2026 College Scholarships

The Board of Directors is excited to give scholarships to High School Students in New York City. Please forward the applications to any students who may be interested to apply. Please contact Erich Arcement (erich@ecreative.nyc) for details. The deadline of the...

2023 Mathcounts Competition

The Mathcounts Competition is back in person!. A group of volunteers from our chapter (see photo below) helped with the grading yesterday.  Competition took place at the Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus in Upper West Side. We hope more volunteers can join us...

Engineering Study

Dr. Shaista Khilji and Rachael Flores at George Washington University are conducting a survey about how people feel their identities are included among those they work with and how that inclusion leads to their level of well-being at work. This survey is not sponsored...

Passing of Howard Blitman, PE, F.NSPE

We are sad to announce the passing of our Chapter member and past president Howard Blitman PE, F.NSPE, at the age of 94. Howard was a member of NYSSPE for nearly 60 years. He served as our Chapter President in 1974-75 and as President of NYSSPE in 1978-79. He then...

Passing of Ed Finfer, PE

We learned recently that our valued member Ed Finfer, PE, passed away last year at the age of 91. Ed joined our society in 1958. He spent his career working for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection. Ed was a regular attendee at our monthly Chapter...

Chapter Awards Scholarships to High School Students

Encouraging students to study engineering is a primary mission of the New York City Chapter of the New York State Society of Professional Engineers (NYSSPE). To fulfil our mission we maintain a Scholar Awards program which is comprised of two different awards. This...