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bulletEngineering Week Announcement 1

 

Engineering week is creeping up on us again. Here is the preliminary

announcement for our joint participation meeting.  Please Click Here

 

bulletLate News Announcement 2

 

First quarter education is up and running for section 302. A seminar on Human Error Prevention is being offered. For more information,   Please Click Here

 

 

bulletSection 0302 February Web Updates

 

Updates to the web page;

 

1. Add X-com Minutes   2/03/2009

2. Update "next meeting" on index page   2/03/2009

3. Update events page   2/03/2009 

4. Update Engr Week Page  2/05/2009         

 

 

bulletOur December Meeting

 

 

              

        

 

OK, get you magnifying glasses out, here are the folks from upper left to lower right...

Pix 1: Greg & Clif & Ruthann Rabuffo-Melissa Tofte- Pam Jeckell- Tim Donelly

Pix 2: Peter Harmantas-Don & Laura Cleverley- Bob & Angela Vidile-Wally McLeod

Pix 3: Laurie & Ted Sziklas- Glenn & MarciaTanzman- Rich Eckmann

Pix 4: Lou & Nancy Cimbrello-Joe Sirmans-Denise Kemp-Nathan & Andrea Nayunga

 

And what a night it was... can't you tell from the pictures? Our ace reporter on the scene was

Greg Rabuffo.... take it away Greg...

 

The evening started with an interesting tour. Our guide was a CIA Baccalaureate Student.  The school cycles about 200 students through every 21 weeks for their Associate Program.  They start working at the various restaurants early on. Nine weeks before graduation they work at the Medici Restaurant and then they move to one of their two top level restaurants and an externship often including trips to wine country or other industry studies. Students get to eat a 3 course meal daily to taste various foods while in the wine class students learn to taste (but not drink) wines so they can identify them later.  And yes we got to sample some great pastry!

 

Quality abounds in the restaurant industry. Numerous scales in the bakery classes show the importance of weighing over just using volume control of the various mixes for baking. A whole dessert classroom with precise temperature control at 55oF allows students to work consistently and repeatedly on many of the same dessert while preventing such failures as whip cream or custard melting.  Note that while it might be true that anyone can make a good or even a great dish – it takes a good chef to make many good and consistent dishes. (Ever wonder who cooks for a 1000 person cruise – a CIA chef). Who is McDonald’s head food R&D person – a CIA chef.   And students get graded on their work, for example, consistent Julienne size and consistent hand made roll size are judged by a Master Chef.

 

After the tour we had a wonderful dinner in the architectural Tuscan Caterina de Medici restaurant on campus.  All of their restaurants are classrooms where students prepare and learn under their Master Chefs. People from all over the world study here in our Hudson Valley.

 

- Greg Rabuffo

 

Editor's Note: We don't pay this guy enough for all the work he does for Section 302. I hope somebody gives Greg a leftover cheesy coffee mug.

 

 


bulletOur Next Meeting

National Engineering Week Banquet
 

Admission is by prepaid reservation only and is due by Friday, February 12, 2010.

Date :                February 16, 2010

Location:      Anthony’s Pier 9, 2975 Route 9W, New Windsor, NY      

Time:                5:00 Social , 6:00 Dinner, 9:00 Adjourn

 

Topic:   The West Point Bionic Foot
 

Presenter: LTC Joseph Hitt, Ph.D.
 

You are invited to join us for a dinner banquet with guest speaker LTC Joseph Hitt, assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy.  LTC Hitt is lead researcher and advisor for a multi-disciplinary team of West Point faculty, staff, and cadets developing a computer-controlled, powered prosthetic foot to support structured walking and running for below-the-knee amputees.  LTC Hitt and cadet team members will describe current prosthetic device technology, technological challenges to the bionic foot project, and their approach to developing the bionic foot and will report results of on-going testing of the device by below-the-knee amputee, active duty Army soldiers.

 

Please see the link at the top of the page for more information.

 

Admission is by prepaid reservation only and is due by Friday, February 12, 2010.

 

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bullet Next Meeting: Feb 16, 2010

 

 

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