HE, HEII and VHE Section and Base Assembly - Weil-McLain

Section Newscontinued from page 8Heather HilliardRebecca GorringIn other business at the awards luncheon, attendees heardupdates on Lunch and Learns and the Mentor program, and ideasfor future events. It was a valuable exercise for the new leads inattendance to gain insight and become familiar with the functioningof the MTS YP Committee before the Quarterly LeadsMeeting that was held later in August and hosted by Universal-Pegasus International.The group’s third quarter Lunch and Learn was hosted byChristian Fenger and Hempel. The agenda went over coatings ingeneral, generic types and why corrosion protection is importantin the offshore oil and gas business. The next Lunch and Learnwill be October 7 at Oil States Industries, an MTS member.YP group members showed their support for the Houston SectionGolf Tournament by donating MTS YP logo pens and MTS YP shirtsto the auction.Puget SoundThe annual BBQ and Summer Social was held in June on theRV Golden Dolphin. Hosted by Ross Laboratories, the event wassponsored by the Puget Sound Section, the Hydro Society ofAmerica and the Oceanic Engineering Society of IEEE. Chair:Fritz Stahr, stahr@uw.eduSan DiegoThe section welcomes new leadership. Thenew chair is Scott Mau, a research fisheriesbiologist with the Southwest FisheriesScience Center of the NOAA National MarineFisheries Center. He replaces BarbaraFletcher. Mau uses ROVs for his fisheriesresearch on rockfish and abalone. He hasbeen active in section leadership for manyScott Mauyears, helping to run the section-sponsoredMATE regional ROV competition, as a supporter of the section’sstudent intern program and as section vice-chair. “As chairI am looking forward to being a part of the great things oursection will be doing this year.” The new vice-chair is DavidVelasco, the general manager for Brazil at MTS member SonTek/YSI. Velasco moves to the vice-chair position from that of secretary.Stan Logan, customer service manager at MTS memberTeledyne Impulse, took on the job of secretary and previouslywas a section councilor for three years. Beth Berkley with MTSmember SeaBotix will continue as treasurer.In June, 70 people gathered for the annual Corporate AppreciationDinner to thank the section’s corporate members. Theevent also recognizes those who have served on committees, aswell as any departing and newly elected section officers. Raffleprizes were donated by Sidus Solutions, SeaBotix, SonTek/YSI,and Teledyne RDI, who were all present at the dinner. Winners ofthe local science fair, which the section supports, were also onhand. The top science fair winner in the senior division, PrithviUndavalli, won $1,000 for “Encrypted Parallel FM Transmissionwith Arduino Chipsets.” The section awarded lesser amounts tosecond and third place winners, and the top three projects in ajunior category. Some other winning topics were “DNA Barcodingof Invasive Species in the San Diego Bay” and “OTC Medicationsare Affecting Aquatic Life.” “Recognizing the science fair winnersand having them each give a brief presentation of their project isone of the highlights of the evening,” noted Logan. Chair: ScottMau, scott.mau@noaa.gov nWelcome New MembersCaliforniaKelsey R. AndersonAmanda CarrollMatthew D. McCauleyJustin R. PeglowTania M. SoaresChris WelshColoradoBenjamin S. LaroPerry WischowFloridaAllie R. CribbsEllen PragerPatrick RiceMatt YoungHawaiiLeighton ChongDaniel MerrittIllinoisNikala GigliottiIndianaRichard BoyDaniel P. GallagherBrian KavalarPatrick McCammonRichard J. PentimontiAndrew ShulmanMichael TownsendLouisianaRonnie GrizzaffiAngie HombMassachusettsSusan AveryJeff DusekMarylandAmber D. ButlerMaineGary MorettiMichiganKarl GustAlexis J. OesterleNorth CarolinaRyan L. GlennReny B. TysonNew HampshireCB LawlerNew YorkKaelyn LynchOregonKristin BeemTexasWade AbadieGeorge AristizabalBrian T. AshWilliam BarnettCraig BatemanBonnie BattonJohn BenckensteinMark CanadaSimon CooperChristel FrantzMatthew GonzalesPhilip GrossweilerDavid HaThomas “Trey” HallAudun HaugeBryan HuttonBrett JohnsonKevin M. KulishGuy MirroWesley LangstonJames M. PappasIsrael PerezTony RandellLisa RobinsonDavid RokohlRick SeabrookAndy SchusterMike ShawEric SonneTony YacobVirginiaJose L. BlancoDennis EganKatelyn JenkinsScott MoweryJoseph PerryMarc SteinerWashingtonM. Elizabeth ClarkeAmanda GrayPeter W. HavensJohn KnappDavid L. MartinBritish Columbia, CanadaPavel HaintzNewfoundland andLabrador, CanadaNeil GallDennis HoganDarrell O’NeillShelley PettenSharon TillerBrian WadeOntario, CanadaJim LotimerJapanNatheer AlabsiNorwayOlav EgelandØyvind N. SmogeliCurrents S E P T E M B E R / O C T O B E R 2 0 1 0