Idaho Society of Professional Engineers
Friday Update - 01/07/05
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
Jared Fell/Idaho Falls
Colvin Jergins/Idaho Falls
Joshua Peterson/Shelley
Francine Rice/Idaho Falls
John Tobias See/Boise
Karen Terpak/Post Falls
Paul Woods/Idaho Falls
WELCOME TO ISPE 2004 - 2005 SUSTAINING ORGANIZATIONS!
AHJ Engineers, PC - Boise, ID
B & A Engineers Inc - Boise, ID
Basalite Concrete Products Co.
Briggs Engineering Inc - Boise, ID
Delta Engineering Group - Idaho Falls, ID
Earl, Mason & Stanfield - Caldwell, ID
Elkhorn Engineers, PA - Meridian, ID
J-U-B Engineers Inc - Boise, ID
The Land Group, Inc - Eagle, ID
Materials Testing & Inspection - Boise, ID
MWH - Boise, ID
Pinnacle Engineers Inc - Boise, ID
Progressive Engineering Group Inc - Lewiston, ID
Quadrant Consulting Inc - Boise, ID
Riedesel & Associates Inc - Twin Falls, ID
Smarter Process Inc - Boise, ID
Stapley Engineering - Boise, ID
Synergy Engineering - Boise, ID
Terracon - Boise, ID
TerraGraphics Environmental Engineering Inc - Moscow, ID
W & H Pacific - Boise, ID
Walker Engineering - Pocatello, ID
Washington Group International - Boise, ID
Yanke Energy, Inc - Boise, ID
Please visit the
ISPE Sustaining Organizations page on the
ISPE web site.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
● January 13 - 17, 2005 - NSPE
Winter Meeting, San Diego, California
● February 5, 2005 - Northern
Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition - Lewiston
● February 8, 2005 - Magic
Valley Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition - Twin Falls
● February 12, 2005 -
Southeast Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition - Pocatello
● February 12, 2005 -
Southwest Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition - Boise
● February 15, 2005 -
Northern
Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition - Coeur d'Alene
● February 20 - 26, 2005 -
National Engineers Week
● February 22, 2005 -
ISPE Southwest Chapter Engineers Week Luncheon -
11:30 am - Doubletree Riverside - Boise
● March 5, 2005 - State
MATHCOUNTS Competition - Boise
● April 14 - 16, 2005 - ISPE
Annual Meeting, Pocatello, Idaho
● July 7 - 9, 2005 - NSPE 2005
Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois
Online Continuing Education
Credits: Offshore Outsourcing
Join a live Webcast on January 13 in which a panel of experts will discuss
"Off-shore Outsourcing and the U.S. Engineering Community."
U.S. firms have increasingly utilized foreign "offshore" engineering workers to
provide drafting, design, and other services. Offshoring offers financial
savings by utilizing engineering workers from countries with lower overhead.
However, U.S. engineering professionals see this development as reducing
compensation, employment, and advancement opportunities.
The panel will include Richard Anderson, P.E., president of the Accreditation
Board for Engineering and Technology; L. G. (Skip) Lewis Jr., P.E., F.NSPE,
chairman of H2L Consulting Engineers; Craig Musselman, P.E., F.NSPE, an emeritus
member of the New Hampshire Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers; L.
Daniel Tanksley, P.E., JD, general counsel for Halff Associates; and Moderator
Arthur Schwartz, Esq., NSPE deputy executive director and legal counsel.
More information and a registration form is available on the
NSPE Web
site or contact Mary Maul for
information.
A REALLY USEFUL WEB SITE
This month take a look at QuickMath.
QuickMath is an automated service
for answering common math problems over the Internet. Think of it as an online
calculator that solves equations and does all sorts of algebra and calculus
problems - instantly and automatically!
When you submit a question to QuickMath, it is processed by Mathematica, the
largest and most powerful computer algebra package available today. The answer
is then sent back to you and displayed right there on your browser, usually
within a couple of seconds.
Best of all, QuickMath is 100% free! Tell your kids about it.
MATHCOUNTS PROBLEM OF THE WEEK
Can you solve this MATHCOUNTS problem? The answer will appear in next week's
edition of the Friday Update!
New Year Resolutions
Peitlyn decided that she would like to read more during 2005, so she made a
resolution to read 30 minutes each day. If Peitlyn reads an average of 1 page
every 2 minutes and she finishes her 6th book at the end of her reading session
on March 31, 2005, what would be the average number of pages per book for these
six books?
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Nora’s resolution is to get more exercise. She decided that starting with the
first full week in 2005, she will do a 45-minute workout four times each week
(four days during every seven-day period). This means she will have to exercise
four of the days during the week of Jan. 1 through Jan. 7, and then four of the
days during the week of Jan. 8 through Jan. 14, and so on. If Nora sticks to her
resolution, what is the first possible date on which she could reach a total of
25 hours of exercise for the year?
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Riley decided to cut back on the time she spends watching television. During the
first week of 2005 she will allow herself to watch her usual 22 hours of
television. However, during each successive week of 2005, she will only allow
herself to watch television for 90% of the time that she watched during the
previous week. During which week (first, second, third, etc.?) will her viewing
time first be under 5 hours?
Idaho Society of Professional Engineers
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Boise, ID 83717-0239
208-426-0636
Fax: 208-426-0639
E-Mail: ispe@rmci.net
Web Site: www.Idahospe.org
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