Aug 30, 1996

Conductive Rubber Technologies, Inc.

Robert Nelson has been promoted to president of Conductive Rubber Technologies, Inc. (CRT). Nelson joined CRT in 1995 as vice president of engineering. CRT is a supplier of rubber keypads, keyboards, and keypad assemblies, providing engineering, design, and customer services for their custom products which are manufactured domestically in Asia. Offices are located in Bothell, Washington.

1996 Technology Fair

Wireless communication, finding financing online, house hunting with a mouse, managing remote locations, and using the power to technology to improve customer service are among the topics to be featured at the Second Annual Real Estate Technology Fair and trade show. The Technology Fair will be held on September 12 from 8:30 a.m. -3:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue. The Cost is $20. For more information and to register call (206) 820-3277 or 1 (800) 540-3277.

Aug 29, 1996

Clover Park Technical College

Harley Moberg has been named director of institutional technology at Clover Park Technical College (CPTC) in Lakewood. He will be responsible for installation, operation and maintenance of all instructural and operational technology, including computer and telecommunications systems. Moberg will also actively be involved in implementing technology initiatives adopted by CPTC. The initiatives include installation of a fiber-optic telecommunications network on campus.

Aug 28, 1996

Yost Grube Hall

Yost Grube Hall Architecture (YGH) has hired four designers: Jamin Aasum brings three years of experience to YGH and currently is assistant designer on the Seattle University Law School project. Prior to joining YGH, Aasum worked at BOORA Architects and received his bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Oregon. Peter Horne, a graduate from the University of Oregon's School of Architecture, has joined YGH as designer. Experienced in 3-D computerized imagery and modeling, Horne is contributing to Our Savior's Lutheran Church project in Lake Oswego and the PacifiCorp Business Center project. Andrew Schilling has joined YGH as designer. A recent Penn State graduate with one year of experience, Schilling is working on the University of Oregon Law School project. YGH has also added John Feit to its design staff. With a bachelor's degree in design from the University of Florida and a master's in architecture from the University of Virginia, Feit also brings with him three years of experience. Current project work includes the PacifiCorp Business Center.

Shapiro

Environmental Compliance Solutions, Inc. (ECS) and Asbestos Administrative Services have joined Shapiro and Associates, Inc. to form the ECS division, offering asbestos, lead, PCB and UST services, training and products. Paul W. Jackson will serve as ECS division manager and will provide environmental oversight services, J. Michael Harris will be responsible for industiral hygiene and technical services, and Dale E. Mirenda will provide computer services and field support. Current projects include: U.S. postal facilities asbestos and lead abatement management, U.S. Navy boiler plant demolition monitoring and housing asbestos abatement monitoring, lead paint abatement consulting and project management in Alaska, and the development of a hazard communications program for a California college.

Aug 27, 1996

EvansGroup

Seattle-based EvansGroup Public Relations as made the following promotions and additions in its advertising and public relations departments. Andrea Bjornson has been promoted to assistant account manager in the account service department. She will work on the Ben Bridge Jeweler, Java City and Weyerhaeuser accounts. Kristin Larson joins account service as account manager. Kipepeo Brown has joined the EvansGroup as an account manager. She will work on the United Soybean Board account. Also joining the USB account as an account manager is Vicki Mastorides. The EvansGroup has been chosen to handle trade and consumer public relations to support the new national launch of Bellevue-based Advanced Radio Telecom (ART). ART deals in broadband wireless telecommunications.

DOE awards $15.8 million to PNNL

RICHLAND -- Last week Department of Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary announced the winning proposals submitted through a national environmental cleanup program. Through the Environmental Management Science Program, DOE awarded 135 grants worth $112 million to universities and national laboratories across the country. Battelle's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland received $15.8 million for research over the next three years. The University of Washington received more than $2.8 million. Co-managed by DOE's Offices of Energy Research and Environmental Management, the Environmental Management Science Program focuses on the development of new ways of dealing with problems not easily controlled by current technologies. The goal of the program is to bridge the gap between fundamental research and applied technologies. The types of research PNNL will do under the program include analyzing:

• the human health effects associated with hazardous substances in the environment;
• how to safely clean up and store radioactive waste in tanks and facilities;
• basic chemical research in binding toxic substances to natural components of the environment;
• the chemical separation of strontium, americium and curium in high-level waste found during tank processing;
• basic research in the geosciences, studying the means by which contaminants move underground;
• basic research in bioremediation, investigating the application of living organisms to remove hazardous components of waste mixtures.

Each proposal from PNNL went through extensive peer review before it was submitted to DOE. Ten of the 21 initiatives submitted by PNNL were funded. A total of 50 of the 270 proposals submitted by national laboratories received funding. The proposed research will be applied to help clean up DOE's 3,700 contaminated sites in 34 states. For some of the research, PNNL will team with scientists from other agencies, including the University of Washington. The University of Washington's grant money will pay for research related to mixed wastes, tank wastes, liquid wastes, groundwater remediation and bending magnet beamline construction.

Aug 22, 1996

Andersen Consulting

Andersen Consulting has promoted four managers in the Seattle office to associate partners. The new associates are Montgomery Hong, Dean Olmstead, Thomas Carroll and Karl Watkins. Andersen Consulting is a $4.22 billion global management and technology consulting organization whose mission is to help its clients change to be more successful. The organization works with clients from a wide range of industries to link their people, processes and technologies to their strategies.