The exam results are in! Congratulations to those that passed the April 2010 administation of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam or the Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) exam.
It is always interesting to look at the pass rates – you can draw your own conclusions as to why they are what they are. The data below is from the NCEES publication LICENSURE EXCHANGE, August 2010, ISSN NO. 1093-541X, VOLUME 14, ISSUE 4 – PAGE 7.
(From the NCEES publication LICENSURE EXCHANGE, August 2010, ISSN NO. 1093-541X, VOLUME 14, ISSUE 4 – PAGE 4)
Headquaters Update
JERRY CARTER
NCEES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
I recently attended a biennial workshop of the International Engineering Alliance (IEA) in Ottawa, Canada. The IEA is an umbrella organization of international education and mobility accords governing mutual recognition of engineering qualifications and professional competence. Of the six accords, NCEES is a signatory to the Engineers Mobility Forum (EMF) and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC Engineer) along with countries from Europe, South Africa, and the Pacific Rim.
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The surprise answer is, none of the above. People must motivate themselves. You, however, can create an environment where self-motivation is not only possible, but probable. Your mission is to inspire others to do their best for their own reasons; personal satisfaction, monetary rewards, advanced responsibility – whatever drives them. Read the rest of this article » » »
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS (AAEE)
“Sustainable Dream House” Contest
For complete details download their info packet and submittal forms here: http://www.aaee.net/Downloads/SustainableDreamHouseContest.pdf
“The American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE) as the leading organization of environmental engineers, believes that it is vital that we raise the awareness of the next generation to these critical issues and by so doing get them to start brainstorming ways in which we all can save and use our natural resources more efficiently and wisely. ”
AAEE has come up with the following challenge:
Design a residential home that a family of four could comfortably live in that takes advantage of sustainable design concepts such as energy efficiency, reusable natural resources, the sun and much more.
This month (July 2010) the U.S. Department of Energy has released version 3.8.0 of its free COMcheck software (for the Windows operating system).
You can visit their site ( http://www.energycodes.gov/comcheck/ ) to learn more and to download this new version of the software. An older version is also available for the Mac.
“The COMcheck materials (software, manual code compliance, and reference guides) simplify and clarify commercial and high-rise residential energy code compliance. Forms and checklists are included for documenting compliance.”
