Re: who is the real "engineer"? ( was Re: who can be called "Dr."/"physician")

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From: acs
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 00:00

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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.

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

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.

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

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Subject: Re: who is the real "engineer"? ( was Re: who can be called "Dr."/"physician")
Date: 1997/08/19
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