POTSDAM -- Clarkson University is offering new professional development seminars in construction engineering management featuring topics related to the construction industry in the U.S. and North America.

Top industry experts and alumni will speak weekly throughout the spring semester on a wide array of topics, from the future of transportation construction with 1978 CU graduate Joe Pulicare of Parsons Brinckerhoff, to a look into the complicated East Side Access project in Manhattan by Bill Thompson of Urban Engineers, a 1962 grad.

This is part of the master's of engineering degree in civil and environmental engineering (ME-CEE) in the construction engineering management (CEM) and the master of science in engineering management (MSEM) with construction focus programs.

Students in the 15-week course can be joined by those seeking to learn more on particular topics presented each week.

Participants can sign up for one class session at a time or for a series of sessions. Each class costs $75 for those seeking credentialing documentation. Clarkson can offer continuing education credits in civil and environmental engineering.

For more information, contact Clarkson Director of Construction Engineering Management Erik Backus at ebackus@clarkson.edu.

Registration can be done at http://cuonline.clarkson.edu/s/1680/index.aspx?sid=1680&gid=2&pgid=1572&content_id=1577.