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Mike, and others who responded to this thread,

I agree with Mike and the others that a PE is essential when you
are consulting.  The PE implies to the general public that you
a competent in your profession (like the MD for doctors, DDS
for dentist, VMD for vetinarians).

As a general rule, civil engineers are the type of engineers that
the general public interfaces with the most: consulting firms,
city engineers, county engineers, etc.  That is why the majority
of the exams takers are civil engineers.

I am a civil engineer and I am glad to see mechanical, electrica
and other engineering disciplines get their professional
engineering registration.

Regards to all,
Martina L. Moore, PE

Mike Trimble wrote:
> 
> In article <33EFA007.499@ll.mit.edu>, mmacdon@ll.mit.edu eloquently stated...
> >
> >Brian wrote:
> >>
> >> 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.
> >
> >Does this make me a "sissy" engineer? ;)
> >
> >I'll put a PE after my title when it makes some sense for me to do so.
> >When I took the FE exam, most of the people I saw were civil engineers
> >who were there because the PE is an important credential in that field.
> >I half expect that if I were to take the PE exam in Electrical
> >Engineering, this Microwave/Infrared guy would spend a lot of time
> >boning up on the intricacies of Wye-connected and delta-connected power
> >systems, since PE's in electrical engineering seem to be concentrated in
> >the power systems field.  The PE may make sense for consultants, but
> >even then education and experience are the best indicators of ability.
> >
> >--
> >Mike MacDonald, MIT Lincoln Laboratory          mmacdon@ll.mit.edu
> >** The views expressed here are not those of Lincoln Laboratory. **
> 
> I concur that the P.E. is an ESSENTIAL credential in the consulting field.
> While the the civil engineer is heavily represented in the consulting
> engineering profession, there are also a great number of mechanical and
> electrical engineers.  Even in industry and education, obtaining professional
> registration in ones field makes good sense.  Particularly in education:  In
> college, invariably my best professors were P.E.'s with several years of life
> experience to relate to their students.  A pound of theory is fine, but I'll
> take an ounce of life experience in a heartbeat.
> 
> As for education being one of the BEST indicators of ability,  do not delude
> yourself and stick to experience.  I have met numerous non-degreed technical
> personnel that far outshined their graduate-engineer supervisors (yes, one was
> even from MIT).
> 
> Perhaps registration is not a requirement for your continued professional
> growth.  However, the exams are not that tough and (in my opinion) anyone
> incapable of passing a P.E. exam has no business calling themselves an
> engineer.
> 
> M.L. Trimble, P.E.
> Licensed to practice engineering in the states of Missouri and Illinois.
> (Someday I'll get it right!)
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