Industry Exemption A Second Look at Safety The Gulf oil spill has some in the engineering profession asking whether the industry exemption from state licensing laws is really such a good idea. >> The Industrial Exemption: What, If Anything, Should The Profession Do? In an NSPE blog titled, "The Industrial Exemption: What, If Anything, Should The Profession Do?" Craig Musselman, P.E., chair of NSPE's Licensure & Qualifica-tions for Practice Committee, shared his views on engineers in industry and industrial exemptions from licensing laws. >>

Awards
PEI sponsors the New Product Award, the PEI Service Awards, the NSPE-PEI Innovative Engineering Award, as well as funding a PEI Scholarship for students studying in their final years of an ABET-accredited engineering program. >>

PEI Young Engineers Advisory Council
Read about the PEI Young Engineers advisory council. >>

Continuing Education
Purchase the online-demand course "Interactive Recruitment Marketing: High Tech Recruiting" through Shop NSPE. >>

Initiatives
Representatives from NSPE-PEI, IEEE-USA, the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and NCEES have partnered to create the Software Engineering Licensure Consortium that promotes licensure for engineers within that field. >>

Information & News
A variety of PEI Publications are available and PEI members receive the group's monthly electronic newsletter PEI E-News. >>

Mentoring
Whether you're preparing for licensure, managing a career transition or simply seeking advice or information from a wide range of experienced engineers nationwide, NSPE's mentoring program provide a powerful resource that's available only to our members. >>

NICET/ASCET Collaboration
NSPE's alliance with NICET is strong and important. PEI has been a proactive force in ensuring this alliance. Past efforts included ensuring an MOU with ASCET was created, and a recent survey of industry to inquire regarding the use of technicians and technologists within industry. >>

Products & Services
Created by PEI members, the Career Asset Manager – a powerful resource designed to help engineers reach the career-development goals – is now available for free to all NSPE members. >>