Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania

Location

337 Fourth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Phone: (412) 261-0710 Email: eswp@eswp.com Get Directions

ESWP Scholarship News

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024 ESWP Memberā€™s Scholarship!

This yearā€˜s recipients include Owen Chaffin, Ā a student member, and Sara Sawford! Congratulations to both of these recipients on their impressive student resumes with high academic achievement, and extracurricular activities! Both Owen and Sara received a $2500.00 award.

International Water ConferenceĀ® News

ESWPā€™s 85th annual International Water ConferenceĀ Ā was a huge success!

For our first visit to Las Vegas, Nevada, we had nearly 750 registrants at the 2024 IWC! Early reviews indicate a very well received and high-quality technical program with more than 70 presentations and peer review discussions. In addition, we offered 15 continuing education workshops with topics such as Reverse Osmosis, PFAS, Concentrate Management, and Industrial Water Reuse. In addition, the learning opportunities continued into a ā€œsold outā€ Exhibit Hall with more than 90 displays for attendees to visit, network, and exchange ideas. We also featured our H2O Theater, where attendees could benefit from presentations in an informal setting. 2024 marked our first conference at the Planet Hollywood Resort in Las Vegas and we received many, many, positive comments about the venue, conference, layout, and overall experience! We are very grateful for all of those who support the IWC , most especially the members of our Executive Committee who detail the conference, and the Advisory Council who help shape the ā€œbig pictureā€ thinking each year. In addition, we are very grateful for the Session Managers, speakers, discussers for presenting the conference program. They are truly the heartbeat of the conference! Also special, thanks to all of the staff members at Planet Hollywood for looking after all of our needs. We hope to see everyone at the 2025 IWC in Orlando, Florida.

ESWP Golf Outing

Rain Rain go away (it never did), come again another day! The ESWP Golf Outing was held on Monday, September 30 at Southpointe Golf Club inĀ  a steady drizzle. Ā While the course was in terrific shape and held up well, it was a soggy day for the golfers, who played thru the rain to play all 18 holes. Thanks to all of our Sponsors, and Gift Baskets donors for making it a special day! Congratulations to our winners in golf and raffle prizes! And thanks to all of our golfers for sticking with their round of golf!

Countdown to PE Day: Let’s Celebrate on August 7!

Next month marks the ninth annual Professional Engineers Day, celebrated on August 7, 2024!

This special day is dedicated to honoring licensed professional engineers (PEs) and raising awareness about the vital role they play in safeguarding public health, safety, and welfare.

On August 8, 1907, the first professional engineering license was issued to Charles Bellamy in Wyoming. Since then, the commitment and contributions of PEs across the U.S. has continued to grow. Join us in celebrating their dedication and achievements!

Be a part of the Professional Engineers Day event on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram!

  • Post photos or videos of yourself and your team of PEs on social media with #LicensedPEday.
  • Film your childā€™s response to the question, “What does a professional engineer do?”
  • Educate your colleagues about the importance of the PE license.
  • Share your reasons for becoming a PE on social media using #LicensedPEday.
  • Give special recognition to PEs in your workplace and share your reasons for hiring PEs.

PA Brownfields Conference Highlights

The 2024 Pennsylvania Brownfields Conference was held from March 25 to the 27th at the Penn Stater Conference Center in State College, PA.

With nearly 400 registrants in the conference, we started with the EPA Grant Writing workshop, followed by the CABIN Summit on Monday afternoon. Extras at the conference included a flyfishing expedition that received many very favorable comments. Monday evenings Welcome Reception was held at the Axemann Brewery and provided a great networking opportunity for the attendees after a four year hiatus from the previous conference. Tuesday and Wednesday were filled with multiple breakout sessions that were all very well attended – thanks to all of the presenters in the sessions for providing great content. In addition, there were several plenary sessions where speakers from EPA, and DEP, provided keynote comments. We also featured two lunchtime plenary sessions with book author Joel Burcat, and Matt Ward that were well attended, and well received! Thanks to our exhibitors and sponsors for making this a very successful Brownfield Conference! Presentations, where permitted, can be viewed on the Program page found here: https://eswp.com/brownfields/program/

We hope to see you all again at a future PA Brownfields Conference!

ESWP Engineering Awards Banquet News

The 140th ESWP Annual Banquet was held on March 21 with more than 525 guests!

It was a fantastic night, recognizing many of the outstanding engineering projects in the region and individuals who contribute to them! We thank all who attended and again extend congratulations to all the Award Recipients. For a full list of the awards, please visit: https://eswp.com/annual-events/annual-awards/