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ASCE Continuing Education and ESWP Host a Successful PDH Bootcamp

15 Dec 2017 4:51 PM | ASCE Blog Editor (Administrator)

By Jessica Bladow

Earlier this year, on August 24, 2017, ASCE’s Continuing Education Committee partnered with ESWP (Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania) to provide all local Professional Engineers a full day’s worth of courses from which to earn up to 7.5 PDHs (Professional Development Hours) for the upcoming Pennsylvania Professional Engineer License Renewal deadline (September 30, 2017).  The Pennsylvania State Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists requires Professional Engineers to obtain 24 PDH units during the biennial renewal period.  For more information on Pennsylvania’s Professional Engineer requirements, please see the Continuing Education Made Easy Blog at http://www.asce-pgh.org/page-1812230 by Sam Shamsi.

This day-long event allowed attendees the opportunity to attend up to seven lectures, offered under three concurrent breakout sessions.  Attendees could choose a full-day registration, or just the morning, or afternoon session.  The morning sessions included Geotechnical, Transportation and Water; the afternoon sessions included Industrial, Legal & Ethics, and Technology.  Attendees were free to attend sessions from any of these tracks and mix and match according to their interests.

When asked what brief description attendees would give a colleague about the Boot Camp, the following were some representative responses:

  • “Worthwhile professional development information; a reasonably priced alternative for continuing education; good networking and interaction with other engineers.”
  • “A great opportunity for professional development in a great setting.”
  • “Good way to earn relevant PDH hours at a reasonable cost.  Worth the day.”

Based on the overwhelmingly positive feedback, ASCE and ESWP will definitely be hosting another PDH Boot Camp; so, keep your eye out for more information in the upcoming year!

A lot of people helped make this event possible: thanks to everyone who volunteered on the program committee and as a speaker!  Click here for the full brochure.

Program Committee:                                                  

  • Jessica Bladow                                                           
  • Dave Teorsky                                                            
  • Sam Shamsi                                                                
  • Doug Clark                                                                 
  • Dawn Spence                                                             
  • Tom Bice                                                                                          
Finally, one last big thank you to all of the sponsors that supported this event! 


 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 


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