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Hi All: I passed the PE a few years ago. I'm thinking about making a possible career change to being a Patent Agent. I know I need to take an exam. Just curious if anybody has any recommendations on reference, study, and sample exams. Thanks for all the help.

It is worth it just to get more practice problems. For the most part those questions are generally waaaay too long to be PE exam questions. You have to learn the material anyways, why not go for the problem that will make you work for it. By the way, only the NCEES practice exam comes close...

nice.

Hi ATM: First of all, thanks for serving our country. Second, in IL, you don't need to be working under a PE to gain experience. You just need the engineering experience. I have worked for two large engineering companies (one in MI, and one in IL) along with my MS ME. And none of my...

I also did problems from my old university texts. The exam is very similar to the NCEES sample exams. But, I liked studying the longer problems since they forced you to learn all the parts of the system and all the assumptions that come with it, which made you even more prepared on test day...

Hi Woodaejang: I didn't go as far as Mapua Tech, but I did do a LOT of problems, especially in my discipline (T&F). The problems in MERM Practice Problems and Six Minutes are MUCH harder, and MUCH more time consuming than the exam. The NCEES practice problems are much more indicative of...

Wow...I figured there would be much more action in this thread.

You guys are two funny. I wish this game was going when I was waiting for my results. The weight did take a toe on my sanity.

Yeah...it's too soon. I say wait till mid May. Sorry newbies...it's a rite of passage.

Check with your state's instructions for the exam. I took (and passed, thankfully) in IL, and they did not allow the practice exams. They also didn't allow the FE equation book. Something you don't want to rely on especially if your state does not allow it in the room.

Sorry...meant to say, everybody is replaceable.

Yes, nobody is replaceable. However, with you leaving, how big of a crater will you leave behind? Personally, I'm hoping to leave them 6 months to one year behind where they are scrambling to find out where to place my workload. I'm also hoping by the time I leave, I will be working on several...

You should relax. I made the mistake of takin classes right after I got my PE last year, and I am beat. Take a year off and enjoy it. You will have plenty of time to stress out when you have to take continuing education classes.

Be careful of the FE reference manual. That book was not one of the references that I could use in the PE exam. Maybe it's different in other states, but IL, that is a no-no.

I made a cheat sheet of final equations with IP units. For example, Bernoulli's equation, but with pressure given in psi, and the pressure loss in feet. A pain if you have to do the conversions every time. Remember, you can't bring in a separate sheet, so I put mine in a separate composition...

It was sufficient for me to use the Problems for the MERM. Typically those problems are not difficult, but they are tedious, and forces you to learn most of the material. But this is coming from the perspective of a T&F depth.

It was about 2 weeks after I got my pass notice that my license number was posted on the IDFPR website back in January.

Sorry...my question was putting it in two places, would it be redundant? I was assuming that whoever was looking at the resume would know what PE means.

Congratulations...too bad it would be in poor taste to gloat to your old company.

Hi All: Just wanted some thoughts on having a PE and the resume. I've noticed that some people put "PE" or a variation of it following their name (e.g. wongdaisiu, PE). Somehow I feel that I need to put "Licensed Professional Engineer, IL" somewhere in the body of the resume. All this seems...