PE for non-CivE

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<p>As some of you may know, my girlfriend is on track to try and get her PE at some point in the future. I figured, as a way to help make it easier for her to study, I might try to take the PE in my own field. I did my undergrad in Materials, and I’m doing my PhD in Materials as well, so it would definitely be the field I’d be trying to get my PE in.</p>

<p>Does anyone know anyone with a PE outside of the “common” fields to get a PE in, and do they know if it’s been useful at all for their career?</p>

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<p>Yeah, I have a friend who works as a chemical engineer. He works for Big Oil and got his PE as his wife, a civil engineer, got hers. They synchronized their study schedules.</p>

<p>It’s been pretty useful. He’s gotten a few more opportunities, and it’s definitely a consideration in promotion towards management… In a lot of states, you have to have a certain number of PEs on your board of directors in order to call yourself an engineering company.</p>