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ERE Advisory Council

Mission Statement

The ERE Advisory Council provides strategic consultation, professional networking, information exchange, and resource development to assist the ERE Department achieve its mission and provide teaching, research and service to advance engineering practices and meet the needs of the world.

A Profile in Service

The Advisory Council is an influential ERE constituent advocating for our Department's success. They link our top-notch education to real world needs and challenges. Members are high-performers with experience across a variety of disciplines and sectors related to Environmental Resources Engineering. The Advisory Council meets twice per year and handles duties such as assessing ERE's Educational Objectives and Outcomes, sponsoring student-oriented panel discussions related to engineering practice, coordinating employer information sessions leading to jobs and internships, developing engineering design projects and service learning projects, and promoting the development of ERE and SUNY ESF. While we know Advisory Council members volunteer their service, they claim payment through our student and faculty expressions of gratitude.

Advisory Council Accomplishments in 2012-2013

• Employer Information Day for ERE students, renamed Employer Networking Day for next year
• Panel discussion, 'How to Start your Career', for ERE students
• Honeywell Onondaga Remediation Tour for ERE students
• Minoa Waste Water Facility Tour for ERE students
• Semester-long mentoring of student teams in ERE Planning and Design course
• Assessing and evaluating quality of ERE Senior Capstone design projects
• Meeting with students to support professional networking - ERE Department Picnic, Engineers with Appetites in Gateway Center
• Meeting with 2012-13 ABET visitation team

Advisory Council Accomplishments in 2011-2012

• Employer Information Day for ERE students - followed by Student Mixer
• Panel discussion, 'How to Get an Engineering Job', for ERE students
• Honeywell Treatment System Tour for ERE students
• Onondaga County Green Infrastructure Tour for ERE students
• Semester-long mentoring of student teams in ERE Planning and Design course
• Assessing and evaluating quality of ERE Senior Capstone design projects
• Meeting with students to support professional networking - Engineers with Appetites, December Soiree, ERE Department Picnic
• Advising ERE program in preparation for 2012 ABET visit

Advisory Council Accomplishments in 2010-2011

• November Employer Information Day for ERE students
• New Ways We Work Seminar for ERE students and faculty
• Women in Engineering Seminar for ERE students
• Honeywell Treatment System Tour for ERE students
• Onondaga County Treatment System Tour for ERE students
• Evaluation of the Planning and Design Senior Capstone Presentations
• Spotlight on Student Research Judging for ERE students
• Sponsor of a table at the ESF Centennial Celebration for Alumni and Faculty

ERE Advisory Council

Council Member	Title	Company
David Gerber - Chair	Vice President Construction and Environmental Services	ARCADIS
John Camp	Department Manager, C&S Engineers	C&S Engineers
Kris Dimmick	Vice President of the Municipal Engineering Division	Bernier, Carr & Associates
Peter Gabrielsen	Chief Systems Operations Division	NOAA’s National Weather Service-Eastern Region
Swiatoslav Kaczmar	Vice President and Chief Scientist	O’Brien and Gere Engineering
Al LaBuz	Remediation Manager	Honeywell International Inc
John LaGorga	Senior Project Manager	Stearns & Wheler
Megan Miller	Program Manager	Parsons
Patricia Pastella	Senior Engineer	Development Authority of the North Country
Meghan Platt	Senior Engineer V	CHA Companies
John Thonet	President	Thonet Associates, Inc.
Scott Wheeler - Former Chair	President	Strategy Arts

Contact

Those interested in contacting the ERE Advisory Council should e-mail Teri Frese.