PENC Charlotte Chapter Meeting

Date: Monday, December 1, 2025

Location: Dilworth Neighborhood Grille
911 East Morehead Street
Charlotte, NC 28204

Networking: 6:00 – 6:30 pm
Meeting: 6:30 – 7:30 pm
PDH: 1 - Hour

Registration fee: $35

Professional Ethics: The Moral Roadmap for Engineers
Ethical decision-making lies at the heart of engineering practice. Every project—large or small—depends on the judgment, integrity, and accountability of those who design and deliver it. In this session, we’ll explore what it means to act ethically when no one is watching and how our professional choices reflect the values that define the engineering community.

The presentation will highlight the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) Code of Ethics and the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors (NCBELS) requirements for licensed professionals. Through real-world case studies and NSPE Board of Ethical Review decisions, participants will analyze situations that test professional judgment and discuss how to apply ethical principles in practice. Attendees will leave with practical insight into upholding public trust, promoting fairness, and strengthening their own moral framework as engineers. 

Edith Peter, PE, Senior Transportation Manager
Edith Peters is a Senior Transportation Manager at Freese and Nichols (FNI). Edith joined FNI in January 2023 in Charlotte. Edith calls Charlotte home, having lived here for over 20 years. She received her bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from UNC Charlotte in 2007 and has spent her career in consulting.

Edith has a strong background performing transportation planning, traffic engineering, and transportation design. Her project experience includes traffic forecasting, traffic capacity analysis, roadway design, streetscape design, multi-use path and greenway design, traffic control, signing and delineation, NEPA planning and documentation, public involvement, and feasibility studies. Edith currently serves on the WTS Charlotte Metro Chapter Board, the WTS Southeast Region Council, and serves as the ACEC/NCDOT Transportation Conference Committee Co-Chair.

Outside of work, Edith enjoys spending time with loved ones and traveling. So far, she has been to 36 states and 17 countries.