JC Chapter Newsletter - Missouri Society of Professional Engineers

JEFFERSON CITY CHAPTER
MAY NEWSLETTER
Upcoming Events and Meetings
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 - JC Chapter Meeting
The MSPE Jefferson City Chapter Lunch for May will be held on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 from
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at JC Pizza Co located at 1508 E McCarty St. in Jefferson City. We will
be meeting in the downstairs room which can be accessed directly through the east parking lot
door. There will be a pizza and salad buffet with drink. The cost will be ten dollars ($10.00) per
member or three dollars ($3.00) for PDH only..
The speaker for the meeting will be Dr. Elgawady. The topic will discussed will be “Precast
Hollow Columns for Accelerated Construction”. The presentation is going to focus on Dr
Elgawady’s columns, which have been built and tested, but not been used in the field yet
however the lab tests were impressive. No RSVP required. Hope to see you there.
Other Upcoming Meetings, Events, and Miscellaneous Issues
Thursday, May 7, 2015 - Joint MSPE/ASCE BBQ
Our joint ASCE/MSPE BBQ will be held on Thursday, May 7th at the Riverside Park Pavilion
located at 320 Ellis Porter Drive, here in Jefferson City. The BBQ will kick off with a Happy
Hour starting at 5:00 p.m., with food served sometime between 6:00 to 6:30 pm depending on
when the grilling is finished. Feel free to show up and leave as your schedule allows as we have
the pavilion reserved until 8:00 p.m. Please bring your family, friends, and an appetite.
There will be grilled pork chop sandwiches (mesquite BBQ or marinated garlic herb), cheese
burgers (with plenty of toppings), hot dogs, baked beans, corn salsa with tortilla chips, and
cookies. In addition, there will be frosty beverages, some made with hops, others with grapes,
and some chilled water and soda, since we don't want to discriminate. Any additional sides or
desserts are not necessary, but are always welcomed (especially cheesecake was mentioned).
The cost for the BBQ is $5 for adults and $2 for children 12 and under.
Although an RSVP is not required, Andy Hanks will be using them and past attendance to guess
at the quantities of food and drink that will be necessary. If there is a good likelihood you will
be there, it would be helpful if you could please send an email to jcmspechaper@gmail.com
with your estimated group size and drink preferences.
Hope to see everyone there!
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Hope to see you there.
Opportunities for Chapter Involvement
The Jefferson City Chapter of MSPE is looking for members who would like to assist with
chapter activities. Please contact Jason Sommerer at Jason.Sommerer@bartwest.com or by
phone at 573-659-6745 if you are interested in helping with one or more of the following:
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Help plan social and PDH activities
Anything from helping think of ideas for PDH presentations to ideas for locations to hold
social activities. Help with logistics of those events and benefit from the fun you’ll have
meeting chapter members. Level of involvement to be determined by you.
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Promote Engineering to Junior and High School Students
Give back to the youth of the community! Activities such as tutoring and mentoring in
math and science classes. Assist with contacting teachers to find new locations for
MSPE to promote engineering to students. Promote and assist with MATH Counts.
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Promote Engineering to College Students
Assist with chapter efforts to increase MSPE’s presence at Lincoln University and efforts
to start a Student Chapter with pre-engineering students. Brainstorm ideas for MSPE to
increase involvement at other colleges and universities.
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Enhance our Chapter website
Any ideas to make our website more appealing? Work on enhancing the chapter’s
website design, navigation, content or any other aspect you can engineer up.
Board Meetings
Board meetings are normally held on the first Tuesday of every month from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. at
the MSPE Building on East McCarty.
Past Events and Meetings
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - Adopt-A-Highway Litter Pick Up for MSPE JC Chapter
The spring MSPE JC Chapter Litter Cleanup for our Adopt-A-Highway section was held on
Wednesday, April 29, 2015. The JC Chapter Adopt-A-Highway location is on Christy Drive in
Jefferson City, between Stadium Blvd and Ellis Blvd. A total of 6 volunteers participated in the
litter pick up for a little over an hour. The JC Chapter Adopt-A-Highway location was still
looking fairly good this time, so thanks to all of the volunteers, both past and present that have
helped with the cleanups. Volunteers and pictures of the litter pick up are provided below.
Elizabeth Duvall, P.E.
Bill Fanska, P.E.
Tim Leaf, P.E.
Jason Sommerer, P.E.
Cathy Wylie
Bruce Wylie
Top Left Picture:
The MSPE Adopt a Highway sign located on the south end of Christy Drive.
Top Right Picture:
Adopt a Highway pickup volunteers (left to right): Tim Leaf, Jason Sommerer, Bruce Wylie,
Cathy Wylie, and Elizabeth Duvall are all ready to get started on the clean-up on a .
Bottom Left Picture:
Bruce Wylie, Cathy Wylie, and Elizabeth Duvall get started on the clean-up by head up the hill.
Bottom Middle Picture:
Jason Sommerer heads down the median looking for trash to pick up as he goes.
Bottom Right Picture:
It hard to identify him, but that’s Tim Leaf, Chapter President ducking down to pick trash on the
small shoulder behind the guard rail.
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - JC Chapter Meeting
The MSPE Jefferson City Chapter Lunch for April was held on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at the
JC Pizza Co in Jefferson City. The speaker for the meeting was Mr. Mike Logston, P.E., with
Bartlett & West. He talked about the new water tower on Route C for PWSD #2. Those in
attendance at the meeting are provided below.
Bob Atkinson, P.E.
David Bange, P.E.
Landon Bodenschatz, P.E.
Travis Bruemmer, P.E.
Garry Chegwidden, P.E.
Randy Clarkson, P.E.
Robert Conner
Bruce Dawson, P.E.
Garrett Depue, E.I.
Claire Eubanks, P.E.
Don Fontana, P.E.
Tom Gredell, P.E.
Jennifer Harper, P.E.
Drew Henrickson, P.E.
Don Jenkins, E.I.
Shawn Lange
Tim Leaf, P.E.
Mike Logston, P.E.
Martin, Ryan, P.E.
Oscar Martinez
Derrick Miles, P.E.
Rocky Miller, P.E.
Ed Moody, P.E.
Don Neumann, P.E.
Andy Rackers, P.E.
Ed Rackers, P.E
Ashley Reinkemeyer, P.E.
Art Rice, P.E.
Ericka Ross
Britt Smith, P.E.
Jason Sommerer, P.E.
Ken Stumpf, P.E.
Gary Vandelicht, P.E.
Matt Weber
Bruce Wylie
Thursday, April 23, 2015 – Prison Tour
Approximately 10 to 12 people took advantage of the opportunity to take a tour of the prison on
Thursday, April 23, 2015. Sorry we don’t have a list of names of pictures of the event.
Friday, April 10, 2015 - P.E. Certificate Presentation Ceremony
The PE Ceremony for newly registered engineers was held on Friday, April 10, 2015 beginning
at 2:00 p.m. at the Capitol Rotunda and was followed by a cookie and punch reception. MSPE
honored each of the 19 new P.E.’s attending the ceremony by presenting them with their P.E.
certificate before their family and friends.
Former JC Chapter President Britt Smith, P.E. served as the Master of Ceremonies, while Gary
Strack, P.E. and Kevin Skibiski, P.E., S.E. P.L.S. served as speakers for the event.
Representative Rocky Miller, Missouri House of Representative District 124 served as the
keynote speaker for the event. Each of the speakers provided insights and words of wisdom to
the new registrants to help convey the special responsibilities taken on by being newly licensed
as a professional engineer. Mrs. Judy Kemper, Executive Director for the licensing board,
communicated the annual responsibilities for keeping P.E. licenses current to the new registrants,
while Mr. Gary Strack, P.E. read the Engineer’ Creed to the new P.E.s.
Thanks to those who volunteered their time to support Stacey Meyer, MSPE Membership
Coordinator, in making the event a lasting impression the new PE's will remember their entire
career. Some pictures of the event are provided below.
Top Row Pictures:
Nineteen new P.E.’s get their license in the MSPE ceremony.
Middle Left Picture:
The speakers for the ceremony (listed from left to right): Past JC Chapter , Britt Smith, P.E.
Master of Ceremonies, Mr. Gary Strack, P.E., (speaker), Mrs. Judy Kempker, Executive
Director for the Licensing Board, Representative Rocky Miller, Missouri House of
Representative District 124 (keynote speaker), and Mr. Kevin Skibiski, , P.E., S.E. P.L.S.,
(guest speaker),
Middle Right Picture:
Bottom Row Pictures:
Jason Sommerer, P.E, State Director, Tim Leaf, P.E, JC Chapter President helped MSPE
Membership Coordinator Stacey Meyer register new Professional Engineers for the ceremony at
the Capitol rotunda on Friday, April 10th
The new P.E.s and their family and friends await the beginning of the P.E. ceremony.
Membership Update
Please remember that membership is vital for our society. If you know someone who is not a
member of MSPE, please give them an application and invite them to attend a meeting. The
application is also available online at http://www.mspe.org/membership.html. First time
attendees, member or not, will receive a free lunch. Also be sure to tell them about the
Professional Development Hours (PDH) opportunities and the other benefits of being a part of
MSPE.
Request for Educational Foundation Donations
The MSPE Educational Foundation needs your donations. The MSPE Educational Foundation
provides a tax deductible way for members to benefit the educational outreach activities of our
society. It is important to have the resources to reach out to the younger people. We hear
frequently that there will be a shortage of engineers in the future and many kids never know that
their interest in building, and fixing, and calculating, and discovering can be developed into a
wonderful career in engineering. A tax-deductible donation is also a way to help MSPE when
you do not have the time to be more actively involved. Please send your donations to:
Jefferson City Chapter MSPE
Attn: Education Foundation
P.O. Box 662
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0662