All members, families and friends of Polish-American Engineers Association are cordially invited to attend our May meeting.

DATE:	Friday, May 19, 2006
TIME:	7:30 p.m. - 8:00 pm - Social 1/2 hours 8:00 pm - Business and Technical Session
PLACE:	Holiday Inn O’Hare” 8201 West Higgins Rd. Chicago, Illinois
SPEAKER:	Mr. Tad Hofkin, P.E. Mechanical Engineer Consultant
TOPIC:	Design of HVAC systems
COMMENTS:	Mr. Hofkin has over 30 years of experience as a mechanical engineer. He worked with large A/E companies on projects ranging from industrial plants to residential buildings. His design expertise as well as “hands-on” experience makes him a unique engineer that not only knows theory, but also can visualize his project before it is build.

Mr. Hofkin experience also includes managing his own engineering firm. His services included providing HVAC, Plumbing, Fire Protection, and Energy Conservation consulting services. In addition, he performed project reviews for compliances with international and local Mechanical and Building Codes. Representative Projects:

Federal Express A380 Hangar Facility. Memphis, TN.
Engineer design of a new A380 heavy maintenance facility incorporating the hangar holds associated shops, offices, and parts storage.

McCormick West Expansion. Chicago, IL.
Ventilation design for the over 1,000,000 SF facility. Project included all aspects of providing ventilation air for the Exhibition Hall, Ballroom, offices, and auxiliary spaces (boiler room, chiller room, shops) as well as enclosed street running under the building.

Shopping Center Complex. Newark, DE.
HVAC, Plumbing, Refrigeration and Fire Protection systems design for a new shopping center consisting of supermarket, department store, and satellite shops.

United Airlines. Chicago, IL.
An upgrade of existing HVAC system for Red Carpet Room and Employee’s cafeteria at O’Hare Airport, including kitchen ventilation system. A service hangar loading dock heating and air curtain system to mitigate weather related temperature variations affecting work performance.

Veterans Hospital. Brooklyn, NY.
Complete redesign of an existing ventilation system for animal lab to eliminate and prevent migration of odors to the hospital complex.

Woodstock Library Expansion. Woodstock, IL.
HVAC, Plumbing, and Fire Protection systems design for the addition and modification of existing utilities to accommodate and perform in unison with the new systems.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Philadelphia, PA.
Independent consultant for energy conservation project for affiliated hospitals in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Project included compilation of field data for energy use analysis and identification of energy saving possibilities, writing technical reports analyzing these findings, recommending maintenance procedures and capital expenditures to improve the energy use efficiency.

A business meeting will precede the technical presentation. Coffee and pastries will be served during the intermission.

SPECIAL INVITATION for Polish engineers and technicians who recently came to Chicago.

On May 6th PAEA participated in the celebration of May 3RD Constitution Day. Close to forty members with families and sympathizers of our organization marched and proudly displayed our affiliation with Polonia and our heritage.

RALPH MODJESKI SCHOLARSHIP. Applications for the 2006 scholarship will be accepted till end of May. The scholarship Committee will review the applications by the end of June; the award is planned for our September 2006 meeting. For additional information and application forms please contact Mirek Niedzinski at 773-415-1818, Jan Plachta at 773-775-7599 or Walter Rymsza at 847-806-1704.

PAEA PICNIC. In June we are planning again to have a picnic at the previous location, Fourth Lake Resorts. Tentatively the picnic will be held on June 18 (Father’s Day), 2006.
DUES: Only 30% of PAEA members paid their dues for 2005. Please remember that organizing a meeting is connected with significant expenses. Renting a room for example at our present location is costing us over $200 for an evening. Additionally we have newsletter printing, mailing and speaker gifts expenses. We are trying very hard to provide an interesting and diversified program for our meetings. We provide great opportunity for socializing, exchanging of ideas, networking, and providing information on job opportunities. We are supporting the E-week activities, paying dues for the membership at the Illinois Engineering Council, occasionally assisting in various other expenses. Additionally out of the dues we are receiving we are assisting the scholarship program for engineering students of Polish heritage. As you very well know, our dues are the lowest of any professional engineering association in the Chicago land area. All of the organizational, time consuming efforts are provided free of charge by the members of the administration. Please keep this in mind and pay the dues at your next opportunity".