PEPP (PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE) AWARD

PEPP (Professional Engineers in Private Practice) presents several awards to engineering professionals each year. This year PEPP recognized the 2007 award winners on July 26 during the PEPP 50th Anniversary Gala in Denver. The purpose of the PEPP Award is to honor an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the role of private practice serving in the public interest.

Michael F. Davy, P.E., F.NSPE

Mike has served NSPE and PEPP since 1972, including 20 years as a member and chair of the Professional Liability Committee. He has been a state PEPP governor, a regional vice chair, as well as member and chair of the former PEPP Education Committee and Employment Practices Committee. He has also served the profession through the Wisconsin Society of Professional Engineers as everything from chapter president to state president.

Mike has served as the president of Davy Engineering Co. for more than 20 years. He also wears the hat of project engineer for many of his firm’s business endeavors. Davy Engineering Co. makes a conscious effort to provide direct project involvement by the principals. This has resulted in the company’s decision to avoid branch offices and to limit the geographic area where services are offered. The company also limits services to those areas where the principals are most adept.

NSPE-PEI NEW PRODUCT AWARD

Three new Wisconsin products have been recognized for their innovative use of engineering principles and materials, as well as overall benefit to society by the National Society of Professional Engineers’ Professional Engineers in Industry.

Medium Category
InteLite Compact Modular Series, by Orion Energy Systems of Plymouth, Wisconsin
The InteLite Compact Modular Series, developed by Orion Energy Systems, is an energy-efficient, high-intensity fluorescent technology platform. The patented technology is built upon the first law of thermodynamics and delivers the most light for the least amount of energy to industrial, commercial, and distribution facilities. Over 75 Fortune 500 companies have replaced high-intensity discharge fixtures with the Compact Modular platform, removing over 250 megawatts from the electrical grid and saving customers over $150 million. The modular design allows for Internet-enabled demand response controls to be added to the technology, which reduces demand charges and provides utilities necessary for capacity during peak hours.

Large Category
Clean Strip, by Coating Excellence International Inc. of Wrightstown, Wisconsin
Clean Strip is a tear-strip opening system developed by Coating Excellence International for reams of paper wrapped in film. Traditional film-wrapped reams seal very tightly, making them difficult to open and providing no protection to the unused paper. The Clean Strip wrapper provides an easy opening package that uses a tear-strip, ensuring the wrapper remains intact after opening to contain and protect the remaining paper. The tear-strip must be applied in a cross web orientation, after CEI engineers developed application equipment that uses high-speed drives and lasers to apply the tear-strip without stopping the web. This allows CEI to cost-effectively deliver rolls of wrapper with the Clean Strip pre-applied, allowing the rolls to run like any other ream wrapper at the paper mill.

Mega Category
KOHLER Cimarron Comfort Height Toilets with Class Five Technology, by Kohler Co. in Kohler, Wisconsin
The KOHLER Cimarron Comfort Height toilets with Class Five technology are engineered by Kohler Co., for extraordinary bulk flushing performance in residential and commercial settings. With naming that reflects the raw power of whitewater rapids, these toilets offer industry-leading performance, water conservation, and easy installation. Class Five technology features a flush cycle that is twice as fast as previous technology and offers the choice of either a 1.6 gallon or 1.4 gallon flush. A 3 1/4 inch flush valve, an efficient direct-fed jet, and a fully glazed 2 1/8 inch trapway create the extraordinary bulk flushing power. The exclusive DryLock system features a metal bracket that fastens to the bottom of the tank, resulting in fast and easy installation, and has eliminated the need to tighten bolts from the inside of the tank where components can be damaged.