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Office hours: Mon. - Fri.: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. or by appointmentThe Manitoba Technologist invites contributions from its readers (members or non-members). Articles, suggestions or constructive criticism regarding this publication, the Association, or other matters of interest to Engineering and Applied Science Technicians and Technologists may be forwarded to: The Editor

We welcome any comments or suggestions you may have. The opinions expressed by the authors do not necessarily reflect the official views of the Association. This newsletter acts as a moderator without approving, disapproving or guaranteeing the validity or accuracy of any data, claim, or opinion appearing under a byline or obtained or quoted from an acknowledged source.

CTTAM BOARD OF DIRECTORSPresident Andrew Procca, C.E.T.President Elect Juli Cox, C.E.T.Past President Kellie Orr, C.E.T. CCTT Delegate Grant Nicol, C.E.T.Michelle Amigo, C.E.T.; Chad Erickson, C.E.T.; Marieclaire Monton, C.E.T.; Grant Nicol, C.E.T.; Ted Protosavage, C.E.T., P.Eng., Josée Rémillard, C.E.T.; Harvey Kaita, Member at Large CHAIRPERSONSCertification Board Patrick Jolicoeur, C.E.T.Panel of Examiners Ken Mills, C.E.T. Young LeadersCommittee Michael Turko, C.E.T.

CTTAM OFFICEExecutive Director & Registrar Robert Okabe, C.E.T., IntET (Canada)

Administrative Assistant Anita WalcerRegistration & Member Services Coordinator Cathy Penner

CTTAM MISSION STATEMENT

“To Safeguard the Public Interest by the Certification and Governance of our Professional Members in the Application of

National Standards of Applied Science Technology.”

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4 CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWLY CERTIFIED MEMBERS

8 CO-OP: HIRE WHAT YOU NEED

5 CTTAM AWARDS DINNER

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NEWLY CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS

Congratulations to Our Newly Certified Members

NEWLY CERTIFIED TECHNOLOGISTS

Adam Bedosky, C.Tech. MCW/AGE Consulting EngineersAida Ocampo, C.Tech. Frank Fair Industries Ltd.Aju Krishna Radha Krishnan Sindhu, C.Tech. Challenger ManufacturingAlvin Egualan, C.Tech.Alexander Triboi, C.Tech. Global Mechanical Ltd.Daniel Honorio Da Silva Jr., C.Tech. Grandeur Housing Ltd.Dominic Quirante, C.Tech. Tower Engineering GroupEdgar David, C.Tech. Prairie Mobile CommunicationsEmil Lardizabal, C.Tech. Price Industries Ltd.

Fahad Qamar, C.Tech. Maple Leaf FoodField Marshall Manzano, C.Tech. Genesis Construction Ltd.Harri Pohl, C.Tech. Meridian Manufacturing Inc.Jessica Fleik, C.Tech. DGH Engineering Ltd.Joel Ginter, C.Tech. DGH Engineering Ltd.Jonty Kapadi, C.Tech. General ElectricJoshua Dyck, C.Tech. VipondMac Garreth Farinas, C.Tech. New Flyer IndustriesWinston Gilman, C.Tech. General Electric CanadaXerxes Gapasin. C.Tech. NFI Parts (formerly New Flyer Inc. Parts)

Adam Bedosky, C.E.T. MCW/AGE Consulting EngineersAlex Miguel, C.E.T. Manitoba InfrastructureAndrew Campbell, C.E.T. Manitoba HydroAustin Gonzales, C.E.T. PCL Constructors Canada Inc.Chad Finlay, C.E.T. Manitoba Water Services BoardDallas MacDonald, C.E.T. Manitoba HydroDean Ceppetelli, C.E.T. City of WinnipegDerrick Tetrault, C.E.T. Nelson River Construction Inc.Eric Beaudin, C.E.T. City of WinnipegHenry Hernandez, C.E.T. Manitoba InfrastructureInsoo An, C.E.T. Manitoba InfrastructureJanos Saluta, C.E.T. City of WinnipegJason Wong, C.E.T. KGS GroupJeff Javier, C.E.T. Bentall KennedyKatie Byron, C.E.T. TTES Consulting Inc. Kevin Berard, C.E.T. Manitoba HydroKristian Arellano, C.E.T. Bockstael Construction Ltd.Lawrence Carpio, C.E.T. Prairie Mountain Health

Lindsay Lutes, C.E.T. Tetra TechLeo Duval, C.E.T. Manitoba InfrastructureLi Ma, C.E.T. New Flyer IndustryMassimo Petrelli, C.E.T. Lawson Consulting & SurveyingMichael Young, C.E.T. Manitoba Water Service BoardMubarak Hindi, C.E.T. Manitoba HydroNicholas Wieler, C.E.T. Teshmont Consultants LPNomar Yorobe, C.E.T. RM of East St. PaulPatrick Guenette, C.E.T. Manitoba HydroPatryk Siedlik, C.E.T. New Flyer IndustriesPaul Zoblicki, C.E.T. Lawson Consulting & Surveying Ltd.Paula Filizola Pinheiro Chagas, C.E.T. ENG-TECH Consulting Ltd.Philemon, Olowe, C.E.T. Gateway Kitchen and BathSalvador Nepomuceno, C.E.T. Saturn IndustriesSheena Porco, C.E.T. Magellan AerospaceSiyu Wang, C.E.T. Charleson Engineering Ltd.Steven Newton, C.E.T. Manitoba InfrastructureXin Zhai, C.E.T. SMS Engineering Ltd.

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CTTAM AWARDS DINNER

C TTAM held an awards dinner on Wednesday, April 10th, 2019 at Fort Gibraltar in Whittier Park, located at 866 rue St. Joseph

in St. Boniface.Life Member Awards were

presented to Jordan Morgan, C.E.T. (2018 award); Tracy Stople, C.E.T., and Victor Goertzen, C.E.T. A Life Member is a member who is recognized by unanimous decision of the entire board to have made an exceptional contribution to the Association. Such membership shall be for the member’s lifetime, without fees or dues.

Jordan Morgan has been an active member of CTTAM since May of 1975. He was selected to receive a Life Member Award in 2018, but was unable to attend the AGM to receive the award. Jordan was the Chair of CTTAM’s 40th Gala Committee, Chair of the Complaints Committee, a Board Member in 1993, and was the Chair of the Public Relations Committee. Jordan (Jody), continues to actively volunteer with CTTAM and is currently a member of the Awards Committee. CTTAM wishes to thank him for his continued support of the Association.

Tracy Stople has been an active member of CTTAM since October of 1982. Tracy was an important member of CTTAM’s 40th Gala Committee and was also a member of the Complaints Committee. Tracy faithfully attends the Annual General Meeting and works actively in her field of discipline. CTTAM wishes to thank Tracy for her contribu-tion to the Association.

Victor Goertzen has been an active member of CTTAM since April of 1983 and has been a member of the Certifi-cation Board since November of 2006. As a Certification Board Examiner, Victor reviews applications for those working in the electronics discipline, ensuring that the applicant’s work experience meet the requirements for certification. As a long-time committee member, Victor has reviewed hundreds of applications for certification and has embraced the on-line file review system, which is now in place. CTTAM wishes to thank Victor for his valued contribution to the Association.

L to R: Robert Okabe, Executive Director & Registrar; Jordan Morgan, C.E.T.

L to R: Tracy Stople, C.E.T.; Robert Chochinov, C.E.T., Awards Committee

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An Honorary Member Award was presented to Larry Nasberg, B.Sc., LL.B. Honorary awards are given to those individuals who are not members of the Association who have rendered distinguished service to the Association or to Engineering Technology and shall, with the unanimous

approval of the entire board, be known as ‘Honorary Members’. Such membership shall be for the member’s lifetime, without fees or dues. Honorary Members may not hold office or vote.

Larry Nasberg came onto the board in 2013 as the ‘Member at Large’ and held two

L to R: Jordan Morgan, C.E.T. Awards Committee; Victor Goertzen, C.E.T.

L to R: Larry Nasberg, B.Sc., LLB; Robert Okabe, Executive Director & Registrar

terms with the second term ending in 2018. Larry has provided invaluable insight and legal counsel thus assisting the board with making decisions following legal guidelines. CTTAM wishes to thank Larry Nasberg for his valued contribution to the Association.

The 2019 Instructor Award was presented to Bruce Radons, C.E.T., who is a Mechanical Engineering Technology instructor at Red River College. The CTTAM Instructor Award is presented to a person who encourages their students to excel in technology and provides support to students enrolled in the different technology educa-tional programs.

Bruce has been an instructor for over 12 and a half years and strives to make student learning his highest priority. Through his development of project-based learning projects within his courses, Bruce guides students successfully through exploration of creative, critical-thinking and problem-solving processes and helps students to understand the ideas and information they need in order to develop their own understanding. CTTAM thanks Bruce for his dedication to teaching technology students.

The 2019 CTTAM President’s Volunteer Award was presented to Shannon Nordal. Shannon is an Associate of CTTAM currently working towards obtaining the two years of supervised practice required for certification. Shannon was the 2018 Red River College Student Liaison and participated as a Student/Graduate Membership Drive volunteer. Her student information sessions at Red River College resulted in over 100 students signing up as student members. Shannon participated in CTTAM’s latest strategic planning session and it is her value proposition that CTTAM will be using going forward: CTTAM – Growth, recognition & community. Shannon is also an active member of the Leadership & Development Committee. CTTAM thanks Shannon for her commitment to promoting the Association.

Certificates were also presented to the following Newly Certified Members in attendance:

Field Marshall Manzano. C.Tech.Daniel Jacques Plante, C.E.T.Dick Mercado, C.E.T.Henry Hernandez, C.E.T.Jack Moseley, C.E.T.Jeff Javier, C.E.T.Kingsley Ogundele, C.E.T.Kristen Cartman, C.E.T.Kristian Caesar Arellano, C.E.T.T

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L to R: Bruce Radons, C.E.T., Instructor at Red River College; Kelli Orr, C.E.T., Past President

L to R: Shannon Nordal; Juli Cox, C.E.T., President-Elect

Top Row (L to R): Field Marshall Manzano, C.Tech.; Daniel Plante, C.E.T.; Dick Mercado, C.E.T.; Henry Hernandez, C.E.T.; Jack Moseley, C.E.T.; Jeff Javier, C.E.T.; Kingsley Ogundele, C.E.T.; Kristen Cartman, C.E.T. Bottom Row (L to R): Kristian Arellano, C.E.T.; Merkebu Abebe, C.E.T.; Moriah Gross, C.E.T.; Peter Wiebe, C.E.T.; Philemon Olowe, C.E.T.; Salvador Nepomuceno, C.E.T.; Slava Revzin, C.E.T.; Tyler Nelson, C.E.T.

Joel Turner is third from the right.

Merkebu Abebe, C.E.T.Moriah Gross, C.E.T.Peter Wiebe, C.E.T.Philemon Olowe, C.E.T.Salvador Nepomuceno, C.E.T.Slava Revzin, C.E.T.Tyler Nelson, C.E.T.

CTTAM would like to congratulate the Newly Certified Members and wishes them much success in their career.

A highlight of the evening was a presentation given by Joel Turner, a Red River College Electrical Engineering Technology student, about SpaRRCky, the Shell Eco-Marathon Electric Car. SpaRRCky was built by a team of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technology students from Red River College with the help of support from many sponsors, including CTTAM. Joel, who is on the build team and also team captain, spoke about the trials and successes of SpaRRCky. Team SpaRRCky participated in the Shell Eco-Marathon from April 3 to 6, 2019 in Sonoma, California, and placed an impressive seventh overall in the battery electric category.

The team already has plans in place to continue improving SpaRRCky for future competitions, including imple-menting data acquisition, fine-tuning the mechanical efficiency, and more training for the drivers – including time spent playing racing video games, a suggestion that came from another team. Racing games can help drivers learn to hit the most efficient angles at turns and determine when to coast and when to accelerate.

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Co-op: Hire What You NeedBy Kathy Davis, Instructor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Red River College

he time is December 17, 1903. The place is Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Two sons of a minister, Wilbur and Orville Wright

are impatient to get home to Ohio for the holidays. In 1903 the job description, ‘engineering technologist’, did not exist. It is just as well – neither Wright brother thinks of himself as an engineer or an engineering technologist. They think of themselves as canny inventors, step-ping up from humble but clever bicycle mechanics to tackle the mysteries of con-trolled flight. If either brother had waved around a Professional Engineer’s license,

the first airplane might only have existed in exquisite detail and mind-numbing precision on paper, never to reach the skies above Kitty Hawk.

Engineering Technologist – Or Wizard?The Wright brothers were not profes-sional engineers (PEs). Had they been, they probably would have viewed the whole “This thing will fly!” project as impractical and in need of substantial safety margins such as anchors and tall ladders. Engineers have excellent math-ematical skills, work largely in theory, and design systems or conduct research. They may manage projects, evaluate and test

ideas or theories, or design something as tiny as a single switch. They are not as theo-retical, perhaps, as engineering scientists, but engineers work from theory to the very doorstep of practicality. It is the engineering technologist who today carries the idea across the threshold, into the realm of reality.

An engineering technologist uses some of the same skills as an engineer, though with a bit less rigor in mathematics and theoretical science. Where the engineer might work largely on theoretical work, an engineering technologist is, frankly, a bit of a wizard.

Source: www.ecpi.edu/blog/engineering-technologist-vs-engineer-whats-difference

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Want Reality?Hire an engineering technology co-op student! The benefits are huge:

• Attain tax credits.• Fill your short-term staffing needs.• Free up your employees for higher

priority work.• Provide you with productive

workers during peak hours.• Finish up special projects

or initiatives.• Provide you with insight into

course curricula.• Train your future workforce.• Reduce your recruitment and

training costs.• Provide your staff with

supervisory experience.

Some Advice?• Hire an engineering technology

student through co-op. 40% of mechanical engineering technology graduates (design & manufacturing) return to a co-op employer.

• Ask for a transcript with their application. If you need help in hydraulics, think twice about hiring a student with a D in Fluid Power.

• Post your ad in January. Make a timely offer; get a timely response.

• Didn’t post in January? There are many great students still available!

• Former supervisors mentioned that 5-10 technologists can keep an engineer busy. Hiring that ratio

backwards is expensive and inefficient.

• If you need a tradesperson, hire one – Technologists are not usually tradespeople.

• Please pass this article on to your HR folks.

More Info?Outside Winnipeg? Please check with your local college. Inside Winnipeg? Please select:

Co-op: www.rrc.ca/future-students/co-op-education/ or Job Central: www.jobcentral.rrc.ca/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fdefault.aspx

TTAM is offering a $1,000 scholarship to the son or daughter of a CTTAM Member to provide assistance with

expenses incurred while undertaking studies leading to a technician or technologist diploma in a recognized program of study in engineering technology or applied science technology. All submissions will be coded and the recipient will be chosen by lottery. The application form can be found on CTTAM’s website. The deadline for the submission of applications is September 27th, 2019.

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“Where the engineer might work largely on theoretical work, an engineering

technologist is, frankly, a bit of a wizard.”

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Ana Maria Ionescu has been a certified Member of CTTAM since May of 2013.

She graduated with a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Technol-ogy in Bucharest, Romania.

CTTAM Member Profile

Ana Maria joined the Panel of Examiners in 2014 and the Certification Board in 2015 on the role of File Examiner. Her knowledge and expertise in the field of chemistry is invalu-able as well as her contributions to both committees.

Thank you Ana Maria for your continued support of the Assocation.

2019 CTTAM Salary SurveyTTAM members can win one of three gift cards of their choice in the amount of $300 by completing and submitting the 2019

CCTTAM Salary Survey. CTTAM Members should have received an email with the link to the survey. Please contact the office at 204-784-1082 if assistance is required. Deadline for complet-ing the survey is Friday, May 3rd, 2019.

Those members who have provided their name to be entered in the draw for the $300 gift cards will have their submission coded, with the winners being chosen by the lottery method.

University College of the North Student Receives CTTAM Scholarship

Derric Trudeau is enrolled in the Natural Resources Management Technology program (NRMT) at the University College of

the North in The Pas, Manitoba. He realized the importance of education and that by enrolling in the program, he would obtain knowledge that would benefit his aspiration of becoming a conservation officer.

The NRMT program is a two-year diploma program designed to train students for a wide range of employment opportunities in the field of natural resources management emphasizing on interrelationships among natural resources including forests, water, fish, and wildlife and is designed to provide the technical skills required by technicians in the use and management of natural resources.

Derric was chosen as the recipient of the scholarship for 2019 because of his dedication to his studies, his exemplary attendance as well as his dedication in the field.

Congratulations Derric.

Ana Maria Ionescu, C.E.T.

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CTTAM Members Receive Eng.L. License from Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba

CTTAM wishes to congratu-late and recognize the following CTTAM Members who have received the Specified

Scope of Practice License (Eng. L.) from Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba.

It takes approximately one year for an applicant to obtain the Specified Scope of Practice License (Eng.L.) through Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba.

DisciplineKyle Devisser, C.E.T., Eng.L. CivilPaul Lapointe, C.E.T., Eng.L. ElectricalBindu Mathews, C.E.T., Eng.L. Electronics/ ComputerGeoff Mikolayenko, C.E.T., Eng.L. StructuralJoseph Tolentino, C.E.T., Eng.L. MechanicalMichael Turko, C.E.T., Eng.L. Municipal

For information regarding the Specified Scope of Practice License (Eng.L.), please go to www.apegm.mb.ca/SSPL.html.

CTTAM’s 23rd Annual Golf Tournament

CTTAM is holding its 23rd Annual Golf Tournament on Friday, May 24th, 2019 at the Kingswood Golf & Country Club in La Salle, Manitoba.

The registration fee is $135 and covers the green fees, cart, lunch, and dinner. Please note that there are a limited of spaces available.

It is because of sponsorship received from industry here in Winnipeg that CTTAM is able to put on such a successful golf tournament. CTTAM was able to donate $2,500 to the Red River College endowment fund for technol-ogy students in 2018 and hopes to double this amount for 2019. Proceeds from this year’s golf tournament will go to the CTTAM

The Technology Ring he technology ring is a outward visible symbol of certification in the profession. A sterling silver band formed by a

repeating pattern of five gears bracketed by a maple leaf on each side. The technology ring represents the union between the member, the Association, and fellow members.

• It may be worn according to the member’s preference but professional rings are traditionally worn on the last finger of the working hand (pinky finger).

• The maple leaves were chosen in order that the ring would be

acceptable to all Canadian Technicians and Technologists.

• The gears represent the five mem-bers of the engineering team: trades person, technicians, technologists, engineers, and scientists.

• The ring is distinctive enough so that the general public could identify at a glance a Certified Engineering or Applied Science Technician or Technologist from other professions.

The Technology Ring is available to all Certi-fied Technicians and Technologists at a cost of $100 and can be purchased from CTTAM. The office is located at 602 – 1661 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg. Please contact Anita at 204-784-1083 for more information.

Endowment Fund and scholarships will be awarded through Red River College. Red River College will be able to provide a tax receipt for larger sponsorship/donations.

There are different levels of sponsorship available this year. Please go to www.cttam.com for the registration form and sponsorship opportunities.

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