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2012 July • August • September
Engineering Season
by John “Jake” Greear, PE, TSPE President
Well fellow TSPE-ers, it’s that time of the
year again, when we turn the leadership
reigns over to new faces at both the State
and Chapter levels. The goal behind
this annual turnover is to share the
responsibilities of running this great society
and to have an ever-evolving list of ideas as
to how we make it better. As of July 1st,
I am one such “new face.” I will be taking over the State President’s
role from the highly capable John Cole, PE, and am both honored and
flattered to have been nominated for such an important position within
our association. We have much to do and I hope not to disappoint.
Thank you, John Cole, for your service to TSPE as President last year.
With all of that said, let’s get to where I see our focus needing to be.
Our goals are numerous and range from the protection of public
health, safety and welfare, to promoting engineering competence, to
stimulating the growth and respect of our great profession. In order to
help us achieve these goals, TSPE has several committees whose duty
it is to not only keep us from forgetting our priorities but to come
up with new strategies of attack. Serving as President-Elect during the
past year has given me the opportunity to also serve as the Chair for
the Society Development Committee. So for starters, I’d like to focus
on an issue that my eyes have been opened to of late... the importance
of membership.
Membership is “important” for many reasons. It’s who we work for and
answer to, it’s the backing that makes us relevant, its dues make up more
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Reflections and Collaboration
By Candy Toler, Executive Director of TSPE and ACEC of TN
In February 2000, TSPE, ACEC, ASCE,
ASHRAE, IEEE, and SAME had a dream
to stimulate the interest of young people
in math and science and help develop 21st
century engineers. We launched a capital
campaign to raise over $1.8 million to build
the Tennessee Engineering Center (TEC),
which is an addition to Adventure Science
Center. The TEC includes a large meeting space, offices for TSPE
and ACEC of TN, an archive area for the engineering associations, a
conference room, and an engineering exhibit to educate young people
visiting Adventure Science Center.
ACEC and TSPE have joined forces with the American Society of Civil
Engineers to have an annual meeting together.
Ten years ago, in June 2002, the dream became a reality and we moved
our offices into the new space, engineering associations started having
board meetings in the conference room and lunch meetings in what is
now called Jack Wood Hall. Adventure Science Center has become a
favorite place for meetings because of its welcoming environment and
space availability.
Jack Wood’s enthusiasm and tenacity made a dream come true and
inspired new relationships that are paying dividends 10 years later.
Thank you, Jack.
The combined efforts of the six engineering associations also increased
communication and collaboration among them to the point that, today,
Committees of the three groups are planning a fun meeting with an
interesting schedule of education sessions. There will be four different
engineering tracks: civil, environmental and structural; geotechnical;
transportation and engineering management; and electrical, mechanical
and industrial.
We hope you plan to attend the Annual Meeting September 13-14
at the Embassy Suites Murfreesboro. The schedule is included in this
newsletter and posted on the website. Registration is now available at
EventBrite: http://acecascetspe.eventbrite.com/
Inside
• TEF Scholarship Winners
• New PE’s
• 2012 Annual Meeting
• TEF Luncheon
• Special Structural Inspection
Quick Reference
• New TSPE Members
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2012-2013 TSPE
Executive Committee
President
John (Jake) Greear, PE
2012-2013 TSPE
Chapter Presidents
Chattanooga
Nashville
Jake.greear@mcgillengineers.com
Mack McCarley, PE
Kristi Schnell, PE
President Elect
mmccarley@thompsonengineering.com
kristi_schnell@gspnet.com
Knoxville
Tullahoma
Vice President
abyard@wkud.com
harry.clark@arnold.af.mil
rbraker@druc.org
Lakeway
Upper East Tennessee
Les Beaver, PE
jamie@rwud.com
schallon@eastman.com
lbeaver@cannon-cannon.com
Memphis
Patrick Smith, PE
psmith@ssr-inc.com
Randal Braker, PE
Secretary
Treasurer
Paul Kelly, PE
paul.kelly@arnold.af.mil
Past President
John Cole, PE, PhD
Adam Byard, PE
Harry Clark, PE, F.NSPE
Jamie Carden, PE
Scott P. Schallon, PE
Tom Lawrence, PE
tomlawrence@bellsouth.net
*For additional information about chapter meetings and location, go to
www.tnspe.org/About Us/Leadership/ChapterPresidents.
jcole@easternengineering.us
NSPE Delegate
Jim Currey, PE, F.NSPE
jim.currey@tn.gov
Chattanooga
Memphis
Nashville (cont.)
Executive Director
Armand E. Allaire, III
Christopher Michael Berry
Michael Edward Bradley
Oladokun E. Faduyile
Ryan Shaw Ferguson
Milton Lewis Naylor, Jr.
Walter Pierce Wojick
ctoler@tnec.org
Knoxville
Manager of Member Services/Editor
Nathan S. Benditz
Jameson F. Cagle
William Robert Cantrell
Scott E. Castleberry
Leslie B. Colvard
Susan G. L. Deland
Larry Joe Dockery
Laura K. Duncan
James C. Farmer, II
Christopher N. Flexer
Bryan A. Gipson
Justin A. Goss
Jonathon R. Griffin
Brian Haas
Michael D. Hogan
Timothy S. Klingerman
Sara E. Martinez
Biswa Raj Pokharel
Brandin Lee Ruth
John Hong-Jun Shim
Ben Franklin Swanner, IV
Candace D. Vannasdale
Nicholas Adam Vowell
Amanda Spencer Williams
Drew E. Winder
Ting Xu
James M. Yearger
Jason D. Black
Matthew E. Dorsey
Michael J. Feuser
Jeffrey L. Fugate
Mykola Ivanovich Kasich
Mohamed G. Osman
Clifton P. Phillips
Georg Pingen
Daniel Taylor
Bryan L. Thompson
Joseph Karl Unger
David W. Sellers
Shawn M. Sullivan
M. Scott Terry
Travis L. Todd
Andrew H. Tramell
Vijay Kumar Upadhyaya
Jordan C. Wallace
R. Scott Warren
J. Zachary Wilkinson
Julie M. Wilson
Nashville
Joseph B. Hillard
TSPE Headquarters
Tennessee Engineering Center
800 Fort Negley Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37203
615-242-2486
www.tnspe.org
Candy Toler
Judy Logue
jlogue@tnec.org
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New PE’s
Joshua D. Backman
Jacob Trenton Blystone
Nicholas J. Deblasis
Micky L. Dobson
Siphay D. Douangvilay
Michael E. Driver
Jesse K. Easterling
Bethany C. Fritz
Joseph M. Haddix
Jason A. Hale
John D. Harrington, III
Michelle Marie Hatcher
Clinton T. Head
Sara R. Johnson
Michael R. Joyce
John W. Knapek
Patrick Leap
Devon Milligan Moore
Terrance L. Nash
Jason B. Phillips
Kevin M. Ray
Kristen Davis Rice
T. Dewayne Rogers
Lakeway
Tullahoma
Gary D. Melton
Upper East
John B. Brown
Carlos Carvajal
Joshua S. Earley
Roberto Serrano Galvez
Jeremy D. Gibson
Lauren N. Gibson
Adam Gray Harber
Michael R. Hylton
Sandy R. Nave
Corey W. Pitchford
Clive Lee Sorhaindo
Benjamin K. Whitehead
James W. Pittman
APO AP-Kadena AFB
New TSPE Members
Chattanooga Chapter
Memphis Chapter
Student Chapter
James A. Burran, PE
Kenneth Ernest Freer
Brian Jason Huffine
Joshua Q. Perkins, PE
Ryan T. Rodewald, PE
Pov Chin
Jordan Draper
Ian Engstrom, PE
Charles L. Harris MASCE, PE
Shane Lee Hollin
Jonathan E Huospeth, PE
David W Olmstead, PE
Dustin L. Brown
Matthew Ryan Bush
Mallory J. Harvey
Eric Sturart Johnson
James Laney
Jason Terrell Mann
Minh H. Nguyen
Simeon Dea Otieno
Rebecca Brooke Palmer
Jonathan David Thomas
Jordan C Thompson
Knoxville Chapter
David A. Marcum, PE
Jocelyn F. McInturff, PE
Kevin T. Stoltenberg, PE
Clinton Tyler Swires
Engineering season
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than half of our annual operating revenue,
and it’s this group we need to continuously
grow, groom and push to excel. The first step
in this process is to increase membership. In
order to achieve this, it is our responsibility
to get the word out to Tennessee’s engineers
about what we do for them, as well as society
at-large, and encourage them to join us in
action. Show them that we are valuable for
professional networking and continuing
education (I’m sure that, like me, many of
you only saw this side of TSPE at first too) to
get them in the door. However, our work does
not stop there. We are a pretty shallow group
if that’s all we strive to be. Once we get them
in the door, we have to keep new members.
In order to do this, I believe we need to show
them the depth of our value and engage them
in societal processes. It’s being involved at this
level that generates the true interest we need
to sustain a successful leadership pool, allows
us to creatively continue to accomplish our
goals and gives members the desire to “stay on
board” when there are other distractions, time
demands and economic strains.
Please help me and our new Society
Development Committee Chair, PresidentElect Patrick Smith, PE, come up with
innovative ways to reach out to new members,
show them TSPE’s value, and get them
involved in society business. Thank you and
I look forward to a successful coming year!
Humbly yours,
John “Jake” Greear, PE
Nashville Chapter
Jeffrey Robert Cheyne
Jeffrey Jennings Vaughan
Member News
Joe Ledford, PE, has been appointed
chairman of the board of Barge, Waggoner,
Sumner and Cannon, Inc. Ledford is manager
of the firm’s Knoxville office.
Nitaya Chayangkura, PE, has been
named an associate at Gresham, Smith
and Partners. Nitaya is a Civil Engineer in
Transportation.
Richard C. Bursi, PE, president and
CEO of OGCB, Inc., Memphis, has been appointed to the Architects’ and Engineers’ Board
as associate member.
Deron McIntosh, PE, LEED GA, has
been named an associate at Gresham, Smith
and Partners McIntosh, Deron is a manager in
the firm’s Building and Industrial Division.
Steve Lane, PE, Executive Vice President
of Smith Seckman Reid, Inc., was recently
named a Fellow of ACEC.
Support the Tennessee Engineering Foundation
The Tennessee Engineering Foundation (TEF)
was created in 1986 to advance and support
the engineering profession in Tennessee. TEF
raises funds for scholarships and other K-12
STEM education support activities such
as MATHCOUNTS – the primary source
of funding for these initiatives is the TEF
Luncheon, which will be on September 13.
The TEF is a charitable, educational, and
scientific organization (501(c)(3) and
contributions are deductible to the extent
allowed by law.
We hope that you will plan to attend this year’s
luncheon. Information on purchasing tickets
is included on the enclosed brochure.
TEF scholarship winners are:
Eric Collins (Brentwood), a rising senior
in nuclear engineering at the University of
Tennessee-Knoxville, won the $4,000 Dorothy
and Arthur Crouch Memorial Scholarship,
which is funded by the Ladies Auxiliary and
the TSPE Nashville Chapter through the
Tennessee Engineering Foundation.
Emily Epperson (Sequatchie), a rising senior
in civil engineering at Tennessee Technological
University in Cookeville was awarded $3,500.
Jesse West (Chattanooga), a rising senior
in mechanical engineering at the University
of Tennessee-Chattanooga, won a $3,500
scholarship.
In 2011-12, the TEF awarded scholarships
to three engineering students because of a
successful fundraising luncheon in August
2011 at which TDOT Commissioner Schroer
was the keynote speaker.
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There will be four education tracks, with
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Make your room reservations early by calling
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enclosed with this newsletter.
To sponsor or register for the TEF Luncheon,
contact Judy Logue (jlogue@tnec.org).