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PE Report
A Day to Celebrate
Hundreds of PEs, students, and organizations celebrated the second annual Licensed Professional Engineers Day on August 2, celebrating the daily work and achievements of professionals whose work often goes unnoticed.
Participants used social media to join in on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram, using the hashtag #LicensedPEDay. Engineers from around the world shared why they became PEs, students cited why they were striving to get licensed, companies praised the PEs working for their organizations, and many highlighted the ways they were celebrating. Some companies provided sweet treats like cake or cookies and shared images on social media of employees declaring why they became PEs.
- Around 1,700 tweets using #LicensedPEDay
- 829 contributors
- 691,000 total audience
- 2.8 million impressions
- 712 images and links shared
- 11 videos shared
- 93 new NSPE account followers
- Tweets from all over the world, including South Africa, Australia, Dubai, UK, and Mumbai
- 112 uses of the new “PE Day” profile picture frame
- 10,231 people reached
- 304 views of NSPE page
- 2,545 post engagements
- Hundreds of people posted using #LicensedPEDay
- 84 new likes to the NSPE page
- 164 posts using #LicensedPEDay
- 680 impressions
- 141 likes of NSPE pictures using #LicensedPEDay
- 71 views of NSPE page
- Over 250 posts using #LicensedPEDay
- 80 views of NSPE page
- 23 new NSPE page followers
In addition, 16 state and local governments issued official proclamations in recognition of PE Day, including Texas, Wyoming, Louisiana, and Missouri. In total, eight states, six cities, and two counties issued proclamations.
PE Day first launched in 2016. Tim Austin, P.E., F.NSPE, 2015–2016 NSPE president, developed the concept. He wanted a day separate from Engineers Week and the US Science and Engineering Festival to celebrate and give recognition to licensed PEs. The first Wednesday of August was chosen to coincide with the anniversary of the first professional engineering license being issued to Charles Bellamy in Wyoming in August 1907.
Next year’s Licensed PE Day will take place on August 1.
