YEA Year in Review

This has been an exciting year for Central Florida Young Engineers in ASHRAE.  During this year, we had the opportunity to present Tech Topic sessions to all of our members.  These discussions gave insight to the main speaker’s topic and also served as a networking opportunity. Our young members were able to hear from local industry professionals like Michael Sheerin, Wade Conlan, Firouz Keikavousi, Damon Lynn, Bob Hyttel, Paul Halyard, and Richard King.  The topics covered addressed key subjects like Preventive Maintenance, Infection Control, and Sustainability.

The 1st Annual Dodge ball Tournament was held in February.  Seven companies from the Central Florida HVAC community participated in this event: Thermal Tech, Inc., Tom Barrow Co., MSI, Harper Limbach, LLC, Peninsula Engineering, Jacobs Engineering, and X-nth.  The semi-finalists, Thermal Tech, Inc. and X-nth disputed the title of champion in the final game.  X-nth quickly came out on top by eliminating Thermal Tech, Inc in only 1 minute and 34 seconds, the fastest game of the entire day.  Congratulations to X-nth (Matt Mikus, JC Le, Matt Hopf, Kim Hopf, Jason Jones, Tom Hoppert, and Tim Hedrick) for winning the 1^st Annual Central Florida ASHRAE – YEA Dodgeball Tournament!

Another great achievement for our chapter is the development of the local Mentorship Program.  This program was developed with the objective of creating a professional partnership between a YEA member, whether it be a young engineer, recent graduate, or student and a professional member from our chapter.  The experienced professional will provide assistance and resources for the transition from college to the work industry (such as interview preparation, career path guidance, professional development, and much more).  Currently, we are in the mentor/mentee matching process and we will be announcing our first participants by the end of this month.  Thank you for such a great year and we look forward to seeing you for 2010 – 2011.