Welcome to Professional Engineers of North Carolina

Professional Engineers of North Carolina (PENC) is a professional association of over 1800 individuals including Professional Engineers, engineering interns, engineering graduates, and engineering students in nine local chapters and five university engineering programs. PENC is a state society of the National Society of Professional Engineers. Members represent all technical disciplines and all practice areas including construction, education, industry, government, and private practice.

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Engineering News

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Yellowstone's Ancient Supervolcano: Only Lukewarm?

The geysers of Yellowstone National Park owe their eistence to the "Yellowstone hotspot"--a region of molten rock buried deep beneath Yellowstone, geologists have found.

But h...

Real-World Lessons in Virtual World

It's bad enough that I haven't found a mate. I'm also hungry and I'm losing stamina. I've lost the rest of my group and a large grizzly bear has positioned himse...

DNA Barcodes: Are They Always Accurate?

DNA barcoding is a movement to catalog all life on earth by a simple standardized genetic tag, similar to stores labeling products with unique barcodes. The effort promises foolproof food insp...

Geophysicist Robert Detrick Named NSF Division Director for Earth Sciences

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Geosciences has appointed Robert Detrick of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI...

Universities Detail Declines in Federal R&D Funding for Science and Engineering Fields

Federal funding of academic science and engineering research and development (R&D) failed to outpace inflation for the second year in a row, according to recently released fiscal year (FY) 2007 data from th...