Experience Level: Any level of experience

The transition to electric vehicles has been led mostly by relative newcomers to the automobile industry while traditional automakers have been amping up their plans and offerings for new BEV and PHEV vehicles. With many governments revealing plans to "ban" gas-powered automobiles by 2050, 2035, or even 2030, the transition will be happening. 

While there are numerous private charging network companies expanding the charging infrastructure for EVs throughout the country, the same governments continue to evaluate how best to support the improvements to infrastructure within their jurisdictions and how best to support private and public entities alike on providing these facilities.

We will look back at trends and attempts over the past 15 years for providing infrastructure to support EV owners as well as evaluating current trends and how these trends support and prepare for extensive adoption of EVs and the transition of the fleet. We will evaluate case studies and discuss applications of Level I, II, and III charging, autonomous charging, battery swapping, and wireless charging. While the end result is to provide charge to an automobile, the solutions and infrastructure supporting the solutions are not a one-size-fits-all approach.

Learning Objectives:

1. Attendees will know the types of charging infrastructure and electrical system demands.
2. Attendees will understand the impact of the transition to EVs on existing infrastructure and customer/user behavior.
3. Attendees will be able to identify opportunities and risks for charging infrastructure implementation.

1 PDH (NY Approved)

Pricing

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Experience Level: Any level of experience

Unethical behavior in organizations can be extremely costly. It exposes firms to direct costs, such as fines, settlements, and legal expenses, as well as indirect costs like damage to the firm’s reputation. This presentation will examine when employees perform unethical acts to benefit the organization (i.e., unethical pro-organizational behavior), what factors contribute to it, and what professional engineering firms can do to reduce unethical behavior at work. Participants will leave with a specific, documented plan to reduce unethical behavior in their workplace, drawing upon the latest research and customizing solutions to their needs

Learning Outcomes:

•To understand unethical pro-organizational behavior and factors that contribute to it. 
•To understand strategies for mitigating the risk that professional workers will act unethically to benefit the organization.
•To understand the potential dark side, or unintended consequences, of professional workers identifying with their organization.

1 PDH (NY Approval Pending)

Pricing

NSPE Members: FREE

Non-members: $75.00 (Join NSPE today and save on this purchase.)

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Kyle Payne, PhD,

Experience Level: Any level of experience

2022 State and Federal Election Results

Now that the elections are over, what has changed. Professional engineers need to know how the results of the election have changed the political landscape in their state and what they should plan for in 2023. Additionally, attendees should be aware of if/how the elections have impacted Congress. Professional engineers should gain a greater understand of the new priorities for the 118th Congress. Communication and social media tips for legislative engagement

Social media can serve as a powerful tool to call attention to issues facing professional engineers and the communities they serve. Take advantage of your opportunity to advocate for the P.E. community and the public welfare by engaging with elected officials from your keyboard to the capital. In this session, we’ll share best practices for getting your message heard by lawmakers and shared on social media. We’ll also address some opportunities for coordinated legislative outreach during Engineers Week.   Learn the essentials of effective online and in-person communication and find tips for getting a response from your representatives.

Planning, building, and maintaining an effective state advocacy program

All fifty states have professional engineer licensure laws but requirements and qualifications to earn a license can vary from state to state. Licensure for key positions and project management can vary state to state. Additionally, there is a trend of legislation seen in state capitals questioning the role of licensure, including licensed professional engineers. How well positioned is your state in protecting its licensure laws? Building a state advocacy program has never been more important and there many ways professional engineers can be involved in the process to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public. 

Learning Objective:

1. The results of the election
2. Whether a different political party took control of your State legislature 
3. If/How those changes will affect the legislative agenda 
4. Communication Tips - Social Media, letter writing, 1-pagers, etc. 
5. How to plan, build, and maintain an effective state advocacy program

1 PDH 

Pricing

NSPE Members: FREE

Non-members: $75.00 (Join NSPE today and save on this purchase.)

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Travis Lowe, CAE, Executive Director

Brandon Schall, Sr. Manager, Government Relations & Advocacy

Sean Woods, Manager, Marketing

Experience Level: Any level of experience

This session explores the many cases where the engineering ‘cure’ is worse than the initial problem.  Mr. Easley walks through basic scenarios where forethought and adequate stakeholder involvement could have prevented some major problems.  The session provides some ‘checklist’ items to consider that can give engineers the ability to see into the future and prevent catastrophic problems before they are created.  In addition, Mr. Easley highlights some solutions that have yielded benefits wildly beyond those anticipated by the designers. Attendees should leave this session with reasons to think before they implement their ‘perfect’ design.

Learning Objective:

After attending this presentation, attendees will have a new thought process that can be used in any type of engineering solution design.

1 PDH (NY Approved)

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Richard B. Easley, President

Experience Level: Any level of experience

Join a panel of experts who will discuss three of the latest cases available in the NSPE’s Board of Ethical Review Cases. Panelists will examine the consequences of failure to disclose material information, standing your ground when you are not the Engineer in Responsible Charge, and dealing with conflicting duties. One of the most important aspects of the discussion will be around the formal dissent to one of the cases: It is a great demonstration of the need for conversation about ethics – there is not always a single right answer.  

1. Participants will be equipped to identify the consequences of failure to disclose material information.
2. Participants will be empowered to stand their ground when they are not the Engineer in Responsible Charge;
3. Participants will be able to evaluate conflicting duties and establish an approach to resolution.

1 PDH (NY Approved)

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Rebecca A. Bowman, Esq., P.E., D.F.E., Senior Director for Ethics and Professional Practice

David Kish, Ph.D., P.E., M. NSPE,

Susan Sprague, P.E., F. NSPE, Senior Associate

Experience Level: Any level of experience

Join a panel of experts who will discuss three of the latest cases available in the NSPE’s Board of Ethical Review Cases. Panelists will examine ethical issues surrounding one of the most important recent examples around protecting the public health, welfare, and safety.  They will peer closely at the issue of receiving and accepting gifts.  And we will take look at a by-stander’s concern about who was in Responsible Charge of an equipment design certification.  Panelists will share personal examples of situations in which they faced related ethical quandaries.

1. Participants will be empowered to stand their ground when their advice regards the public’s health, welfare, and safety is overruled.
2. Participants will be able to evaluation the ethical challenge of gifts and establish an approach to resolution.
3. Participants will be equipped to determine an approach when they have concerns about the actual control exercised by the engineer in Responsible Charge.

1 PDH (NY Approved)

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Rebecca A. Bowman, Esq., P.E., D.F.E., Senior Director for Ethics and Professional Practice

Mark Dubbin, P.E., LEED AP, Fire Protection Engineer

Craig N Musselman, P.E., F.NSPE, President

Experience Level: Any level of experience

A team of presenters from the NSPE Board of Ethical Review will analyze six scenarios involving different aspects of an engineer's duty to disclose.  The scenarios will fall into three areas:  When the client doesn't want to ask the right questions, when the client doesn't know to ask the right questions, and when you wish the client wouldn't ask the right questions.  These three cases are newly issued by the Board of Ethical Review, so participants will be among the first to consider them.

Learning Objective:

When the client doesn't want to ask the right questions, 
when the client doesn't know to ask the right questions, 
and when you wish the client wouldn't ask the right questions. 

1 PDH 

Pricing

NSPE Members: FREE

Non-members: $75.00 (Join NSPE today and save on this purchase.)

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Rebecca A. Bowman, Esq., P.E., D.F.E., Senior Director for Ethics and Professional Practice

Craig N Musselman, P.E., F.NSPE, President

David Kish, Ph.D., P.E., M. NSPE,

William D. Lawson, P.E., Ph.D., F. NSPE, Associate Professor

Experience Level: Any level of experience

Using the most recent cases from the Board of Ethical Review, attendees with gain insight to the duty of engineers to report.  One case will examine the duty to report all available information and that acts of omission can be just as dangerously unethical as acts of commission.  The second case will consider the duties of an engineer when observing an issue that is unrecognized by the public.  The third case will analyze the engineer’s duties when a submission is mischaracterized.  The final case will examine the issue of whether or not ethical duties are changed by changes in legal liability.

Learning Outcomes:

•Recognizing a duty to report all available information. 
•Recognizing a duty to report an unrecognized issue.
•Recognizing a duty to report a mischaracterization of status.
•Recognizing the ethical implications of a change in liability.

1 PDH (NY Approved)

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NSPE Members: FREE

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Rebecca A. Bowman, Esq., P.E., D.F.E., Senior Director for Ethics and Professional Practice

David Kish, Ph.D., P.E., M. NSPE,

Experience Level: Any level of experience

The growing gap between the physical and digital worlds exposes an existential threat to building safety.  We cannot prove who authored the documents, yet we use them to construct buildings and structures for public use.

Offices all over the world throughout the supply chain copy, forward, upload, and attach digital documents generally trusted as the actual copy of the licensed professional's instructions. We purchase, fabricate, ship, install, commission, inspect, and approve occupancy certificates for bridges, buildings, and roads with nothing more than blind trust.  We need proof that the professional's original instructions are uncorrupted along the entire supply chain of decisions.

The Build3 Blockchain provides proof of authorship and resolves this dilemma.  

This presentation covers essential technical information about how blockchain works, how it resolves the supervision dilemma, and how adoption is non-disruptive.  The presentation includes a demonstration of a working prototype.

Learning Objectives:

- The vulnerability in the practice of regulated engineering
- The fundamental technical principles of blockchain
- How this technology solves the proof of supervision security vulnerability 
- The importance of the proposed development framework in customizing an industry specific solution

1 PDH (NY Pending)

Pricing

NSPE Members: FREE

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Kenneth Shultz, PE, RCDD, MEP Engineer, Founder

Organized by the NSPE Women's Leadership Program Task Force

Experience Level: Any level of experience

This session will be a moderated panel discussion with members of the Women's Leadership Program Task Force.  We all wear many hats with multiple responsibilities.  Sometimes our personal lives bleed into our work lives and vice versa as we attempt to manage it all. The panel members will discuss their individual approaches to dealing with the demands of their professional engineering work and their personal lives while avoiding burnout.   Each of our panel members will share strategies and techniques for achieving work-life balance allowing for successful navigation of their careers with a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction both professionally and personally.  Participants will leave with a host of tested tips, tricks and techniques.

Learning Outcomes:

Attendees will learn several techniques for prioritizing, maintaining energy and focus, and personal management and know how to adapt these tools for their own use.  

1 PDH

Pricing

NSPE Members: FREE

Non-members: $75.00 (Join NSPE today and save on this purchase.)

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Tricia Hatley, P.E., F.NSPE, Executive Vice President Operations, Central Plains and Southeast US Regions

Monica Fulkerson, PE, Senior Environmental Engineer

Daphne King, P.E.,

Victoria Ballestero, PE, MBA, ENV SP, Vice President and Operations Manager

Experience Level: Any level of experience

UAVs are in every technician's toolbox. Surveyors use UAVs for volume computations and topographic mapping, integrity engineers for inspections at height or confined spaces. 

Data is easy to capture but can be difficult to manipulate. How much of this depends on the UAV, the sensors and payloads, along with operator proficiency. 

How can we integrate UAV data into currently existing datasets or even combine UAV captured data with other spatially referenced data such as shallow water bathymetry. 

This webinar will discuss the evolution of the UAV, available sensors, combining spatially referenced data and why choosing the right payload fwill ultimately determine how efficient your drone program is. 

Learning Objectives:

1. Picking an UAV involves an understanding of the sensors and payload capability 

2. Understanding of spatial information collected and how to merge or ensure seamless coverage 

3. Evolution of UAVs and operator proficiency 

1 PDH (NY Pending)

Pricing

NSPE Members: FREE

Non-members: $75.00 (Join NSPE today and save on this purchase.)

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Experience Level: Any level of experience

Lessons from the greatest engineering  ethical lapse in American history. A webinar focused on navigating the common dilemmas that arise in everyday engineering practice including: Why Ethics? the fundamental principles, the significance of the professional seal, how to maintain  your license, integrity and sanity.  Sources of trouble and how to stay out of it. Best practices- pick your clients and projects carefully. The importance of good business practices. Is  it unethical to competitively bid? Dealing with emerging technologies.

Learning Objective:

Why Codes of Ethics are important
How to a manage ethical dilemmas
How to manage conflicts of interest

1 PDH (NY Approval Pending)

Pricing

NSPE Members: FREE

Non-members: $75.00 (Join NSPE today and save on this purchase.)

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David Thaler, BSCE, MBA, MA, PE, LS, DFE, D.WRE, FRGS, F.ASCE, F.NSPE, President

T Andrew Brown, BSCE, PE, Project manager

Experience Level: Any level of experience

Over the past two decades, Churchill Downs, renowned for its prestigious horse racing events, has undergone a series of remarkable capital improvement projects to elevate the customer experience and prioritize safety for all stakeholders involved, including jockeys, patrons, and horses. Leading the charge in this transformative journey, Qk4 has played a pivotal role in numerous projects that have redefined the racetrack.

The West Campus Expansion and Parking Improvement Project marked a significant milestone in Qk4's involvement. This ambitious endeavor encompassed a comprehensive consolidation, expansion, and upgrade of the primary guest parking lot at Churchill Downs. Aligned with a campus-wide initiative to enhance safety, functionality, aesthetics, and the overall user experience for racing patrons, Phase 1 of the project involved a complete reconfiguration and modernization of the parking facilities. Previously characterized by inefficient spaces and remnants of cleared residential blocks, the redesign covered a sprawling 60-acre expanse. To create a modern parking lot facility, old city streets and alleys were strategically closed, paving the way for a fully landscaped parking lot. A focal point of the design is the 4-lane primary transportation corridor, Derby Drive, which seamlessly connects Central Avenue and Longfield Avenue. The parking lot's versatility caters not only to daily functions but also to the massive influx of visitors during the highly anticipated Derby week, featuring temporary reconfigurations for shuttle bus systems and staging areas.

Learning Outcomes:

Gain knowledge on the history of Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby and it's economic impacts on the state of Kentucky. Learn about recent improvement projects to enhance the customer experience and also projects to improve equine/horseman safety and expand the racing operations. 

1 PDH 

Pricing

NSPE Members: FREE

Non-members: $75.00 (Join NSPE today and save on this purchase.)

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Neal Crawford, P.E., Project Manager

Track: Stay Informed about Issues and Trends Impacting the Profession (Sponsored by Pennoni)

Experience Level: Any level of experience

U.S. corporate sustainability goals, metrics, and reporting are changing rapidly and have an effect on engineering decision-making and documentation. Sustainability data assurance is becoming more prevalent and potential regulations are on the horizon. Rather than wait for mandatory Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) customer/government requirements and disclosures- come hear what you can do now to stay ahead.

Learning Objectives:

- Understand how Sustainability and ESG issues, risks, and opportunities reach far beyond publicly listed companies
- Identify double materiality
- Implement sustainability governance
- Know how sustainability disclosure and assurance can play a constructive role in your organization

1 PDH (NY Approved)

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NSPE Members: FREE

Non-members: $75.00 (Join NSPE today and save on this purchase.)

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Christopher Geiger, P.E., Director of Internal Audit

Experience Level: Any level of experience

The City of Wichita provides water for nearly 500,000 customers, 1 out of every 6 Kansas residents.  Aging infrastructure has necessitated the design and construction of a new 120 MGD firm capacity water treatment facility, the Northwest Water Facility (NWWF).  The facility will be the second largest water treatment project in the country during construction and Wichita’s largest ever capital project.  The City has chosen to use the progressive design-build delivery method and will fund the project through Kansas State Revolving Loan Fund (SRF) and a federal, low-interest loan through the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA).  This presentation will discuss the technical aspects of the project (such as treatment techniques and challenges), the progressive design-build project delivery method, the financing of the project, and will discuss the current status of construction.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the importance of Wichita's Water Treatment Facility
2. Understand water treatment basics, with blended water sources
3. Understand the design-build project delivery method

1 PDH (NY Approved)

Pricing

NSPE Members: FREE

Non-members: $75.00 (Join NSPE today and save on this purchase.)

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Experience Level: Any level of experience

Cybersecurity insurers have adopted new requirements that organizations must have in place.

Learn how these requirements help your organization reduce cybersecurity threats and technology solutions that help your organizations comply with these requirements.

This webinar will explain the new requirements, how you can stay in compliance, and help reduce cybersecurity threats.

1. Understand most common cyber threats for businesses today.
2. Be prepared for obtaining/renewing cybersecurity insurance.
3. Learn modern ways to keep your business protected from cyber threats.

1 PDH (NY Approval Pending)

Pricing

NSPE Members: FREE

Non-members: $75.00 (Join NSPE today and save on this purchase.)

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Ryan Peasley, MCSE,

Experience Level: Any level of experience

The Engineer’s Joint Contract Documents Committee recently release its new Construction Manager at Risk Series of contract documents. These contract documents, written after the post-pandemic change in the Construction industry were written with the flexibility needed to help address current market trends of cost escalation for construction materials, supply chain issues, and changing strategies for risk management. Learn how these documents address issues such as getting the most out of preconstruction services, managing CMAR contingencies and the developing and managing the cost structure for CMAR compensation. Learn how collaboration between Owner, Engineer and CMAR can add value in managing cost and schedule, developing procurement strategies in today’s construction market, improve quality of contract documents through constructability reviews, and manage risk associated with project delivery. Understand how these documents, which cover the project from CMAR procurement through the correction period address differing state regulations related to procurement and CMAR contract administration.

Learning Outcomes:

•Gain an overview of the EJCDC Documents and how these documents are used in selecting the CMAR and administering the CMAR contract.
•Gain an understanding of how CMAR differs from the traditional project delivery approach.
•Learn ways the CMAR approach can benefit Owners in controlling cost, reducing the impacts of cost escalation for construction materials, reduce time for project delivery.
•Learn how CMAR can reduce project risk, and how identified risk are addressed in the Contract Documents.

1 PDH (NY Approved)

Pricing

NSPE Members: FREE

Non-members: $75.00 (Join NSPE today and save on this purchase.)

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Coy M. Veach, P.E., CCM, Vice President

Experience Level: Any level of experience

The question of what constitutes a great engineer as opposed to a good engineer was recently posed by an undergraduate engineering student at Temple University.  I have spent a lot of time reflecting on this excellent question. It is obvious to include the fundamentals of their specific engineering field and the tools and processes of that specific engineering field. Perhaps it is also obvious to include common engineering experiences such as design reviews, project management (both traditional and agile), and financial analysis.

But what about the details of leading these engineering processes? Most of us what agree that how we execute a process is as important as using the correct process. What do we do when we need to lead these processes creatively? How do we find problems worth solving and how do we build a coalition to solve the problem. Do great engineers think in overall systems or in deep details? What exactly do we mean when we want engineers to think critically? 

This webinar is my reflections on how to develop an answer to the question of what should a great engineer know, do, and be.

Learning Objective:

Break down exactly what is meant by critical thinking and apply it to the solution of engineering problems. 

1 PDH

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Dr. Thomas V Edwards, Jr, DPS, Chair, Department of Engineering, Technology, and Management