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Announcing the
2019 Award Recipients

(cover article)
The Rochester Engineer
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Rail Safety Consulting / nillenberg@aol.com
LEE LOOMIS Association for Bridge Construction and Design ..............37-39 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ................40-41
Retired / leeloomis46@gmail.com ASCE IES
RICHARD E. RICE American Society of Civil Engineers ...........................................36 Illuminating Engineering Society ...................................................35
Erdman Anthony / rriceaquash@gmail.com INCOSE
MIKE KURDZIEL, PhD ASHRAE
Harris Corporation / mkurdzie@harris.com American Society of Heating, Refrigerating International Council on Systems Engineering .........................45
KENTON G. HINES and Air-Conditioning Engineers ...................................................44 MPES
Merrill Lynch / kenton.hines@ml.com ASPE Monroe Professional Engineers Society .....................................34
STEVEN W. DAY, PhD
Rochester Institute of Technology / swdeme@rit.edu American Society of Plumbing Engineers ...................................42 RES
BRETT ELIASZ, PE EA Rochester Engineering Society .................................................2-18
Bergmann Associates / beliasz@bergmannpc.com Electrical Association ......................................................................46 SWE
DENNIS ROOTE, PE Society of Women Engineers .......................................................32
CDE Engineering & Environment, PLLC / dennis.roote@cde-pllc.com GVLSA
Administrative Director Genesee Valley Land Surveyors Association ............................33 TERRA
LYNNE M. IRWIN TERRA Science & Engineering Fair ..............................................43
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