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Highpoints
Volume 25, No. 9 -- September 2009
2009 Annual Meeting
The 2009 Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees is only a month away - October 15. Registration packages were mailed to Officers & Trustees, Committee Chairs and State Representatives last month. If you have not received your package, please call headquarters immediately. All members of the Academy are welcome to attend. To register, please contact Sammi at JSOlmo@aaee.net for details. A complete Agenda will be sent to those attending as we get closer to the meeting date.
Corporate Sponsor(s) Needed
The AAEE Annual Meeting is seeking one or two corporate sponsors. A $2,500 sponsorship includes recognition at the meeting and logo/link on the AAEE Website for three months. A $5,000 sponsorship includes recognition at the event, logo/link on the AAEE Website for four months, and poster recognition as an AAEE Annual Meeting Sponsor at the AAEE Exhibit Booth during WEFTEC. Proceeds will be used to support the cost of the Annual Meeting. To sponsor, please contact JSOlmo@aaee.net.
2010 Kappe Lecturer
The 2010 Kappe Lecturer has not been selected as of this edition. Details on the lecturer and the lectures will be reported in the Winter issue of the Environmental Engineer.
2010 Excellence in Environmental Engineering Competition
Begin planning your entry now. Deadline for entries is February 1, 2010.
The AAEE E3 Competition for 2010 is an entirely electronic submission process. Participants will be able to submit their completed entry directly online. Judging will also be conducted electronically allowing for an unlimited geographic representation of judges. Look for details on our website at http://www.aaee.net/Website/E3Competition.htm
AAEE Career Center
The interactive job board is free to job seekers and is in response to increased demands by employers and recruiters for highly qualified environmental engineering job candidates. Employers are able to post available positions directly to the Career Center for a fee of $495/position for a 30 day listing (click here for additional rates and a full list of packages). Employer payment will be made directly online by credit card. For more information go to http://careers.aaee.net.
2009 AAEE-Sponsored Workshops & Seminars
- September 22: Orlando FL - AAEE Workshop Barbeque Dinner, "Proposed Statewide Stormwater Rule: How We Got There"; Michael Bateman, NWFWMD, Manoj Chopra, UCF, Harvey Harper, ERD, Hank Higginbotham, SWFWMD; Eric Livingston, FDEP; Jack Merriam, Sarasota County, Marty Wanielista, UCF; Location: Florida Room, Science International Applications Corporation, Central Florida Research Park; Cost: AAEE Members: $25; Nonmember: $30. Call Debbie Reinhart, (407) 823-2315.
- September 24: Los Angeles CA - AAEE Workshop Dinner, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. "Sustainable Wastewater Operations"; Dr. Tim Haug, LA Deputy City Engineer, and Richard Atwater, CEO, Inland Empire Utilities Agency.
- November 4: Washington, DC - AAEE Workshop Lunch, Training Center, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. 11:30 a.m./$35.00; "Chesapeake Bay, Progress to Date/Future Efforts"; Dr. Rich Batuik, Chief Scientist for EPA on the Chesapeake Bay; Dr. Clifford W. Randall, Ph.D., C.P. Lunsford Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. CEUs available. To register, visit www.aaee.net.
2009 Co-Sponsored Workshops & Seminars
- September 22: Eaton Town, NJ - NJWEA/AAEE Workshop: Session IV - 10:15 a.m., Status of Stormwater Management Device Verification/Certification, Dr. Richard S. Magee, P.E., BCEE, Research Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology, Technical Director, NJCAT. To register, go to www.njwea.org.
- October 12-14: Orlando, Florida, Orange County Convention Center, WEFTEC Conference; WEF/AIDIS/AAEE Breakfast, "The Future of Wastewater Treatment", Dr. James Barnard, Ph.D., P.E. Global Practice and Technology Leader, Black & Veatch. Monday, October 12, 7:30-9:30 am, OCC West Room 315. Cost: $45. Visit AAEE during the conference at Booth #3891. To register, go to www.weftec.org/AttendeeRegistration/RegistrationInformation.
Davis L. Ford has been selected by the WEF Board of Trustees as the 2009 recipient of the Industrial Water Quality Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Ford will receive his award at the WEF Celebration of Excellence Reception and Ceremony on Tuesday, October 13 beginning at 4:30 p.m. in the Main Convention Center Chopin Theater. - November 8-13: AIChE Annual Meeting, Gaylord Opryland Hotel, Nashville, TN; AAEE/AIChE Breakfast: "Sixty Years of Biological Wastewater Treatment", W. Wesley Eckenfelder, Jr., D. Sc., P.E., DEE; Wednesday, November 11; Cost: $28. Time and Room TBD. Details: info@aaee.net.
Annual Certification Renewal
The 2010 Certification Renewal package is in the mail to you. The BOT approved a $5 increase for all categories except Student for each year until 2011. It is important that it be completed and returned with payment as soon as possible and definitely before December 31, 2009. It is important to get corrections on your Member Data Form to us no later than December 31, 2009 to ensure those changes are printed in the 2010 edition of Who's Who in Environmental Engineering. If you haven't received your renewal package by September 30, please contact Joyce Dowen at JDowen@aaee.net.
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