ASME Central Oklahoma Section Newsletter Volume 15, Number 4, November 18, 2013

The Section is located at: Oklahoma xx THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF Engineering Center, 201 Northeast 27th Street, , OK 73105 MECHANICAL ENGINEERS® The Central Oklahoma Section Newsletter is nominally published nine times per year to Central Oklahoma Section Newsletter convey monthly meeting dates, meeting topics, section activities, and/or other ASME information Volume 15, Number 4, November 18, 2013 to its membership.

PROGRAM TITLE: “Environmental Regulatory Requirements for the Utility Industry” SPEAKER: Mr. Ford Benham, Manager - Operational Chemistry and Environmental, Okla. Gas & Electric Co. DATE: Thursday, December 5 LOCATION: OSU-OKC Campus, Student Center (SC), Third Floor Conference Room South, 900 N. Portland Ave., OKC

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, over the past few years, introduced many measures designed to reduce coal-fired electrical power plant effluents. Our speaker, Mr. Ford Benham, will provide first-hand updates on current & future regulation of Oklahoma’s coal-fired power plants and OG&E’s response to same. Mr. Benham will discuss regulations including New Source Review (NSR) and Regional Haze Rule (RHR) that are currently affecting OG&E’s facilities. The NSR is a pre-construction permitting program that serves (1) to ensure that air quality is not significantly degraded from the addition of new and modified power plants and (2) it assures that new or modified industrial source will be as clean as possible with advances in pollution control implemented. Here, it defines what power plant operators must abide by, what construction is allowed, and emission and operating limits. The RHR calls for state and federal agencies to work together to improve visibility in national parks and wilderness areas. It requires the states, in coordination with the EPA and other government agencies, to develop and implement air quality protection plans to reduce the pollution that causes visibility impairment. Please join us for this meeting on December 5! PDH certificates will be available for attendees.

Time: 6:00 - 6:30PM: Meet & Register at the OSU-OKC Student Center Third Floor 6:30 – 7:15PM: Catered Meal 7:15 – 7:30PM: Introductions, Section Business 7:30 – 8:30PM: “Environmental Regulatory Requirements for the Utility Industry” program by Mr. Benham. Cost: $14 for Sr. members, $7 for Student Members. Please place your reservation with Albert Janco (Ph: 405- 848-1991 (leave message); e-mail: [email protected]) by Tuesday, December 3 at NOON.

2013-2014 COS Executive Committee Directors Ex-Officio Directors Officers Doug Brown ...... ………… Director Wayne Whaley, Ph.D. ………….…… OC Ed Reynolds …….……………...….... Chair Ph: 580-536-0363 ; [email protected] Bus: 405-425-5424 ; [email protected] Ph: 405-721-6753; [email protected] Mike Frey ………………….. Director Cengiz Altan, Ph.D. ……..…....…..OU Tom Betzen, P.E. ……….…… 1st Vice-Chair Ph: 405-341-4480 ; [email protected] Bus: 405-325-1737 ; [email protected] Michelin North America Bus: 580-221-2280; e-mail: [email protected] Bill Green, P.E. .………..……..Director Daniel E. Fisher, Ph.D. …….... OSU-MAE Phone: 405-728-5849 ; [email protected] Bus: 405-744-5900 ; dfisher.okstate.edu John McCachern, P.E. ..…..…….…. Treasurer FAA Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center Ed Root ……………………….. Director Jim Bose, PhD, PE .. ………..…OSU-MET Bus: 405-954-1062; e-mail: [email protected] Phone: 405-946-3254 ; [email protected] Bus: 405-744-9458 ; jbose@okstate,edu

Frank Chambers, Ph.D., P.E.……..…Secretary Chulho Yang, Ph.D. …………Director, K-12 Faculty Advisors Bus: 405-744-5901 ; [email protected] Bus: 405-744-3033 ; [email protected] Bill Ryan, Ph.D. …………..….……..... OC Bus: 405-420-1987 ; [email protected] Albert Janco, P.E. …...... … Program Chair Vladimir Yun ….. College/industry Relations Consulting Engineer Professional Practice & Ethics Bus: 580-251-4014 ; [email protected] Feng C. Lai, Ph.D. ……………….….…OU Bus: 405-848-1991; e-mail: [email protected] Bus: 405-325-1748 ; [email protected] Nathan Weber ……Membership Development Frank Parker, P.E. ………...... …. Webmaster 405-595-7415; e-mail: [email protected] Ron Delahoussaye, Ph.D. …..…OSU-MAE Scholarship Bus: 405-744-5900 ; [email protected] Bus: 405-582-8813 ; [email protected] Curtis Vickery, Ph.D., P.E…….… NL Editor . Bus: 405-285-6643 ; [email protected] Rick Beier, Ph.D. ……………...…OSU-MET Bus: 405-744-9371 ; [email protected]

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ASME Central Oklahoma Section Newsletter Volume 15, Number 4, November 18, 2013 ADDITIONAL NOVEMBER/DECEMBER MEETING INFORMATION Mr. Ford Benham has worked in the Chemical and Environmental fields since 1984. He received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from East Central State University in Ada, Oklahoma. Mr. Benham began his career in the electric utility industry as a Nuclear Chemist at the Arkansas Nuclear One electric generating facility located in Russellville, Arkansas. Mr. Benham has over 19 years of experience in both nuclear and fossil plant cycle chemistry as well as environmental chemistry. His experience also includes being the Laboratory Director for a contract environmental laboratory and being the Senior Analytical Chemist for a uranium processing facility. He is currently the Manager of Operational Chemistry and Environmental for Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company.

At right is a map to the OSU-OKC Student Center (SC). The SC is located in the main (mid) area of the OSU/OKC campus that is west of the Fairgrounds on N. Portland Avenue and north of W. Reno Avenue. This map is accessible at: http://www.osuokc.edu/map/ or http://www.osuokc.edu/map/pdf/campusmap.pdf

GE TO BUILD $110M RESEARCH CENTER IN OKLAHOMA CITY By M. Scott Carter and Sarah Terry-Cobo http://journalrecord.com/location-oklahoma/2013/06/18/ ge-to-build-110m-research-center-in-oklahoma-city/# Company officials, including General Electric (GE) Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt, told a standing room-only crowd at the state Capitol that the new facility would develop technology for the oil and gas industry. “We see a tremendous opportunity in the oil and gas space,” Immelt said. “Since 2007, we have invested $11 billion to build broad technical capabilities that can deliver productivity gains and foster innovation for our customers.” Immelt said GE found excellent partners in Gov. and the people of Oklahoma. “Their announcement today is one more indication that our state is nationally and even internationally recognized as a leader in energy and the home of a dynamic and robust economy,” Fallin said. “Whether it’s international powerhouses like GE or small businesses, Oklahoma is a fantastic place to locate and invest in.” Immelt said the new research center would become part of GE’s growing global research network. Plans for the center include hiring about 125 engineers and scientists. Per Mr. Immelt: “These are really good-paying jobs.” Mark Little, GE senior vice president and chief technology officer, said the ability to access substantial new oil and gas resources will require significant investments in new technology over the next decade. “At GE, we’re meeting this challenge head-on, investing more than $10 billion annually across the company to launch new products and build global capability,” he said. “This new center is another step in that commitment and helping create the next generation of technologies, which will make this unconventional energy source conventional and sustainable.”

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ASME Central Oklahoma Section Newsletter Volume 15, Number 4, November 18, 2013 The announcement drew praise from oil and gas industry executives, including Thomas Price Jr., then the senior vice president of corporate development and government relations for Chesapeake Energy Corp. During the press conference, Price praised Chesapeake’s partnership with GE. “For those who have not had the opportunity to work with extraordinary people at GE like we have at Chesapeake for the past year or two, you are going to be absolutely astonished at what great partners the folks at GE are,” Price said at the time. “They are inspiring to work with; we have developed an extraordinary relationship with them and we could not be more proud to continue that relationship and look forward to making sure that all the great oil and gas companies here in Oklahoma have the opportunity to work with GE.” Little said the company would begin hiring immediately. “Our shingle is out,” he said. “We’re going to build our team immediately.” One of the first local hires was then- Oklahoma Secretary of Energy Mike Ming, who left his post at the end of May to join GE. Though many said they will miss him as a part of Gov. Mary Fallin’s cabinet, experts are looking forward to his new role as the general manager of GE’s oil and gas technology center. “I’m moving onto a platform at GE where Oklahoma can have a global presence,” Ming said. “We can take what we’re doing in the United States and move around the world with cleaner, safer and cheaper energy. This benefits everyone: companies, consumers and the environment.” Fallin appointed Ming in January 2011, citing his extensive energy industry experience as an important part of creating jobs in Oklahoma. Ming crafted the Oklahoma First Energy Plan to promote oil, natural gas and wind as the first priorities. His vision was to let markets work so that business can improve the economy and the environment. Ming was a real asset to the state, said Mark Fischer, president and CEO of Oklahoma City-based Chaparral Energy. “Michael was a strong proponent of the energy industry,” Fischer said. “His business background and overall understanding of the energy business helped facilitate a close and excellent relationship between private enterprise and the public.” Oklahoma has gained national recognition for using compressed natural gas as a transportation fuel, one of the priorities in Ming’s energy policy. Fallin and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper spearheaded an effort for state fleets to purchase compressed natural gas vehicles, prompting two automakers to produce alternative-fueled vehicles from the factory. Another component of Ming’s energy plan was to transition uneconomic coal-fired power plants to using natural gas. Natural gas-fired power plants can help balance the intermittent nature of wind power. One product GE manufactures is a combined-cycle, natural gas-fired generator, designed specifically to ramp up quickly when wind power dies down. Renewable energy is another component of his policy. Oklahoma recently surpassed its wind energy production goal of 15 percent three years before the target of 2015. Oklahoma is the only state in the top 10 wind producers that doesn’t have a mandate for renewable energy. Ming said in Oklahoma’s case, the market worked to build and add wind power to the electricity grid. Improving electricity generation and reducing wasted power is another part of the Oklahoma First Energy Plan. Last year Oklahoma was recognized as most improved in increasing energy efficiency, due in part to using automated meters like ones the utility Oklahoma Gas and Electric has implemented in 80,000 homes. The governor approved a measure to improve energy efficiency in state buildings by 20 percent by 2020.

National Engineers Week Foundation has Changed its Name and Web site! You know Engineers Week: Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, Future City, New Faces. All of these programs, and more, are now “DiscoverE”— your engineering volunteer center. In addition to the name change, a new www.discovere.org Web site supports the engineering and education communities. DiscoverE programs, online workshops, and resources are now housed in one easy to use destination.

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ASME Central Oklahoma Section Newsletter Volume 15, Number 4, November 18, 2013 NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST

Kansas State University, Other Universities Receive Gift Valued At $210 Million for Engineering Programs (courtesy NSPE’s Daily Designs publication, November 5, 2013) The Wichita (KS) Eagle (11/4) reported the engineering programs at Kansas State University, Oklahoma State University and the will share a gift from Oklahoma City-based Dolese Bros. Co. valued at $70 million. According to the press release from KSU, the $70 million worth of stock given to each school, “establishes the (university) foundations as nonvoting majority shareholders in Oklahoma’s largest supplier of ready-mix concrete, crushed stone, gravel and sand.”

One Way to Solve Fracking's Dirty Problem (courtesy NSPE’s Engineering Press Review publication, October 14, 2013) Technology Review (09/24/13) K. Bullis) General Electric (GE) claims to have technology that could help address hydraulic fracturing's risk of water pollution through an energy-efficient process that could halve the cost of water treatment as well as lower the odds of toxic waste spills. Improved water-treatment options could reshape how oil and gas producers operate by making it economical to treat water at fracking sites rather than transporting it long distances to water-treatment facilities or disposal wells. GE's technology is specifically targeted to places such as the Marcellus shale, where wastewater is much too brackish for existing on-site treatment options. The technology would make diluting the wastewater and trucking it for treatment or disposal unnecessary. It is founded on membrane distillation, a desalination technology that combines heat and decreased pressure to vaporize water using membranes to separate pure water vapor from salt water. The usual process involves application of heat to the water at one end of the process, and cooling off the water vapor at the other end to make it condense. GE has replaced the heating and cooling systems with a vapor compressor taken from industrial refrigerators, raising efficiency. "Instead of separate heating and cooling sources, you have just one piece of equipment," says GE Research's Ajilli Hardy. GE researchers say pilot-scale tests of a machine capable of processing about 2,500 gallons of water a day have put them on track to reduce fracking wastewater treatment costs by 50 percent. EDITOR’S NOTE: See the article within about GE’s new research center being developed in Oklahoma City.

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following two articles are about UAS/UAV research and test centers. This newsletter has followed development of similar centers including those at OSU Stillwater/Ponca City and at Lawton. Texas A&M Leads State’s Efforts to Secure Drone Test Site (courtesy NSPE’s Daily Designs publication, October 9, 2013) The Houston Chronicle (10/9, Christian) reports that Texas A&M University Corpus Christi has unveiled a new command and control center for drone test ranges across the state in anticipation of being named one of six US test sites for UAVs by the FAA in December. Spokeswoman Gloria Gallardo said that “A&M-Corpus Christi’s Lone Star Unmanned Aircraft Systems Initiative, which has access to 6,000 square miles of approved airspace, is the only Texas program under FAA consideration as a drone testing site.”

FAA Selects Kansas State University for Small UAS Testing (courtesy NSPE’s Daily Designs publication, October 8, 2013) The Wichita (KS) Eagle (10/8, McMillin) reports that Kansas State University in Salina has been selected by the Federal Aviation Administration “to test certification standards for unmanned aircraft systems (UASs)” that weigh 55 pounds or less. The Eagle notes that the University will use its own UASs and standards set by ASTM International to apply for airworthiness certification. Kurt Barnhart, K-State Salina professor and head of the department of aviation and executive director of the Applied Aviation Research Center, said that “this could well be the first small UAS to obtain an FAA airworthiness certificate for routine operations in our national airspace system here in the lower 48.” Page 4/5

ASME Central Oklahoma Section Newsletter Volume 15, Number 4, November 18, 2013 Chair’s Corner Our October 24th meeting was attended by 13 members & 9 quests to tour the Devon Energy Building in OKC. It was a very informative tour of Devon Tower, the tallest building in the State of Oklahoma. I would like to thank John McCachern, our COS Treasurer, for his continuing efforts in monitoring/managing the financial records for our Central Oklahoma Section as well as his efforts in complying with the ASME directive to transfer our ASME COS funds to central bank accounts. Thank-You for your continued efforts & support! Hope you can join us for this months meeting on Thursday, December 5th to hear Mr. Ford Benham, OG&E, presentation on “Environmental Requirements for the Utility Industry”. Please plan to attend & bring a friend. Ed Reynolds Chair, ASME Central Oklahoma Section

Future ASME-Central Oklahoma Section Events Date Location Program Topic and Speaker

Thursday OSU-OKC SC Speaker: Mr. Ford Benham, OG&E Dec. 5, 2013 900 N. Portland, OKC “Environmental Regulatory Requirements for the Utility Industry”

Thursday TBD Joint Meeting with Oklahoma AIAA Section Jan. 23, 2014 Speaker & Program TBD

Thursday Okla. Christian Univ. Joint Engineering Societies Banquet Feb. 20, 2014 Edmond OK Speaker & Program TBD

Please visit our Section website: https://community.asme.org/central_oklahoma_section/default.aspx IT’S BEEN REVAMPED. Check event updates and other useful information!

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