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The Magazine for Professional Engineers
March 2014

The STEM Report Card

It seems like the acronym is everywhere. From student enrichment programs to President Obama’s speeches, science, technology, engineering, and math have gained the national spotlight. Read more >>

Featured Articles

The Epic Survey of Mason and Dixon

Two hundred and fifty years ago, a pair of English surveyors came to the New World to resolve a fierce boundary dispute. The result was an incredible scientific and engineering achievement. >>

In Focus Risk Avoidance

What’s on the horizon for the AEC industry for 2014? The outlook is positive, yet securing the next project while navigating the ins and outs of contracts and risk management will present challenges for almost any design firm leader. Three professional liability and risk management experts shared with PE magazine their take on the current trends and the do’s and don’ts that should be a priority for engineering professionals. >>

Departments & Columns

You Said It

A Question of Experience

PE Report

Florida Society Supports Broadening Continuing Education Options
International Engineering Group Defines Key Environmental Terms
NCEES Renews Exam Partnership with Japan
October 2013 FE and PE Exam Pass Rates
Rep. Lipinski Aims to Make a Difference
West Virginia Chemical Leak Leads To Storage Tank Inspections Bill

Concepts

When Women Leave, Engineering Loses

Legal Beat

Responsible Charge, Prompt Pay, Standard of Care

On Ethics

Workplace Unethical Behavior Drops to Historic Lows
You Be the Judge Tenure Troubles?

Leading Insight

Leadership Trends: Creating a Vision

PE Community

Construction Off-Site Construction Council to Provide Research, Education, and Outreach
Education Getting it Write
Education Schools Show Not All Engineers Drive Trains
Government As Funding for Infrastructure Tightens, 
Interest in PPPs Grows
Industry Council Credits Natural Gas Boom With Expansion of Chemical Industry
Private Practice For the Client: Considering Consequential Damages
Private Practice Illinois PE’s Firm Seeks to Diversify Talent Pool with Outreach Initiative

NSPE Now

Ethics Contest: Pressure to Change
Future City Program Earns Grant Money
NSPE Joins Engineering Retention Project
Student Makes the Most of NSPE Scholarship
Outlook Staying Strategic
Policy Perspectives 2014: A Landmark Year for Infrastructure?

PEople

NSPE members on the move

Variables

Learning From Failure