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In August, the New York State Education Department made amendments to its mandatory continuing education requirements for professional engineers. These changes require that licensees earn at least one continuing education credit during each triennial registration period by participating in an approved continuing education course or educational activity that focuses substantially on ethics relating to professional practice.
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Forensic Engineering Group
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ASCE's Technical Council on Forensic Engineering will be holding its Sixth Congress on Forensic Engineering from October 31-November 3, 2012 in San Francisco, California. This conference is being chaired by Anthony Dolhon from Exponent, who is a member of the Met Section's Forensic Engineering Group. The steering committee for the conference is inviting submissions for papers related to the performance of constructed facilities and civil engineering structures; the deadline for the receipt of abstracts is on December 14th.
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On Friday, October 21, 2011, Andrew W. Herrmann was inaugurated as ASCE's 2011-2012 President during the Annual Business Meeting at the 141st Annual Civil Engineering Conference in Memphis, Tennessee. ASCE's website includes a video highlighting Andy's career and a transcript of his inaugural address.
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Long Island Branch
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On Thursday, September 15, 2011, the Long Island Branch held a joint presentation with the ITE Met Section at the Milleridge Inn in Jericho, New York. The afternoon technical program "Managing Travel for Planned Special Events" was presented by Matthew Walker, P.E., PTOE, Senior Engineer of Dunn Engineering Associates, PC located in Westhampton Beach, New York.
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History & Heritage Committee
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The Statue of Liberty celebrated its 125th anniversary pn October 28, 2011. Lady Liberty was designated as an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by ASCE and the Société des Ingénieurs et Scientifiques de France in 1985. It includes an internal iron framework supporting the copper that was designed by Alexandre-Gusteve Eiffel. The restoration project prior to the statue's centennial received ASCE's Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award in 1987.
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From September 22-23, 2011, the ASCE Met Section Hospitality Committee hosted a group of 11 structural engineers from Malmö, Sweden. The group was headed by Peter Bojrup and Erik Sjöberg of Structor Malmö AB, an engineering firm specialized in the planning and design of building and civil engineering projects, project and construction management, development, and operation and maintenance.
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