Events

ACEC/MA hosts a variety of events to promote professional development and networking for Massachusetts engineers, land surveyors and related design professionals.

ACEC/MA Day at UMass Lowell

Thursday, September 18, 2025 (9:45 AM - 1:30 PM) (EDT)

Description

Join ACEC/MA at UMass Lowell on September 18 to learn about their mechanical and electrical engineering programs, their Baseball Research Center, and the Rist Institute for Sustainability and Energy.

This event involves walking from the north campus to the east campus and back. Please wear comfortable walking shoes and gear appropriate for the weather. Paid parking at the Salem Visitor Parking Lot, 294 Salem Street, Lowell, MA 01854. Click here to view a map of the locations on campus being visited.

9:45 AM: Registration at ETIC (Saab Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center) – Perry Atrium

10:15 AM - 11:40 AM: Welcome, tours of the Baseball Research Center and discussions with Mechanical and Electrical Engineering department chairs about ways to bring more mechanical and electrical engineering students into the infrastructure sector.

Emcee: Gerry Preble, ACEC/MA President

  • Patrick Drane, Assistant Director of Baseball Research Center/Technical Program Manager
  • Mechanical and Electrical program facilitators:  
    • Michael Camoscio, Emily Roberts, ACEC/MA Building Engineering Committee (BEC) Co-Chairs
    • Christopher J. Hansen, Ph.D., Chair, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Professor, UMass Lowell SHAP3D Site Director
    • Tingshu Hu, Department Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Professor, Francis College of Engineering (invited)
    • Jay A. Weitzen, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Francis College of Engineering

11:45 AM: Walk as a group to Rist Institute for Sustainability and Energy

12:00 PM: Discussion and lunch at Rist Institute for Sustainability and Energy

  • Julie Chen, Ph.D., Chancellor of UMass Lowell - welcome and overview of LINC
  • Ruairi O'Mahony, Senior Executive Director, Rist Institute for Sustainability and Energy at University of Massachusetts Lowell
  • Blake Martin, Weston & Sampson 
  • Patrick Drane, Assistant Director of Baseball Research Center/Technical Program Manager
    • Next steps on sports engineering
  • Next step on Mechanical and Electrical partnering

1:00 PM: Tour of the Rist Institute for Sustainability and Energy

1:30 PM: Event concludes

2025 ACEC/MA Corporate Sponsors -- contact acecma@engineers.org for sponsorship info.

PLATINUM

AECOM
Arup
GFT
Geocomp, Inc.
HDR
Jacobs
MG + M The Law Firm
Michael Baker International
Mott MacDonald
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
Stantec
VHB
WSP

GOLD

AI Engineers, Inc.
Arora Engineers
Beals and Thomas
BETA Group, Inc.
BSC Group
CHA
Collins Engineers, Inc.
Dewberry
Fuss & O'Neill
GEI Consultants, Inc.
Green International Affiliates, Inc., A Lochner Company
H&H (Hardesty & Hanover)
HNTB
Horsley Witten Group
IMEG Corp.
Nitsch Engineering
Pare Corporation
STV
TEC, Inc. The Engineering Corp
Tetra Tech, Inc.
Tighe & Bond
Weston & Sampson

SILVER

Apex Companies, LLC
Benesch
CDR Maguire Engineering
CDW Consultants
Fitzemeyer & Tocci Associates, Inc.
French & Parrello Associates
GPI
Gray, Gray & Gray, LLP
GZA GeoEnvironmental
Howard Stein Hudson
Hoyle, Tanner & Associates, Inc.
McFarland Johnson, Inc.
PKF O'Connor Davies, LLC
Samiotes Consultants, Inc.
Sanborn, Head & Associates
SLR
Stacey DePasquale Engineering, Inc.

Mark & Elisia Saab Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center (ETIC)
40 University Avenue
Lowell, MA 01854 United States
Event Contact
ACEC/Massachusetts
(617) 227-5551
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Thursday, September 18, 2025 (9:45 AM - 1:30 PM) (EDT)

9:45 AM Registration begins

10:30 AM - 11:40 AM: Tours of the Baseball Research Center and discussions with mechanical and electrical Engineering department chairs

12 Noon: Discussion and lunch at Rist Institute for Sustainability and Energy 

1:00 PM: Tour of the Rist Institute for Sustainability and Energy

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Member Briefings

Building a Better Business Programs

ACEC/Massachusetts is offering members the opportunity to present a business program at an ACEC/MA. These meetings may be held in conjunction with our Membership Meetings. Note: these programs MUST be educational in nature – no sales pitches.

Final selection for programs will be made by the Program Committee. Proposals will be considered in the order they are received. ACEC/Massachusetts guarantee attendance.

To submit your program for consideration, download the RFP form (to be posted soon) and email completed form to ACEC/MA.

Building a Better Business Webinars

ACEC/Massachusetts offers periodic, non-PDH webinars on timely and relevant business topics for engineering professionals.

Business webinars should be no more than  hour and should provide information relevant to our membership (no sales pitches). These webinars does NOT qualify for PDH credit. However, it may meet requirements for other professional development programs. Check with the administrator of your professional program for more information.

For more information or to submit a proposal, contact ACEC/MA.