PE Magazine

The Magazine for Professional Engineers
January 2017

Power Up Your Professionalism

Renewing your commitment to the traits of a professional can give your career a boost. A panel of PEs and experts offers their insights for each stage along the way. Read more.

Featured Articles

Brain Power

Science has learned more about the human brain in the last one or two decades than in the last one or two centuries. If engineers want to be more effective, creative, and innovative, then the time is right to apply what has been learned to the three-pound marvel between our own ears. »

In Focus: 2016 Survey of Insurance Providers

Whether you’re an owner of an engineering business or an employee, the issues of professional liability, risk management, and loss prevention can make the difference between success and failure. This directory and the results from our annual survey and interviews with professional liability insurance providers can help you make decisions about your broker and policy. »

Departments & Columns

You Said It

Lifelong Learning; PEs in Industry; American Society of Plumbing Engineers

PE Report

Society Pushes for PE Oversight in California Autonomous Vehicles
Vermont Pursues Mandatory Continuing Education Requirement
Virginia PEs Oppose Additional License for Home Inspections
Societies Urge Wyoming Board to Preserve FE Requirement
Training Helps PE See Through Capitol Hill’s ‘Political Fog’
Hazardous Waste Rule Requires PEs to Certify Building Designs

Legal Beat

Guarantees, Document Ownership, New Clients

On Ethics

University Uses NSPE Code, Ethics Exam to Prepare Students
You Be the Judge: Dangerous Conditions

Leading Insight

Kentucky PE Sees Leadership Success in Engagement and Professional Passion

Communities

Construction: Information Modeling for Bridges Comes of Age
Construction: Free Country?
Education: Dual-Degree Programs Increasing
Education: Interest in STEM Careers Is One Thing; Preparation Another
Education: Freshmen and Seniors Team Up, Go to Work
Government: In Wichita, an Innovative Approach to Construction Runoff
Industry: Passion for Powder
Private Practice: Content Marketing and Today’s Engineering Firm
Private Practice: Following in a PE’s Shadow

NSPE Today

DiscoverE Dreams Big for Engineers Week
Future City Earns Innovation Prize
In Memory of Carroll Blake Gambrell Jr., P.E.
NSPE Unveils New Legislative Resources
Outlook: NSPE Makes Progress in Campaign Against Exemptions
Policy Perspectives: Historic Election Presents New Opportunities, Challenges for Policymaking

PEople

NSPE people on the move

Variables

25 Years of Imagining the Future