2014 Issue

3 4 Featured Speaker of the Engineers Week 2014 Banquet 8 Message from the Council’s Chair: Making a Difference 12 Nominees for UEC’s 2014 Engineer of the Year Award 13 Nominees for UEC’s 2014 Engineering Educator of the Year Award 14 Nominees for UEC’s 2014 Fresh Face in Engineering Award 15 Congratulations to UEC’s 2014 Winners! 16 Congratulations to UEC’s 2014 Scholarship Winners! 19 E-Week Banquet News 21 Modern Patent Law for Engineers 25 Solving Movable Ground Risks One at a Time in CUWCD Aqueduct Systems 32 Improve Your Sustainment Performance with the PRISM TM Approach 36 Transportation Innovation in Utah 39 Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District – Disaster Response Planning 40 Jordan Basin Water Reclamation Facility – A Revolutionary Concept 44 Varian Medical Systems, X-ray Products Division a Part of the Utah Engineering Community 50 H-1B Increase on Congress’ Agenda 53 Hexcel – at the Heart of Advanced Composites Technology 55 The Tintic School District Project 61 STEM. You’ve heard of it. But, what exactly is it? 64 Do I Need My Property Surveyed? A Few Points to Consider 66 Protecting PLSS Corners 71 Pages From UEC History UTAH ENGINEERS COUNCIL 3222 Bigarade Lane Taylorsville, UT 84129 www.utahengineerscouncil.org EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2013-2014 Chair: David K. Cline, P.E. Vice-Chair: Robert Kesler, P.E. Treasurer: Brian Warner, P.E. Executive Secretary: Susan R. Merrill First Past Chair: John Richardson, P.E. Second Past Chair: Peter Tang This journal is an annual publication of the Utah Engineers Council. The Utah Engineers Council Journal is produced for and by the en- gineering community in Utah. Copies aremailed to eachmember of the 17 societies that make up the UEC, other Utah engineers, high school students and counselors, members of the Utah Legislature, and interested corporate entities. By this effort, the UEC hopes to foster improved communication within the engineering profession, strengthen the individual societies with the UEC, raise awareness, unify the industry voice, and share industry information with the en- gineers licensed in Utah. The UEC invites your interest, participation andfeedback inthisendeavor.Contributionsandadvertisementsfor future issuesarewelcome.Statementsoropinionsexpressedbycon- tributorsarenotnecessarily thoseof theUEC, itsmembersocieties, or the Publisher. Likewise, advertisements in the journal are not to beconsideredanendorsementoftheproductorserviceadvertised. Anyeditorialpublished intheUtahEngineersCouncilJournalshould nottobetakenas legaladvice;specificallyanyeditorialcomingfrom 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 itpertainstotheir individualactivitiesandcircumstances. The Utah Engineers Council Journal is published by The newsLINK Group, LLC, a Utah company. A copy of the Utah Engineers Council Journal isavailableontheUECwebsite,forreviewbeyondtheannual 6,000 copy printing. © 2014. All rights reserved. 24 AAEE 30 ACEC 31 AIAA 35 ASCE 42 ASHRAE 43 ASME 46 ASPE 47 AWWA 48 EWB-USA 49 IEEE 51 ITE 52 SAME 56 SEAU 60 SWE 63 UCLS 70 UCEA Member Societies