Idaho Society of Professional Engineers
Friday Update - 01/30/04
**The next Friday Update will be 02/13/04. See
you at the 2004 ISPE Annual Meeting - February 5-7, 2004!**
UPCOMING EVENTS:
● ISPE Southwest Chapter 2004 Engineers
Week Luncheon, February 5, 2004, 11:30 am, Boise Spectrum Hilton Garden Inn,
Boise, Speaker - Idaho Transportation Department Director, David Ekern, PE..
Registration information can be found on the ISPE web site at
http://home.rmci.net/ispe/eweek_lunch.htm, or contact the ISPE office at
208-426-0636.
● ISPE 2004 Annual Convention, February 5 -
7, 2004 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Boise. Detailed information about the meeting
can be found on the ISPE web site at
http://home.rmci.net/ispe/2004_annual_meeting.htm, or contact the ISPE
office at 208-426-0636.
● ISPE Northern Chapter MATHCOUNTS
Competition - Lewiston - February 7, 2004
● ISPE Northern Chapter MATHCOUNTS
Competition - Coeur d'Alene - February 10, 2004
● ISPE Southeast Chapter MATHCOUNTS
Competition - Pocatello - February 21, 2004
● ISPE Southwest Chapter MATHCOUNTS
Competition - Boise - February 21, 2004
● ISPE Magic Valley Chapter MATHCOUNTS
Competition - February 24, 2004
● ISPE State MATHCOUNTS Competition - Boise
- March 6, 2004
● Continuing Education Seminar, Design of
Waste Containment and Closure Systems, BSU, March 24, 2004, For additional
information: Call Joseph Sener, College of Engineering, Civil Engineering
Department, at 208-426-4814
● IBPEPLS Board Meeting, April 30 and May
1, 2004
● NSPE 2004 Convention and Expo, July 8 -
10, 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii
From your Legislative Committee-Chair Jeff
Block of the Northern Chapter, there are numerous Bills before this
year’s State Legislature that are indirectly related to the practice of
engineering but only House Bill No. 485-Engineers/Land Surveyors, Education
http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/H0485.html is sponsored by the Engineers and
Surveyors.
The purpose of this legislation described as "The purpose of this legislation is
to clarify that engineering experience must be gained after graduation in order
to be considered; to require that a person seeking assignment to the examination
for certification as a land surveyor-in-training or licensing as a professional
land surveyor must have a minimum of fifteen (15) semester credit hours of
surveying courses; to allow up to two (2) years of experience for graduate
education; to clarify that the Board may charge applicants for the cost of
having the examinations administered by an outside party; to clarify that the
Executive Director is an affected party in disciplinary matters; and to add a
section clarifying that only the Board can issue licenses for the practice of
engineering or land surveying and prohibiting local jurisdictions from requiring
licenses or fees to engage in the professions of engineering or land surveying."
The Idaho Board of Professional Engineers
and Professional Land Surveyors (IBPEPLS) is having a hearing on Monday,
February 9, regarding the issue of whether or not the design of fire alarm
systems and fire sprinkler systems is the practice of engineering. It will be at
the Red Lion in Pocatello beginning at 9:00 a.m. Following the hearing the Board
will convene a regular meeting which is currently scheduled to continue until
February 11. Location of the regular meeting is also the Red Lion in Pocatello.
Continuing Education Seminar
Title: Design of Waste Containment and Closure Systems.
Date: March 24, 2004, Wednesday. This is an all day seminar.
CEU's issued by BSU: 0.8 Continuing Education Unit. (We may be able to increase
it to 0.9; however, this is yet to be decided).
Location: Boise State University Campus, Student Union Building, Bishop Barnwell
and Farnsworth
Rooms. Parking arrangements will be made in the Student Union Building Reserved
Parking Area.
Time: 8:00 AM- 5:30 PM.
Cost: $275. per person with a 10% discount for each enrolment fee when two or
more attendees from the same organization register at the same time. The fee
includes parking, seminar materials, breaks, and luncheon.
For Early Registration: Call Gary Myers, Extended Studies, at 208-426-3296, or
gmyers@boisestate.edu.
For Additional Information: Call Joseph Sener, College of Engineering, Civil
Engineering Department, at 208-426-4814.
EWeek 'Connects' Future Engineers With Enthusiasm, New Insight
To get National Engineers Week's newest program on the road, the organization
will launch its "Connecting the World" Internet forums during EWeek on Monday,
February 23, and continue throughout the year. The goal of EWeek's newest
program is to maintain engineering students' interest in the profession. It's
the first engineering initiative for global linkage across countries, businesses
and academia, and engineering disciplines. As part of the program, prominent
corporate leaders will also host teleconference discussions that week on the
latest issues and developments with engineering societies and their student
sections, along with university and corporate partners. National Engineers Week
2004 will be celebrated February 22-28. This year's program chairs are
IEEE/IEEE-USA and Fluor Corporation. To learn more, see
http://www.eweek.org.
The Mentoring Task Force Mentor of the Year Award will be given to
an NSPE member who best exemplifies the ideal image of a mentor. The award may
be given to an individual who has established a record of consistent outreach
toward individuals in the engineering field, including engineering professionals
and students, over a number of years. This award can also be received by an
individual who has contributed to support or development of mentoring programs
within their company or in the engineering community. The ideal candidate should
have a record of achievement in offering guidance to and fostering development
among engineering professionals. The nomination form is available at
http://www.nspe.org/awards/aw1-mentoraward.asp.
MATHCOUNTS PROBLEM OF THE WEEK
Can you solve this MATHCOUNTS problem? The answer will appear in next week's
edition of the Friday Update!
Keep Your Identity
The Federal Trade Commission released a report last week about consumer
complaints filed in the last year. It was reported that Internet-related fraud
accounted for 55 percent of the total fraud complaints filed in 2003, and 48% of
Internet-related fraud is from Internet auctions. What percent of the total
fraud complaints filed in 2003 were auction-related Internet fraud complaints?
Express your answer to the nearest tenth.
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Another reported statistic is that Internet fraud cost American consumers almost
$200 million in 2003. The average loss per victim is estimated to be $195.
According to these numbers, how many Internet fraud victims were there in 2003?
Express your answer to the nearest thousand.
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Unfortunately, the Internet is now a tool for many crooks. However, the crooks
are not only stealing money from people, they are also stealing people’s
identities. The research group Gartner Inc. reports that as many as 7 million
U.S. adults may have had their identities stolen in the last year. The FTC
believes that as many as 27.3 million people have had their identities stolen
over the last five years. If 7 million people had their identities stolen in the
fifth year of a five-year span, the total number of stolen identities in that
five-year span is 27.3 million, and the number of stolen identities for each of
the five years in succession form an arithmetic sequence, how many million
identities were stolen during the first year of the five-year span? Express your
answer to the nearest hundredth.
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Assume that instead of an arithmetic sequence, there was a 14% increase each
year from the previous year. If the number of stolen identities in the fifth
year is still 7 million, what would have been the total number of identity
thefts, in millions, in the first year of the five-year span? Express your
answer to the nearest hundredth.
Answer to last week's problem:
There are 5280 feet in one mile, which is 528 times the length of its 10-foot
journey Therefore, 528 × 2 = 1056 minutes, which is equivalent to 17.6 hours.
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Since a full turn is 360 degrees, we can determine the percent of a full turn by
performing 115 ÷ 360 = 31.9 percent of a turn.
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The area of a circle is pi × r2 = (pi)(47.52) = 7088 square miles, to the
nearest whole number.
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There are 365 days in a year, and over 10 years, that would be 3650 days. But we
need to increase this by 2 for the two extra days due to leap years. Now we can
set up the proportion (3900)/(12) = (x)/(3652). After we cross multiply, we have
the equation (3900)(3652) = (12)(x). Dividing both sides by 12 yields 1186900,
which is 1.1869 × 106.
If you want to see last week's problem again, click on
http://www.mathcounts.org/Queries/POW_Archive.taf?_function=detail&Q_A_uid1=478&_UserReference=4AA8AA79E5A298D44017E0E8
Idaho Society of Professional Engineers
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Boise, ID 83717-0239
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E-Mail: ispe@rmci.net
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