Idaho Society of Professional Engineers
Friday Update - 06/10/05
UPCOMING EVENTS:
● July 7 - 9, 2005 - NSPE
2005 Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois
● August 11-13, 2005 - ACEC
of Idaho Annual Meeting - Sun Valley, Idaho
● October 28, 2005 - PE and
PLS Examinations - Boise, Idaho
● October 29, 2005 FE (aka
EIT) Examinations - Boise, Idaho, Pocatello, Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
NSPE WEIGHS IN ON KEY
PROFESSIONAL ISSUES
At an April meeting, the NSPE Board of Directors adopted positions on three
issues that are among the profession's most talked about: the role of PEs in
government, responsible charge, and discipline-specific licensure of PEs.
In meetings with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command and the Army Corps of
Engineers, top agency officials requested NSPE's help in outlining the
fundamental role of PEs within these agencies. In response, the Board adopted
the position statement "The Practice of Engineering & Federal, State, and Local
Government," which details the PE's role in government.
The NSPE Board also adopted a professional policy and position statement on
responsible charge. The Board's goal was to clarify the Society's position on a
subject that has gained importance as technology has allowed engineering
services to be performed at multiple locations within states, regions, nations,
and internationally.
In response to another issue of growing importance, the Board approved a
statement reiterating NSPE's longstanding policy opposing discipline-specific
licensure of professional engineers.
Read the complete article
in the June Engineering Times.
WEB SEMINARS BROADCAST LIVE FROM CHICAGO
Those members who are unable to attend the NSPE Annual Meeting can still attend
the outstanding presentations through the magic of technology. Here is the
schedule:
Thursday, July 7, 2005
9:30 - 11:00 a.m. EDT
Dispute Avoidance & Resolution
presented by the American Arbitration Association
Thursday, July 7, 2005
2:30 - 4:00 p.m. EDT
Developing Trust & Commitment in Project Teams
Robert Newbold, NEWBOLD! Consulting
Friday, July 8, 2005
11:30a.m. - 1:00 p.m. EDT
Professionalism Under Stress: Choosing the Harder Right
C.H. "Stretch" Dunn, Dyson Leadership Institute
Friday, July 8, 2005
2:30 - 4:00 p.m. EDT
Process Safety Management
Bruce Vaughen, Ph.D., PE, DuPont
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Enroll online at www.c2ed.com and click on the
link to register for the NSPE "Live From Chicago" seminars. The more you buy,
the more you save: purchase one seminar connection at $199 (1.5 Hr. Session),
purchase a 1-day pass for $299 (Two 1.5 Hr. Sessions), or purchase a 2-day pass
for $499 (Four 1.5 Hr. Sessions). Invite as many colleagues to view the program
as you can accommodate for one low price! The seminar is broadcast entirely
online and consists of streaming audio and PowerPoint features.
Call C2Ed for information on corporate discounts for multiple connections in
separate company offices: 866-464-2233.
MATHCOUNTS PROBLEM OF THE WEEK
Can you solve this MATHCOUNTS problem? The answer will appear in next week's
edition of the Friday Update!
See What Didn't Make The Final Cut
The Countdown Round of the 2005 MATHCOUNTS National Competition aired on
ESPN2. In order to stay within the hour-long time slot, some editing of the
Countdown Round needed to be done. Only problems that did not play a role in
determining the winners of the rounds were edited out... problems that were not
answered correctly. There certainly weren’t too many, but here are a few. Now
remember, you only have 45 seconds, you’re trying to beat the Mathlete beside
you, you have an audience of 600 people staring at you, you just finished an
incredibly difficult written competition that morning, you’re up on a stage with
ESPN cameras and lights all around, and the national title is on the line...
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The measure of angle ACB is 40 degrees. (Ray CB is pointing east, and ray CA is
pointing in a northeast direction.) If ray CA is rotated 480 degrees about point
C in a clockwise direction, what will be the positive measure of the new acute
angle ACB, in degrees?
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A number is ¼ of x and 35% of y. What is the ratio of x to y? Express your
answer as a common fraction.
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The median of the set of integers {5, 8, 12, 7, x} is the same as the mean. What
is the sum of all the distinct possible values of x?
Answer to last week's MATHCOUNTS problem:
The straight-up calculation of (0.62)(57,000) would show that Bo received 35,340
votes. But what if he received 35,341 votes? What would have been his reported
percent of the votes? You guessed it, still 62%. Since we were asked for the
greatest possible number of votes that would result in 62% of the votes, when
expressed to the nearest whole percent, we need to determine at what number of
votes would his percent jump to 63%. This jump would happen at 62.5% of the
votes, which is (0.625)(57,000) = 35,625 votes. Therefore, at 35,625 – 1 =
35,624 votes he would still fall into the 62%-category, and this is the greatest
possible number of votes he could have received in this situation. (Please don’t
let this confuse you with basic problems. When asked, "What is 62% of 57,000
votes?," you should feel confident that (0.62)(57,000) = 35,340 is the correct
answer!)
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We are told that the average weekly number of viewers was 27.3 million people
over the 12-week span. That means that throughout the season, there were
(12)(27.3 million) = 327,600,000 viewing sessions by viewers. However, 29.4
million of these came during the final week. That leaves 327,600,000 –
29,400,000 = 298,200,000 viewing sessions by viewers for the first 11 weeks. If
we spread these out evenly over those 11 weeks, we get 298,200,000 ¸ 11 =
27,109,091, which is 27.1 million viewers, to the nearest tenth of a million.
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There are seven different cities and we need to pick two of them. The order is
established by American Idol, so if Austin / Memphis is an option, then Memphis
/ Austin is not. By taking our time to pair up the cities, we can see that there
are 21 possible pairings.
If you want to see last week's problem again, click
http://www.mathcounts.org/webarticles/anmviewer.asp?a=673&z=104
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