2013 Issue

3 5 Featured Speaker of the Engineers Week 2013 Banquet 6 Congratulations to UEC’s 2013 Nominees and Winners 14 2012 UEC Award Winners 16 How Do You Say Thanks To An Engineer? 21 Strategies to Engineer Innovation 28 Out of the Past, AIAA 32 Group Trained by CCI Proves Worth in First Deployment, ASCE 34 A Case Study in Vision, Collaboration, Technology and Results, ASCE 39 Overcrowded County Jail Finds Better Value with Piping Solution, ASHRAE 41 When Moore May Be Less, ASHRAE 45 Beyond the Cubicle Walls, ASME 46 Engineers Taking Political Action, ASME 52 Beyond Testing: Advanced Software Quality Management, ASPE 57 Saving Water to Save Energy, Saving Energy to Save Water, AWWA 61 North South Traffic Study, ITE 65 Hill Airforce Base - Fire Station No. 4, SAME 72 Engineering: Putting the Science of Play into Practice, SWE 80 Breaking into the Men’s Room, WTS 84 Changes in patent law Engineers Must Know 85 A Page from History UTAH ENGINEERS COUNCIL 3222 Bigarade Lane Taylorsville, UT 84129 www.utahengineerscouncil.org EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2012-2013 Chair: John Richardson, P.E. Vice-Chair: David K. Cline, P.E. Treasurer: Robert Kesler, P.E. Executive Secretary: Susan R. Merrill First Past Chair: Peter Tang (ITE) Second Past Chair: Dr. Joseph Martone (SAME) Committee Chairs Publication Committee: Dannie Pollock E-Week Committee: David K. Cline Awards Committee: Peter Tang Scholarship Committee: Robert Kesler Legislative Committee: Chris A. Perry Membership Committee: Brian Warner Fund-Raising Committee: TBA This journal is an annual publication of the Utah Engineers Council. The Utah Engineers Council Journal is produced for and by the engineering community inUtah.Copiesaremailedtoeachmemberofthe17societies 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 15 UEC 24 AAEE 25 ACEC 26 AIAA 31 ASCE 38 ASHRAE 44 ASME 51 ASPE 56 AWWA 58 IEEE 60 ITE 64 SAME 66 SEAU 71 SWE 76 UCLS 77 UCEA 78 USPE 79 WTS Celebrate Awesome