Nominations for the 2011 SFPE Board of Directors and 2011 Nominating Committee

To: SFPE Members

From: Michael Madden, P.E., FSFPE, Secretary-Treasurer

Subject: Nominations for the 2011 SFPE Board of Directors and 2011 Nominating Committee

The 2010 nominating committee consisted of Richard J. Davis, P.E., FSFPE (Chair), Deborah Boice, P.E., David Frable, John Frank, P.E., Deborah Freeland and Ken Richardson, P.Eng., FSFPE. In accordance with Article 15, Section 2 of the of the SFPE Constitution, they have nominated the following individuals to fill vacancies on the SFPE Board of Directors:

President: Deborah Boice, P.E., Swiss Re
President-Elect: James A. Milke, Ph.D., P.E., FSFPE, University of Maryland
Immediate Past President: Robert Jonsson, FSFPE, Lund University
Secretary-Treasurer: Michael J. Madden, P.E., FSFPE, Hughes Associates, Inc.

Vice Presidents:
Milosh Puchovsky, P.E., FSFPE, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Jaime Moncada, P.E., International Fire Safety Consulting

Directors:
Kathleen Almand, P.Eng., FSFPE, Fire Protection Research Foundation
David Barber, Arup Fire
J.C. Harrington, P.E., FSFPE, FM Global
Brian Meacham, Ph.D., P.E., FSFPE, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Paul Rivers, P.E., 3M
Peter Gore Willse, P.E., FSFPE, XL GAP Services

The following individuals were nominated for the 2011 Nominating Committee:
Ken Dungan, P.E., FSFPE
John Frank, P.E., XL GAP Services
Eric Rosenbaum, P.E., FSFPE, Hughes Associates

Continuing on the SFPE Board of Directors

Vice Presidents:
Carl Baldassarra, P.E., FSFPE, Rolf Jensen & Associates
Joshua Elvove, P.E., FSFPE, U.S. General Services Administration
Daniel Madrzykowski, P.E., FSFPE, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Directors:
Michael Crowley, P.E., FSFPE, Rolf Jensen & Associates
James Begley, P.E., Terp Consulting

In accordance with the SFPE Constitution, Article 16, Section 2, other nominations may be submitted to the secretary-treasurer no later than September 1, 2010. Nominations so submitted must be signed by at least seven voting members. "Voting members" include: fellows, honorary members, professional members, and associate members.

SFPE Member Alex Munguia is JETS Extreme Engineer for the Month of May, 2010

Alex Munguia who is a fire protection engineer with the Protection Engineering Group’s Duluth, Georgia Office and a member of the Society of Fire protection Engineers (SFPE) was named the Junior Engineering Technical Society’s (JETS) Extreme Engineer for the Month of May, 2010. Munguia who was a former SFPE staff member was highlighted in the monthly JETS publication Pre-Engineering Times. To see this article go to http://www.jets.org/newsletter/may2010.htm.

JETS is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting engineering and technology careers to young people. As a prominent force at the secondary school level, JETS engages students in various engineering education programs that are an essential part of fostering the engineering profession.

“SFPE is happy to be a Society Affiliate with Jets,” said SFPE Engineering Program Manager Chris Jelenewicz. ‘They do great job in promoting engineering as a career with our younger population.”

SFPE and the profession of fire protection engineering are also the focus of a Society Spotlight article in the same publication. To see this article go to http://www.jets.org/explore/affiliates/sfpe.cfm.

SFPE Publishes Recommendations for a Model Curriculum for a BS Degree in Fire Protection Engineering

The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) has developed a document that is intended to provide recommendations for the development of a Model Curriculum for a Bachelors of Science (BS) Degree in Fire Protection Engineering (FPE).

This document can be found at http://www.sfpe.org/upload/100415_sfpe_bs_model_curriculum_-_final_draft.pdf.

The model is based on a four-year program. Each school year is divided into two semesters (fall and spring). It is not intended to imply that this is the only acceptable combination of courses that should be offered for such a program. Also, it is not intended to provide a detailed list of individual topics to be covered within each course.

"This document was drafted by the SFPE Higher Education Task Group," said SFPE Engineering Program Manager Chris Jelenewicz. "The Task Group has a great mix of professional diversity; both educators and practitioners are represented."

More specific information on the individual topics can be found in the March, 1995 article “A Proposal for a Model Curriculum in Fire Safety Engineering” that can be found at http://www.sfpe.org/upload/iafss_model_curriulmn.pdf. This publication was used as the foundation for the development of the SFPE document.

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