Learning Objective: Examine the methods and reasoning for obtaining the professional engineer license A professional engineer (P.E.) is a person who is licensed to practice engineering in a particular state or U.S. territory after meeting all the requirements of the law. This seminar will give you the information you need to obtain the professional licensure and an understanding of the responsibilities that must be fulfilled to keep it. At the end of this seminar, participants will be able to: a. Understand the reasoning behind being a licensed professional engineer. b. Identify the procedures for completing the licensed professional engineer registration process. c. Identify the responsibilities for maintaining the professional engineer license. d. Outline the Principles of Standard Care.

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2. BEYA 2312
Licensure as a Professional Engineer
Its Value and the Steps to Take

3. Welcome
• Introductions
• What is a Professional Engineer
• What makes a Professional Engineer
different from an engineer
• How do you become a Licensed
Professional Engineer
• Why you should want to be a
Professional Engineer

4. Expectations for thisSeminar
• Understand the reasoning behind
being a Licensed Professional Engineer
• Identify the procedures for completing
the Licensed Professional Engineer
Registration Process
• Identify the responsibilities for
maintaining the Professional Engineer
License
• Outline the Principles of Standard Care

5. Introduction
• Commander LaKeeva Brooks
Gunderson, P.E.
• North Carolina A&T State University,
BSCE
• North Carolina State University, MSCE
• Member National Society of
Professional Engineers
• Operations Officer for Marine Corps
Installations, Naval Facilities Engineering

6. Introduction
• C. Eric Fonville, P.E.
• University of Michigan, BSCE, MSCE
• Member National Society of
Professional Engineers
• NSPE Chapter Past-President, Flint MI,
YEoY, EoY
• General Motors – Boss Kettering Award
• Twenty United State Patents
• 2020 BEYA – Research Leadership

7. What is a Professional Engineer?
A professional engineer (P.E.) is a person
who is licensed to practice engineering in
a particular state or US territory after
meeting all requirements of law. To
practice in multiple states or territories,
the P.E. must be licensed in each state in
which he or she wishes to practice.

8. What makes a Professional Engineer different from an engineer?
• Only a licensed engineer may prepare,
sign and seal, and submit engineering
plans and drawings to a public
authority for approval, or seal
engineering work for public and private
clients.
• PEs shoulder the responsibility for not
only their work, but also for the lives
affected by that work and must hold

9. How do you become a Licensed Professional Engineer?
• Earn a four-year degree in engineering
from an ABET accredited engineering
program
• Fundamentals of Engineering
Examination
• Four years of acceptable, progressive,
and verifiable work experience in the
industry.
• Principles and Practice of Engineering

10. NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Examination
The FE exam is generally your first step in
the process to becoming a professional
licensed engineer (P.E.). It is designed for
recent graduates and students who are
close to finishing an undergraduate
engineering degree from an EAC/ABET
accredited program.

11. NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Examination
The FE exam includes 110-questions. The
exam appointment time is 6 hours long
and includes
• Nondisclosure agreement (2 minutes)
• Tutorial (8 minutes)
• Exam (5 hours and 20 minutes)
• Scheduled break (25 minutes)

12. NCEES Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) Examination
• The PE exam is designed to test for a
minimum level of competency in a
particular engineering discipline. It is
designed for engineers who have
gained a minimum of four years of
work experience in their chosen
engineering discipline.
• There are currently 16 discipline-specific
exams (Agricultural and Biological

13. Four Years of Qualifying Work Experience
• After successfully passing the exam,
candidates must demonstrate
qualifying engineering experience by
apprenticing under a PE for four years.
• The work needs to demonstrate that
the applicant is a technically skilled
engineer, displays a wide range of
professional characteristics:
independent decision-making, personal

14. NCEES Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) Examination(typical)
The exam includes 80 questions. The
exam appointment time is 9 hours and
includes
• Nondisclosure agreement (2 minutes)
• Tutorial (8 minutes)
• Exam (8 hours)
• Scheduled break (50 minutes)

15. NCEES ExamineeGuide
• Go to
https://ncees.org/exams/examinee-
guide/ to obtain the latest copy of the
examination rules
• Pay careful attention to the items
allowed in the testing room
• Pay EXTRA attention to which
calculators are allowed in the testing
room

16. Whyyou should want to be a Professional Engineer
• Income - PE’s earn more and are
promoted earlier than non PE’s
• Entrepreneur - You cannot sell your
engineering services to the public
without a license
• Prestige - You stand out among your
peers with a clear accomplishment
• Flexibility - Many opportunities with
government agencies and consultants

17. Whyyou should want to be a Professional Engineer
• Service - My skill and knowledge shall
be given, without reservation, for the
public good
• Integrity - Practice integrity and fair
dealing, tolerance and respect, and to
uphold devotion to the standards and
dignity of my profession
• Career - Your opportunities will be
greater

18. Maintainingthe Professional Engineer License
• Depending on which state you are
licensed there may be up to 30 hours
of Continuing Education required every
two years
• National Society of Professional
Engineers (NSPE), publications and
member directory (national),
MathCounts (state), meetings and
seminars (chapter)

19. Outline the Principles of Standard Care
• Using knowledge, experience, and
expertise to complete a project with the
degree of care that meets
specifications, and prevent harm due to
negligence that would result in
injurious or financially damaging events
• Order of the Engineer - is an
association for graduate and
professional engineers in the US that

20. Summary
• It’s not the easiest thing that you will
ever do
• Your resume will stand out
• It will provide you additional career
opportunities
• Increased earning potential
• Belong to a licensed professional
organization
• Earn the Public Trust

21. Questions
Commander LaKeeva Brooks Gunderson,
P.E.
LaKeeva dot Gunderson at Navy dot mil
C. Eric Fonville, P.E.
Eric dot Fonville at GM dot com

22. BEYA 2312
Licensure as a Professional Engineer
Its Value and the Steps to Take