Louisiana Engineering Society Baton Rouge Chapter
President’s Address
By: Robert Degeyter, P.E.
As the new year begins, we reflect on the accomplishments that the LES Baton Rouge Chapter has achieved throughout the previous year and the goals that the Chapter is striving to achieve in the new year. The LES Baton Rouge Chapter provided the leadership needed on a task force to keep the Quality Based Selection process for the East Baton Rouge Engineering and Surveying Selection Board in the best interest of the engineering community and public welfare. Also, our fundraising efforts for the annual LES golf tournament and the LSU/SU student function are at record levels. All proceeds from both these functions will help fund our annual scholarships to engineering undergraduate students attending LSU and Southern. I would like to thank the engineering community for your support in sponsoring these events. The sponsorship goes a long way to help advance the academics of engineering students and enhance the engineering community in building a strong foundation for the engineering profession.
The 2007 Joint Engineering Societies Conference will be held at the River Center, in conjunction with the LOBOs Industrial Trade Show on January 17-18, 2007. The LES Baton Rouge Chapter welcomes a strong turnout for the Statewide conference. Statewide Awards will be presented at the Statewide banquet on Thursday, January 18th during the conference. Continuing education opportunities and other information are available on the LES website at www.les-state.org.
Our annual Future Cities regional competition will be held in Alexandria on January 26th. The theme for the competition this year is “Fuel Cells”. We congratulate all students and thank all volunteers for their time and effort in this worthwhile event that LES sponsors for the enhancement of students with goals toward the engineering profession. If you are interested in volunteering your services, please contact Michael Marchand at (318) 473-2100 or (318) 613-1456.
We are always in need of volunteers for our annual Mathcounts competition. This has proven to be an excellent event that our organization sponsors for the enrichment of students with high academic math skills and ambitions to the engineering profession. The regional competition date is February 9th at the Transportation Training and Education Center. If you are interested in supporting these efforts, please contact Gavin Gautreau at (225) 767-9110.
Our annual Engineering Week banquet will be held at the Baton Rouge Country Club on February 22nd during E-Week. Come and join us for a night of celebration in honoring people that have made positive contributions to the engineering profession as well as accomplishments of students with aspirations to the engineering profession. All Baton Rouge Chapter nominees for the Statewide Honors and Awards will be recognized at the E-Week banquet.
Future City Competition
By: Geoff Wilson, E.I. – Baton Rouge Region Coordinator
The 2006-2007 Future City State Competition will be held in Alexandria on January 26th. This year’s competing schools are: Brame Middle School (Alexandria), St. Thomas More (Baton Rouge), Community School for Apprenticeship Learning (Baton Rouge), Immaculate Conception Cathedral School (Lake Charles), Boyet Junior High School (Slidell), Raymond K Smith Middle School (Luling), and Webster Junior High School (Minden). Good luck to our local schools and volunteers in this year’s competition.
Wanted: Volunteers for MathCOUNTS
By: Gavin Gautreau, Baton Rouge Chapter Past President
The Louisiana Engineering Society - Baton Rouge Chapter (LES) has set the upcoming annual MathCounts competition, a Coaching and Competition Program Promoting Middle School Math Achievement. The one-day event consists of local school teams competing against each other in individual tests, group tests, and an individual speed round. Local winners continue on to the State, and National Competitions. See their website at www.mathcounts.org for more detailed information.
This year the local event will be held at the Transportation Training and Education Facility on the LSU Campus. The Facility is located at 4099 Gourrier Avenue in Baton Rouge between the Louisiana Transportation Research Center (LTRC) and the LSU Child Care Center.
The local event is scheduled for Friday, 9 February 2007. Check-In at the local event begins at 8:45am and the event finishes around 1:30pm. A lunch of pizza and drinks will be provided to competing students and volunteers.
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to serve as a volunteer. We need volunteers to serve as room monitors, graders, etc. Please contact Gavin Gautreau at or 225-767-9110 if you can volunteer for all or part of the day. LES is proud to support this wonderful event promoting Mathematics and Engineering in hope to encourage the Engineers of tomorrow.
LES Appoints Janice Williams, P.E. to the East Baton Rouge Parish Engineering & Surveying Selection Board
By: Robert Degeyter, P.E., Baton Rouge Chapter President
It is my responsibility as President to put forth a credible nomination to the Chapter Board for appointment to the East Baton Rouge Parish Engineering and Surveyor Selection Board for the 2007-2008 term. The LES Baton Rouge Chapter has asked Ms. Janice Williams, P.E. to represent our professional society for the upcoming term. She is to replace our outgoing representative, Mr. Darrell Jones, P.E. The new term will extend through December 31, 2008. Ms. Williams is an employee of LADOTD. She is a registered Professional Engineer, a member of the Louisiana Engineering Society, and resides within East Baton Rouge Parish. We would like to thank Darrel Jones for his continued commitment, contributions and service to LES and our community; and welcome Janice Williams as our newly appointed representative.
LTG Robert Flowers (Ret.), P.E. to Speak at January Luncheon
Innovations Through Necessity: Leadership for Rebuilding the Gulf Coast
LTG Flowers’ presentation will focus on efforts for rebuilding the Gulf Coast after the hurricanes of 2005, including the opportunities and innovations this task has brought forth for the engineering community, as well as the leadership opportunities it offers to the engineering community. The presentation will also discuss specific projects which required unconventional staffing deployments and efforts.
Lieutenant General (Ret) Robert B. Flowers, former Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was selected July 12, 2004 to head the new subsidiary, HNTB Federal Services Corporation. Prior to his selection as the Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, he served as the Commanding General of the Maneuver Support Center and Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. His other commands include an Engineer Company in Germany; the 307th Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division; the 20th Engineer Brigade, XVIII Corps (Airborne); and the Mississippi Valley Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
E-Week Banquet: February 22, 2007
February 18-24, 2007 will be recognized as National Engineers Week. E-Week is a national campaign geared towards celebrating and raising awareness of the contributions of today’s engineers to society. We as engineers should be proud of our enormous and often unheralded contributions to the world in which we live. The LES Baton Rouge Chapter would like for you to join in our formal E-Week Banquet celebration on Thursday, February 22, 2006 at the Baton Rouge Country Club. Cocktails will be served at 6:30 with the dinner and awards starting at 7:00 pm. Corporate sponsors are needed to make this event possible. Please contact Robbie Lear, P.E. at 298-0800 or to reserve your seat or to sponsor the banquet. Visit the web at http://www.eweek.org for information about national events.
We appreciate your show of support through one of the following pledge options.
Sponsor - $600
A sponsorship with entitlement for up to eight (8) attending guests
Co-Sponsor- $300
A partial sponsorship with entitlement for up to four (4) attending guests
Contributor - $150
A partial sponsorship with entitlement for two (2) attending guests
Individual member registrations - $40 per person.
Donors/Patrons
q Gold > $600
q Silver > $300
q Bronze > $150
Welcome New Members
The following individuals are new members of LES. If you see these individuals, please welcome them to the Society.
Elizabeth Delaney, P.E. GEC, Inc.
ILD, Inc. Corporate Sponsor
Upcoming CPD Opportunities
The Louisiana Professional Engineering and Surveying Board have posted on their website a list of CPD opportunities within the next few months. Click your browsers to http://www.lapels.com to see what’s coming up. Remember, your membership in LES counts as 1 PDH per biennial renewal period!!!
· 11th Annual Joint Engineering Society Conference / LOBOs Industrial Trade Show
January 17-18, 2007, Baton Rouge River Center
Earn up to 12 PDH’s
Visit www.les-state.org for registration information
· Construction Specification Institute – Winter 2007 Seminar
Friday, February 9, 2007, Burden Plantation Conference Center, Baton Rouge, LA
8 PDH’s available, $125 Non-members, $100 CSI Members
Agenda
Wind Compliant Overhead Industrial Doors: Hal Boan
Clay Roof Tile: Bill Healey
Updates on Wind Compliance Laws
Historic Restoration with Masonry Repair Products: Larry Burkhardt
Wind Compliance for Windows: Mark Oakley
For registration, contact Jeff Howard at 225-275-6800 or or Melody Howard at .
· Louisiana Transportation Engineering Conference
February 11-14, 2007, at the Baton Rouge River Center
16 PDH’s, including the biennially required hour in Professional Ethics
Visit http://www.ltrc.lsu.edu/tec_07/ for registration information
Inquiries regarding the conference can be made by contacting Bridget Leblanc at (225) 767-9139
· Gulf Coast Flood Recovery: Mission Mitigation
April 9-12, 2007, Intercontinental Hotel, New Orleans, LA (504-525-5566)
Hosted by The Association of State Floodplain Managers
This training workshop will identify mitigation measures Gulf Coast States and communities can undertake to minimize future damages as they cope with recovery and reconstruction. The speakers and facilitators are experienced practitioners who have many successes to share from working with multiple programs and entities through the years.
Vissit www.floods.org after Feb. 1 for registration information or contact Diane Brown at or 608-274-0123 for more information.
LES Baton Rouge Chapter 2006-2007 Officers
(Left to Right): Ken Robichaux, P.E., Dan Rosenquist, P.E., Geoff Wilson, E.I.,
Robert Degeyter, P.E., Gerald Doyle, P.E, Robert Lear, P.E., LSI
LES Baton Rouge Chapter
2006-2007 Officers
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Louisiana Engineering Society Baton Rouge Chapter
President:
Robert Degeyter, P.E.
225-766-6330
President Elect
Robbie Lear, P.E., L.S.I.
225-298-0800
Vice President
Dan Rosenquist, P.E.
225-368-2800
Secretary / Treasurer
Ken Robichaux, P.E.
225-925-4920
1st Director
Geoff Wilson, E.I.
225-757-0558
2nd Director
Gerald Doyle, P.E.
225-346-6580
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