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The Magazine for Professional Engineers
September 2013

Turning Words Into Action

The National Academy of Engineering issued a report in 2008 on the messages the engineering community should adopt to increase public understanding of the profession. Read More >>

Featured Articles

Debt Overload

Nationwide, student debt tops $1 trillion, and student loans are now the second-largest form of consumer debt, after home mortgages. Some financial experts are calling student debt the next financial crisis. What are the implications for engineering students and the engineering profession. >>

Departments & Columns

PE Report

Society Calls for Licensure Flexibility
More Students Earning Undergraduate Engineering Degrees
NSPE Prefers the Two-Step
Goodbye, Pencil and Paper
Proposed Tunnel Inspection Rule Requires PE Expertise
Wyoming Opens New Licensure Path for PhDs
NCEES Inducts First Female President
Ontario Government Abandons Repeal of Industrial Exemption

Concepts

Why Are Engineers Invisible?

Legal Beat

Personal Liability, Expert Testimony, Absolute Compliance, Home Inspection

On Ethics

Promoting Past Projects
Are You a Virtuous Engineer?

Leading Insight

Story Time

PE Community

Do We Need a National Sustainability Policy?
Rep. Shuster Urges Engineers to Contribute to Policy Debate
Ohio School Earns NCEES Grand Prize
Engineering a Mongolian Education
The Hidden STEM Economy
Coalition Redoubles Efforts to Make U.S. Industry More Energy Efficient
Businesses Face Challenges to Maximize Use of Social Media

NSPE Now

NSPE Members Refocus Society's Efforts
Society Recognizes Award Winners at Annual Meeting
The Race Continues
STEM Education: Preparing Future Generations of PEs
Scenes from the 2013 Leader Conference and Annual Meeting
University Engineer Named Society President

Variables

Next Stop, Mars