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ASME Section News 1 NORTHERN ALBERTA SECTION http://sections.asme.org/northernalberta/ Spring 2014 New Section Volunteer ASME Northern Alberta Section is welcoming Juan Camilo Perez as our latest section volunteer. Juan will help in technical programming and planning of events. Juan is a Petroleum Engineer with nearly 20 years of experience with multinational petroleum companies in the areas of exploration, drilling, and pipeline engineering and operations. A graduate of America University in Colombia, Juan is currently working with Enbridge Liquids Pipelines in the role of Senior Manager of Special Projects in Edmonton, Alberta. ASME-NAS – CRN Partnership The Composite Research Network (CRN) has partnered with our ASME Northern Alberta Section offering very attractively priced networking and educational events in the field of polymer materials and composites. CRN's aim is to provide Canadian companies in this area of work with the tools they need to respond to a changing and more globally competitive marketplace. You can find out more about CRN at http://crn.ubc.ca/. Together with the new CRN Alberta node, workshop/networking/dinner events on “Multifunctional and Filler-modified Polymer Composites” and “Bio-Derived Composites” took place in January and February. A third event on “3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing” was recently held on March 28. Future joint events will be announced as soon as details become available. Send us your suggestions We would like to hear your ideas for Workshop and Technical Dinner Meeting topics. If you have a topic you would like us to consider, please send it to [email protected] with the subject “Technical Programming”. Inside this issue 1 - Section news 2 - Local section information and announcements 3 - ASME events, Section officers 4 - Section information on the new ASME.org, Other industry events January Event – Presentation and Dinner SINTRA Engineering Mark Hughes (right) receiving a token of appreciation from the Section Chair Pierre Mertiny (left). During the January section presentation and dinner event, Mark Hughes from SINTRA Engineering gave a fascinating and entertaining presentation on forensic engineering. He led the audience through the process of a forensic engineering investigation, failure analysis, how a forensic engineer can participate in the litigation process, and provided examples of fires and failures in industrial settings. Mark Hughes is the founder and President of SINTRA Engineering, and has specialized in property loss and accident reconstruction investigations for over 20 years. He is a Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator with the National Association of Fire Investigators, and is registered as a professional engineer in six provinces and territories. Mark serves as a director for the Fire Investigation Association of Alberta, is a member of various provincial, national and international associations related to fire investigation, and has been accepted as an expert in over 20 court appearances throughout Alberta and the Yukon Territory. Founded by Mark Hughes in 1997, SINTRA Engineering is a multi-disciplinary firm specializing in forensic engineering. With over 20 employees, and three offices throughout Western Canada, SINTRA is the largest firm of its kind in Western Canada. We would like to express our gratitude to Mark for volunteering his time delivering this captivating presentation. Section News
Transcript of ASME Northern Alberta Section 2014 Spring Newsletter
ASME Section News 1
NORTHERN ALBERTA SECTION http://sections.asme.org/northernalberta/
Spring 2014
New Section Volunteer ASME Northern Alberta Section is welcoming Juan Camilo
Perez as our latest section volunteer. Juan will help in
technical programming and planning of events.
Juan is a Petroleum Engineer with
nearly 20 years of experience with
multinational petroleum companies
in the areas of exploration, drilling,
and pipeline engineering and
operations. A graduate of America
University in Colombia, Juan is
currently working with Enbridge
Liquids Pipelines in the role of
Senior Manager of Special Projects
in Edmonton, Alberta.
ASME-NAS – CRN Partnership The Composite Research Network (CRN) has partnered
with our ASME Northern Alberta Section offering very
attractively priced networking and educational events in the
field of polymer materials and composites. CRN's aim is to
provide Canadian companies in this area of work with the
tools they need to respond to a changing and more globally
competitive marketplace. You can find out more about CRN
at http://crn.ubc.ca/. Together with the new CRN Alberta
node, workshop/networking/dinner events on “Multifunctional
and Filler-modified Polymer Composites” and “Bio-Derived
Composites” took place in January and February. A third
event on “3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing” was
recently held on March 28. Future joint events will be
announced as soon as details become available.
Send us your suggestions We would like to hear your ideas for Workshop and Technical
Dinner Meeting topics. If you have a topic you would like us
to consider, please send it to [email protected] with the
subject “Technical Programming”.
Inside this issue
1 - Section news
2 - Local section information and announcements
3 - ASME events, Section officers
4 - Section information on the new ASME.org,
Other industry events
January Event – Presentation and Dinner
SINTRA Engineering
Mark Hughes (right) receiving a token of appreciation
from the Section Chair Pierre Mertiny (left).
During the January section presentation and dinner event,
Mark Hughes from SINTRA Engineering gave a fascinating
and entertaining presentation on forensic engineering. He led
the audience through the process of a forensic engineering
investigation, failure analysis, how a forensic engineer can
participate in the litigation process, and provided examples of
fires and failures in industrial settings.
Mark Hughes is the founder and President of SINTRA
Engineering, and has specialized in property loss and accident
reconstruction investigations for over 20 years. He is a
Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator with the National
Association of Fire Investigators, and is registered as a
professional engineer in six provinces and territories. Mark
serves as a director for the Fire Investigation Association of
Alberta, is a member of various provincial, national and
international associations related to fire investigation, and has
been accepted as an expert in over 20 court appearances
throughout Alberta and the Yukon Territory.
Founded by Mark Hughes in 1997, SINTRA Engineering
is a multi-disciplinary firm specializing in forensic
engineering. With over 20 employees, and three offices
throughout Western Canada, SINTRA is the largest firm of its
kind in Western Canada.
We would like to express our gratitude to Mark for
volunteering his time delivering this captivating presentation.
Section News
ASME Section News 2
Local Section Information and Announcements
Local Section Events Preview
April 2014: Early Career Forum Series - 1st Event “Introduction to the Petroleum Industry”
April 25 and 26, 2014 in Edmonton, Alberta – The event schedule is attached to this newsletter.
May 2014: Keep the date: AltaSteel facility in Edmonton
Friday, May 16, 2014, 1:00 – 4:00 PM
The ASME Northern Alberta
Section is excited to feature registered
patent agent and lawyer Nathan
Woodruff for our April 2014 dinner
meeting. Join us to hear Nathan speak
about the patent process and why
patents are so vital to protecting and
commercializing inventions. Nathan
will be discussing how to determine
whether an invention is patentable,
what makes a strong patent, licensing,
and the issues surrounding patents and
the employer/employee relationship.
Nathan Woodruff is a lawyer and a registered patent agent with the firm Thompson Woodruff Intellectual Property Law.
Nathan is also a member of the Canadian Bar Association and the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada. Nathan has a BSc
(Engineering Physics) with distinction and a law degree from the University of Alberta. Nathan began working with Thompson &
Associates' predecessor firm Thompson Lambert LLP in November 2002 during his final year of engineering, and has been
working with patents for over 10 years.
Date: Thursday, April 3, 2014
Registration and social hour (5:00 - 6:00pm)
Chapter business and dinner (6:00 - 7:00 pm)
Presentation (7:00 - 8:00 pm)
Question period (8:00 - 8:30 pm)
Location:
Saskatchewan room, U of A Faculty Club, 11435 Saskatchewan Drive
Pricing & Registration:
Members $25.00 per person
Non-Members $35.00 per person
Students $15 per person
To register, go to our website at:
https://community.asme.org/northern_alberta_section/w/wiki/9930.events-and-meetings.aspx
April 2014 Event: Introduction to Patents
Nathan Woodruff
Thompson Woodruff Intellectual Property Law
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ASME Events and Local Section Information
PVP 2014
Anaheim Hyatt Regency Orange County
July 20–24, 2014
ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference
Innovation and Imagination in Pressure Vessels and Piping
Join us in beautiful Anaheim, California, for the 2014 ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference! PVP
Conferences are known to be the outstanding international technical forum for participants to further their knowledge-
base through exposure to diverse engineering topics and dissemination of cutting edge technology. Opportunities
abound to exchange opinions and ideas, both from industry and academia, in the many topical areas related to Pressure
Vessel and Piping technologies for the Power and Process Industries. Participants from approximately 40 countries in
Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Americas and the Oceania islands assure an interesting mixture of topics,
ideas, and viewpoints.
The ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division is the primary sponsor of the PVP-2014 Conference, with additional
participation by the ASME Nondestructive Examination (NDE) Division. More than 190 paper and panel sessions are
planned, as well as workshops, tutorials, NDE and Software Demonstration Forums, and our traditional Student Paper
Competition and Symposium.
GENERAL TOPICS: (1) Codes & Standards; (2) Computer Technology & Bolted Joints; (3) Design & Analysis; (4)
Fluid-Structure Interaction; (5) High Pressure Technology; (6) Materials & Fabrication; (7) Operations, Applications
& Components; (8) Seismic Engineering; (9) Non-Destructive Examination; and (10) our Student Paper Competition
and Symposium.
SCHEDULE: Abstracts are due by November 11, 2013. Authors will be notified of abstract acceptance by
December 2, 2013. Draft papers are due by February 10, 2014. Paper peer review comments will be returned by
March 10, 2014. A Copyright Agreement Form for each paper, and the final manuscripts in the standard ASME
format for publication, must be received by April 7, 2014. All presented technical papers will be published as
referencable documents available post-conference via hardcopy or electronic media.
INFORMATION: The conference website URL is: http://www.asmeconferences.org/PVP2014/. Technical paper
abstracts must be submitted electronically through the website. Visit the website for additional information.
2013-2014 Section Officers
Pierre Mertiny, Chairman John Latimer, Webmaster
[email protected] [email protected]
Doug Small, Vice Chair, Chair Elect. Alan Mo, Vice Chair Technical Programming
[email protected] [email protected]
Gord Swityk, Treasurer Rong Long, University Relations
[email protected] [email protected]
Become a Mentor
Go to http://go.asme.org/mentoring
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Local Section Information & Other Industry Events
Join Our Revamped Networking Portal on ASME.org!
ASME NAS joins professional networking platform ASME.org
Right from the start, the ASME Northern Alberta Section has been part of the new ASME.org, which is ASME’s new
professional networking platform. We invite all section members to join this exciting new tool for connecting with your
engineering colleagues. To start, go to https://community.asme.org/northern_alberta_section/default.aspx. You can join the ASME
NAS group by clicking the “+ Join Group” button. Our webmaster is continuously working on expanding the functionality of our
website to provide you with more resources such as archived newsletters and a forum for group discussions and announcements.
Other Industry Events
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Petroleum Division Early Career Forum Series: #1 Overview, #2 Upstream, #3 Midstream, #4 Downstream
ASME Early Career Forum 1 Edmonton
Advancing Your Engineering Career!
April 25-26, 2014 ~ 2 Day Agenda ~ Attend In-person The Westin Edmonton 10135 100th Street Edmonton, Alberta
General Admission: $179 Early Career Professional and ASME Member: $45
Students: $25
Register Now! http://asme-ecf-one-2014.eventbrite.com Earn up to 6 PD Hours
ASME Sponsors: Old Guard, District D, Northern Alberta Section and Petroleum Division
DAY 1: April 25, 2014, Friday Featured Afternoon Event (Optional)
TOUR OF C-FER Technologies; 2 pm to 4 pm; Meet at C-FER at 1:45 pm
The C-FER Edmonton facility contains a unique, world-class laboratory, in which full scale equipment qualification testing can be performed, at high pressures, temperatures, and load conditions, as well as in sour environments. The Exploration and Production Division serves the industry in the areas of drilling and completion and in production operations. The Pipeline and Structures Division serves the industry in the areas of pipeline design and construction and in pipeline integrity management. In addition to working for individual clients, C-FER is well known for leading, organizing and managing Joint Industry Projects to address important industry issues. C-FER (http://www.cfertech.com/laboratory-equipment).
DAY 2: April 26, 2014, Saturday Featured Morning Events Creating a Distinguished Career: Upstream, Midstream, Downstream
Dealing with Human Resources – Engineer to Leader
ASME – Your Career Partner
DAY 2: April 26, 2014, Saturday Featured Afternoon Events
Deliberately Choosing your Employer
Safety and Ethics in the Workplace
Careers in Oil & Gas Under Sea
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Petroleum Division Early Career Forum Series: #1 Overview, #2 Upstream, #3 Midstream, #4 Downstream
ASME Early Career Forum 1 Edmonton
Advancing Your Engineering Career!
April 25-26, 2014 ~ 2 Day Agenda ~ Attend In-person The Westin Edmonton 10135 100th Street Edmonton, Alberta
Register Now! http://asme-ecf-one-2014.eventbrite.com Earn up to 6 PD Hours
ASME Sponsors: Old Guard, District D, Northern Alberta Section and Petroleum Division
April 26, 2014 - Featured Morning Events Creating a Distinguished Career
Dealing with Human Resources – Engineer to Leader
ASME – Your Career Partner
Time (MDT) UTC/GMT -6 hours Topic
7:15 am - 7:50am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:50 am – 8:00 am Bio-Break – Seating for Webinar #1
8:00 am – 8:10 am
Introduction & Welcome – Judith Bamberger PhD PE, District D Leader
8:20 am – 9:50 am
Panel Discussion
Creating a Distinguished Career Petroleum Industry Career Focus
Upstream – Midstream – Downstream Upstream – exploration, production: Brian Wagg (CFER)
Midstream – pipeline transport: Juan Perez (Enbridge) Downstream – Refining: Speaker TBD (IPTI)
Doug Small, AMEC – Moderator
9:50 am – 10:10 am Coffee and Bio-Break – Seating for Webinar #2
10:10 am – 11:25 am
Dealing with Human Resources: Engineer to Leader HR’s Role - Job Hunting & Searching Skills - Interviewing - Salary & Benefits
Negotiation - The Job - Performance Expectations for Early Career Engineers
Steven T Cerri – STCerri International – Engineer to Leader
11:25 am – 11:35 am Bio-Break – Seating for Webinar #3
11:35 am – 12:00 am
ASME: Your Career Partner Leveraging Engineering Society Resources To Advance Your Career
Finding your Technical Home – Judith Bamberger PhD PE,
ASME District D Leader, ASME Fluids Engineering Division
Focus on the Petroleum Division – Joe Paviglianiti – ASME IPTI (International
Petroleum Technology Institute) Chair – Technical Leader at National Energy Board
12:00 – 12:50 pm Networking Lunch – Webinar Offline
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Petroleum Division Early Career Forum Series: #1 Overview, #2 Upstream, #3 Midstream, #4 Downstream
ASME Early Career Forum 1 Edmonton
Advancing Your Engineering Career!
April 25-26, 2014 ~ 2 Day Agenda ~ Attend In-person The Westin Edmonton 10135 100th Street Edmonton, Alberta
Register Now! http://asme-ecf-one-2014.eventbrite.com Earn up to 6 PD Hours
ASME Sponsors: Old Guard, District D, Northern Alberta Section and Petroleum Division
April 26, 2014 - Featured Afternoon Events Deliberately Choosing your Employer
Safety and Ethics in the Workplace
Careers in Oil & Gas Under Sea
Time (MDT)
UTC/GMT -6 hours Topic
12:50 pm – 1:00 pm Bio-Break – Seating forWebinar#4
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Deliberately Choosing your Employer Small Firm versus Large Corporation
Consulting versus Owner/Operator
Nonconventional Career Paths
Joe Paviglianiti – National Energy Board – Large Corporation
Speaker Being Identified – Consulting
Jennifer Bell, Chair Petroleum Division – Nonconventional Career Paths
YPAC Young Pipeliners Association of Canada
Doug Small, AMEC – Moderator
2:30 pm – 2:50 pm Bio-Break – Seating forWebinar#5
2:50 pm – 4:00 pm
Safety and Ethics in the Workplace Resolving Ethical and Safety Contradictions
Scott Burr, Innovation Scientific – Fellow of ASME
Principal Innovator and Co-author of “Safety Under Construction”
4:00 pm – 4:10 pm Coffee and Bio-Break – Seating forWebinar#6
4:10 pm – 5:10 pm
Careers in Oil & Gas Under the Sea Introduction to Subsea Tiebacks
Don Wells – Hess Corporation
5:10 pm – 5:25 pm Closing Remarks – Judith Bamberger PhD PE, District D Leader
Introduction to Webinar Series – Jennifer Bell, Petroleum Division
5:25 pm – 6:00 pm Networking and Exchanging Business Cards – Webinar Offline
(no refreshments provided)
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Petroleum Division Early Career Forum Series: #1 Overview, #2 Upstream, #3 Midstream, #4 Downstream
Introducing Conference Presenters
Judith Ann Bamberger PhD PE Senior Research Engineer, Fluid Mechanics, Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory Richland, Washington – specializing in multiphase flow experimental characterization and instrumentation
ASME North American Pacific District Leader 2012-2015
ASME Dedicated Service Award 2005
US Department of Energy Honor Award 2011
ASME Financial Operations Committee of Global Communities
Vice Chair Fluids and Application Systems Committee of Fluids Engineering Division
Past Chair Fluid Measurements & Instrumentation Committee of Fluids Engineering Division
Jennifer Bell Elements Offshore, CEO and founder
Intervention Engineer, Chevron Drilling & Completions Group
ASME Herbert Allen Award 2011 – Outstanding Technical Achievement
Petroleum Division Executive Committee Chair
ASME Henry R. Worthington Medal Award Committee Chair
ASME IPTI Board Member
Scott Burr Principal, Innovation Scientific, LLC
ASME Fellow 2011
ASME Dedicated Service Award 2009
ASME Leadership Training Conference Presenter
ASME District PD Chair
Principal Innovator and Co-Author of “Safety Under Construction”
Steven T Cerri STCerri International – Engineer to Leader
ASME District D Operating Board Member
ASME District D Lead Trainer: Communication, Management, & Leadership Development
Popular Speaker in ASME Speaker’s Bureau
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Petroleum Division Early Career Forum Series: #1 Overview, #2 Upstream, #3 Midstream, #4 Downstream
Joe Paviglianiti
ASME IPTI (International Petroleum Technology Institute) Chair
Technical Leader at the Canadian National Energy Board
Current chairman of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Z662 Technical Subcommittee on Construction
Juan Perez
Senior Manager of Special Projects – Overpressurization and Transients Program, Enbridge Liquids Pipelines
Petroleum Engineer with 20 years of experience in exploration, drilling, and pipeline engineering and operations
Juan’s studies in Project Management, Internal Control and Compliance Techniques, and Finance have afforded him a long and successful career, including holding eight increasingly complex positions at the main pipeline system in Colombia, OCENSA, which was eventually sold by Enbridge
Graduate of America University in Columbia
Doug Small P.Eng. AMEC, Americas Ltd.
Mechanical Engineer
Vice Chair ASME Northern Alberta Section
Mechanical design and project engineer with over 17 years of technical experience in pressure equipment design and manufacturing
BS ME University of Alberta
Brian Wagg Director, Business Development and Planning, C-FER Technologies
He has worked at C-FER for 23 years in various engineering and management roles, recently focusing on the pipeline industry.
He is working closely with industry, researcher and government agencies to build a new organization called the Canadian Pipeline Technology Collaborative, or CPTC, to co-ordinate pipeline research across Canada.
Don Wells Sr Subsea Engineering Advisor at Hess Corporation
Principal Subsea Engineer ConocoPhillips 1981 – 2009
Texas A&M University BSME, Mechanical Engineering 1974 – 1979
Don Wells is a Sr. Subsea Engineering Advisor in Hess Corporation's Developments organization supporting their Project and Technology Development needs.
Prior to joining Hess 4 years ago he worked for Conoco / ConocoPhillips for 27 years where he held Engineering & Management positions on numerous subsea development projects around the world.
His industry activities include membership in API committee 17, Chairmanship of the Subsea Tieback Foundation, and Chairman of the Petroleum Division of ASME's International Petroleum Technology Institute.
Register Now! http://asme-ecf-one-2014.eventbrite.com Earn up to 6 PD Hours
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