Professional and Career Topics

As a professional engineer, what is your take on volunteering time to review Technical Papers/Articles or Engineering Students' paper submissions?

When was the last time you volunteered as a Reviewer?

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[Lydie] [Uwantege] [CEng, P.E., M.ASCE]
Civil Engineer
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Great question. I too am interested but not sure about the process. As a practicing engineer, having gone through various phases of projects, I feel like there is much to contribute towards larger engineering community. Sometimes, it is good to learn from others mistakes/lessons learned rather than trying to reinvent the wheel. 
Cheers! 

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Ushakar Jha P.E., M.ASCE
V.P. of Project Engineering
Rye Development
Winchester MA
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Thanks for a great post, Lydie.

Anyone interested in serving as a reviewer can send an email to journal-services@..., describing their field(s) of technical interest. That puts their name in a database of potential reviewers that journal editors can browse to select appropriate reviewers for each paper. If you are invited to review a paper, you can read the abstract and accept or decline the invitation based on the technical content or your availability at that time.
Bill

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William McAnally Ph.D., P.E., D.CE, D.NE, F.ASCE
ENGINEER
Columbus MS
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