The Engineers' Extra
The Raleigh Engineers Club (REC) has been in existence since 1926. The club seeks to promote the Engineering field through monthly technical meetings and support of those pursuing a future in the Engineering discipline. We award an annual scholarship to a Raleigh area graduating high school senior to enter the school of engineering at NC State. Our members have a diverse background of engineering disciplines and represent several companies and government agencies located in the Raleigh area.
The Raleigh Engineers Club
Join the Raleigh Engineers Club!
Annual membership is only $35. Our goal is to provide interesting and technically-oriented programs to its members, offer licensed members an opportunity for continuing education credits, and award a semester of tuition to a deserving, graduating Raleigh area high school senior choosing engineering as a career at NC State. Membership is available to anyone working in support of the engineering profession. You do not have to be an engineer. Download an application here and email the completed application to secretary@raleighengineersclub.org. We'll get you on the mailing list right away!
The Raleigh Engineers Club has monthly lunch meetings that cover engineering topics of interest to all types of engineers and people interested in engineering activities regardless of discipline. The Raleigh Engineers Club is a NC Board of Registration for Engineers Certified provider of professional development hours (PDH credits) for licensed engineers. Eleven meetings are held annually with one set aside for scholarship awards and updates on successes of engineering graduates from NCSU. So ten professional development hours are provided each year. Note that you do not need to be a licensed engineer or a graduate engineer to be a member! View our Constitution and Bylaws !
George Sharpe, PE
2024 Club President
PROGRAM
November 18, 2024
12:00 PM - 1:00PM
Balancing Competing Priorities: Some Challenges in the Development of Environmental Regulations
with
Michael Ellison
Environmental Management Commission
Environmental Consultant
Michael Ellison will present an overview of the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission's charge with promulgating rules that protect public health and the environment. Threading the needles between benefits, cost and statewide fairness often presents challenges for this voluntary body, and those challenges substantially increase with the external forces of political agendas, complex and uncertain science, and potentially massive economic consequences come to bear. This presentation will provide an overview of the rule making process with some context from on-going work to regulate emerging contaminant (PFAs, I, 4 Dioxane).
Michael Ellison has over thirty years of experience as an environmental consultant, ecosystem restoration contractor, and government bureaucrat. He has completed over 300 projects to restore streams, wetlands, forests, and prairies in thirty other states and the District of Columbia. Michael served as the Director of the NC Division of Mitigation Services and was the delegated trustee authority for Natural Resource Damage litigation in North Carolina. He also received gubernatorial appointments to the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Board and the Governor's Advisory Commission on Coastal Protection, Restoration and Conservation, providing oversight and executive direction for the utilization of funds from the BP Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage settlement and the RESTORE Act. In 2023 the North Carolina Senate appointed Michael to a four year term on the Environmental Management Commission. Today he sometimes wonders if that was such a good idea.
This program provides 1 pdh credit for licensed engineers.
Announcements
- Secretary, Chelsea Parkinson, on Maternity Leave - Chelsea will be going out on maternity leave in September for the rest of 2024. You will receive these emails from Mark Reep at mreep@wrallp.com
- Scholarship Donations - Each year we offer one scholarship for one semester of NCSU tuition paid to one Wake County high school graduate who is entering their Freshman year at NCSU and have been accepted into the College of Engineering. The success of our scholarship depends on your donations. If you would like to donate, you can do so through our Eventbrite or on any meeting event or anytime on our 2025 Raleigh Engineers Club Membership Dues Event.
- 2025 Membership Dues - You can pay for your 2025 dues starting today. The promo code for free webinars is included in your confirmation email of your paid dues. Click on this link to pay now if you are not already registering for this webinar.
- The Raleigh Engineers Club is continuing to offer free webinars to their members. The non-member webinar fee is $10 + taxes and fees.
Spring 2025 Engineering & Design Career Fair
Wednesday, February 12th 2025, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm EST
9101 Fayetteville Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27603
Wake Tech Community College cordially invites you to participate in the free Engineering & Design Career Fair
200+ students typically attend within the following disciplines:
Architecture
Civil Engineering
Geomatics
Mechanical Engineering
Engineering College Transfer
Interior Design
Construction Management
Electronics Engineering
Manufacturing.
A 6 foot table and breakfast are provided.
Registration link: https://bit.ly/48k2HnO