2015 Issue

17 ASPE: DAVID B. MERRILL, P.E. Company Employed: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Ut. BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City David B. Merrill is currently employed in the Temple Design Division of the Special Projects Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer. During his many years of employment with the LDS Church as well as with Van Boerum & Frank Associates, he has been involved with various projects on LDS temples, development and maintenance of standard plans for LDS Church meetinghouses, welfare complexes, Deseret Industry retail stores, seminaries and insti- tutes of religion along with the design of various commercial building systems, including medical centers, laboratories, office buildings, residences and schools. David also has previous experience with equipment design of many aspects of water treatment facilities. David is an active member of the American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE) as well as the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). David is a past member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) where he served for 15 years on the Executive Committee in different positions, including Director and Chair. David is also a past-chair of the Utah Engineers Council and served on the UEC Board for 15 years. David was director of the Academy of Math and Engineering (AME) program at Northwest middle school educating students about engineering. He has also been involved in Scouting with the Boy Scouts of America for most of his adult life. IEEE: DR. DAVID WILLIS Company Employed: Cirque Corporation, Salt Lake City, Ut. BS, Electrical Engineering, Utah State Univer- sity, Logan, Ut. MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Ph.D, Electrical Engineering, Utah State Univer- sity, Logan, Ut. David has been an active volunteer of the IEEE Utah Section the past several years. He has helped the local Utah section as a volunteer to help create a new IEEE technical society, the Solid State Circuits Society. He is also an active participant in the planning and execution of the IEEE sponsored Boy Scout Technical Merit Badge Pow-Wow STEM outreach program that has been done several times thanks to volunteers like him. He has been a teacher to students, a work- ing student, and patent awardee who is involved with highly techni- cal electrical engineering design work at Cirque corporation. He continues to pursue legislative initiatives such as HB125 just passing the legislative body and now just needing a governors’ signature that he helped with. He is currently working a software tool to test an ASIC his company just finished. The tool is written in C# and includes a script reader, a DLL that is callable by other functions, and defining the interface routines between a microcontroller and the ASIC. He is writing the spec and overseeing the implementation as well as writing some of the code. ITE: RYAN C. KUMP, P.E. Company Employed: Sandy City Public Works as City Transportation Engineer B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Utah M.E., Civil Engineering, University of Utah As a traffic engineer, he is charged with main- taining and improving the transportation in- frastructure in Sandy, Utah. His Duties include: Review, coordinate, and plan short and long term transportation elements for private devel- opment within the city, city sponsored projects, and joint projects with various public entities, such as UDOT, UTA, utility companies, and other municipalities. Oversee the transportation department, with two engineers, two inspectors, and three traffic technicians. Seek and obtain federal grants and funds for right of way acquisition, studies, design and construction of various projects, totaling over 11.2 million dollars over the last eight years SEAU: CHRISTOPHER SCOTT KIMBALL, P.E., S.E. Company Employed: West Coast Code Con- sultants (Kimball Engineering), Layton, Ut. BS, Civil Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, Ut. MS, Engineering (Structural Engineering Em- phasis), Utah State University, Logan, Ut. Upon graduation he worked as a design engineer in California for a number of years before returning to Utah as a Plan Review Engineer roughly ten years ago. In these past ten years Chris has had quite the impact on the structural engineer- ing community as well as building enforcement in our State. Not only has he provided structural plan reviews for thousands of projects, but he has helped to educate design professionals, building officials, and contractors throughout the state on the basic structural requirements of the building code and its referenced standards. His true desire has been to help designers and building officials alike in ensuring the basic life-safety provisions of the code are met. Chris has also served on numerous SEAU committees and completed two separate terms on the SEAU Board, including that of President. In addition he has received the Industry Award for Excellence issued by the Utah Chapter of ICC in both 2010 and 2014 for his efforts in the building safety industry. UCEA: NICHOLAS REID JONES, P.E. Company Employed: Utah Local Technical As- sistance Program, Principal Investigator BS, Civil Engineering, BYU, Provo, Ut. MS, Civil Engineering, BYU, Provo, Ut. Mr. Jones has benefited the State of Utah and the Civil Engineering profession for over 40 years. Nick graduated from Brigham Young University in 1975 and holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from the institution. Nick worked as an engineer for the U.S. Army and a private consulting firm early in his career. In 1976, he started work for Provo City in the Engineering Department and served as the Provo City Engineer for 26 years from 1982 to 2008. Nick was the first Vice President of the Utah City Engineers Association and has been active in the organization since its inception in 1985. He has also been an active member of APWA. Over the years Nick has designed and managed many bridge projects, master plans, and highway projects. He currently serves as the Principal Investigator for the Utah LTAP and provides training, resources, technical assistance, and services to the State for roadway maintenance and preservation. Nick’s technical abilities, leadership, and guidance have blessed many engineers and citizens of the State. He currently resides in Providence with his wife Shauna. They have three daughters and one son.