In 1995, The National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) approved the offering of a national examination for professional licensure of naval architects and marine engineers (NAME) with The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers as the sponsoring organization. A survey of the Society’s membership was conducted to determine the range of subject matter of importance to practice in this field and an examination specification was developed and published. In the October, 1998 and April, 1999 issues of Marine Technology and SNAME NEWS, articles were presented by the then President, Jose Femenia, discussing various aspects of the examination for Professional Engineer Licensure in Ship Design Engineering (SDE),. The first Principles and Practice Examination was given on October 29, 1999. In 2001, the name was changed and thenceforth is identified as Naval Architecture-Marine Engineering (NAME). In an effort to assist the Society’s membership in their exam preparation, some study materials were developed and presented on the SNAME Web Site that are concerned with some subject areas of the examination specification (the examination specification was published in the Marine Technology issue Volume 35, Number 4, of October, 1998). Since 2001, an annual examination has been administered in April of each year by the various licensing jurisdictions authorized to offer a Principles and Practices examination in this field of licensure. During 2005 and 2006, a second survey of the naval architecture and marine engineering field was conducted to assess needed changes in requirements for abilities, knowledge and practices. Based on this survey, a revised examination specification was developed and implemented in April of 2008.