Congrats to the new grad. Make sure he takes his first part of his Professional Engineers Exam now while his education, especially math, is still fresh. Legally you are not allowed to advertise yourself an engineer to the public until you have passed both Parts A and B of the exam. Part A is the Fundamentals Exam and it is basically a final exam of what you learned in college. After completing Part A (what use to be called "Engineer-in-Training") must work under a Professional Engineer typically for 6 years at which time they qualify to take Part B of the exam and then they are a "Professional Engineer". Part B is a more practically part of the examination where the candidate must solve engineering problems where they can choose problems from the discipline in which they are trained, i.e. Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, etc.
Many new graduates don't think they need the P.E. License because they are going to work for some industry which may not require it. Later in their career they decide they want to work as a consultant and now must take the exam years after schooling which makes passing the Part A much more difficult.
Edit: Sorry dad, I did not read your post very well. With you being an Engineer you know the process.
Last edited by VaHunter; 05/05/20.
