Architectural Engineering Principles and
Practices of Engineering
P.E.
Exam
The Architectural Engineering P.E.
Exam is an engineering licensure exam which is offered by NCEES to
the state licensure boards. There are five major domain areas
of knowledge covered by the examinations specification.
Approximately 25% of the exam covers electrical systems,
approximately 25% of the exam covers mechanical systems,
approximately 25% of the exam covers structural systems,
approximately 17% of the exam covers building systems integration,
and approximately 8% of the exam covers project
management/construction administration. Read more.
Call For
Members
AEI
Continuing Education Committee
The AEI
continuing education committee is looking for new members. The
committee is involved in arranging educational activities for the
AEI community and the building community. These activities include
seminars, webinars, symposiums, workshops, etc. The subjects of
these activities are chosen to meet current and future interests of
both communities. The committee also coordinates its activities with
other groups, both within AEI and other similar professional
organizations outside AEI. The committee members will be involved in
identifying potential continuing educational activities, participate
in organizing such activities, and out-reaching efforts to ensure
the success of educational activities.
Interested potential members can contact Dr. Mohammed
M. Ettouney at ettouney@wai.com, or Jennifer Balsey at jbalsley@asce.org.
AEI Student
Chapters
We
Would Love to Hear From YOU!
The AEI Student Officers are currently trying
to compile a list of all the AEI Student Chapters
Presidents. However, we only have information from eight of
the twenty-three programs. If you have an AEI Student Chapter at
your University, please send the President’s name, contact
information, website, etc. to aei@asce.org for
inclusion in the list.
Architectural
Engineering Departments
University
of Colorado Boulder
AEI
continues its series highlighting the Architectural Engineering
programs - this month's submission is from Professor Keith
Molenaar, Ph.D., for The University of Colorado
Boulder – Department of Civil, Environmental &
Architectural Engineering, which features the curriculum overview,
recent awards, student activities, and distinguished alumni
information among other things. Learn
more.
Ecobuild
AmericaDecember
5-9, 2011
The 3-day Ecobuild America conference on High
Technology for High Performance Building covers the ENTIRE
spectrum of strategies and technologies to build faster, smarter and
more sustainably. The conference will focus on timely
topics and real world solutions throughout EVERY phase of the
project lifecycle. AEI members receive
free admission into the exhibit hall and a
15% discount on any conference pass by using the
code AEI11 when you register. Learn
more.
The early bird deadline is October 31,
2011 Register Now!
On-Demand
Online Courses
On
Structural Engineering Topics
• Aluminum
Structural Design with The 2010 Aluminum Design Manual
~New! – Earn 1.0 CEUs!
• Design,
Construction and Renovation of Masonry Structures – Earn 1.2
CEUs!
• Fundamentals
of Earthquake Engineering – Earn 1.0 CEUs!
• Steel
Framed Buildings: Practical Issues in Design and Renovation –
Earn 1.2 CEUs!
For
a complete listing of Online Courses from ASCE, visit http://www.asce.org/onlinecourses?utm_campaign=AEI%20News%20-%20The%20Team%3a%20JulAug2011&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua
Archived
Webinars on Technical and Management Topics Now Available
Online
Earn
CEUs for P.E. license renewal with the newest in e-learning. ASCE
has recently released over 100 of our most popular information
packed live webinars in an easy to use format that is delivered to
your computer and can be viewed at your convenience. When you
purchase an archived webinar, you will have online access to it for
30 days and can view it at any time. Purchasing options include
Organization or Individual usage. Visit http://www.asce.org/archived-webinars?utm_campaign=AEI%20News%20-%20The%20Team%3a%20JulAug2011&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua
to view a growing listing of all available titles.
Workshop - Resiliency of the National Building
Inventory
September
13-14, 2011, Los Angeles, CA
Resiliency of the National Building Inventory -
Creating
a Roadmap for the Future
September 13-14, 2011
University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, CA
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate, in cooperation
with Karagozian & Case (K&C) and Wiss, Janney, Elstner
Associates, Inc. (WJE), is sponsoring a workshop on the
Resiliency of the National Building Inventory to
identify the state of the national building inventory and
performance issues associated with aging buildings, and to outline
retrofit techniques for the future of the building inventory.
Additionally, the workshop will address the need for high
performance and continuity of operations considerations in the
building life cycle. The focus of the workshop will be on large
commercial, residential, institutional and industrial
buildings. Learn more.
ATC
& SEI Advances in Hurricane Engineering - Learning from Our
Past
October
24-26, 2012, Miami, FL
According to the National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Andrew
was the costliest Atlantic hurricane in U.S. history prior to
Hurricane Katrina in 2005. It has been 20 years since Andrew plowed
through Florida and Louisiana in August 1992, and what have we
learned since? Significant advances in wind and flood design for
buildings and other structures, as well as evolutions in coastal
engineering, have been made by engineers, architects, building
officials, and researchers. If you have a vested interest in
hurricane engineering, you are invited to join us in building an
exciting program.
Advances in Hurricane Engineering: Learning from our
past will be held on Oct.
24-26, 2012 in Miami and conference organizers are currently
accepting abstracts for individual presentations and proposals for
complete sessions. All
proposals are due Sept. 9, 2011.
To learn more, visit www.atc-sei.org, or contact Debbie
Smith, Manager SEI Programs, at dsmith@asce.org or
703-295-6095.
James Marston Fitch Charitable
Foundation
Grant
Announcement
The James Marston Fitch
Charitable Foundation will award Fitch Mid-Career research grants of
up to $15,000 to mid-career professionals who have an
academic background, professional experience and an established
identity in one or more of the following fields: historic
preservation, architecture, landscape architecture, urban design,
environmental planning, architectural history and the decorative
arts. The James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation will consider
proposals for the research and/or the execution of the
preservation-related projects in any of these fields.
The Mid-Career grants reflect the robustness of the
preservation field in the United States today with topics ranging
from sociological concerns in American neighborhood preservation to
innovative thinking in adaptive use of redundant train stations to
scientific study of and prescriptions for conserving specialized
19th century construction techniques. The locales of the topics are
wide ranging as well: from the outer boroughs of New York City to
South Louisiana and pueblos in the American Southwest.
Criteria for
Evaluation:
Applications are reviewed by the Fitch
Trustees. Projects will be evaluated on the following
criteria:
• The project will make a meaningful
contribution to the academic and/or professional field of historic
preservation in the United States
• The applicant has
a realistic plan for the dissemination of research and/or final work
product
• The project has a clear and realistic goals,
timeframe, work plan, and budget
• The project
demonstrates innovative thinking, original research and creative
problem solving and/or design
Applications must be
submitted in PDF format to info@fitchfoundation.org
by September 15, 2011, 11 PM EST. Please
visit http://www.fitchfoundation.org/?utm_campaign=AEI%20News%20-%20The%20Team%3a%20JulAug2011&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua
to learn more about criteria for evaluation and eligibility.
Learn more.
Upcoming ASCE Public
Seminars
Construction
Contract Management
September 8-9, 2011 - Chicago, IL
Design
and Renovation of Wood Structures
September 15-16, 2011 -
Baltimore, MD
Design
of Cold Formed Steel Structures The New 2007 Specification ~Newly
Updated
September 15-16, 2011 - San Diego,
CA
Sustainable
Land Development- Ensuring Growth in a Green
Economy
September 15-16, 2011 - Charleston, SC
Design-Build
Contracting
September 22-23, 2011 - San Antonio, TX
Design
of Lateral Force Resisting Systems Using the 2009 International
Building Code
September 22-23, 2011 - Las Vegas, NV
Instrumentation
and Monitoring Bootcamp: Planning, Execution and Measurement
Uncertainty for Structural and Geotechnical Construction
Projects
September 22-23, 2011 - Boston, MA
Design
of Foundations for Dynamic Loads
September 28-30, 2011 -
Boston, MA
October 19-21, 2011 – Nashville, TN
Design
of Buildings in Coastal Regions
September 29-30, 2011 -
Austin, TX
Earthquake-Induced
Ground Motions ~Newly
Updated
September 29-30, 2011 - San
Francisco, CA
October 20-21, 2011 – New York City Metro Area
Structural
Condition Assessment of Existing Structures
September 29-30,
2011 - Minneapolis, MN
October 13-14, 2011 – Las Vegas, NV
Wind
Loads for Buildings and Other Structures
September 29-30,
2011 – New York City Metro Area
Seismic
Loads for Buildings and Other Structures
October
27-28, 2011 – Denver, CO
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