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acs wrote:
> 
> Brian <byeag@umr.edu> wrote in article <33EF3AC5.F4C38288@umr.edu>...
> > EricJNK wrote:
> >
> > >  Yes, I sure can't understand how a salesman becomes "sales engineer".
> > >
> > > Why do we, real engineer, allow our title, "engineer",  to become so
> > > cheap and degenerated to a BS joke? I guess that explain why the
> > > typical engineers are said to be a bunch of entroverts and nerds.
> >
> > Look, if you do not have PE after your title, you are not a "real"
> > engineer.  A BS alone in an engineering field does not qualify you to be
> > an engineer.

Yes it does. Many fields of engineering have nothing to do with being
a PE. For example, a PE doen't help you get a job designing digital
computer hardware, nor is it even a consideration. A BSEE with
emphasis on digital hardware design does get you a job designing
digital hardware.

> 
> As I understand things all  a PE license allows one to refer to himself as
> a "Professional
> Engineer".

If I remember correctly, you now have to be a degreed engineer before
getting a PE, at least in the USA.

>  A university degree in engineering allows one to refer to
> himself as a "branch Engineer" where the branch may be Mechanical, Civil,
> Electrical, Aerospace, etc..

Umm, actually, I believe we simply call them "degreed engineers" and
then determine if they have a BS, MS, or PHD.

> 
> Therefore in my opinion if someone has a degree in engineering whether or
> not they have passed a PE exam they deserve to be called an engineer, but
> not a Professional Engineer.

Yes, but you still need a PHD to be called a Dr.

> 
> Brian R.
> BSME, BSEE, MSME, PE, SE, Mr.  (since you guys seem so hung up on titles)

Professional Student? <G>


Later,

	Kevin