Ken O'Dell, SE
President
When you take on the role of President of any Association you are often handed some big initiatives to move forward and an opportunity to help craft the direction the organization will take in the future. SEAOSC is no different. Over the past few years, several members of the past and the current board have worked to build opportunities for local university students to be engaged more directly with the Association through University based student chapters. While this remains a fledgling endeavor, I’m pleased to share that progress is being made. With renewals picking back up after the beginning of the academic calendar, we have over 250 student members active in the Association through their on-campus chapters. I’m also excited that another 70 plus members will be joining our ranks as we strengthen our relationship with UCLA students. In partnering with the student chapter at UCLA, to create an expanded opportunity for the students, EERI-SEAOSC at UCLA will bring together the researchers and practitioners and ensure engagement of young members as they transition through their academic curriculum and into the industry, hopefully into the offices of structural engineering firms throughout Southern California.
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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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Welcome New Members
Member SE
David Williams, Holmes Structures
Member
Carlos Buenrostro, Brandow & Johnston
Chris Stone, MHP, Inc. Structural Engineers
Phuoc Tran, Brandow & Johnston
Soheil Moeini, Greystone Engineering Group Inc.
Associate
Carolina Mendez, AMCE Engineers & Developers
Ryan Renzi, Ibarra Structural Engineering
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Name:
Carmen O’Rourke
Job title:
Design Engineer
Company:
Degenkolb Engineers
Member since:
2016
Favorite Movie:
I don’t have a favorite movie, but my favorite movie snack is nachos :)
Proudest Accomplishment:
Helping to make our communities safer through Seismic Design
Childhood Ambition:
Become a Structural Engineer
First Job:
Tutor
Current SEAOSC Role:
WiSE Committee Member
Why Join SEAOSC?:
To stay connected and up-to-date with the profession. Lots of great seminars, workshops, info sessions, and of course the monthly dinners!
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Name:
Minye Pak, S.E.
Job title:
Senior Structural Engineer
Company:
City of Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety
Member since:
2007
Favorite Movie:
Rather than a movie, my favorite Korean drama is Scarlett Heart Ryeo
Proudest Accomplishment:
Staying strong and positive amidst juggling my career and motherhood.
Childhood Ambition:
Becoming an astronaut so I can go to the moon. I still want to travel in outer space.
First Job:
Tutor
Current SEAOSC Role:
Member of the Women in Structural Engineering (WiSE) committee
Why Join SEAOSC?:
SEAOSC provides access to latest industry updates, continuing education, and a chance to be a part of a community of structural engineers paving the way to improve engineering and construction practices and supporting the retention and satisfaction of engineers in our field.
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Past Dinner Event Highlight - Exploring Tall Wood: New Code Provisions for Tall Timber Structures
At the SEAOSC LA Dinner Event on October 2nd, Mike Romanowski, S.E., presented the new tall wood code provisions and construction types, as well as the technical research and testing that supported their adoption. The Learning Objectives for the presentation included:
- A review the global history of tall wood construction and highlight the mass timber products used in these structures.
- The work and conclusions of the ICC Ad Hoc Committee on Tall Wood
- Buildings in establishing 14 new code provisions for the 2021 IBC that address tall wood construction.
- Discussed differences between the new tall wood mass timber construction types and existing construction types.
- Identified the key passive fire-resistance construction requirements and active systems that enable taller wood buildings to be built safely.
We hope you were able to join us for this information packet presentation. The presentation is available to the registered attendees.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
OCTOBER 17, 2019
OCTOBER 24, 2019
Safer Cities Policy Breakfast
OCTOBER 24, 2019
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
DECEMBER 4, 2019
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Welcome New SEAOC Fellows
SEAOC welcomed five new members to its College of Fellows during the 2019 SEAOC Convention:
Brad Lowe (SEAOSD)
Wayne Low (SEAONC)
Peter Maranian (SEAOSC)
Kevin Moore (SEAONC)
Janah Risha (SEAOSC)
Fred Turner (SEAOCC)
The Fellows met at Squaw Valley to discuss the COF scholarship program and possible sponsorship of convention speakers. From left to right are Fellows Peter Maranian, Joe Maffei, Doug Thompson, Kelly Cobeen, Jim Malley, Mel Green, Bill Staehlin, Chris Kamp, Ephraim Hirsch, Janah Risha, Ron Hamburger, Dick Dreyer, Chris Tokas, Fred Turner, John Coil, James Lai, Jon Kiland, Doug Hohbach, Kevin Moore, Jack Moehle, Rafael Sabelli, Wayne Low, David Cocke, Steve Pelham, Maryann Phipps, Art Ross and David Bonneville.
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SEAOC 2019 Convention Proceedings
The proceedings from the SEAOC 2019 Convention in are now available for members to download for FREE from the SEAOC Bookstore.
This document contains the unedited papers presented by the authors at the 2019 SEAOC Convention on August 28-31, 2019 at Squaw Creek, CA.
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MEMBER REFERRAL PROGRAM:
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
Structural Focus
Director
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SEAOSC Office
437 S. Cataract Avenue, #4B
San Dimas, CA 91773
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