PE Magazine

The Magazine for Professional Engineers
April 2012

What's the Big Idea?

Engineers are known for thinking like, well, engineers. Engineers who can also think like entrepreneurs, however, can be a boon to the economy.
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Featured Articles

Complex Connections

At the time of their invention, early innovations like the telephone, the automobile, the light bulb, the radio, and the telegraph were self-contained, exotic artifacts. Now, in the 21st century, they are part of enormous and complex engineering systems. Effectively managing these systems will require a leadership role from a new kind of engineer. >>

In Focus: Growing Your Tech Tree

When engineering organizations are implementing technology upgrades, there's always the potential for things to go wrong. PE magazine spoke with representatives of three A/E firms about how they approach upgrades and how information technology fits into the firms' overall strategic planning. >>

Departments & Columns

Letters

Letters

PE Report

Maryland PEs Seek to Protect Licensing Board Funds
Satisfied With Engineering?
New Jersey Governor Vetoes Safety Inspections Bill
Sticking With It
Detroit Engineering Society Launches Pipeline Initiative

Concepts

Design Professionals Deserve Peer Review Privilege

Legal Beat

Economic Loss, Importance of Written Contracts

On Ethics

Seven Practical Applications of Ethics
You Be The Judge: Contractual Obligations

Leading Insight

Developing a Resume That Wows

Communities

Construction: For Construction, a Need for (Technological) Speed
Education: Summit Celebrates Teachers, STEM Strategies
Education: ASEE Proposes Code of Ethics
Education: Engineering Professors—Who Makes What?
Government: Aging Water Infrastructure Needs Costly Upgrades, Report Says
Government: Transportation Research Hub
Industry: Committee Recommends New Scrutiny of Nanomaterials
Private Practice: For the Client—Liquidated Damages Clauses Can Help Owners Manage Risk

NSPE Today

NRC Advisor Named Federal Engineer of the Year
Festival Set for Launch
EWeek Puts Engineering in the Spotlight
Wisconsin Team Wins National Future City Competition
Outlook: Recruitment—Now and for the Future
Policy Perspectives: New Standard for Small Business Enables More Firms to Compete in Federal Market

PEople

PEople

Variables

A Golden Memory