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Ms. Sarah Simon, P.E., ENV SP, M.ASCE


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RE: Q. Why is it still ok to graduate engineers after just 4 years of college? And then in 4 years let them take the P.E. license exam?

Posted By Sarah Simon 02-26-2024 12:47 PM
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Definitely a broad brush on both the medical and engineering practice side. Keep the doctor comparison in mind - remember, medicine and its diagnoses are still an art as much as a science - and doctors so often disdain the new medical research, because the researchers are "only PhDs or PD's" Yep, as ...

RE: Q. Why is it still ok to graduate engineers after just 4 years of college? And then in 4 years let them take the P.E. license exam?

Posted By Sarah Simon 02-26-2024 12:47 PM
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a basic bachelors plus 4 years experience and the PE exam is enough for licensure. Especially at the cost of higher education today. And we have to get firms to hire non-male, non-white graduates who have passed the EIT (FE now?) from any engineering school or 4-year school with strong math and science ...

RE: Q. Why is it still ok to graduate engineers after just 4 years of college? And then in 4 years let them take the P.E. license exam?

Posted By Sarah Simon 02-26-2024 12:47 PM
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agree. In Mass, we might have over-licensed our work force, having each cert in silos (PE's can't get credit to be Licensed site professionals with only 2 years experience and possibly no science or math degree, if I remember right; beauty salon nail "professionals" need certification).. As in other ...

RE: Q. Why is it still ok to graduate engineers after just 4 years of college? And then in 4 years let them take the P.E. license exam?

Posted By Sarah Simon 02-26-2024 12:47 PM
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Yes, it's still good to have engineering degrees be 4 years. Why? because we have the FE, 4 years experience and the PE exam. Are we trying to cut off the pipeline? what smart kid who could be a doctor or lawyer or financial wiz prefers to be an engineer? All are analytical professions, but I think wanting ...

RE: What's the one tool you can't live without when doing your day-to-day job?

Posted By Sarah Simon 04-09-2023 10:13 AM
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could you provide a link to "logsync" download site? a quick search shows a wide variety of many sources. Delphix? snaresolutions? n2amg? ------------------------------ Sarah Simon P.E., ENV SP, M.ASCE Founding Partner Ipswich MA ------------------------------