2018 Issue

31 relating our local situation with other national and global sites with air quality issues. She brought into context the various types of air pollution such as particulate and chem- ical air contaminants, their sources and their health effects. She then described ongoing work to characterize, quantify, and remedy the issue of air pollution, and addressed the questions: • Why are particles a problem? • How serious is air pollution in the U.S.? • Which countries have the biggest amounts of air pol- lution? • How can people reduce air pollution? On the topic of how we in Utah can reduce air pollution, Dr. Kelly offered: One of the easiest is reducing driving time. This can be done by walking or biking instead of driving, carpooling or car sharing, using mass transit, and taking a lunch to eat at work instead of driving somewhere else to eat. Turning off the engine instead of idling, driving at lower speeds, and driving less aggressively are other effective strategies. Other ways include making your home more energy efficient, using eco-friendly products in your home and yard, planting trees, buying plants for your home that are particularly good at cleaning the air, maintaining wood-burning stoves and fireplaces, recycling and buying recycled products when possible, and buying sustainable products from companies that use sustainable manufac- turing processes and that work to reduce pollution during those processes. If you smoke, quit; when voting, choose candidates who want to protect the environment, including the air. The Utah Engineers Council would like to extend its thanks to our renowned speaker, Dr. Kerry Kelly, and our commit- tees and members whose hard work and dedication to the industry helped make our 2018 Awards Banquet a success. Special thanks goes to: Charlie Vono, Jed Lyman, Brian Warner, David Cline, Chris Perry; Brad Welch, Jacob Brown- ing, Susan Merrill, JuliAne Burton, the newsLINK Group, LLC and Roberta Schlicher for their extraordinary efforts toward the success of this event. *Reprinted with permission from the 2018 UEC Journal, published by the newsLINK Group, LLC. *Artwork provided by E-Week.