2012 Issue

4 6 Featured Speaker of the Engineers Week 2012 Banquet 8 Congratulations 9 Finding an Opportunity to Participate 10 Giving Back to Engineering 16 Farewell to Ken Randle 21 Growing Utah’s Economy via Technology Guilds 25 Warriors vs. Scientists 29 America’s Space Program 32 The Creative Engineer 37 Beyond Testing: Advanced Software Quality Management 42 The Diverging Diamond Interchange 47 Gears Go Green with Purple Coating at Hill AFB 51 The Utah Museum of Natural History 55 SEAU Seismic Committee 61 A Short History of John Williams Gunnison 68 Mountain View Corridor 2100 North Project 72 All the Excitement of a Blockbuster 78 A Page From History UTAH ENGINEERS COUNCIL 3222 Bigarade Lane Taylorsville, UT 84129 www.utahengineerscouncil.org EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2011-2012 Chair: Peter Tang Vice-Chair: John Richardson Treasurer: David Cline Executive Secretary: Susan R. Merrill First Past Chair: Dr. Joseph Martone, CIH, QEP Second Past Chair: Mike Buehner, SE COMMITTEE CHAIRS Publication Committee: Dannie Pollock E-Week Committee: John Richardson Awards Committee: Dr. Joseph Martone, CIH, QEP Scholarship Committee: David Cline Legislative Committee: Michael Nadeau Membership Committee: Brian Warner Fund-Raising Committee: Dan Donahue This journal is an annual publication of the Utah Engineers Council. The UtahEngineersCouncilJournal isproducedforandbytheengineeringcom- munity inUtah.Copiesaremailed toeachmemberof thefifteensocieties that make up the UEC, other Utah engineers, high school students and counselors, members of the Utah Legislature, and interested corporate entities. Copies are also distributed at the annual UEC Award banquet, hosted by the UEC during the National Engineers Week. By this effort, the UEC hopes to foster improved communication within the engineering profession, strengthen the individual societies with the UEC, raise aware- ness, unify the industry voice, and share industry information with the engineers licensed inUtah.TheUEC invitesyour interest,participationand feedback in this endeavor. Contributions and advertisements for future issuesarewelcome.Statementsoropinionsexpressedbycontributorsare not necessarily those of the UEC, its member societies, or the Publisher. Likewise, advertisements in the journal are not to be considered an en- dorsement of the product or service advertised. Any editorial published in the Utah Engineers Council Journal should not to be taken as legal advice; specifically any editorial coming from a law firm. The authors, the UEC and the Publisher encourage all readers to seek appropriate legal counsel as to the application of the law, as it pertains to their individual activities and circumstances. TheUtahEngineersCouncilJournal ispublishedbyThenewsLINKGroup, LLC,aUtahcompany.Onmostpublishingprojects,ThenewsLINKGroup, LLCusesthesupportservicesofMediaCommunicationsGroup, Inc.,also a Utah company, in a collaborative production capacity. A copy of the Utah Engineers Council Journal is available on the UEC website, for review beyond the annual 6,000 copy printing. © 2012. All rights reserved. Member Societies 13 AAEE 14 ACEC 15 AIAA 19 ASCE 20 ASHRAE 27 ASME 35 ASPE 36 IEEE 40 ITE 46 SAME 49 SEAU 59 SWE 60 UCLS 67 USPE 71 WTS