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Board votes: approvals and denials for engineering and surveying applicants
Summary
The board voted on dozens of licensure applications across engineering and surveying categories. This roundup lists formal motions, outcomes, and key reasons cited on the record (lack of qualifying degree, missing FE exam, disciplinary history, or routine reciprocity).
Votes at a glance
At the meeting the board conducted a series of formal motions on individual and grouped licensure applications (reciprocity, exam credit, reinstatements). The list below summarizes each motion taken on the public record, the stated reason when given, and the recorded outcome.
- Motion to deny Eric Franklin (Class 6 exam/experience): denied. Reason on record: lacked a qualifying two‑year degree/equivalent and therefore did not meet the experience pathway requirement.
- Motion to approve Colin Palforpe (Class 6 exam): approved.
- Motion to approve three applicants for Class 8 exam (names not individually repeated in transcript): approved.
- Motion to approve Roy Caruba (Class 4 reconsideration): approved. Board noted prior disciplinary actions from the 1990s that were settled; members concluded those matters were not disqualifying on the present record.
- Motion to deny G. Abdullah Hajar (reciprocity) — (moved and seconded as presented) then reversed to approve after discussion: approved (motion carried).
- Motion to approve Yushang Miao for reciprocity pending verification of current Maryland licensure: approved pending verification.
- Motion to deny Tenzin Nyandek (reciprocity) initially debated; motion to approve carried with one recorded opposed vote: approved (one opposed).
- Motion to deny Hannah Kimball (Class 1 credit part 1): denied for lack of a qualifying undergraduate engineering degree.
- Motion to deny Wayne Schneider (Class 1 credit part 1): denied for lack of a qualifying undergraduate engineering degree.
- Motion to approve a group of Class 1 credit part 1 applicants (excluding Kimball and Schneider): approved.
- Motion to deny Ryan Bartos (Class 1 credit part 1): denied for lack of a qualifying undergraduate engineering degree.
- Motion to approve Mohammed Ahmed Khan (Class 2 credit part 1): approved.
- Motion to deny James Bowman (Class 4 reciprocity): denied for lack of a qualifying undergraduate engineering degree.
- Motion to approve a group of Class 4 reciprocity applicants (names listed in minutes; multiple approvals across pages): approved. Board noted that only a few applicants in the packet were non‑model law and that NCEES/NCWS equivalency evaluations supported approvals for many foreign‑degree applicants.
- Motion to deny Jeffrey Lintag (reciprocity): denied because Minnesota had waived his FE; Connecticut requires passing the FE/CBT unless an NCEES agreement or equivalency applies.
- Motion to approve multiple applicants (Harvey through Meyer, Mitchell through Reed, Stamm through Zabura, and multiple supplemental‑agenda groups): approved (see below for specific names in meeting minutes).
- Motion to approve two reinstatements (Smolinski and Collins): approved.
- Additional individual reciprocity approvals and denials recorded across the agenda: the board approved the large majority of the packet’s model‑law applicants and approved multiple non‑model applicants where experience or NCEES/NCWS equivalency filled curriculum gaps; denials were typically for missing the required accredited undergraduate engineering degree or for an FE waiver that did not meet Connecticut requirements.
How the votes were handled on the record
- Most motions were moved and seconded on the public record; the clerk asked “all those in favor, say aye,” and the chair recorded “hearing none, that motion carries” for unanimous approvals.
- Where an applicant’s file included prior disciplinary actions (Roy Caruba) or foreign‑degree evaluations, members discussed the record and then voted to approve or deny based on the documentation presented.
- Several approvals were cast conditionally (for example, Yushang Miao’s approval was explicitly recorded as pending verification of current out‑of‑state licensure).
Note: The meeting packet contained dozens of applicants across multiple agenda pages. The transcript records motions and outcomes for each named applicant; the minutes should be consulted for the full per‑applicant list and exact motion language. The summary above reflects the on‑the‑record votes captured in the transcript excerpt.
