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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Hours
Mon-Fri: 7 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Closed: 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
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
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Converse County School District
Crook 1
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St. Mary's Diocese
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Uinta County District #6
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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:
32 college semester credit hours of higher mathematics and basic sciences.
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.
48 college credit hours of engineering science and engineering design.
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.
12 college credit hours in a general education component that complements the technical content of the curriculum.
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
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2024 Quarterly Board Meetings
June 21, 2024
Board Meeting| Holiday Inn, Rock Springs WY | 8:00 a.m. | Agenda
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Passcode: 185673
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
Zoom: 897 6346 5467
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April 1, 2024
Special Board Meeting| 3:00 p.m. | Agenda | Minutes
Zoom: 865 1478 4183
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July 9, 2024
Special Surveyors Committee Meeting| 9:00 a.m. | Agenda | Minutes
Zoom: 847 1853 7724
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August 2, 2024
Special Board Meeting| 9:00 a.m. | Agenda | Minutes
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