Recent content by MI-Roger

As a recenty retired PE, I strongly recommend initiating your NCEES Record early in your career, and then updating it regularly throughout your working years.

Michigan revised License Numbers sometime in the past decade, going from a 5-digit to a 10-digit format. Then in Spring of 2022 a rule was passed requiring all Michigan licensed Engineers to have a stamp or seal displaying the Licensee's new 10-digit license number within two years, Spring of...

I would be cautious with use of the term Decoupled. Michigan recently revised the Professional Engineer Licensing Requirements, and via my reading of the new Regulations which are sitting next to me on my desk as I type this, the State no longer specifies when the applicant may take the exam...

Heads up to all Michigan License holders. Michigan Dept of Licensing changed the requirements for PE Seals / Stamps effective today. All licensees must obtain a compliant Stamp / Seal within 24 months. That deadline is before my current license expires! The new design is even less impressive...

I have always found it unusual that Wyoming was the first State to issue the PE. That being said, I learned 40 years ago from a very senior PE that when he obtained his Michigan license he only needed to drive to the State Capital with his College Diploma, sign his name in a Ledger Book, and pay...

Old timer here. I graduated in '79 after taking the FE exam in my final semester and doing respectable on it. I sat for Part II in '83 and scored embarrassingly poor although I passed. So......some (or many) of us who passed just squeaked by. I don't know the current scoring requirements for a...

I sat for the exam in December 2017 before the PMI invented the additional certification of Agile. My recommended study method; used by myself and two of my Managers after I passed on the first try, it as follows: 1) Obtain a copy of the current Rita MacCauley (sp?) PMP Study Guide, 600-800...

I have been licensed in my home State of Michigan since 1983. Renewals every two years since then. Everyone's renewal date was October 31st. This year I completed my 30 hours of CEU''s in September, so I immediately renewed my License for another two years. My renewal date is now September...

I use PDH Direct to acquire my on-line renewal credits. They are based in Florida and licensed/approved as a provider of on-line PE Renewal PDH's in many States, including my home state of Michigan. Cost is around $100 (with a discount code) for one year's access to their training catalog...

Some client companies are now expecting/demanding their Consultant Firms supply individuals with the PMP Certification. Hopefully your employer will pay for the cost of Certification. Fees imposed by PMI (Project Management Institute) are high, PMI makes major revisions to their "Book Of...

I have my OSHA 30 Certificate.  At the time I received this certification my licensing authority, the state of Michigan, did not require PDH accrual for relicensing so I did not use it. 

I have accounts with both EZ-PDH.com and PDHdirect .com EZ-PDH requires you to identify the specific courses you plan to take at time of purchase. This is a PITA with my employer's purchasing system, and does not allow a licensee to drop a class without potential penalty after realizing...

I received an email from a former co-worker today.  He renewed his license in October of 2018 and received a letter from the State of Michigan, dated January 15th, informing him that he was selected to have his PDH accumulation for the Nov 2016 thru Oct 2018 period audited. What I found...

My very first calculator, A Unicom 202SR made by Rockwell International   It was ordered (scientific calculators were so rare and expensive that stores did not stock them!) in early 1974 while a High School Senior.  I think it was a 6 week waiting period until it arrived.  Cost was $150-$175. ...

TI-56  I brought mine and my wife's matching calculators to the exam, along with a spare battery pack since batteries did not last too long back in those days. I bet you thought I wouldn't remember!