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Advice for PE Mentorship Program

Advice for PE Mentorship Program

Advice for PE Mentorship Program

(OP)
Hello All,

I have a degree in M.E. and passed my EIT when I graduated college about five years ago.

Since graduation, I have worked in technical sales as a sales engineer. In this capacity, I 1) do not work under a P.E. and 2)don't do work that satisfies my state's requirement for creative design work, etc. The work is technical in nature, but as you can imagine, is more sales related than strictly design.

I am now wanting to pursue my P.E. and I learned that my state has a mentorship path toward pursuing my P.E. Essentially, the requirements are that I meet quarterly with a P.E. and they view the work I have been doing and sign off on its professionalism, etc. (this goes on for 4 years (16 meetings)). There is a form that they fill out and I submit to the state. The state periodically will review my submissions to make sure I'm on the right path.

My question is, how would you go about approaching a mentor? I dont have anyone I know personally, so they would essentially be cold calls. My thought is to offer them lunch during our meetings.

Also, what projects could I bring to them? My own independent (entrepreneurial) work, or projects that they need worked on? I am interested in structural/stress work, specifically FEA, however that doesnt relate to the field I work in as much (instrumentation for the O&G market).

If anyone has experience with this, I would surely appreciate your advise!

RE: Advice for PE Mentorship Program

Join your state Society of Professional Engineering organization and start going to the meetings to make contacts. I would imagine you could fairly quickly find someone in your area that would be willing to meet with you and help out, especially for a free lunch...engineers always like free lunch.

RE: Advice for PE Mentorship Program

(OP)
Thanks jpankask, I'll look into that.

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