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> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu 
> [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Gerhard Fiedler
> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 6:58 PM
> To: piclist@mit.edu
> Subject: Re: [OT] What Makes an Engineer Succesful
> 
> William ChopsWestfield wrote:
> 
> >> But I don't think [a German degree] isrecognized for anything
> >> formal -- anything where a degree is really /required/.
> > 
> > You keep talking about those positions, but I don't know 
> that I've ever
> > seen such a position in the US within the realm of EE/CS, except for
> > university professors...  
> 
> IANL, but here 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Engineer they say:
> 

Comments on PE licensing, since it was brought up. http://www.ncees.org/
is the organization which handles most (all?) EIT and PE testing in the
US.  It has plenty of information on the process and links to all of the
state licensing boards.

I just got notice that I passed the FE exam that I took last April,
which makes me an Engineer-in-Training.  As much as anything I took it
as a mental exercise, just to see if I could, almost 30 years after my
BSEE degree.  Was interesting, as probably the oldest person sitting in
the exam room with ~50 undergraduates - many didn't seem well prepared.
I hadn't prepared as well as I thought I should, but the test really
turned out to be pretty straightforward.

The part I don't understand is the low pass rates (posted on the ncees
site) for EE's, just about the lowest of all disciplines.  Overall the
pass rates for the FE and PE exams are only about 2/3, so the exams
really aren't a walk.  Maybe the EE's tend to slack more in the
mechanical, chemical and other subjects that are on the general part of
the exam.

At the moment I'm filling out the application for the PE exam.  I might
as well since I've come this far.  Employer pays for it anyway.
Although, I have never had a need for a PE, or even known an EE PE.  The
prestige thing may be part of it, but who knows?  It might be handy to
have in the future.

Gary Crowell
Micron Technology


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