National Engineering Standards Council Elects First Professional Engineer from Nevada to Board

June 8, 2010 - PRLog -- RENO, NEV. – Patty Mamola will not only represent Nevada’s professional engineers and land surveyors on the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), the nation’s oldest engineering and land surveying governing board, when she is seated in August. She is the first Nevadan to be elected as vice president to the prestigious council, and will become the voice for the 13 other states in the organization’s Western Zone.

Mamola, a principal at the professional engineering firm Bowling Mamola Group, was elected vice president at the May NCEES meeting in Salt Lake City. She will be one of four regional vice presidents on the eight-member board of directors. Mamola is replacing Patrick Tami of California, whose two-year term expires August 21.

“What’s exciting is to be the first Nevadan to sit on the board,” Mamola said. “It’s a significant accomplishment to finally have a representative from the Silver State.”

Mamola bested two other candidates, winning the majority vote from delegates representing the 13 other states in the Western Region.

Established in 1891, the NCEES has been responsible for establishing the educational and licensing framework for the nation’s professional engineers and land surveyors. The Council provides each state’s rigorous, standardized exams for licensing engineers and surveyors before they can claim professional standing.

Additionally, the Council provides legal models to the states so they can develop and legislate modern engineering and surveying law and policy to facilitate reciprocal licensing among the states.

Mamola has been sitting on the NCEES’ Engineering Education Task Force, an appointment made by the council’s president. She will assume additional committee duties upon taking her board seat.

Regardless of future committee appointments, Mamola remains dedicated to furthering Nevada’s objectives at the national level. “Licensing of engineers and surveyors is vital to the health, safety, and welfare of the public as well as the nation’s infrastructure,” she said. “It’s critical that we continue to push the membership to promote licensure of engineers and land surveyors and raise the professional bar.”

Mamola will attend six board meetings annually at various locations around the US. She will serve as an advocate for issues important to the 13 western states she represents and will participate in setting policies directly affecting NCEES operations.

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About Bowling Mamola Group
A Reno, Nev., professional engineering company, Bowling Mamola Group has an established reputation for creatively solving complex engineering challenges. In addition to providing engineering expertise on a variety of large-scale freeway and road reconstruction projects, Bowling Mamola has represented local agencies in dealings with the state transportation agency; completed a Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Study for the cities of Reno and Sparks; and rewritten the Nevada Department of Transportation’s Statewide Construction Manual. For more on Bowling Mamola Group, visit Bowlingmamola.com, or call (775) 825-2000.