Past Events
Dinner Events
The NY Chapter Board organizes between 6-8 dinner events over the course of the year during the fall/winter/spring and invite speakers from public agencies and the technical engineering field to present at each event. Presentations are often eligible for Professional Development Hour (PDH) credit and range from interesting technical accomplishments in the industry to updates on national, state, and local codes and policy changes within the agencies that engineers commonly work with.
March 2019
Phil Eng P.E. president MTA Long Island Rail Road – MTA LIRR – “Innovative Engineering Approaches to improve the System and Its Performance”
April 2019
Eric MacFarlene PE, MASCE ENV – SP Deputy Commissioner NYCDDC – “Capital Construction Commitment Plan and Trenchless Technology Update”
May 2019
Jack Buchsbaum PE. Deputy Chief Engineer PANYNJ and Jane Hegarty PE Engineering Program Director PANYNJ – “Newark Liberty International Airport terminal One Redevelopment program Technical Challenges & Solutions”
October 2019
James D Adams PE VP, Scott V. Plant PE Sr. Structural Field Engineer, Abdolrasool Sheikh-Attar PE Sr. project Engineers – “The Goethals Bridge Replacement Project”
November 2019
Shawn Kildare Poject CEO and Jimmy Ho PE Program manager -MTA Capital Construction – “Beyond Rehabilitation: Building a more Resilient, Higher Capacity L Line for the Future”
January 2020
Meagan Bornkamp & Jonathan Chan PANYNJ – “changes in Mobility & how they are affecting current PA airport Redevelopment Programs”
Scholarship Recipients
The NY Chapter Board awards scholarship(s) to High School Senior Students in New York City. Scholarships are awarded in a yearly basis for students pursuing an Engineering Degree in an accredited university. We offer the NYSSPPE Scholar Award for students who reside and/or attend school in Manhattan and a Society of Engineering and Architectural Professionals “SEAP Scholarship” for students who reside and/or attend school in any one of the 5 Boroughs of New York City. The dollar amount and number of each Award/Scholarships varies every year. For more information, please send an email to lmatinek@samschwartz.com
Jason Williams
Student awarded with the 2019 SEAP Award
Andrea Madrid
Student awarded with the 2019 SEAP Award
Christian Deem
Student awarded with the 2019 SEAP Award
Nisa Chowdhury
Student awarded with the 2019 Scholar Award
MathCounts Competition
MathCounts is a nationwide mathematics competition for middle school students held on a yearly basis. The competition series is ideal for students who have a talent and passion for math who need to be challenged. Students will engage in an exciting competition against and along other bright and motivated students.
The New York Chapter NYSSPE provides financial support for the Manhattan competition and we have had many Chapter members and friends volunteer on past competition days. Participation as a volunteer can be a very rewarding experience. For more information, please send an email to abrand@mrce.com
Mathcounts 2020
Volunteers at The 2020 Mathcounts Competition in Manhattan