Idaho Society of Professional Engineers
Friday Update - 01/21/05
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
David Butler/Nampa
Please visit the ISPE Sustaining
Organizations page on the ISPE web site.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
● February 5, 2005 -
Northern Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition - Lewiston
● February 8, 2005 - Magic
Valley Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition - Twin Falls
● February 12, 2005 -
Southeast Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition - Pocatello
● February 12, 2005 -
Southwest Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition - Boise
● February 15, 2005 -
Northern Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition - Coeur d'Alene
● February 20 - 26, 2005 -
National Engineers Week
● February 22, 2005 -
ISPE Southwest Chapter Engineers Week Luncheon -
11:30 am - Doubletree Riverside - Boise
● 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
2005 ISPE AWARD NOMINATIONS
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2005 ISPE awards. Awards include the
Idaho Engineering Hall of Fame Award, Idaho Excellence in Engineering Award,
Idaho Excellence in Engineering Educator Award, and Young Engineer of the Year
Award. Award criteria and nomination forms can be found on the
ISPE web site. Self-nominations are welcomed and
encouraged. Nomination deadline is March 1, 2005 and awards will be presented
during the 2005 ISPE Annual Meeting at the Holiday Inn in Pocatello.
TRAINING SESSION - GREEN BUILDING FOR IDAHO - METHODS AND CONSIDERATIONS
IN HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDING DESIGN
On February 16, 2005, at Idaho State University, Rebuild Idaho, Idaho State
University, and the State Division of Public Works, are partnering with
BetterBricks, Siemens Building Technologies, Inc., and the University of Idaho's
Integrated Design Lab to bring you a day of High Performance, Energy Efficient
Building education.
Space is limited. Please register by contacting Sue Seifert at 208.287.4904 or
e-mail at sue.seifert@idwr.idaho.gov.
Participate in the 2005 Engineering Income and Salary Survey and Receive a
FREE Individual Salary Summary!
We encourage all working engineers, both NSPE members and nonmembers, to
contribute to this growing database. Your data will help make the survey a more
valuable resource that organizations rely on to set fair and just salaries for
their working engineers. Participate today by submitting your data online at
http://nspe.salaries.com
Register Today!
Join NSPE for Engineer's
Day on the Hill 2005.
MATHCOUNTS PROBLEM OF THE WEEK
Can you solve this MATHCOUNTS problem? The answer will appear in next week's
edition of the Friday Update!
Inaugural Balls - Do you have your invitation to the ball?
There are nine official Inaugural Balls on the evening of Inauguration Day. Each
ball lasts from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Let’s assume the President would like to attend
each ball. Assuming that the President requires an average of 15 minutes to get
from one ball to the next, what is the average number of minutes he will be able
to spend at each ball if he arrives at the first one at 7 p.m. and leaves the
last one at 1 a.m.? Express your answer to the nearest whole number.
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Perhaps the order in which the President will attend the balls is based on the
most efficient path between them. (Most of them are located at the same
Convention Center.) Or maybe he first will go to the ones with the most people.
In how many possible orders could the President visit each of the nine balls
exactly once?
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One of the nine Inaugural Balls is designated specifically to honor and thank
our troops and their families (The Commander-In-Chief Ball). Each of the other
eight balls will be organized by state. Every state will be represented at one
of the balls. The District of Columbia, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Puerto
Rico, Guam and the Diplomatic Corps will also be represented at an Inaugural
ball. The Constitution Ball is for 18 of the 56 states/groups, while the Liberty
Ball is solely for the state of Florida. The Constitution Ball obviously has
more states/groups than the average number of states/groups per ball for the
eight balls. By what percent does the actual number of states/groups represented
at the Constitution Ball exceed the average number of states/groups for each of
the eight balls? Express your answer to the nearest whole number.
Answer to last week's JETS Challenge problem:
The answer is: At 3 million tons per second for 31.5 million seconds per year
and over 4.5 billion years, the sun has lost less than 1% of its mass through
this weight loss program.
If you want to see last week's problem again, click on
http://www.jets.org/latestnews/JETS_Challenge.cfm
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
Idaho
Society of Professional Engineers
