Idaho Society of Professional Engineers
Friday Update - 02/18/05
UPCOMING EVENTS:
● February 20 - 26, 2005 -
National Engineers Week
● February 22, 2005 -
ISPE Southwest Chapter Engineers Week Luncheon -
11:30 am - Doubletree Riverside - Boise
● February 24, 2005 - ISPE
Southeast Chapter Engineers Week Banquet - 6:00 pm - Shilo Inn - Idaho Falls
● March 1, 2005 -
Nomination deadline for 2005 ISPE Awards. More
information and nomination forms can be found on the ISPE web site
● March 5, 2005 - State
MATHCOUNTS Competition - Boise
● April 14 - 16, 2005 -
ISPE Annual Meeting, Pocatello, Idaho
● July 7 - 9, 2005 - NSPE
2005 Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois
ISPE SOUTHEAST
CHAPTER ENGINEERS WEEK BANQUET
There is still time to sign up for the banquet. Join colleagues from local
engineering societies for this year’s National Engineers Week Banquet. Mingle
with your engineering peers during the no-host social. Enjoy a delicious dinner
of either prime rib, chicken cordon bleu, or lasagna. The program will consist
of the presentation for the Outstanding Engineer Award and the keynote speaker,
Dr. John I. Sackett. Dr. Sackett recently retired as the Associate Laboratory
Director at Argonne National Laboratory. He will share his professional and
personal experiences as an engineer and share his thoughts on what it means to
be an engineer in the 21st century.
Cost is $22.00 per person if
RSVP by noon on Monday, February 21, 2005. $27.00 per person if paying at the
door
RSVP to Linda Kearns, College
of Engineering, Box 8060, Pocatello 83209, (208) 282-2902,
kearlind@isu.edu.
LAST CHANCE TO
REGISTER.....
Don't miss out on the ISPE Southwest Chapter Engineers Week Luncheon! The
luncheon will be held February 22, 2005, 11:30 am, at the Doubletree Riverside
in Boise. Cost is $30.00. Activities during the luncheon will include the announcement of BSU
student awards, introduction of newly licensed PE's, and speaker Stephen G.
Hanks - Washington Group International President and Chief Executive Officer.
The Chapter also has a Proclamation from the Governor declaring the week
Engineers Week. This Proclamation will be read at the luncheon. E-mail your
information to the ISPE office today!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
ISPE is looking for volunteers to fill two committee positions. The
EWeek/PR/Media Committee and the Membership Committee are both very worthwhile
committees in need of Chairs. The time commitment is flexible and could be
tailored to fit availability. Please contact the
ISPE office for more information or if you are interested in participating.
MARKET YOUR ENGINEERING SERVICES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Sponsored by the Professional Engineers in Government
April 6, 2005, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. EST
Learn valuable strategies and methods to build successful relationships and
effectively market your engineering consultant services from experts who have
'been there and done that." Walk away with invaluable business development tips
to help you navigate the state and municipal systems to become a consultant they
want to do business with.
Presenters:
Russell G. Martin, PE, F.NSPE, Director of the Wastewater & Plumbing Control
Program in the Division of Health Engineering, Maine Department of Health &
Human Services
Diana L. Dean PE, NSPE, Senior Project Engineer, Farnsworth Group, Inc, Colorado
Springs, CO
Registration is $129 per connection. More information and a registration form is
available at
http://www.nspe.org/education/ed-home.asp.
MATHCOUNTS PROBLEM OF THE WEEK
Can you solve this MATHCOUNTS problem? The answer will appear in next week's
edition of the Friday Update!
Valentine's Day Math
The Problems
The students in Carl’s kindergarten class are all exchanging Valentine’s Day
cards with each other. Each student must make a box in the shape of a
rectangular prism to put on his/her desk for the Valentines to go into. Each box
must have a bottom base with minimum dimensions of 5 inches by 7 inches, and the
box must be at least 4 inches tall. What is the least possible volume of a box,
in cubic inches, that meets these requirements?
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Kia decided that she wants to give each of her friends a small pouch of candy
hearts. She’ll use fabric and ribbon to make and tie the pouch, and each one
will contain three candy hearts. The hearts come in six colors: white, orange,
pink, green, purple and yellow. If each pouch contains exactly four hearts, such
that no two hearts are the same color, how many possible combinations of hearts
could be in a pouch?
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At Kendra’s school the Key Club has a fundraiser where students send carnations
to other students for Valentine’s Day. A student can purchase a flower from the
Key Club and have it delivered to the recipient during first period. The Key
Club purchases every carnation for 69 cents each from the local florist. After
covering the cost of the carnations, the Key Club keeps the rest of the money as
profit. The Key Club sells white carnations for $1 each, pink carnations for $2
each and red carnations for $3 each. Kendra received seven white, two pink and
one red carnation during first period. What percent of the money spent by the
Key Club to purchase Kendra's carnations is equal to the amount of money they
made in profit on her flowers?
Answer to last week's JETS Challenge problem:
The answer is: order of magnitude = 100,000
If you want to see last week's problem again, click on
http://www.jets.org/latestnews/Challenge%2010%20%97%20The%20Nano-Technology%20Challenge.pdf
Idaho Society of Professional Engineers
PO Box 170239
Boise, ID 83717-0239
208-426-0636
Fax: 208-426-0639
E-Mail: ispe@rmci.net
Web Site: www.Idahospe.org
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Society of Professional Engineers
