LOUISIANA ENGINEERING SOCIETY
BATON ROUGE CHAPTER
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By: Gavin Gautreau, P.E.
Thanks to all those involved in making the 2006 Engineers Week a success. The banquet was held at Baton
Rouge Country Club and celebrated middle school, college, and professional accomplishments. Thanks to all
our contributors and sponsors. Special thanks to Robert Degeyter, P.E. for planning the event, and Wilfred
Barry, P.E. our Host.
The Engineering Selection Board Task Force presented the Draft Report to the Finance and Executive
Committee on March 15, 2006. It was recognized that the Task Force has had two meetings and covered many
items during their detailed discussions. The Draft Report was submitted to show that the Task Force has made
progress and to allow the F&E Committee members a chance to comment on the draft. The F&E Committee
Members generally felt that the Task Force was on track with their recommendations.
Since there were some remaining issued to be addressed, and the Task Force still needs to meet again, the item
was forwarded to the full council without recommendation, and will be held from the agenda until the Task
Force recommendations are complete. This would allow the item to stay on schedule, reducing delays towards
implementation of the recommendations.
Two more meetings were held to finalize the
scoresheet items.
The Task Force worked
diligently on the recommendations which will
include a trial implementation period. After the
process has been utilized for several selections,
we will solicit comments from the board members
as to potential modifications. These potential
modifications, if any, would be brought back to
the task force for consideration before
presentation to the council. The recommendation
report will be brought to the full council on April
12th 2006. Please plan on attending.
Sincerely,
Gavin P. Gautreau, P.E.
Baton Rouge Chapter President
Louisiana Engineering Society
APRIL LUNCHEON
JOINT MEETING WITH ASCE
When:
Thursday, April 20, 2006
11:30 a.m.
Where:
Ralph & Kacoo’s Restaurant
Bluebonnet Blvd.
Speaker:
Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden
City of Baton Rouge
East Baton Rouge Parish
Cost:
$20.00
RSVP:
Meg Sheats
769-0546 or sheats@csrsonline.com
Make Checks Payable to
“ASCE – Baton Rouge”
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LOUISIANA ENGINEERING SOCIETY
BATON ROUGE CHAPTER
E-WEEK BANQUET: FEBRUARY 23, 2006
February 19-25, 2006 was recognized as National Engineers Week. Our annual E-Week Banquet was held on
February 23, 2006, with a great time had by all. LES would like to especially thank all of our sponsors, Mr.
Wilfred Barry for hosting the event, and Robert Degeyter for planning the banquet.
SPONSORS
Forte & Tablada, Inc.
PEC Corporation
Sigma Consulting Group, Inc.
SJB Group, Inc.
Co-Sponsors
Boyd Holmes Engineering, Inc.
Civil Design and Construction, Inc.
ENGlobal Engineers, Inc.
GEC, Inc.
Hartman Engineering, Inc.
HNTB Corporation
LA Asphalt Pavement Assoc., Inc.
Contributors
Soil Testing Engineers, Inc.
Wilbur Smith Associates, Inc.
William A. Wintz Scholarship Winners ($1500 each)
Bryan Burnham – Electrical Engineering - LSU
Jeoffri Davis – Electrical Engineering – Southern
Louisiana Engineering Society Auxillary Scholarship ($1000)
Daniel Nelson – Construction Management - LSU
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LOUISIANA ENGINEERING SOCIETY
BATON ROUGE CHAPTER
2006-2007 OFFICER ELECTIONS AT APRIL LUNCHEON
LES Baton Rouge Officers for the 2006-2007 year will take place at the April Luncheon. Ballots will be issued
prior to the meeting and nominations heard during the meeting. Ballots will be cast after the meeting. The
results will be announced at the May Luncheon. Please plan to attend the April Luncheon to support LES and
to have your voice heard.
MATHCOUNTS NEWS
Glasgow Middle School in Baton Rouge is proud to send defending national champion Neal Wu, along with
teammate Davika Balachandran and coach Claudia Allums to the national competition in Washington DC.
They will be joined by Lake Castle Private School (Madisonville, LA) students Daniel Cooper and Jacob
Griffin to represent Louisiana in the 2006 national MathCounts competition. The competition takes place on
May 11-14. The team will compete against 224 competitors from all 50 states, Guam, Puerto Rico, District of
Columbia, State Department, Department of Defense, Northern Mariana Islands, and US Virgin Islands. The
LES Baton Rouge Chapter sends our support and good luck wishes to the Louisiana team.
FUTURE CITY COMPETITION NEWS
This year’s statewide winner and defending national champions, St. Thomas More School, Baton Rouge,
returned to Washington D.C. to compete in the 2006 national competition. The team placed 5th nationally out of
34 schools. The Baton Rouge Chapter congratulates the St. Thomas More team for their hard work and
exceptional representation of the Baton Rouge area.
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.
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LOUISIANA ENGINEERING SOCIETY
BATON ROUGE CHAPTER
IN MEMORIUM – BLAISE CARRIERE, P.E.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mr. Blaise Carriere, P.E. Blaise has been a lifelong
contributor to the engineering profession in both the public and private sector, as well as to the Louisiana
Engineering Society. Our deepest sympathies are sent to the Carriere family.
Carriere, Blaise Marvin A resident of Baton Rouge for 20 years, he died Wednesday, March 29, 2006, at Our
Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. A civil engineer for 45 years, he was 67 and a native of New
Orleans. Mr. Carriere began his professional career as a bridge design engineer with the Louisiana Office of
Highways. He was involved in structural design of major highway bridges, including a movable vertical lift
bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway in Louisiana. He returned to the Department of Transportation and
Development in 2000 as a deputy secretary. He was named assistant to the secretary for policy in 2004 and
special projects assistant in the fall of 2005. In between his stints with the state, Carriere spent 18 years with
HNTB Corp., including serving as vice president of HNTB's Baton Rouge office. Prior to his association with
HNTB, he served for 12 years as director of the New Orleans Department of Streets and was principal engineer
for seven years with Waldemar S. Nelson and Co. of New Orleans. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn deMahy
Carriere; daughter, Angele Romig; two sons, Daren Carriere and Christopher Carriere; sister, Helena Carriere
Morvant; and nine grandchildren. He is also survived by two daughters-in-law, Catherine Spedale Carriere and
Julie Roloff Carriere; and son-in-law, Gregory Romig. He was preceded in death by his parents, Blaise and
Etheldreda Carriere. He was a member of St. Aloysius Parish, having served as a lector and a member of the
Knights of Columbus. He was an avid golfer at Sherwood Forest Country Club. Mr. Carriere was involved in
engineering organizations throughout his life. He was past president of the Louisiana Engineering Society and
state president of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He was a member of the Rotary Club of Baton
Rouge and a graduate of Jesuit High School, New Orleans, and LSU. Visitation at St. Aloysius Catholic
Church, 2021 Stuart Ave., on Saturday, April 1, from 10 a.m. until funeral Mass at noon, with the Rev. Gerald
Burns, celebrant. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park, 9595 Florida Blvd. The family wishes to thank the
doctors and nurses at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. In lieu of flowers, the family requests
donations to Jesuit High School, 4133 Banks St., New Orleans, LA 70119.
Published in The Advocate on 3/31/2006.
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LOUISIANA ENGINEERING SOCIETY
BATON ROUGE CHAPTER
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
The following individuals are new members of LES. If you see these individuals, please welcome them to the
Society.
Adeyemi A. Adenariwo, EI
Nathan M. Braud, EI
Kristina K. Harper, EI
Sushil K. Jain
David J. Kirkwood, Jr., EI
William P. Ledet, EI
Jeffery S. Miller, EI
Nicholas J. Olivier, EI
Karla E. Weston, P.E.
Electrical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Sustaining Member
Electrical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering
CDI Engineering
Dow Chemical Company
J & J Engineers, Inc.
Georgia-Pacific
Turner Environmental
LA Dept. of Natural Resources
Civil Design & Construction, Inc.
Civil Design & Construction, Inc.
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!!!

ASCE Seminar - HEC-RAS Computer Workshop for Unsteady Flow Applications
September 20-22, 2006, Chateau Sonesta Hotel, 800 Iberville Street, New Orleans, LA
2.4 CEU’s available
$1185 for ASCE members / $1385 non-members
Visit www.asce.org/conted/seminars for registration 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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