22: Young Member Event July Summer Break August 24: Program Meeting September 25: Public Lands Day October 19: Program Meeting November 16: Program Meeting December 7: Holiday Social 21: 2011 Strategic Planning Meeting

Tulsa SAME January/February 2010

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2010 PROGRAMS

The mission of the Society of American Military Engineers is to promote and facilitate engineering support for national security by developing and enhancing relationships and competencies among uniformed services, public and private sector engineers, and related professionals.

The Society of American Military Engineers www.same.org/tulsa January/February 2010

Activities for E-Week 2010: E-Week Engineers Luncheon: Wednesday, February 17th at the Tulsa Country Club. The topic for this event is the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. See attached E-Week registration form on page 3 of this newsletter. Deadline is February 12th. E-Week Student Breakfast: Friday, February 19th at the Southern Hills Hilton Hotel. The breakfast program will be followed by a series of presentations for the student guests on engineering careers in various disciplines. Table sponsorships available. See attached E-Week registration form on page 3 for details. MATHCOUNTS Regional Competition: Saturday, February 20th. Judges and Proctors are needed.

For more information about E-Week, contact Gaylon Pinc at ggpinc@pmgtulsa.com

February 26-28, 2010

The Tulsa Regional Science and Engineering Fair will be held during Engineers Week February 26-28, 2009 at the Tulsa Community College at 10300 East 81st South and US Highway 169, Tulsa. Judging will take place on Saturday, February 27th between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The awards presentation for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place will occur on Sunday, February 28th at 2:00 p.m. SAME is a proud sponsor of this event and is looking for volunteers to assist with the judging of the projects for the Army and SAME awards. For more information, contact: Chris Strunk US Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District christopher.b.strunk@usace.army.mil

Location: Tulsa Community College, 10300 East 81st Street South, Tulsa

Friday: Project setup and judging will take place in the Science and Mathematics Building

Saturday: Regional Fair Judging and Special Awards Judging.

Sunday: Public visitation will take place in the Science and Math Building along with the public awards presentation in the VanTrease Performing Arts Center.

Tulsa Regional Science and Engineering Fair

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Engineers Week – February 14-20

Professional Development PE RESOURCES

Oklahoma State University Continuing Education http://aep.ceat.okstate.edu/courses.asp University of Tulsa Continuing Engineering and Science Education http://www.cese.utulsa.edu/ University of Oklahoma Continuing Education - Engineering and Geosciences http://www.engr.outreach.ou.edu/ OKC Section of IEEE http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r5/oklahoma_city/mtg2007.html Tulsa Engineering Foundation http://www.tulsa-calendar.com/cogrid/search.asp?cogrid=12 Tulsa Chapter of OSPE http://www.ospe.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=34 Oklahoma State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors http://www.pels.state.ok.us/ For further information, contact: Brett Cowan bcowan@kleinfelder.com

Hosted by: The Society of Women Engineers and TEF

Location: Alan Chapman Activity Center on the University of Tulsa Campus

Registration: Deadline is February 15, 2010 An all-day event for engineers in the greater Tulsa area that will provide the opportunity to earn PDH credits, leadership skills, freshen general technical skills, and network with others. Keynote Speaker is Stuart Solomon, President and Chief Operating Officer of PSO. See attached registration form on page 5 of this newsletter. Deadline is February 12th. For volunteering and discounted registration, contact Suzanne Dodson at Suzanne.Dodson@magellanlp.com or 918-625-3405.

2nd Annual Tulsa Engineering Summit - March 5, 2010

2010 Post President Outgoing 2009 Post President Loretta Turner handed over her office to Incoming 2010 Post President Charley Wall at the January Post Meeting - Installation of 2010 Officers.

2010 SAME Tulsa/Arkansas Posts Joint Future Work and Small Business Conference

Hard Rock Hotel Tulsa, OK

April 13-14, 2010

AGENDA Tuesday, April 13th 13:30-18:00 Scholarship Golf Tournament at the Hard Rock Casino 17:00 Registration Opens at Hotel 18:00 Ice Breaker (Immediately following golf) Wednesday, April 14th 07:00 Registration Opens 07:30-08:00 Breakfast in Exhibit Hall 08:00-08:15 Conference Opening by COL Anthony Funkhouser, SWD Commander 08:15-08:45 Keynote Speaker – Mr. Greg Giddons, Department of Homeland Security 08:45-09:30 DE Panel on future work – COL Jackson (Little Rock), LTC Snyman (Tulsa), COL Muraski (Fort Worth), COL Wilson (Kansas City) 09:45-10:15 Break in Exhibitor Hall 10:15-11:30 Small Business Topics (Representatives from Little Rock and Tulsa Contracting Divisions) 11:30-13:00 Networking Lunch in Exhibit Hall 13:00-15:00 Speed Dating

Attendance fee is $195 before 14 March, $250 after 14 March. Registration can be made at RegOnLine starting February 15

Hotel rate is $81/night plus 6% tribal fee. A block of 75 rooms is available until 14 March at this rate. Reservations can be made by phone at 1-800-760-6700 and ask for US Army Corps of Engineers. If making room reservations by internet at www.HardRockCasinoTulsa.com, use the code 041310SAME. Scholarship Golf Tournament fee is $80. Four person scramble, with a shotgun start at 13:30. Late registration (after April 1) means less choice in pairings. All proceeds go to the Scholarship and engineering/construction summer camp. Sponsorships available: Overall Conference Sponsorships $3000 sponsors will get a full page ad in the program, three conference attendees. $2000 sponsors will get a 1/2 page ad in the program, two conference attendees. $1000 sponsors will get a quarter page ad in the program, one conference attendee. $500 sponsors will get their name listed in the program. Golf Sponsorships $200 for hole sponsors $1000 for beverage cart sponsors (2 available) $200 for closest to the pin (2 available - men and women) $200 for longest drive (2 available - men and women)

For more information, contact Ramona Willig at ramona.e.willig@usace.army.mil

or Earl Groves at earl.groves@swt03.usace.army.mil.

January Meeting Spotlight Firm

Showing Our Support Items donated during our Holiday Social were sent to Blue Star Mothers of America. These items will be put into Freedom Boxes to be shipped to our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Thank you everyone for your support!

Tulsa Post 2009 Holiday Social

Follow SAME on the following social media sites: Tulsa Post Facebook Fan Page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/SAME-Tulsa-Post/128934930938 SAME National on Twitter at http://twitter.com/same_tme SAME National’s weekly digest blog “Bricks and Clicks” at www.same.org/blog

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President Charley Wall, Wallace Engineering 918.584.5858 cwall@wallacesc.com 1st Vice President LTC Gene Snyman, TD CoE 918.669.7203 eugene.snyman@usace.army.mil 2nd Vice President Clif Warren, TD CoE 918.669.7671 clif.warren@usace.army.mil Secretary Michelle Lay, TD CoE 918.669.4380 michelle.r.lay@usace.army.mil Finance Committee Chair Adam Smith, TD CoE 918.669.4326 adam.r.smith@usace.army.mil Programs Chair Heather Tittjung, URS 918.582.2552 x228 heather_tittjung@URSCorp.com

Programs Committee Sarah Markes, Contech Kalli Clark, TD CoE Ramona Willig, TD CoE Earl Groves, TD CoE Jeremy Hill, Benham Shannon Koehninger, Benham

Membership Chair Dwayne Beavers, Cherokee CRC 918.582.9110 dbeavers@cherokee-crc.com Readiness Chair Bill Smiley, TD CoE william.e.smiley@usace.army.mil

Readiness Committee Charles McComas, ALL Consulting Lars Ostervold, CH2M Hill John Blickensderfer, Guy Engineering

Education & Mentoring Chair Gene Lilly, TD CoE douglas.e.lilly@usace.army.mil

Education & Mentoring Committee David Pounds, Flintco David Epperly, ALL Consulting Chris Strunk, TD CoE Shannon Hudson, Contech Keith Rice, TD CoE Daniel Morales, TD CoE

Newsletter Editor Cindy Gran, Garver, LLC 918.250.5922 clgran@GarverUSA.com Website Editor John McLearan, ALL Consulting 918.382.7581 jmclearan@all-llc.com Professional Growth Brett Cowan, Kleinfelder 918.627.6161 bcowan@kleinfelder.com Awards & Streamers Kathy Smith, Cyntergy AEC 918.855.6146 ksmith@cyntergyaec.com Adam Crisp, TD CoE adam.d.crisp@usace.army,mil Karen MacCannell, The McIntosh Group 918.585.8555 x20 kmaccannell@themcintoshgroup.com 2010 Joint Small Business Conference Co-Chairs Ramona Willig, TD CoE ramona.e.willig@usace.army.mil Earl Groves, TD CoE earl.groves@sace.army.mil Past Presidents Loretta Turner, Weston Solutions, Inc. 918.459.4579 l.turner@westonsolutions.com COL Anthony Funkhouser, TD CoE anthony.funkhouser@usace.army.mil

Sustaining Member Firms

A & M Engineering & Environmental AECOM

*Aerial Data Service AMEC Earth & Environmental

ARCADIS *ALL Consulting

*ASSET Group, Inc. Bingham Resources, Inc.

BKL, Inc. Black & Veatch

Burns & McDonnell C.H. Guernsey & Company

*CAPE Environmental Management CH2M Hill

*Cherokee CRC, LLC CJC Architects, Inc.

Cyntergy AEC Dewberry Design Group, Inc.

*Dynamac Corp. EA Engineering, Science, & Technology

ECC Ecology & Environment, Inc.

*EMR Inc. Enercon Services

Franvel Corporation Garver, LLC

Geotechnical Services, Inc. *Guy Engineering Services, Inc.

HDR HNTB

*HydroGeoLogic, Inc. Key Construction

Kiewit Federal Group Kleinfelder

MACTEC Engineering and Consulting Mason & Hanger

MECX, LP Meshek & Associates, PLC

MWH SAIC Benham

SpecPro Environmental Services *Standard Testing & Engineering Co.

Stanley Consultants, Inc. Terracon Consultants

Tetra Tech, Inc. The McIntosh Group, LLC

*The Ross Group Construction Corp. The Shaw Group Inc. Tulsa District USACE

URS Corporation Wallace Engineering

Weston Solutions, Inc. Woolpert, Inc.

*Indicates Small and /or Tribal Businesses www.sba.gov

2010 Officers and Board Members

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