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June 2026 
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President's Report
Julie Hadfield
Hello everyone,
I hope everyone is staying cool this summer and getting some work done between World Cup matches.
We finished the session with a lot going on.
We had our elections for the 2026-2027 Atlanta Board of Directors. Congratulations to all board members and thank you for your time and support.
We met our scholarship recipient. We wish her a very successful and bright future.
We held the raffle for the 2026 National Convention contest. Congratulations to Greg Ferguson!
We had our last WOA event of the summer. We had a group of people try their hand at crocheting.
We are currently on summer break. We will resume meetings again in September. That doesn’t mean the board will be taking a break. We will be having a planning meeting for the next session in July. Ester and I went to the Region 3 meeting earlier this month. If you have any ideas for next session or anything that you want the board to consider during the planning meeting, let me know.
As always, don’t hesitate to contact me.
VP Technical Report
Ester Arrascaeta
Happy month of June Atlanta ASPE Members!
Thanks to the Presenter's this session for providing great technical knowledge. And THANK YOU for your support of the chapter and presenters. We will be back in September with a new set of technical sessions.
If you have ideas to share or have something to contribute to the growth and development of the chapter, please reach out to any of us in the board. As Tech VP, I am always looking for interesting and timely technical topics to present for your advancement. If you have something to contribute, or an area you would like to see considered, please let me know.
Please don’t forget to check out the Pipeline, which comes to your email inbox every month; there is an incredible amount of interesting and valuable information there. Also remember our own Chapter newsletter for updates closer to home.
Stay safe and enjoy this wonderful weather! We will see you soon!
Thank you for being an ASPE member. You are very valuable to us. Ester Arrascaeta, VP Technical, [email protected]
You can reach any of us on the Board through our website, https://aspe-atl.com/
You can also reach me at [email protected] anytime with your thoughts, questions, or issues.
Follow ASPE on social media:
Join the Atlanta ASPE Linked-In group @https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4705657/starting
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WOA Membership Article
Zaria ancar
Contest: Serve as a Delegate on a Sponsored Trip to the 2026 National Convention
Convention Contest
Congratulations to Greg Ferguson for winning the Grand Prize of a trip to the 2026 National Convention!
Calendar of Events
2026 - 2027 Tentative Schedule
September 22, 2026 Dinner Meeting
October 27, 2026 Dinner Meeting
November 17, 2026 Dinner Meeting
Above list is the currently scheduled events. Be on the lookout for additional events and details to be made available on the ASPE Atlanta events page
For the latest events updates follow the ASPE Atlanta LinkedIn page here
VP Education Report
Reza Bahador
School is out for the summer!
Last month we met to meet Kayla Vallerie, the recipient of the 2026 Atlanta Chapter Student Scholarship, in person at our monthly dinner meeting.
National Society is having ASSE 6060 MedGas Workshop in Atlanta this September. See Society's education page for registration.
For those of you who are interested in expanding your knowledge of a particular subject or just need to brush up on some skills, take a moment and visit the Society’s Education Opportunities page.
And don’t forget to Read, Learn and Earn those CEU’s at ASPE Education.
If you haven’t already, check out the ASPE Tables App available at the ASPE Bookstore.
We are constantly doing our best to make sure that our members have easy access to all the tools available to them. Please let us know of any suggestions that you may have to make your experience better and keep an eye out as we revise and update information on our ASPE Atlanta Chapter’s site.
VP Legislative Report
FRANK VASTAKIS
Greetings ASPE members and friends! Time is truly flying and times are certainly busy.
For our PE’s out there, ASPE’s PEWG (Professional Engineers Working Group) has been working for several years to establish a professional exam in plumbing/piping and they need SME’s (Subject-Matter Experts) to continue development of the exam. If you’re interested, please contact David Dexter(If you’re on ASPE Connect, you know him well 😊) at his info below:
David D. Dexter, F.NSPE, F.ASPE, CPD
Registered Professional Engineer
Mechanical, Plumbing & Fire Protection
Co-Chair, ASPE’s Professional Engineers’ Working Group
6065 Detrick Rd.
Tipp City, Ohio 45371-2109
Cell: (937) 609-5969
E-mail: [email protected]
Code wise, it’s relatively quiet. Checkout ASPE’s Pipeline Code section here https://aspe.org/pipeline/category/industry-news/codes-standards/ which has links to some other articles/items. Most of the links are currently for IAPMO/UPC and specifically looking for input on the 2030 editions of their code.
That’s it for now. Have a great summer. Till next time!
Important Dates (Society)
Need ASSE 6060 Training?
Register Now for ASPE's MedGas Workshop in Atlanta
ASPE's next MedGas Workshop will be held at Rheem's Training Center outside of Atlanta on September 17–20, 2026, and you can register now on ASPE Education. Taught by medgas expert Mark Allen, our workshop provides the 32 hours of training needed to take the ASSE 6060: Medical Gas Systems Designer exam.
Why Attend ASPE's MedGas Workshop?
By attending, you will enjoy all of the benefits of our live 32-hour experience, which include:
- Personal interaction with our instructor, Mark Allen
- Team-based, hands-on activities
- Practical design exercises with calculation examples
- ASSE 6060 practice exam
- Copy of NFPA 99-2024: Health Care Facilities Code
- Quizzes to test knowledge retention
- Calculator and supplies for hands-on exercises
- Lunch, drinks, and snacks each day
- 1.2 ASPE CEUs
- Certificate of completion for third-party credentialing agencies
Who Should Attend?
ASPE’s MedGas Workshop is perfect for anyone seeking to sit for the ASSE 6060 personal certification exam. The workshop also provides the skills and knowledge needed for engineers who want to branch into medical gas system design.
Investment
The cost to take the workshop is $2,000 for ASPE members and $2,350 for nonmembers. Not an ASPE member? Join today to get the member price and save $150 and also gain access to all of ASPE’s member benefits.
About the Instructor
Mark Allen has been involved in the medical gas industry since 1978. He started out of university with one of the earliest certification firms when “certification” of medical gas systems was a concept yet to be widely accepted. He transitioned to the manufacturing sector in 1985 and since then has been involved in virtually all aspects of medical gas work, including testing and verification, regulatory advocacy, product development, marketing, and education.
Mark is an active member of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Technical Committee on Medical Gas and Vacuum Systems and has been involved with that Committee since the 1987 edition of NFPA 99. He is also an active member of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Technical Committee on Medical Gas and Vacuum Systems, working on the CSA Z7396-1 standard, and also is involved with the ISO TC121/SC6 committee dealing with Anesthetic and Respiratory devices, including medical gases, and the ISO 7396 series of standards.
VP Membership Report
Zaria ancar
AYP Liaison
Shawn Kauk | Dalton Usery
Hello everyone. Shawn and I be serving as co-chairs in the upcoming session, and I’m looking forward to getting to know all of you. We are excited to work together to bring engaging AYP events in the future! Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you need anything.
Be on the look-out for information about upcoming ASPE Atlanta AYP events.
Best regards,
Shawn Kauk and Dalton Usery
Affiliate Liaison's Report
Hello ASPE members! A big Thank You to the various Affiliate members who took the time to reach out to the engineering community this year, requesting and encouraging they attend a monthly meeting especially the younger engineers as we look to introduce them to our local chapter. I feel that we successfully accomplished that goal. And finally, many thanks to our chapter affiliates and manufacturers who sponsored monthly meetings, newsletters, and an event during this past year!
We hope everyone has a safe and wonderful summer.
Best regards,
Aaron Siegel and Joe Welsh
Classifieds - Openings/Looking
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The views expressed in individual articles in this newsletter do not reflect the views of the ASPE Atlanta Chapter as a whole and as always the ASPE Atlanta Chapter does not speak for Society.
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