In this article (and video above), I provide you with some tips that you can use to negotiate a higher salary after obtaining your PE License to enable you to negotiate the compensation that you deserve. These tips will help you earn more as a professional engineer and I strongly recommend that all professional engineers read this.
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Can You Get Approved to Sit for the PE Exam WITHOUT Passing the FE Exam?
In this article (and video above), I answer a question that I have received from many of our listeners, which is:
“Can I get approved to sit for the PE Exam without passing the FE Exam if I have a number of years of experience working in the engineering field?”
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PE Exam Review: Force Analysis (Practice and Solution)
In this article (and video above), we solve a force analysis problem of a field fabricated floor joist constructed by nailing together two boards, to help you prepare for your PE Exam. This week’s problem was created and solved by Enrique Ivers, an Engineer in Training.
Question:
A field fabricated floor joist is constructed by nailing together two boards as shown in the figure to the right. If the nails are spaced at s = 6”, what is the shear force (lb) in each nail if the section is subjected to a transverse shear force = 1.0 kips?
Explanation:
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How Many Times Can You FAIL and Take the PE Exam?
I get many questions from listeners asking how many times they can take the PE exam in one year, and in this article (and video above), I provide you with the answer and explain the process of retaking the NCEES PE Exam.
If you’re getting ready for the PE exam or have been struggling to pass it, you may be wondering how many times you are allowed to take it?
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Can You Cancel Your NCEES Exam? (Or Reschedule it)
In this article (and video above), I talk about how you can cancel or reschedule your PE Exam and also explain the costs involved in canceling or rescheduling.
Both the NCEES and Pearson VUE understand that circumstances may arise that require you to reschedule or cancel your NCEES exam. You may cancel or reschedule your appointment through your MyNCEES account by selecting the “Modify Appointment” option and following the on-screen instructions.
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Why Networking Can Help You Pass The NCEES Exam
In this article, (and video above), I talk about the impact that studying for the PE exam can have on your networking efforts, and provide some tips on how you can network effectively while studying for the PE Exam. Whether you are an engineering student, recent graduate, or have been working as an engineer for years, these tips will help you to build your network as an engineer while studying, which will greatly benefit your engineering career.
Studying for the PE exam can be really hard and stressful, and you probably want to spend as much time as possible studying. However, there is something to be said about studying too much, or over-preparing. Although this differs for everyone, many people have a limit to how much information they can absorb each day. To ensure that you do not waste your time by studying too much and to ensure that you get the most value out of all of your study sessions it is important to find a good balance between studying and relaxing. Easier said than done, right? I know it can be hard, but using the right study strategy may actually benefit you more than just studying for hours on end.
That being said, a perfect way to relax, while still digesting knowledge, is to network or as I like to refer to it, build relationships while studying. And I know the word ‘networking’ is often scary to engineers and technical professionals, but networking doesn’t have to be scary, and in fact, it can be a career game-changer.
Networking is a key part of any business or career, no matter the industry. You never know when a connection will be able to provide you with a great resource to use, or some tips that worked for them when studying for the PE Exam, or even a new job, somewhere down the road in your career.
Here Are 4 Ways That You Can Network or Build Relationships While Preparing for the PE Exam:
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Pass Rates for the Civil Pe Exam
In this article, (and video above), I discuss the latest PE Civil Exam pass rates to give you a better idea of how much effort you need to put into studying or what your chances are to pass the exam successfully.
The NCEES PE Exam pass rates are released after every exam. These pass rates help determine how successful the exam participants were, and based on them, you can get a better idea of how much effort you have to put into studying or what your chances are to pass the exam successfully. Passing the PE exam is the last step to becoming a professional engineer, and therefore it is a very important step in your career.
NCEES administers two types of exams for different disciplines. Some are computer-based exams, and the others are still paper and pencil exams. NCEES is in the process of converting all its exams to computer-based exams, but some are still conducted as pencil and paper exams right now. NCEES releases pass rates according to every discipline separately.
A lot of students can pass the exam on the first try. However, if someone is not able to pass on the first try, he or she can try another time, but the students can only take the test twice per year, so they have to wait some months before they can take the test again.
Here Are the Pass Rate of the Different PE Civil Exams:
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Is A Master’s Degree in Engineering Helpful Towards A Professional Engineering License?
I get so many questions about whether or not a master’s degree or a PhD from an EAC or ABET-accredited curriculum count as experience toward licensure, and in this article (and video above), I explain this to you by reviewing a study that was done by Michaela Martin, PE from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Kurt Stafford from the University of Tennessee, to help clarify if you can use these types of education towards your qualifying licensure experience. They did wonderful research on this subject.
Does a Master’s Degree from an EAC or ABET-accredited curriculum counts as experience toward licensure?
The PE Exam: How to Write Your Professional Experience
I get so many questions from listeners asking for advice on how to write their professional experience in an acceptable manner when applying to sit for the PE exam, therefore in this article, I will provide you with some general guidelines on how you can write your professional experience history in a way that is acceptable to the your licensing state board to help you qualify for licensure.
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Is The Water Resources & Environmental Civil PE Exam Worth Taking?
In our previous four episodes in this series, I discussed four of the depth areas that you can take for your Civil PE Exam: geotechnical, construction, structural, as well as the transportation depth area, and in this article, (and video above), I review-in detail the Civil: Water Resources & Environmental depth portion of the PE Exam to help you decide if this might be the right option for you. You can find links to the first four videos in this series below.
The Five Different Areas That You Can Choose From When Taking the PE Civil Exam Are:
- PE Civil: Geotechnical
- PE Civil: Construction
- PE Civil: Structural
- PE Civil: Transportation
- PE Civil: Water Resources & Environmental
Remember that the PE Water Resources & Environmental exam is a breadth and depth examination. The breadth items (typically known as the morning section) cover topics from all areas of civil engineering. However, the depth items (also known as the afternoon section) focus more closely on a single area of practice, like structural engineering.
What Is Water Resources & Environmental Engineering?
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