The IES Buffalo Section of the

Illuminating Engineering Society

TSC Calendar

Technical Societies Council
of the Niagara Frontier

 

TSC E-Mail Notice: 2008-19, June 3, 2008
TSC E-Mail Address:
a.ker@verizon.net    Attn. Alan Ker

To: TSC Member Societies
Re: June 2008 Calendar of Events

 

Please share the following information with your society's members so that those interested in a scheduled event can contact the listed society for details / reservations.

 

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) – Dinner Meeting

Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Time: 5:30 PM Social Hour –Cash Bar, Dinner & Presentation to follow

Location: Ilio DiPaolos Restaurant, 3785 South Park Ave., Blasdell, NY 14219

Topic: “ Railroad Car Braking Systems”

Speaker: Jerry Malachowski,, New York Central Services, Co-author of 2008 ASME/IEEE/ASCE Joint Rail Conference paper “ Brake Rigging Analysis and the Development of Link Brake Stabilizers”

Cost: $20. per person, $10. Students

Educational Credit: 1 PDH - $10. Fee

Reservations: RSVP Joe Crimi at 716-907-2473 or asme-buffalo@att.net by Friday, May 30th.

Illuminating Engineering Society of Western NY (IES-WNY) – Golf Outing

Date: Monday, June 9, 2008

Time: 11:00 AM

Location: Chestnut Hill Country Club

Topic: “Golf Outing”

Cost: $85 / IES members and $100 / IES non-members

Reservations:  Kevin Mislin at 852-2010 Fax: 852-4887

 

Instrumentation, Systems & Automation (ISA) – 12th Annual Golf Outing

Date: Monday. June 9, 2008

Time: Tee Times starting at 11:00 AM, Four Man Scramble

Location: Rothland Golf Course, 12089 Clarence Center Road, Akron, NY 14001

Cost: $75. per player. Price includes golf, golf cart, lunch, steak dinner, beverage (beer, soda) and prizes.

Reservations: Contact Jim Berry at 716-310-9316.  For additional information, call Harry Kwiek at 716-435-4376 or email Tom Arcara at tom.arcara@dynatechcs.com

 

Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) –50th Anniversary Dinner

Date:  Thursday, June 12, 2008

Time:  6:30 PM Cash bar, 7:30 PM Dinner, Program to follow

Location:  Buffalo Room, Shanghai Red’s Restaurant, 2 Templeton Terrace, Buffalo, NY 14202

Topic: “50th Anniversary Dinner, Installation of Officers, Presentation of Awards”

Dinner Selections – Choice of Steak, Chicken or Salmon

Cost: Members – No charge, Spouses or Others -  $40.  Limited to 30 Participants

Reservations: RSVP with Check and Dinner Selection to Jim Grucella, 5575 Big Tree Road, Orchard Park, NY 14127 by June 1st.

 

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) – Dinner Meeting

Date: Wednesday June 18, 2008

Time: 5:30 PM Socialize, Dinner & Presentation to follow

Location: UB North Campus Student Union, Room 210

Topic: “ Modeling Methods for Detonation Simulation of Aluminized Explosives”

Speaker: Kevin Ruggirello, UB Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student

Cost: TBD, go to ASME website for details http://sections.asme.org/buffalo/

Educational Credit: 1 PDH - $10. Fee

Reservations: RSVP Joe Crimi at 716-907-2473 or asme-buffalo@att.net by Friday, June 13.

 

American Society for Quality (ASQ) – Tour & Dinner Meeting

Date: Thursday, June 19, 2008

Time: 5:00 PM

Location: Tour – Squared R Element Company, 12600 Clarence Center Road, Akron, NY 14001

            Dinner – The Akron House, 15 Main St., Akron, NY 14001

Reservations: Contact ASQ website – http://www.asqbuffalo.org/web/public_html/index.php or

Doug Golde at 716-687-3607 or godedou@fisher-price.com

 

New York State Association of Transportation Engineers (NYSATE) – Golf Outing
Date: Friday, June 20, 2008
Time: 8:30 Registration, 9:15 shotgun start, Dinner around 3:00
Topic: “NYSATE Western New York Annual Golf Tournament”
Cost: $50 members  $60 non-members, includes Golf, cart, BBQ dinner, skins
and prizes
Reservations: Scott Johnson 716-913-5396 or
http://www.nysate.org/section5/events.htm 

for Details and flyer.

 

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) – Chicken Barbeque Summer Picnic Meeting

Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Time: 11:45 AM – 1:30 PM

Location: Buffalo Redi-Mix Concrete Plant, Port of Buffalo, Lackawanna, NY

Topic: “Tour of Concrete Plant and Concrete Admixture Seminar”

Speaker: Peter Armiovich, General Manager, Buffalo Redi-Mix Operations

Cost: Members $20, Nonmembers $23, Students $10

After 6/18 - Members $22, Nonmembers $25, Students $11

Educational Credit: 1.0 PDH Pending Approval

Reservations: Brian Carlson at 716-655-8842, or bcarlson@tvga.com

 

Buffalo Association of Professional Geologists (BAPG) Rafting Trip and Picnic

Date: Saturday, June 28, 2008

Time: 10:00 AM (meet at 9:30 AM in Parking Lot)

Location: Letchworth State Park

Tour: Rafting Trip in Letchworth State Park - Equipment Supplied by Adventure Calls Outfitters

Speaker: Anyone knowledgable of Letchworth Park Geology

Cost: $ 22.00 per person includes Rafting and Picnic Lunch

Reservations: RSVP by June 20 to Julie Rupp at JRupp@ene.com or secretary@bapg.org or

716-684-8060.      See the Calendar page of the website at www.bapg.org for details and liability forms

(required). If bringing children the weight minimum is 45 lbs. Carpools will be arranged for the trip.

 

Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) - Buffalo Post Scholarship Fund Raiser Golf Outing

Date: Wednesday July 23, 2008

Time: Split-tee times start at 11:30 AM. “Scramble” format, 4-person teams

Location: Glen Oak Golf Course, 711 Smith Road, East Amherst, NY

Cost: $90 per golfer includes 18 holes of golf, cart, lunch, post-golf classic dinner buffet, and golfer appreciation gifts. Proceeds from the tournament go directly to the Post’s Scholarship Fund, which provided $3,000 in financial assistance to 5 local students in June 2007.

Tournament, Course, and Hole Sponsorship opportunities are also available. Please contact Jim Kaczor or Roman Figler for additional information.

Reservations, please contact Jim Kaczor at (716) 836-4506 or Roman Figler at (716) 923-1320

 

Association for Operations Management (APICS) & Buffalo Niagara Professional Alliance (BNPA) – Golf Outing.  Proceeds will support Literacy Volunteers of Buffalo & Erie County, Inc.

Date: Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Time: 10:00 AM Registration, 11:00 Lunch, 12 Noon Shotgun Start

Location: Diamond Hawk Golf Course, Cheektowaga, NY

Golf will include – 18-hole scramble with golf cart, beverages on course, lunch & dinner, one hour open bar, prizes for course events, Chinese auction & 50/50 raffle.

Cost: Corporate $2500., Eagle $1200., Birdie $600.

            Individual $125. or $105. if prior to 5/31

Registrations: Contact www.bnhra.org

 

Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) – 2008 Ohio Valley – Great Lakes Joint Regional Conference

Date: Tuesday, August 26 thru Thursday, August 28, 2008

Location: Big Sandy Superstore Arena/Conference Center & Pullman Plaza Hotel, Huntington, WV, 25701

Conference Theme: “Managing Risk”

Sponsorships are available – Ice-Breaker, Banquet, Golf Hole, and  Golf Prize Hole.

A block of hotel rooms are reserved until Friday, July 25th.

Reservations: Cheryl.D.Brunty@usace.army.mil for sponsorships

            Gary.M.Fitzwater@usace.army.mil for exhibit spaces

            www.pullmanplaza.com for hotel reservations