2012 Pittsburgh Post Scholarships to Engineering & Science Camps
The Pittsburgh Post will present a continuing education award to deserving individuals to attend the Air Force Construction Camp in Colorado (July 6), and the Navy Construction Camp in California (July 22). In addition, the scholarship winners may select the U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville Alabama or the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The response to this ooportunity has been growing as students learn how exciting and rewarding these camps are for high school age students.
The application deadline is April 13, 2012.
The application is available for download HERE
For more information about the camps, please visit SAMECAMPS.ORG.
In 2011 the Pittsburgh Post made the following awards:
- Jack McGillick – Penn Trafford High School – Navy Camp
- Andrew Goetz – Greensburg Central Catholic H. S. – Aviation Challenge camp
- Carl Phelps – Penn Trafford H.S. – Aviation Challage
- AJ. Mazzarrini – North Allegheny H.S. – Army camp
- Brandon Buchannon – Mercer Area H.S. – Army Camp
- USACE – LRD
- USACE – Buffalo
- USACE – Huntington
- USACE – Pittsburgh
- USACE – HQTRS
- USACE – NAD
- USACE – Baltimore
- USACE – New York
- USACE – Philadelphia
- USACE – LRD (sb)
- USACE – Pittsburgh (sb)
- USACE – Transatlantic (sb)
- U.S. Coast Guard – Cleveland
- USDOE Office Eng & Const.
- Army National Guard Bureau
- Army Contracting Command
- PA DGS Strategic Sourcing
- General Services Admin.
- U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs
- U.S. DOE – NETL
- Urban Redev. Auth. of PGH
January 2012 Meeting – Range Resources
The Pittsburgh Post is kicking off 2012 with our first meeting being planned for the 17th of January, at the ESWP. We’ve invited Adrian Markocic from Range Resources-Appalachia, Inc. to speak to us.
The responsible development of natural gas resources is a highly skilled process that requires the expertise of over 150 job categories, including multiple types of engineering. This presentation will cover the lifecycle of natural gas development and will provide the audience with an understanding of potential opportunities associated with natural gas development.
Range Resources is an independent natural gas exploration and production company that pioneered the Marcellus Shale in 2004. Range has drilled hundreds of shale wells across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and employs over 5,000 contractors in the region on a daily basis.
Adrian Markocic is a Public Affairs Specialist at Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC where he focuses on local government and municipal regulation. Adrian is a Captain in the US Army Reserve and has commanded multiple units and completed two deployments overseas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He received his B.A. in Political Science from Case Western Reserve University and his J.D. from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. He is a licensed attorney in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
At this meeting, the Post will also install its slate of officers for 2012. Our Regional Vice President, Marci Snyder of Woolpert, will be on hand for the presentation of an award.
The cost of the lunch is $25 for members and $30 for non-members. We’ll have a buffet lunch. You may RSVP & pay via the form below:
December 2011 Meeting
Tuesday, December 13, 2011, is the Pittsburgh Post’s annual social/holiday luncheon, to be held at the ESWP. This will be a social event to meet, reflect, and discuss the new year. We will not be
having a speaker. However, we are planning to raffle off another gift basket this year, and we’re collecting donations for our deployed troops.
The full meeting announcement is HERE.
The cost of the lunch is $25 for members and $30 for non-members. We’ll have a buffet lunch. you may RSVP & pay via the form below:
November 2011 Meeting – Clean and Advanced Energy Technologies
UPDATE: James Ferguson’s presentation can be downloaded HERE.
Next Tuesday, November 15, 2011, is the Pittsburgh Post’s next general meeting. The meeting will be held at the ESWP. Mr. James Ferguson, Director of Buildings and Efficiency Techonlogies Division at the National Energy Technology Laboratory, will speak to us on their work in relation to clean and advanced energy techologies.
The full meeting announcement is HERE.
The cost of the lunch is $25 for members and $30 for non-members. We’ll have a buffet lunch.
2012 Pittsburgh Regional Future City Competition – Volunteers Needed
I’m posting the following on behalf of the Future City Competition. This is a very rewarding opportunity for those that are willing to carve out a little bit of their time to help some students:
The Pittsburgh Region is beginning its thirteenth year in the National Future City Competition. The number of middle schools that have registered in the Pittsburgh Regional Competition has grown each year. The Competition’s growth is testimony to the program’s unique capacity to challenge students to learn and test new concepts related to engineering and city planning, to apply the mathematics and science they have already learned, to explore their imaginations about what our Cities will be like in the future, and to build an example of the result using ingenuity and their own hands. It has proven to be an excellent introduction of the engineering profession to middle school students.
Another important facet of the Pittsburgh Regional Future City Competition that has allowed it to expand is the associated growth of a cadre of dedicated volunteers. Without volunteers, there would be no competition. Please, volunteer as a Presentation Aide or Judge. During November and December, judges will review the SimCity files, narratives, and essays. On Saturday, January 21, 2012, the Pittsburgh Regional Competition will be held at the Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland. Based on past experience we anticipate that we will need more than 150 volunteers to fill the positions of Essay Judges, Disk Judges, Registrars, Model Movers, Room Manager/Timers, Score Keepers, Special Awards Judges, Presentation Judges, Exhibit Area Control Volunteers, Still and Video Camera Operators, and Public Relations Coordinators. Our goal is to identify all volunteers and make assignments by December 31, 2011.
Please add Your Name to Our 2011-2012 Volunteers List. We welcome the help of anyone who is interested in volunteering his or her time. To qualify as a Presentation Judge, you must have judged before or have attended a Judge Orientation Meeting. If you are interested in registering as a volunteer for the 2012 Future City Competition please take a minute and fill out the VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION FORM at:
http://www.futurecitypittsburgh.org/futcityvolunteer_form.htm
Volunteers will be contacted in November for SimCity judging, mid-December for essay judging, and early January for competition day assignments.
If you have any questions, call Keith Jensen at (412) 303-2960 or Bill Pruss at (412) 651-5304.
If you wish to learn more about the program and roles of volunteers, take a look at our website’s homepage,
October 2011 Meeting – Allegheny County Emergency Services
The Pittsburgh Post’s next general meeting is scheduled for October 18, 2011, at the ESWP. We’ve invited Mr. Alvin Henderson, Acting Chief of Emergency Services for Allegheny County, to speak on topics relating to regional and national security.
The full meeting announcement is HERE.
The cost of the lunch is $25 for members and $30 for non-members. We’ll have a buffet lunch.
September & October 2011 – Golf & Trap Shoot Events
The Pittsburgh Post is sponsoring another double header this year. September 28th is our 3rd annual Trap Shoot event at the Pitcairn-Monroeville Sportsman’s Club. The trap shoot announcement can be downloaded HERE.
Friday, October 7th, is our annual golf outing. We’ll be hacking it up at Seven Oaks Country Club. The full announcement is HERE.
Please make your RSVPs through the instructions shown on the announcements. This post is to only facilitate payment via credit cards for these events. Separate reservations must also be made through Tim Kyper and Beth Cheberenchick.
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August 2011 Meeting – Riverquest Boat Tour
“RiverQuest Explorer design: 5 years later” is a presentation that traces the conception,
construction, and operation of Explorer from the standpoint of the original goals that
guided the planning and building of this one-of-a-kind vessel. Participants enjoy a guided
tour through all three levels of the boat and learn about the various choices that in
furnishings, technology, and products that were made in order to create as “green” a vessel
as possible. Following the tour, the objectives and logic of the planning and decisionmaking
process are revealed. The green features of the boat’s design and operation are
vetted, including boat construction, propulsion, electrical, wastewater, solid waste, and
HVAC systems, furnishings and day-to-day operations. The outcomes are compared to the
original objectives to give an overall measure of success in meeting the goals of green
construction and operation.
In addition to the presentation, RiverQuest staff will set up other materials and
activities around the vessel as well where their staff will engage SAME guests around the
boat after the presentation.
Boxed lunches from Houlihan’s will be provided. With your RSVP, please select from the
following:
>Grilled Chicken Salad
>Chicken Caesar Salad
>Club Sandwich
>Smoked Turkey Sandwich
>Veggie “Club” Sandwich
(Salads come with a roll and cookie. Sandwiches come with potato chips, apple, and cookie.)
Price: $20
WEAR FLAT SOLED SOLES
The full meeting notice in PDF format can be downloaded from HERE. Please RSVP according to the notice. Payment is required in advance. WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCEPT LATE RESERVATIONS FOR THIS EVENT.
Payment and meal choice can be made via the following form, using your credit card or PayPal account:
June 2011 Meeting – Presentations
The presentations made by Mr. Vincent Marsh (USACE-LRD) and Larry Sullivan (USDOE-NETL) at our meeting yesterday can be downloaded here:
LRD Presentation
NETL Presentation
June 2011 Meeting – Sustaining Member Workshop
The Pittsburgh Post’s Sustaining Member Workshop, scheduled for June 21, 2011, features an interactive agenda for our Sustaining Member firms, as well as friends of the Post. The schedule will include:
7:30-8:15 AM Registration & Networking Breakfast
8:15-12:00 PM Procurement Forecasts by Invited Guests
We will break mid-morning and allow firms to network between themselves and with our invited procurement officials, then reconvene to hear the remainder of the procurement forecast presentations. We intend to finish no later than noon.
Contracting and procurement agents have been invited from the following agencies:
We will also have a rolling PowerPoint presentation of our Sustaining Member firms. Each firm is invited to provide 3 slides to include in the presentation.
the cost is $20 per person. Please RSVP by Monday, June 20th. You may pay and RSVP via the online form, below: