222 Palisades Creek Drive
Richardson, TX 75080
Phone: 972-952-9393
Fax: 972-952-9435
Email: [email protected]
About
Mission
- Providing outstanding nationally normed examinations for engineers and surveyors
- Providing uniform model laws and model rules for adoption by the member boards
- Promoting professional ethics among all engineers and surveyors
- Coordinating with domestic and international organizations to advance licensure of all engineers and surveyors
Vision
How NCEES is Safeguarding the Public
NCEES History
1891
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1960
The Northern Mariana Islands becomes a member board of the Council.
1979
The NCEE Records program is created to replace the National Bureau of Engineering Registration.
1984
All member licensing boards now use uniform national engineering examinations.
1989
The organization’s name is changed to the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES).
1990
All states have surveying licensure laws
1996
The afternoon portion of the FE examination is offered in six discipline-specific modules (Chemical, Civil, Industrial, Electrical, Mechanical, and General) in order to test upper-division knowledge.
1999
With the October exam, the first academic-based FLS exam is administered.
2000
The NCEES Engineering and Land Surveying Examination Services (ELSES) is established to provide exam administration services to NCEES member boards. Initially chartered as an NCEES affiliate, ELSES was dissolved in 2009 but continues to provide the same services as the NCEES Exam Administration Services department.
2002
With the April exam, the PE Civil, PE Electrical and Computer, and PE Mechanical exams are all administered in the breadth-and-depth objectively scored (multiple-choice) format. With the October administration, all PE exams (except Structural) are given in the all objectively scored format.
2003
The Engineering Speaker’s Kit is developed to promote the engineering profession, emphasizing the benefits of pursuing licensure. A Surveying Speaker’s Kit is introduced two years later.
2004
Council headquarters is expanded to add more meeting space.
2005
The names of surveying exams are changed to Fundamentals of Surveying (FS) and Principles and Practice of Surveying (PS) to remove the word “land.”
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NCEES Governance Structure
NCEES Board of Directors and CEO
President
Laura Sievers, P.E.
A resident of LeMars, Iowa, Sievers has served as a member of the Iowa Engineering and Land Surveying Examining Board since 2016. She served as chair of the NCEES Committee on Examinations for Professional Engineers in 2021–22 and as chair of the Committee on Examination Audits in 2017–19. She served as board liaison to the Committee on Examinations for Professional Engineers and the Special Committee on Bylaws in 2022–23.
President-Elect
Andrew Zoutewelle, P.L.S.
A resident of Charlotte, North Carolina, Zoutewelle serves as a member of the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors. He served as a member of the NCEES Committee on Examinations for Professional Surveyors in 2014–17 and 2020–21. He also served as a member and consultant of the Surveying Exam Module Task Force in 2017–19 and as a member and chair of the Committee on Finances in 2017–20. He served as NCEES Southern Zone vice president in 2021–23, as board liaison to the Committee on Examination Audit in 2021–22, and as board liaison to the Committee on Law Enforcement and Committee on Member Board Administrators in 2022–23.
Immediate Past President
Christopher Duhamel, P.E., P.L.S.
A resident of Westerly, Rhode Island, Duhamel serves on the Rhode Island State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and is a past board president and secretary. He served as Northeast Zone vice president in 2019–21 and as Northeast Zone assistant vice president in 2017–19. Duhamel also served on the NCEES Committee on Examinations for Professional Engineers as chair, vice chair, and a member in 2014–19, on the Committee on Examination Audit as a consultant and board liaison in 2018–21, and on the Committee on Uniform Procedures and Legislative Guidelines as board liaison in 2020–21. He served as board liaison to the Advisory Committee on Council Activities in 2022–23.
Treasurer
Karl Tonander, P.E.
A resident of Las Cruces, New Mexico, Tonander has served as a member of the New Mexico Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors since 2014. He served as a member of the NCEES Committee on Law Enforcement in 2016–18 and as chair in 2018–20. He also served as a member of the Committee on Uniform Procedures and Legislative Guidelines and as Western Zone secretary-treasurer in 2021–23.
Central Zone Vice President
Jan Bostelman, P.E., PMP
A resident of Brainard, Nebraska, Bostelman has served as a member of the Nebraska Board of Engineers and Architects since 2017. She served as a member of the NCEES Committee on Examinations for Professional Engineers in 2018–22 and as Central Zone assistant vice president in 2021–22. She served as board liaison to the Committee on Examination Policy and Procedures in 2022–23.
Northeast Zone Vice President
Samuel Wilson, P.E.
Southern Zone Vice President
James Kelly, P.E.
Western Zone Vice President
Mohammad Qureshi, Ph.D., P.E.
A resident of Irvine, California, Qureshi serves as a member of the California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists. Qureshi served as Western Zone assistant vice president in 2021–22. He served as a member of the NCEES Advisory Committee on Council Activities in 2020–22. He also served as vice chair of the Committee on Examinations for Professional Engineers in 2018–20 and as a member in 2017–18. He served as board liaison to the Committee on Examination Audit in 2022–23.
Chief Executive Officer
David Cox