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I have a hypothetical question. For the sake of argument, let's assume that I have a PE Civil license in California. If I 1) possess an active California PE Civil license, 2) have already passed the 16-hour SE Exam, 3) am a licensed Structural Engineer in another state and 4) have the...

I've never seen where a state allows you to substitute time spent in a Masters program on a 1:1 basis for work experience. I *have* seen many states that will reduce your required work experience by 1 year after you have completed a Masters degree, but it's a mistake to assume that time spent...

Per chance, your background isn't in structural engineering, is it? Has the Illinois PE Board dinged anything specific to your degree program, or is it more a matter that you don't (yet) have the 8 years experience?

We were not required to take the FE exam, but our student ASCE chapter encouraged it for graduating seniors. When I took the FE, it fell on the Saturday smack in the middle of final exams. I recall a couple of my peers complaining to one professor, "How are we suppose to study for the final...

Kentucky does not have SE licensure, nor does Kentucky issue discipline-specific licenses (e.g. PE Civil). If you're doing structural design, I would indicate "structural". No need to confuse NCEES exams with licenses issued by the state.

Right. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. Most lay people (esp. condominium associations, in my experience) don't want to recognize that a building is an organism that needs to be maintained, and that this maintenance costs money. I think current media reports unecessarily feed fear to...

This is exactly why I don't want to speculate at this point. The news media, which reports to the ignorant general public, has speculation all over the place, which may or may not make sense. Not that the media or lay people care about drawing accurate conclusions. I think that having...

I would have to agree. I've testified in state court in North Carolina, and providing a professional engineering opinion falls under the realm of Practicing Engineering. When you testify as an expert witness in engineering, you are most certainly representing yourself to the public as an...

In my experience investigating damage to structures, there are usually at least three contributory factors. Structures have sufficient redundancy and factors of safety to withstand one (or maybe two) adverse conditions, but there is usually a third that tips the scales, so to speak. This is...

Have at it! I consider that analogy to be public domain. Given the direct assaults that professional licensure has faced in recent years (including this specific case), and that so many of us have spent months and years in agony trying to meet the recognized standard of Professional (and/or...

I think the appropriate question to ask here is, "Would you let a medical school graduate perform surgery on you?" Engineering is not a democracy. The general public isn't entitled to an engineering opinion*. I'm not an attorney, but I don't know how precedent in Oregon state law has any...

I'm not an attorney, but I have been deposed a few times, and have testified in a couple of trials. To my knowledge, there isn't anything that prevents a contractor from testifying as an expert witness, but his testimony would be limited to his professional experience. A contractor cannot...

The old Structural I exam incorporated both vertical and lateral elements, but did not have the emphasis on high-seismic design that the SE Lateral exam does. It was similar to the other PE exams in that it consisted of 80 multiple choice questions in 8 hours, but unlike the Civil: Structural...

Understood, but a PE license is not an SE license. Likewise, PE license + SE exam =/= SE license. In general, you aren't eligible for comity licensure as an SE until you have an active SE license. You'll be applying for an initial SE license (in whichever state you choose) and will need to...

Reciprocity? Don't you need to have an initial license before you can file for licensure by reciprocity/comity/endorsement? Congratulations on your successful result.

Congratulations to all who received "Acceptable" results. For those who didn't--get 'em in October!

You don't pass the SE Exam unless you've achieved a result of "Acceptable" on both exams.

Illinois releases its exam results through CTS, who receives the results from NCEES. If you have achieved a result of "Acceptable" on both exams, IDFPR will email you a link to download your license. I first found out my results, however, via IDFPR License Lookup, which displayed a license...

That means we're very close to seeing the release of results!

Note that AISC 341--the real meat and potatoes of the Seismic Design Manual--is available as a free download: https://www.aisc.org/globalassets/aisc/publications/standards/aisc-341-16_january-2020.pdf Personally, I found the examples in the print version of the SDM to be invaluable for...