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UTAH ENGINEERS COUNCIL
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2012-2013
Chair: John Richardson, P.E.
Vice-Chair: David K. Cline, P.E.
Treasurer: Robert Kesler, P.E.
Executive Secretary: Susan R. Merrill
First Past Chair: Peter Tang (ITE)
Second Past Chair: Dr. Joseph Martone (SAME)
Committee Chairs
Publication Committee: Dannie Pollock
E-Week Committee: David K. Cline
Awards Committee: Peter Tang
Scholarship Committee: Robert Kesler
Legislative Committee: Chris A. Perry
Membership Committee: Brian Warner
Fund-Raising Committee: TBA
This journal is an annual publication of the Utah Engineers Council. The
Utah Engineers Council Journal is produced for and by the engineering
community in Utah. Copies are mailed to each member of the 17 societies
that make up the UEC, other Utah engineers, high school students and
counselors, members of the Utah Legislature, and interested corporate
entities. Copies are also distributed at the annual UEC Award banquet,
hosted by the UEC during the National Engineers Week. By this effort,
the UEC hopes to foster improved communication within the engineering
profession, strengthen the individual societies with the UEC, raise awareness, unify the industry voice, and share industry information with the
engineers licensed in Utah. The UEC invites your interest, participation and
feedback in this endeavor. Contributions and advertisements for future
issues are welcome. Statements or opinions expressed by contributors are
not necessarily those of the UEC, its member societies, or the Publisher.
Likewise, advertisements in the journal are not to be considered an endorsement of the product or service advertised. Any editorial published
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A copy of the Utah Engineers Council Journal is available on the UEC
website, for review beyond the annual 6,000 copy printing. © 2012. All
rights reserved.
5 Featured Speaker of the Engineers Week 2013 Banquet
6 Congratulations to UEC’s 2013 Nominees and Winners
14 2012 UEC Award Winners
16 How Do You Say Thanks To An Engineer?
21 Strategies to Engineer Innovation
28 Out of the Past, AIAA
32 Group Trained by CCI Proves Worth in First Deployment, ASCE
34 A Case Study in Vision, Collaboration, Technology and Results,
ASCE
39 Overcrowded County Jail Finds Better Value with Piping Solution,
ASHRAE
41 When Moore May Be Less..., ASHRAE
45 Beyond the Cubicle Walls, ASME
46 Engineers Taking Political Action, ASME
52 Beyond Testing: Advanced Software Quality Management, ASPE 57 Saving Water to Save Energy, Saving Energy to Save Water, AWWA
61 North South Corridor Study, ITE
65 Hill Airforce Base — Fire Station No. 4, SAME
74 Engineering: Putting the Science of Play into Practice, UCEA
80 Breaking into the Men’s Room, WTS
84 Changes in Patent Law Engineers Must Know
85 A Page from History
Member Societies
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26AIAA
31ASCE
38ASHRAE
44ASME
51ASPE
56AWWA
58IEEE
60ITE
64SAME
66SEAU
71SWE
72UCLS
73UCEA
78USPE
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National Engineers Week
February 17-23, 2013
The National Engineers Week Foundation, a formal coalition of
more than 100 professional societies, major corporations and
government agencies, is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and welleducated future engineering workforce. It accomplishes this goal
by increasing the understanding of, and interest in, engineering
and technology careers among young students and by promoting pre-college literacy in math and science. Engineers Week
also raises public understanding and appreciation of engineers’
contributions to society.
In the United States, the third full week of February is National
Engineers Week.
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The celebration of National Engineers Week was started in 1951
by the National Society of Professional Engineers in conjunction
with the birthday of our first president, George Washington. President Washington is considered as the nation’s first engineer, most
notably for his survey work.
The field of engineering encompasses many disciplines and is the
art of applying those disciplines to improve our world. Everyone
knows that an engineer needs a good background in math and
science in order to become an engineer, but someone who wants
to become an engineer should also have a strong pragmatic streak
and the ability to think creatively. By applying knowledge gained in
many different fields, not just science and math, an engineer can
truly change the world for the benefit of everyone. The standards
for becoming a professional engineer have never been higher, but
that is appropriate since engineers will probably solve the most
serious problems of our times. 
This year’s Engineer’s Week theme, Celebrate Awesome, highlighted the awesome
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creativity and innovation behind engineering. Think about the many ways engineers
make a BIG difference in the world, and let kids know just how awesome a career in
engineering can be!
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Celebrate Awesome
This year’s Engineer’s Week theme, Celebrate Awesome,
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In July 2004, Prof. Brown was appointed the eleventh Dean
of the College of Engineering at the University of Utah.
Prof. Brown received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees
in electrical engineering from Brigham Young University. Prof. Brown has been recognized as the Distinguished
Following graduation, he designed computers and instru- Educator of the Year by the Utah Technology Council, and
mentation in California and Missouri. He returned to school the Distinguished Alumnus of the Department of Electriat the University of Utah in 1981 and received an electrical cal and Computer Engineering at the University of Utah,
engineering Ph.D. in 1985, at which time he joined the fac- among other awards. Most recently, he was recognized for
ulty of the University of Michigan Department of Electrical the 5,000th invention at the University of Utah, a “smart
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Congratulations
to UEC’s 2013 Nominees and Winners
2013 UEC Engineer of the Year Award Winner!
Jim is a seasoned water and wastewater
engineering project manager, with over 40
years of experience managing and executing major projects throughout the country.
He has a wide range of experience in manJim E. Schwing
aging major wastewater, water and hazardNominee of ACEC
ous waste projects. He was the program
manager for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) Region VI, VII, and VIII Assessment and Remediation
of Contaminated Sediments (ARCS) Superfund contract.
While Jim has accomplished much in terms of solving
complex engineering problems, his lasting legacy is the
investment he has made back into his profession and society. Jim places a priority on mentoring other engineers in
the development of leadership, ethics, and technical skills.
Numerous fellow engineers, both within CH2M HILL and
at other companies and agencies, point to Jim as their
mentor and a key influence in their careers. Jim has been
actively involved with The Leonardo, as well as the Rotary
Club of Salt Lake City, and currently serves as the Chairman of its Youth/Child Crisis Committee. Jim regularly tutors elementary students at Franklin Elementary and volunteers at Boys and Girls Club of Greater Salt Lake and the
Homeless Youth Resource Center. He is an active member,
and past president, of ACEC UTAH as well as an active
member of the Water Environment Association of Utah.
When asked about Jim, a colleague at CH2M HILL said,
“His long career of serving clients, and more importantly,
his long term investments in our profession and community set an example of what we can all aspire to.”
2013 UEC Fresh Face in Engineering Award Winner!
Most recently, Phil has been the key analyst for hydraulic distribution studies and
energy analyses of central plants for UVU,
BYU, BD Medical, and SLCC. Phil has performed energy models for Boeing, Tracy
Phil Jankovich, Ph. D.
Aviary, Nu Skin, Questar, and others, and
Nominee of ASHRAE
has designed multiple chilled beam systems. He has used his programming abilities to automate
ventilation calculations, equipment selections, and other
design and optimization tasks.
Phil’s diversity of knowledge allows him to consult in
many areas. He has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering,
a Master’s of Chemical Engineering, and a Bachelor’s
degree in Chemistry. For several years, he worked as a
research assistant in a biology and ecology laboratory.
Throughout his career, he has focused on educating
young scientists and engineers through teaching positions and voluntary tutoring. Phil is dedicated to energy
efficiency and conservation in all he does. He has commuted by bicycle and public transportation for 12 years.
2013 UEC Engineering Educator of the Year Winner!
Dr. Jerry Bowman
Brigham Young University
Nominee of AIAA
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Dr. Jerry Bowman has been a faculty
member in the Mechanical Engineering
Department at BYU since 1997. Before
teaching at BYU, he taught at the Air Force
Institute of Technology, the United States
Air Force Academy, and the Naval Nuclear
Power School. During the 2006-2007 school
year he lived with his wife in Nanjing, China
where he taught at the Nanjing Institute of Technology. He
teaches classes in the areas of Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, and Aerodynamics. Dr. Bowman accomplished significant
research in the areas of heat transfer. He is actively involved
with the BYU AIAA Student Branch, where he has been the
Faculty Advisor for 10 years.
Congratulations
Nominees for UEC’s 2013 Engineer of the Year Award
Dan Donahoe completed a B.S. in General Engineering and
an M.S. in Mechanical
Engineering at the
University of Illinois in
Daniel Donahoe, Ph.D
Urbana Champaign,
Nominee of ASME
an MBA at Santa
Clara University and a Ph.D. at the
University of Maryland in College
Park. He is a licensed Professional
Engineer in Arizona, California and
Utah and a Certified Reliability Engineer. He worked for Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Motorola
Government Electronics Group,
Ford Aerospace and Communications Corporation, Teledyne CME,
Compaq Computer Corporation,
Iomega, Exponent Failure Analysis
and now for a one-man engineering
consulting firm 1000 kilometers®
(the distance from Salt Lake to Silicon Valley). Dan is currently serving
as Vice Chair of the Utah ASME Section and is completing a term on the
IEEE CPMT Board of Governors and
over a decade as associate editor
for the related IEEE Transactions.
Dan also serves as a volunteer on
the Utah Data Center Consortia.
Dan is an active member in ASME,
ASHRAE, ASQ, IEEE, ECS, IMAPS,
MRS, and SAE. Dan holds a number
of granted patents related to electronics. He and his wife, Kaye, have
been married for 37 years and they
have three children.
Jerod Johnson, Ph.D
Nominee of SEAU
Henry Christiansen served as a professor at Brigham Young
University from 1965 to 2011, and since retirement, now serves
as Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
He has taught courses in Engineering Mechanics — Statics,
Mechanics of Materials, and Dynamics, Statically Indeterminate Structural Analysis, Elasticity, Advanced Mechanics of
Materials, Theory of Plates and Shells, Plasticity, Finite EleHenry Christiansen, Ph.D ment Analysis, Stiffness and Flexibility Methods of Structural
Nominee of ASCE
Analysis, Non-Linear Structural Analysis, Aerospace Structural
Analysis, Properties of Materials, Computer Graphics, Curves and Surfaces,
Management Simulation and others. Henry served as Chair of the Civil and
Environmental Engineering Department, Director (and Founder) of the Engineering Computer Graphics Laboratory, and Supervisor (and Founder) of
the Engineering Mechanics Instructional Laboratory. He has also served on
many university and college committees. His research has been sponsored
by the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Naval Undersea Center, the
U.S. Office of Naval Research, and NASA Ames Research Laboratory, among
others. Henry has extensive aerospace industrial experience, has served on
several boards of industrial organizations, and has experience in industrial
and governmental consulting. He earned his B.S. in Mathematics from Utah
State University, and both his M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from
Stanford University.
Jeff Roberts works in the transportation engineering industry.
He has performed the roles of Utility Coordinator, Resident Engineer and Field Engineer in several projects that have included
the expansion and modification of major urban arteries. He has
also served as lead designer in projects such as consolidating
Jeffrey Roberts four entrances to two at Weber State University, and on the 7800
Nominee of ITE
South Sewer project.
Jeff earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering at the University of Utah and is a
licensed professional engineer in Utah and Arizona. Jeff is an active member
of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), American Public Works Association (APWA) Standards Committee, UDOT Construction MOI Steering
Committee, and the UDOT Standards Committee.
A 16-year Reaveley employee, Jerod has
been a senior engineer, a project manager,
and an associate, and is now a firm principal and a member of Reaveley’s Board
of Directors. With each of these roles he
has both managed projects and led design teams. In his role as principal, Jerod
continues to do all of this with the added
responsibility of marketing, client relations and business
development. He currently has five employees under his
direct supervision.
Jerod is chairman of RE+A’s Concrete Committee, as
well as the Firm Technical and Performance Based Design
Specialist. In addition, he is an associate instructor at the
University of Utah’s Department of Civil & Environmental
Engineering.
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Larry has been very instrumental in designing mechanical
HVAC and plumbing systems in buildings from California to
Georgia. Always at the forefront of technology, Larry has found
ways to make hydronic and air systems both reliable and efficient at the lowest first cost. An example of this is Larry’s early
Larry D. Viegel
adoption of Fanwall air systems. This technology seemed at
Nominee of ASHRAE
first to be backwards on a reliability front as the number of motors and fans in a system increased significantly; however, Larry recognized
the benefits of higher efficiencies (typically, gains of 25%-30%) and lower
acoustics as superior characteristics. Later, it was determined that motor life
actually increased by a factor of ten as heat removal from the motor was far
greater when compared to heat removal by other fan systems.
Larry has served the ASHRAE in many capacities, from heading more than
one committee to acting as President of the Utah Chapter of ASHRAE. He has
also accepted special assignments, such as Chairman of our Regional Conference when hosted in Utah.
Mr. Lynn S. Hill has been in the engineering profession for
27 years, 20 of those as a registered Professional Engineer. He
is currently the Chief Engineer for the Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Ground Systems Division in the Minuteman
III (MMIII) System Program Office. In this capacity, he provides
oversight of all processes affecting operational safety, suitabilLynn S. Hill
Nominee of SAME
ity and effectiveness of MMIII operational ground equipment.
Mr. Hill is the final authority for engineering actions related to ICBM ground
systems including security, power, facilities, communications, transportation,
handling, nuclear command and control, test equipment, and trainers. Mr.
Hill is the representative for the Division on the weapon system Risk Management Board and is responsible for tracking and updating the status and
mitigation of approximately 120 system and program risks. He also represents the Division on the weapon system Technical Review Board and
Requirements Verification Board. He has championed numerous proposed
system changes and upgrades at these boards to ensure a thorough technical review is completed before any changes are implemented. Mr. Hill
provides technical management and review of test plans and reports, systems engineering plans, and implementation plans for all MMIII acquisition
and sustainment programs. These programs total $980 million. He currently
oversees the work of 17 engineers and has supervised as many as 27 scientists and engineers during his career.
Mark Snaufer is a
Chief Engineer at Alliant Techsystems (ATK)
Aerospace
Systems
Group, Magna, Utah.
Mark Snaufer
He is currently leadNominee of AIAA
ing the CASTOR®
30XL solid rocket motor engineering team. The motor will be used in
space station resupply missions starting in 2013 under a $57 million development and production contract.
Motor development started in April
2011 and critical development activities and production of the static fire
motor successfully occurred in 2012.
Mark was also the ATK Chief Engineer for the Minuteman Propulsion Replacement Program that delivered motors for use in America’s
strategic deterrence ICBM force. He
received a Special Service Award in
2009 from the Air Force and ATK in
recognition of his Minuteman engineering leadership. Mark also was
ATK’s lead launch controller for thirteen Titan IVB missions flying critical
national security payloads and the
Cassini spacecraft. He is an AIAA Associate Fellow and holds an M.S. in
Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University, a
B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from
Texas A&M University, a Systems
Engineering certification from the
University of Utah and an MBA from
the University of Tennessee. Mark,
his wife Molly and their son Eric live
in Sandy, where they enjoy the many
outdoor activities Utah offers.
Steven has worked in both the private and the public sector over the last 37 years and has been involved
with the Utah Council of Land Surveyors (UCLS) for 17+ years. Steven has served in many capacities in the
UCLS such as Chapter representative and president, State Chair, and various Committee Chairs. He is currently the Publications Committee Chair and the NSPS Representative.
Steven has been active in his community, also serving on the Planning Commission, and as the City RecSteven Keisel, LS
reation Director and Emergency Preparedness Coordinator. He has also served for many years as a youth
Nominee of UCLS
leader and a coach on sports teams and in scouting.
Steven attended Utah State University for several years and did some course work at Salt Lake Community College
(SLCC) before becoming a licensed Professional Land Surveyor in July 1990. He currently teaches the Intro to Surveying
and Special Topics Courses at the SLCC as an Adjunct Instructor.
Steven has had articles published in the UCLS Foresight magazine and in the 2004 UEC Journal. This last year, Steven
was one of the three nominees presented by the UCLS and the Utah County Surveyors Association to the Governor for
the Surveyor position on the DOPL Board. And in February, 2012 Steven was awarded the Surveyor of the Year Award
by the UCLS.
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Congratulations
Nominees for UEC’s 2013 Fresh Face in Engineering Award
Cristina Nelson’s career has focused on
the development of
clean and reliable water sources. As a stuCristina Nelson, P.E. dent, she was actively
Nominee of ACEC
involved in Engineers
Without Borders, working on water
projects in Tibet and Peru. Since
joining Bowen Collins & Associates
four years ago, much of her time
has been spent on the Southwest
Groundwater Treatment Project. This
project was designed to treat contaminated groundwater created by
historic mining activities in the southwestern portion of Salt Lake County
and produce high-quality drinking
water. Ms. Nelson was an integral
part of the team, completing design
and construction management of all
pipelines to the District’s transmission system and the plant’s 21-mile
byproduct disposal pipeline to the
Great Salt Lake.
Jeremy graduated two years ago from BYU with a Master’s in
Civil Engineering with an emphasis in Transportation, Urban and
Rural Planning. He also holds a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering as well as a B.S. degree in Geography from BYU. His thesis
was with UDOT researching the economic impacts of transportation projects in Utah. In addition to local internships, Jeremy has
Jeremy Searle
Nominee of ITE
traveled to Peru to implement a design with Engineers Without
Borders, to Mexico to prepare a plan to improve corridor intersection timing,
and to China to study their transportation systems and present his research.
He served as BYU ITE Student Chapter President, where he was instrumental
in securing funding for the Student Chapter to attend the ITE Western District
Conference for the first time. Since graduation, Jeremy has worked at Project
Engineering Consultants (PEC), where he has had the opportunity to work on
numerous roadway design and construction management projects.
John Metcalf began his work life early while attending Weber
High School in Pleasant View. After several food service jobs at
Powder Mountain, he enrolled in the physics program at Weber
State University (WSU) following graduation. While there, he
initially worked his way through as a lab and teaching aide, but
John Metcalf
eventually took on many more duties. He joined the HARBOR
Nominee of AIAA
team (exposing him to upper atmosphere research, engineering practices, and project team skills), interned at the Northrop Grumman
Corporation in Clearfield (learning of aerospace systems engineering processes), and designed and fielded an amateur radio repeater system above
the campus football stadium. He is still employed with Northrop Grumman,
now as a professional Systems Engineer, and is an Officer At-Large in the
AIAA-Utah Section.
Dave Lehman, P.E., is a licensed Civil Engineer with expertise in Transportation Engineering. After graduating from the University
of Utah in Civil & Environmental Engineering
in 2008, Dave joined URS Corporation and
Dave Lehman, P.E.
has been on design teams for projects rangNominee of ASCE
ing from local city arterial improvements to
interstate freeway system expansions. In addition to transportation projects, Dave designed a shared use pedestrian/bicycle trail that completed a regional trail system in
Eagle Mountain, Utah. As an experienced signalized inter-
section designer, Dave has improved efficiency and safety
at over 20 intersections statewide.
Dave was selected for a TDY design-build assignment in
Phoenix, AZ where he contributed to the design of a 15+
mile segment of SR-101L Freeway. He was able to reduce
congestion and promote fewer vehicle emissions by designing HOV lanes in both directions of the existing freeway. Dave strives to improve communities through constructible, value-based engineering designs that enhance
society’s safety, mobility, and economic growth.
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Ryan Sandoval has been in the engineering profession in Utah for four years
since graduating from Utah State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. He first worked at ATK
Ryan James Sandoval Propulsion on the propellant casting proNominee of SAME
cess. Ryan has worked for the Minuteman III program office at Hill Air Force Base for over
two years in missile motor transportation and handling.
In that short time, Ryan played a vital role in supporting field operations and improving processes for repair
of Minuteman III vehicles and associated equipment.
He has done considerable work with manufacturers
and customers in developing replacements for aging
transportation and handling systems. Ryan’s communication skills led to positive relationships with maintenance technicians, providing concise responses and
always considering user inputs. His efforts have been
crucial in familiarizing and training Air Force personnel
in the skills, processes, and infrastructure necessary for
supporting Minuteman III transportation and handling
equipment.
After completing his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Utah State
University, Zach received a Presidential
Fellowship from the USU Civil Engineering Department where he continued his
Zachary C. Hansen, P.E. graduate studies. He received his Master
Nominee of SEAU
of Science in Civil Engineering (Structural
Emphasis) in 2007. In 2008, Zach presented a technical paper, “Structural Health Monitoring: Long-Term,
Real-Time Ambient Vibration Monitoring System,” to
the World Structures Congress in Vancouver, British
Columbia. Since joining ARW Engineers in 2007, Zach
has built an impressive resume of projects requiring
complex design techniques. He received his Utah
Professional Engineer license in 2011 and is eligible
to receive his S.E. license in 2013. Zach contributes
to multiple organizations and is a founding member
of the Utah Chapter of the Earthquake Engineering
Research Institute.
Zach continues to grow personally and professionally,
having recently accepted a position at FLSmidth Minerals in Salt Lake City, Utah as a Senior Engineer.
Congratulations
Nominees for UEC’s 2013 Engineering Educator of the Year Award
Dr. Charles Gregory
Jensen
Nominee of ASME
Dr. Grant G. Schultz
Nominee of ITE
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Dr. Jensen has been the Co-Director for
NSF Center for e-Design; P.I. (Principle Investigator) for the Development of Parametric Frameworks for Design, Analysis
and Manufacturing of Turbo-machinery;
and P.I. for the Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering (PACE),
a society of 64 university hand selected by
GM and their software suppliers. He has
30 years of university teaching experience and has performed significant services for many professional societies in the field. Since 2000, Dr. Jensen has mentored more
than 100 BYU students on projects sponsored by the
PACE wherein his students team with students from other
PACE schools. Dr. Jensen has been the faculty mentor for
the CAD club for the majority of his 30 years of teaching.
Dr. Schultz has been involved in many
transportation research projects funded
by the Department of Transportation.
Some recent research includes Evaluating
the Safety Effects of Signal Improvements,
Traffic and Safety Statewide Model and GIS
Modeling, as well as Evaluating the Feasi-
bility of Incorporating Mobility Related Work Zone Traffic
Control Performance Measurements in Highway Construction Project Specifications. Other researches funded by
BYU include Median Crossover Crashes, CORSIM Calibration and Sensitivity Analysis and Evaluation of Advance
Warning Signal Installation. Dr. Schultz is the Co-Advisor
of the Student ITE chapter.
Dr. John M. Murray
Nominee of ASCE
Walter M.
Cunningham, L.S.
Nominee of UCLS
Dr. Murray has been an Associate Professor for Integrated Engineering at Southern
Utah University since 2007. His teaching
and research include sustainable design,
micro-electronics and feedback control theory. Dr. Murray is the Executive Director for
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed
(CREW) Land & Water Trust in Estero, Florida. CREW is a non-profit, private-public part-
nership whose mission includes land acquisition, preservation, and protection of CREW, a 60,000-acre watershed.
Dr. Murray serves on the committees of Women’s
Week, Recruiting, Hiring, and Curriculum, as well as the
Utah Council of Teachers of Mathematics. He teaches
seminars for students in engineering and biology, and
is a consultant for the Iron County Water Conservancy
District.
The department of Salt Lake Community
College’s School of Science, Mathematics,
and Engineering wherein Walt participates
actively as a leader and team-player in the
CTE (Career & Technical Education) portion of the college is focused directly on
the fundamentals of applied technology,
mathematics, principles, and “hands-on”
practices in the office and in the field rela-
tive to the two-year AAS Geomatics/Surveying Technology Degree Program. As Program Coordinator & Representative, Walt supervised and correlated the many
keystone projects at SLCC with the support of the Surveying Technology/Geomatics Program Advisory Committee, the Utah Council of Land Surveyors, and Salt
Lake Community College. He has been an active participant of UCLS for over 18 years.
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Congratulations
2013 UEC Scholarship Winners
Hector (second from left) is a Chemical Engineering student
at Brigham Young University working towards graduating in the
Summer of 2014. Hector works as a Research Assistant in the
BYU Catalysis Lab analyzing FT catalysts made by graduate students. Hector was the first BYU student to score 100% on the
Mathematics for Engineering II Final Exam in the Fall of 2009 and
has received Full Academic Scholarship for three years. Hector
says, “That true happiness comes in life when you give of yourself to make others happy.”
Hector David Perez Parra
Nate is a Civil Engineering Student at Utah State University
working towards graduating in the Spring of 2014. Nate works
as a Woodworker at “The Good Timber” and as an Engineering Ambassador for Utah State University. Nate is a member of
the team at Utah State University that has been the ASCE Rocky
Mountain Concrete Canoe Champion two times. Nate has
also been honored as an Outstanding Pre-professional Student
(2011-2012) by the CEE Department at Utah State University. In
giving service, Nate has learned the importance of serving others before himself and that giving of himself freely is very rewarding.
Nathaniel Laurence Decker
Utah State University
Annicka (third from left) is a Bioenginering student at the University of Utah working towards graduating in the Spring of 2014.
Annicka works as a Bioengineering Research Associate for the
Artificial Heart Program at the Intermountain Heart Institute. Annicka was a finalist at the National Collegiate Inventors Competition in 2011 and received an invitation to present at the American
Society of Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) 58th Conference.
Annicka notes that she has learned, “That every individual has a
special need that is just as important as the next.”
Annicka K. Carter
University of Utah
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Congratulations
2013 Gerald H. Piele Scholarship Winner
Wesley is a sophomore at Weber State University working towards his Electrical Engineering degree. The Gerald H. Piele
Scholarship is awarded to undergraduate students with Native
American heritage. Wesley is ¼ Cherokee, and one of his fondest memories as a small child was visiting his great grandmother
on a reservation. When he isn’t studying engineering, Wesley
likes to fish and can also be found at Camp Kiesel teaching
scouters about geocaching. Wesley is also a veteran.
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Weber State University
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Jordan Dexter Tanner, M.E.
Mitchell Dabling, CVEN
Utah State University
Tetevi Lawson-Avla, CVEN
University of Utah
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2012 UEC Award Winners
Engineer of the Year
Fresh Face in Engineering
Brent Maxfield, S.E.
LDS Church
Dallin Pedersen
BHB Consulting
Engineers
Nominee of SEAU
Nominee of SEAU
Brent A. Maxfield, Professional Structural
Engineer, is currently employed in the Temple
Design Services Division of the Special Projects Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. During his almost 20 years of employment with the
LDS Church, he has been involved with various projects on
over 100 different temples. In addition to his work on temples, Brent has been involved in many other projects such as
the Conference Center, the Church History Library and Archive, the new Bishops’ Central Storehouse, numerous seismic upgrade projects, and standard plan development for
meetinghouses, seminaries, institutes, bishops’ storehouses,
and Deseret Industries. Brent graduated Magna Cum Laude
as the top graduating student in the Civil Engineering Department from Brigham Young University in 1983. He then
earned a Master of Engineering Management degree from
BYU in 1984. Prior to his work with the LDS Church, Brent
worked as a structural engineer for James M. Montgomery
Consulting Engineers and for Calder Kankainen Consulting
Engineers. Brent is an expert in the application of the software program Mathcad for engineering calculations, and has
written two books on the subject. Brent has mentored engineering students in the Capstone program at BYU, is an
eagle scout, and the father of five boys.
Educator of the Year
Dr. Paul Tikalsky
University of Utah
Nominee of ASCE
Dr. Paul Tikalsky is Chair of the Department
of Civil Environmental Engineering, as well as
Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental
Engineering at the University of Utah. He is a national and
international leader in education, research and the civil engineering profession and has earned multiple teaching awards.
He is cited for the development of high-performance concrete with demanding technical properties, low-carbon footprint and economic viability. He has conducted 25 years of
research to improve the life span of exposed structures and
performance-based specifications for bridges and buildings;
publishing more than 70 refereed papers and conducting
workshops for public agencies. Dr. Tikalsky has contributed
to the profession as an engineering accreditation professional and international research fellow, and as chair of multiple
nation technical and educational committees related to concrete and structural engineering.
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Dallin graduated from the University
of Utah with a Master of Science in Civil
Engineering. He was on the Dean’s list several times.
He is a licensed professional engineer and has been a
project engineer for BHB Consulting Engineers since
2006. Dallin’s spectrum of experience is wide considering his time as an engineer. He has designed structures of multiple configurations in steel, concrete,
masonry and wood. He has also performed seismic
evaluations of existing buildings for several school
districts in the state.
His experience includes many out of state projects
as well as a handful of international projects:
• Orem High School
• Granger High School
• Lyman Library
• University of Utah’s Specialty Care Center at
Daybreak
• Emery County Pool Complex
• Seismic Hazard Analyses for Murray and Alpine
School Districts.
It is said of Dallin that he strives to gain and achieve
the confidence of the client he works for. His spatial
intelligence helps him not only visualize how a building is put together, but also how load paths work and
transfer forces, from the top of a structure to the bottom. He has received special awards from Wheeler
Machinery, Emery County Aquatic, Newpark Town
Center. He also received the UMC Excellence in Masonry and Excellence in Concrete for the Santa Clara
Town Hall.
Mesa Teacher of the Year
Blaine Petersen
Granite Park Junior High
The purpose of MESA, or Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement, is to increase the number of
under-served ethnic minority and all
female middle, junior, and high school students who
pursue course work, advanced study and possible careers in mathematics, engineering, and science areas.
Congratulations to the 2012 Mesa Teacher of the Year,
Blaine Petersen. 
utahengineerscouncil.org
Mission
To advance the art and science of engineering for the general welfare of the people of
Utah; promote research and studies in engineering areas; maintain high professional
standards among its members; promote cooperation among the various branches of
engineering and science in Utah; promote dissemination of knowledge and information in
the various fields of engineering and science; work for the advancement of engineering
education; develop recommendations regarding public policies wherein the application of
the art and science of engineering will contribute to the general welfare; foster public
recognition of the engineering profession; and provide a medium for cooperative action
by its member societies on matters beyond the scope of their individual organizations.
2012-2013 Executive Committee
Chair
John Richardson, P.E. (ASME)
2370 Canyon View Drive
Layton, UT 84040
johner149@comcast.net
801-510-5301
Vice-Chair
David K. Cline, P.E. (SAME)
Uinta Environmental
5304 Avalon Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84107
davidcline@uintaenvironmental.com
801-262-7316
Treasurer
Robert Kesler, P.E. (ACEC)
Heath Engineering
377 West 800 North
801-322-0487
First Past Chair
Peter Tang (ITE)
UDOT
2010 South 2760 West
ptang@utah.gov
801-887-3459
Executive Secretary
Susan R. Merrill
3222 Bigarade Lane
Taylorsville, Utah 84129
susan.uec@comcast.net
801-967-3234
Second Past Chair
Dr. Joseph Martone (SAME)
75 CEG/CEVO
7274 Wardleigh Road
Hill AFB, UT 84056-5137
joseph.martone@hill.af.mil
801-775-3646
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Message From The Council’s Chair
JOHN E. RICHARDSON, P.E. (ASME)
Utah Engineers Council Chair 2012-2013
W
hen people ask what I did for a living, I simply say
that I designed X-ray tubes for Varian Medical Systems.
They look at me and say, wow! ...and that's it. They don't
know anything about X-ray tubes, the countless hours of
engineering that are put into the product, how it presses the state
of the art in all of the technical disciplines; nor anything about Varian or its vision ... and usually they change the conversation soon
after that to something more comprehensible. The reply is never
"thanks for saving the life of my mother and for all of the safety,
innovation, time and talent you designed into your X-ray tubes."
The same is true with most engineered products. Furthermore,
some of the most sophisticated engineering projects are classified and will never receive public recognition. An engineer's job
and associated company usually go without much thanks from
Utah Engineers Week 2013
Utah Engineers Council appreciates and acknowledges the support of Van Cott, Varian
and other contributors in celebration of Engineers Week 2013.
Utah Engineers Council congratulates all nominees for the Engineer of the Year, the
Engineering Educator of the Year and the Fresh Face in Engineering of the Year awards,
and all scholarship recipients.
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the general public — and
that's okay.
As engineers do their job,
the public is safe with the
latest technology to improve
health, lifestyle and national
security. Few wonder if the
building is safe as they enter
an elevator and are whisked,
within a few seconds, 300
feet to the 40th floor. People
don't wonder if the bridges
are safe as they take the I-15
corridor from Brigham City
to Salt Lake City. People
don't wonder, when they
fasten themselves into an
airplane seat, whether the
airplane will take them safely
to 35,000 feet at 600 miles
per hour and then land them
safely at their destination a
few hours later 3,000 miles away. People don't wonder if the water
they are drinking or chemicals they routinely use are toxic to their
family. Our national security is the best in the world because our
strong military has the best and newest technological devices. For
my area of expertise, people trust that the Varian state-of-the-art
medical equipment is safely operating to give the necessary information doctors need to make an accurate diagnosis to save lives.
As a whole, the public has a quiet trust in engineering in where they
go, what they do, where they live and the things they use in their
daily life. Homes are safe, cars are safe, transportation systems are
safe, buildings are safe, equipment is safe, food is safe and electric
gadgets are safe — you're welcome!
When it comes to public safety, there are codes, regulations,
specifications and laws that require a certain level of performance
in design. In addition to these given rules, the integrity of the
engineer plays an important role in the safety and performance
of the projects they are assigned to. Many engineers join an engineering professional society to enjoy a fellowship of peers and
have available a database of information in their area of expertise.
Most engineering societies have a set of performance standards
for materials and systems. They also have a code of conduct that
governs their behavior.
For example, if you were to visit the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers (ASME) website, you will find a host of tools and standards to guide engineers in their quest for information. ASME is the
leading international developer of codes and standards associated
with the art, science, and practice of mechanical engineering. Starting with the first issuance of its legendary Boiler & Pressure Vessel
Code in 1914, ASME's codes and standards have grown to nearly
600 offerings currently in print. These offerings cover a breadth of
topics, including pressure technology, nuclear plants, elevators/
escalators, construction, engineering design, standardization, and
performance testing.
Developing and revising ASME codes and standards occur yearround. More than 4,700 dedicated volunteers — engineers, scientists, government officials, and others — contribute their technical
expertise to protect public safety, while reflecting best practices
of industry. The results of their efforts are being used in over 100
nations, setting the worldwide standard for code development.1
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The Department of Civil &
Environmental Engineering
at the University of Utah
offers Masters of Science
and Doctoral degrees to
individuals looking to
pursue a higher degree
within the following
engineering disciplines:
environmental, materials,
interdisciplinary,
geotechnical, structural,
transportation, water
resources or engineering
management.
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The same is true for electrical engineers.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE) has tools and standards for
anyone designing electrical devices. IEEE is
the world's largest professional association
dedicated to advancing safe, technological
innovation and excellence for the benefit
of humanity. IEEE and its members inspire
a global community through IEEE's highly
cited publications, conferences, technology
standards, and professional and educational activities.2
For every engineering discipline, there is a
professional society that has similar tools,
standards and rules of conduct that guide
engineers in their various capacities and
assignments. The Utah Engineers Council
(UEC) is an organization that brings together
17 professional engineering societies. A
representative from each of these professional engineering societies is invited to
sit on the UEC. The council creates a collaborative, synergistic group who meets
on a regular basis to promote the art of
engineering in the state of Utah. The UEC
is a non-profit organization which devotes
most of its resources and time in honoring
individual engineers. The UEC recognizes
the outstanding achievements of engineers
by hosting an annual awards banquet. Engineers, old and young alike, are honored
for their contribution to the culture of engineering. Educators in engineering are also
honored, including the MESA Teacher of
the Year award. Scholarships are awarded
to deserving engineering students in each
of the accredited engineering schools in
Utah. The UEC also honors engineers by
publishing an annual magazine, Utah Engineers Council Journal. This magazine has
articles written by engineers to showcase
the talents of Utah engineers. In a sense,
these activities give thanks to deserving
engineers. Please visit the UEC website at
utahengineerscouncil.org.
Speaking of educators, engineers come
from the finest accredited institutions of
higher learning, and Utah has some of the
finest. Every engineer I know will willingly
discuss their professors and the delightful
quirks in their way of teaching. This may
date me, but I will never forget Asst. Professor Wadim Komkov in my engineering
class at the University of Utah. He would
draw a rudimentary river on the board and
then add a boat while saying, in a delightful
Russian accent, "Here you have the Volga
River with a boat going upstream 3 kilome-
ters per hour...." At one critical point in my
schooling, I remember being in the office of
Gary Sanquist while he explained a difficult
concept and encouraged me to stay with
engineering. These educators are pivotal
in the lives of young engineering
minds, not only scholastically, but
with life-enhancing advice. On
behalf of all successful engineers,
may I offer a sincere, "THANK
YOU" to all engineering educators for helping us achieve our
positions in the technical world.
Engineers also have an ethical
code in their work. Some engineers get licenses and become
Professional Engineers, adhering
to ethical standards of excellence. As a whole, engineers are
a creative, dedicated group of
individuals who go about their
work developing innovative
contraptions and services that
enhance the daily life and safety
of our community. The thanks of
the community to the engineer
usually goes unrewarded and is
exhibited in a quiet trust. However, engineers are satisfied with
knowing that they give their best in their
professional pursuits. And now and again,
someone will marvel and say, "Oh, yeah,"
to a new and innovative device that makes
life more enjoyable and safe.
Engineers feel a sense of pride in their work.
People may not know what engineers do
with their computers, labs, and electron
microscopes, but most likely, the final product is something that significantly affects
the lives of those who use an engineered
product. People will communicate faster, go
faster, be safer, play better, be healthier and
enjoy an increased standard of living. These
are rewarding to engineers, who know they
played a major part in someone's increased
or sustained health, safety and standard of
living. Sometimes, that is thanks enough to
a deserving engineer. 
1. http://www.asme.org/about-asme
2. http://www.ieee.org/about/index.html
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Our Devils Slide plant.
The plant that helps Utah grow.
University of Utah Meldrum building, Utah Museum of
Natural History and the I-15 Beck Street paving project
are just a few examples of our work. By providing
technical expertise along with cement products,
aggregates and many more construction materials
we’ve been a part of Utah’s foundation since 1904.
www.holcim.us.com
Perfecting Progress™
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The U of U nanofabrication facility in the James L. Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building, a USTAR Innovation
Center, can support a wide range of nanotechnology research including biomedical-based breakthroughs.
Strategies to Engineer Innovation
By Justin Berry, USTAR
W
ith impressive rankings from Forbes Magazine,
Gallup, the Milken Institute, Pew Research, and other
thought leaders, the state of Utah is gaining a national
reputation for its growing economy, business-friendly
environment, fiscal management, quality of life and more.
Among other initiatives in a broad strategy of economic development, Utah is focused on increasing our state’s engineering capacity.
This is not an easy task. It takes years of planning, patience, and a
willingness to lay the groundwork. Two significant aspects of this
effort are represented by the Governor’s Engineering Initiative
and the Utah Science Technology and Research (USTAR) initiative.
The initial planning and development of this long-term transformation began back in 2000, when then Gov. Michael Leavitt became
concerned about a forecasted gap in the job market. The average
wage in Utah was eroding in comparison to other states. It was
not that Utah lacked jobs; instead, it lacked high-paying jobs. The
governor identified high-tech jobs as the solution to this problem.
Leavitt began an effort to court high-tech firms to bring their operations to Utah. However, this was a slow process that led to a
new awareness: in order to support a high-tech economy the state
needed to develop a well-educated, high-tech work force. The
Governor’s Engineering Initiative was born from this need. It was
Leavitt’s plan to double the number of engineering and computer
science students at Utah colleges and universities in just five years.
Nine of Utah’s colleges and universities participate in the program.
In the most recent legislative session, the initiative received $2.5
million in ongoing funds to recruit additional faculty, improve engineering programs and provide scholarships.
Utah’s 1,962 engineering graduates (2011) help to attract new
companies like Adobe, Microsoft and EMC, while sustaining Utah’s
major employers, including L-3 Communications, IM Flash and ATK.
At its core, the initiative focuses on recruitment, outreach and
retention of students. Current university students work with high
school classes to provide engineering-based activities and learnENGINEER INNOVATION | continued on page 22
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ing modules. Efforts are also made to help
the university students stay in engineering
programs by offering advising, peer mentoring and activities to engage them both
academically and socially. For upcoming
students, the University of Utah (U of U), as
an example, offers summer camps which
focus on the core engineering programs
and provide pre engineering students the
chance to work together to solve problems
and gain firsthand experience about various
aspects of engineering.
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According to the U of U, the university
has increased the number of engineering
graduates by 84 percent since the beginning of the initiative. The College of Engineering will graduate about 700 engineers
and computer scientists this year.
L. Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology
Building. This 208,000-square-foot facility has an 18,000-square-foot cleanroom
laboratory, with 6,000 square feet of working
space (class 100/1000/10k), adjacent to a
5,000-square-foot microscopy core.
Students will be uniquely positioned to
take their place in the technology economy.
About 100 undergraduate students per year
and 100 graduate students at any given
time take classes or do research in the
Nanofabrication Laboratory of the James
The microscopy core is almost an exact
copy of the equipment that is used at one
of Utah’s leading semiconductor companies, IM Flash Technologies. With these
resources, the U of U is educating engineers
and working with Salt Lake Community Col-
lege and Utah Valley University
to train the microscopy technicians that industry needs.
The Sorenson building is an
integral part of a second engineering-related initiative,
called USTAR. In March 2006,
at the urging of then Gov. Jon
Huntsman Jr. and Lt. Gov. Gary
Herbert, lawmakers passed
legislation to create a longterm, state-funded industryled agency positioned to help
strengthen Utah’s knowledge
economy. This measure drew
from best practices of other
states such as Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Arizona, and structured USTAR with three main
elements.
First, USTAR provides funding
that accelerates the ability of
the U of U and Utah State University (USU) to recruit worldclass researchers, specifically
into high-growth focus areas
such as energy and biomedical innovations. Second, the
initiative enabled the construction of two state-of-the-art
interdisciplinary research and
development facilities. In addition to the assets that the
U of U’s Sorenson building
represents, USU’s 118,000-sf
USTAR Bioinnovations Center
in North Logan offers the most
advanced Bio Safety level 3+
lab in the state.
Third, USTAR operates outreach teams across the state to help
entrepreneurs and existing companies commercialize new technology and access the resources available at higher education
institutions. In the most recent legislative session, USTAR received
$19 million in funds to pursue its research, commercialization and
outreach missions.
USTAR Executive Director Ted McAleer is excited about the unique
opportunities the program offers. “In the most basic sense, USTAR
is increasing the innovation capacity of Utah. We’re doing that
through capital investments such as the research buildings and
business incubators across the state.”
“Equally important, USTAR is investing in human capital,” McAleer
said. “The innovators we have recruited to Utah are working on a
diverse range of research and commercialization projects that are
based on information technology, biomedical, nanotechnology,
energy, and other key fields. In other words, across the spectrum
of engineering disciplines.”
“The research efforts of our USTAR innovators are training the next
generation of engineering talent,” McAleer continued. “That’s a
very important by-product of the entire initiative.”
Technologies under development with USTAR support at our two
research universities include:
• More efficient battery systems, including bio-inspired designs
• Wirelessly powered transportation systems
• Higher-resolution medical imaging
• Large-scale data management and analysis
• Carbon capture and sequestration
• Severe storm tracking satellite technology
• Early detection and targeted drug delivery to combat cancer
• Biomanufactured “spider silk” for protective clothing,
ligament repair, and other high-durability uses
• New-generation solar energy technology
In broad terms, the Engineering Initiative and USTAR research
augment the industry cluster strategy of the Governor’s Office of
Economic Development. “This coordinated effort in cutting-edge
research and workforce development contributes to making our
state more attractive to companies in aerospace, advanced composites, energy, life sciences and more,” McAleer said.
“The combination of the USTAR and Engineering Initiatives to
transform our state is unique,” he continued. “Through the foresight and dedication of state government and business leaders,
we are simultaneously powering up our human capital, our innovation infrastructure, and the workforce of the future. You combine
that with already-strong spirit of creative entrepreneurism and a
business-friendly government, and you have a recipe for long-term
growth and success.” 
A full description of USTAR research projects can be found at www.innovationutah.com.
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www.aaees.net
Mission
The American Academy of Environmental Engineers is dedicated to
excellence in the practice of environmental engineering to ensure the
public health, safety, and welfare to enable humankind to co-exist in
harmony with nature.
2013 Board of Trustees
Officers
President
Pasquale S. Canzano, P.E., BCEE
Chief Executive Officer
Delaware Solid Waste Authority
PO Box 455
Dover, DE 19903-0455
302-739-5361
FAX: 302-739-4287
psc@dswa.com
President-Elect
Christian Davies-Venn, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE
Vice President
PEER Consultants, P.C.
888 17th Street NW, #850
Washington, DC
301-816-0700
FAX: 301-816-9291
daviesc@peercpc.com
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Vice President
James F. Stahl, P.E., BCEE
Vice President/Senior Technical Advisor
MWH Americas, Inc.
618 Michillinda AvenueArcadia, CA 91007
626-586-6579
FAX: 626-586-6619
James.F.Stahl@MWHGlobal.com
Treasurer
Howard B. LaFever
Principal
GHD Inc.
One Remington Park Drive
Cazenovia, NY 13035
315-679-5764
FAX: 315-679-5801
howard.lafever@ghd.com
Executive Director
Joseph S. Cavarretta, CAE
130 Holiday Court, Suite 100
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-266-3311
FAX: 410-266-7653
JCavarretta@aaees.org
Past President
Michael W. Selna, P.E., BCEE
Senior Advisor
Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County
6284 Forester Drive
Huntington Beach, CA 92648-6611
714-374-5686
MichaelSelna@socal.rr.com
www.acecutah.org
Mission
To promote the business interests of engineering companies in Utah
by providing business services and legislative advocacy.
2012-2013 Board
President
Dale Bennett P.E., P.L.S.
Benchmark Engineering
dale@benchmarkcivil.com
Past President
Jim Schwing P.E.
CH2M Hill
Jim.schwing@ch2m.com
Board Member
Russell Youd P.E.
Horrocks Engineering
Russell@horrocks.com
President Elect
Leslie Morton P.E.
Psomas
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Board Member
Craig Bagley P.E.
Bowen Collins & Associates
cbagley@bowencollins.com
Board Member
Matt Hirst P.E.
Caldwell Richards Sorensen
matt.hirst@crsengineers.com
Treasurer
Robert Kesler P.E.
Heath Engineering
Board Member
Rachel McQuillen P.E.
Michael Baker Jr.
rachel.mcquillen@mbakercorp.com
Executive Director
Michael Smith
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National Director
Lee Cammack P.E., P.L.S.
JUB Engineering Inc.
lec@jub.com
Lobbyist
Craig A. Peterson
craigapeterson@comcast.net
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past, current, and future aerospace workforce and to advance the state
of aerospace science, engineering, technology, operations, and policy
to benefit our global society.
2013 OFFICERS
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Chair
Jeffrey Boulware
Hill Air Force Base
jeffrey.boulware@gmail.com
Past Chair
John Armstrong
jcarmstrong@weber.edu
Secretary
John Singleton
Hill Air Force Base, retired
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Chair Elect
Ron Thue
LSF Design Engineering
ronald.thue@lighterandstronger.com
Treasurer
Mark Sultan
Northrop-Grumman
mark.sultan@ngc.com
UEC Representative
James Thacher
ATK, retired
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Salt Lake City Municipal Airport in 1939. Image credit: airfieldsdatabase.com
Out of the Past
Celebrating 50 Years of AIAA and over 100 Years of Aerospace in Utah
By Dr. Jeffrey C. Boulware, Chair of the Utah Section of AIAA
In every month’s edition of Aerospace America, the American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) highlights
anniversaries of milestones in space and aviation history in a
piece known as “Out of the Past.” This February AIAA has a
major milestone of its own, a golden one.
O
n January 31st, 1963, at midnight, the American Rocket Society
and the Institute of the Aerospace
Sciences officially merged to form
what is now the world’s largest technical
society dedicated to the global aerospace
profession. The statistics since then are
astounding. Including its predecessor
organizations, AIAA has published over
300 books and 200,000 technical articles
over the past 80 years. The organization is
responsible for seven technical journals,
a magazine, three book series, national
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and international standards documents,
a growing number of e-books and other
electronic products, and a full-service,
interactive website. For over 35,000 members in 64 local sections, AIAA gives 80
awards in dozens of technical areas and
over $150,000 in scholarships, grants and
honoraria per year. This society, which is
made up of engineers, scientists, managers, policymakers, students, and educators,
has clearly made extraordinary contributions to the industry, many of which were
enabled by the thriving aerospace com-
munity here in Utah. A historical account
shows the significance Utah has made and,
despite the looming threats of budget cuts
and a fiscal cliff, the future looks to thrive.
The early 1900s boomed with excitement
over the advent of aviation, and Utah was no
different. A crude runway laid with cinder in
an otherwise marshy area was built near Salt
Lake City in 1911. Years later this area would
begin mail service, host its first commercial
flight, and now serves 20 million passengers
per year with over 600 departures per day.
The Salt Lake City International Airport is
one of 36 airports in Utah and has hosted
many notaries such as boxer Jack Dempsey,
Glenn Curtiss, and Charles Lindbergh. On
the military side, Hill Air Force Base (AFB)
has been a staple for Utah ever since it
was established as the Ogden Air Depot
in July 1939. In December of that year, the
depot was renamed as Hill Field to honor
Major Ployer Pete Hill who died due to
a crash at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio.
A civil engineer with 20 years of military
Salt Lake City International Airport in 2010. Photo credit: Doc Searls.
flight experience, Maj. Hill’s experimental plane would eventually
become the famous B-17 Flying Fortress. Later, in February 1948,
Hill Field officially became Hill AFB to coincide with the Army Air
Corps’ transition to the United States Air Force (USAF). In October
1949, Hill AFB grew to encapsulate Wendover AFB, the training
grounds for the famous Enola Gay mission in World War II and now
known as the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR). Utah’s role in
our nation’s most critical weapon systems didn’t end in the 1940s,
though. With the closure of Norton AFB in 1995, the Air Force’s
ICBM System Program Office moved to Hill AFB for management
of the Minuteman and Peacekeeper weapon systems. Hill AFB
currently employs over 20,000 people, has hosted virtually every
major aircraft in the USAF fleet, and continues to play a pivotal role
in our nation’s nuclear enterprise.
In recent history, UTTR has served as more than a military proving
ground. In January 2006, NASA’s Stardust space capsule blazed
into reentry at over 28,000 miles per hour, landing successfully at
UTTR with valuable cometary and interstellar dust samples. This
success was a breath of fresh air after failed pyrotechnics caused the
Genesis spacecraft to crash at UTTR in 2004. Utah’s work for NASA
encompasses much more than as a satellite crash pad, though.
ATK’s static fires of solid rocket boosters have become a welcome
and familiar sight in the Promontory countryside. Its predecessors,
Thiokol and Hercules, were specialists in solid rocket fuels, not
only powering missiles for the Air Force, Army, and Navy, but also
enabling nearly every major NASA program. Furthermore, Utah’s
expertise for NASA also includes Thiokol’s gas generators in the
airbags used to help Pathfinder land on Mars, Hexcel’s carbon fiber
materials used in the struts of the Apollo 11 lunar landing module,
and simulated manned martian missions in the Hanksville area by
the Mars Society.
Of course, no engineering industry would be able to survive in
Utah were it not for its excellent educational institutions here, four
of which have organized themselves into official AIAA branches.
The University of Utah was the first to establish its engineering department in 1896 and has since graduated over 12,000 engineers.
Brigham Young University boasts over 500 capstone projects, ranging from space gloves to Apache helicopter nacelles. Weber State
University recently graduated its first engineering students and is
currently awaiting word on Accreditation Board for Engineering and
Technology (ABET) accreditation. Utah State University claims to
have sent more experiments into space than any other university
in the world, thanks largely due to the renowned Space Dynamics
Laboratory. Each of these schools has greatly contributed to Utah’s
rich past and will continue to do so as we look towards the future.
OUT OF THE PAST | continued on page 30
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OUT OF THE PAST | continued from page 29
Aerospace history is admittedly filled with
letdowns as programs are cut, and the recent cancellation of NASA’s Constellation
and the threat of defense budget cuts are
no exception. However, a few areas serve
to be a spring of hope for Utah. For civil
aviation, the NextGen Air Transportation
System will revolutionalize air traffic control
management at the Salt Lake City Interna-
tional Airport. For the military, the Falcon
Hill project at Hill AFB has been dubbed
as priceless armor in the battle against defense cuts. In space, the local work done at
ATK for the James Webb Space Telescope
will one day come to fruition when the
Hubble is taken out of service. Whether the
programs are civil or military, air or space,
AIAA-Utah members all over the state are
strengthening Utah’s aerospace presence.
ATK, Boeing, Northrop-Grumman, the
Space Dynamics Laboratory, and Hill AFB
are only a few of the many institutions here
that will keep us flying high, and as long as
our universities continue to produce the
nation’s best and brightest, we will always
have innovations to prove that the sky is
NOT the limit. 
NASA’s Stardust sample return capsule successfully
landed at UTTR in January 2006. Image credit: NASA
NASA’s Genesis spacecraft landed less successfully at UTTR in September 2004.
The primary science data was still recoverable. Image credit: USAF 388th Range Sqd
The world’s largest solid rocket motor ignites at Promontory in September 2011. Image credit: ATK.
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and serve the public good. ASCE strives to facilitate the advancement of
technology, encourage and provide the tools for lifelong learning, promote
professionalism, influence public policy, develop and support civil engineer
leaders, and advocate infrastructure and environmental stewardship.
2013 Board of directors
President
David Eckhoff, P.E.
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President-Elect
Brian Andrew, P.E.
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Steffanie Rhea
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Brian Warner, S.E.
McNeil Engineering
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Matt Roblez, P.E.
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Group Trained by CCI Proves Its
Worth in First Deployment
By Doug Scott (ASCE)
The members of an emergency response task force trained
and organized by ASCE’s Committee on Critical Infrastructure
(CCI) had their first call to action when they were summoned
to work with firefighters, police officers, building officials,
and emergency management personnel in Utah and inspect
structures damaged by the wildfires that ravaged Utah during
the summer of 2012.
T
he members of the task force
included Brian Warner, P.E., S.E.,
M.ASCE, a structural engineer with
McNeil Engineering, of Sandy, Utah;
Robert Snow, P.E., A.M.ASCE, a geohazards
engineer with URS, which is headquartered
in San Francisco; and Ryan Maw, P.E.,
M.ASCE, also a geohazards engineer with
URS. The team carried out reconnaissance
work on structures damaged or destroyed
by the fire that hit Herriman, Utah, on July
3. They inspected six properties affected
in various ways by the fire, functioning as a
valuable component of a larger, professionally trained emergency management team.
“The wildfire started in a rural and wooded
residential area just south of Salt Lake
City,” says Snow, a resident of Utah. “Rapid
response by local officials and emergency
responders helped limit the total number of
residences that were destroyed.”
“This was the first real event where ASCEtrained volunteer members went on an exercise jointly with fire [and] building officials
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and officers of emergency management,”
says Mathew Francis, P.E., M.ASCE, the
CCI’s chair and a senior program manager
for infrastructure resilience in the Gaithersburg, Maryland, office of URS. “To set
up this pilot program in Utah, we not only
had to train volunteer engineers, but we
had to create an operational framework
and agreements with the [Salt Lake] county
emergency officers, including emergency
management, building, and the fire department officials.”
The emergency response task force in Utah
was the first team trained by the CCI to be
deployed in the field. Teams organized in
Seattle and Boston have begun training,
and teams in Nashville, Tennessee, in Chicago, and in California and northern Virginia
are being planned.
To help set up emergency response teams
and train Society members on the procedures that are to be followed in evaluating buildings for safety, the CCI offers
workshops around the country through
the Society’s sections and branches. These
workshops draw on the California Emergency Management Agency’s program
for assessing building safety, which in turn
uses materials developed by the Applied
Technology Council (ATC); in particular, the
manuals ATC-20 (Procedures for Postearthquake Safety Evaluation of Buildings) and
ATC-45 (Safety Evaluation of Buildings after
Windstorms and Floods).
“To do building damage assessments —
commonly done in the recovery phase
— we need to have fully trained teams
of engineers in the field as soon as possible following an event so homeowners
and businesses can get back on their feet
quicker,” notes Francis. “In a large disaster,
where there are literally tens of thousands of
buildings that need to be assessed before
they can be reoccupied, there is a critical
need for large-scale resources [in the form]
of fully trained engineers.
“The CCI pilot emergency response task
force program was established in October
2010 with FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] credentialing so that
ASCE local sections could organize their
teams for those kinds of disasters with the
idea that they can be trained locally and in
accordance with local state regulations. But
they also would have the credentialing to be
deployed as a state resource under FEMA
in a national disaster declaration called
under EMAC [Emergency Management
Assistance Compact].”
“During the wildfire, the intent of the team
was to help the county, city, and state officials
inspect buildings in order to help people get
back in their homes sooner,” recalls War-
ner, a former president
of the Wasatch Front
Branch, part of ASCE’s
Utah Section. “However,
an important goal of our
first real deployment
also was to see how we
would work as a team.
We performed our fire
checks, looked at the
structure to see what
kind of damage had
been done, and made
an assessment on its
safety. But for our first
time out together at
a live event, I think we
worked very well as a
team.”
Snow says that the team
members felt that the reconnaissance provided
a number of important
insights that will help
them improve organization, reporting procedures, and building assessments. “We viewed
our response to this
disaster,” he says, “as
preparatory to organizing a response to other
catastrophic events.”
Members of an emergency response task force trained through workshops organized by ASCE’s Committee on Critical Infrastructure carried out
inspections in July of structures damaged by wildfires in Utah. Their efforts proved to be a valuable supplement to those of firefighters, police officers, building officials, and emergency management personnel. Image credit: Robert Snow
In April, as a prelude to its work in assessing building safety in
connection with the Utah wildfires, the team was invited by the
agency Salt Lake County Emergency Management to take part in
a FEMA emergency training exercise, or “shakeout,” dealing with
the aftermath of a magnitude 7.0 earthquake.
“Mike Barrett [an emergency management consultant with Gorilla
Design who acts as a consultant to Salt Lake County] had proposed
that the [emergency response team] work jointly with local fire [and]
building officials and the emergency managers at UDOT [Utah Department of Transportation], as well as with the Structural Engineers
Association of Utah, the American Public Works Association, and
the Utah National Guard,” says Francis. “With those organizations
we developed a joint assessment team program where the ASCE
pilot team would be responsible for doing the building damage
assessment.
“The teams performed damage assessments on the three critical
facilities during the simulated earthquake: the Salt Palace Convention Center, which will be used for sheltering; the Salt Lake City
and County Building, which will be used for administration, the
mayor, and the official representatives of the county; and then the
Emergency Operations Center, where the command and communication take place. After the exercise, one of the takeaways was
that CCI felt the need to develop fifty damage assessment teams
from throughout the U.S., each one composed of an engineer, a
member of the police and fire department, and a building official
representative.”
Francis says that the CCI will be issuing a report for the Board of
Direction covering both the results of the earthquake shakeout in
April and the response task force’s efforts at the wildfires in Utah
last month. The committee will also be producing a guide for emergency response task forces that could be disseminated through
ASCE’s sections and branches.
“We feel more prepared to respond to future emergencies,” concludes Snow. 
For more information about the CCI, including its postdisaster assessment workshops
and disaster management training resources, go to http://ciasce.asce.org/cci-programs.
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A Case Study in Vision,
Collaboration, Technology and
Results
1
Converting an Environmental Disaster into a Productive Asset – The Southwest Jordan
Valley Groundwater Project
By David W. Eckhoff, Ph.D., P.E., with McNeil Engineering | President, Utah Section (ASCE)
Response to Massive Groundwater
Contamination by Mining Activities
By the 1980s, the extent of groundwater
contamination from a century of mining
operations in the Bingham Canyon mining
District became apparent. Studies showed
that the main contaminant, sulfate, had
moved in groundwater “plumes” from the
mouth of Bingham Canyon to the Jordan
River. Figure 1 shows the extent and sulfate
concentrations of these two plumes, known
as Zone A and Zone B plumes. Over 50
square miles of land in southwest Salt Lake
Valley was affected! The plumes directly affect the cities of West Jordan, South Jordan,
Riverton and Herriman. In addition, the future northeasterly movement of the plumes
threatened the groundwater supplies of all
water agencies in Salt Lake Valley.
1995 Consent Decree
The problem instigated regulatory action, and the Utah Department of Health
(UDH) initiated action against Kennecott,
the generally believed source of the pol-
lution. Kennecott and the UDH proposed
a consent decree in federal court in 1990,
which tacitly declared the damages to be
irrevocable and which called for a Natural
Resources Damage (NRD) compensation
in the amount of $12 million. Following extensive negotiations during 1991-1995, the
Utah Department of Environmental Quality
(UDEQ), successor to the UDH, Kennecott
and the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy
District (“the District”), submitted a consent
decree to the U.S. District Court. In the
1995 Consent Decree Kennecott agreed to
fund an NRD Trust Fund. Of the total $37
million, $9 million was for Lost Use Water
Compensation.
Partnership with USEPA and
Collaborative Engagement
Following numerous negotiations and technical review committee meetings during
the 1990s, Kennecott reached agreement
with USEPA on an extensive plan to contain
the contaminant sources, and to pursue a
groundwater cleanup project, ultimately
involving the District. This resulted in a 2001
federal Record of Decision (ROD) approving
Kennecott’s plan, thus avoiding Superfund
Figure 1 – Contamination Plumes
Much of the narrative of this article was derived from “A New Water Supply: Southwest Jordan Valley Groundwater Project," Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District, January 2012
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listing. At the 2001 ROD signing, the USEPA Region 8 Assistant
Administrator stated that “this is the most significant groundwater
project in the country today.”
NRD Trust Fund
$74 million
District funds
$37 million
2004 Southwest Jordan Valley Groundwater Agreement
During 2001-2004 the District and Kennecott held extensive negotiations to define a groundwater cleanup project that the two
entities could jointly construct. Dianne Nielsen, then Executive
Director of UDEQ, was appointed as the Utah Natural Resource
Trustee (Trustee). The Trustee participated in those negotiations.
They resulted in two agreements executed in 2004:
Kennecott funds
$15 million
TOTAL
$126 million
• The “Project Agreement,” executed by the District and Kennecott, defining the project facilities for Zone A and Zone B,
together with funding from the NRD Trust Fund; and
• The “State Agreement,” executed by the District, Kennecott and
the Trustee, defining releases of NRD Trust Fund components to
Kennecott and the District during construction of the project. The
District adopted the project name of Southwest Jordan Valley
Groundwater Project (SWJVGP).
The 2004 agreements provided for the District and Kennecott to
share the Zones A and B trust fund amounts, and for the District
to have full access to the Lost Use trust fund amount. The NRD
Trust Fund appreciated, with interest earnings, from the original
$37 million to $74 million. The District and Kennecott have used
the NRD Trust Fund and their own additional funds to construct
the SWJVGP. The following funds in the chart have been spent:
$15 million from the Lost Use portion of the Trust Fund will be
released to the District during the period 2013-2017 to reimburse
portions of its operation, maintenance and capital costs of the Lost
Use facilities. During 2000-2005, Kennecott also pursued an extensive program of containing sources of contaminants to groundwater,
at a cost of more than $169 million.
The 2004 agreements called for Kennecott to construct the Zone
A facilities, and for the District to construct the Zone B and Lost
Use facilities. The Zone A facilities consisted four extraction wells,
collection pipelines, a Zone A water treatment plant, treated water
discharge pipeline to the District, and a by-product water disposal
pipeline to its tailings impoundment in Magna. Kennecott has
also completed and operated sulfate extraction wells from the
most concentrated core of the Zone A plume, and has withdrawn
significant quantities of sulfate contamination.
Kennecott’s Zone A treatment plant, known as the Bingham Canyon
Water Treatment Plant (BCWTP), uses a high-tech reverse osmosis
process (Figure 2) for removal of sulfate and other contaminants.
A Case Study | continued on page 36
Figure 2 - BCWTP Reverse Osmosis Tubes
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A Case Study | continued from page 35
BCWTP has operated since 2006, delivering high purity drinking
water to the District for delivery to the four affected municipalities.
The high purity water quality has been well accepted by the public,
with no taste complaints received by the District.
The District is nearing construction completion of the Zone B and
Lost Use facilities. They involve eight deep wells and one shallow
well for feed water, ten miles of collection pipelines, the new Zone
B/Lost Use treatment plant, treated water pipelines, and by-product
water discharge pipeline. The new treatment plant, known as the
Southwest Groundwater Treatment Plant (SWGWTP), also employs
the high-tech reverse osmosis treatment process. These facilities
will be complete and operational by mid-2013. They will provide
water to the four Affected Municipalities, as well as all 17 member
agencies of the District.
Southwest Jordan Groundwater Project Water Deliveries
The SWJVGP will yield the following treated water amounts annually:
Zone A (at BCWTP)
3,500 acre-feet (AF)
Zone B (at SWGWTP)
3,500 AF
Lost Use (at SWGWTP)
1,235 AF
TOTAL
8,235 AF
The Zone A water deliveries from BCWTP are committed, with
allocations that were defined in the 2004 agreements, to the four
Affected Municipalities.
By-Product Water Discharges
The reverse osmosis process of the BCWTP and the SWGWTP demineralize the feed water and remove most of the sulfate contamination, producing high purity drinking water. The mineral content
of these waters is compared for illustration with the pristine water
supplies currently available to the District, as follows:
SOURCE
Mineral Content (parts per million)
Provo/Weber River Water
250-300
Southeast Salt Lake Valley Deep, Pristine
Groundwater
200-300
BCWTP
250
SWGWTP
250
In demineralizing the feedwater to produce these high purity
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streams of drinking water, the reverse osmosis process at each
of the two treatment plants produces two streams of water that
leave the treatment plant: 1) the high purity treated water, and 2)
a by-product water stream which contains most of the minerals
and salts. The by-product water has created discharge concerns,
even though its salinity is less than 10 percent of the salinity of
Great Salt Lake waters. Zone A by-product water is discharged by
Kennecott to its Magna Tailings Impoundment, where most of it
is evaporated and some of it is discharged to the Great Salt Lake
under an existing discharge permit.
During 2004-2005, the District, the Trustee and Kennecott convened
a Southwest Groundwater Stakeholders Forum (Forum), and held
numerous meetings. As a result, the Forum recommended two
possible alternatives for the SWGWTP by-product waste stream:
(1) discharge to Kennecott’s tailings impoundment, or (2) discharge
to the open waters of Great Salt Lake.
Discharging to the open waters of the Great Salt Lake had
the potential for a longer-term operating situation for the
District. However, environmental groups expressed concerns
regarding concentrated selenium being discharged to Great
Salt Lake. Selenium is a naturally occurring trace metal found
in groundwaters throughout Salt Lake Valley, which would be
concentrated about five times through the reverse osmosis
treatment process.
The District and the Trustee, again implementing a collaborative
approach, convened an extensive group of stakeholders as the
Great Salt Lake Water Quality Steering Committee (GSL Com).
GSL Com included stakeholder interests representing environmental groups, bird and duck clubs, regulatory entities, potential
dischargers, wastewater discharging entities, the brine shrimp
industry, mineral concentration industry, and others. GSL Com
adopted this objective: to study the Great Salt Lake ecosystem
and potential selenium discharges, and to recommend a selenium
standard for the Great Salt Lake which would be protective of the
Lake’s ecosystem and environment.
GSL Com convened a panel of expert scientists, identified a program of four study groups, and raised $2.6 million to fund the studies. The study program was conducted over the four-year period of
2006-2009. GSL Com made recommendations to the Utah Water
Quality Board, which in 2009 adopted a selenium standard as the
first numeric standard for the Great Salt Lake.
The District submitted its application for a Zone B discharge permit
in November 2010. The District and the Utah Division of Water
Quality held an extensive public information and public comment
series during 2010-2011. It is anticipated that in 2013 a permit will
be granted to the District for discharge to the open waters of the
Great Salt Lake.
Summary
The Southwest Jordan Valley Groundwater Project provides unique
benefits to the public in Salt Lake Valley, including: containment
of vast contamination sources, remediating the groundwater
contamination, and converting contaminated groundwater
into high quality drinking water supplies for the public – a
renewable resource! All of these public benefits were made
possible by outstanding vision, firm commitments to collaborative problem solving, new technological applications and
optimistic attitudes about achieving multidimensional results:
an outstanding framework for achieving solutions to complex
environmental issues. 
Abbreviations
Acre-Foot - AF
Bingham Canyon Water Treatment Plant - BCWTP
Federal Record of Decision — ROD
Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District — the District
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation — Kennecott
Natural Resource Damage — NRD
Southwest Groundwater Treatment Plant—SWGWTP
Southwest Jordan Valley Groundwater Project—SWJVGP
Utah Department of Environmental Quality — UDEQ
Utah Natural Resource Trustee —Trustee
Utah States Environmental Protection Agency — USEPA
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Tooele Jail — Aquatherm Case Study
Overcrowded County Jail
Finds Better Value with A
Piping Solution
Polypropylene-random piping helps the Utah project save on materials,
labor.
By Barry Campbell (ASHRAE)
Having fallen into disrepair after years of overcrowding, the
Tooele County Detention Center in Tooele, UT, badly needed a
new lease on life.
T
he Tooele County Commission
and Sheriff’s Office worked sideby-side to provide a brand new $25
million, 72,000-sq.-ft. facility for the
community. Designed with the future in
mind, the cutting-edge building can accommodate up to 264 beds, a far cry from
the previous structure’s 104 beds — a relatively small space that had some prisoners
sleeping on the floor.
As a local jail facility that also houses federal inmates, the Tooele County Detention
Center’s design had to focus on expensive state-of-the-art security technology,
including touch screen doors, more than
91 security cameras, intercom controls,
electronic inmate commissary kiosks and
video visitation capabilities. Because of the
need to save costs in other areas, designbuild firm and installing contractor Envision
Mechanical Inc. of Ogden, UT, incorporated
Aquatherm polypropylene-random (PP-R)
piping systems into the facility, helping
reduce material and labor expenses.
Saving Material Costs
Completed in December 2011, the detention center was Envision Mechanical’s first
Aquatherm project, a large undertaking
that went smoothly overall and delivered
savings. Aquatherm piping systems use safe
and reliable heat-fusion welding to connect
pipe and fittings. Because polypropylene is
well suited to this joining method, the pipe
fuses together at the chemical level into a
single, homogenous material, eliminating
seams and systematic weaknesses that can
plague other piping systems.
Envision Mechanical, Salt Lake City-based
GSBS Architects, general contractor Sahara
(Bountiful, UT), EEC Aquatherm (the local
Aquatherm relocated in North Salt Lake)
and Ferguson Enterprises (Salt Lake City)
worked as a team to incorporate Aquatherm’s Climatherm® and Greenpipe®
systems in sizes from 2 to 6 in. for domestic
water distribution.
While copper was used for smaller ½- to 1½in. piping sizes, Aquatherm PP-R systems
were used for the majority of the project.
Although copper piping prices fluctuate
with the market, Aquatherm remains stable
and typically costs less than copper.
Saving Labor Costs
According to Craig Thornock, superintendent for Envision Mechanical, welded
stainless steel also was considered. However, using lightweight Aquatherm “was
a lot faster,” Thornock (a 25-year industry
veteran) said. “Probably 25 percent faster.”
Aquatherm is high-heat stabilized, delivers excellent flow rates and is considerably lighter than metal piping, which also
curtails labor costs. Climatherm is specially
engineered for hydronic, geothermal and
industrial applications, while Greenpipe is
designed for hot and cold potable water
and food-grade applications. Freeze tolerant, Greenpipe is corrosion and chemical
resistant and has a high environmental
compatibility.
Resistant to impact, corrosion and seismic
stresses, Climatherm piping systems are
designed to last a lifetime and are available
in standard dimension ratios (SDRs) — or
the ratio of pipe diameter to wall thickness
— of 7.4 and 11. Greenpipe SDR 7.4 (faser) is
used for hot water and SDR 11 (non-faser) is
used for cold water. The faser pipe contains
an extruded core layer of fiberglass that
increases the rigidity and working pressure
of the pipe at hot-water temperatures. The
SDR 7.4 faser pipe is high-heat stabilized,
allowing it to handle temperatures of up to
180˚F at 60 psi.
The following types and sizes of Aquatherm
PP-R piping were used on the detentioncenter project:
• 169 ft. of 1/2-in. Aquatherm Greenpipe
faser SDR 7.4
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• 169 ft. of 1/2-in. Aquatherm Greenpipe
SDR 11
• 2,149 ft. of 1-in. Aquatherm Greenpipe
faser SDR 7.4
• 520 ft. of 2 1/2-in. Aquatherm Greenpipe
faser SDR 11
• 585 ft. of 3-in. Aquatherm Greenpipe
faser SDR 11
faser SDR 7.4
Envision Mechanical also had to think
about insulating piping that was
in plenum. After careful consideration, Envision chose an external
reflective-insulation wrap that
combines fire protection,
vapor barrier and thermal
insulation.
Learning A New Skill
• 4,880 ft. of 1 1/2-in. Aquatherm Greenpipe faser SDR 7.4
• 1,200 ft. of 3/4-in. Aquatherm Greenpipe
faser SDR 7.4
faser SDR 11
• 1,885 ft. of 2-in. Aquatherm Greenpipe
faser SDR 11
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At first, the challenge was
“getting used to fusing and
pre-fabricating,” said Dick
Thompson, sales manager
for EEC Aquatherm. However,
four Envision Mechanical installers
completed the factory training. When installed by Aquatherm-trained and certified
technicians, the pipe and fittings carry a 10year, multimillion dollar warranty covering
product liability, labor, personal injury and
property damage. Thompson said the warranty, which is basically an insurance policy
issued by Zurich Insurance, was a big factor
in Aquatherm being used on the job, and
that the training went quite smoothly. EEC
Aquatherm also provided on-site training
and assistance during the entire construc-
tion process.
“We picked it up pretty quickly,” Thornock
said. “Once I started seeing how it goes
together, I was happy with Aquatherm and
okay with using it right from the beginning.”
Hundreds of Connections — Only a Few
Leaks
Envision Mechanical purchased a machine
to fuse pipe up to 4-in. and rented a buttfusion machine for 6-in. piping. “The job
went really well,” Thornock said. “There
were no real hiccups. There were some
leaks that were operator error, but we only
had a few leaks out of hundreds of connections.”
The installation crew had to make fusion
connections in some tight spaces and had
to make several fusion connections in the
air, but Thornock said setting up prefabrication benches helped save some time.
Ultimately, the piping choice was based on
the savings that could be achieved by using
Aquatherm. Not only were Aquatherm’s
material costs lower than that of copper,
but additional savings were realized from
reduced labor resulting from Aquatherm’s
process speed. 
When Moore may be Less…
By Lyn Felton (ASHRAE)
To paraphrase a recent Newsweek article by Niall Ferguson, the communications revolution
we’re experiencing has two major drivers. The first is Moore’s law, first proposed by Gordon E.
Moore in 1965, that the number of transistors that can be inexpensively placed on an integrated
circuit doubles every 18 months. This exponential trend has continued for half a century, and
some techies expect it to continue another 5 to 10 years.
T
he other driver is the exploding growth of human
networks. In 2006, people sent 50 billion emails; last year
it was 300 billion. We began using the Internet in the early
‘80s. Twenty years later, about one percent of two-way communication went through it; by 2000, it was 51 percent. Now it’s
about 97 percent.
My point is this: increase in speed, quantity and variety of communication offers many new possibilities; but it doesn’t obviate
the need for relationship building, and it definitely increases the
potential for misunderstanding.
that dialed a similar device in another city, where the message
came out. It was great for requesting ship dates, and so on, but it
certainly was not easy to use. We also had the first Xerox desktop
copier, the model 813. It meant that we no longer had to write our
orders using carbon paper!
Now, almost a half century later, I’m an early adapter of new technology, composing this on my MacBook Air. However, the speed
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Let’s go back to the basics of communication for a moment, and
distinguish between one-way and two-way communication. Simply
stated, one-way communication is not communication. Remember
the question: if a tree falls in the forest and there’s no one around
to hear it, is there still sound? Two-way communication involves a
sender and a receiver, with the two-way loop being closed when the
receiver tells the sender, “Yes, message received and understood.”
To take it one step further, the receiver might say, “Just so I really
understand your message, let me paraphrase what you said….”
Think of the telegraph as compared to the telephone.
I earned my B.S.ME in ’65, the same year Moore proposed his
law, and have seen many changes in business communications.
In my first job, we typed messages on a Telex machine that used
inch-wide punched tapes that were then fed through the device
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be considered lost in cyberspace.
• And speaking of REPLY, what’s happened to that old statement found on
invitations: RSVP? Derived from the
French phrase, répondez s’il vous plait,
which means, “the favor of a reply is
requested.” Too many of us can’t seem
to get out of warp-speed mode long
enough to write a short note and put a
stamp on it.
at which everything can happen presents
a gaggle (not Google) of new challenges
to effective and efficient communication.
With the benefit of hindsight, I suggest that
Moore may be less. We all need to slow
down and communicate!
• Now, how often do you say, “Well, I
sent you an email, didn’t you see it (or
read it, or act on it or even acknowledge
it)?” It’s so easy to send email and to CC
just about anyone you think might have
the slightest interest in what you have
to say, but the replies seem to be getting scarcer. We may kid ourselves into
thinking we are getting our message to
the intended receiver(s,) but unless we
have a “REPLY,” the message should
• While processor speed may be doubling every 18 months, the old human
brain still operates at the same speed
it did centuries ago. Just because
our request for a deliverable of some
kind may take only seconds to send, it
doesn’t mean that the response can be
formulated just as quickly. It still takes
some time to think through the answer.
Please, have patience, kind customer
(or boss), and give me adequate time
to formulate my response.
• ASAP: what a totally vague term this is! I
recall a frantic call from a customer who
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a quotation that includes an estimate for labor and materials
expressed as $29,345.50. Are we expected to believe that the
estimator is really that accurate? Certainly a quote for $29,300
will be much easier for the customer to absorb and remember.
needede a part in order to repair a machine that was critical to a
production process. When asked how soon he needed the part,
of course his answer was ASAP. Thinking to myself about the need
and expense of chartering a jet to fly the part, I asked if FedEx
next morning delivery would be OK. He said, “No, just ship it UPS
Ground; that will be soon enough.” I’ve since learned to clarify
what this term means, and it’s spared me lots of unnecessary
pressure trying to perform in a hurry.
• As engineers, many of us are involved with ubiquitous submittals, either preparing them or reviewing them. In the last four
to five years, the number of pages that comprise most submittals has increased by a factor of 3 to 6! Of course, the reason is
that manufacturers are publishing literature in PDF format, and
most suppliers just include every document that might have
the slightest relevance to the project. The need to present only
the requested information in a clear and concise format seems
to have been lost. Now we’re saving trees at the expense of
obfuscating the needed data.
• The number of digits to the right of the decimal point on modern
hand-held calculators is a least ten, thanks to the computing
power of its microchip. But, would you please spare me all those
extra digits and limit your response to THREE significant digits?
As engineers, you used to know that the answer to a problem
could not be expressed with any more significant digits than
the least accurate measurement. It makes us chuckle to review
• The social networks of Facebook and LinkedIn are gaining more
traction in today’s business world. And Twitter delivers headline
news to millions in staccato fashion. Many baby boomers have
Facebook accounts as a way to stay in touch with children and
grandchildren. Some organizations (such as ASHRAE) are encouraging local chapters to have Facebook accounts to maintain
contact with younger members. While LinkedIn may be a conduit for getting your name out to possible future employers, it
can be as useful tool for many to network with consultants and
clients. To summarize: social networks’ place in the business
arena is here to stay, so use them but don’t be abused by them.
I’m not really down on the new electronic tools that make our lives
so much easier. Increasingly faster computers have revolutionized
our businesses, making us so much more productive. One of the
great advantages of our timesaving computers is the increased
opportunity for good old-fashioned face-to-face contact with customers and associates. Research has shown that a phone call is only
40 percent as effective as a personal meeting. An email is probably
about 30 percent as effective, and a fax is maybe 20 percent. Let’s
celebrate the ever-accelerating electronic age, but increase our
face time; it’s still by far the best way to communicate. 
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Beyond the Cubicle Walls
Tell me if this situation sounds familiar
By Terry D. Haws, Jr, PE (ASME)
It was crunch time. People were scurrying about, trying to
meet the deadline. But the process had been poorly defined,
resulting in a logjam of people and equipment, creating
uncertainty and frustration.
T
hat’s when my engineering
training kicked in. “The problem is
that the big piece needs to move
first,” I said. “Then the chair and
table can be brought in.” I made adjustments and assignments, and with a better
process, flow improved.
Bye Bye Birdie wasn’t my only acting experience. I was recruited to be in Damn Yankees
in 2007, because they needed guys who
could sing. It was only then that I discovered
that I love being on stage. So I keep going
back for more.
That’s just one example of how engineers
can make an impact outside of their field.
And our communities need us to step up
and make an impact.
In the process, I’ve discovered that drama
people are very different from engineers.
They are very right-brained, usually extroverted, often loud, and a lot of fun to be
around. But I’ve found that an engineer can
be an actor, though my approach is somewhat different. I turn my blocking (where I’m
supposed to be and move on stage) into a
series of x, y, z, t coordinates in my mind.
Then I run the “program” that executes
those coordinates. It’s very analytical, but it
gets the job done.
Why Engineers?
Engineers have a unique way of looking
at things. By training, and often by nature,
we are problem-solvers. We are curious as
to how things work and how things work
together. We have experience in critical
thinking and using natural laws to solve
problems.
My involvement with acting led to a position
on the Board of Directors at a local theater as
well. There I found that my logical approach
to problems was usually different and often
needed in the discussions that we had. The
skills that I had — both natural and learned
— helped me approach problems systematically and look for solutions in logical ways.
We use these skills every day at our jobs. For
most of us, that was the point of our training — to help us to use our skills, abilities,
and experience to earn a living. And that is
good and necessary.
And I have found that my approach — which
comes naturally to me, thanks to being an
engineer — is often lacking in these situations.
The situation might be familiar, but the setting might surprise you — it was a rehearsal
of Bye Bye Birdie, and we were changing the
set between scenes. I was part of the cast,
but the scene change just wasn’t working. So
I stepped in and helped solve the problem.
But I’m also suggesting that there’s a wider
need for those very skills.
Beyond the Cubicle
That’s why I think our communities need
us to step away from our cubicles and
become involved, in whatever way we feel
interested.
Imagine if more elected officials were engineers. Would there be fewer decisions
based on hype and smoke, and more based
on data? I’d like to think so.
What about community organizations
around us — theaters, schools, service organizations, church organizations? Most are run
by volunteers, and it’s amazing what they accomplish. But imagine if an engineer or two
or five got involved. Imagine the problemsolving they could accomplish. Imagine the
streamlined processes, the improved flow.
Imagine the improved efficiency.
We have the training. Our communities
have the needs.
So, please, stand up, look around, and find
something that interests you, away from the
engineering field, then apply your skills and
experience. They need your help.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to go work
on my lines …. 
Figure 1: The author, right, as Harry the Horse in Guys & Dolls
at Heritage Community Theater, Sept. 2011
Mr. Haws is a graduate of Brigham Young University
and a licensed Professional Engineer. He works for ATK
Aerospace Group in Promontory, Utah and is currently
serving as second past-chair for the Utah Section of ASME.
He is also a part-time actor, most recently appearing in A
Christmas Carol.
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Engineers Taking
Political Action
I. INTRODUCTION
In juxtaposition to how acting attracts an
effervescent personality type, engineering
attracts a quieter personality type. Readers
of the UEC Journal likely share an analytical,
and sometimes detached, approach to life’s
experiences. This predilection to contemplation makes involvement in the messiness
of politics unnatural to engineers. President
Obama’s acceptance speech [1] describes
this messy nature of politics and why political
action matters:
That’s why we do this. That’s what politics can be. That’s why elections matter. It’s not small, it’s big. It’s important. Democracy in a
nation of 300 million can be noisy and messy and complicated.
We have our own opinions. Each of us has deeply held beliefs.
And when we go through tough times, when we make big decisions as a country, it necessarily stirs passions, stirs up controversy.
That won’t change, and it shouldn’t. These arguments we have
are a mark of our liberty. We can never forget, people in distant
nations are risking their lives right now just for a chance to argue
about the issues that matter, the chance to cast their ballots like
we did in November.
I have found myself gradually wooed into political action by a
growing concern for the apparent lack of public comprehension
of the profound economic issues facing us. These issues should
be perceived as nonpartisan, but today’s destructive bantering of
the two parties obfuscates the magnitude of these issues. Very few
engineers get involved in politics, and I thought you might like to
read about this engineer’s impressions of politics.
This past year has been my political year beginning with coauthoring the ASHRAE contribution to last year’s Utah Engineers
Council Journal with Marshall Wright from the Governor’s Office of
Economic Development [1]. As a member of the IEEE-USA Career
and Workforce, I wrote an article in Today’s Engineer on the loss of
STEM careers in March 2012 [2]. I began my electrical and computer
junior seminar at the University of Utah in September [4] with one
of these economic issues, to witness a room alive with wide eyes.
Finally, I dived into politics by running for the Utah House of Repre-
About Daniel N. Donahoe
I grew up in the Sputnik era and loved
technology as a child, but I have witnessed
American technical willpower atrophy
since the end of the Cold War. I believe
that we can reverse this trend by taking
action on one particular problem at hand,
sustainability. Sustainability is the buzz
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word for technical policies to face both
long and short term environmental limits
of air, water, hydrocarbon and minerals in
the face of a growing population. Most
engineers see these issues as simple technical policy choices, but the public sees
these as emotional hot buttons.
Engineers should become more active in
politics to help close this perception gap.
This closure requires helping “ordinary
people” understand technical aspects
of issues such as sustainability and also
to help elected officials understand the
details that create good policy. In taking
Figure 1 - World Population
sentatives in District 20. My hope is that this
short article will describe why you should
join me in becoming politically active.
The fact that the Supreme Court had to
intervene in a presidential election in 2000
might be indicative of the magnitude of the
division in the United States. A book about
the historical challenges for fair voting was
released at that time, a coincidence, and
that book helped provide added context
on the messiness of democracy, as the
president alluded [5].
II. THE HUMAN CONDITION
A. Migration, Population and
Technology
Modern humanity has been roaming for
approximately 150,000 years, migrating
and populating the known world. The Toba
Catastrophe is thought to have reset population growth to near zero approximately
70,000 years ago. Some scholars believe
that humankind may have first appeared in
the New World as long as 40,000 years ago.
Figure 1 shows a plot of population growth
for over the last three millennia. The population of hunter-gatherer economics
of humankind is thought to have
only allowed modest population growth. In other words,
the population was constrained
by the area of
land available, a
concept known
as the agrarian limit. The
figure shows
population in-
on political action as individual engineers,
each of us will grow to form a deeper understanding of ourselves.
This proposed thrust should not be an
individual effort. Engineering societies
engaged in public policy will renew their
creased upon the introduction of new food
sources in the 16th century, the introduction
of the potato and corn from the New World.
The industrial revolution further improved
food distribution, enhancing the slope of
population growth in the figure. However,
the invention of the chemical engineering
process known as the Haber-Bosch Process
[7], which allowed industrial production of
artificial fertilizer in 1913, resulted in an
explosion of world population growth [7]
expected to approach 10 billion by 2050.
The net result is that the population of
mankind changed from being historically
constrained by an agrarian limit to a new
technological limit over a period of only
250 years. Humankind is leveraged by that
difference between the agrarian limit and
the projected population. Just like a business can assume risk by being leveraged by
debt, mankind has made a similar bargain
with continued technological development.
commitment to their profession and drive
economic and social renewal by: garnering
renewed interest in STEM careers, supporting government action in community
interests, driving the press to report on
technical topics, promoting valuation of
professional contribution, promoting tech
If technology fails, there could be a massive
die-off. This is reminiscent of the bargain with
the devil in Faust, the classic German story by
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).
B. Human Limits on Action
People are the product of evolution. Biology builds upon its own successful experiments, and the human body is a culmination
of past successes. So our human thinking
process is not unlike other animals, and our
thinking process is better described as an
enhancement of the abilities of other species rather than as a departure from their
thinking processes.
Figure 2 is my own simplistic model of human
decision making. I use this model to explain
the political thought as it might be encountered by knocking on a neighbor’s door during an election cycle. In the figure “stimulus”
might mean raising an issue in current political
debate such as the topic of “global warming,”
businesses, supporting technical innovation, and reversing the degradation of
technical societies and a long-term default
to the takeover of technical societies by
academia.
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Figure 2 - a Naïve Model of Decision Making
by inquiry on this subject or that subject;
and in the towns a crowd will gather round
traders and demand to know what country
they have come from and what they have
learnt there. Such hearsay reports often induce them to make momentous decisions,
which they are bound to repeat immediately
afterwards, since they credulously swallow
unconfirmed rumors…”
Political movements are motivated by fashionable versions of historically American
viewpoints superimposed on current problems. One of these recurring movements
has been described as “anti-intellectualism”
[12]. This anti-intellectualism divide might be
described today as [13]:
for example. The human mind provides a quick
response to stimulus. The first test is survivability, “fight or flee.” A person may become
red in the face and yell or just slam the door.
If the person at the door remains calm, the
next response is also automatic based on an
assessment of whether this stimulus is good or
bad based on learned behavior. If the person
watches “conservative” cable television, the
response might be that global warming is a
“liberal conspiracy.” Only if the person is willing to postpone a decision does the person
enter into the engineer’s thought process of
careful contemplation, wherever that process
may lead. I call my figure simplistic, because
two Nobel Prizes have been awarded on this
model, and I recommend that the reader refer “…On one side are the unpretentious millions
of authentic Americans; on the other side
to these more complex models [8].
stand the bookish, all-powerful liberals who
run the country but are contemptuous of the
C. Fashion and Fancy
One rule-making mechanism is what man- tastes and beliefs of the people who inhabit it.”
agement literature refers to as “fashion.” A
conservative thinker from the past, Julius Engineers may not think of themselves as
Caesar (100 B.C. to 44 B.C.), described this “bookish liberals,” but many folks see enbehavior of “jumping onto bandwagons” gineers just that way. Remember how the
in his conquest of Gaul (primarily today’s characters were suspicious of the engineer
France but also extending east into a portion depicted in the film “Flight of the Phoenix”
(originally released in 1965 and remade in
of today’s Germany) [11]:
2004)? Engineers, wrap your head around
“It is a custom of theirs to stop travelers, those perceptions and imagine how to proeven against their will, and to question them vide leadership out of the distrust underpinabout where they have heard by chance or ning these perceptions.
Figure 3 - Second Debate
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Figure 4 - Davis County Clerk Data
D. Population Stratification, Economics
and Political Thought
While raising the issue of “bookish” related
to engineers, I cannot completely ignore
one of the contentious topics of social
stratification, a core concept in conservative thought. In the past, stratification was
determined by birthright. The modern
American conservative view of happiness
and social harmony is wonderfully described
in “The Bell Curve” [14] in which intellectual
abilities provide the ordering mechanism.
The liberal tradition attempts to level these
differences. Frankly, I do not want to pursue
these arguments in this article, but I do feel
compelled to raise the topic.
registered voters; of these voters 1,744 are
Democrats (8%) and 10,065 are Republicans
(47%), leaving 45% with other affiliations [15].
In the face of this reality, I set four clear
goals in running for office which I repeated
to the Democrats at every opportunity. My
goals were to:
1.Please my wife by running ( a road in the
Chicago area is named after her great
grandfather)
2.Use my candidacy as an opportunity to
express an “engineering” viewpoint
3.Build a stronger opposition party (democracy requires at least two parties)
4.If elected, become a proponent of
engineering priorities – sustainable
manufacturing
The outcome is provided in Figure 4 from
the Davis County Clerk’s website.
The presidential campaigns were in the
news and on television every night. The
two campaigns spent a combined 1.6 billion dollars. There was an LDS candidate.
Therefore it is reasonable to assume that the
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III. ELECTION PROCESS
A. Beginning
Beginning candidacy for the Utah House
of Representatives was easy. First, I volunteered to run at the county convention. I did
a brief verbal presentation prior to a vote
of my district at the county convention. My
candidacy was affirmed by voice vote at the
state convention. I then filed the $14 fee
and signed to file candidacy at the Davis
County courthouse. Of course, I did not fully
appreciate the subsequent process.
B. Goals and Results
I ran as a Democrat in Utah House District
20. This district is Bountiful (the southern
portion), North Salt Lake, West Bountiful
and Woods Cross. This district has 21,558
Figure 5 - Scatter Diagram Davis County House
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presidential race should affect the outcome
of state house races.
If the elections were perfectly correlated,
a scatter diagram of the percentage votes
for a house candidate and the percentage
for the presidential candidate by precincts
should form a 45-degree (where the slope
equals 1) with an intercept at the origin. I
guessed that the local democrats may vote
for Mr. Romney and for their local democratic house candidate. If this were true,
the intercept should reflect the registered
democratic percentage. The slope should
drop slightly below a one-to-one correlation
to make up for the arithmetic difference.
If the slope drops much lower, then the
candidate may not have been perceived
positively. The correlation coefficient reveals
the strength of the connection of the candidate to the national campaign effect. A
high correlation should indicate the house
candidate’s campaign did not affect the
outcome. A low coefficient should indicate
that there was an effect.
A simple scatter diagram of all 195 precincts
reveals good correlation of the house outcomes of democratic candidates to the
democratic presidential candidate (Figure 5).
The intercept reflects the actual democratic
base in Davis County. Interestingly, it is larger
than the registered democratic base in the
county.
Looking only at District 20 shows that this
correlation of the house candidate to the
presidential candidate is insightful. The
correlation coefficient is quite high as a
predictor in human events. The intercept
is very close to the number of registered
democrats in District 20 ( 7.8 percent). The
slope and high correlation coefficient show
that the campaign was on the shirt tails of
the presidential campaign. Since the Democratic Party was in disarray in District 20,
there was no effective precinct structure to
support the campaign. The numbers show
this. Furthermore, the high and low range
points on the line reflect the makeup of the
precincts. The high points are the precincts
adjacent to refineries, likely an area with
more labor interests. The low points were
the more expensive neighborhoods in the
district, including the neighborhood of the
incumbent. This range is worth exploring
further, because it reflects not only a political
party affiliation difference between income
groups in the district, but I believe it also
hints of a problem in the economic structure
of Utah (best revealed by a ranked listing of
employers in Utah). I will leave that review
for another article.
This method of simple scatter diagrams,
familiar to engineers, surprised the political
folks. I told them engineers look at problems differently, and I was able to prove it
in the end.
IV. CONCLUSION
I have a series of findings to report. First,
our political system works better than I had
Figure 6 - District 20 Scatter Diagram
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imagined. Second, I found the experience
of running for office wonderful due to the
opportunity to meet and enjoy the company
of so many fellow citizens. I discovered that
politics must be the single pursuit of my life
that evoked the most unsolicited advice.
Third, I am quite accustomed to public
speaking, but I usually am discussing technical topics for which I am well prepared.
Political discussions are typically only one
minute long, and words must be carefully
selected to be impactful. This is difficult
when the subject is spontaneous.
More importantly, I believe that our real
problems are not problems related to
partisan political parties. One of my fellow
running mates wrote to me, “You are a
good engineer but a lousy politician,” when
I refused to take a popular position unsupported by facts. My opponent whispered
in my ear during our debates, “I wish I had
thought of that,” and “You are good.”
I implore engineers to run for office in our
next election cycle in the party of their
choice. 
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of STEM Careers, IEEE-USA Todays Engineer, March
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Advanced Software Quality Managem
Submitted by ASPE
In a quality-controlled production environment, quality is
engineered into the process from the start to the finish, and
not just tested for at the end of the process.
I
n my travels as a consultant, I find
most software development groups
have never considered managing software production quality throughout the
process, instead of only at the end.
A typical software development group has a
dedicated team at the end the software construction process that tests the software to be
sure it meets the functional requirements of
the software, and has a relatively low remaining defect count. A good rule of thumb for a
software environment is to have one quality
assurance tester for every three programmers.
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This is a good start, and companies that
have this arrangement have a reasonable
confidence level that the software they
produce has a low error count.
Advanced Software Quality Management,
however, is about more than just verifying
requirements and testing for errors. Consider the software development lifecycle.
Software progresses from an initial concept,
to a scope of requirements, through a design
process, a coding stage, a testing stage, and
finally a releasable product. Testing for quality after the coding stage is a start, but does
not adequately protect the process against
failures introduced in previous stages of the
software development life cycle.
This is an important consideration because
the least expensive place to locate an error
is within the phase it was introduced. It is
far more expensive to locate an error after
it has cascaded from the phase where it was
introduced into a later phase.
In contrast to the above example, consider
a distinct testing step established for each
designated phase.
Software Concept
Software ideas, like other good ideas, are
abundant. The challenge every software
delivering organization has is to be sure the
idea being considered will be the best use
of resources and in the best interest of the
organization at that time. Software ideas that
advantage.
Scope of Requirements
The most expensive problems to correct in deployed software are
requirements problems. Requirement problems typically come in
the form of omissions, ambiguity, and inaccuracies. Unfortunately,
these mishaps are expensive and are caused by many factors
,including not identifying all of the target end-users, not receiving
serious or adequate cooperation from stakeholders, or leaving
requirement decisions to the programmers.
Considerable research has been done demonstrating the importance of good requirements skills. Dr. Barry Boehm’s COCOMO II
data published in his book Software Engineering Economics concludes that requirements skills are more important than development skills to the overall success of a software project. In my travels,
this is not a common observation. Most companies hire excellent
programmers and invest in tools and training for their development
teams, and the requirement people are left to figure it out as they
go along. Companies that invest in the best requirement people,
and in training their requirement analysts, enjoy higher software
success rates then their competition.
ment
will consume a significant amount of development resources should
have a business case presented along with the proposal explaining
why the concept would benefit the eventual software end-users, and
how those benefits would translate into benefits to the organization.
When multiple ideas are being considered, the company is in a better
position to choose the most pertinent selection between multiple
competing project proposals. Many companies have an internal
IT Governance committee that meets together regularly to filter
competing proposals and prioritize the presented proposals against
available and upcoming resources. Typically, estimated Return on
Investment (ROI) is a leading prioritization factor.
Few companies take this process one step further, and conduct
post-release ROI validations. At some established future date, for
example, 90 or 180 days after release, an ROI evaluation should
be done to assess the actual ROI and compare it to the original
estimated ROI in the concept proposal. If wide variations exist,
the organization can assess the root causes of the variance and
learn more about their market trends, data sources, and estimation
practices. They may even discover that if they tweak their software
product slightly, they would enhance their ROI considerably for
that same product. This extra step can be a helpful competitive
To improve quality in the requirements process, an organization
should create a lessons-learned checklist. Based on past requirement errors, a company should list problems encountered in the
past and brainstorm ways to protect the process from making those
same mistakes in the future. The results of these brainstorming
sessions should be added to a requirements review checklist, and
every project should be assessed against that checklist at the final
stage of the requirements process, or during each iteration planning
session if the team is developing software using an agile approach.
Design
The software design phase comprises three parts—user interface
(UI) design, architectural design, and database design.
Be sure an end-user representative formally approves the UI design
before the programmers build any significant amount of code for
the UI. This is a common area of rework and waste, so a user acceptance approval before serious coding begins is an important
risk-mitigation step during design.
Architectural quality control should be conducted similarly to the
requirements review. Ideally, some architectural standards should
exist in a development environment. Common architectural standards are based on security, scalability, performance, reusability,
and maintainability. For example, an organization building internal enterprise software may have a design standard for a Service
Oriented Architecture (SOA). In a SOA environment, every public
component must have an interface, a process, a location, and a
description of what it does and how it should be accessed.
A design checklist should be created and evaluated for each component and for the overall design. For example, one checklist item
could be that at all non-database files are stored in XML format.
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A database design checklist might contain items such as all table
names must be singular, and all Boolean fields will be 1 position
CHAR datatypes of either “T” and “F” values.
subroutine in the code. The TDD pattern is called “Red, Green,
Clean,” and represents the following practice:
1)Creating a subroutine shell
2)Creating a test case that calls the subroutine
Coding
One trick if you have a strained quality assurance testing staff, is
to have a construction review. This is not a code review, this is a
review of a programmer’s work by another programmer. When
a programmer completes some code and is ready to send it to
testing, the programmer first asks another programmer to try to
break it. The second programmer does this right at the first programmer's workstation, where it is very easy to immediately fix any
found problems. Once the built code is stable, it can then be sent
to the testing group.
In some cases, coding standards are important. Instead of doing
a code review at the end of a developer’s efforts, a good idea is to
perform a code review about 20% into a developer’s efforts, and
then a follow-up review after corrections are about 80% complete.
This practice finds bad habits early, and provides enough time for
a coder to refactor any needed code and still meet a deadline.
An extreme, but effective practice found in agile development
communities, is the practice of Test Driven Development (TDD).
TDD is the practice of creating test cases at the code level for every
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3)Running the test case which returns a failure (“Red”) because
there is no code inside it
4)Completing the subroutines code and calling the test case
again, hopefully returning a success (“Green”)
5)Refactoring the code to optimize it for speed and readability
All of these test cases are connected by one backbone test harness. Although this practice requires a little more overhead for
the developers, it ensures 100% code test coverage, and makes
maintaining an existing product extremely low-risk. As changes
are made later to a product, all of the test cases can be run again
and if any changes have broken other parts of the software the test
harness will find the error before the customers will.
Testing
Testing should be conducted from different perspectives. Initially,
a smoke test should be performed, where the tester verifies all
of the components are in place and have access to whatever
data-store exists supplying their data. A
simple exploration of every screen and
triggering one function per screen to see
if data access is present is a good idea.
Without first performing a smoke test,
testers may spend hours testing working
components to find additional needed
components were not included in their
version, and they will have to start their
testing process all over again.
Next should be unit testing, where each
screen is tested thoroughly for desired
functionality. Integration testing, or
scenario testing, ensures the software is
adequate for real-world situations. Good
integration tests track the consistency
of data input in one screen to the same
data output in other screens or reports.
UI (user input) tests are always good to
ensure the screens paint and react properly to user input. Make a list of common
UI problems, and have your testers check each screen for each
problem. A traceability matrix will help with this.
User Acceptance
Once your software has progressed this far, have end users confirm
that the working screens and reports are ready and useful to their
needs. Be sure to confirm which users performed the test, and
what their role was. Be sure to include every major role in the user
acceptance testing process.
Sponsor Acceptance
As a final step, confirm with your project sponsor all of the deliverables are accounted for and have met all of the required quality
checks along the way from concept to delivery. Be sure your sponsor
has established success criteria and objectives for the project up
front. Review these objectives, deliverables, and success criteria,
and confirm with the sponsor everything is ready for launch.
A traceability matrix is useful for this final sponsor acceptance
process. The traceability matrix should show project deliverables
or requirements cross references with upstream project objectives
and downstream quality review and successful testing results.
Release
Create a list of lessons learned during the development process.
Hold a project retrospective after roll-out and record any additional
lessons learned. Be sure to save all project quality documentation
and lessons learned in a release repository, where it can be accessed
easily by future software teams.
In conclusion, putting a quality management system in place for
your software environment requires a mild investment in quality
practices. Don’t be surprised to find some pushback from some
team members. The key is to compare the cost of quality measures
to the cost of penalties, fire-fighting, rework, and lost time due
to quality related efforts, and then you can almost always make a
case for adopting advanced quality practices as described here. 
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Saving Water to Save Energy, and
Saving Energy to Save Water
A Quantitative Analysis
By Adel M. Abdallah (AWWA)
w
ater and energy are linked
at our households more than
we think. When we shower, turn on the sink, or wash
clothes, both water and energy flow
because the energy heats up the water.
This linkage between water and energy
has inspired researchers and utility managers to closely look at collaborative
efforts to conserve the two resources in
one action. More importantly, managers
want to know which water conservation
action can save the most energy.
Although the linkage sounds easy to
understand for an individual household,
it gets more complicated when we look
at multiple households across a city and
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household water-use behaviors, appliances, demographic, and other factors
vary significantly among households. In
addition, households have different water
heaters, which are set at different temperatures. Further, households also receive
cold water from their municipal provider at
various temperatures and they have different preferences for the temperature they
wash their clothes with or take showers at.
So how can we represent household water
and energy linkages with all these varia-
tions? And how can we determine which
water conservation actions will save the
most water and energy? To answer these
questions, we drew on large water and
energy datasets to statistically represent
the range and likelihood of behavioral and
technical variations among U.S. households in toilet, shower, faucet, dishwasher,
and clothes-washer uses. These datasets
comprised 1.4 million separate water-use
events in 400 households across 11 U.S.
cities. The energy dataset contained 709
different water heater models, cold water
intake temperature from 74 U.S. cities,
and heater thermostat temperature data
from 343 plumbing/heating firms in the
U.S. We then sampled from the statistical
distributions and combined the sampled
values to estimate water and energy uses
for each appliance in 50,000 hypothetical
U.S. households. Our results show that,
on average, households use 86 KWh of
energy for every 1,000 gallons of water
used indoors. Dishwashers use the most
energy per gallon of water while showers
and faucets follow. The toilet uses the least
amount of energy per gallon of water as it
only uses cold water.
thermostat temperature and installing
high-efficient faucets are the most effective
actions to reduce household energy use.
These findings can help water and energy
utilities identify collaborative efforts to
effectively save both water and energy. 
For further details, you can download a copy of Abdallah’s
thesis at http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1313/, or e-mail
him at amabdallah@aggiemail.usu.edu.
Adel M. Abdallah came to Utah to attend
Utah State University and work at the
Utah Water Research Laboratory with Dr.
David Rosenberg. He earned his Master’s
degree and is now pursuing his Ph.D. in
water management hydroinformatics.
His research is part of a multistate
and multi-institution research project
to enhance regional capacity for water
resource planning and management. As a
follow-up to his Master’s thesis research,
he is now developing a city-wide model that will include
the energy required to extract, treat, and distribute water
to households. The city model will identify a cost-effective
collection of water and energy conservation actions a city
can implement to meet its water and energy conservation
targets.
We also found that the results were heavily
skewed: 15% of households use about one
third of the total water and energy.
In examining the results, we also found that
water heater thermostat temperature and
sink flowrate are the most important factors that influence household energy use.
Therefore, turning down the water heater
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North South Corridor Study
Purpose of the Study
Submitted by ITE
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) originated the North South
Corridor Study to identify north-south regional transportation
needs in Salt Lake County.
B
ecause of the valley’s narrow
geography, north-south movements
are vital to the community and the
economy. The study was conducted
from September 2011 through June 2012
by Horrocks Engineers, URS Corporation,
and CDM Smith, with participation from
UDOT, UTA, Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC), and local governments.
model. The team collected and
analyzed data, which included existing and forecasted traffic volumes,
future land use densities, socioeconomic data, and proposed roadway
improvements within Salt Lake County.
From this baseline model, the team
determined which corridors face the
most congestion, at present and in the
Although all north-south corridors were
considered, emphasis was placed on
several major arterials, including:
•
I-15 between 600 North and Bangerter Highway
•
Redwood Road
•
State Street
•
700 East /Van Winkle/900 East
•
Highland Drive/2000 East
•
1300 West
•
1300 East
•
2700 West
•
I-215 Interchanges Innovation
Team Workshop
ELIMINATE
MO
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TH
AN
$10
M
FINAL 8 PROJECTS
LOW $ SPOT
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
PROJECT CONCEPT REPORTS
PROJECTS
FINAL DOCUMENT
Process of the Study
In order to determine the most beneficial eight projects for the region, the
Study Team first established a baseline
traffic model by updating and using
the WFRC’s existing regional traffic
ENGINEERING (FEASIBILITY)
LESS THAN $10M
ELIMINATE
STAKEHOLDER TEAM INPUT
Potential
solutions
may be
eliminated
during evaluation
ENGINEERING
MODELING (EFFECTIVENESS)
The study team’s objective was to
recommend eight priority improvements that could be constructed within
five years with costs of approximately
$10 million or less that would provide
regional mobility improvements for the
present and the future. The team has
also provided UDOT with additional
lists of easy-to-implement, long-range,
and spot-improvement projects that
would have corridor and regional
benefits.
PROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA SCREEN
Spot location and
high cost solutions
are identified in final
document
future, and focused attention on these
corridors as the team carried out the
innovation workshops.
This innovation workshop consisted of
individuals with varying backgrounds
in the transportation industry who
brainstormed solutions for each corridor. At the end of the workshops,
the team generated 260 concepts that
may benefit regional transportation.
These concepts were then screened
and scored based on their feasibility,
timeframe to complete design, cost,
modeling performance, useful life,
economic enhancement, safety, and
bicycle, pedestrian and transit mobility
until the top 21 projects were identified. These finalists were presented
to UDOT for feedback and the final
eight projects were selected. Once the
eight projects were identified, all were
refined by adding additional design effort. Updated cost estimates for each
project were developed, as well as
summaries for each discipline detailing
the major risks and benefits.
Recommendations from the Study
The following projects were selected
for completion of detailed Concept
Reports. The scope of these projects
range from spot widening to interchange modifications.
• Add Second HOV/HOT Lane; I-15 Northbound and South
bound from 400 South to Bangerter – Add a second northbound and southbound HOV/HOT lane using inside shoulders during peak hours on I-15 from 400 South to Bangerter Highway.
• Additional General Purpose Lane; I-15 Southbound from SR-201 to 5300 South – Add a southbound general- purpose lane on I-15 from
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bound/westbound I-215
and join the southbound
collector road. This
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15
Bridge to the I-215
210
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CD/7200 South on-ramp
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gore. The southbound
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I-215 CD road would
be reduced from three
lanes to two lanes after
the 7200 South bridge,
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and the ramp gore
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would be reconfigured
to move further south
on I-15. The 7200 South
STUDY AREA S
southbound on ramp
would be narrowed
SR-201 to 5300 South. An additional
from two lanes to one lane at the ramp
left turn lane (making it a triple left)
meter and merge with the southbound
on the I-15 southbound off ramp to
I-215 CD prior to I-15.
eastbound 3300 South could also be
included.
Improvements to I-15 and I-215 Interchange Southbound Collector-DisPossible interim solutions:
tributor Road – The I-215 CD ramp is
1. New ramp meters on the 1300
South/2100 South southbound CD to reconfigured to move the gore further
south on I-15. The 7200 South southI-15.
bound on-ramp carries two lanes to
2. New ramp meters on the east- the ramp meter then tapers to a single
bound I-80/westbound SR-201 on-ramp lane and merges on to the realigned
to southbound I-15.
I-215 CD ramp prior to I-15.
•Additional Auxiliary Lane; I-15 North bound and Southbound from 12300 • Additional Auxiliary Lane; I-15
South to Bangerter Highway – Add a Northbound from 9000 South to I-215 northbound and southbound
– Add a northbound auxiliary lane on auxiliary lane on I-15 from Bangerter I-15 from the 9000 South Interchange Highway to 12300 South.
to the I-215 Interchange using the outside shoulder. Three lanes (two Possible Interim Solution: Add meters
trap lanes and one optional lane) to the I-15 northbound on ramp at
would exit to I-215.
Bangerter Highway.
•
Widen
Redwood Road from 12600 • I-15 and I-215 Interchange
South
to
Bangerter Highway – Widen Improvements – Ultimate solution Redwood
Road to five lanes between is to combine the 7200 South
12600
South
and Bangerter Highway.
exit with the I-215 off ramp. The •
Widen/Re-stripe
1300 West from 7200 South southbound
6235
South
to
12600
South - Re-stripe
traffic would then fly over east80
215
215
215
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and widen, as necessary, 1300 West from 6235 South to 12600 South to a three-lane section.
• Widen/Re-stripe State Street from 10600 South to 11400 South – Re
stripe and widen as necessary State Street from 10600 South to 11400 South to a seven-lane section.
View the Study Online
The North South Traffic Study team
chose to provide a different type
of final product. All of the projects
developed by the study are shown in
a unique graphic database that is accessible on the internet. The website
includes maps, links to supporting
data, and visual representations of
the study findings and recommendations. This will provide all the in-depth
information expected from a study of
this nature in a more user-friendly and
accessible format. View tstudy website
at:www.udot.utah.gov/go/northsouthsaltlakecountystudy. 
UDOT Project Manager
Peter Tang has been with UDOT for 17
years. Prior to being a project manager, he worked in the UDOT Traffic
& Safety, Environmental and Central
Materials Divisions. He served as the
ITE Utah Chapter president in 2010
and the Utah Engineers Council Chairman in 2011. He has been licensed in
Utah since 1998.
Horrocks Engineers Project
Manager
Tracy Conti has more than 25 years
of experience in transportation
engineering with Horrocks Engineers
and the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), including nearly
ten years on the Senior Leadership
Team at UDOT. Throughout his
career he has demonstrated the
ability to develop and implement innovative solutions
while considering the impact these decisions will have on
future operations, which made him a great fit as Project
Manager for this important study. Tracy’s experience was
essential on the North South Study not only for understanding each corridor and what changes were needed,
but in engaging the various stakeholders.
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mission
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, and by developing future engineers
through outreach and mentoring.
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Bob Elliott
Director
Craig Blackhurst
Publicity
Mark Holt
Vice-President
Roberta Schlicher
Director
Lynn Hill
Education
Jim Lyon
Secretary
2Lt Ricardo Basora
Young Member
Bryan Close
Small Business
David Willis
Treasurer
Jon Oldham
Programs Chair
Everett Reynolds
Membership
David Willis
Asst. Secretary-Treasurer
Darrin Wray
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Daniel Dunning
Awards
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David Friz
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Kalem Sessions
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Director
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Hill Air Force Base — Fire Station No. 4
Submitted by SAME
The newest fire-fighting facility at Hill AFB is strategically located
to reduce response time to the rapidly developing east side of the
air field, while maintaining direct access to the flight line.
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lanning and engineering for the $3.7M facility commenced in
mid-2009, with occupancy granted
in April of 2011. The project was accomplished under a design/build contract
awarded through the Sacramento Corps of
Engineers under the Military Construction
Program. The project was awarded a partnership between CTI and Big D Construction. LEED Gold, while not contemplated in
the original requirements, became the goal
of the entire project team. To undertake
the LEED Gold challenge the Partnership
selected the firm of Architectural Nexus to
be the Design Team Lead.
The Team approached the challenge with
a six-prong approach to maximize the
intrinsic and economic value of available
conservation measures in energy efficiency,
renewable energy, water conservation and
clean energy:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ground Source Heat Pumps
Gray Water Reuse
Solar Hot Water
Natural Lighting
Energy Efficient Appliances
and Fixtures
6. Emission Reductions
The result was the facility receiving LEED
Gold certification and an Air Force Citation
Award for facility design.
Major Design and Conservation Attributes of
the Facility Are:
• The facility was designated to be architecturally significant, with the intent to be in contrast to the super
sized hangars nearby. The Fire
Station is the only building in its
immediate area of a human scale.
The sloped roofs are a distinctive
feature in the flat landscape,
with the Wasatch Mountains to the east a larger scale in some of the nearby hangars.
• The integrally colored and
split-faced concrete masonry, precast concrete trim, and standing seam metal roof matches the colors of
the adjacent hangars, as well as the established Hill AFB Standard.
• Dorm areas are centrally located within the Building’s core mass to mitigate aircraft noise.
• Energy Efficient Appliances and Fixtures: Utilized Energy Star efficient appliances and lighting throughout the facility.
• Clear Story/Natural Lighting:
Maximized natural lighting into expansive areas of the facility, with light sensors to reap the available energy savings.
• Solar Hot Water: Solar panels
satisfy the facility’s hot water
needs and have a natural gas backup system.
• Gray Water System: Recycled water from sinks and showers used for flush
water in the water closets.
• Ground Source Heat Pumps utilized the constant temperatures far below natural grade to reduce heating and cooling energy demand.
• The Apparatus Bay is heated with efficient radiant natural gas.
• Natural Gas Fired Backup
Generator: Increased operating efficiencies and reduced emissions, in comparison to traditional diesel generators.
• Concrete pavement was utilized to reduce the Heat Island effect.
• The color of the sloped,
standing seam roof complies with Heat Island requirements.
• Drought tolerant, non-irrigated, native vegetation planted to filter out
contaminates in the storm runoff.
• An underground storm water system to retain the 100 year
rain event eliminating storm runoff and recharging the ground water.
In summary, this award winning facility
serves its primary mission of protecting lives and property while providing
a hospitable atmosphere for the fire
fighters, preserving the environment
and projecting a professional image to
the public.
Hill Air Force Base Project Management
Team
Harry Briesmaster, Director, 75th Civil Engineer Group
Ronald Stonebreaker, Chief, 75th Engineering Division
David Murray, Chief, Project Management
Branch
Jason Redeen, Resident Engineer, US Army
Corps of Engineers
Robert Anderson, AF Project Manager, 75th
Civil Engineer Group
James Gorman, AF Project Manager, 75th
Civil Engineer Group
Long term support to the continued successful operation of this Facility is provided by:
David Abbott, Base Energy Manager, 75th
Civil Engineer Operations Squadron
Paul Erickson, Fire Chief, 775th Civil
Engineer Squadron
Wayne Silvernagel, Energy Management
Controls System Operations
Shane Preece, Director, 75th Civil Engineer
Operations Squadron 
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mission
Promote high standards of structural
engineering in the best interests of clients,
community, public and the profession.
President
Chris Kimball
Secretary/Historian
Chandra Clyde
Past President
David Pierson
Vice-President
Scott Roche
UEC Delegate
Curtis Earl
UEC Delegate Elect
Dallin Pedersen
Treasurer
Dorian Adams
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www.swe.org
mission
To stimulate women to achieve full potential in careers as engineers and
leaders, expand the image of the engineering profession as a positive force
in improving the quality of life, and demonstrate the value of diversity.
Objectives in support of this mission include the following:
Inform young women, their parents, counselors, and the general public of
the qualifications and achievements of women engineers and the
opportunities open to them.
Assist women in readying themselves for a return to active work after
temporary retirement.
Serve as a center of information on women in engineering.
Encourage women engineers to
attain high levels of education and professional achievement.
Officers
President
Leslie Hugo
Vice President for Outreach and
UEC Representative
Marilyn Marshall
Vice President for Professional
Development
Christine Hirrill
Secretary and Section
Representative
Nadine Whitfield
Treasurer and Scholarship Chair
Chiao-ih Hui
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mission
To protect and promote the Land Surveying Profession by setting high
standards and providing education for the members and general public.
2013 executive board
State Chair
Ernest Rowley
erowley@co.weber.ut.us
State Chair Elect
Ken Hamblin
khamblin@infowest.com
Past State Chair
Brad Mortensen
bmortensen@clcassoc.com
NSPS Representative
Steven Keisel (SL)
skeisel@slco.org
West Fed Representative
Michael W. Nadeau
mnadeau@merid-eng.com
Book Cliffs
President
Jerry Allred
jdallred@ubtanet.com
Chapter Representative
David Kay
dkay@uintahgroup.com
Color Country
President
Scott Woolsey
scottwoolsey@alphaengineering.com
Roger Bundy
rbsurveying@infowest.com
Golden Spike
President
David K. Balling
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Val Schultz
vschultz@co.weber.ut.us
Salt Lake
President
David Mortensen
davidmortensen@clcassoc.com
Dale Robinson
drobinson@sunrise-eng.com
Timpanogos
President
Dennis Carlisle
dpcarlisle1957@gmail.com
Jim Kaiserman
jkaiserman@co.wasatch.ut.us
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mission
To promote a closer relationship and understanding among City
Engineers, promote the professionalism and improvement of the office
of City Engineer, promote development of standard procedures and
specifications, promote improved standards of excellence for City
Engineers through education, training, and exchange of information, and
promote better municipal government and public works engineering.
2013 Association Officers
President
Terry Ekker
tekker@blanding-ut.gov
Secretary
Don Overson
doverson@jub.com
Board Member
Kevin Brown
kbrown@sunrise-eng.com
Vice President
Brad Gilson
brad@gilsonengineering.com
Past-President
Bill Young
bill.young@loganutah.org
Treasurer
James “Woody” Woodruff
wwoodruff@laytoncity.org
Board Member
Tracy Allen
tla@jub.com
Board Member
Brett Jones
brettj@jonescivil.com
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Overview of the Mountview Park’s Splash Pad, Pavilion, Playground, Playfields and Restroom
Engineering: Putting the Science
of Play into Practice
And How Enjoying the New Splash Pad at Mountview Park in Cottonwood Heights,
Utah Will Improve the Great Salt Lake
By Brad Gilson, M.E., P.E., City Engineer for Cottonwood Heights and serves on the board of directors for the Utah City Engineer’s Association (UCEA) and
also served as 2012 chair of the American Water Works Association (AWWA)
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What does a new 11-acre park in Cottonwood
Heights have to do with the Great Salt Lake?
At first thought, it might be the water from
the Splash Pad or something related to water!
C
ompleted in spring 2012, Mountview Park replaces
the former Mountview Elementary School and provides
improved recreational opportunities to nearby residents
who enjoyed the open space the school provided. The
popular new park hosts a number of artistically applied scientific
concepts that put the science of play into practice. From lightcolored concrete parking surfaces which reduce heat gain during
hot summer days to low-maintenance core-ten weathering steel on
the pavilion, Cottonwood Heights’ first large-scale regional park
shows much attention to engineering details, and has resulted in
a recreation facility that is so popular that most of the 130 parking
stalls were continuously occupied throughout the summer of 2012.
Since the advent of the amusement park, it has become common
knowledge that the art of engineering enables us to work toward
perfecting the science of enjoyment. From carefully choreographed
splash pad timing sequencing through a high tech program logic
controller to artfully designed open spaces with active and passive
recreation modes, the engineering design creates a venue that attracts a wide cross section of park patrons with one general goal in
mind, to have fun. In fact, the new splash pad was so popular with
kids that the concrete started growing moss, in spite of the direct
sun all summer long. We knew it would be popular, but the actual
usage was beyond our wildest expectations.
So how does the Great Salt Lake benefit from this park? Few park
patrons realize that Mountview hosts one of Utah’s first state-of-the
art storm water bio-retention systems, designed to reduce pollution loading through the use of natural vegetation and in-situ soil
properties for nutrient removal and adsorption, respectively.
The park is topographically located at the bottom of a large hydrologic sub-basin that collects stormwater runoff from the busy
Fort Union Boulevard arterial, neighborhood streets, Mountview’s
parking lot, residential yards and rooftops, and even Mountview’s
Science of Play | continued on page 74
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Science of Play | continued from page 73
Figure 1. Plant and Well Layout
ants before the water naturally filters into
the ground.
Bioretention systems are very common in
areas of the country that receive between
30 to 80 inches of rain per year. These areas
also have a number of design guidelines
to put the science into practice. On the
contrary, Utah’s arid climate with an annual rainfall of approximately 16 inches per
year creates unique conditions that have
not been studied. Quantifying the hydrologic impacts of bioretention facilities on
urban environments in semiarid climates,
such as in Utah, is a field of study in which
little progress has been made (NRC, 2008;
Houdeshel et al., 2011).
popular new splash pad. As such, the water
collects hydrocarbons from motor vehicles
as well as fertilizers, pesticides, garbage
and debris. These pollutants can have a
detrimental impact on the ecosystem of
our downstream waterways, as indicated
by the negative impact to many sensitive
indicator macroinvertebrate organisms
within the Little Cottonwood Creek and
Jordan River ecosystems.
can be released at a controlled rate to
natural drainage channels. However, capturing stormwater upstream and applying
low impact development (LID) practices
to allow it to recharge the groundwater
is more closely aligned with the historic
hydrologic cycle. One such LID method is
bioremediation with a bioretention basin.
Bioretention facilities collect stormwater
and store it in a vegetated area with the
intent of removing nutrients and pollut-
So, in lieu of a traditional stormwater
detention system, Mountview Park has
been constructed with a sophisticated
bioretention facility hosting a number
of native Utah plant species. A series of
probes have been installed to monitor the
infiltration and water quality impact so that
the amount of phosphorous and nitrogen
removal can be quantified. This research
is being performed by the Urban Water
Research Group at the University of Utah,
led by John Heiberger with assistance from
Dasch Houdeshel, Dr. Christine Pomeroy
and Dr. Steve Burian. Their research hopes
to address the following questions:
The health and safety of Utah’s waterways
and the Great Salt Lake depend upon our
ability to manage the quality of our stormwater runoff. Historically, public stormwater standards have been concerned
primarily with limiting the quantity of
stormwater discharge for the purpose of
reducing downstream flooding potential.
Our country has done a great job of installing infrastructure to collect, control and
release stormwater to receiving waters,
but often with less consideration towards
water quality impacts.
In recent years, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has
enacted regulations that address both
the quantity and quality of stormwater discharges from new building development
and redevelopment (USEPA, 2010). Traditional design has focused on collecting
stormwater and piping it underground to
a local detention facility where the water
Figure 2. Cross-Section View of Bioretention Cell
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Tile Art Depicting a Water Theme by 4th Grade Students in Cottonwood Heights
• Are bioretention cells able to reduce nutrient transport and
stormwater runoff to traditional infrastructure in semiarid
climates?
• What are the infiltration rates through the bioretention cell and
into the natural subsoils?
• What is the impact of the infiltration on potential groundwater
recharge?
• What is the impact of vegetation configuration on biodiversity,
or the richness of the macro invertebrate environment?
Two retention facilities at the low side of the park have been
constructed with two feet of permeable material overlain by top
soil and plants that are native to the Wasatch Front (Figure 2). The
material shown in this diagram is Utelite, but the actual application used regular angular gravel as commonly found at a gravel
pit along the Wasatch Front. It was important to test conditions
that are easy and economical to replicate on other projects so that
the methods and practices are sustainable. The retention facilities
are shown as Cell #1 and Cell #2 in Figure 1. An array of shallow
monitoring wells is equipped with soil moisture sensors to measure
the infiltration rates and perform water quality testing.
Bioretention facilities provide the benefit of decentralizing the
management of stormwater but have the added risk of variable
infiltration rates. How sustainable are infiltration rates over time,
especially as oils, grease and sediment build up? Can the plants
absorb and treat these pollutants? It is anticipated that we might
know the answer to some of these questions sometime in 2013.
The results of the study will be released to Cottonwood Heights
and will also be featured in a series of courses at the University of
Utah. The project will be presented as an example in the State of
Utah Nonpoint Source Stormwater Management Plan, and courses
in conjunction with the American Water Resources Association
(AWRA) and the Utah Rivers Council will address design, plant
selection and the environmental benefits of bioretention in Utah.
It’s ironic that as park patrons enjoy Cottonwood Heights’ first
large park since the city incorporated seven years ago, few
people stop and consider the fact that the macro invertebrate
ecology of the Jordan River may be benefiting from all the excitement. The results of this study by the Urban Water Research
Group may pave the way to widespread implementation of
bioretention facilities throughout the state. As a city engineer,
the greatest concern is impact to the groundwater. If the native
plants and shallow soils can treat the pollutants before the water
has a chance to percolate, we will have a very effective tool to
manage stormwater and reduce downstream impact, both quantitatively and qualitatively. It carries the potential to change the
approach and look of landuse planning by departing from the
traditional project-based approach to an on-site, program-based
approach, where maintenance of the retention areas is key to the
long-term benefit of our water quality. We have come a long way
with pollution prevention in our Country. In time, it is likely that
bioretention will just become part of what we do, the same way
methods for litter control have changed since the beginning of
the last half-century.
So the next time you enjoy a sunny day observing the children’s art
at Mountview Park or take shade under a well-engineered pavilion
as children run through the splash pad, remember that the water
quality of the Great Salt Lake may benefit from the retention facility
at this park every time it rains. It is our hope that through this park
project we can better understand how to engineer economical
ways to reduce pollution so that someday we can recreate freely
in the pristine waters of the Jordan River! 
References
1. Houdeshel, C.D., Pomeroy, C.A., Hair, L., Moeller, J. (2011). Cost Estimating Tools for
Low-Impact Development Best Management Practices: Challenges, Limitations and
Implications. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage.
2. Low Impact Development Center (2009). Rain Garden Design Templates. Retrieved October, 2011 from: http://www.lowimpactdevelopment.org/raingarden_design/index.htm.
3. National Research Council (NRC) Committee on Reducing Stormwater Discharge Contributions to Water Pollution. (2008). Reducing Urban Stormwater Management in the
United States. The National Academies Press. Washington, DC.
4. Prince George’s County, Maryland PGCo. 2001. The Bioretention Manual, Dept. of
Environmental Resources, Prince George’s County, Md.
5. U.S. EPA (2006). Bioretention (Rain Gardens) Information Sheet. Accessed October 2011
from: http://www.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/gi_action_strategy.pdf
6. U.S. EPA (2009). Federal Stormwater Management Requirements. Accessed June 2011
from: http://www.epa.gov/greeningepa/stormwater/requirements.htm
7. U.S. EPA (2010). Green Infrastructure in Arid and Semiarid Climates. Accessed September,
2011 from: http://www.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/arid_climates_casestudy.pdf.
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mission
Advocate for Utah Engineers and their Professional Licensing through
education, experience and continued development to promote the
ethical practice of Engineering for the public health, safety and welfare.
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President
James Belshe
Kirton & McConkie
(801) 323-5997
Past President
Bryan Crist , PE
Eldorado Engineering
(801) 966-8288
Vice President
Eric Anderson , PE
Parker Hannifin Corp.
(801) 977-5376
Secretary
Kesia Guimaraes
University of Utah
(801) 585-5594
Treasurer
Vacant
Member-at-Large
Dan Church , PE
Parsons-Brinckerhoff
(801) 288-3224
www.wtsinternational.org
mission
Transforming the transportation industry through
the advancement of women.
President
Tracey Harty
tracey_harty@me.com
Treasurer
Camille Anderson, InterPlan
camille@interplanco.com
Director, Membership
Julie Bjornstad, Fehr & Peers
j.bjornstad@fehr&pehrs.com
Vice President
Laynee Jones, PE, HW Lochner
ljones@hwlochner.com
Past President
Helen Peters, AICP, J-U-B Engineers
hpeters@jub.com
Director, Communications
Lisa Tuck, HDR Engineering
lisa.tuck@hdrinc.com
Secretary
Janelle Ericson, Utah Transit Authority
JEricson@rideuta.com
Director, Programs
Jodi Pearson, PE, Michael Baker
jpearson@mbakercorp.com
Director, Sponsorship
Karen Nichols, PE, HDR Engineering
karen.nichols@hdrinc.com
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Breaking into the Men’s Room
Five traits of women engineers with a Board Room seat
By Jeannine Wirth, P.E. (WTS)
T
he board room of almost every engineering company remains
a testosterone filled room. The
engineering industry is welcoming
more women into the ranks but few have
made it through the board room door.
As an example, the 2010 Environmental
Financial Consulting Group, Inc’s CEO
conference boasted 251 attendees of
whom only 11 were women (4%) and
only two of these women were owners.
Sadly, these numbers are reflective of
companies across the country. The 2009
Catalyst Census shows that women’s
share of board chair positions remained
flat at 2.0 percent and that women hold
only 15.2% of all board seats, a number
that reflects little growth over the past
five years (Catalyst, 2009).
It is imperative that companies incorporate more women into all
levels of employment, but especially upper leadership positions,
for three reasons.
1. Shrinking Labor Pool
Women make up approximately 50% of the labor pool and influence 70% of household spending in the United States (Catalyst,
2009). Therefore, it makes business sense to include women in the
decision-making process and to capitalize on this huge source
of talent. To not do so allows a significant drain on the efficiency
and effectiveness of companies. Employers must change not only
policies but the very atmosphere of the workplace to welcome and
motivate women to ensure that they maximize the pool of talent
available for leadership.
2. Productivity
By not accepting women into the leadership ranks of a company
their contribution and motivation is limited and dampened. This
limiting condition has a very real cost to every company. Unmotivated employees do not contribute their maximum capacity and
negatively affect the productivity of not only themselves but those
they work with. If they choose to leave, as many do, the company
loses its ability to amortize the training money and time invested
in them. Finally, by expanding the pool a company draws from
for leadership, all levels of the company will benefit. Benefits will
result from the different ways of thinking and acting that the top
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candidates will bring to the company. This inclusivity and diversity
will motivate and challenge all employees and ensure that the best
decisions possible are made through the increased pool of talent
and the expanded set of role models.
3. Bottom Line Results
A Catalyst study of 520 companies found improved financial
measures when women serve on the Board of Directors. Return
on Equity, Return on Sales and Return on Invested Capital were
stronger across all industries for companies with three or more
women Board of Directors (Catalyst, 2007). The study did not offer reasons for the stronger returns, only the result of comparing
returns and board makeup.
I interviewed women leaders across the spectrum of engineering
organizations, including privately held niche firms, publicly traded
international companies and governmental agencies. Following
are five traits I found that are shared by these women who have
made it through the board-room door of engineering companies.
Trait 1: Persuasively Communicate
“Communicate to add to ideas rather than stop others’ ideas.” The
women leaders I interviewed were unanimous in their view that the
ability to communicate in order to align and persuade is critical to
their success. The era of command-and-direct leadership has passed.
Leaders must now be comfortable with different thought processes
and different ways of expressing thoughts. The world is indeed flat
as Thomas Friedman asserts in The World
Is Flat (2007), and to thrive, organizations
must align people of different nationalities,
cultures, generations, and perspectives as
the world continues to flatten. Many of the
women I interviewed stated that they initially
underestimated the importance of communication but have come to realize it is the
most important skill to cultivate.
… will largely disappear from countries like
the United States, Canada, and the United
Kingdom. But the work that remains will
demand a much deeper understanding of
the subtleties of human interaction than
ever before” (Pink, 2005, p.164). Leading
with your heart as well as your head is not
only an ethical imperative, it is critical to the
work of the Conceptual Age.
Trait 2: Lead with Heart
Engineers are trained in logic and have the
Trait 3: Take Care of Yourself
In addition to handling full time jobs outside
natural ability to analyze logical data. Most
of us are drawn to the profession because it
requires linear thinking and logical decision
matrices. As we move beyond the design
cubicle and become managers and leaders, we find that we must also express and
understand our own emotions and those
of others that are often not expressed in
words, much less numbers. Women are
often viewed as weak for letting emotions
come into decisions and actions. But as
Oprah Winfrey is purported as having said,
“Leadership is about empathy. It is about
having the ability to relate and to connect
with people for the purpose of inspiring and
empowering their lives.” And according to
Daniel Pink, as we move into the Conceptual Age, “work that can be reduced to rules
the home, most women still manage the
majority of household tasks, such as meal
preparation and child care or elder care.
Time to commit to these work and home
responsibilities is a finite commodity. The
energy needed to accomplish everything,
however, is another story. Energy can be
replenished and expanded by rituals of
self care. Taking care of yourself is just as
important for men as for women who find
themselves stretched beyond their limits by
competing demands. Maximizing the time
you spend doing activities that energize
you and minimizing activities that drain
your energy is an important self-care ritual.
One way to minimize energy drains is to
delegate or hire out these activities whenever possible. These very activities can be
a stretch assignment or growth opportunity
for some one else. Every person has different strengths and gifts. The very activities
that drain your energy will replenish and
energize someone else.
Trait 4: See the Big Picture
Most corporations reward people who excel
in advocating their views and solving urgent
problems. As a result, difficult questions
about the policies and procedures that led
to or allowed the creation of the urgent
problem in the first place are pushed aside
for later discussion and usually ignored as
too complex to tackle. People raising those
difficult questions about the big picture are
often viewed as troublemakers or as not being part of the solution team. Dealing with
only symptoms of problems, but not the
causes, is just one of the ways companies
block their ability to excel and stand out
from their competitors. Looking at the larger
picture and seeing relationships between
seemingly unrelated events will lead an
organization to outstanding performance.
Trait 5: Know Yourself
“Being self-aware is critical to being a good
leader,” commented several of the women
I interviewed. Being in a chair in the board
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room can be a lonely and exhausting position. You need to know why you want to be
in that chair and do it for reasons that are
right for you. To be effective in any position, you must know the unique strengths
you bring to your organization and to the
position you hold. In western society, selfawareness has traditionally not been a focus
of upbringing or leadership training. However, the women I interviewed all agreed it
is critical to find a company that has values
that align with your own personal values.
To find that alignment, you must first have
deep knowledge of your core values and
personal strengths.
Self-awareness and being comfortable
with your opinions and decision making
will translate into confidence when making
difficult decisions. Self-confidence will give
you the ability to ask, “What is it about the
way that I am doing my job that results in
the outcome we are getting” (HBR, 2007)?
Deep self knowledge will allow you to find
your best application in your company and
will also help you surround yourself with
a team that complements each other’s
strengths. When the quest for self knowledge is part of your daily routine, you will
continually learn how to see the current
reality more clearly.
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Conclusion
It is imperative to include and embrace
women in the workplace at all levels of
leadership. This practice will help an organization capitalize fully on the shrinking talent
pool. Incorporating women into the upper
leadership roles, and especially the board
room, will challenge the thinking of all and
ensure that the best possible decisions are
made. Diversity of thought and perspective
are critical to maximizing productivity and
efficiency in these times of rapid changes.
Including women in the board room has
been shown to have dramatic, positive
impact on the financial measures of companies.
Women who have made it into the board
room of engineering organizations have
five traits in common that they attribute to
contributing to their success. These qualities are also included in the traits imperative
to successfully adapt to the seismic shift underway in the advanced world as described
by Daniel Pink in “A Whole New Mind.” He
believes the advanced world is “moving
from an economy and a society built on the
logical, linear, computerlike capabilities of
the Information Age to an economy and
a society built on the inventive, empathic,
big-picture capabilities of what’s rising in its
place, the Conceptual Age” (Pink, 2005). It
follows that anyone with strong abilities in
the identified traits will be a major asset to
any company, especially in the board room.
The five traits identified can be learned and
enhanced by anyone willing to incorporate
new tools and exercises to broaden and
shift their ways of thinking. As the Conceptual Age dawns it is imperative that those
who have mastered these traits and abilities be found in board rooms as well as all
levels of organizations. Companies should
not let the opportunities that abound in
this new age pass them by because they
have chosen to allow proliferation of the
restraints and atmosphere that discourage
and block 50% of the talent pool from rising
to top leadership positions. 
Jeannine Wirth, P.E., is a civil engineer and certified
career management coach with almost 30 years of
experience working for private engineering companies.
She is a communication strategist who eliminates
communication silos and squirming when emotions
surface in engineering organizations by creating tools
and programs to overcome specific blocks to success.
She works with civil engineering organizations to
identif y their biggest blocks and incorporates new
actions into their daily activities that help them become
an organization of efficient, effective and transparent
teams. Contact her for information about material
sources at jwirth@riversquest.com and see her website
for more information at www.riversquest.com.
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Changes in Patent Law Engineers
Must Know
Engineers are habitual inventors through their development
of new and useful technologies and the goods and services
that evolve from these technologies. Therefore, it goes
without saying that any changes in United States patent law
directly affect an engineer’s ability to succeed in their various
engineering disciplines.
T
he America Invents Act (AIA)
is a new piece of U.S. patent legislation enacted on September 16,
2011. Some provisions within the
AIA have already been implemented,
and more provisions will come into play
on March 16, 2013. This article is written to assist in understanding the AIA,
and how its provisions will affect your
view of how you protect your intellectual property, and the technologies that
come out of your various companies,
organizations, and universities to which
you are affiliate.
One of the most significant changes in U.S.
patent law deals with a change from a “firstto-invent” to a “first-to-file” patent system.
The U.S. has, since the ratification of the
U.S. Constitution, been a first-to-invent
patent regime in which the first individual
to conceive and reduce to practice a new
and useful process, machine, manufacture,
and compositions of matter, or any new or
useful improvement thereof an exclusive
right therein. Upon implementation of
new provisions within the AIA on March
16, 2013, the U.S. moved to a first-to-file
system wherein the first inventor to file a
patent application for a particular invention with the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO) will be deemed to be the
inventor in situations where a subsequent
and competing party
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seeks patent rights in the same invention.
Therefore, it becomes even more important
to file patent applications as quickly and
as often as possible to ensure prior rights
over other competing parties or individuals. The change to U.S. patent law through
the AIA will also somewhat increase the
pool of prior art that can be used against
a patent application. Prior art is any information available to the world prior to
the filing of a patent application, and, as
can be appreciated, may be used to reject
the subject matter claimed in the patent
application as being either anticipated by
and/or obvious in light of this prior art. For
example, previous patent applications from
outside the U.S. will be effective prior art
against your patent application as of the
date those prior applications were filed in
the home country. Before March 16, 2013,
only U.S. patent applications were applied
as prior art as of their filing date. A USPTO
patent examiner adverse to an applicant’s
interests in obtaining a patent can now
cite to foreign patents, in English or not,
to reject your patent application.
With this change in patent law, absolute
novelty is also an important issue to address. Most other countries in the world
utilize a first-to-file patent regime, and, for
this reason, require absolute novelty. Under
absolute novelty requirements, any act that
makes an invention available to the public
anywhere in the world before the filing
date or priority date of the patent application has the effect of barring the invention
from being patented. Therefore, as before,
the very best practice will continue to be
always filing a patent application, utility
or provisional, before there is any public
disclosure of the invention.
Often, engineers’ work is peer reviewed
and interest in publishing as soon as
possible adds to the marketability of the
engineers’ intellectual property and/or his
company’s economic growth. However,
despite this temptation to disclose your
invention, patent rights may be irrevocably lost if there is a public or unprotected
disclosure of the invention prior to the
filing of a patent application. It will also
remain important to keep detailed records
on the development of an invention and
the circumstances of any disclosure of that
invention outside your organization.
Other provisions of the AIA that have already been implemented and provisions
that were implemented on March 16, 2013
deal with the prosecution of patent applications within the USPTO. Specifically,
these additional provisions deal with third
party prior art submissions, and changes
in ex parte and inter parte re-examination
procedures. We would happy to discuss
these additional provisions with you should
have any questions. However, we have
described those provisions that you may
find most helpful in understanding before
you seek patent rights. As always, should
you have any questions regarding these
changes in U.S. patent law, please do not
hesitate to contact one of our intellectual
property attorneys here at Van Cott. 
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Sperry Corp.
Chairman
Arnold, Barry K.ARW Engineers
Bachmeier, Linda
Chevron Texaco Company
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Baker, Kay D.Utah State University
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Hercules
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Valtek, Inc.
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Benchmark Engineering & Land Surveying
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Boisjoly, Roger
Boisjoly Engineering. Ltd.
Bolin, Linda
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ESI Engineering
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Borg, Grant K.University of Utah
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Bradford, Blaine
Kennecott Corporation
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Brimhall, Jeff
Scholarship Award
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Burnham, Heather
Scholarship Award
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Ground Water Consultant
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Naval Plant Branch-Hercules
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Hill Air Force Base
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Valley Junior High SchoolMESA Teacher
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Northridge High SchoolMESA Teacher
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CH2M Hill
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Bowen, Collins & Associates
Conover, George H.
Ford, Bacon, & Davis
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Cook, CarlRB&G Engineering, Inc.
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Crawley, Stanley W.University of Utah
Cropper, Shauna
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Curtis, David
Consulting Engineer
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Dadson, Andrew Ebo
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Scholarship Award
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Hercules
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Van Boerum & Frank Associates
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Dorsey, Edward G.
Thiokol Corp.
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Eckhoff, Watson, & Preator Engineering
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Evans & Sutherland
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Scholarship Award
Green, Sidney J.
Terra Tek, Inc.
Griffith, RyanUniversity of Utah
Scholarship Award
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Harpst, Timothy P.
SLC Corp Div. of Transportation
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Sperry Corp
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Hill, Sr., J. Dean
Terra Engineering, Terracor, Inc
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Scholarship Award
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Scholarship Award
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South Jordan Middle SchoolMESA Teacher
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Trane
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Sarcos, Inc.
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Colvin Engineering Associates
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Terracon Consultants, Western Inc.
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Calder-Kankainen Engineers
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Kennecott Corp.
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State of Utah
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Strata Consultants
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Kearns Junior High SchoolMESA Teacher
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Love Engineering
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Gerald H. Piele Scholarship
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Kennecott Corp.
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Hill Air Force Base
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Hill Air Force Base
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FMC Technologies
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LDS Church
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Thiokol Corp.
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Department of The U,S. Navy
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LDS Church, A & E Services
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Merritt, Lavere
Miller, A. Woodruff
Monson, EricUtah State University
Scholarship Award
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Thiokol Corp.
Nadauld, JustinReaveley Engineers And Associates
Fresh Face
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Chairman
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Geneva Steel
Paulson, Ken
Consulting Engineer
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BHB Consulting Engineers
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Granite Park Junior HighMESA Teacher
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Consulting Engineer
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Sperry Corp.
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CRS Consulting Engineers
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Roth, GeorgeUtah Power & Light
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Hill Air Force Base
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Szatkowski, James L.
J. L. Szatkowski Consulting Engineers
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Tanner, Jordan Dexter
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Tikalsky, PaulUniversity of Utah
Toland, George C.
Dames & Moore
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East High SchoolMESA Teacher
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Van Boerum & Frank Associates, Inc.
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Scholarship Award
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Energy National, Inc.
Warner, JacobUniversity of Utah
Scholarship Award
Watkins, Jeff
Van Boerum & Frank Associates
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Webb, Dean L.
Dean L. Webb & Associates
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Whitmore, Stephen AnthonyUtah State University
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Wieland, Rose
Scholarship Award
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Scholarship Award
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Heath Engineering Company
Winkler, Sarah
Ease, Inc.
Chairperson
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Eisenhower Junior HighMESA Teacher
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Loral Corporation
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