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I am having a huge problem with motivation at work right now. It has been like this for some time. I have a boss that only checks in once in a great while, as I basically do work for other customers. I seem to get distracted with everything. Anything that pops into my mind will take the...

At times I wonder if I choose the right career. I am a mechanical engineer engineer at a national lab and have been at it about 8.5 years. I mainly do design and analysis, as well as the modeling, procurement, and assembly that go along with it. I find that most times it is extremely hard to...

Here are the subject sheets I used for the ME PE exam that a few people have asked me for. I used the MERM 11th edition and took (and passed) the exam in April 2008. Good luck to all!

I say this before every exam so I guess i'll say it again here. Make sure you can do engineering economics problems (at least the ones in MERM). When I took the exam in April 2008 there were probably at least 5 economics problems. Thank God I had gone through them in MERM a few days before...

Sorry to post this here but some members are asking me for some of the PDF's I posted a ways back with my formula sheets, subject topics, etc. It seems that my pdf files that I included with my posts have disappeared. Does anybody know what is going on and how to get them back? Thanks.

I received my BS in ME in 2001 and really didn't give a masters a second thought. I was burned out by then anyway. Now, looking back i'm not sure if it would have made much difference. I would probably be making a few K more and maybe be doing a little different work. I did get my PE...

So there are now a few in my company who have successfully managed to con management into granting them title changes from technicians to engineers, based on their 4-year engineering technology degree from the above mentioned, non-accredited institution. Personally, I feel this as a slap in the...

I took the mechanical PE in April of 2008. By the grace of God I passed. Now looking back, finding out that I passed was one of the happiest days in my life. I sometimes have nightmares about having to go through the study and exam process again. Waking up knowing that it's over is a great...

As an April 2008 PE veteran, and thank God one time test taker, make sure that your mind is trained to make what ever adjustments may be necessary on test day. Here are a few things I remember from test day... 1. An engineer that has taken the PE in the past probably didn't design the room...

One piece of advice for people taking the PE exam. DO NOT skip the engineering economics chapter in the MERM, CERM, etc. I nearly skipped this chapter thinking that there would be very few economics problems or that they would be easy as they were in the NCEES sample exam. Wrong. Thank God I...

I finally cleaned out my PE boxes from April and have a few things that I will part with for cheap. It is probably cheaper to ship them all together, but I will part individually also. 1. HP 33s Calculator with user's guide - Two available, new condition - $20 each 2. Essential Equations...

I have received a few requests for the MERM 11th edition Index in PDF format. If anybody would like this, send me a personal message through this board with your e-mail address and i'll be sure to forward it to you. I'm trying to attach the file to this message. If that doesn't work, then...

I just received my PE results via e-mail. PASSED! Mechanical (Machine Design), 1st time. I received two attachments, the results letter and another letter with further instructions pertaining to my state. When I saw two attachments, I was sure one would be a diagnostics report. Many thanks...

I just took the ME PE on Friday for the first time (machine design depth). I thought the test vas very tough, both morning and afternoon. The morning was difficult, but thankfully I was able to figure out some on my second pass that I had skipped the first time through. I remember telling...

I was unable to get more than a couple winks of sleep last night for whatever reason. Maybe exam jitters, maybe something I ate. I really don't know for sure. What I do know, however (I am taking the ME PE on Friday by the way), is that if the exam were today, I would have wasted the last 4...

Hi all, We are getting pretty close. About three weeks ago I took the "Other Board" sample exam (Mechanical). Needless to say the score was not good, about 50%. Yesterday I took the NCEES sample exam with machine design depth. 35/40 morning and 32/40 afternoon. I had worked the problems a...

What exam day preparation, or I should say exam morning preparation, has worked for everybody in the past? 1. What time does everybody get up? (I think all exams begin around 8:00, so time zone should not be an issue here). I know it takes me quite a while sometimes to get to the point where...

(I already posted this deep in another thread but would really like to hear some input. Because exam time is near i'm starting another post with this. Sorry. Good luck to everybody!) Took "The other board" ME PE sample exam today (Machine Design depth). Man, I feel like I need to see a...

(I should have posted this in the ME discipline area, but that section seems to be a little stagnant right now. I guess everybody is studying. I apologize in advance.) Help! I am torn between the machine design and thermo/fluids depth module for the April ME PE. Up until now I had planned...

To anybody that has taken the PE exam in the past: What were the main things that you determined after taking the exam, or during the exam for that matter, that you would have given anything to have known during the preparation process? A "freebie" if you will. I guess I am thinking of things...