Currently the majority of U.S. states require continuing education of some type for licensed professional engineers to maintain licensure. Some state boards, such as Florida, Louisiana, New York, and North Carolina, require that continuing education providers be pre-approved.  It is the engineer’s responsibility in the other states to determine whether an activity meets the guidelines set forth by [...]

AIAA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PARTNERS WITH CENTER FOR ADVANCED ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION February 18, 2010 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an education partnership with the Center for Advanced Engineering and Technology Education (CAETE) at the University of Colorado [...]

(From the NCEES publication LICENSURE EXCHANGE, December 2009, ISSN NO. 1093-541X, VOLUME 13, ISSUE 6 – PAGE 10) BY WILLIAM R. (RICK) HUETT ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INVESTIGATOR ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF LICENSURE FOR  PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS NCEES encourages uniformity in CPC guidelines As an increasing number of licensing boards implement Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) requirements, the [...]

The 1st Aquatic Professional Engineering Conference for engineers and architects will be held in Colorado Springs at the Antlers Hilton on April 14th & 15th, 2009 The course will present a complete overview of temperature and humidity control including ventilation requirements for proper indoor air quality. Evaporation and mositrue loads calculations will be presented along [...]

Similar to our previous post, Changing the Message: Perception of Engineering, the February 23, 2009 edition of EE Times includes two commentary articles that address concern about the perception of an engineering career and ways to improve how others view engineers. Together, these two articles are titled, “A Call to Arms.”  The first article is entitled “Time [...]

A Recession Busting Initiative for Displaced and Unemployed Engineers Lauren Wright New York and London, February 26, 2009 CD-adapco today announced the launch of ‘No Engineer Left Behind’, an exciting new program that offers free CAE software and training, to recently unemployed or displaced engineers. This opportunity, which has an in-kind value of well over [...]