An engineer is someone who has an engineering degree from a college/university; it is that simple. Having a PE license or not has nothing to do with being an en

An engineer is someone who has an engineering degree from a college/university; it is that simple. Having a PE license or not has nothing to do with being an engineer. The PE only brings additional responsibilities, liabilities, and signature authority to someone who is already an engineer. Otherwise, what do you propose we should call someone who has, say, a mechanical engineering degree from a university? Are they not an engineer? I also don't care about the numbers of an organization who has a conflict-of-interest in the matter. I teach graduate level engineering classes and I know for a fact that almost nobody in my classes goes for the PE license. That is representative enough for me over the years.