JUNE 2005 e-PEGG
Protecting PE
In the United States, the term professional engineer is usually abbreviated PE. With freer trade for engineering services under NAFTA and our own efforts to improve professional mobility, an increasing number of APEGGA members are working in both countries. And an increasing number of qualified U.S. professional engineers are offering their services in Alberta.
Your Association contends that PE is often used to represent professional engineers in Alberta, and therefore should not be trademarked by the power engineers.
Do you have any examples of PE designating a professional engineer in Alberta? We are also interested in hearing from anyone who is both a professional engineer and a power engineer.
If you want to help APEGGA build this case or have other comments about it, please contact Deputy Registrar Al Schuld, P.Eng., at aschuld@apega.ca.