How Engineers Can Build a Simple Annual Professional Development Plan
Professional development is easy to postpone. Engineers are busy with projects, deadlines, clients, design reviews, reports, field work, meetings, and license renewal requirements. It is common for...
How to Turn PE Continuing Education Requirements into a Career Advantage
For many professional engineers, continuing education starts as a license renewal requirement. A renewal deadline approaches. The engineer checks the state board rules, counts remaining...
The Most Valuable Skills Engineers Can Develop Outside Their Technical Specialty
Technical ability is the foundation of engineering practice. Engineers need discipline-specific knowledge, analytical skills, design judgment, and an understanding of codes, standards, materials,...
The Smart Engineer’s Guide to Choosing PDH Courses That Actually Matter
Professional Development Hours, or PDH, are part of license renewal for many professional engineers. Depending on the state, engineers may need to complete a certain number of continuing education...
Passing the PE exam is a major milestone in an engineering career. It represents years of education, supervised experience, technical preparation, and professional commitment. For many engineers,...
Experience matters in engineering. There is no substitute for years spent working on real projects, solving technical problems, reviewing designs, responding to field conditions, communicating with...
