ASPE 2ND ANNUAL SPRING SEMINAR FRIDAY APRIL 27, 2012

Board Conference Room of TVA’s Environmental Research Center

The Muscle Shoals chapter of the Alabama Society of Professional Engineers (ASPE) will participate in the 2nd Annual ASPE Spring Seminar starting at 1 p.m. Friday 4-27-12.  We will meet in the Board Conference Room of TVA’s Environmental Research Center at Complex E on the Muscle Shoals TVA Reservation.  The room will be open at noon for those who wish to arrive early.  TVA facilities are secured, but those not employed by TVA may ring the doorbell at the building’s North-side entrance (near the Board Room) to gain entry.

 The seminar will focus on management-skills development.  The topics and speakers are:

“Planning for Catastrophic Business Loss”—Bob Barnett PE, Barnett Jones Wilson LLC

“Cyber Security”—Special Agent Jim Hlavin, FBI Business Security, Mobile Office

“Building Information Modeling”—Preston Hite, Hoar LLC

The seminar will last until 5 p.m., and is intended to offer four (4) professional development hours (PDH) credit, as each engineer deems appropriate.  The chapter will provide light refreshments and soft drinks.  The registration form is posted on the ASPE website homepage at:

http://www.alspe.com/

Registration costs will be $10 for ASPE members and $50 for non-members.  ASPE is offering this seminar as a service to its members and to introduce the benefits of the society to prospective members.  We will retroactively reimburse the member discount for any non-member who joins our society by June 2012.   An NSPE membership application may be accessed on-line at:

http://www.nspe.org/

Those planning to attend the Muscle Shoals session may mail the registration form to Don Lokey (with checks payable to ASPE) postmarked by Monday 4-23-12.  Muscle Shoals attendees may email/fax this form to me by Thursday 4-26-12 (fax #: 256-386-2499) and pay at the door.  On-site registration will also be available, but to expedite planning please call or e-mail me (jdlokey@tva.gov) by 5 p.m. Thursday 4-26-12.

We look forward to seeing you at the seminar!

Don Lokey

256-386-2035

MATHCOUNTS UPDATE

The Muscle Shoals chapter’s MathCounts contest was held at the University of North Alabama (UNA) on Feb. 25, with five teams and several individual participants.  The coaches of the top two teams, with registered principal team members and advancing individuals to the State Competition in Mobile, were:

1.    Coach Mary Frances Rye,  Muscle Shoals Middle School

Rivers Jackson

Joshua McIlroy

Kara Nix

Mio Tanaka

Advancing Individuals:

Ryleigh Berry

Brendan King

2.    Coach Brenda Smith, Florence Middle School

Omar Jones

Max Mao

Jeanette Pina

Quinn Raymond

Congratulations to all Mathletes, AND Many Thanks to our Volunteers, Coaches and Parents!