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Students: $15.00/per person
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Lifetime Achievement Award 2009-2010

Executive Director, Mechanical Engineer. Mr. Lujan has been involved in the mechanical engineering field since 1959. In his role as Principal-in-Charge, he has been responsible for seeing numerous projects through bid negotiations, design and construction. Prominent in his experience is several million square feet of new major medical centers in Southern California. With each project, he oversees the direction and manages the quality control process to ensure that all phases meet the needs of the client. His more than 50 years of practical construction management experience assures a smooth project completion. Mr. Lujan has extensive experience in the design and retrofit of central heating and cooling plants including chilled and hot water distribution, and low and high-pressure steam plants. His experience also includes phased construction and the remodeling of plants while in operation.

Technical Session Speaker:
New Codes for HVAC Vibration Isolations
RICHARD LLOYD, Mason Industries
Presentation

Richard Lloyd is the West Coast Manager for MASON INDUSTRIES, Inc. and a mechanical engineer with 30 years experience in seismic design of mechanical and electrical systems. Co-author of ASHRAE's "A Practical Guide to Seismic Restraint" and "Mason Industries Seismic Restraint Guidelines for Suspended Piping, Ductwork and Electrical Systems" and also a member of the ASCE 7 TC-8 subcommittee on seismic requirements of non-structural components.

Main Session Speaker:
"50 Years of HVAC Noise! Won't It Ever Stop?"
JERRY P. CHRISTOFF, President & Principal, Veneklasen Associates

Jerry Christoff has been an acoustic consultant for over 50 years with an emphasis on architectural acoustics, environmental noise control, and noise and vibration control for building support systems. A contributor to numerous technical publications and seminars for architects and engineers, he is a specialist in the acoustical design of auditoriums, theaters, live performance venues, and worship spaces. During his career Jerry has contributed to the acoustical design of civic, institutional, and cultural landmarks as well as such esteemed projects as the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, The Getty Center, Seattle Opera House, Los Angeles City Hall + Project Restore, CBS Headquarters Building in New York, and the original terminal buildings at Los Angeles International Airport. He is currently involved with LA Live!, Constellation Park, One Scottsdale, and Encore at the Wynn in Las Vegas. A contributor to numerous technical publications and seminars for architects and engineers, Jerry is also an Adjunct Instructor in Building Science at USC.

Lifetime Achievement Award - Southern California ASHRAE - October 2009

Clayton A. Lampman was born in Huntington Park, California in 1935. He graduated from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, with a degree of Bachelors of Science in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering in 1958. Cal Poly SLO, in the later years changed this degree title to Mechanical Engineering. He has been licensed California Professional Mechanical Engineer since 1965.

Mr. Lampman or Clay as we fondly call him has over 50 years in the field of mechanical engineering. He has been responsible for complete building mechanical systems such as HVAC, refrigeration, plumbing, utilities distribution, process piping, industrial ventilation, central heating and central cooling, energy management and controls for commercial, industrial, institutional and governmental facilities. His responsibilities include construction drawings, specifications, calculations, project management and construction management. His experience also includes feasibility studies for all types of mechanical systems and research and development in the area of energy conservation and project planning and design implementation. In addition to Clay's experience in the mechanical engineering field, he has over 10 years managing multi-discipline projects covering construction of new and the remodeling of for commercial and military facilities.

Prior to forming his firm, the C. A. Lampman & Associates, Clay was Director of Mechanical Engineering and Project Manager for JCA Engineers, Division of Jones Cooper and Associates for a little over 2 years. His responsibilities were project management of facilities planning and design of mechanical systems of a major addition to La Mirada Hospital. He did the coor¬dination of mechanical renovation of CSULB Chemistry Laborat¬or¬ies and management of open end contracts at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Veteran Administration Center at West Los Angeles, Naval Construction Battalion Center at Port Hueneme and replacement of mechanical systems for 8 sites for Bassett USD.

Clay's other experience was Vice President and Director of Technical Services for Nack and Sunderland, Consulting Engineers for twenty-five years. His principal responsibilities were in project management of planning and design implementation. He served as the project management for major additions at Methodist Hospital, Arcadia; feasibility studies for conservation and comfort conditioning of patient occupied spaces at Napa State Hospital; warehouse and assembly facilities for the Avon Products, Pasadena; conversion of an obsolete dispensary into office spaces at the Naval weapons Center, China Lake; research projects with Southern California Edison, investigation application of solar energy to water source heat pumps and the use of off peak cooling technologies. In addition he directed numerous projects including the design of refrigeration, low and high pressure steam, chilled and hot water plants; industrial ventilation systems; low and high velocity air systems; process and plumbing piping systems; and virtually every aspect of HVAC systems including control systems.

Clay has been very active with ASHRAE. He was past President of the Southern California Chapter in 1995-96 and a Life member. He has completed 3 years as ASHRAE's Regional Vice Chair (RVC) for Student Activities (2005-2008). Currently he serves on ASHRAE technical committee for weather. In addition to ASHRAE, Clay has been active in the local community such as Boy Scout of America "Silver Beaver" and has received PTA "Honorary Service Award".

Technical Session

Eli P. Howard, III, Executive Director of Technical Services of SMACNA National has the overall responsibilities of the more than 30 SMACNA Technical and ANSI Standards related to the HVAC and Sheet Metal Industry.

He is a member of ASHRAE Technical Committee 9.9 Building Commissioning, 9.7 Testing & Balancing, 5.10 Kitchen Ventilation and SSPC 62.1 Ventilation and Acceptable IAQ in Commercial, Institutional and High-Rise Residential Buildings.

Prior to joining SMACNA he was Manager of Technical Program Development for NEMI providing technical assistance to contractors in energy engineering and IAQ technologies. His experience also includes work with Marriott International as Mechanical Engineer for design/construction of hotels in the United States, Hong Kong, and Poland.

Mr. Howard holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Allegheny College.

Main Speaker

April Trafton is the President of Donald F. Dickerson Associates and has been active in the design and construction community industry since 1970.

Ms. Trafton attended California State University of Northridge and has taken studies at the University of California at Los Angeles. She is a member of the American Society of Plumbing Engineers and has served as their President as well as sits on their legislative code committees, Society of Fire Protection Engineers, ASHRAE and American Water Works Association. Ms. Trafton has been appointed by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials as a member of the code change committee from 1993 through present and is a member of the City of Los Angeles Plumbing & Fire Protection Advisory Board.

Lifetime Achievement Award 2009-2010

In 1965 I obtained my P.E. Registration in California and left "Hellman & Lober" to start my own practice. In 1967 together with Edward Saltzberg we formed the Firm of "Kushner & Saltzberg." Our partnership was dissolved in 1970 when I accepted the position of V.P. of Engineering for the "Elsters" Division of the Hyatt Hotel Corporation where I was in "responsible charge" of the mechanical designs for several Hyatt Hotels and various chain restaurants throughout the United States and Canada. During this period I obtained P.E. Registrations in 34 states.

Technical Session

Andrew Cook is currently the Sr. Sales Engineer - Food Segment for Munters Corporation. Andrew has been with Munters for over 9 years where he has held the roles of Applications Engineer, Project Manager, and District Manager. He graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2000 with a BSME, and currently lives in Amesbury, MA.

Use of desiccant technology in combination with mechanical cooling for energy conservation and best humidity results. Advantages of desiccant technology for spiral and storage freezers. The advantages of outside air in meat processing applications.

Main Speaker

Frank Shadpour is a registered Mechanical Engineer and Certified Construction Specifier. He is a mechanical engineering graduate of the University of Southern California and has his Master's degree from the University of Redlands. Mr. Shadpour has been the instructor of "HVAC Design & Control" courses at the University of California, San Diego since 1987 and is past President of ASHRAE, San Diego. Currently, he serves as the chair of ASHRAE Technical Committee TC1.4 "Control Theory and Application."

Mr. Shadpour is the author of The Fundamentals of HVAC Direct Digital Controls, and has 25 years of experience in design & control of HVAC systems. He has designed and worked on a variety of facilities including commercial, educational, pharmaceutical, industrial, manufacturing, hospitality and healthcare.

Lifetime Achievement Award 2009-2010

Elbert Kelly Retired - December
Retired Professional Engineer Elbert E. Kelly began his 61 year career when he was graduated from Oregon State University with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. He then took a position with a renowned consulting engineering firm in Portland Oregon.

He remained with this firm for nine years doing design and project engineering on many projects including office buildings, hospitals, newspaper plants, schools, heating and power plants. military facilities and manufacturing facilities. Some of this work was in Alaska and he made many trips to Juneau and Anchorage to coordinate mechanical contracts.

In 1956 Elbert resigned his position in Portland and moved to Los Angeles to accept a position with a large Architect-Engineering firm. He was given the job as assistant to the Chief Mechanical Engineer. In addition to some supervision of the department, he was senior and project mechanical engineer on several large projects including large office buildings, hospitals, manufacturing and technical study facilities. On the resignation of the Chief, he served as Chief Mechanical Engineer from 1958 to 1961 when the firm abandoned engineering design. After that, Elbert was with several consulting engineering offices in the Los Angeles area serving as senior design engineer and as head of the mechanical department.

Main Speaker

Kent W. Peterson, PE, FASHRAE, LEED AP

Presentation Title
ASHRAE/USGBC/IESNA Standard 189.1 for High-Performance Green Buildings

Presentation Description
Learn about Standard 189.1, nearing publication, which will provide minimum requirements for high performance new commercial buildings and major renovation projects. The standard addresses energy efficiency, water use efficiency, IEQ, material and resources and more. It can lead to significant energy and water savings when compared to code-minimum buildings.

Brief Bio
Kent Peterson is Vice-President and Chief Engineer for P2S Engineering in Long Beach, CA, and is a past Society President of ASHRAE. He is currently chair of the ASHRAE/USGBC/IESNA SPC 189.1P, Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings, and chair of the ASHRAE Associate Society Alliance working with 51 HVACR professional societies around the world.

January 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award
Dick Gilbert, P.E. Principal, California Energy Designs

Mr. Richard L. Gibert has been involved with our HVAC industry for more than 50 years and has been part of major Los Angeles area development with more than 10,000 projects as engineer-of-records. Presently, he is the CEO of California Energy Designs.

Noteworthy projects to name a few, include ascertaining the need for and designing of a contaminated soil/remediation fume incineration system for EnviroPro in Chatsworth (California), medical equipment assembly area ventilation system for Hudson R. C. I. in Ensenada (Mexico), 45-ton cooling system for pharmaceutical clean rooms at Hycor Biomedical in Garden Grove (California), an air conditioning system for a heart monitor manufacturing area at Medical Data and Electronics in Sun Valley (California), clean rooms for Amgen Pharmaceuticals in Thousand Oaks (California), paint spray booths ventilation for the Boeing facility in Long Beach (California), process piping for Rocketdyne in Chatsworth (California), a sawdust collection system for Terry Lumber in Simi Valley (California), exhaust systems for Rosen Motors' machine shop in Encino (California), and environmental quality control for an engine test room at Capstone Turbine in Reseda (California).

Andy Reilman, PE, LEED®, AP
Mechanical Engineer

Andy is a mechanical engineer experienced in modeling programs such as E-quest and Energy Pro providing his skills and training on their use and implementation. Additionally, Andy provides integrated sustainable/ LEED® solutions on projects, along with HVAC design

Dawn MacFadyen, PE, LEED®, AP
Associate Partner

Dawn has over 15 years of experience as a consulting electrical engineer. She has experience in the design and analysis of building systems and energy saving measures for both new and renovation projects. Dawn is a high performance integrator and works with design teams to build in approaches to reduce energy consumption through passive lighting strategies and solar modeling usage.

Eric Klimtzak has over 10 years of business development, sales, marketing and project development experience. Eric leads the development of Stellar's district cooling, modular utilities for the Mission Critical, Pharmaceutical and Hospitality markets and waste to energy solutions. Eric has a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida.

Eric is responsible for new business development, sales, and marketing for Stellar Energy Systems division within North America. He manages the proposal development process, leads the commercial negotiations and provides executive level customer support throughout the project.

February 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award
Kenneth Simon, Founder of ACCO Engineered Systems

Founded in 1934, by Ira Fulmore and Burt Stern, ACCO Engineered Systems has grown to be the largest air conditioning firm in the west, and third largest nationwide. Annual revenue now exceeds $500 million. ACCO is at the vanguard today of “design and build, installation, and service of industrial, commercial, high-rise residential, and institutional air conditioning, heating, ventilation, plumbing, process piping, electrical and DDC control systems.*” It has over 1,600 employees today spread across 13 west coast offices, and has completed over 250,000 jobs in its 75 year history.

Ken Simon played a pivotal role in this growth and development. As one example, back in 1956, Ken started ACCO’s service department. Today, service comprises more than a third of ACCO’s revenue.

Technical Session

Robert Scheir, Ph.D. Dr. Scheir is President of Steril-Aire a firm that specializes in the development and application of UVC energy to clean HVAC systems and disinfect the air stream. His bachelor’s degree in Bacteriology was from the University of Maryland and he did graduate work in Immunochemistry at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. He earned his Doctorate in Medical Microbiology from UCLA. He was a Senior Scientist at McDonald-Douglas Corp specializing in biological warfare detection instrumentation and he has had extensive experience in microbial air pollution, detection and remediation. He has more than 25 years experience in the field of infectious disease detection and control in hospitals, medical laboratories and industry. He has served as a Quality Assurance Manager for Abbott Labs and as a Manufacturing Officer for Health Valley Foods. He was President of 2 medical products manufacturing Companies, Cal Labs and CalScott.

Main Speaker

Duane F. Borba, P. E. is Deputy Division Chief, Facilities Development Division (FDD) of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD). He oversees the Northern California Architectural and Engineering Unit and Field Compliance Unit, Program Support Services Unit, Rapid Review Unit, and the Seismic Retrofit Program. He has 21-1/2 years of experience at OSHPD, including Supervisor of Program Support Services, Regional Supervisor, Acting Regional Compliance Officer, and Senior Mechanical Engineer. Duane is a licensed Mechanical Engineer in the state of California and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

Power Point Presentation

Technical Session

In a career distinguished by accomplishment and community service, Caecilia Gotama, P.E., personifies the capabilities of a successful engineer and principal in the field of mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering.

As founder and name principal of Gotama Building Engineers, Inc., which designs mechanical, electrical, plumbing and low voltage engineering systems for commercial and institutional buildings, Caecilia brings a considerable background to the table with her education and business associations. In addition to earning a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from California State University, Fullerton, and a Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University, Caecilia is a Fellow and an active member of ASME, where she has served as the Chair of the Orange County section. Caecilia is also a LEED™ Accredited Professional.

With over 20 years in building services engineering, her experience ranges from engineering to coordinating, managing and master planning projects. Prior to starting her own company, Caecilia served as a project engineer for Ove Arup & Partners, and eventually rose to Vice President at Syska & Hennessy, where she launched an international division for the firm. Among her projects with Syska & Hennessey, she led her team on the new Arrowhead Medical Center, a one million square foot hospital replacement facility in San Bernardino County, where she is credited with developing an innovative piping design that is able to withstand an 8.5 magnitude earthquake - an essential in emergency facilities in California.

Main Speaker

Martha Brook is a licensed mechanical engineer in the state of California. She has worked at the California Energy Commission for 19 years, where she has gained experience in long term energy demand forecasting, building energy efficiency standards (Standards), and research and development of energy efficient technologies for residential and commercial buildings.

Ms. Brook currently works in the Buildings & Appliances Office of the Efficiency and Renewable Energy Division, where she has four primary assignments: 1) Direct research efforts to support the advancement of Standards; 2) Lead efforts to use the Standards to deliver the climate change benefits of low carbon footprint buildings; 3) Reinvent the Commission's software tools used to develop and comply with the Standards; 4) Provide technical consultation to Standards engineers and scientists on engineering-related issues and opportunities.

Ms. Brook's professional experience outside the Commission includes mechanical engineering design and software development for energy management systems. She has a Bachelor of Science degree from the California State University at Humboldt in Environmental Resources Engineering.

April 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award
Tatsuo George Hayakawa, P.E. Retired

After more than 60 years, former Pasadena City College student and World War II internment evacuee, Tatsuo George Hayakawa, was awarded his high school diploma by the Pasadena Area Community

College District (PACCD). Hayakawa, who was a high school student enrolled at Pasadena Junior High/Pasadena Junior College (PJC) from 1939 to 1942, received his diploma from the PACCD Board of Trustees at a ceremony at PCC on Aug. 16, 2006. “It was important for me to get this diploma 60 years later,” Hayakawa said, “but I had no idea that this was going to be such a big thing.”

In 2003, state legislation added provisions to the Education Code that allowed schools to award honorary diplomas to students interned during World War II. Hayakawa had fulfilled all requirements for a high school graduation, but did not receive his diploma. Hayakawa, a South Pasadena resident, had just begun his college career at the University of Wyoming when he was drafted in June of 1944 into the United States Army. He served in the South Pacific until 1946.

Technical Session

About the Speaker
Dr. George Lei is the President of Fluid Dynamics Solutions, Inc., a CFD/Airflow Modeling consulting company supporting clients in analyzing and resolving HVAC/Cleanroom design problems. Prior to his current position, Dr. Lei served as the Director of Research and Development at PACE Cleanpak International. In his earlier engineering career, Dr. Lei worked as Building Energy Efficiency Engineer and HVAC Design Engineer. Dr, Lei also taught as a part-time faculty at the University of California at Davis and Oregon State University. Dr. Lei received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of California at Davis in 1993, his M.S. in mechanical engineering from Oklahoma State University and his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Taiwan. Dr. Lei has more than 25 years experiences in HVAC design and trouble-shooting. He is an active member in ASHRAE, ASME, IEST and SEMI and has published many technical papers in various international journals, conferences and magazines.

Presentation Description
This presentation illustrates how Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), or so called airflow modeling, is applied to effectively solve HVAC/Natural Ventilation design problems. In augmenting common HVAC design methods, CFD provides an effective tool in predicting and examining the airflow/air quality in a more detailed and precise scale. Over the past few years, the significant progress in computer technology has made CFD more and more practical and affordable in the HVAC design field. This presentation will introduce CFD principles and illustrate some recent projects of the CFD applications in the fields of HVAC system and Natural Ventilation designs.

Main Speaker

Todd L Rindlisbaker, Vice President of Total Building Commissioning, Inc. is a principal commissioning authority. He is currently serving on the Utah ASHRAE Chapter Board of Governors and as the ASHRAE liaison to the Utah Engineers Council. He received his degree in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State University 1993, and is a registered professional engineer in 2 states. He is a member of the Board of Directors and treasurer for the Southwest chapter of the Building Commissioning Association. He also serves on the Building Commissioning Association's Best Practices for Commissioning of New Buildings.

Todd has worked in as a mechanical HVAC and Plumbing design engineer specializing in large hydronic systems, central plants and building management control systems. He was worked for over 5 years commissioning new and existing buildings. He consults with building owners, design teams, and contractors to build sustainable, energy efficient, functional buildings that cost less to build and operate so they attract more business, make more profits and have buildings that will last a lifetime.

Engineers Profiting from Cx Process - ASHRAE DL- So Cal 2010-04-06 Handouts

2010 Lifetime Achievement Award
Henry Lau, Ph. D., PE, Southern California Edison, Consultant

Henry was born in Hong Kong in 1941 and came to the United States in 1963. He graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1966, and went Duke University for his graduate work. At Duke University, he worked with a neurosurgeon on induced hypothermia for neurosurgery. Later he received a research grant from the U.S. Army Research developing a gas bearing. In 1973, he received his Ph. D. from Duke University. After he received his degree, Dr. Lau stayed at Duke University to work on two-phase flow of ammonia in piping system.

ASHRAE Student Design Competition
Students from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Technical Session

• Has worked in the local HVAC and Plumbing industry for the last 17 years
• Graduated From Cal Poly Pomona in 1992 with a BSME with energy emphasis
• Worked for TMAD Engineers as an entry level HVAC design engineer from 1993-1995
• 1995 - present working for Dawson Company, a local manufacturer’s representative which specializes in pumping, heat transfer and steam equipment

Positions held at Dawson Company:
Inside sales/Customer service
Outside sales calling on consulting engineers, contractors and end users
Manager of Engineering Services providing systems & technical support to consulting engineers
Currently is Vice President of Engineering Services

ASHRAE member since 1995

Main Speaker

Barry Gilman is the manager of the Contract Compliance Section of the Renewable and Alternative Power (RAP) Department in the Power Procurement Business Unit at Southern California Edison (SCE). The group is responsible for verifying the operational and technical aspects of the generators selling to SCE under RAP contracts and providing technical support relating to renewable energy to other departments within the company. SCE currently holds more than 200 active contracts for renewable and alternative power representing over 4000 megawatts of capacity.

Barry received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from California State University, Long Beach.

He is a registered professional engineer in the State of California.

Barry joined SCE in 1986 during which time he has also served as: