[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Arfcom Engineers Check-in (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 12/21/2008 2:58:24 PM EDT
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I know of a few engineers here. How many P.E.'s? Students can list anticipated grad dates.
B.S. Civil Engineer (Spring 2010) |
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B.S. Aerospace Engineering with Honors, UIUC 2008.
But fuck aero. I'm a software engineer. After the hell on earth that was the last 2 years of undergrad studies, I would rather work retail or food service full-time than get a real aero job. (Fortunately, I don't ever forsee that having to come into play.) ETA - Not a PE, if that's all you were asking. Not of terribly much use in my field. |
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One year since graduation with my BSME. One year into my MSME. Would like to work on my PE, but so far I have no one to work under with their PE. When I did the PE thing, (in Florida) I "only" had to find a PE who was aware of the work I was doing and was willing to write a sponsoring letter. Since I worked for a reasonably large company, finding a sucker wasn't too difficult, and more than a few cups of coffee got me the letter I needed. Once I got the PE, I found myself writing sponsoring letters for engineers that were years my senior and much higher in the organization (it didn't take much) than I. I realize that these requirements vary by state, and things could have tightened up considerably since my experience. I can only recommend taking the FE exam ASAP after graduation, and the PE exam as soon as you're elegible. I took the FE (it was then called EIT) the day after I graduated, and the PE exam a week after I got my masters. A wait of a couple of years for each, and I wouldn't have had a chance without a LOT of relearning. |
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BS in Civil
Got my PE last year Now that I got my license and have the technical skills/education on how to design, it seems that I only get to manage/supervise the designers. I enjoyed my job a lot more when I was a lowly tech heavy in design, but the pay is better now. 
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B.S. Aerospace Engineering with Honors, UIUC 2008. But fuck aero. I'm a software engineer. After the hell on earth that was the last 2 years of undergrad studies, I would rather work retail or food service full-time than get a real aero job. (Fortunately, I don't ever forsee that having to come into play.) ETA - Not a PE, if that's all you were asking. Not of terribly much use in my field. LOL! Similar story as mine BS in Aero Eng, '93 UofM (go blue!). Went straight into InfoTech, Network Engineering.  been berry berry good to me. 
ETA - now you should ask everyone to submit handwriting samples. I wonder what % write in ALL CAPS>? lol! |
ChemE/Engineering Physics double major.
I transferred from a community college to CU Boulder with all of my Calc, Gen Chem, and General Physics out of the way. However, despite all of the credit I transferred, my school has a 4 year Chemical Engineering course sequence, so I'm here for the duration and decided to do a double major. I can double count ChemE classes as engineering physics electives and my physics classes as ChemE electives, so while it's quite a bit of extra work, I'm can do it without taking more than 15 credits per semester for the rest of the time I'm here. Eventually, I want to get into my school's chemical phyiscs program to do nanotechnology research, so it kinda all fits together in the end. I just need to get my GPA up. 
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BSME (SP 2010) from OSU. MSME where?
Also, what use is a PE to an ME? I was sort of under the impression it was something for CEs primarily. I'm interested in automotive/motorsports if it matters. You're right. P.E. licensure is for those who interact with the public directly (signing public documents). For CEs its a definite career boost. |
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BS EET from Purdue in 2004. Company I Co-Oped for figured out that that I was a mechanical guy with an electrical degree, and hired me full time as a ME/systems guy. I've been a ME for the last 5 years. Got laid off from there after 2 years, then hired on as a ME where I currently work, 3 years ago.
Mike |
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BSME 2002 MSME 2004 I just got my test results for the principals and practice exam last Tuesday and I passed! So I'll officially be a PE as soon as the state sends my certificate. Could you give me some guidance on the PE thing, specifically if I would want to do it or not? |
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BSME 2002 MSME 2004 I just got my test results for the principals and practice exam last Tuesday and I passed! So I'll officially be a PE as soon as the state sends my certificate. Could you give me some guidance on the PE thing, specifically if I would want to do it or not? I really depends on the type of work you do/where you work. I work for a consulting company, and they encourage us to get PEs, since PE=higher charge out rate and it looks good for them to say there are x number of PEs on staff. Also we have been doing a bunch of ASME B&PVC analysis/calculations which need to be stamped. It was also my personal goal as well. |
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ME dropout ~ 1986. Felt the need to serve in the Army. Anyhow to this day I do write in all caps... drafting was of course still manual then. We still do learn manual drafting, but I don't write in all caps. I catch myself writing my name in all caps once in a while, though. In fact, all the drafting that is taught to an undergrad ME at OSU is in a single quarter which they learn manual drafting and CAD (specifically, Autodesk Inventor). Students typically learn more advanced drafting (almost all do by the time they graduate) through self-teaching, on the job (most common), student project teams, or class projects. |