• DocumentCode
    1523450
  • Title

    To PE or not to PE: the Sequel

  • Author

    Barrett, Steven F. ; Thornton, Mitchell A.

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    62
  • Lastpage
    65
  • Abstract
    Many engineers practice in areas that affect the public health, safety, and welfare, and each US jurisdiction (states and territories) has licensing laws to ensure that these engineers meet some level of minimal competence. Such competence might be defined as the minimum threshold of knowledge to ensure protection of the public. This licensing process wasn´t designed to grade a candidate´s ability, but rather to determine if the candidate exceeds the threshold of minimal competence.
  • Keywords
    legislation; professional aspects; US jurisdiction; licensing laws; licensing process; professional engineer; public health; Design engineering; Documentation; Ear; Ethics; Licenses; Mathematics; Process design; Protection; Public healthcare; Testing; certification; licensure; professional engineer;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computing in Science & Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1521-9615
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCSE.2010.90
  • Filename
    5492951
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1523450