Calendar of Events

Engineering Ethics – Conflicts of Interest, Licensure...

Engineering Ethics – Conflicts of Interest, Licensure, Confidentiality and Public Criticism

NSPE Deputy Executive Director, General Counsel and NAFE Executive Director will review engineering ethics principles and discuss business and professional ethics issues involving conflicts of interest, licensure, confidentiality and public criticism.

Arthur is the deputy executive director and general counsel of the National Society of Professional Engineers. He also serves as the executive director of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers, a NSPE affinity group. His responsibilities include serving as staff director to the NSPE Board of Ethical Review, the Committee on Policy and Advocacy, the Professional Liability Committee, and the Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee.

Navigating Unconscious Bias: Strategies for Success

This course will look at the research behind implicit bias, how it impacts people in the workplace, as well as research-based strategies for managing around bias and mitigating its impact.


Dr. Jenna P. Carpenter is Founding Dean and Professor of Engineering at Campbell University in North Carolina. She is past president of WEPAN. Dr. Carpenter was PI on Louisiana Tech’s NSF ADVANCE grant, focused on creating a culture of success for women STEM faculty through nine programs for faculty, and previously served as co-Principal Investigator on the NSF-funded WEPAN Knowledge Center Project. She also served as Vice President for Professional Interest Councils on the Board of Directors for ASEE, as Director-at-Large for the ASEE Women in Engineering Division, as national SWE Faculty Advisor/Counselor Coordinator and as First Vice-President of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). She served for seven years as Chair of the Steering Committee for the National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenge Scholars Program. She was invited to the White House in 2011 for the Champions of Change Roundtable Event on Girls and Women in STEM. She is an ABET Program Evaluator, Co-Chair of the mathematical societies’ Joint Committee on Women, Chair of the MAA Council on the Profession, a member of the Executive Committee of the Global Engineering Deans Council and co-chairs the Undergraduate Experience Committee for the US Engineering Deans Council. In 2015 DreamBox Learning selected Dr. Carpenter as one of their 10 Women in STEM Who Rock! for her advocacy work and her TEDx talk, “Engineering: Where are the Girls and Why aren’t They Here?” In 2019, she received the ASEE Sharon Keillor Award for Women in Engineering Education.

The 2020 EJCDC Engineering Agreements

The Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee (EJCDC) is publishing new editions of three of its engineering services agreements: EJCDC E-500 (2020), the comprehensive Owner-Engineer agreement; EJCDC E-570 (2020), the Engineer-Subconsultant agreement; and EJCDC E-520 (2020), the Short Form agreement between Owner and Engineer. The webinar will discuss the contents of these three standard documents, their recommended usage, the relationship of the new documents to the EJCDC 2018 Construction Series documents, and changes from prior editions.

Presenter: Hugh Anderson

Hugh Anderson is an attorney whose practice consists primarily of construction and contract law. Mr. Anderson regularly assists public and private project owners, architects, engineers, and contractors in the drafting of contract documents; the development of project delivery strategies; and the resolution of disputes arising from bid errors, construction problems, professional errors and omissions, terminations, and functional failures. His work in construction law has been recognized in the current edition of Best Lawyers of America.

Mr. Anderson serves as legal counsel to the Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee. He is a member of the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry, and is a graduate of Stanford Law School and the University of Wisconsin—Madison.

Engineering Ethics – Objectivity and Truthfulness...

Engineering Ethics – Objectivity and Truthfulness, Public Health and Safety, Signing and Sealing of Engineering Drawings and Misrepresentation

NSPE Deputy Executive Director, General Counsel and NAFE Executive Director will review engineering ethics principles and discuss relating to objectivity and truthfulness, public health and safety, signing and sealing of engineering drawings and misrepresentation.

Arthur is the deputy executive director and general counsel of the National Society of Professional Engineers. He also serves as the executive director of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers, a NSPE affinity group. His responsibilities include serving as staff director to the NSPE Board of Ethical Review, the Committee on Policy and Advocacy, the Professional Liability Committee, and the Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee.

Engineering Exemptions and Education: Diminish the First and Enhance the Second

This begins by celebrating engineering excellence and engineer exemplars. Then it describes two liabilities of U.S. engineering, the first of which is how licensure exemptions markedly reduce the engineering community’s ability to protect the public. The second weakness is that the bachelor’s degree as the required formal education for engineering licensure, which has been in effect for eight decades, falls far short of what is needed to prepare tomorrow’s engineers in responsible charge. The presentation offers suggestions for ways to address engineering’s weaknesses by building on its strengths.

Engineers, Building Water Systems and Legionella: What You Need to Know

There is a renewed focus on the prevention of building-associated Legionnaires’ disease stemming from recent outbreaks, news reports and updated guidelines and standards, including ASHRAE Standard 188 and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The onus to address these requirements and implement water safety programs is on the building owners, however the expertise of a professional engineer is often required to support components of the program. This session will provide attendees with an understand of Legionella in building water systems and where the services of a professional engineer may support a water safety program in the prevention of disease.

2020 NAFE Summer Conference

Save the date! The 2020 NAFE Summer Conference will be held at the Providence Hilton, Providence, Rhode Island July 31 - August 1, 2020

PE Conference 2020