2016 Issue

5 Featured Speaker of the Engineers Week 2016 Banquet 6 Discover Engineers Week 8 Message from the Council’s Chair 10 Smart Management Decisions 12 Congratulations UEC Award Winners! 18 2016 UEC Banquet 23 American Council of Engineering Companies of Utah: Advancing the Business of Engineering 26 The Crawford Slip Method: The Most Under-Appreciated and Misunderstood Collaboration Tool 29 Recognizing Contributions to Our Profession and Society 32 Technology History and the Future of Online Learning 38 Engineering More Engineers 44 More About IEEE 46 The Potential For Illuminated Pavement Markers on Utah Roads 49 Solar Ready Vets Program Readies First Class at Hill AFB 51 Seismic Communication: Let’s Get on the Same Page 57 “Mother of the Internet” Offers Advice 61 The History of Surveying Utah 64 Pages From UEC History UTAH ENGINEERS COUNCIL 5298 W. Coley Circle West Valley City, UT 84120 www.utahengineerscouncil.org EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2014-2015 Chair: Brian Warner, P.E. Vice-Chair: Charlie Vono Treasurer: Jed Lyman Executive Secretary: Susan R. Merrill First Past Chair: Robert Kesler, P.E. Second Past Chair: John Richardson, P.E. This journal is an annual publication of the Utah Engineers Council. The Utah Engineers Council Journal is produced for and by the engineeringcommunity inUtah.Copiesaremailedtoeachmember ofthe17societiesthatmakeuptheUEC,otherUtahengineers,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 inUtah.TheUEC invitesyour interest,participation and feedback in this endeavor. Contributions and advertisements for future issues are welcome. Statements or opinions expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of the UEC, its member societies, or the Publisher. Likewise, advertisements in the journal are not to be considered an endorsement of the product or service advertised. Any editorial published in the Utah Engineers Council Journalshouldnottobetakenas legaladvice;specificallyanyedito- rial 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. 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. © 2015. All rights reserved. ENGINEERS MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE Member Societies 21 AAEE 22 ACEC 25 AIAA 28 ASCE 31 ASHRAE 37 ASME 37 ASPE 41 EWB-USA 43 IEEE 45 ITE 48 SAME 50 SEAU 56 SWE 59 UCEA 60 UCLS