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WSPE eNews
A monthly publication from the Wisconsin Society of Professional Engineers
May 1, 2006 Edition
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WSPE's President Corner |
| Welcome to another issue of E-News!
Spring is finally here. If you have not noticed the changes
in the weather, the familiar orange barrels re-appearing along
our state highways should have caught your attention. It is hard
to believe that another WSPE year is almost over. In fact, in
just a couple months your newly elected board of directors will
be taking over the leadership of WSPE. The WSPE Leadership Conference
is scheduled for June 24th in Wisconsin Dells, so mark your calendars.
All chapter and state officers and committee members are encouraged
to attend. Please note that we are still looking for a third Vice
President, so if you are interested in getting involved on the State
Board please let me or another board member know.
The state office and WSPE Board was very active this past month. The highlight of the month was the 2006 Discovery Conference and Governor’s New Product Awards (GNPA) Banquet held on April 13-14 at the SC Grand in DePere, Wisconsin. Many thanks go out to the Fox River Valley Chapter committee members for their efforts in planning and hosting this conference. Although the conference was not well attended, it was well received by those in attendance. Next year’s conference planner (Waukesha Chapter) assures us that they will avoid scheduling the conference near a holiday weekend. On a positive note, the GNPA banquet was a tremendous success with over 110 people in attendance, including Department of Commerce Secretary Mary Burke, to witness the presentation of the awards. Thanks to the effort of Dale Swenson, our GNPA Chair, the program is gaining momentum and recognition. I encourage you to stay tuned to the WSPE E-News for more details on the 2007 Conference.
Next, I would like to thank Lauran Larson, Norm Arendt and Phil O’Leary
and the numerous other volunteers for their efforts that contributed to the
success of the State MATHCOUNTS competition. The final results are posted on
the state website along with description of the State Team that will be
representing Wisconsin at the national competition in Arlington, VA. If you have
not witnessed the excitement of this program, I encourage you to watch for
the highlights of the national competition that will be re-broadcasted on ESPN2
next month. MATHCOUNTS can always use more volunteers at both the chapter and
state levels.
Congratulations to following individuals that received WSPE Recognition Awards:
- Robert O. Parmley, P.E. - WSPE Engineer of the Year
- Keith Nikolay, P.E. – WSPE Young Engineer of the Year
- Philip O’Leary, P. E. – Professional Engineer in Education
- Arnold “Bud” Kehrli, P.E. – Professional Engineer in Industry
- John Davel, P.E. – Professional Engineer in Private Practice
Congratulations to our State MATHCOUNTS Team that will be representing
Wisconsin at the National Competition in Arlington, VA on May 11-14. If you
have not witnessed the excitement of this program, I encourage you to watch
the highlights of the national competition that will be re-broadcasted on
ESPN2 next month.
Finally, if you are interested in being a sponsor for the
2006 WSPE Directory or E-News or have news that you would
like to include in an upcoming issue, please contact our publisher
Denise Rockhill.
Denise may also be reached at 414-908-4950 ext. 109.
Regards,
Dale Chlebowski
WSPE President
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WSPE’s 2006 Governors New Product Awards (GNPA) Ceremony and Banquet Summary Report |
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Based on feedback from GNPA recipients, WSPE/ISA members and guests,
the GNPA awards ceremony and banquet was a complete success. The awards
ceremony and banquet (110 people were in attendance) was held Thursday
evening (4/13/06) at the SC Grand, Frank’s Dinner Theater, in DePere, WI
and was emceed by Tom Zalaski (pictured below), WFRV-TV News Anchor,
Green Bay, WI. Our keynote speaker, Ms. Secretary Mary P. Burke
(WI Dept. of Commerce), presented Governor Jim Doyle’s, Grow Wisconsin
plan and how it pertains to engineering, innovation and product development.
After a great buffet dinner, Lauran Larson, P.E., WSPE State MATHCOUNTS
Coordinator, introduced and presented awards to our 2006 State Team. Left
to right on the picture below:
- Secretary Mary Burke
- Kyle Stankowski – Mosinee Middle School, Mosinee
- Iris Xu – Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Madison
- Peter Wear – Hamilton School, Madison
- Valerie Shen – Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Madison
- Michael Wage, MATHCOUNTS state coach
Congratulations to our MATHCOUNTS team and good luck at the National Competition.
Before the GNPA ceremony, Tom Zalaski presented a humorous
perspective from his side of the camera. Tom then announced
the GNPA award winners and Dale Chlebowski, P.E. (WSPE State President)
and Dale R. Swenson, P.E. (WSPE 2006 GNPA Chairman) presented
the awards. The following is a list of 1st place winners in
each employment category.
Small company (50 or fewer employees)
Standard Imaging, Inc., Middleton, WI (First Place)
QA Beam Checker – Used to check linear accelerator beams
Left to right on photo below:
- Dale Chlebowski, P.E.
- Raymond T. Riddle, P.E., RAC VP Regulatory Affairs award recipient.
- Dale R. Swenson, P.E.
Medium company (51 to 200 employees)
Orion Energy Systems, Plymouth, WI (First Place)
InteLite Compact Modular Series – Energy efficient lighting platforms
Left to right on photo below:
- Dale Chlebowski, P.E.
- Neal Verfuerth – President & CEO award recipient.
- Dale R. Swenson, P.E.
Large company (201 to 9,999 employees)
Coating Excellence International, LLC, Wrightsown, WI (First Place)
Clean Strip – Tear strip opening system for film wrapped reams of paper
Left to right on photo below:
- Dale Chlebowski, P.E.
- Mike Nowak, President and Co-Founder award recipient
- Bill Arndt, VP and Co-Founder award recipient
- Dave Schneider, Design Engineer award recipient
- Dale R. Swenson, P.E.
Mega Company (10,000 or more employees)
Kohler Company, Kohler, WI (First Place)
Cimarron – A comfort height toilet with Class Five technology
Left to right on photo below:
- Dale Chlebowski, P.E.
- Sudip Mukerji – Senior Staff Engineer award recipient
- Don Vollmar – Director of Engineering award recipient
- Dale R. Swenson, P.E.
I would like to thank: The Governor’s office; The WI Department of Commerce;
WSPE GNPA judges. Jerry Bizjak, P.E. (GNPA plaques/certificates). WSPE State board.
WSPE/ISA FRV Expo/DC committee members; Laura Swenson, President, Music Dynamic
(Photographer, Registration); Nancy Short, CMP WSPE Excecutive Director
(Registration, Programs).
Next year’s WSPE 2007 GNPA banquet will be in the Waukesha/Milwaukee area.
Refer to our state website www.wspe.org for
additional detail about this year’s event.
Dale R. Swenson, P.E.
WSPE 2006 GNPA Chairman
414-343-8452 wk ph
dale.swenson@harley-davidson.com
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The 2006 WSPE Discovery Conference |
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Another WSPE Discovery Conference has come and gone. WSPE
members volunteered much time in 2005 in preparation for the
2006 conference, which was hosted by the Fox River Valley Chapter.
With attendance declining the past few years an attempt was
made to try something different this year.
WSPE worked to coordinate the Discovery Conference with the
Fox River Valley Instrumentations, Systems, and Automation (ISA)
Vendor show, which is held every other year. In addition to working
with ISA, we coordinated the Governor’s New Product Award (GNPA)
banquet and some evening entertainment to create a single great
event held at the SC Grand Conference center in De Pere, Wisconsin.
A lot of time and effort went into finding a two day period
that would pull all these activities together and we finally
settled on Thursday, April 13 and Friday, April 14, with the
awareness that Friday, April 14 was Good Friday. Since many
companies recognize this as a holiday we decided to give it a try,
thinking many WSPE members would be off of work and be able to attend.
The Thursday ISA Vendor show was well represented by instrumentation
and engineering services firms. There was a good turn out by local
professionals and technical employees who were able to meet with
representatives, collect product literature, and obtain business
contacts. Thanks to ISA for the social hour hors d’oeuvres! Thursday
evening was the Governor’s New Product Award ceremony, which tied
in well with the ISA Vendor Show, and had a great turn out.
A buffet breakfast Friday morning was followed by an excellent
lineup of seminar sessions. The first seminar was given by Richard
Pitzner and Wendy Bettermann of
Holmes Murphy legal firm
in Madison, and focused on professional and business legal liability.
The second seminar was presented by Donald Voigt, President of
Energenecs, Inc. in Cedarburg, WI.
Don gave a great talk on professional ethics in the world market based on
his business acumen and world travels, and backed up by business statistics.
Lunch was followed by WSPE officer induction for the new season
and engineer awards. Larry McCarren, Sports Director at WFRV-TV,
was the guest speaker and talked about his experiences as a Green Bay
Packer and sports coverage of the team. Chris Havel, Sports Reporter
for the Green Bay Press Gazette, also came for lunch, and Larry and
Chris held an interesting question and answer period about the Packers
up-coming season.
After lunch the third seminar session was given by Michael Nowak,
President of Coating
Excellence in Wrightstown, WI. Mike gave a very interesting
talk on the success of Coating Excellence based on quality and
innovation, another good example of a successful business in
Wisconsin.
The final seminar was led by Neal Verfuerth, President of
Orion Energy Systems of
Milwaukee and Manitowoc, WI. Neal gave a very compelling power
point presentation on the needs and world benefits of energy
efficient lighting systems in industry.
WSPE greatly appreciates each of the seminar speakers taking
the time to give presentations at the conference, and also staying
to meet talk with members.
WSPE and the Fox River Valley Chapter would very much like to
thank WPS, GAS, Marinson & Eisele, Ayres Associates, River Valley
Testing, Davel Engineering, Dominion – Kewaunee Power, and
Ruekert-Mielke Inc. for sponsoring the event.
Once again the committee members learned many lessons from
this year’s conference. The attendance on Friday was very poor,
so the conclusion was a holiday weekend does not work. Looking
back we find that week days are hard to get off of work and
weekends are important for personal time, so we will take these
things into consideration when planning next year’s conference.
Those who volunteer their time and talent through WSPE will continue
to work at ensuring members receive value for their membership,
and we thank them for it.
David A. Ozarowicz, P.E.
WSPE - FRV
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WSPE Engineer Of The Year Robert Parmley |
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Congratulations to WSPE Engineer of the Year Robert Parmley. Bob is
pictured here with WSPE members Roccy Raymond,Dan Gustafson, and Brad Volker
at a recent NW Chapter meeting.
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WSPE Member News |
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Summer Environmental Engineering Pre-College Camp for High School Students
The Marquette University College of Engineering and co-sponsors
are again offering the summer camp, The Environmental Adventures
Pre-College Experience (EAPE), for students who will be entering
9th through 12th grade. The camp will be held from July 17 – 28,
2006 at the Marquette University campus in Milwaukee. The experience
is for students interested in exploring environmental science and
engineering through field trips , speaker presentations, talks
with professional engineers about what they do. The cost of the
camp is $390. Some scholarships are available; students
with financial need are encouraged to apply. A student application and
information can be found at
www.geocities.com/mu_wqc under “Environmental Adventures Pre-College
Experience,” or contact Dr. Daniel Zitomer at
Daniel.Zitomer@mu.edu. for more information.
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2006 WSPE Leadership Conference – June 24th
in Wisconsin Dells |
| Attention all current and incoming Chapter
and State Officers and Committee Members: The 2006 WSPE Leadership
Conference will be held June 24th in Wisconsin Dells. We will
accomplish two primary tasks at this meeting: we will bring
those of you assuming new positions up to speed and we will
set our goals to move forward in the next year. To do this
requires current outgoing leaders to attend to transfer your
know-how and experience to those taking over your previous
position. This makes your efforts over the last year(s) even
more meaningful by having them continued and advanced rather
than being lost and forgotten. And for those assuming new
positions or continuing on, this is your opportunity to learn
exactly what your roles, responsibilities and goals are for
upcoming year. This will make your time and effort productive
and meaningful, making a valuable contribution that moves
your organization and profession forward rather than wasting
time repeating what someone already did, or becoming stressed
from not knowing what to do and getting behind. Having a clear
picture of what we want to accomplish, and what each of us
is going to do towards those goals will make the year enjoyable
and exciting. Please plan on attending June 24th. Anyone else
interested in becoming involved is also welcome to attend.
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Job Board |
| The WSPE Job Board welcomes job postings from
organizations that have an opportunity that may be of interest
to a professional in the field of engineering. All postings
are listed for thirty (30) days and are priced per job listing.
Contact Nancy Short n.short@wspe.org
for additional information and pricing.
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WSPE News Would Like to Hear From You! |
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WSPE E-News seeks articles and newsworthy items on a wide
variety of engineering topics. If you have an idea for an
article, a WSPE Chapter news item or other engineering news
item, please submit a short summary to
drockhill@wspe.org
for consideration.
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