Professional Development

Learning Organizations

Bridge Engineering at UB

Beginning Fall 2009, the University at Buffalo will launch a Master's Program in Bridge Engineering. This unique program is being offered with the support of the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration in collaboration with AASHTO’s Subcommittee on Bridge and Structures (SCOBS).

• To register for a bridge engineering course via distance learning, visit EngiNet.
• To apply to UB’s graduate school, contact Kirsten Brown or call her at (716) 645-4350.
• For questions on the program, email Jerry O'Connor or call him at (716) 645-5155.

Bridge Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series at UB

UB's Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering and MCEER are hosting the Bridge Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series. This professional development series brings experts from the bridge community to UB to deliver lectures on a variety of topics during the 2009-2010 academic year. Each lecture qualifies as 1.5 PDH credits (available for a fee of $75). The next presenter will be Dr. Sreenivas Alampalli on Monday, November 23.

• To reserve a seat and qualify for PDH credit, call Michele Chasse at (716) 645-3307.
• To watch the presentation as a free webcast, make sure you have Windows Media Player, then connect to the live webcast.
• For questions, or to provide feedback on the webcast, email Jerry O'Connor or call him at (716) 645-5155.
• For information about other distance education offerings, visit EngiNet.

ASCE Webinars & Distance Learning Opportunities

The American Society of Civil Engineers hosts numerous live interactive Web seminars, in addition to providing Distance Learning courses. To view a comprehensive list of upcoming events and courses please visit:

• ASCE Webinars
• ASCE Distance Learning

Disaster Emergency Management: Webcasts & Podcasts

The Emergency Management Forum offers frequent seminars via webcasts and podcasts serving the disaster management community.

International Code Council

The Internatonal Code Council (ICC) offers various education and professional development opportunities, including web seminars, online courses and customized training events. For a listing of their training schedule, please visit ICC Training Schedule.

The International Consortium for Organizational Resilience (ICOR)

Specializing in organization resilience, ICOR offers extensive courses from ten core areas:

• Buisness Continuity
• Crisis Management and Communication
• Technical Infrastructure
• Emergency Management
• Facility Management
• Legal Compliance and Audit
• Organization Behavior
• Risk Management and Insurance
• Social Resilience
• Supply Chain Logistics and Transportation Management

ICOR has courseware for several learning environments in both the public and private sector that include presentations, workshops, traditional classroom, university, self-study and elearning courses. For a complete schedule, please visit the course calendar.

Reed Construction

Reed Construction Data hosts occasional Webcasts, including this one scheduled for September 23 on BIM and entitled Lessons in BIM Adoption.

ROSE School Short Courses

The European School for Advanced Studies in Reduction of Seismic Risk (ROSE) features short courses addressing specific structural/seismic engineering topics (ranging from basic to advanced issues) twice or three times per year and intended for engineers and/or researchers. To view upcoming courses, visit ROSE School short courses.

S.K. Ghosh Associates, Inc.

Seismic and building code seminars are the specialty of S.K. Ghosh Associates, Inc. which hosts various live and Web seminars addressing seismic and building code provisions. To view upcoming events and to register, visit SK Ghosh Associates seminars.

Transportation Research Board

The National Academies' Transportation Research Board occasionally hosts live Webinars; view a complete list of offerings.

University of California, Berkeley

Online courses offered by UC Berkeley's Webcasts include relevant topics such as this semester's Public Health Preparedness & Emergency Response class.

University of Madison, Wisconsin

The University of Wisconsin-Madison offers more than 400 continuing education courses in engineering, design, operations, production, maintenance, management, and planning. Visit Department of Engineering Professional Development.