InfestedKerrigan Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 Comrads, do we have any Electrical or Mechanical Engineers in the collective? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 @PumpkinHead is EE w/his PE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PumpkinHead Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 I have been summoned? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 1 minute ago, PumpkinHead said: I have been summoned? Yes mi'lord, @InfestedKerrigan seeks an Electrical Engineer. But he seems to have gone mum.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 9 hours ago, Romans832 said: Yes mi'lord, @InfestedKerrigan seeks an Electrical Engineer. But he seems to have gone mum.. That's the kind of thing that can happen when you summon, but didn't learn the spell to BIND. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted May 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 10 hours ago, PumpkinHead said: I have been summoned? As an EE, are you able to design things that fall under ME scope? I was looking at getting my ME Bachelors, but if EE covers both, and lets me be an Electrician, too, I may lean that way. Any thoughts, advice, etc? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PumpkinHead Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 You can design anything you want in any field you want. That just comes down to your knowledge base and what you want to do. If you are asking, can you use your professional license on something outside of the scope of your license, the answer is no. My PE is in Power systems. I can only stamp drawings related to power systems. I can not stamp anything in the EE realm dealing with "electronics, controls, and communications", or "computer engineering" things. Every field has its own professional license. As far as ME goes, there are 3 different fields for PEs: Mechanical: HVAC and Refrigeration (PDF; new specifications for the 2017 exams) Mechanical: Machine Design and Materials (PDF; new specifications for the 2017 exams) Mechanical: Thermal and Fluids Systems (PDF; new specifications for the 2017 exams) You can also hold different PE licenses if you want to put in the time (assuming you have your degree, 4 years under a PE) and pass the appropriate tests. As far as an electrician goes, I believe that is an apprentice / journeyman trade and not engineering. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted May 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 I'm HVAC Contractor. I recently learned I can't legally design heating or ventilation systems on anything but single family dwellings. This came as quite a shock, having been in the field most my life. As such, I have decided it can be beneficial to pursue an Engineering degree so I can design systems. I thought I saw on Oregon's page that EE could be substituted for the Journeymanship, but that was a number of years ago, and I may have been reading something about continuing ed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PumpkinHead Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 Since you are in the HVAC field an ME degree would compliment that, especially since there is a PE that is based around it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted May 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 That's what I was leaning towards after seeing the PE list from above. What school did you attend? Did you just do BS, or did you stay for Masters? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PumpkinHead Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 I went to WSU! GO COUGS! But they have the better power based EE track of the two WA colleges. I work in the utility world so a BS is all that is needed. A master's degree does little for you. The PE is where it's at. The PE allows you to have your own practice and be able to stamp drawings. I have friends who are ME and have their masters and no PE and work for Boeing. So it depends on your field as to what would be better. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 10 hours ago, andy said: That's the kind of thing that can happen when you summon, but didn't learn the spell to BIND. Damit, that's what I did wrong! There's no manual to these dam things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 GO COUGS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted May 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 9 minutes ago, Romans832 said: Damit, that's what I did wrong! There's no manual to these dam things I'm pretty sure they are on the 5th edition on how to do these things! 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 1 minute ago, InfestedKerrigan said: I'm pretty sure they are on the 5th edition on how to do these things! 😉 Epic fail on my part then. I've missed all the editions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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