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November 24, 2009 -
ISPE Magic Valley Chapter November Meeting -
12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM - Riedesel Engineering, 202 Falls Avenue, Twin Falls
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December 8, 2009 -
ISPE Southwest Chapter November/December Meeting - 12:00 Noon -
URS/Washington Group International – Training Room |
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December 31, 2010 –
Fellow Member Nominations
due at the
ISPE Office |
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February 13, 2010 - Southwest
Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition
- Boise State University |
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February 20, 2010 - Southeast
Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition
- Idaho State University |
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March 13, 2010 - State
MATHCOUNTS Competition
- Boise State University |
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May 7, 2010 - National
MATHCOUNTS Competition
- Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida |
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June 10 & 11, 2010 - 2010 ISPE
Annual Meeting -
Holiday Inn, Boise |
FELLOW MEMBER NOMINATIONS DUE
DECEMBER 31, 2009
This is a reminder that 2010 Fellow member nominations are due at the ISPE
office by December 31, 2010.
Instructions and guidance for completing the Fellow nomination form and the
nomination form itself can be found at
http://www.nspe.org/AboutNSPE/fellowmembershipgrade.html.
Please submit completed forms to the ISPE
office no later than December 31st.
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ISPE
SINCERELY APPRECIATES THE SUPPORT OF ALL OF OUR CURRENT 2008 – 2009
SUSTAINING ORGANIZATIONS:
AHJ Engineers PC
B & A Engineers Inc
JM Miller Engineering Inc
J-U-B Engineers, Inc
Mason & Stanfield Inc
Progressive Engineering Group Inc
Quadrant Consulting, Inc
Riedesel Engineering Inc
Smarter Process Inc
Terracon
TerraGraphics Environmental Engineers Inc
T-O Engineers Inc
Walker Engineering
WHPacific Inc
Please consider
joining these great companies in becoming an
ISPE Sustaining Organization.
ISPE offers the Sustaining Organization category of
membership to enhance the visibility of your commitment to ISPE and the
engineering profession. Your membership will allow us to better serve the
engineering community through promoting engineering and ethics, and supporting
the needs of the engineer including professional development.
If you are
interested in becoming a
Sustaining Organization, please contact the ISPE office at
ispe@idahospe.org
MATHCOUNTS
PROBLEM OF THE WEEK
Can you solve this MATHCOUNTS
problem? The answer will appear in the next edition of the Friday Update!
Water
On The Moon!
On Friday, November 13, NASA released the results of a scheduled crash landing
on the moon. The hope was that the impact would kick up some water. The crash
went as planned and NASA had tremendous success, finding “large amounts” of
water. This discovery has rekindled hopes of establishing a space camp on the
moon for future space exploration.
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The plumes created by the impact contained 25 gallons of water. If one pint of
water weighs about 1.04 lbs, how many pounds does the water weigh that was found
on the moon? Note: One gallon of water is equivalent to 8 pints of water.
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One gallon is equivalent to 231 cubic inches. What is the minimum possible
height of a right cylindrical container that contains all 25 gallons of water if
it has a circular base with a radius of 10 inches? Express your answer as a
decimal to the nearest hundredth.
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Specific heat is the measure of the energy (in joules) required to raise the
temperature of a particular mass unit of material by one degree Celsius. If the
specific heat of water is 4.186 joules/gram degree Celsius, how many joules of
energy are required to raise the water found on the moon by 1 degree Celsius?
Note: Use the conversion of 1 pound = 453.592 grams. Express you answer as a
decimal to the nearest tenth.
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