BY NCEES
Every six to eight years, NCEES reviews the content for each exam it offers and conducts a PAKS, or professional activities and knowledge study, at the same time.
Currently, NCEES has three PAKS underway:
NCEES requires a cross section of engineers practicing industrial and systems engineering — including those working in industry, consulting, the public sector, and academia — to complete the surveys.
Specifically, the FE Industrial and Systems exam survey is open to licensed engineers and non-licensed faculty members, whereas the PE Industrial and Systems exam survey is open to licensed engineers only. Each survey is estimated to take 20–30 minutes.
It is important that we have as much participation as we can in both surveys and would appreciate your input.
The FE Industrial and Systems survey will be open until April 27, 2026, while the PE Industrial and Systems survey will be open until June 12, 2026.
The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE.org) has agreed to award a professional development hour (PDH) for time spent taking the surveys. The survey results will remain anonymous, but each survey will allow you to opt in by providing an email address to receive your PDH certificate.
For the PE Nuclear exam survey, NCEES requires a cross section of engineers practicing nuclear engineering — including those working in industry, consulting, the public sector, and academia — to complete an online survey about the tasks and knowledge required of a nuclear engineer with four to six years of experience to practice in a manner that safeguards the health, safety, and welfare of the public. The survey can be completed in approximately 20-40 minutes and is open to licensed and non-licensed engineers.
The survey will be open until June 8, 2026.
The American Nuclear Society has agreed to award a professional development hour (PDH) for time spent taking the survey. The survey results will remain anonymous, but participants can opt in by providing an email address to receive the PDH certificate.
For more information, look for the PAKS articles in the NCEES News archive.