Ken O'Dell, SE
President
If, like me, you are caught in the end of the year holiday rush, you may appreciate a brief President’s message. For those of you able to join our Holiday Dinner at Morton’s last week, I expect is was a great evening for you. Those of you who took home a few of the giveaways from CSI, I imagine it was even better. It sure appeared that fun was had by all. As prefaced in my introduction, the evening was about YOU, the members of SEAOSC, and the chance to share with friends and colleagues. I hope that you are creating life long friendships with your fellow Structural Engineers.
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Committee Update - Younger Member Committee
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The Younger Member Committee (YMC) hosted a kickoff meeting in October at Holmes Structures’ downtown office to start this SEAOSC fiscal year. The event was attended by both returning and new younger members. The kickoff meeting focused on introducing new younger members to SEAOSC with overviews of some of the YM events planned for this fiscal year.
Through November to January, the committee’s focus has been the SEAOSC Career Fair and Student Scholarship Night. The YMC has been actively working on promoting this event among local universities and engineering firms, reaching out for donations for the scholarships, reviewing student applications, planning for event presentation, etc.
The committee is also planning on hosting a few technical and social events throughout the year for YMs such as showcase presentation and office tours at different engineering firms, field trips to job site or Cities, hiking, happy hours, etc.
Also, this year YMC updated its committee structure with more active coordinator roles. The coordinators are taking charge in different aspects of the committee matters to ensure successful implementation of committee activities and events.
YMC is also in the process of introducing YM Liaisons with other committees this year. YM Liaisons will serve as bridges between YMC and other SEAOSC committees. They will be new blood to each committee by participating committee meetings and help in committee matters. They will also report back to the YMC so more interests in other Committees can be fostered among YMs and students.
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Name:
Sikandar Porter-Gill, PE, CDT
Job title:
Project Engineer
Company:
MHP Structural Engineers
Member since:
May 2019
Favorite Movie:
This is an unfair question. I have too many. Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Star Trek.
Proudest Accomplishment:
Affordable housing project in Washington, DC
Childhood Ambition:
Astronaut (that didn't quite work out)
First Job:
SK&A Structural Engineers, PLLC, Washington, DC
Current SEAOSC Role:
Communications Committee Member, Younger Members Committee Member, Scholarship Coordinator, SEAoSC Liaison to California State Communications Committee
Why Join SEAOSC?:
Networking, learning, and making friends
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Name:
Jessica Chen, PE
Job title:
Project Engineer
Company:
Holmes Structures
Member since:
2016
Favorite Movie:
It changes from time to time but my favorite movie in 2019 is “The Farewell”.
Childhood Ambition:
To become either a doctor or designer
First Job:
Intern at Arup Hong Kong
Current SEAOSC Role:
SEAOSC Scholarship Coordinator
Why Join SEAOSC?:
Amazing platform to meet peer engineers and get exposure to the whole Socal SE community
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Welcome New Members
Member SE
Carlos Ortiz, CDM Smith
Member
Susendar Muthukumar
, Walter P Moore
Associate
David Pomerleau, Buehler
Salma Syed , DCI Engineers
Young Associate
Samantha Whetten, KNA Structural Engineers
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Have you Renewed your 2019-2020 Membership?
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Thank you for your continued membership support!
SEAOSC has the professional distinction and influence it does today because of our past leaders, you and 1,100 of our colleagues. Your membership strengthens our organization and helps to position it as the premier professional organization to which local structural engineers belong. SEAOSC represents you in the noble profession of structural engineering by fostering and promoting the contributions of structural engineers to society.
To maximize your membership, we encourage you take advantage of the many of the member benefits intended for you and these are shown in our
Make an Impact
membership flyer. One of the benefits available to
SEAOSC
SE and PE members for a fee is the ability to participate in the online
SEAOSC
Member Search service
. This service is intended to help the public find Structural Engineers and Professional Engineers specializing in a particular area of structural engineering.
Your membership and participation helps increase the visibility of our profession and its value as well as increasing our influence and impact to make a greater positive difference together than we could individually.
Renewals are now due on the anniversary of your join date so you will receive the full one-year benefit of your membership.
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SEAOSC January Dinner Meeting Recap
To kick-off the new decade, SEAOSC took a look back ten years ago to 2010 when earthquakes devastated Chile and Haiti. A panel of three structural engineers Anuj Bansal of Degenkolb, James Kramer of MHP Structural Engineers, and Mark Broughton of Miyamoto and moderator Deepansh Kathuria of Miyamoto discussed observations from post-earthquake reconnaissance trips, lessons-learned, and past-to-current recovery efforts. Anuj started the discussion sharing his experience in Chile where he saw how the earthquake revealed inadequacies of the building code thru structural damage and gave the world an opportunity to see how a developed nation would be affected by a major earthquake. In contrast, James shared his experience in Haiti where as a still-developing nation, Haiti’s buildings and homes were destroyed, yet the resiliency of the people allowed them to resume their daily lives amongst the rubble. Mark, a practicing engineer working in Miyamoto’s Haiti office, shared with us the Haitian government’s response immediately following the earthquake thru today where Haiti has adopted a building code and shows a greater concern for quality of construction. However, he notes that much work has yet to be done to enforce building code and ensure that all buildings are able to resist the next big earthquake. SEAOSC thanks our speakers, sponsors, and all those who attended. Please remember to renew your membership for 2020, and we hope to see you supporting the next generation at next month’s Student Night!
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UPCOMING EVENTS
JANUARY 23, 2020
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
MARCH 4, 2020
MARCH 18, 2020
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JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL SAFER CITIES TECHNICAL SUMMIT
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NCSEA -
Comment on FEMA Position Qualifications by January 17th
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Save-the-Date: SEAOC Maui Convention 2020!
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Join us during the week of Labor Day for five glorious days of continuing education and entertainment at the southern tip of Kaanapali on the western shore of the Maui. Our convention will offer:
- Three days of three-track technical sessions featuring the latest in structural engineering research, structural engineering practice, and business development
- A trade show featuring exhibitors of companies from all over the world that produce important products and services for our industry
- The presentation of our annual Excellence in Engineering Awards winners Our Annual Business Lunch where we will hear from our outgoing President on the state of our Association and install our incoming SEAOC President and the latest inductees to the SEAOC College of Fellows....
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MEMBER REFERRAL PROGRAM:
SEAOSC Members can opt-in to the Referral Program for $100 annually. You may opt-in anytime by contacting the SEAOSC office at
seaosc@seaosc.org
. A listing will appear on seaosc.org/Member-Services-Search which includes your name, license number, business address and your selected categories.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:
While California not does have mandatory continuing education for your license renewal, SEAOSC created this voluntary program to recognize and record members’ seminar attendance. You can enroll for $50 annually during dues renewals. Credit is issued for your attendance at qualifying dinner meetings, seminars and educational events based on 1 credit for each contact hour of continuing education.
Click Here
to learn more.
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2019-2020 Board of Directors
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Kenneth O'Dell, S.E.
MHP, Inc. Structural Engineers
President
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Matt Barnard, S.E.
Degenkolb Engineers
President Elect
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Kelsey Anne Parolini, S.E.
SSG Structural Engineers
Treasurer
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Mehran Pourzanjani, S.E.
Saiful Bouquet
Immediate Past President
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Bryan Seamer, S.E.
LPA Inc.
Director
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Garrett Mills, S.E.
Taylor & Syfan
Consulting Engineers
Director
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Henry Burton, Ph.D., S.E.
University of California,
Los Angeles
Director
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Kim Caravalho, S.E.
Brandow & Johnston
Director
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Tim Kaucher, P.E.
Simpson Strong-Tie
Director
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Tom Harris, S.E.
California Code Check
Director
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Victor Cuevas P.E.
Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety
Director
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Wayne Chang, S.E.
Structural Focus
Director
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DIRECTORY / CLASSIFIEDS / ADS
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SEAOSC Office
437 S. Cataract Avenue, #4B
San Dimas, CA 91773
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