December Meeting
Wednesday, December 17th
at 6:00 PM
The meeting will be held at
LEED
for Existing Buildings
Rating
System
presented by
Michael
Shilale, AIA, LEED
This
lecture is expected to be approved for 1 PDH.
The fee for attending this event will be
$35 for Rockland County Chapter NYSSPE
members,
$40 for Non-Rockland County Chapter
NYSSPE members,
or $30 for significant others who are not
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Save the date!
When: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 7:30 AM
Where: McLaren Engineering
100
Snake Hill Road, West Nyack, NY
What: Scope of Ethics in Professional
Engineering
by Dr. James J. Yarmus, P.E.
When: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 12:00 noon
Where: Adler Room
Palisades
Mall, West Nyack, NY
What: THE Tunnel Project
by Richard W. Gramlich, P.E.
Senior
Project Director, NJ Transit
When: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 7:30 AM
Where: McLaren Engineering
100
Snake Hill Road, West Nyack, NY
What: Design of Construction Management
Systems
by Dr. James
J. Yarmus, P.E.
When: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 7:30 AM
Where: Hillburn Sewage Treatment Plant
What: Plant Tour
by Michael
Saber, P.E.
When: May 2009 (details to be determined)
What: Annual College Scholarship Golf Outing
When: June 2009 (details to be determined)
What: Installation of Officers and Awards
Dinner
New
Members
We are pleased to welcome Hans Tippmann, P.E., Douglas
E. Peterson, P.E., Thomas Buonincontri, P.E., and James Buonincontri, P.E. as
new members of our chapter, and we look forward to having them join us at
future events!
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forms for the event: www.capitaldistricteweek.org Basic Schedule - Engineers Week 2009 – Albany Marriott,
189 Wolf Rd., Albany THURSDAY, February 5,
2009: Albany Marriott Full Day of Seminars
with 5 PDHs offered - 8:00 A.M. to
4:00 P.M. High School Bridge
Competition Exhibitors 8:00 A.M. to
4:00 P.M. Keynote & Award
Luncheon 12:00 P.M. to 1:30 P.M. Keynote Speaker: Pamela R. Mullender,
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2009: Albany Marriott Full Day of Seminars
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Luncheon 12:00 P.M. to 1:30
P.M. With
the Order of the Engineer A “Ring Ceremony” during
which engineers accept the “obligation of an Engineer” to serve the
public.
Followed by a Reception -
4:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. - In the Empire Room
2008 NY Chapter Holiday Party Wednesday, December 10, 2008 Cornell Club 6 East
44th Street, New York, NY 10017 Event:
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Report Finds Iraq Water Treatment Project to
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A vast U.S.-financed wastewater treatment facility in Falluja,
Iraq, which was intended to be the focal point in a campaign to reconstruct
Iraq, has risen by threefold in price from initial plans to $100 million and
has fallen around three years behind schedule. The incident has become the
latest problem in the U.S. effort to rebuild Iraq. The project was so badly
designed that there is no dependable electricity to operate pumps and
purification tanks, and no money left to link houses to the primary sewer
lines, according to a report published in Oct. 27 by the Special Inspector
General for Iraq Reconstruction, an independent federal office headed by
Stuart W. Bowen Jr. While the report does not claim that officials with the
United States Army Corps of Engineers, which has lead responsibility for the
project, or the American Embassy's reconstruction bureau--the Iraq Transition
Assistance Office--purposely withheld information on the situation, Bowen's
investigators discovered that senior officials at the embassy and the Army
Corps were aware of the problems for years without telling the American
ambassador, Ryan C. Crocker, or including them in the State Department's 2207
reports, which are meant to inform Congress about the status of
taxpayer-funded projects in Iraq. The investigators determined that there
were systemic obstacles to reporting reconstruction problems up the chain of
command, possibly helping to explain why senior embassy and military
officials frequently praise projects that later turn out to be troubled. The
project may be partly functional by April 2009, the investigators determined.
Although the initial plan called for the facility to pay for the whole city,
it has since been downsized to serve at no more than a third of the
population, or around 9,300 homes. Solar Energy, Fuel Cells Big Winners in New
Tax Incentives for Cleantech In October, Congress passed legislation to renew tax credits for
solar, wind, geothermal, fuel cells, and other clean energy companies.
Lawmakers voted to extend incentives for wind energy by one year and
geothermal for two years. Incentives for both solar and fuel cells have been
extended by eight years, and the per-kilowatt cap on incentives has been
tripled. Residents and businesses that invest in solar get a 30 percent tax
credit, and no longer have to pay a $2,000 cap for home installation. The new
bill also lets power utilities get tax credits for solar, making it more
likely that larger projects will be built, according to analysts. Randall
Swisher, executive director of the American Wind Energy Association, observes
that extending wind incentives costs about $4.5 billion per year, compared to
about $900 million for eight years of solar incentives. But analysts say wind
is closer to becoming competitive with conventional forms of energy, so that
incentives appear less crucial to some lawmakers. Fuel cells and geothermal
play smaller roles in clean technology, but are seen as providing "base
load" electricity that continually keep homes and building powered. Betting
on Climate Change Firms that seek to offset global warming may be
safe investment bets, according to a report by Deutsche Asset Management. Report
author Mark Fulton, global head of climate change investment research for
Deutsche Asset Management, says companies in sectors like clean energy,
emissions technology, transportation, and water will enjoy more dependable
earnings over the long-term because they will likely get government support.
The International Energy Agency forecasts that approximately $45 trillion
will be needed between now and 2050 to bring new clean-energy technologies to
market. The bulk of that money will probably come from the government, while
some money could come from private equity shops and venture capital. Although
climate change companies have fared poorly in the recent market turmoil,
prospects for alternative energy and carbon trading-based markets will likely
improve over the long term. Threats to climate change investing include a
lack of government support, further declines in oil and gas prices, and a
lack of financing for projects--especially at the utility scale for wind and
solar. Future
Planes, Cars May Be Made of 'Buckypaper' One promising concept that carbon nanotubes
could make a reality is "buckypaper," which is 10 times lighter
than steel but potentially 500 times stronger when sheets are stacked and
pressed into a composite. In addition, the buckypaper can conduct electricity
like copper or silicon, while dispersing heat the way steel and brass can,
which conventional composite materials cannot. According to Rice University
scientist Wade Adams, "All those things are what a lot of people in
nanotechnology have been working toward as sort of Holy Grails." Right
now, carbon nanotubes have been used with epoxy resins for strengthening
things like bicycles and tennis rackets, but whereas these resins are 1 to 5
percent carbon nanotubes, buckypaper is about 50 percent. So far, researchers
have only been able to make buckypaper expensively and at a fraction of its
potential strength, but Florida State University researchers are working on
manufacturing techniques that they believe could make it more competitive.
"If this thing goes into production, this very well could be a very,
very game-changing or revolutionary technology to the aerospace
business," says Les Kramer, chief technologist for Lockheed Martin
Missiles and Fire Control, a backer of the Florida State research. Florida State
is working toward spinning out a company to make commercial buckypaper, and
Adams says that "these guys have actually demonstrated materials that
are capable of being used on flying systems." Buckypaper's first uses
would likely be electromagnetic interference shielding and lightning
protection on aircraft, with fuel-cell electrodes, super capacitors, and
batteries as other uses, although in the long term researchers hope
buckypaper composites could be used for building airplanes, automobiles, and
other products. Infrastructure
Matters Population growth, security threats, and
greater accountability have all helped push infrastructure management and
maintenance to the forefront for utilities. The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency's (EPA's) Infrastructure and Wastewater initiative embraces a
four-pronged approach to infrastructure for water and wastewater utilities:
state-of-the-art management, higher rates, greater efficiency in water use,
and watershed protection. Regarding management, the EPA and partners have
created a list of 10 attributes possessed by the utilities that are most
effectively managed, and the www.epa.gov/waterinfrastructure/watereum.html
Web site can help utilities learn to implement these attributes. Some of the
most important aspects of asset management are long-term planning, proactive
operations and maintenance, lifecycle cost estimation, and capital
replacement plans that have a cost/benefit basis. Regarding rates, utilities
will have to change the belief among the general public that water is inexpensive
and endlessly abundant. "Water is a bargain," says Mark Halleman of
Infrastructure Management Group, adding, "We as citizens will always
require a high quality of water. As power and chemicals used in water
treatment become more expensive and water?in certain parts of the
country?becomes scarcer, the cost of water will greatly appreciate. Water
rates certainly have to go up. Infrastructure needs to be repaired.? Along
with the higher rates comes the attitude change that water is a precious
resource to be conserved with greater efficiency; the American Water Works
Association, for example, estimates that installing water-saving features
could cut average American household water use by 30 percent. Finally,
utilities can reduce their treatment costs and their systems' wear and tear
by protecting the watershed so the source water is cleaner; this could
include "green" stormwater management practices and water quality
trading programs. Obama May
Spend on Highways, Bridges to Stimulate U.S. Economy President-elect Barack Obama has signaled that
spending on surface transportation infrastructure will be one of his top
priorities as he tackles the slumping U.S. economy. "We'll create 2
million jobs by rebuilding our crumbling roads, schools and bridges,"
Obama said in an Oct. 13 speech outlining his plan for stimulating the economy.
Obama has urged lawmakers to pass an economic stimulus bill immediately after
the election. The measure, as pushed by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
(D-Calif.), would include spending on highways and other transportation
infrastructure. Obama has also called for an infrastructure bank to invest
$60 billion a year on roads, bridges, and other projects over the coming
decade. "He's identified infrastructure as one of the ways to strengthen
the American economy," says Janet Kavinoky, transportation infrastructure
director for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. "So we would expect it to be
on his list of actions both for the stimulus and longer term." Renewable
Power, Alternative Fuel Measures Fail In California, two state ballot proposals
intended to boost the state's use of renewable power and alternative fuels
will likely be rejected. Proposition 7 would mandate that the state's power
utilities obtain 50 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by
2025. Utilities would have to increase their use of renewable power by 2
percent annually, and process for granting government permits for renewable
energy projects would have been simplified. Proposition 10 calls for offering
rebates for cars and trucks that run on natural gas or alternative fuels,
with funds coming from $5 billion in state bonds. Both measures were losing
by double-digits as of late Nov. 4. A coalition of major electric utilities
and environmental groups opposed Proposition 7, saying that the proposal was
so poorly worded that it would hurt the progress of renewable power. For
example, smaller projects would not be included towards reaching the 50
percent goal. Critics of Prop. 10 claimed that the measure represented a
money grab by oil entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens, whose firm Clean Energy
Fuels provided nearly all of Proposition 10's 22.5 million war chest.
However, backers of the proposals felt that the legislation is needed to make
significant changes in the fight against global warming and reducing overseas
oil. The Matrix
Overloaded: Clean Energy Will Depend on a New, 'Smart' Grid Renewable energy development hinges on the
upgrading of the aging U.S. electrical grid, experts say. Dan Reicher, chief
of renewable energy policy and investment at Google and former head of
alternative energy programs at the Department of Energy, believes the
modernization of the electrical grid is central to the advancement of cleaner
energy. "Renewable energy will indeed remain a boutique industry unless
we build out the transmission lines," Reicher says. Right now the
electrical grid is not large enough to meet the nation's future energy needs,
nor is it nimble or smart enough to accommodate fluctuations in energy supply
and demand, a common inconsistency of renewable energy. An antiquated
electrical grid is also sure to frustrate carmakers' goal of producing
"green" vehicles, which will depend on a fortified power network.
Reicher notes that the car of tomorrow "is less about the vehicle"
than it is "about the grid." U.S. Innovation: On the Skids The United States' global technological competitiveness
has been slipping for the past 10 years, primarily because of a shift away
from long-term basic technological and scientific research while other
countries step up their research and development efforts. "We have a
significant diminution of industrial long-term research in IT, and we have
seen one of the major federal sources of IT research--[the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency (DARPA)]--essentially withdraw from a lot of
that," notes Google chief Internet evangelist Vinton Cerf. Carnegie
Mellon University professor David Farber says the industry has offshored a
lot of its research, cutting U.S. scientists off from some of the best jobs.
Critics say that DARPA has concentrated its research on short-term
requirements for homeland security and warfare, while the American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) warns in a recent bulletin
to its members that federal investment in basic and applied research would
decline in real terms for the fifth consecutive year under the fiscal year
2009 budget proposal. The AAAS also notes that other nations, such as Korea
and China, are increasing government research by 10 percent or more yearly.
Cerf argues that people should become comfortable with the notion that China
and other nations will catch up to the United States in terms of technology
on the strength of their higher populations, and he favors cross-border
collaboration between scientists and engineers. He also suggests that the
incoming administration encourage immigration by the most skilled science and
engineering students, while University of California, Los Angeles professor
Leonard Kleinrock is concerned about how campus researchers are modifying
their approach to research in order to capture short-term federal funding. "A
lot of people are resorting to simulation, and that's fine, except they don't
stop to ask what's behind the results they get," he says. "They are
not being pushed to get a fundamental understanding; they are looking for the
answers now, for this system, for today." Making Buildings Safer The Institute for Business and Home Safety
(IBHS) announced plans to build a state-of-the art applied research facility
to study how best to create more durable homes and businesses. IBHS insurer
and reinsurer members will fund the construction of the Insurance Center for
Building Safety Research, which aims to reduce the cost of natural disasters
and other property threats. The center will examine the impact of high winds,
earthquakes, hail, interior fires, and plumbing system failures on
structures, and the results of the studies will be used in consumer education
and advocacy campaigns to improve building codes and land use policies. Over
the past few years, IBHS researchers have conducted field work in the wake of
tornadoes, hurricanes, and wildfires to determine how to engineer structures
to withstand certain threats. One major priority for the Center will be to
examine the performance of roofing, as roof damage is present in around 95
percent of wind and water-damaged properties. Testing could help researchers
determine how different installation methods and aging impacts the
performance of roofs in disaster conditions. IBHS is currently looking for a
location in a mild climate with access to a significant amount of electricity
to serve as the site for the Center. The site should be chosen by the end of
2008, with an estimated opening date of 2010. Governor
Glimpses the Gleaming Fusion Future On Nov. 10, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
and former U.S. Secretary of State George Schultz visited the Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory to investigate the lab's progress to achieve
nuclear fusion. "This is a mind-blowing technology," Schwarzenegger
said after touring the facility. Scientists believe nuclear fusion has the
potential to be a safe, reliable source of clean power. After the tour,
Schwarzenegger reiterated the importance of continuing research on clean
alternative fuels as scientists work to develop the technology. "We want
to reduce our reliance on carbon fuels and dirty coal and increase our use of
solar, geothermal and wind power," he said. The tour consisted of Laser
Bay 1, which houses 96 of the facility's 192 lasers. The lab is scheduled to
attempt its first ignition in 2010, with the hope of achieving nuclear fusion
the following year. Scientists are optimistic that a fusion demonstration
project will be fully operational within the next 10 to 12 years.
Study:
'Bright' Green Buildings a Growing Trend as ROI Improves The U.S. economy is using less oil because of
the credit squeeze, sending global crude prices below $70 per barrel for the
first time in 14 months. U.S. oil demand fell in recent weeks by roughly 9
percent from a year ago. The situation indicates a declining need for crude
to transport goods, fly passenger airplanes, and transport employees to the
workplace. Crude for November delivery fell $4.69, or 6.3 percent, to $69.85
on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries, which supplies nearly 40 percent of oil worldwide, will soon meet
in Vienna to consider a production cut in an effort to firm up prices. Stock
investors anticipate that the lower price will enable consumers to have more
money to spend and reduce costs for fuel-intensive companies like airlines.
Many experts believe oil prices will stabilize at about $80 per barrel, which
"will amount to essentially a $275 billion stimulus package to the U.S.
economy," asserts Lawrence Goldstein, an analyst with the Energy Policy
Research Foundation. Nationwide gasoline prices might stay at about $3 per gallon
if oil averages $80 per barrel. Boston
University Partners in NSF Challenge to Create Next Generation Wireless
Network Using Visible Light Boston University's (BU's) College of
Engineering is using a National Science Foundation grant to develop the next
generation of wireless communications technology based on visible light
instead of radio waves. BU researchers expect to incorporate data
communications capabilities into low-power light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to
create smart lighting that would be both faster and more secure than current
network technology. "Imagine if your computer, iPhone, TV, radio, and
thermostat could all communicate with you when you walked in a room just by
flipping the wall light switch and without the usual cluster of wires,"
says BU engineering professor Thomas Little. "This could be done with a
LED-based communications network that also provides light--all over existing
power lines with low power consumption, high reliability, and no
electromagnetic interference." BU researchers will focus on developing
the solid state optical technology that will serve as the network's backbone.
Little says indoor optical wireless communications systems could use white
LED lighting inside a room, similar to the TV remote control, to provide
Internet connections to computers, personal digital assistants, TV and radio
reception, telephone connections, and thermostat temperature control. A
wireless device within sight of an enabled LED could send and receive data
through the air, initially at speeds around 1 to 10 megabits per second, with
each LED serving as an access point to the network. The ability to rapidly
turn LED lights on and off, faster than the human eye can detect, is key to
the technology. Flickering light in patterns enables data transmission
without any noticeable change in room lighting. Report Says Sun and Wind Power Could
Threaten Grid
A new report by the North American Electric
Reliability Corporation (NAERC) suggests the U.S. electric grid is not strong
enough to handle added generating capacity from renewable energy sources. The
report claims the frequency of blackouts would rise and the grid reliability
would drop by adding electricity generated from wind and sun sources. The
NAERC says the only way to avert this outcome is to upgrade electricity
transmission. New carbon-reduction rules could force the utility industry to
make necessary upgrades, including shuttering coal plants located near load
centers, and replacing power supplied by wind turbines or solar plants in
remote spots. The group adds that carbon emission rules could fuel dependence
on natural gas. Clean
Energy Confronts Messy Reality President-elect Barack Obama has placed clean
energy high on his agenda; however, with the financial crisis now firmly
entrenched, enforcing policies will be difficult without financing for new
investments. U.S. power companies are having trouble meeting their renewable energy
obligations because of the economic downturn. Unable to secure financing due
to the credit crisis, some utilities have had to cancel projects for clean
electricity. Clear Skies Solar recently scrapped a plan for a 1-Mw solar
plant in California's Mojave Desert. Making It Easier to Recycle Mobile
Phones Recycling
electronic devices such as mobile phones, MP3 players, and personal digital
assistants, which have plastic cases and a variety of other components, is
difficult and requires repetitive manual labor. However, a new approach to
creating the fastenings and tabs used in such devices based on the
shape-memory effect in plastics could allow for an automated process to
disassemble such devices, enabling valuable components and metals to be
recovered more efficiently from the millions of devices discarded each year.
Researchers Habib Hussein and David Harrison at Brunel University's School of
Engineering and Design have developed a process called Active Disassembly
Using Smart Materials. The process uses materials that can act as fasteners
within a product but can be unfastened through direct heating, releasing the
fasteners and causing the device case to fall apart, making electronic
devices far easier to recycle. Tests on a prototype device demonstrated that
lowering the device into hot water caused the fasteners to revert to their
unfastened state, causing the case to fall apart. The researchers also have
demonstrated that the cases retain their integrity for at least two years
without spontaneous disassembly. "Product disassembly offers one method
for reducing the landfill and enabling compliance with legislative targets by
optimizing the recovery of hazardous and valuable components during the
recycling process," the researchers say. Highway Trust
Fund Revenue Falls $3 Billion in Single Year as Americans Drove Almost 11
Billion Fewer Miles This September Highway Trust
Fund revenue?used to fund highway, bridge, and transit projects?fell to $31 billion
in fiscal 2008. Between October 2007 and September 2008, $3 billion less was
collected compared to the previous fiscal year, a trend that can be
attributed to 11 straight months of declines in vehicle miles traveled (VMT)
in the United States. In September 2008, VMT fell 10.7 billion miles when
compared to September 2007. Over the 11-month span, VMT fell by 90 billion
miles. As a result, federal gas receipts, the primary source of revenue for
the Highway Trust Fund, declined steeply. "Our current approach has us
encouraging Americans to change their driving habits and burn less fuel while
secretly hoping they drive more so we can finance new bridges, repair
interstates and expand transit systems," says U.S. Transportation
Secretary Peters. "We need a new approach that compliments, instead of
contradicts, our energy policies and infrastructure needs." Obama : Water Issues Seen as Likely
Priorities The incoming Obama administration's
promised focus on climate change is likely to increase Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) efforts to protect wetlands, regulate emerging contaminants,
and improve infrastructure for water treatment. Benjamin Grumbles, outgoing
water administrator with the EPA, says that "water is at the heart of
the climate change debate" and that "it is a core part of both the
cause and the effects of climate change." Obama's campaign promises
included greater federal funding for water-treatment facilities and support
for initiatives at cutting stormwater runoff. Democrats have also urged using
infrastructure work, such as water projects, as economic stimulus. Susan
Bruninga of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies says her group
is hoping Obama's first economic stimulus package will include more than $10
billion for wastewater infrastructure, and sewage treatment plants are likely
to see increased funding as well. Another important issue will be monitoring
contamination of the water supplies with pharmaceuticals and chemicals such
as perchlorate, as Obama has promised to update drinking water standards for
new threats. Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) is also planning to reintroduce a
wetlands protection bill that he says would restore protections for wetlands
that were removed by Supreme Court decisions narrowing the meaning of
"navigable waters." Grumbles expects that the new administration will
have to deal with difficult issues related to the recent revelation that EPA
enforcement of Clean Water Act violations had dropped because of
jurisdictional uncertainty brought about by the 2006 Rapanos-Carabell
decision in the Supreme Court and an EPA-Army Corps of Engineers guidance. What Has Driven Women Out of Computer Science? In 1991,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate student Ellen Spertus
published the paper, "Why Are There So Few Female Computer
Scientists?" Nearly 20 years later there are even fewer women entering
the field, and the reasons why are still largely a matter of dispute. One
puzzling aspect is that the explanations for the under-representation of
women established in 1991 applied to all technical fields, but women have
since achieved parity with men in almost every other technical area. In all
science and engineering fields, the percentage of bachelor's degrees awarded
to women has increased to 51 percent in 2004-2005, up from 39 percent in
1984-1985, according to the National Science Foundation. However, in computer
science the percentage of women has been declining. In 2001-2002, only 28
percent of all undergraduate degrees in computer science were awarded to
women, and by 2004-2005 that number dropped to 22 percent. The Computing Research
Association says that women accounted for only 12 percent of undergraduate
degrees in computer science and engineering in the United States and Canada
in 2006-2007 at Ph.D.-granting institutions, a drop from 19 percent in
2001-2002. Many computer science departments report that women now account
for less than 10 percent of new undergraduates. University of
Wisconsin-Whitewater professor Jonathan Kane believes that young women felt
more comfortable pursing a computer science major before the male-dominated
subculture of action gaming developed. Northwestern University Center for
Technology and Social Behavior's Justine Cassell says the widespread
stereotype of computer science professionals as "nerds" or
"geeks" accounts for the lack of interest in the field. |
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