Nominations for the Frederick George Pohland Medal are now being accepted. This award honors an individual who has made sustained and outstanding efforts to bridging environmental engineering research, education, and practice. To make a nomination or for more information, please go to http://www.aaee.net/Website/Pohland.htm.
Have you sent in your 2010 Specialty Certification renewal? AAEE extended the deadline to February 1. If you have not yet sent in your renewal forms, do so now! If you have lost or misplaced your renewal form, you may download a new one right here.
Invitations to participate in the 2010 edition will be e-blasted this week to all BCEEs/BCEEMs in private practice. Participating in the Selection & Career Guide is a wonderful way to support the Academy and a a great way to advertise and receive exposure. The Guide is distributed at all AAEE events and activities, and 2010 will see a significant increase in activities including NYWEA, NJWEA, AWWA, A&WMA, EWRI, APWA, AIChE, WEF, and other conferences. If you would like to reserve space, please call Sammi at Academy Headquarters, 410-266-3311 or e-mail at JSOlmo@aaee.net or download the reservation package by clicking this link. Don't miss out on this opportunity to have your firm listed!
The American Academy of Environmental Engineers is pleased to announce a new certification: Environmental Sustainability. This new certification emphasizes the application of sustainability principals to the everyday practice of environmental engineering. It covers general principals, and applications to water/wastewater, solid and hazardous waste, air, energy, and development. Apply between now and March 31, 2010 and be in the first examination cycle for this exciting and useful new certification.
The deadline for the Excellence in Environmental Engineering Competition was February. Thank you and good luck to all that have entered. Winners will be announced at the AAEE Awards Luncheon in April. Click this link to download a registration flyer for the AAEE Awards Luncheon..
Craig Kelman & Associates, Ltd., started publishing Environmental Engineer with the Spring 2009 issue. Craig Kelman & Associates, Ltd., is an experienced and professional contract publishing company that specializes in producing custom magazines, directories, and newsletters for national, regional, and location associations, cities/municipalities, companies, and non-profit organizations. To advertise in the 'new' Environmental Engineer, contact our Advertising Sales Manager, Al Whalen (toll free) at 1-866-985-9782 or email him by clicking link. To view and download the new 2009 Rate Card and related information, click this link.
The 2010 Kappe Lecturer is Morton A. Barlaz, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE, Professor, Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University. His lectures will be presented during the Fall 2010 semester. His profile and abstracts for the lectures offered can be found on the Kappe Lecture section of the website.
The new Winter issue of Environmental Engineer (Volume 46, Number 1) is now available. Included is the Class of 2009, Environmental Sustainability: A New AAEE Certification, and Farkas & Berkowitz State of the Industry Report: Growth for Design and Construction Markets Stops in 2009. For the contents and more information on the Academy's magazine, click here. If there are stories or features that you are interested in seeing profile, please be free to let us know. You can email your ideas and suggestions to YMoulden at aaee.net.