August 2 is Professional Engineers Day, marking the issuance of the first professional engineering license 110 years ago. The day celebrates licensed professional engineers across the U.S. who have made a commitment to protect and advance the public health, safety, and welfare of our communities. A spokesperson for CIRCA Interactive, a higher education digital-marketing firm, writes that environmental engineering in particular has shaped our modern world with respect to health and welfare in how we use energy and care for our habitats.
She writes, “Environmental engineers continue to test various forms of energy to improve the sustainability of our society.” An infographic courtesy of the New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Online Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree program further explores the benefits of renewable energy sources and prospects for the future. It appears at the end of this post.
Renewable energy garners headlines (see, for example, “Wind farms may boost Iowa’s agricultural farms,” “United States wind-power capacity surges,” “Iowa got 31.3% of its electricity from wind in 2015,” “I-V characterization of solar cells and panels using a source-measure unit,” “Tesla Motors looks to acquire Solar City to form vertically integrated energy company”), but you may be less aware of the environmental impacts of tourism along the coastlines. “Due to tourism and transportation technology, our coastlines around the world are becoming immensely damaged,” writes the CIRCA Interactive spokesperson. An infographic created by Ohio University’s Online Master of Science in Civil Engineering program has the details. You can see it here.
And here is the renewable-energy infographic:
