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Acronyms

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Commonly used engineering and surveying acronyms are listed below:

EI indicates Engineer Intern

FE indicates Fundamentals of Engineering

SI indicates Surveyor Intern

FS indicates Fundamentals of Surveying

PE indicates Professional Engineer

JPEC indicates Japan PE/FE Examiners Council

PS indicates Professional Surveyor

PLS indicates Professional Land Surveyor

COA indicates Certificate of Authority

PDH indicates professional development hour

CE indicates continuing education

CEU indicates continuing education unit

CBT indicates computer based testing

NCEES indicates National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying

NSPE indicates National Society of Professional Engineers

NSPS indicates National Society pf Professional Surveyors

NSBE indicates National Society of Black Engineers

SHPE indicates Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

SWE indicates Society of Women Engineers

SAME indicates Society of American Military Engineers

ABET indicates Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology

ACEC indicates American Consulting Engineers Council

AIChE indicates American Institute of Chemical Engineers

AIME indicates American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers

ASCE indicates American Society of Civil Engineers

ASHRAE indicates American Society of of heating, Refrigerating & Air Conditioning Engineers

ASME indicates American Society of Mechanical Engineers

IEEE indicates Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers

ITE indicates Institute of Transportation Engineers

BAME indicates Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic

CLEAR indicates Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation