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LEARN, INNOVATE, EXCEL #13 

                      September 2013  
WELCOME to Learn, Innovate, Excel!  Our goal with this newsletter is to provide useful information and tips that will help you save time, be more productive, and also reduce risk. This information complements our SE University program, by introducing you to tips on a wide variety of topics affecting structural engineers.
  
If you have any tips you would like to share as part of a future Learn, Innovate, Excel newsletter, please email Lisa Willard or Brian Quinn
IN THIS ISSUE...
  
Learn"RESTRAINED OR UNRESTRAINED?" - AISC & AISI FUND UL TEST FOR FIRE RESISTANCE OF UNRESTRAINED ASSEMBLIES 

 

As a follow up to our July 24, 2013 blog post, and our July 10, 2013 SE University session on Structural Fire Protection, we wanted to bring to your attention a recently published article that looks at unrestrained steel assemblies and beams. 

 

"Restrained or Unrestrained?", an article in the September 2013 issue of Modern Steel Construction, was written by AISC Vice President and Chief Structural Engineer Charlie Carter, along with Farid Alfawakhiri, a senior engineer for AISI. AISC and AISI...Read More 

 

InnovateUPDATED WEBSITE FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION BY STATE  
      
If you have questions about professional 
Continuing Education Requirements by State development in the states in which you are licensed, please visit our Continuing Education Requirements by State page. This page was recently updated to reflect the latest information available from the state licensing boards. 
 
We have identified states with special requirements related to session content, ethics hours required, limits on recorded hours, and/or approved providers or courses by highlighting...Read More
 
ExcelSTATES WITH UPCOMING LICENSE RENEWALS
   
It's not too early to start thinking about license renewals through December 2013 - start earning hours now to avoid the last minute rush (of course, if you find yourself needing last minute hours, we can help with recorded sessions from our SE University Session Archives).

States with license renewals before December 1st:

 

Louisiana (September 30th, Some Engineers) - Contact us if you still need hours!

Pennsylvania (September 30th, All Engineers) - Contact us if you still need hours!

Colorado (October 31st, All Engineers)

Michigan (October 31st, Some Engineers)

Illinois PE (November 30th, All Engineers)

 

States with license renewals for all engineers on December 31st:

 

AlabamaNorth Carolina
AlaskaOhio
MaineWashington
MississippiWyoming

States with license renewals for some engineers on December 31st:

ArkansasNew Mexico
IowaNorth Dakota
MissouriOregon
Nebraska

In addition to the states listed above, there are other states that may require renewal based on your initial date of licensure or other rules for that state. Please check your license information to confirm your renewal dates.  
  

For more information about license renewal, please visit our Continuing Education Requirements by State page, where you can click on states in which you are licensed to see the license renewal date, as well as the continuing education requirements for that state. If you would like a complete summary of all 50 states, a PDF file is available for download below the map. This option can also be selected if you are viewing the page from a mobile device.

 
We hope that you find this information beneficial. If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Willard.

 

NextSessCOMING NEXT MONTH TO SE UNIVERSITY - IMPROVING YOUR WRITING SKILLS AS A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER  
  

On October 9th, we will be welcoming Janel Miller, Adjunct Assistant Teaching Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University for an SE University session on improving writing skills. 

 

Employers frequently highlight communication skills as essential for success in the workplace. People tend to associate the ability to communicate effectively with professional competence, and successful engineers recognize that effective technical and professional writing requires more than simply using correct grammar and punctuation. 

 

Practicing structural engineers have an obligation to prepare correct, objective and useful professional documents for a variety of audiences including peers, managers, clients, vendors, contractors, and the public. Engineers with excellent writing skills understand that writing is an essential form of social interaction in their professions, and, therefore, consider the needs and expectations of these audiences as well as the norms and styles of the companies they represent. This session introduces strategies and tactics for overcoming common communication problems, and provides practical guidance and examples to improve technical writing skills. 

 

Handouts and registration emails for this session will be sent to SE University companies on Friday, October 4th.

 

To learn more about subscribing to SE University, please contact either Lisa Willard at (805) 482-8436 ([email protected]), or Brian Quinn at (616) 546-9420 ([email protected]).

 

Thank you for reading our Learn, Innovate, Excel Newsletter - we hope you found this information useful. If there are any questions we can answer, please do not hesitate to contact us by phone or email. 

Additionally, if you would be willing to help other structural engineers by sharing tips that you have, please email your tip to [email protected]. If we choose your tip to publish, you will have your choice of a $50 Amazon gift card or a $50 donation sent to the Structural Engineering Association of your choice. 

Regards,
 
Your SE University Team
 

Brian Quinn, P.E.

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Lisa Willard, P.E.

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Linda Benson

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Coming Soon to SE University

     

 

October 9, 2013

 

Improving Your Writing Skills as a Structural Engineer

 

Janel Miller

Business Process & Quality Management

 

 

October 23, 2013

 

SEU BIM Forum: Increasing Your Efficiency With Revit Structure

 

Betsy Werra

Werra Consulting 

 

This session will be 1 hour

 

    

November 13, 2013

 

Seismic Design of Buildings Applied to Industrial and Power Structures

 

Tom Heausler, PE, SE

Heausler Structural Engineers

 

    

December 11, 2013

 

Design of Maintenance Access and Fall Protection Systems for New/Existing Buildings

 

Kelly Streeter, PE

Vertical Access

 

 

January 8, 2014

 

Moment Connections to HSS Columns; HSS Series #1

 

Kim Olson, PE

Sam Rubenzer, PE, SE

FORSE Consulting, LLC

 

 

February 12, 2014

 

Truss/Bracing Connections with HSS Members; HSS Series #2

 

Kim Olson, PE

Sam Rubenzer, PE, SE

FORSE Consulting, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

For updated session descriptions and schedules, visit the SCHEDULE page.