For Dallas SWE’s January Outreach Event, we partnered with The Boys and Girls Club Richardson and engineers at PepsiCo to learn about mechanical engineering! BGC students stepped into the shoes of PepsiCo engineers to build their own chip sorters that mimicked what PepsiCo Engineers build to separate chips and other foods for bagging and selling. Thank you to PepsiCo for the engaging activity and thanks to the volunteers!
On Feb 3, Dallas SWE met with the Coppell HS SWE Group to share their engineering journey with students! Students listened to college and STEM insights from panelists Jenny Franklin, Dana Emswiler, Latischa Hanson, Savitha Pinnepalli, and Lyndsey Bouve. Many thanks to outreach committee member, Dana Emswiler, for leading the planning and execution of this event!
Congratulations to Patricia Stamatoyannakis, Dallas SWE’s March Member of the Month!
Patricia Stamatoyannakis, P.E. has worked over a decade in the energy midstream sector as a chemical engineer. Her experience includes both process and project engineering roles for business expansion and operational improvement projects. Friendships made with women have played a pivotal role in her development and growth, supporting her with a sense of community and kinship throughout the seasons of her life. Patricia was fortunate enough to have several intelligent women in her chemical engineering school that helped sustain her throughout her studies with continued friendships to today. Her involvement in SWE at the collegiate level included travel to a national conference in Los Angeles and her current involvement in book club which combines her passion for books and talking is something she looks forward to every month.
Patricia began her career in 2012 with DCP Midstream in Houston, Texas. At DCP Midstream, Patricia worked with operations to ensure that the Texas Railroad Commission and OSHA standards were met for propane refrigeration and compression maintenance through necessary modifications. She participated as a technical resource for several plant turnarounds and as the project manager for capital midstream projects.
Once hired on at Freese and Nichols in 2013, Patricia expanded her technical experience with process simulation, sizing calculations, and developing company standards. Her technical roles with midstream clients included engineering design, engineering drawings, and equipment procurement for projects. These numerous projects included compressor stations, meter stations, pipelines, and gas processing plants for the midstream sector.
In 2015, while developing their company piping standards, Patricia was hired on as a Facilities Engineer for Medallion Midstream in Irving, Texas. Wearing multiple hats, Patricia was the lead project manager, project engineer, process engineer, and operations engineer for a large natural gas system in the Delaware Basin. She installed a gathering system from wellsite to transmission lines and completed a 120 MMSCFD cryogenic plant. Plant inlet volumes were sources via numerous field compressor stations with dehydration and amine plants.
Patricia joined Aethon Energy in 2019 to build their midstream portfolio in the Haynesville Shale, as she managed their largest amine and dehydration plant installation to date. Due to their size, Patricia oversaw regulatory Process Safety Management & OSHA requirements. Patricia was also involved as a project manager in Aethon Energy’s pipeline division, and worked with the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to permit 3 Red River crossings, purchase over 30 miles of pipeline right-of-way, and install several pipeline projects.
Patricia now works as Consultant for Pearson Adair & Co., an Oil and Gas Industry consulting firm that provides technical and economic advice to clients in the energy sector seeking to evaluate and resolve issues that are industry specific. Her experience with design, construction, and operations provides technical and economic expertise to evaluate matters for litigation support, due diligence, arbitration, construction disputes, and royalty disputes. Please find her on Linkedin to connect, or come attend a book club!
The Professional Development Committee is excited to provide more details for our upcoming Professional Development Day on March 23, 2024! SWE member only registration is open now! Non-SWE members are able to register starting March 11th and can submit their interest via this form.
Professional Headshots: Put your best face forward! Take advantage of the opportunity to update your professional headshot.
Panel Discussion on:
Managing Up: Learn the art of effective communication with your superiors.
Giving/Receiving Difficult Feedback: Master the art of constructive conversations.
Listen & Learn: Speaker Michele Rodgers will teach us how to “Build Your Brand!”
Lightning Talks: Our members have insights to share! Our event will end with back to back talks on a variety of topics!
Plus Lunch and Giveaways!
SWE-Dallas Professional Development Day
Agenda
10:00AM – 10:30AM – Welcome
10:15AM – 11:15AM – Professional Headshots & Networking
11:15AM – 12:00PM – Panel Discussion – Managing Up & Giving/Receiving Difficult Feedback
12:00PM – 12:30PM – Lunch
12:30PM – 1:15PM – Speaker – Michele Rodgers “Build Your Brand”
1:15PM – 1:30PM – Break/Raffle
1:30PM – 2:30PM – Lightning Talks
Please register so that we can have a headcount for headshots, lunch, and receive dietary restrictions.
We look forward to seeing everyone there!
It’s time for the annual Spring Social! Come to Cottonwood Park on April 6th from 2-4 PM and destress with SWE members. Network with friends while working on an art project or having a snack!
Note: If weather does not cooperate, we will send an updated location.
It’s that time of year again! Nominations for FY25 Dallas SWE Leadership are now open!
Do you know someone whose expertise and values should be represented on the leadership team? Would you personally like to participate in a leadership role? SWE is a great place to showcase your leadership skills, give back to your community, and build a network of engineering professionals and friends. Dallas SWE is currently seeking nominations for officers to serve for FY25, beginning July 1, 2024. There are 7 positions available and self-nominations are highly encouraged! By our section procedures, elected officers must be voting members of Dallas SWE in good standing with the Society.
This spring, Dallas SWE voting members will participate in an election for the following offices:
Formal responsibilities can be found in our section procedures. You can also view practical descriptions and estimated time commitments of our assigned activities here. Please e-mail any questions to FY24 Nomination Committee Chair, Amanda Alsbrook at aalsbrook55@gmail.com. You can also email Amanda if you are interested in serving on the FY24 Nomination Committee.
Please submit nominations to aalsbrook55@gmail.com by Friday, March 29th at 11:59 pm.
