LEARN, INNOVATE, EXCEL #40
January 2016

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...

	Flowchart of Permitted Analysis Procedures - Seismic
	SEU Speaker Inspires - Organization of the Month: Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
	SE Solutions Provides Scholarships to 3 Structures Students from Purdue University
	States with Upcoming License Renewals
	Coming Next to SE University - Ethics for Structural Engineers - Lessons in Negligence & Incompetence

FLOWCHART OF PERMITTED ANALYSIS PROCEDURES - SEISMIC

Do you have a building project under 160 feet with a horizontal irregularity type 2? What if the same project has a vertical irregularity type 3? Could you quickly remember whether a static or dynamic analysis was needed? Would a flowchart be helpful in making that decision?

During the November 2015 SE University session, Clarifying Frequently Misunderstood Wind Load Provisions, Emily Guglielmo presented the following graphic to help engineers determine when they will be required to use a dynamic analysis, and when a static analysis should suffice. Based on the different design categories ... read the full article and download the flowchart from the November 2015 session on the SE University Blog

SEU SPEAKER INSPIRES - ORGANIZATION OF THE MONTH: LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY

Janel Miller
University of Wisconsin - Madison

In an effort to "Pay It Forward," SE University is happy to announce our "SEU Speaker Inspires" program in which our speakers can designate a charity/organization of their choice for SE University to make a donation to help improve our world.

In August 2015, Janel Miller from University of Wisconsin - Madison gave a talk on Designing Slides for Effective Project Presentations. She chose the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (http://www.lls.org) for her SEU Speaker Inspires donation.

Thank you, Janel, for helping structural engineers with your SE University session, and for your designation of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society as our SEU Speaker Inspires Organization of the Month!

SE SOLUTIONS PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS TO 3 STRUCTURES STUDENTS FROM PURDUE UNIVERSITY

Purdue Structures Students and Scholarship Award Winners (l to r): Aishwarya Puranam, Lucas Laughery, and Francisco Pena

SE Solutions was pleased to recently present scholarships to three Purdue Structures students to help defray the cost of their education. Aishwarya Puranam, Lucas Laughery, and Francisco Pena were the recipients of the awards. This is the fourth year that SE Solutions has offered the scholarships.

STATES WITH UPCOMING LICENSE RENEWALS

As we begin 2016, we'd like to remind you that upcoming SE University sessions can be used to help you meet your continuing education requirements - 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).

If additional hours are needed, please contact Lisa Willard to discuss how we can help you.

States with license renewals for all engineers on April 30th:

Hawaii (No continuing education required)

New Jersey

States with license renewals for some engineers by April 30th:

Kansas (April 30th)

Louisiana (March 31st)

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.

COMING NEXT TO SE UNIVERSITY - ETHICS FOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS - LESSONS IN NEGLIGENCE & INCOMPETENCE

On February 10th we will be welcoming Dave Adams, SE, from BWE, to present Ethics for Structural Engineers - Lessons in Negligence & Incompetence. There will be 2 one-hour sessions, held back to back starting at 12:30 pm EST.

During these sessions, Dave Adams will review the definitions of negligence, incompetence, and standard of care, and discuss how these definitions relate to the duty of a licensed professional. He will also address the implications of negligence and incompetence with respect to how others view an engineer's work, using several case studies.

Handouts and registration emails for this session will be sent to SE University companies on Friday, February 5th.

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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Cathleen Jacinto, S.E., P.E.

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Linda Benson

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