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Highpoints
Volume 25, No. 4 -- April 2009
Spring Board of Trustees Meeting
The Board of Trustees will hold their spring meeting in Washington, DC on May 6 and May 7.
Awards Luncheon
The Annual AAEE Awards Luncheon is being held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 from 12:00 noon to 2:15 p.m. The program begins with a champagne reception honoring winners in the Excellence in Environmental Engineering® competition. The entrant panels produced by the winners for the competition will be exhibited for all attendees to view. Award Program highlights include presentation of individual awards to:
Thomas E. Wilson, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE
Gordon Maskew Fair Award
Stephen P. Graef, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE
Stanley E. Kappe Award
Walter J. Bishop, P.E., BCEE
Edward J. Cleary Award
Dr. Perry McCarty
Honorary Board Certified Environmental Engineer
Michael J. Rouse
Honorary Board Certified Environmental Engineer
The competition winners will be announced and presented their awards. Tickets for the Luncheon are $65.00. You can use the flyer at www.aaee.net or call the Academy at 410-266-3311; all credit cards accepted.
2009 Application Cycle Complete
The application cycle deadline was March 31. We received 128 applications to be evaluated by the Admissions Committee on Monday, May 4.<
Environmental Engineer
The Spring 2009 issue of the Environmental Engineer will be ready for distribution on May 6.
Officer Elections
The ballots for electing the 2010 Officers and Trustees are in the mail. Ballots are due June 15, 2009.
AAEE Meetings
Regional Academy meetings have been organized. These are great opportunities to both learn and network with fellow Academy members. Make your plans to attend!
- The Engineering and Research Committee of the California Water Environment Association and AAEE, are cosponsoring a breakfast featuring Dr. Glen Daigger, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE, NAE, addressing Sustainable Practices for the Wastewater (and Water) Industry, May 1st from 7 to 8:30 a.m. in the Santa Rosa Room at the Windom Hotel, 888 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs. The cost is $30. To register, visit www.cwea.org.
- New Jersey Water Environment Association will hold its 94th Annual Conference
May 11-14, 2009 at Bally's Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ. The AAEE breakfast will be held at the hotel on Tuesday, May 11 at 7 a.m. The featured speaker is Richard Magee, Research Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology. His topic is "The Status of Stormwater Management Device Verification/Certification" (1 hour NYPE & Operator W/WW CEU; 1 PDH). Registration information is available on the www.njwea.org website. AAEE will also be exhibiting. If you are attending, please consider volunteering at the AAEE exhibit for an hour or two. Email JSOlmo@aaee.net. - 2009 Spring NYWEA Technical Conference & Exposition - Jason Lynch, ASEE Trustee, will be the featured speaker at the conference held at the Hotel Thayer, West Point, NY on June 1 at 9 a.m. The title of his speech is "Water and its Role in Army Operations". For more information contact Jason at 845-938-5126 or Jason.Lynch@usma.edu.
- MIT is hosting its 2nd International Engineering Systems Symposium, June 15-17, 2009. Experts across the engineering spectrum will provide attendees with the latest advances in research, applications, and future challenges in the field of engineering systems. The third day will feature 50 accepted papers in 12 concurrent sessions covering topics such as energy policy, flexibility, design, and risk analysis. For an agenda, cost information, and to register, visit www.esd.mit.edu/symp09.
- AAEE/AIDIS/AWWA LUNCHEON - The Luncheon will be held on Wednesday, June 17 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. AAEE will be exhibiting at the Conference June 15-17. If you are attending, please consider volunteering at the AAEE exhibit for an hour or two. Email JSOlmo@aaee.net. Organized by Steven Quail.
- A&WMA ACE 2009 - AAEE will be exhibiting at A&WMA's 102nd Annual Conference and Exhibition June 16-18 at the Cobo Center in Detroit in Booth #538. If you are attending, please consider volunteering at the AAEE Tabletop for an hour or two. Email JSOlmo@aaee.net. Organized by Gary Gasperino.
- 2009 APWA INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS CONGRESS - AAEE will be hosting a breakfast and exhibiting at APWA's Congress & Exposition in Columbus, Ohio, September 13-16. Organized by Lamont "Bud" Curtis.
- AAEE/AIDIS/WEF BREAKFAST - The Breakfast will be held on Monday, October 12 from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in Orlando. The featured speaker is Dr. James Barnard, Black & Veatch. For information on registering go to www.weftec.org. Organized by Dick Kuchenrither. The Academy will be exhibiting again this year at WEFTEC '09 in Booth #3891.
AAEE Members of Utilities and Government Agencies: If you are willing to sign off on a letter to CEOs of consulting engineering firms encouraging those CEOs to promote BCEE and BCEEM certification in their firms, please email JCava@aaee.net.
Early Planning Notices
Please mark your calendar now with these important Academy dates:
May 6, 2009
AAEE Awards Luncheon
May 6-7, 2009
Board of Trustees Spring Meeting
June 30, 2009
Officer/Trustee Election Ballots Due
September 1, 2009
Final Committee Reports are Due
October 14-15, 2009
Annual Board of Trustees Meeting
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