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Young Member POC | (back to top)
bostDavid Pratt, our new Young Member Director, is your point-of-contact (POC) for Post and other young member activities.

David has been a SAME member since 2006 and has been an active participant in many of our Post activities including being on our Holiday Celebration Committee, serving as our Special Projects Coordinator and is also the lead for our Boy Scout Merit Badge Pilot Program.

David replaces Richard Bost, who was served as our Young Member Director for 2008.

Richard works for MWH and can be reached at david.pratt.ctr@randolph.af.mil or (210) 652-7573

Need Your Participation | (back to top)
The Post is interested in ensuring that it is providing a meaningful experience to you and that what we provide is of interest to you.

The San Antonio Post's young member program is for SAME members age 35 years and under. It is an outstanding opportunity for professional development, networking, career guidance, and just plain fun.  All it takes is an investment in time.

We are working on many ideas to improve the young member program.  Having many varied and interesting and varied SAME activities may foster more young member involvement in the Post.  Some ideas being considered include:

  • Mentoring programs and professional development discussions
  • Peer discussions on assignments, jobs, projects, etc ...
  • Tours to sites of engineering interest (need ideas here...)

We encourage young engineers from the sustaining member firms to participate.  There is quite a bit that military and private sector engineers can share and learn from each other.

SAME provides the young member with many opportunities to learn, to grow, and for fun.  Without your ideas and participation, we can't make these programs happen.

P.E. Preparation Tips | (back to top)
Here are some helpful PE/FE Links:

The application process can be almost as difficult as the studying for the test. Each state has different rules and procedures – make sure you understand them.

In preparing for your PE or FE, find as much information as you can on the test format and content. Prioritize the subjects you will study. Both the number of potential questions and your familiarity with the subjects factor into this prioritization.

You should spend more time on a subject with two questions on the test over a subject with one question. Review the fundamentals before diving into the heavy-duty subjects.

Make a study schedule – you probably won’t keep all of it, but it forces studying into the front of your mind. Study, study, study! Do lots of practice problems, and review the solutions from solutions manuals.

Understand where everything came from. Be familiar with your references, and tab them. One individual took about 10 books to the test, but only used one. However, the individual was very familiar with all the tables and references in it.

Don’t study the week before the test – you will need it to relax.

For more information, comments, ideas, or help, you can contact: