List of Contributions

George, Writing is an issue that plagues more than engineering. You are spot on that it is a serious failing of the educational system and it starts in elementary school. I think that one of the items that has contributed to poor written communication is elementary schools doing away with handwriting ...

One of the biggest advantages that we had in the engineering department at The Citadel was that every professor had at least 10 years of engineering experience before coming to The Citadel to teach. They also consulted and did research and all but one was a licensed PE. It was great to sit in class and ...

Bernard, When you state working 'in' a treatment plant do you mean as an engineer or operator and as a consultant or for the utility that owns the plant?  If Indiana is like South Carolina, there are no special licensure for a PE that is doing engineering at the treatment plant (consulting or at ...

​Stephanie, I think part of the problem is not necessarily the age, but that many companies don't want to pay them what their experience is worth. I know that I saw a lot of P.E.s, and engineers with that level of experience, take jobs when the housing market crashed that did not require their level ...

​Richard, Interesting idea, but what do we do when we enter a global cooling cycle? The climate is constantly changing and has done so for as long as the earth has existed. Who would control the solar umbrellas? Who will pay for initial launch and then maintenance of the umbrellas? Can we really control ...