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March  2010 Newsletter (Vol. 31 No. 7)

 
     

 

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Burns & McDonnell McAninch Corporation Kiewitt Power Engineers

 
 

2009-2010 Officers

PRESIDENT
Joseph W. Marsh, P.E.
Terracon
13910 W 96th Terr
Lenexa, KS 66215
(913) 492-7777
jwmarsh@terracon.com

PRESIDENT-ELECT
Barb Friedman, P.E.

HNTB

1715 Kirk Drive

Kansas City, MO 64105

(816) 527-2635

jwmarsh@terracon.com


TREASURER
Bill Anthony, P.E.

KBS Constructors, Inc.

8162 Monticello Terr

Shawnee, KS 66227

(913) 422-5300

billanthony@kbsci.com


SECRETARY
Mitch Krysa, P.E.

KCPL

1200 Main

Kansas City, MO 64105

(816) 556-2674

mitch.krysa@kcpl.com

PRESIDENT
Alysen M. Abel, P.E
City of Overland Park
8500 Santa Fe Drive
Overland Park, KS  66212

(913)895-6009

alysen.abel@opkansas.org

PRESIDENT ELECT
Joe Marsh, P.E.
Terracon, Inc.

13910 96th Street

Lenexa, KS 66215

(913) 492-7777

jwmarsh@terracon.com

 

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT (TREASURER)
Kensey Russell P.E.

HNTB

7450 W. 130th St.

Overland Park, KS 66213

(913) 312-4841

krussell@hntb.com

 

SECOND VICE PRESIDENT (SECRETARY)
Jennifer Jacka

HDR

4435 Main Street

Kansas City, MO 64111

(816) 360-2700

jennifer.jacka@hdrinc.com

 

CONTINUING DIRECTOR
Aaron Gaul

GeoPier MidWest

1101 Walnut St. #709

Kansas City, MO 64106

(816) 421-4334

agaul@geopiermw.com

 

CONTINUING DIRECTOR
Sarah Fjell

(913) 406-8305

sdfjell@yahoo.com

 

1st YEAR DIRECTOR
Mark Peterson

Black and Veatch

11401 Lamar

Overland Park, KS 66211

(913) 458-9819

petersenmm@bv.com

 

ASSOCIATE MEMBER DIRECTOR
James Duehning

Burns & McDonnell

9400 Ward Parkway

Kansas City, MO 64114

(816) 333-9400

jduehning@burnsmcd.com

 

MSPE WESTERN CHAPTER

EVENTS

MSPE Western Chapter

Joint Meeting with ASCET

Special PDH Session Prior to the Dinner Meeting

Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Time:   4:00 pm PDH Session
           
5:00 pm Registration
            6:00 pm Dinner and Presentation

Location: UMKC Flarsheim Hall, Room 557
                5100 Rockhill Road
               
Kansas City, Missouri 64110
         See www.umkc.edu/maps (Volker Campus)
                 Building location and parking lots

Cost:  $20.00 for Members and Guests
         
$10.00 for Student Chapter Members &
         
Members displaced by economy        

Parking:  Responsibility of the attendee
              Suggest use of parking meters

Menu: 

Parmesan-garlic boneless chicken breast, meat loaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, green been casserole, dinner roll, brownies and soft drinks.

Reservations:  Clint Mason by Thursday, March 11th, E-Mail: cmason@hcbridges@.com, Tel:816.421.8386

PDH Session

Ganesh Thiagarajan, Ph.D P.E.

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Programs (CME) Civil Engineering

UMKC

Ganesh has been with UMKC on the structural engineering faculty since 2002. He finished his Ph.D at Louisiana State University and has worked at LSU and the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in the past. He has been teaching, for the past sixteen years, structural engineering and mechanics courses such as Seismic Design, Advanced Steel, Advanced Concrete and has collaborated with industry professionals to develop a new course in Design of Structures for Blast and Fire. These are offered at UMKC on a two year rotation basis.

His research interests include various areas of structural engineering some of which will be presented in the seminar. He has also been active in the area of biomechanics in which he studies the behavior of bones and in particular the human knee using finite element method, to understand the stress and strain behavior of the knee under different motions

Program

Structural Engineering Research at UMKC  Current Applied Research Areas

Dr. Thiagarajan will discuss the focus areas of research now underway at UMKC Civil Engineering Department, including the seismic modeling of 4 story steel moment frame, a project that stood first in a world wide blind prediction contest. He will also discuss two other structural projects of interest. The first one was an optimization study to reduce the structural costs of Table Top foundations for steam turbines performed for Black and Veatch and another study being undertaken for MoDOT to reduce the costs of bridge approach slabs. These examples illustrate how UMKC is collaborating with local state and corporate entities to help reduce their operating costs.

Missouri Society of Professional Engineers – Western Chapter;

Leadership Excellence Achievement Program: "LEAP" 2009 – 2010

Student members of the UMKC Student Chapter of MSPE (Missouri Society of Professional Engineers) and Computing and Engineering faculty are eligible annually for recognition from Missouri Society of Professional Engineers – Western Chapter, for demonstrating skills needed to become a professional engineer including; vision, professionalism, ethical lifestyle, and leadership abilities. Students participating in Computing and Engineering disciplines may become members of the UMKC Student Chapter of MSPE.

Two students will be recognized each year. The UMKC Student Chapter of MSPE will nominate candidates, and carry-out final candidate selections. The top four students names will be forwarded to the Dean, along with a 300 - 1,000 word essay on engineering ethics from each candidate, and the Dean plus an engineering faculty committee appointed by the Dean will make the final selections.

Recognition for faculty members will be based upon demonstrated mentoring abilities that encourage students to seek leadership excellence in the engineering profession. One faculty member will be recognized each year. Nominations from the UMKC Student Chapter MSPE Board for at least two faculty candidates should be sent to the Dean during February. The Dean will make the final selection, and will notify Western Chapter.

About the Keynote Speaker and Program

Mr. Tom Mackin, P.E.

Iatan Plant Manager

Kansas City Power and Light

Tom Mackin has more than 30 years of Power Plant experience. As Plant Manager, Mr. Mackin is responsible for the operation of Unit 1 as well as supporting the startup and commissioning of Unit 2. Mr. Mackin has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri and a Masters Degree in Engineering Management from the University of Kansas. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Missouri.

Upon graduation, Mr. Mackin worked for Burns & McDonnell for 9 years. Most of the time was spent as a field engineer on power plant construction sites. Mr. Mackin has been with Kansas City Power & Light over 24 years. He started in the central engineering department and has spent most of his time in different positions at the KCP&L power plants. He has been the plant manager at Iatan the past 5 years.

Program

Iatan 2 Construction

Mr. Mackin will be discussing the challenges that go along with the construction of a large coal fired power plant.  Pictures will be provided along with explanations and descriptions of the construction process.  Currently, the plant is scheduled for commercial operation this coming June and is a critical and important part of KCPL's Comprehensive Energy Plan.

KANSAS CITY SECTION OF ASCE EVENTS

Fort Worth Texas, Trinity River Project

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Featuring:

Mr. Donald R. Funderlic, PE

Senior Associate & Civil Engineer—CDM

 The Trinity River in downtown Fort Worth is a federally-funded, grassed channel overseen by the Fort Worth District of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and maintained by the Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD).  The Fort Worth Central City project is a key part of the Trinity River Vision Master Planning effort. The visionary project includes the relocation a segment of the Trinty River by the construction of a bypass channel and development of an urban waterfront on the Trinity River floodway adjacent to downtown Fort Worth. The project is part flood control project, part urban revitalization, recreational, and part ecosystem restoration and is consider a first of its kind “model project” for how the USACE and local sponsors want to collaborate and develop water resources projects in the future

 The purpose of the project is to bypass flood flows around the under utilized area north of downtown Fort Worth allowing for re-vitalization and development of a new “isolated” waterfront area.  The newly created waterfront will then allow redevelopment of the aged commercial/ industrial areas to environmentally friendly mixed-use medium to high density neighborhoods, and recreational amenities. The projected development is estimated at 10,000 units or the equivalent of 40,000 people.

 Major components of the project include the 1.6 mile floodway bypass channel, hard wall and levee system, three major flood isolation gates, a controlled backwater lock and dam with seven (7) hydraulically-operated leaf gates, 1,000 plus acre valley storage mitigation and recreational park site, ecosystem restoration, and four major roadway bridges.

Location:  Dave & Busters

                  1843 Village West Parkway, Suite 201

                   Kansas City, KS  66111

 Times: 11:30am Registration

             12:00pm Lunch

             12:30pm Program

 Menu: Grilled chicken breast "Monte Carlo" topped with roasted red peppers, fresh basil and Boursin cheese with Linguini Alfredo, Garlic herb roasted redskin potatoes, Caesar salad, and Fresh baked rolls and butter

Cost: $25.00 per person

RSVP: by  Friday, March 12th to James Condon (816) 329-8781 or jmcondon@transystems.com

 

 
 

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