Recent content by YaGoof

You are aware of the fact that NSPE has online boards..... "Networking Opportunities Through Interest Groups, online forums, and live events, members can reach engineers across the country and in their local area." so its ok to network through an online board with NSPE, but this board is not...

Firstly, to the suggestion that this is quid pro quo. “Quid pro quo” suggests that without satisfactory verification that I would endorse someone else. I find that offensive. I would NEVER engage in quid pro quo. If after an extended discussion via phone, exchange of work materials and face to...

Sorry, man. I can't read numbers to save my life.

I apologize if you are offended... I'm certainly not suggesting that potential references base their decisions "only through the internet". I certainly wouldn't be comfortable with it. Imagine making a hiring decision solely on a resume.... However, honesty is the best policy and by clearly...

I called NCEES yesterday. They said that the only requirement is that the character reference have a license and not be related to you. There is no requirement on state, although it is reasonable to assume that it is easier to find PEs in your own state that half a world away....

I think my point is, this is protacted discussion with no ending, because any argument will rely, by default, on anectodal evidence. There are excellent engineers that are born and educated abroad or in the US and there are some really bad engineers that are born and educated abroad or in the...

Ludwig Von Prandtl - father of boundary layer theory - used on wing design and on countless real fluid mechanics and heat transfer problems Osborne Reynolds - father of laminar/turbulent theory - developed the Reynold number Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain - fathers of the gas turbine engine...

Folks, I am starting this topic for those who wish to establish an NCEES record and need references. I propose we use this topic to discuss our backgrounds and experience, so we can confidently support each other. Not sure how we can provide each other with names, so maybe a more senior member...

That's fair, given that we live in a global economy. But tell me what percentage? Is it a requirement that US engineering students learn Japanese/German/French/Portuguese/Mandarin Chinese? How many German/French/Japanese engineers speak English? I'd venture to guess its a hell of a lot more...

Anecdotal evidence on engineers is not particularly useful....... How 'bout these macro-scale comparison: Rolls Royce vs. GE Aircraft Engines vs. Pratt and Whitney Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, BMW vs. Toyota, Honda, Hyundai vs. Ford, GM vs. Fiat, Ferarri Boeing vs. Airbus Candair vs. Embraer...

Do your references have to be in MN? If you are using the NCEES record program it doesn't look like it.

If you perform a standard 95% confidence interval on pass rates, the range is 59%-72% -- meaning analyzing pass rate data is like analyzing noise.

Thanks, but I already answered my own question. See one response above.

interesting ME dropped from 82% (April 2009) to 69% (October 2009).

University of Iowa. Professor Christoph Beckermann