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Highpoints
Volume 28, No. 2 -- February 2012

In This Issue

Enroll in the 2012 Environmental Engineering Selection & Career Guide
New Environmental Communications Award Competition
Annual Certification Renewal
Who Encouraged You to Apply for Certification? Will You Return the Favor?
Distinguished Engineers to be Recognized
Excellence in Environmental Engineering
National Engineers Week
Notice of BOT Nominees
2012 Frederick George Pohland Medal Nominations
AAEE Activities
Early Planning Notices

Enroll in the 2012 Environmental Engineering Selection & Career Guide

The 2012 Environmental Engineering Selection & Career Guide guarantees to exceed your expectations. For a very low fee, your company receives a 100 word description with contact information, a listing of all your BCEEs/BCEEMs and their offices (additional offices may optionally be added), and more.

The Selection Guide promotes Quality Based Selection.
The Selection Guide is a traditional tool sought after and used by Federal, State, and Local Organizations and NGOs, Academia, Consulting Firms, and Industry as well as by engineering graduates seeking to launch their careers.
Four thousand guides with your information are distributed free each year at annual conferences of NYWEA, LMOP, NJWEA, AWWA, A&WMA, SWANA, APWA, WQTC, EPA's NSD Expo; US EPA's P3 Competition; FWRC; EWRI; AEESP Education & Research Conference; AAEE's E3 Awards Luncheon and Conference; AAEE Dinner Seminars, WEFTEC; and other events. It is also distributed to members, affiliates, and colleges and universities.
A downloadable version is available at AAEE.net. In 2011, users downloaded 1,768 copies.
Distribution of the 2012 edition will be from April 2012 to April 2013.
The deadline for reserving space is February 29, 2012.
Get a free estimate, and reserve your space today. For details, email jcava@aaee.net.
To download the reservation form, click here.

New Environmental Communications Award Competition

We all know how important it is to communicate complex and challenging issues to the public at large and other constituents. With this in mind, AAEE is inviting you to enter the inaugural year of this important new award. In cooperation with the International Water Association and the PIA Awards, the Academy is proud to offer a new area of competition and invites Consulting Firms and Municipalities alike to enter. The winner will be announced at the Excellence in Environmental Engineering Awards Luncheon & Conference. The winner will also automatically qualify to enter the IWA's International competition in the North American section. For details, and to enter, email jsolmo@aaee.net.

Annual Certification Renewal

Renewal notices for the 2012 Certifications were emailed to all Certified Members Wednesday, October 5, and Friday, November 4 and mailed the week of January 9. If you have not already done so, PLEASE RENEW NOW. To renew, log into the AAEE Center, and go to "Renew Now." If you are logging in for the first time, your log in name is your primary email address. Your temporary password is Password1. The system will force you to change passwords. Once you have successfully logged in, follow the simple instructions. For help, contact Joyce Dowen at jdowen@aaee.net; or call 410.266.3311. Please review and update your Personal Data under "My Information". IMPORTANT: Make your corrections in your "My Information" file online by Friday, February 17, 2012 to ensure your information is accurately printed in the 2012 edition of Who's Who in Environmental Engineering.

Click Here! To renew your specialty certification! If you have any problems, email jdowen@aaee.net.

Who Encouraged You to Apply for Certification? Will You Return the Favor?

Most of us were recommended by a colleague to become Board Certified, usually in a brief conversation. It's a tradition that has repeated itself time and time again among AAEE's constituents. Be a part of that tradition and encourage a worthy colleague to join the Academy. A small investment of your time, perhaps two five-minute calls, will be remembered for a lifetime. This year, for each applicant who lists you as referring them, your name will be entered in a drawing for a Canon EOS Rebel T3 digital single lens reflex camera ($500 value). For guidelines, click here; for recruitment tools, click here.

Distinguished Engineers to be Recognized

The Academy will recognize five distinguished environmental engineers at its Awards Luncheon to be held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on Thursday, April 26, 2012:

C. P. Huang, Ph.D., BCEEM & Otis J. Sproul, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE
Gordon Maskew Fair Award
Joseph F. Malina, Jr., P.E., BCEE
Edward J. Cleary Award
LT General Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr., P.E.
Honorary Member
Stephen G. Lippy, P.E., BCEE
Stanley E. Kappe Award

AAEE is pleased and honored to announce the Keynote Speaker for the Awards Luncheon:

Lieutenant General Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr., M.Sc. M.B.A. PE, former Chief of Engineers of the U.S. Army and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. His topic is: "Taking Environmental Leadership into the 21st Century". The luncheon will be flanked by cutting-edge morning and afternoon education sessions. Certificates of attendance will be offered for PDHs. Tickets are available for both the Conference and Luncheon, Luncheon only, and Conference only. Tickets may be ordered from Academy Headquarters now. Contact the Academy at 410-266-3311; jsolmo@aaee.net

Excellence in Environmental Engineering

From dozens of reservations, 25 qualifying entries were received for 2012. The entries cover projects and programs in:

Research - 2
University Research - 4
Planning - 3
Small Projects - 1
Design - 6
Small Firms - 1
Operations/Management - 2
Environmental Sustainability - 4
Industrial Waste Practice - 2

The entries will be judged by an independent panel of experts electronically. The winning panels will be displayed during the Academy's 2012 Awards Luncheon on Thursday, April 26 along with a post luncheon presentation of the winners. More details to follow next month.

National Engineers Week

It's time to celebrate the profession - National Engineers Week. Festivities will be held February 19-25 throughout the United States. For more information, refer to their website eweek.org.

Notice of BOT Nominees

Following is the 2012 Notice of Nominees for Board of Trustees:

President-Elect

Pasquale S. Canzano, P.E., BCEE
Delaware Solid Waste Authority

Vice President Candidates

Howard B. LaFever, P.E., BCEE
Principal, GHD
James F. Stahl, P.E., BCEE
Vice President, Senior Technical Advisor
MWH Americas, Inc.

Trustee-at-Large Candidates

David A. Chin, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE
Professor, University of Miami
Michael C. Kavanaugh, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE
Principal, Geosyntec Consultants
James W. Patterson, Ph.D., BCEEM
Principal, Patterson Environmental Consultants
Joseph C. Reichenberger, P.E., BCEE
Professor, Loyola Marymount University

Further information on the candidates will be published in the Spring issue of the Environmental Engineer. The deadline for petitions for Officer Nominees is March 1, 2012. Email your petition to jsolmo@aaee.net.

2012 Frederick George Pohland Medal Nominations

Nominations for the Frederick George Pohland Medal are now being accepted. This award honors an individual who has made sustained and outstanding efforts to bridging environmental engineering research, education, and practice. To make a nomination or for more information, please go to http://www.aaee.net/Announcements/Pohland.htm. Also visit www.EnvironmentalEngineeringFoundation.org for more details and a list of past recipients.

AAEE Activities

March 11-14, 2012, Philadelphia, PA: The Twenty-Seventh International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management. AAEE will have a booth here and encourages you to come to this prestigious event attended by more than 1,000 solid waste professionals from around the world. For details, click here.

April 26, 2012, Washington, D.C. National Press Club. AAEE Excellence in Environmental Engineering Awards Luncheon & Conference. For details and ticket information, see above, or email jsolmo@aaee.net

May 13-17, 2012, Atlantic City, NJ: New Jersey Water Environment Association's 97th Annual Conference at Bally's Hotel. Register for AAEE's 3rd Annual Workshop with TCHs, PDHs and CEUs), Monday, May 14, titled: Appalachian Shale Gas - Environmental Policy, Development Activities, and Management Practices. On May 15th, the AAEE Breakfast is proud to announce Keynote Speaker Tom Beauduy, Deputy Director, Susquehanna River Basin Commission. His topic is Susquehanna River Basin Commission Shale Gas Management Activities and Lessons Learned (TCh's, PDHs, and CEUs). Workshop and breakfast details as well as registration information are available on at www.njwea.org. AAEE will also be exhibiting at this event and volunteers are needed. To volunteer, e-mail JSOlmo@aaee.net.