Earning your license is an important step in becoming a professional civil engineer. As in all aspects of your career, ASCE wants to see you succeed. With the fall P.E. and S.E. exam dates nearing, we know that many of you are focused on studying. To help you prepare, the Society is offering live exam review courses.
These courses are designed to maximize your study...
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected seemingly every aspect of society this spring.
Along with that, the cycle of civil engineering exams for professional licensure has changed, leaving would-be test-takers with questions.
Tim Miller, director of exam services for the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, talked with ASCE News, hoping to provide some clarity during these challenging times.
ASCE News: Is there any possibility of...
ASCE is a founding member of the Alliance for Responsible Professional Licensing, a new coalition of national associations representing highly complex, technical professions and their national licensing boards.
ARPL has been created to give advanced professions a unified voice in the growing debate around the appropriate level of licensure for professions and occupations.
“Attacks on professional licensing have risen in frequency and scope over the last...
J.P. Mohsen, Ph.D., F.ASCE, is a longtime professor and chair at the University of Louisville and director of ASCE’s P.E. civil, S.E. and P.E. environmental exam review courses. In today’s Member Voices article, he explores the differences between the P.E. Environmental exam and the P.E. Civil exam.
Often, I’ve wondered why there are two different exams with focus on environmental engineering. The National Council of...
Survey says …?
Bright futures for civil engineers.
Results of the 2017 ASCE Salary Survey find that the median pre-tax income for civil engineers was $101,000 in 2016. Base salaries, meanwhile, have risen between 4 and 5 percent each year since 2014.
“It’s an exciting time to be a civil engineer,” said Norma Jean Mattei, Ph.D., P.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE. “As professionals, we take pride in our work...
I don’t have a right or wrong answer to this question, because the answer depends on a few key items. However, I will try to give you some tools and information that you can use to answer this question for your specific situation.
First, I will say that I highly recommend that as a civil engineer you pursue your professional engineering license. I know that...
