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Hello, I am writing to see if anyone has tried claiming the purchase of the AASHTO green book as a tax deduction. I passed the PE last year and have my license and would like to buy the green book now and write it off as a tax deduction for the 2011 tax year. Does any know if this is okay...

Transportation Engineer PE (passed April 2010) WA 3.5 years experience State Department of Transportation 60k-65k (est ~75k incl. benefits)

If you're looking for a good book(s) to cover the AM breadth section, then look no farther than PPI's Lindbergh Civil Engineering Reference Manual for the Civil PE Exam. I took (and passed) the PE exam in April 2010 and used ONLY this book in the morning.

I didn't bother to read much of anyone else's reply, so your question might already have been answered, BUT: I have first hand experience with this issue. I did not meet the required minimum four (4) years experience that the IDFPR application says you must have BEFORE applying to take the...

The final answer to this question depends on what state you are trying to get licensed in. The most important nuance to this case is how much interaction you had with the licensed PE. If he actively managed your work with regular review of your design, then the experience will probably count...

The economy is what motivated me - and since you have children (I do too) that should be more than enough motivation to get started and keep going. I studied over the course of six months, covering one topic a month: November - Water Resources December - Geotechnical January - Structural...

If you have a textbook with a section on it (including an example problem), I'd work through that problem and move on. Many water resources books cover well topics. I own and recommend Water Resources Engineering by Mays.

Some of your experience does not count, some of it might count, and some of it definitely counts: 1. Your time as a drafter is out both because you did not do any designing - you only drew someone else's work as instructed - and because you were not in college. 2. Your internship MIGHT...