The Professional Engineer

Free Brochure: What Is ISO 9000 And Should I Care?

MRDPE — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:55:38 +0000

Free Brochure: What Is ISO 9000 And Should I Care? Abstract: A certified quality management system promotes, facilitates and enables consistency and improvements in a process or product. Description: ISO 9000 consists of a series of Quality Management System standards that are designed to facilitate and enable consistency of a product or service and thereby ensure that [...]

Engineering Majors Dominate List of Top-Paid Bachelor’s Degrees

MRDPE — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:18:28 +0000

The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) issued a press release yesterday that answers the question, “Which 2010 college majors command the highest starting salaries?” NACE’s Winter 2010 Salary Survey shows that engineering disciplines account for eight of the 10 most highly paid degrees. The only non-engineering related degrees in the top 10 were computer science [...]

President Herbert Hoover, Professional Engineer

MRDPE — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:01:46 +0000

“Engineering is a great profession. There is the fascination of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a plan on paper. Then it moves to realization in stone or metal or energy. Then it brings homes to men and women. Then it elevates the standard of living and adds [...]

Launch of the International Green Construction Code

MRDPE — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:37:12 +0000

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Ashley Katz Communications Manager, USGBC 202.742.3738 akatz@usgbc.org Follow us on Twitter at @USGBC ICC, ASHRAE, USGBC and IES Announce Nation’s First Set of Model Codes and Standards for Green Building in the U.S. First of its kind collaboration designed to boost critical green building practices across the country March 11, 2010 (Washington, DC) – What do organizations representing building safety [...]

PE Institute of ASABE

MRDPE — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:47:01 +0000

Professional Engineering Institute of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers The Professional Engineering Institute (PEI) of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) is a not-for-profit professional and technical institution within ASABE. Founded in 1994, PEI provides a forum for engineers to understand and take action on issues affecting the vitality and [...]

Energy Star Challenge

MRDPE — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:47:27 +0000

What is the ENERGY STAR Challenge? The ENERGY STAR Challenge is a national call-to-action to improve the energy efficiency of America’s commercial and industrial buildings by 10 percent or more. Who Can Take the Challenge? Whether you’re associated with a small school or a large corporation, a local government or a national association, a community hospital or a [...]

Geothermal Energy Association

MRDPE — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:19:20 +0000

The Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) is a trade association composed of U.S. companies who support the expanded use of geothermal energy and are developing geothermal resources worldwide for electrical power generation and direct-heat uses. Select this link http://www.geo-energy.org/ to visit the GEA web site. Geothermal energy is defined as heat from the Earth. It is a [...]

How to Handle Criticism

MRDPE — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:59:50 +0000

When you are being bombarded with criticism, remember Colonel George Washington Goethals, the man who successfully completed one of the greatest engineering feats – the Panama Canal. He had problems enough with the geography and the climate, yet he still had to endure the carping criticism of the many busybodies who kept continually predicting that he [...]

Professional Engineer Group at LinkedIn

MRDPE — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:23:05 +0000

Have you joined LinkedIn® yet? LinkedIn® professional networking services is “an interconnected network of experienced professionals from around the world, representing 150 industries and 200 countries.” They indicate that “you can find, be introduced to, and collaborate with qualified professionals that you need to work with to accomplish your goals.” Best of all – LinkedIn is free [...]

Role of Science & Engineering in U.S. Job Creation

MRDPE — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:51:23 +0000

NEWS from IEEE-USA 2001 L Street, N.W., Suite 700 Washington, DC 20036-4910 IEEE Fellow, Former Lockheed Martin CEO Norm Augustine Addresses Role of Science & Engineering in U.S. Job Creation at IEEE-USA Annual Meeting NASHVILLE, TENN. (5 March 2010) — Innovation is the key for the United States to thrive in an increasingly global economy, IEEE Fellow Norman R. [...]