Wyoming Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors

Board's Mission Statement 

The Board's mission is to safeguard life, health and property of the public by assuring that those who practice the professions of engineering and land surveying are licensed and attain and maintain competence in those professions. 


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Board Announcements 

Check out the Wyoming Board's 2024 Spring Newsletter!  Hear from the WES President and AGC of Wyoming. Check out where the Board members have been spending their time and see what's new at NSPS and NCEES! 

Interested in submitting an article for the Wyoming Board Bulletin? Contact krista.wilson@wyo.gov.

Outreach

Surveyors Outreach - 2024 

Celebrating Land Surveyors

Professional Land Surveyors have a positive impact on Wyoming and the nation's economy. Professional surveyors help determine maps and boundaries that are used to establish land use and ownership. Their efforts to protect public property by using professional knowledge and proven skills provides critical support to a variety in industries including: design services, energy, heavy construction, infrastructure and residential building, just to name a few. 

The Wyoming Board joins the nation in celebrating Professional Surveyors by recognizing Wyoming's surveyors this week and all year! Check out below how high-school and middle-school students can benefit from having a licensed professional land surveyor visit their classrooms!

We invite educators and students in grades 9-12 to connect and collaborate with professional land surveyors and GIS professionals as part of a statewide effort to raise awareness about these professions while supporting STEM objectives. Students will engage in an activity involving a web-based, interactive map called GEOInquiry that will connect students to their communities, Wyoming, the U.S. and the entire globe.

To schedule your in class visit or for more information, contact: 

Cindy Jones |307-766-4236 |cynthia.jones@uwyo.edu

Engineers Outreach - 2024 

National Engineers Week (#eweek2024) will engage over 4,000 3rd grade students with licensed professional engineers throughout Wyoming. Together they bring engineering to life with hands-on engineering activities that inspire problem solving and innovative thinking. 

February 19-23, 2024

PE's

Aaron Spenny

Abby King

Alan Corey

Alex sveda

Alin Cortez

Amanda Miller

Andrew Elston

Andy Hooten

Astrid Northrup 

Belay Nerea

Ben Schreckengost

Ben Weaver

Benjamin Nemec

Billy Bright

Brandon Riddle

Brenda Green

Brett Drake

Brian Zabel

Brook Bulgrin

Bryan Cawley

Bryan Gray

Byron Booth

Carol Martinson

Carter Baxter

Carter Myers

Chad Forsman

Charlotte frei

Chris Hill

Christie Roberts

Christina Spindler

Christofer S. Lovas

Christopher James Walker

Cody Woods

Cole Wright

Craig Alburn

Craig Kopasz

Damon Newson

Dan Kerbs

Dan Mummert

Daniel Hayes

Darren Davison

Dave Bumann

Dennis Brabec

Eric Robertson

Esayas Zere

Gareth Powell

Gene Legerski

Gordon F Shinkle

Greg Shavlik

Hal Hutchinson

Hannah Myers

Harrison Carter

Harry E. Hughes

Ian Sporkin-Morrison

Isaiah Rodolph

Jacob Sphatt

James Brough

James Harlan

James Kowalski

James Tardoni

Jason Ditton

Jera Likely

Jessica Klein

Jill Rosselott

Jim Gores

Jim Harlan

Joe Hall

Joe Rochelle

John Cornish

Jolene Baker

Jon Nelson

Jon Walker

Jordan Roberts

Justin Brent Helms

Kasey Jones

Katherine (Kadi) Bradfield

Katy Hollbacher

Kelly Erickson

Kendra Mickelson

Krista Johnston

Kristen Stocks

lance marrs

Libby Bales

Lindsay Schumaker

Lloyd Thomas

Lou Harmon

Mark Daigle

Mark Falk

Mark Madsen

Mark Westenskow

Marshall Moore, PE

Matt Olsen

Matt Stroh

McKenna Hauschild

Mike Doherty 

Mike Petera

Nolan A. ONeal

Parker Rowe

Peter Melander

Phillip Regeski, P.E.

Quentin Rogers

Ray Catellier

Ray clanton PE

Rebecca Podio

Robert Alles

Ryan Bledsoe

Skylor Wade

Stephan Charles

Stuart Telford

Taylor Kofoed

Terry Skinner

Tiffany scott

Tony MacDonald

Usman Humayun

Vanessa Hoene

Wallace Hendricks

William Bridges

William Eric Nunn

Zack Meek

Firms

Allen & Crouch Petroleum Engineers

AVI PC

Beyond Efficiency

Black Hills Energy

Bradken

Bureau of Reclamation

Campbell County Government

CEPI, Casper

CES Engineering Services, MT LLC

City of Casper

City of Evanston

City of Green River

Civil Engineering Professionals, Inc

Coffey Engineering

Daigle Structural Engineering

DCI Engineers

DOWL

DWEL, Inc.

Engineering & Consulting Alliance (ECA)

Engineering Associates

Engineering Design Associates

Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute, Casper, Wyoming

EPC

Federal Higway Administration

Forsgren

Ghost Solutions LLC

Northwest College

IMEG Corp

Inberg-Miller Engineers

Industrial Systems Consulting

James Gores and associates

JBW Consulting

Jorgensen Association/Jorgensen Geotechnical

J-U-B Engineers

Kiewit Corporation 

Kimmeridge Energy

Kirkwood Oil and Gas

KL&A, Inc.

KLJ

Lovas Engineering, PC

Martin/Martin Wyoming

MGP Engineering

Morrison Maierle

Mountain States Consulting Services

Muller Engineering Company

National park service

NCS Vacutech

Nelson Engineering

New Frontiers Resources, LLC

North Fork Engineering

Nunn Utility Locating, LLC

Orso Oil & Gas Consulting, LLC

Owl Creek Engineering, LLC

PacifiCorp

Petroleum Engineering Services

Pickett and Associates

Pine Bluffs Gravel

Powder River Energy Corporation

Providence Engineering and Environmental Group LLC

Pryor Mountain Engineering

Re/Spec Consultants 

Rock Springs, Green River, Sweetwater Co. Joint Powers Water Board

RockSol Consulting Group

Stantec Consulting Services Inc

State of Wyoming

Stocks Consulting

Sunrise Engineering

Sunshine Valley Petroleum

Sweetwater County Public Works

Sweetwatwr County

Teton County 

Thunder Basin Coal Company, LLC

True Oil

University of Wyoming Civil engineering dept

USDA- NRCS

Vacutech

West Plains Engineering

Western EGI

Western Fuels-Wyoming, Inc.

WHS

WWC Engineering

WYDOT

WYDOT - Photogrammetry Engineer

Wyoming State Department of Environmental Quality

Y2 Consultants

Schools

Albany Country School District #1

Big Horn County School District #1

Campbell County School District

Carbon County

Carbon County School District #2

Converse County School District

Crook 1

Crook County School District

Fremont 24

Fremont County

Fremont County School District #1

Fremont County School District #25

Fremont County School District #23

Goshen County School District

Johnson County School District #1

Johnson County, Buffalo

Laramie County School District #1

Laramie County School District #2

Lincoln 

Natrona County #1

Park County School District #1

Park County School District #6

Platte County #2

Sheridan County District #1

Sheridan County School District #2

St. Mary's Diocese

Sublette County School District #1

Sublette County School District #9

Sweetwater County School District #2

Teton Country School District #1

Uinta County District #6

Uinta County School District #1

Washakie County School District #1

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NCEES Exams and Supporting Materials

PE Structural

The PE Structural exam administration for the Vertical and Lateral Forces breadth sections will begin on April 1, 2024.

The April administration will be a two-day event for the depth sections with the Vertical Forces exam offered on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, and the Lateral Forces exam offered on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Examinees may reserve their seat at a Pearson VUE test center once they are registered with NCEES and approved by their board.

PE Fire Protection

The PE Fire Protection exam will shift its Linear Fixed Form (LFF) administration to the Spring. The test date is Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Registration with NCEES for this exam opened on November 1, 2023. Examinees may reserve their seat at a Pearson VUE test center once they are registered with NCEES and approved by their board.

PE Civil

The PE Civil exam will be administered with new specifications and design standards starting in April 2024. The specifications are posted on the NCEES website.

PE Control Systems

The PE Control Systems exam will shift its Linear Fixed Form (LFF) administration to the Spring. The test date is Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Registration with NCEES for this exam opened on November 1, 2023. Examinees may reserve their seat at a Pearson VUE test center once they are registered with NCEES and approved by their board.

PE Electrical & Computer

The PE Electrical and Computer: Electronics, Controls, and Communications exam will shift its Linear Fixed Form (LFF) administration to the Spring. The test date is Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Registration with NCEES for this exam opened on November 1, 2023. Examinees may reserve their seat at a Pearson VUE test center once they are registered with NCEES and approved by their board.

PE Agricultural and Biological | PE Petroleum

Exams will have new specifications and design standards starting in October 2023. The specifications were posted in April 2023 on the NCEES website.

Wyoming Paths to Professional Engineering Licensure

The Wyoming Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors (WYOPEPLS) assists in providing information and guidance to obtain a professional engineering license.  WYOPEPLS’s website provides a “one-stop” location for license application; renewal; search; and related rules, regulations and statutes (https://engineersandsurveyors.wyo.gov/home).

Wyoming was the first state to require licensure of engineers in 1907 due to the “unruly nature of engineering and land surveying in a vast, largely undeveloped state.”  Charles Bellamy (patriarch of a Wyoming family of engineers) was the first licensed engineer in the U.S.  His license was issued on August 8, 1907.  Since 1907, Wyoming has issued over 11,000 professional licenses.

The Wyoming license of professional engineers is based on the “three-legged stool” of engineering education, engineering experience, and examination.  To meet these requirements, Wyoming has multiple paths to licensure.  Three of the paths are summarized here.

Traditional Pathway. The traditional path requires a degree from an engineering program that is accredited by ABET/EAC, four years of engineering experience completed after the degree, and successful completion of the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering examination and an NCEES Principles of Practice Exam (PE) or NCEES Structural Exam (SE).

Doctoral Degree Path.  A license may also be obtained via the doctoral degree path.  For this path, the applicant must have earned a doctoral degree in engineering from an institution that grants ABET/EAC accredited undergraduate or graduate degrees.  Four years of engineering experience is also required.  The four years of experience must be obtained after the applicant completes their first degree (undergraduate or graduate) in engineering.  The applicant must also successfully complete a written examination on professional ethics and Wyoming engineering licensing laws and also complete an interview with the Board.

NCEES Equivalency Path.  What if your engineering education does not fit these paths?  In this case, your combined educational credentials (undergraduate, graduate) will be evaluated against the NCEES education standard by the WYOPEPLS Application Review Committee (ARC) for schools within the United States.  The standard requires:

o Credits in mathematics must be beyond algebra and trigonometry and must emphasize mathematical concepts and principles rather than computation. Courses in differential and integral calculus are required.

o Credits in basic sciences must include at least two courses. These courses must be in general chemistry, general calculus-based physics, or general biological sciences; the two courses may not be in the same area.

o Courses in engineering science must be taught within the college/faculty of engineering and must have their roots in mathematics and basic sciences but carry           knowledge further toward creative application of engineering principles.

o Courses in engineering design must stress the establishment of objectives and criteria, synthesis, analysis, construction, testing, and evaluation. Graduate-level         engineering courses may be included to fulfill curricular requirements in this area.

o Examples of traditional humanities/social sciences courses in this area are philosophy, religion, history, literature, fine arts, sociology, psychology, political science, anthropology, economics (micro and macro), professional ethics, and social responsibility. Examples of other general education courses deemed acceptable include management (such as organizational behavior), accounting, written and oral communications, business, and law.

If your education credentials are from an international institution of higher education, equivalency analysis is completed directly by NCEES. (https://ncees.org/records/ncees-credentials-evaluations/).

If your education credentials are found to be equivalent to NCEES standards, you will need to complete four years of engineering experience and successfully complete the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering examination and an NCEES Principles of Practice Exam (PE) or NCEES Structural Exam (SE).

If your education credentials are found to be not equivalent to NCEES standards, the ARC will provide a list of requirements to meet equivalency.  Applicants are encouraged to complete additional coursework in a timely manner.

The goal of the WYOPEPLS is to assist all qualified applicants in obtaining a professional engineering license.  We are here to help.  Feel free to reach out to WYOPEPLS at:  wyopepls@wyo.gov

Steven Barrett, Ph.D. P.E.

Steven Barrett, Ph.D. P.E. is a licensed professional engineer in Wyoming and Colorado.  He has served on the WYOPEPLS since 2016.   He received the BS Electronic Engineering Technology from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1979, the M.E.E.E. from the University of Idaho at Moscow in 1986, and the Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin in 1993.


Important Dates

August 13-16, 2024

Virtual Office Open

Board Staff attending Conference. Virtual office will remain open, some delays in reponse expected. 

August 23, 2024

PhD Application Deadline

All PhD Applicants going before the September 23, 2024 Board meeting will need to have all application materials submitted by noon.

August 28, 2024

Application Deadline

All Applicants going before the September 23, 2024 Board meeting will need to have all application materials submitted by noon.

November 1, 2024

Fall Newsletter Releases

Watch your inbox  for the release of the Board Bulletin

2024 Quarterly Board Meetings

March 8, 2024

Board Meeting| Cheyenne Board Office| 8:00 a.m. | Agenda  | Minutes

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June 21, 2024

Board Meeting| Holiday Inn, Rock Springs WY | 8:00 a.m. | Agenda

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September 23, 2024

Board Meeting| Cheyenne Board Office| 8:00 a.m. | Agenda 

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December 9, 2024

Board Meeting| Cheyenne Board Office| 8:30 a.m. | Agenda TBA

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2024 Special Board Meetings

January 29, 2024

Special Board Meeting| 10:00 a.m. | Agenda | Minutes

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April 1, 2024

Special Board Meeting| 3:00 p.m. | Agenda | Minutes

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July 9, 2024

Special Surveyors Committee Meeting| 9:00 a.m. | Agenda | Minutes

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August 2, 2024

Special Board Meeting| 9:00 a.m. | Agenda | Minutes

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