Inland Empire Section

Quarterly Report June 2013

2012-2013 Officers:

Ferdinand

de la Cruz

Director

Aaron Brady

President

Jane Pham

President-Elect

Bill Wasser

VP Supervisory

Ramin Ghodsi

VP Rank & File

Najah Amin

VP at Large

Omar Perez

Secretary

Reyna Baeza-Oregel

Treasurer

Inside this issue:

Section

Meeting With

Steve and

Malcolm

1-3

RIMS Science

Fair

4-7

BYCTWD 8-9

Community

Outreach

10

Upcoming

Section Events

11-

12

Farewell 13-

16

Professional Engineers in California Government

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The Inland Empire Section was honored to have Steve

Lee and Malcolm Dougherty attend our March Section

Meeting. We had over 200 members attend this

luncheon at the San Bernardino Elks Lodge

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After Steve and Malcolm spoke, a raffle was held and

above are some of the lucky winners! Prizes included

Restaurant gift certificates and IE PECG Polo shirts.

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Riverside Inyo Mono San Bernardino Science and Engineering Fair

Riverside, Inyo, Mono and San Bernardino (RIMS) Inland Science & Engineering

Fair was held on April 2-3, 2013, at the National Orange Show Events Center in

San Bernardino and Riverside Municipal Auditorium in Riverside. It was a huge

success. This year we had nine hundred and thirty two (932) students participat-

ing in the Science and Engineering fair. They came from eighty three (83) School

Districts and private schools representing three hundred and thirty three schools

(333). RIMS sent sixty seven (67) projects to the State Science Fair. They placed

five 1st place, two 2nd place, one 3rd place, five 4th place, and five Honorable Men-

tions. One project received SCAQMD Air Quality/Climate Change Award and

the other received Honorable Mention for American Institute of Aeronautics and

Astronautics (AIAA) Award. Four projects were sent to compete at the Intel In-

ternational Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix, Arizona.

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The Inland Empire Section sent over thirty (30) people to assist and Judge. At

the same time, we offered three scholarships, one for each Division. The Ele-

mentary Division winner, Grades 4 and 5, was awarded $300. The Junior Divi-

sion winner, Grades 6 through 8, was awarded $700. The Senior Division win-

ner, Grades 9 through 12, was awarded $1,000.

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2013 RIMS Inland Science & Engineering

Fair Awards Ceremony

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Steve Lee joined us

at the Awards

Ceremony and

received a plaque

from Dr. Thomas.

The Inland Empire

Section awarded

three Scholarships

to each division of

competition.

Elementary Division

Students in Grades

4 through 5 award

of $250, Junior

Division Students in

grades 6 though 8

award of $750 and

Senior Division

Students in grade 9

though 12 award of

$1,000. The best

project selected by

the Inland Empire

Section PECG

members judges.

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RIMS Inland Science & Engineering Fair Awards Ceremony

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On Thursday, May 2, 2013 the Inland Empire Section PECG participated

in the “2013 Bring Your Child to Work Day” activities at the Caltrans District 8 office in San Bernardino. They had the unique educational op-

portunity of getting to know how the Department of Transportation works, to talk and learn from people who do the jobs at Caltrans and ex-plore possible future careers for themselves. The Inland Empire Section

Presentation was on building bridges with popsicle sticks. We also showed some of the videos from our PECG Video Gallery.

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2013 Bring Your Child to Work Day (Continued)

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Community Outreach

Youth Education Mentoring Program

YEMP is your opportunity to talk with a class of Junior High School Students. Share your profession, how you got where you are, and convince them to stay in school.

Help reduce the high dropout rate in the Inland Empire!

Sybille Phillips, Inland Empire PECG Co-Chair for the YEMP Outreach.

Citrus Hills Middle School 3211 South Main Street, Corona Thursday, May 9, 2013 8:00 am —11:00 am

Raney Middle School 1010 West Cintron, Corona Tuesday, May 14, 2013 8:00 am —11:00 am

Ramirez Middle School 6905 Harrison Ave, Eastvale Friday, May 17, 2013 8:00 am —11:00 am

Earhart Middle School 20202 Aptos Street, Riverside, near MARB Tuesday, May 21, 2013 8:00 am —11:00 am

Sierra Middle School (NEW) 4950 Central Avenue, Riverside Wednesday, May 29, 2013 8:00 am —11:00 am

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Upcoming Section Events

Inland Empire

Professional Engineers in

California Government Cordially invites you to a

Recognition Luncheon June 13, 2013

11:30 am @

Inland Empire Transportation Management Center

13892 Victoria Street, Fontana, CA 92336

RIMS Science and Engineering Fair

Scholarship Recipients and Volunteers

&

YEMP Mentors

Join us to recognize:

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Upcoming Section Events (Continued)

ANNUAL INLAND EMPIRE SECTION PICNICANNUAL INLAND EMPIRE SECTION PICNIC

At Fairmont Park in RiversideAt Fairmont Park in Riverside

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Farewell to Shabbir….

The Inland Empire Section recognizes and appreciates

Shabbir for his guidance and tremendous support of the

Inland Empire Section.

We wish him well in District 4!

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Farewell to Shabbir….

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Farewell to Shabbir….

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Farewell to Shabbir….