CORPORATE CHATTER INFO BEAT Luikart Joins Hill, Ward P.A. tion between runway conditions and device Put-t Away Golf Hill, Ward & Henderson, P. A., is pleased measurements. The center will be a partner- The "Put-t Away the Pain" Golf Tournament will be held to announce that David L. Luikart III has ship between USF's College of Engineering Friday, April 21 beginningat 1 p.m. atEagles Golf Club, 16101 joined the firm as an associate. Luikart is a and the Neubert Aero Corporation. Nine Eagle Drive, Odessa. This fun day of golf will benefit recent graduate of the University of Florida Yogi Goswami, the John and Naida Ramil the Arthritis Foundation's Send a Kid to Camp Campaign. Levin College of Law. He will be practicing professor in Chemical Engineering and co- Individual play*ers registration is $100. For more information, with the firm's litigation group. director of the COE's Clean Energy Research call 968-7000. USF College of Engineering News Center (CERC), joined the COE faculty in Black Humanities The University of South Florida's College apple research on solar thermal energy, The University of South Florida Departmert of Africana of Engineering continues to make its mark thermodynamics, heat transfer, hydrogen Studies and USF Florida Studies Center in cooperation with as USF celebrates its 50th anniversary and and fuel cells the City of Tampa Black History Committee presents the first the College of Engineering moves into its A new Ph.D. degree was approved for Black Humanities and Media Symposium with guest speaker, 41 st year. the Biomedical Engineering program, a col- artist John Sims on Friday, April 21 at 6 p.m. at the Children's Louis A. Martin-Vega, dean of the Col- laborative effort between USF's Colleges of Board of Hillsborough County, 1002 E. Palm Ave., Tampa. The lege of Engineering, was recently elected Engineering and Medicine. The Biomedical BHMS Committee also will present Sims with the first Florida President-Elect of the Board of Trustees for Enginering received its first ankofa Award for his "contributions to history, art, content the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) for $million to Joel Strom of Medicine and humanity within the state of Florida." The symposium headquartered in Atlanta. As president-elect and Bill Lee in Engineering to develop car- is part of the Florida Africana Heritage Writers and Artists and chief financial officer, Martin-Vega is diovascular battefield injury diagnostc and series and celebrates the legacy of Tampa's historic Central responsible for providing leadership and treatment sensors us inMEMs technolog. Avenue. The event is free and open to the public. For more direction to all IIE activities and operations. g information, call 274-7032 or 974-6163. His duties will include long-range strategic County Good Government Award planning, honors and awards, scholarship Hillsborough County Commissioners Anytown Recruitment fund activities, and financial affairs for IIE. awarded their 2006 Ellsworth G. Simmons Community Tampa Bay, formerly known as NCCJ, has Rajiv Dubey in Mechanical Engineering Good Government Award to Louis Miller, launched itsrecruitment of high school students and adult has built a significant Rehabilitation Engi- the executive director of the Hillsborough volunteers from Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties for its neering Technology program over the past County Aviation Authority, on Wednesday, premier youth leadership and diversity awareness program fewyears, receiving more than $3 million over April 19. Anytown. Anytown has taught over 3,000 youth to dialogue on the past few years. This program involves af- County Commissioners created the Ells- diversity since it first started in 1991. At Anytown, students filiated faculty from Mechanical Engineering, worth G. Simmons Good Government Award learn to appreciate our unique multicultural society and to the College ofArts and Sciences, and partners in 1996 to annually honor an individual or respect one another with the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital. group who has played a significant role in This summer, five Anytown sessions are planned at the This program has .recently applied for Type improving government through leadership DaySpring Retreat in Ellenton, Florida, for a total of 250 stu- II status with the State of Florida Board of and vision. Simmons was a respected govern- dents and 125 volunteers. Each session runs from Sunday Governors. ment and civic leader who served seven years through Thursday, with transportation for student-delegates SLee Stefanakos, a faculty member in on the School Board and 21 years on the being provided by Community Tampa Bay. Cost is $25. the Department of Electrical Engineering, County Commission. His involvement in such For more information about participating as a student or a is receiving attention lately for his leader- initiatives as the University of South Florida, volunteer, please visit www.communitytampabay.org or con- ship in USF's Clean Energy Research Cen- Tampa International Airport and University tact Jessica Estvez at (727) 568-9333 orjestevez@ctb.org. ter (CERC), a facility devoted to developing, Community Hospital helped transform Hill- evaluating, and promoting commercialization sborough County from a rural county into a Hispanic Heritage of environmentally clean energy sources and major urban center. The 20th Annual Tampa Hispanic Heritage Poster Contest systems Iike hydrogen, fuel cells, solar energy Miller has been the Executive Director of is underway. Application forms are now available and the conversion, and biomass utilization. CERC the Aviation Authority since 1996. As execu- deadline for submitting the application and artwork is August has formed collaborations with several other tive director, he is the chief executive officer 7, 2006. Contestants will compete for a $3,000 grand prize, Florida Universities, and has affiliated faculty for Tampa International Airport, and three $1,500 second prize, and $500 third prize. Winners and final- in electrical, chemical, and mechanical engi- other local general aviation airports Peter ists will be recognized at an award ceremony on September neering, and with faculty members at USF's O. Knight, Plant City, and Vandenberg Air- 14. For information, call Damaris Soto Frassica at 831-3730 Center for Urban Transportation Research. ports. He is active in the community, serving or email damasoto@gmail.com USF has won a NASA award to create a on the boards of the Tampa Bay Convention "Runway Friction Measuring Device Center." & Visitors Bureau, Tampa Bay Partnership, Book Club Sunil Saigal, professor and chair of the De- the Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Discuss best selling novels and meet new friends over lunch partment of Civil and Environmental Engi- Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, the at Circulo de Lectura, a monthly Spanish language book dis- neering, will direct the $2 million project and Policy Committee of the Committee of One cussion group that meets every fourth Wednesday at 1 p.m. develop a dedicated center in the Tampa Bay Hundred, and as past president of the West-. at the Clearwater Main Library, 100 N. O.sceola Ave. The next area whseprimary mission is the calibration shore Alliance. He also serves as an elected meeting is April 21 and the title for discussion is USA y yo of testing devices for runway friction condi- board member of Airports Council Interna- (1966) by Miguel Delibes. Copies of the book will be available tions, training in the use of these devices, and tional, which is an international organization to check out at the circulation desk. Bring your lunch or pick fundamental research to enhance the correla- of airport operators. up something at Joffrey's Caf located in the library atrium. Circulo de Lectura is free and open to the public and is held in the first floor Conference Room. No sign up is necessary. If qou wish to buq or sell a house, don't wait Anywhere at Anytime For more information, call (727) 562-4970 ext. 5284. anq lonRer. Your best choice is to call me. With SmI experience and the support of CenturL 21, INVITATION TO BID I'll make l our dreams come true! Sa UN c ITrEu Sealed bids for PAINTING, MILDEW REMOVAL AND GUT- LUNITED ATER REPAIR AT GIBSONTON ELEM. will be received by the LourdeS AC ta CA B School Board of Hillsborough County (SBHC), Florida in the Re Ao i B Office of the Supervisor of Purchasing, Third Floor, School Reatr ls Administrative Center, 901 East Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, lourdesacosta.mfr.mlxchange.co Z Certificate#102 Florida until 3:00 PM, Tuesday, May 16, 2006. (The mailing Cell Phone (813) 477-8254 23A 4 address is P. O. Box 3408, Tampa, Flrhrida 33601). Bids-will Each Office is ndependendlyOwned and Operned 2 ^ not be accepted after 3:00 PM of the above date. Bids will be opened and read aloud in the Purchasing Depart- ment, located on the third floor of the School Adminis- trative Center. Contractors desiring to bid this project are subject to an En- couragement Affirmative' Action Plan as identified within the bidding documents. -, There will be a mandatory Pre-Bid Medi rng"on Tuesday, I Il II II ft i- 1111 llJJ April 25, 2006 at 2:00 P.M. at Gibsonton Elementary, 7723 lii i mu | W !! |i Gibsonton Dr., Gibsonton, FL 33534. IT IS THE BIDDER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO SEE THAT BIDS ARE DELIVERED TO THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AS Ybor Cit Neihborhood Ex o REFERENCED ABOVE. BID SECURITY MUST BE SUB- MITTED WITH BID. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS. NOTICE TO ALL BIDDERS: The School Administrative Center is a "security" building, therefore, visitors will be required to obtain a Visitors Pass prior to entering the building. A photo identification will need to be presented at this time. Plans and specifications may be obtained from the architect at a cost of (Thirty dollars) $30 a set per site. Complete informa- tion regarding bidding documents and other information may be obtained from the Architect/Engineer: Ruyle Hayes & Jennewein Contact:-Paul Cumming AAIA 3333 West Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 203 Tampa, FL 33609 Phone (813) 879-6633 No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of thirty days after date set for bid opening. THE SCHOOL BOARD OF ,,r," HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA weepanel THE'IAI TIIBUN Ybor Realty Croup MARYELLEN ELlA SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS 4/7-4/21/06 3T LA ,GAA ETA/Friday, Aril i, 21,2006~Page 21