LOUISIANA ENGINEERING SOCIETY
BATON ROUGE CHAPTER
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February 19-25, 2006 is National Engineers Week (E-Week). The following proclamation was issued by Baton
Rouge Mayor Melvin “Kip” Holden recognizing E-Week for the Baton Rouge area. The official proclamation
can be viewed on our website at www.les-state.org/brchapter
Proclamation
WHEREAS,
engineers have served to improve the quality of life for our City, Parish, state, nation, and
world for thousands of years. Engineering designs have resulted in clean drinking water, air
conditioning and heating, automobiles and highways, airplanes, computers and copiers,
abundant utility supplies, and most every other modern day convenience; and
WHEREAS,
engineers are intricately tied to public safety. The profession impacts the public on a daily
basis in almost everything we do; and
WHEREAS,
the Louisiana Engineering Society (LES) was founded in 1898 and has been a member of
the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) since 1957; and
WHEREAS,
the LES and NSPE focus on the engineers’ responsibility to the public and their
involvement in the community, particularly as related to licensing as a Professional
Engineer; and
WHEREAS,
registration as a Professional Engineer entails specific education, an internship, passing
several qualification examinations, and written testimony of other Professional Engineers
as to an individual’s professional and ethical character; and
NOW, THERFORE, I, Melvin L. “Kip” Holden, Mayor-President of the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of
East Baton Rouge, do hereby proclaim
February 19-25, 2006
AS
ENGINEERS WEEK
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Baton Rouge and the Parish
of East Baton Rouge, to be affixed upon this nineteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord two thousand
and six
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LOUISIANA ENGINEERING SOCIETY
BATON ROUGE CHAPTER
E-WEEK BANQUET: FEBRUARY 23, 2006
February 19-25, 2006 will be recognized as National Engineers Week.
E-Week is a national campaign geared towards celebrating and raising
awareness of the contributions of today’s engineers to society. We as
engineers should be proud of our enormous and often unheralded
contributions to the world in which we live. The LES Baton Rouge
Chapter would like for you to join in our formal E-Week Banquet
celebration on February 23, 2006 at the Baton Rouge Country Club.
Cocktails will be served at 6:30 with the dinner and awards starting at
7:00 pm. Corporate sponsors are needed to make this event possible.
Please contact Robert Degeyter, P.E. at 387-6222 to reserve your seat
or to sponsor the banquet. Visit the web at http://www.eweek.org for
information about national events.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
February 19-25
E-Week
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February 23
E-Week Banquet
Baton Rouge Country Club
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March 23
General Meeting
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April 20
Joint LES-ASCE Meeting
Mayor Kip Holden

May 25
General Meeting
Any announcements? Email me at
rlear@sigmacg.com
BATON ROUGE CHAPTER MEMBERS WIN STATE
AWARDS
Members of the Baton Rouge Chapter were awarded three of the statewide awards at the recent JESC
Conference. The Baton Rouge Chapter made a strong showing, winning 3 of the 4 nominated awards. The
chapter would like to congratulate Gavin Gautreau, P.E., Buddy Porta, P.E. and Darrell Jones, P.E. for their
accomplishments and representation the Baton Rouge. Additional details about the award winners will be
published in the next issue of the “Louisiana Engineer and Surveyor Journal”
Gavin P. Gautreau, P.E.
Lloyd “Buddy” Porta, P.E.
Darrell K. Jones, P.E.
F. Hugh Coughlin Young Engineer
Award
A.B. Patterson Medal for an
Engineer in Management
Andrew M. Locket Medal for
Civic Activities
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LOUISIANA ENGINEERING SOCIETY
BATON ROUGE CHAPTER
ALAN KROUSE, P.E. AWARDED THE W.S. NELSON PRESIDENT’S AWARD
Having held all offices for the Baton Rouge Chapter
of LES, Alan Krouse currently serves as SecretaryTreasurer of LES. He originated the LES Baton
Rouge Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament in
1992, and has since annually directed this event.
This tournament was established to fund an LSU
professorship in memory of Dr. Humphreys Turner,
a Civil Engineering professor at LSU.
The
tournament continues on today to help fund LES’
annual scholarship program. Since 1993, Alan has
assisted in every MathCounts competition. On the
state level, Alan currently serves on the Long Range
Planning Committee and was the Chairman of the
2005 Annual conference. Alan also served as the
2004 Annual Conference Chairman, Chairman and
Vice Chairman of PEPP, on the Tellers Committee
and Honors and Awards Committee.
In addition to being an active member of LES, Alan has served on the Ascension Parish Planning and Zoning
Commission since June of 2004, presently serving as Planning and Zoning Representative on the Parish
Steering Committee, as well as a member of the Parish Zoning Subcommittee. Alan is a Registered
Professional Engineer in the States of Louisiana and Texas and is a member of the American Society of Civil
Engineers, the National Society of Professional Engineers, and the LSU Alumni Association. He is a Board
Member of the Louisiana Engineering Foundation and was listed in the 1996-1997 edition of Who’s Who in
Executives and Professionals.
Alan is the owner of AACO Engineering Company, established in 1992. He is also employed with Meyer &
Associates of Sulphur as a Vice President in transportation, managing their Baton Rouge office.
After receiving his BS Degree from LSU in Civil Engineering in 1977, Alan was employed at the Louisiana
Department of Transportation and Development, in the Road Design Section for seven years. While at DOTD,
Alan ultimately reached the position of Coordinating Squad Leader leaving DOTD to go into private consulting
practice.
Alan is married to Stephanie Bares Krouse and they are celebrating 28 years of marriage this year. They have
two daughters, Brooke and Allison. After graduating from St. Joseph's Academy in Baton Rouge, Brooke went
on to get her degree in International Studies from LSU. She would like to live and work in Japan. Allison also
graduated from St. Joseph’s Academy in Baton Rouge and is a junior at LSU, majoring in Education. She is a
member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.
Alan has been an active member at St. George Catholic Church in Baton Rouge, among his volunteer services is
more that twenty years of work with the St. George Fair.
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LOUISIANA ENGINEERING SOCIETY
BATON ROUGE CHAPTER
MATHCOUNTS NEWS
The Louisiana Engineering Society - Baton Rouge
Chapter held the 2006 local MathCounts
competition on February 10th at the Transportation
Training and Education Center (TTEC) on the LSU
Campus.
MathCounts, a Coaching and
Competition Program Promoting Middle School
Math Achievement consists of local school teams
competing against each other in individual tests,
group tests, and an individual speed round.
The event consisted of over eighty students
representing 11 middle schools from Baton Rouge Local “mathletes” compete in the countdown round
and surrounding parishes. The students were tested competition at MathCounts
as individuals and as four-person teams. The top
ten students then proceed to a countdown round, where word-problems were shown and read, and students
buzzed-in similar to “Jeopardy”. The event focuses on accuracy and speed.
Defending National Champion, Neal Wu, competed again this year as an 8 th grader (his final competition year),
and won the local individual title again. Glasgow Elementary School won the team competition, with team
members Neal Wu, Devika Balichandran, Zesham Ahmed, and Luci Li. These students and other top finishers
will proceed to Alexandria, Louisiana, for the State Competition on March 9 & 10. The National Competition
will be held in Washington DC in May 2006.
Thanks to the Louisiana Transportation Research Center (LTRC)
LES Volunteers – specifically Darrell Jones, Alan Krouse, Robbie Lear, Geoff Wilson, & Stan Prutz
Bell South
Grady Crawford Construction
CiCi’s Pizza
Participating Schools’ Coaches and Parents
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LOUISIANA ENGINEERING SOCIETY
BATON ROUGE CHAPTER
FUTURE CITY COMPETITION
By: Carla Lane
Although there were many obstacles to this year’s
competition, not the least of which were 2
hurricanes, the Engineer’s Week Future City
Competition sponsored by LES was held on
January 20. The mission of the competition is to
provide a fun and exciting educational
engineering program for 7th and 8th grade students
that combines a stimulating engineering challenge
with a “hands-on” application to present their
vision of a city of the future. Students are
challenged to build a computer model using
MAXIS SimCity 3000, write an essay pertaining
to a particular engineering topic, write an abstract
describing their city, build a physical model of a
particular portion of their city, and present their
futuristic city at the regional competition.
Pictured left to right: Tony Arikol, P.E. (Engineer
Sponsor), Alison Adams, Melanie Eddington, Katherine
Fredieu, and Shirley Newman (teacher)
This year’s winner, St. Thomas More, Baton Rouge, envisioned a future New Orleans that will be rebuilt with
new technology, but without sacrificing the local heritage. They will be sent to Washington, D.C. where they
will compete against 34 other states at the national finals in February. The second place winner was Carencro
Catholic School, Carencro and third place went to East Beauregard High School, DeRidder. This year, Marc
McConnell, from Shell, entertained the students with his keynote speech, including stories about his Back to the
Future car.
The Future City competition is not possible without the work of many volunteers. If you would like to
volunteer to be a judge, help at the competition, or mentor a team, you can register on the Future City website,
www.futurecity.org . You will also be able to get more information and see pictures of last year’s national
winning team from Louisiana.
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LOUISIANA ENGINEERING SOCIETY
BATON ROUGE CHAPTER
2006 NSPE MILTON F. LUNCH ETHICS CONTEST
All current NSPE individual members, NSPE state societies, and NSPE Chapters are invited to participate in the
2006 NSPE Milton F. Lunch Ethics Contest. Match your wits with experienced professional engineers and
engineering students throughout the country. NSPE’s Board of Ethical Review will furnish you with a real
FACT situation that involves a government engineer who has been offered gifts from time-to-time from
consulting engineering companies and contractors. Given the FACTS, you are asked a QUESTION about the
ethics of the engineer. Contestants are encouraged to read and discuss the FACTS of the case and answer to the
QUESTIONS. Then contestants are to develop DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS using the format of the
NSPE Board of Ethical Review. Contestants are also to give REFERENCES citing only specific sections of the
NSPE Code of Ethics for Engineers. Other materials should not be cited.
All entries must be 750 words or less (DISCUSSION and CONCLUSION section only) and received by
Friday, April 14, 2006. The winning entry will receive an award of $1000 ($500 to the NSPE State Society or
NSPE Chapter and $500 divided among the authors) provided by the NSPE Education Foundation, a certificate,
and recognition in PE Magazine. Visit www.les-state.org/brchapter and click on Ethics Contest for a full set of
rules and FACTS.
2005-2006 INTERNET SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FAIR JUDGES NEEDED
The University of Central Florida 's College of Engineering and Computer Science and the National Medal of
Technology Program ask you to consider participating as a national judge in the ninth annual Internet Science
and Technology Fair (ISTF). This online competition includes two hundred and sixty-seven student teams in
grades three through twelve. Students work with technical advisors via email, innovate technical solutions to
real-world problems, follow ISTF Content Guidelines (based on AAAS National Science Content Standards),
and present their projects in a webpage format. Please access Newcomers - Judges for more information about
participating as a judge.
The National Round of Judging, will occur between April 7th and April 16th. Each judge is asked to review up to
six projects. The forms for judging, the students' projects, and the guidelines for the three grade groupings
(elementary, middle, and high school) are available online; the evaluations can be completed any time within
the ten-day period.
Should you wish to participate, please go to My ISTF, click on New Account under "Final Judges" and
complete the information as requested.
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
The following individuals are new members of LES. If you see these individuals, please welcome them to the
Society.
Phil G. Combs, P.E. - Pyburn & Odom
Robert P. Dugas, Jr. , P.E. - GEC, Inc.
Charles M. Munley, Jr., E.I. - Dayspring Group, LLC Joffrey E. Easley, P.E. - GEC, Inc.
Chris M. Odom, P.E. - Pyburn & Odom
Jack N. Hodges, P.E. - GEC, Inc.
Mark A. Ordogne, P.E. - LA DOTD
John A. Lewis, P.E. - Retired
Eric S. Borne, E.I. - SJB Group, LLC
Denis Markan - Chemical Engineering Student, LSU
Walter R. Williamson, P.E. - Walter R. Williamson, LLC
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LOUISIANA ENGINEERING SOCIETY
BATON ROUGE CHAPTER
UPCOMING CPD OPPORTUNITIES
The Louisiana Professional Engineering and Surveying Board have posted on their website a list of CPD
opportunities within the next few months. Click your browsers to http://www.lapels.com to see what’s coming
up. Remember, your membership in LES counts as 1 PDH per biennial renewal period!!!

8hr Life Safety Code Seminar by Robert Miller, AIA, Office of State Fire Marshal
Seminar will be held at: Holiday Inn Select, 4728 Constitution Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70808
March 15, 2006, 8:00am – 4:30pm, Lunch will be served
Registration: $115 for LES members, $215 for non-members
Visit: https://www.secure-quotes.com/les/Life.asp for registration

2003 IBC & IRC Wind and Flood Provisions Seminar – 19.5 PDH Hours
Office of State Fire Marshal, 8181 Independence Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70808
February 21-23, 2006 – Lunch on your own
Registration: Free of charge for participants
Contact Cynthia Obier at 925-4911 or Cindy.Obier@dps.la.gov for registration information

THE GRANT INSTITUTE - GRANTS 101: Professional Grant Proposal Writing Workshop
University of Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana, Student Union, Art Gallery, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
February 21 - 23, 2006
Registration: $597 Tuition includes all materials and certificates
Visit www.thegrantinstitute.com or call toll free (888) 824 - 4424 for registration and information
LES BATON ROUGE CHAPTER
2005-06 OFFICERS
President:
Gavin Gautreau, P.E.
GavinGautreau@dotd.state.la.us
225-767-9110
Secretary / Treasurer
Dan Rosenquist, P.E.
drosenquist@hntb.com
225-368-2800
President Elect
Robert Degeyter, P.E.
rdegeyter@harteng.com
225-387-6222
1st Director
Robbie Lear, P.E., L.S.I.
rlear@sigmacg.com
225-298-0800
Vice President
Ken Robichaux, P.E.
krobicha@dps.state.la.us
225-925-4920
2nd Director
Geoff Wilson, E.I.
geoffatbhe@bellsouth.net
225-757-0558
Visit us on the web
http://www.les-state.org/brchapter/
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