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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
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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
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MSPE WESTERN CHAPTER
EVENTS
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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
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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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