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ASTE
American Society of Test Engineers, Inc. http://www.astetest.org/ The American Society of Test Engineers, Inc. (ASTE) is made up of corporate and individual members from primarily the electronics testing industry as well as electronic instrumentation professionals from the manufacturing, science, education, and medical disciplines. ASTE is an “all volunteer”, registered non-profit corporation dedicated to the Quality, Integrity, and [...] Read Full Story
1 Million Energy Star Homes
CONTACT: Enesta Jones jones.enesta@epa.gov 202-564-7873 202-564-4355 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 10, 2009 EPA’s Energy Star Program Hits Major Milestone: 1 Million Energy Star Homes Built in the United States Houston, Dallas and Las Vegas top the list for most Energy Star homes WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today reaches a milestone for the Energy Star program by passing the 1 millionth Energy [...] Read Full Story
PE Jobs
Please note that we have expanded our “Employment” section of TheProfessionalEngineer.com to now also include the ability to search job listings.  Visiting http://jobs.theprofessionalengineer.com will provide you with a list of licensed professional engineer jobs near you.   You can modify the search. You can change the “what” – you can enter a job title, keyword, or company name that meets [...] Read Full Story
NCEES Credentials Evaluations
If you have graduated from a college or university outside of the U.S. and want to apply to be a licensed professional engineer, you will likely need to have you education credentials qualified.  The NCEES Credentials Evaluations ( formerly CPEES ) provides U.S. engineering and surveying licensing boards with credential evaluations that is used in assessing foreign-educated candidates [...] Read Full Story
Why Engineering?
IBM Fellow Grady Booch: Why Engineering?   YouTube description: Grady Booch is recognized internationally for his innovative work in software architecture, software engineering, and collaborative development environments. He has devoted his life’s work to improving the art and the science of software development. Grady served as IBM’s Chief Scientist of Rational Software Corporation since its founding in 1981 [...] Read Full Story
Chemical Engineering Conference
AIChE PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  – October 13, 2008 Contact: Sean Connolly Phone: (717) 525.3004 Email: connolly@thebravogroup.com CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CONFERENCE IN NASHVILLE HIGHLIGHTS ENERGY ISSUES, MEDICAL ADVANCES AND SUSTAINABILITY 11th National College Chem-E-Car Competition to be held Sunday, November 8th MEDIA ALERT WHO: American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) WHAT: AIChE’s Annual Meeting is expected to draw more than 4,000 engineers, scientists, [...] Read Full Story
Agricultural PE exam
NCEES NEWS RELEASE Release: 10-26-2009 Contact: Tim Miller, P.E., Director of Exam Services tmiller@ncees.org NCEES unveils new specifications for Agricultural PE exam NCEES has introduced new specifications for its Agricultural PE exam, effective with the October 2010 exam administration. Exam specifications indicate knowledge areas to be tested and their relative weights of emphasis. As the developer of the exams used for [...] Read Full Story
Energy Simulation Software
U.S. DOE Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) News: DOE Releases New Versions of EnergyPlus and OpenStudio October 26, 2009 The U.S. Department of Energy has released updated versions of its popular EnergyPlus simulation software for modeling heating, cooling, lighting, ventilating, and other building energy flows, as well as its OpenStudio plug-in for Google’s SketchUp program. Available for Windows, [...] Read Full Story
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So we have added the ability to subscribe to TheProfessionalEngineer.com by email.  You will note the  icon in the upper right-hand corner of the web page.  When you click that, a FeedBurner page will load, and you will be asked to enter your email address and the spam-prevention text.  An introductory email will be sent to you; [...] Read Full Story
Salami Technique
Is there something you have been meaning to do but have not done because the job is too big, too complex, too mind-boggling? (i.e. getting your professional engineering license!)  If so, consider what Edwin C. Bliss calls the salami technique. “Whenever a task seems overwhelming, pause for a moment and do a little thinking on paper,” [...] Read Full Story