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SFPE Service

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE - SOCIETY OF FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERS

· Co-Chair, Engineering Licensing Committee, Society of Fire Protection Engineers International, 2001 to present. PE exam development, writing, and review coordinator.
· Fellow, SFPE International, Career Award “For Significant Stature and Accomplishment in Engineering”, 2004
· Harold E. Nelson Service Award, SFPE International Service Award “For Outstanding Service to SFPE by SFPE Members”, 2003
· “Hat’s Off Award”, SFPE Intl. Service Award, “For Efforts and Service to SFPE”, 2001.
· Chair/founding member, SFPE International Task Group, SFPE Careers Task Force, 1999-2003. Wrote/edited SFPE Adopt-A-Highschool booklet; edited SFPE Career Guide; edited SFPE Careers PowerPoint presentation. Development committee for SFPE Video.
· Member, SFPE International Task Group, SFPE Careers Task Force, 1999-present.
· Corporate 100 Small Business Member, 2002- present.
· Member, Public Awareness Committee, Society of Fire Protection Engineers International, 2003-present.
· Member, SFPE Goal 2 Public Awareness Committee Task Group on Encouraging Fire Protection and Life Safety Documents to be Prepared, Supervised, and Reviewed for Approval by Licensed FPE’s, 2003-present.
· Member, SFPE Video Development Committee, 2004- present.
· Member, SFPE Summit on Fire Protection Engineering Recruitment, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, 2003.
· Mid-Atlantic Regional Editor, SFPE Fire Protection Engineering Magazine, 1999-present.
· Course development committee, SFPE Advanced Sprinkler System Design, 2001-2002.
· Member, task group on development of a FPE Careers PowerPoint Presentation, 2000-01
· Speaker: The SFPE Adopt-a-High School Program, SFPE Senate Meeting, May, 2001
· Author/Editor, SFPE Adopt-A-High School Program Manual, a guidebook for SFPE members for spreading the word about fire protection engineering in high schools, 2000.
· Editor, SFPE Career Guide, second edition, 2001.
· Course Development Committee, SFPE Fire Alarm Design for Engineers, 1999 - 2002.
· Engineering Registration Committee, Society of Fire Protection Engineers International, 1999 to present.
· Course Development Committee, SFPE seminar series, Sprinkler Design for Engineers.
· Instructor, SFPE seminar series, Sprinkler Design for Engineers, 1998 to 2000.
· Engineering Education Committee, Society of Fire Protection Engineers Intl., 1998-present.
· Member of the Fire Protection Engineering Professional Engineers exam test group, NCEES cut score session for determination of standard of minimum competence and passing grades on Professional Engineers exam, 1998 and 1999.
· Presented "A Preview of New Chapter 9 in NFPA 15 on Ultra High Speed Water Spray Systems", a seminar for the SFPE New England Chapter, 1995.
· Presented "Ultra High Speed Suppression Systems for Explosive Hazards", SFPE International Engineering Seminars - 1990 NFPA Annual Meeting.
· Elected Full Member, Society of Fire Protection Engineers International, 1993 to present
· Elected Associate Member, Society of Fire Protection Engineers International, 1990 to 1993
· Elected Technologist Member, Society of Fire Protection Engineers International, 1983-1990.