1. (a) Persons who are engineering educators instructing engineering courses in an institution of higher education or a private or independent institution of higher education, as defined in the Education Code §61.003, and who began teaching engineering prior to September 1, 2001, are permitted to seek licensure utilizing an alternate application. The minimum qualifications are as follows:

   1. (1) Earned doctoral degree in:

      1. (A) engineering from a college or university that offers an undergraduate or master's degree program in a related branch of engineering that is approved by the EAC/ABET as published in the current version of the ABET Accreditation Yearbook and or the current version of the ABET International Yearbook or as published in the yearbook applicable to a previous year in which the applicant graduated; or
      2. (B) engineering or another related field of science or mathematics assessed and approved by the board;

   2. (2) To request a waiver of the fundamentals of engineering and principles and practice of engineering examinations, the applicant must meet the experience requirements of §133.69(d), consisting of:

      1. (A) teaching experience in an EAC/ABET-approved program, or
      2. (B) other acceptable, creditable engineering experience, including, but not limited to, scholarly activity such as publishing papers in technical and professional journals; making technical and professional presentations; publishing books and monographs; performing sponsored research; reporting on research conducted for sponsors; supervising research of undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, or other employees; providing counseling, guidance, and advisement for engineering students; and performing certain other types of formal or informal functions in higher education; or
      3. (C) a combination of teaching and acceptable, creditable engineering experience.

2. (b) An engineering educator, applying under the alternate process, shall submit:

   1. (1) an alternate application form;

   2. (2) a supplementary experience record:

      1. (A) For the faculty approved for promotion or tenure through the Dean of Engineering office level, submit a dossier (comprehensive resume or curriculum vitae) prepared for tenure and/or promotion consideration, OR, for tenured faculty, current resume containing educational experience, engineering courses taught, and description of research and scholarly activities in lieu of the supplementary experience record;
      2. (B) For non-tenured faculty, a standard supplementary experience record with courses taught and/or other engineering experience shall be submitted;
   3. (3) reference statements or letters from currently licensed professional engineers who have personal knowledge of the applicant's teaching and/or other creditable engineering experience. A reference provider may, in lieu of the reference statement, submit a letter of recommendation that, at a minimum, testifies to the credentials and abilities of the educator. The reference statements or letters of recommendation can be from colleagues within the department, college, or university; from colleagues from another university; or professional engineers from outside academia;
   4. (4) college/university transcripts;
   5. (5) a completed Texas Professional Conduct and Ethics Examination;
   6. (6) current application fee as established by the board;
   7. (7) verification of passage of examination(s) from other jurisdictions as required under §133.61(g) (relating to Engineering Examinations), if applicable; and
   8. (8) written requests for waivers of the examinations on the fundamentals and/or principles and practices of engineering, if applicable.
3. (c) Once an alternative application from an engineering educator is received, the board will follow the procedures in §133.85 of this chapter (relating to Board Review of and Action on Applications) to review and approve or deny the application.
4. (d) This section does not prohibit any engineering educator from applying for licensure under the standard application process.

Source Note:The provisions of this §133.25 adopted to be effective May 20, 2004, 29 TexReg 4873; amended to be effective January 1, 2006, 30 TexReg 8684.