Is FE/EIT needed for someone with Ph.D?
Is FE/EIT needed for someone with Ph.D?
(OP)
One of my friend at school told me that if someone has Ph.D. he/she deos not need to take the FE exam. She said this is a new policy by NCEES. I could not find anything about this on the oficial website for FE.
Has anyone heard about this?
Has anyone heard about this?





RE: Is FE/EIT needed for someone with Ph.D?
Vita sine litteris mors est.
RE: Is FE/EIT needed for someone with Ph.D?
"The answer to your question is state dependent. Check the laws and rules of your state's engineering board and those of any states in which you may need to practice in the future, make sure you understand what the rule or law says, and plan accordingly."
Remember that and you can never be caught by surprise when dealing with licensure.
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-Dustin
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See the answer to question #3.
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Mike McCann
McCann Engineering
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Usually taken near the end of your accredited engineering education to qualify as an Engineer in Training...or as is more currently used - "Engineer Intern".
I would add that the professor who suggested he "wrote half the questions" may or may not be true...but solving the questions in a test atmosphere is a lot different than preparing them. And I'd add that most professors are quite specialized and the test doesn't check against specialization but breadth and depth of knowledge.
And one last poke at the prof. Someone making a statement so full of braggadocio sure better pass the dang test the first time around.
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Mike McCann
McCann Engineering
RE: Is FE/EIT needed for someone with Ph.D?
Vita sine litteris mors est.
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RE: Is FE/EIT needed for someone with Ph.D?
I agree 100%. I am taking an advanced structural mechanics class right now. The professor is extremely intelligent, but has never worked in industry and doesn't have much of an appreciation for what is practical in a real engineering office. The theory is great, but there really needs to be some practical aspect to most, if not all, of the material presented.
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Becasue I'd have to say that in structures I have used most of my uni classes subsequently, so it'd be shame to restrict the classes to a lowest common denominator of what industry uses. And in dynamics we do stuff now that would have been beyond the imaginings of academics in 1979.
I do agree with your general point, unworldly profs are less than helpful.
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Greg Locock
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Having an appreciation for what is practical in a real engineering office, in my opinion, might be to have some sort of idea of how to approximate some values based on geotech properties......... or something.
Just saying This is how you do the problem, but I can't tell you how to arrive at or estimate any of the parameters involved doesn't make it easy to use what you are learning in class. I mean it is great to understand the theory and be able to do the calcs if called upon (when handed all of the parameters involved), but if, at the end of the day, you can't attain (or estimate) what those parameters are in a real world problem........... it doesn't do you much good.
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However as you say it does seem odd to use an example from one industry and then not know where some of the input numbers come from.
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Greg Locock
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