4 May 2026
PSEC on zoom
Started at 6:07 pm
Attendees
Luis Leon ASMI
Sam Gheesling ASME
Andrew Gall SME
John Schaufelberge WSPE
George Bondor SAE
Dave Butcher IEEE
Paul Kostek. INCOSE
Kaz Takeda IISE
LeSi Qu SWE
Societies Activities
AIAA: See other business
ASMI Luis 5/14 at 6:00 at Ivars, Erik, trustee from ASM, presentation on 787 battery investigation it will be the last meeting for the year
WSPE: John, nothing planned for May
ASME: Sam Gheesling, May 3rd Engagement, green lake clean up and brunch, 5 section members and Chelse from national participated
ASCE: Rom
Past Events
April 11-12 – PNW Symposia – Concrete Canoe Races hosted by UW – Held at Lake Sammamish
April 17-18 – PNW Symposia – Steel Bridge, Timber Strong Design, Surveying, etc. Competitions – Hosted by University of Alaska Anchorage
April 30 – Dinner with SEAW at Ivar’s Acres of Clams – I-90/Sound Transit Light Rail
Upcoming Events
May 20 – UW and SU Dinner Meeting at UW Top two students teams from each school will present
August 20 – ASCE Seattle Section Awards – Hotel Sorrento
SME: Andrew – April 28th SASPUG meeting at Museum of flight,
SAE – George, private pizza meeting and presentation and recruitment, date TBD
INCOSE – Paul, 13 May, Chris Armstrong to talk on Systems Modeling Language (SysMl) Version 2
IEEE: Dave, May 14-15th at WSU Everett, AI workshop
IISE, Kaz, 28 May Board Mtg
7 May Top Golf at 5:00
14 May UW IISE Awards night at 6:00
Mariners game date to TBD
SWE – LeSi Qu .May 17th – SWE PNW Annual Spring Banquet
Leadership applications are open.
May 23rd AI Workshop
SHPE – Stef 6 May Edmonds Community College Career Panel
ASHRAE – Emily – Chapter meetings, April 10th Student night UW-Bothell ASHRAE club
reps@pseconline.org is our distribution list
General
Treasurers Report: Dave
PSEC to pay $1032 for Engineering Fair background checks per vote taken in April meeting
Paid $130 for Drop box storage
Current balance $11938
Engineering Fair:
Per April meeting vote PSEC will pay for background checks. These checks are good for next year as well
Mentor nights
Luis has tried to engage UW Tacoma – had meeting last week, First two weeks of April, Tacoma CC is not interested
Luis has made several unsuccessful calls to Green River. No response
UW Bothel. 29 May. ASME Chapter at UW Bothell is hosting an industry mentorship night, featuring a series of round-table discussions with rotating groups of engineering students. The event will be at UWB DISC-162 on Friday, May 29th, from 5:30–8 p.m. We ask that mentors arrive 10-15 minutes early if possible.
https://gather.uwb.edu/rsvp?id=380820
Other Business
LeSi met a member of AIAA who expressed interest in PSEC. She will forward contact info to Andrew or Dave to send a formal invite to the member.
Discussed a possible PSEC board social event, possibly a Mariners game
Officers
We need volunteers on our board
This year’s PSEC Officers slate is:
Past President: Kathy Shoemake
President: Andrew Gall
Treasurer: David Butcher
Secretary: George Bondor
Still looking for volunteers to step into these positions
President Elect
Need a webmaster
K-12 Activities Chair
Meeting terminated at 6:40 pm
Next meeting
1 Jun 2026 Virtual Zoom only, 6:00pm
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