CALENDAR OF EVENTS

November
3	Chapter Dinner – Feather Sound 5:30 p.m.
4	Engineering Excellence Award Official Entry Deadline
8-9	FICE/FDOT Bridge Scour Practice, Park Plaza Hotel, Tallahassee
17-19	FES/FICE Leadership Institute First Session – Tampa
30	NSPE Fellow Membership Grade Nominations Due
December
1	FICE Board of Directors Meeting – Tampa
8	Chapter Dinner – Feather Sound 5:30 p.m.
13-14	FICE/FDOT Storm Drain Design, Doubletree Hotel, Orlando
February
23	Engineers Week Banquet

2006 SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

FES offers several scholarship programs for students interested in pursuing careers in engineering. Do you know of a student interested in engineering? Check out all of the scholarships at the following website http://www.fleng.org/scholarship.htm.

In addition to the state level scholarships, our chapter will be awarding a scholarship. If you are interested in helping in February/March with the Chapter’s Scholarship Committee, please contact Joan Rice, PE (jrice@tbegroup.com).

Deadlines for all scholarships are Feb 1, 2006.

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Kevin J. Becotte, P.E.

Pinellas Chapter President, 2005/2006

Just four short years ago I took office as Secretary for the Pinellas Chapter. It is hard to believe that these four years have gone by so fast! This year, I would like to follow the lead of the State Society and the vision of our State President, John R. Hall, P.E.

At last month’s dinner meeting, John discussed his vision and passion for leading the FES during his tenure. John would like to see every Member Engineer of the Florida Engineering Society participate in at least one event at a local school during the current school year. This will provide a large number of students with some exposure to Engineering, and may even prove to be the one event where a student decides that Engineering will be their preferred career choice.

This month we all have the opportunity to participate in that one event, “The Great American Teach-In” on November 16^th. On this day, members of the community are invited into the schools for an hour, a few class periods, or a day. This is an excellent opportunity to speak to students and explain what it means to be an Engineer as well as the opportunities that abound within the profession.

If you are interested in participating, a registration form is attached to the newsletter or better yet, if you know which school you want to go to or need help in selecting a school call or e-mail Kay Masters at the Pinellas County Schools Information Services. Her phone number and e-mail are (727) 588-6297 or mastersk@pcsb.org. Kay will give you a name and phone number for a contact person at the school of your choice. Please hurry, as the deadline to register for this event is November 9^th.

For those members who participate, please e-mail me with information on which school you went to, what grade(s) you spoke to, what you spoke about, and any other information that you want to share with our members in next month’s newsletter. I challenge 10% or approximately 24 of our Chapter Members to participate. Please help make this event a success.

If you are not able to participate in “The Great American Teach-In”, there will be many other opportunities throughout the year. In February, we will hold the MathCounts competition. This is another worthwhile event, and Chris Logan, MathCounts Chairman, really needs your help to make this year’s event another success. Please e-mail Chris for more information.

Together we can share in the vision of our State President John Hall, and participate in his passion to recruit future Engineers who may one day become members of the Florida Engineering Society. And so our journey begins.

Meeting SPEAKERS

Our interest this year is to have at least a few technical topics that can qualify for Continuing Education (one professional development hour) in support of our P.E. requirements. If you have something of particular interest to offer to the group, or if you have a special suggestion for a topic, please contact Don Polmann (dpolmann@tampabaywater.org) for further discussion.

NOVEMBER DINNER MEETING – PINELLAS CHAPTER

Feather Sound Country Club

Ken Broome & Phil Waller

Downstream Augmentation with Regional Reclaimed Water—Meeting the Challenges of Tomorrow’s Growth

Our dinner meeting is Thursday November 3 and features MWH Americas, Inc., the prime consultant for Tampa Bay Water’s Downstream Augmentation Project. To meet the challenge of a growing demand for drinking water in the Tampa Bay region, the Project team needs to overcome multiple hurdles. Come hear all about it in just 30 minutes, with Ken Broome, PE, and Phil Waller, PE. Also featured is TBE Group as our meeting sponsor for the evening. You’ll want to hear their pitch and visit with colleagues before enjoying your dinner. On the menu this month is one of your favorites—Chicken Marsala with world famous green beans. Registration is $25. Reception hour starts at 5:30 and will feature a cash bar with dinner beginning at 6:30 p.m. RSVP now to Don Polmann, dpolmann@tampabaywater.org or 727-791-2319. Deadline for head count is November 2 at noon. Come out and support your Chapter!

NOTE: Next month's meeting is December 8, same time, same place, with WadeTrim as our meeting sponsor.

2005-2006 CHAPTER OFFICERS

The following officers were installed at the October 6, 2005 dinner meeting. Their term will run through September 2006.

President Kevin Becotte, PE

Pinellas County Utilities

President Elect John Herrick, PE, PLS, MCP

Vice President Don Polmann, Ph.D., PE

Tampa Bay Water

Treasurer Daniel Glaser, PE

McKim & Creed

Secretary Peter Pisasale, PE

Raytheon

State Director T. Gardner Bayless, III, PE

PBSJ

Past President J. Richard Claybrooke, PE

PBSJ

2005 CHAPTER AWARDS

The following chapter members were recognized at our October 6, 2005 Awards Ceremony for their contributions to our profession.

Outstanding Service to the Engineering Profession – Rudolf Ernst Henning, PE

Outstanding Service to the Profession – This award is given each year to an individual who has had a significant positive impact on the engineering profession. The award may be given in recognition of an individual who has established a consistent record of service over a long period of time, or to an individual whose contribution is short-lived, but exceptional. It is desirable that the candidate has a well-rounded record of achievement in education, employment, professional and public service activities.

2005 Young Engineer of the Year - Chris Logan, EI

Young Engineer of the Year – The FES Young Engineer of the Year Award is an opportunity to distinguish an up-and-coming leader from your chapter. The award honors the FES member who is 34 years of age or younger, who best exemplifies the ideal image of the young engineer. Nominees shall be a registered Professional Engineer or Engineer Intern and be a FES and NSPE member in good standing. It is desirable that the candidate has a well-rounded record of achievement in education, employment, professional and public service activities.

Monthly Board Meetings

Monthly Board Meetings are generally held on the third Friday of each month at the Village Inn Restaurant, 2871 Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard (SR 60) in Clearwater, including summer months. Committee chairs, please notify Kevin Becotte, PE at kbecotte@co.pinellas.fl.us, if you cannot attend. All members are welcome.

Meeting sponsorship

Again this year, we are seeking sponsors for our dinner meetings. This was a very successful program initiated last year, when we experienced local firms and agencies eager to share their poster boards, slide shows, and eloquent oratory. Your firm or agency is welcome to sponsor one of our monthly dinner meetings. The event fee of $100 includes one meeting/dinner registration, free access to the room and group during the reception hour, and five minutes at the podium at the start of the meeting to share your thoughts and to pitch your services. This is a great opportunity to speak to your peers and potential clients, and to support our dinner meeting budget. The nominal fee you contribute helps very much to keep our meetings in the black. Please contact Don Polmann, dpolmann@tampabaywater.org for more information, or to pick your month before the list fills up.

CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES

Interested in Earning Extra Compensation Using Your Engineering Expertise?

FES is looking for experienced engineers to author courses in the disciplines of mechanical, electrical, structural, fire prevention, and civil engineering. Our goal is to broaden the scope of on-line courses currently available to the engineering profession.

If you are interested in authoring a course, please contact Gale Field at gfield@fleng.org for more details.

CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES

FICE/FDOT Drainage Standard Indexes Course
November 2, 2005

Embassy Suites, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

9 PDHs Technical Engineering Credit

FICE/FDOT is pleased to provide the Drainage Standard Indexes Course in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. This basic level course is to familiarize drainage and roadway design engineers with the use of the Florida Department of Transportation Drainage Standard Indexes. The indexes include drawings and other information on inlets, endwalls, pipe, underdrains, geotextiles, and other miscellaneous drainage features.

$375 FDOT Employees/FICE/FES Members, $475 Non-FDOT Employees/Non FICE-FES Members

For more information, check out the website listed here:

http://www.fleng.org/seminars.cfm?event_id=192

FICE/FDOT Florida Bridge Scour Practices Course

November 8-9, 2005

Park Plaza Hotel (formerly Radisson)

15 PDHs Technical Engineering Credit

Participants must bring a Laptop that has Adobe Acrobat Reader and Excel software installed to participate fully in this course.

There have been many new developments in bridge scour research since the last FDOT Bridge Scour Workshop. Numerous laboratory experiments have been conducted with bridge piers with complex geometry and significant advances have been made in the ability to predict design scour depths at these structures. The short course will cover all types of bridge scour, but will concentrate on the prediction of design scour depths at complex piers in cohesionless sediments. A brief overview of the methodology for predicting scour and erosion in cohesive sediments and erodible rock will also be presented as time permits.

Attendees will receive a free copy of a Microsoft EXCEL program to aid in computing equilibrium scour depths. This course should be of interest and benefit to both engineers new to this topic as well as those that have attended earlier FDOT Scour Workshops.

$525 FDOT Employees/FICE/FES Members, $625 Non FDOT Employees/Non FES/FICE Members

For more information, check out the website listed here:

http://www.fleng.org/seminars.cfm?event_id=207