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emplOyer prOfIle NCEES: Advancing Licensure for Engineers d o you know any engineers who own their own firm? Perform consulting work? Bid for government contracts? Sign and seal designs? If you do, you might notice a two-letter title that appears after their names: P.E. P.E. stands for Professional Engineer. It’s a designation that indicates that someone has met a series of stringent requirements and is qualified to protect the public’s health, safety and welfare through his or her professional expertise. A P.E. has graduated from an accredited degree program, passed two exams (the FE and the PE) and worked under the supervision of another P.E. for at least four years. As you can imagine, engineers who have a P.E. license are proud of this accomplishment. It gives them professional prestige. It stands out on a résumé. It leads to a wealth of career opportunities — running a firm, for instance — that otherwise wouldn’t be available. Oh yeah, one other thing: a P.E. usually commands a higher salary than unlicensed colleagues. of state licensing boards throughout the country and provide services that help licensed engineers continue to advance their careers. We also write, administer and score the FE and PE exams for engineers who seek to become Professional Engineers. NCEES is an organization made up of and designed for Professional Engineers. The people who determine the requirements for licensure are all licensed P.E.s themselves. Throughout the year, Professional Engineers from around the United States gather at NCEES headquarters to develop the FE and PE exams. They are passionate about what they do, because they are proud of their profession. SPONSOr OF ENGiNEErS WEEK COALiTiON DiVErSiTY COUNCiL NCEES is proud to be the sponsor of the Engineers Week Coalition Diversity Council. In this capacity, we work with organizations to better themselves, their members and society through engineering licensure. “The Diversity Council is excited to work in partnership with NCEES as association lead for the 2013 Engineers Week, to promote the importance of participation of underrepresented groups in the professional engineering licensure process,” says Michael D. Smith, D.Eng., deputy executive director of Internal Operations for the National GEM Consortium. “Just as there is a critical need to graduate many more STEM professionals in the next decade,” he adds, “it remains an imperative to ensure that the pool of professional engineers prepared to meet the technological challenges of tomorrow is as diverse as the nation we represent.” ■ www.nsbe.org ABOUT NCEES NCEES is the organization that helps set the standards for licensure. We coordinate the efforts 54 • CAREER ENGINEER • winter 2013 • http://www.nsbe.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NSBE - Winter 2013

NSBE - Winter 2013
Contents
Graduation! Pump Up the Party
Clean Up Your Digital Brand
Reelected
ITW’s Dr. Alexander Anim- Mensah
Steven Henderson of Life Technologies
Patricia Edmonds of NAVAIR
Franklin E. Leaven Jr. of GE Transportation
General Mills: Winning through Diversity
Eye of the Tiger
39TH ANNUAL CONVENTION PREVIEW
Golden Torch Honorees
The Professional’s Perspective
Trailblazers
Professional Development Conference Recap
CE Cover CODE2040: Grooming Business Leaders in Silicon Valley
Uhuru: Freedom
‘To Increase the Number…’
NSBE Calendar
NCEES Employer Profile
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NSBE - Winter 2013