Engineering

NCEES urges P.E. seals for tower crane foundation designs

September 13, 2010

The following letter was submitted to Engineering News-Record (ENR) in response to their recent coverage of tower crane accidents in the construction industry. ENR’s August 16 article, “Gutsy Builder Took…

FE, FS exams to begin gradual move to computer-based format

August 27, 2010

Computer-Based Testing, Engineering, Exams, FE Exam, FS Exam, News, Surveying

The state licensing boards that compose NCEES, the organization that develops and administers the exams used for engineering and surveying licensure throughout the United States, have voted to begin converting…

NCEES letter to the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy

July 6, 2010

Engineering, Licensure, News

NCEES President David Whitman, P.E., Ph.D., and Executive Director Jerry Carter recently wrote to the newly appointed director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy to explain the position of NCEES…

NCEES seeks Chemical P.E. volunteers

May 30, 2010

Engineering, Exams, News, PE exam

NCEES is currently seeking volunteers who are licensed professional chemical engineers to participate in a standard-setting study for the updated PE Chemical exam. Selected volunteers will review the PE Chemical…

University of Delaware wins 2010 NCEES Engineering Award

March 29, 2010

Awards, Education, Engineering, Engineering Award, News, Outreach

NCEES is pleased to announce that the University of Delaware Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is the grand prize winner of the 2010 NCEES Engineering Award for Connecting Professional…

NCEES renames FE exam module

December 10, 2009

Engineering, Exams, FE Exam, News

NCEES is renaming one of the modules for its Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam. The Other/General module will be known as the Other Disciplines module beginning with the April 2010…

2010 approved calculator list announced

November 16, 2009

Calculators, Engineering, Exams, News, Surveying

NCEES has approved the following list of calculators for use in the April and October 2010 exam administrations: Casio: All fx-115 models. Any Casio calculator must contain fx-115 in its…

NCEES updates specifications for Civil PE exam

November 6, 2009

Engineering, Exams, News, PE exam

NCEES has updated the specifications for the Transportation depth module of its Civil PE exam, effective with the April 2010 exam administration. The updated specifications are available in the Exams…

NCEES unveils new Agricultural PE exam specifications

October 26, 2009

Engineering, Exams, News, PE exam

NCEES has introduced new specifications for its Agricultural PE exam, effective with the October 2010 exam administration. Exam specifications indicate knowledge areas to be tested and their relative weights of…

NCEES approves new PE exam in software engineering

September 10, 2009

Engineering, Exams, Licensure, News, PE exam

The NCEES Board of Directors has approved the development of a new PE exam for software engineers. The decision came during the board’s August 11 meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, in…