FLORIDA ENGINEERING SOCIETY
PROFESSIONAL POLICY (PP NO.
17C)
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION OF ENGINEERING EDUCATORS IN
FLORIDA
The Florida Engineering Society encourages the
professional engineering registration
of Florida engineering educators in
order to ensure that Professional Engineers will be
actively involved in the
education of new engineers in the State of Florida.
At present, some
engineering faculty members, at all levels of engineering education,
are
registered professional engineers. However, the Florida Engineering
Society
believes that, in particular, those faculty members who are involved
in directing and
teaching courses in principles and methods of engineering
design should be
professionally registered engineers. It is in these areas of
instruction that the
engineering curriculum most closely touches upon the
practice of engineering as it
relates to the health, safety and welfare of
the people of the State of Florida.
The Florida Engineering Society
therefore RECOMMENDS that the engineering
educators in the State of Florida
who are engaged in the instruction of courses in
principles and methods of
engineering design be strongly encouraged to be Registered
Professional
Engineers.
Further, the Florida Engineering Society RECOMMENDS that, for
the future,
engineering educators with the title of Department Chairman,
Department Head, or
Dean should be at the time of appointment, Registered
Professional Engineers.
Approved by the Florida Engineering Society
Board
of Directors
February 9-10, 1973
Amended by the FES Board of
Directors
August 4, 1994
July 29, 1999
January 12,
2001