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When I have the time, mostly history and ancient language reading. And trying to keep up with the kiddos.

When I took it back in April, it was at the BJCC in Birmingham.

If this were me, I would first try to estimate a discharge coefficient of the hole.  Then I would numerically step through pressure drops and integrate the mass flow rate of freon leaving the system (depends on if liquid or gas wherever the hole is, though).  From the known mass (or estimated)...

I still have a couple years to go on the experience train before I can get my license (yay for Alabama decoupling).  I am at my last day with my current company in manufacturing and I am switching over to a large EPC firm, where I will have a lot more mentors and challenges to help me learn.  I...

On the plus side of CBT, you can CTRL-F for everything in the reference.  It made the FE quite easy.  On the downside, its hard to have "spatial awareness" in a computer file, so looking around for a reference apart from searching can be harder, if you are unfamiliar with the layout.

Dominant arm for 3 months.  Ambidextrous for the win. Would you rather sit in an open office with an ice-crunching coworker next to you, or have a private office that you can't leave to use the bathroom during work hours.

My alma mater still maintains a materials engineering department which is doing just fine (actually, just got a renovated building).  It may not be as plentiful as Mechanical Engineering (which is 1/20th of the entire undergrad campus), but it still has plenty of students.

Working a 6 day plant shutdown before changing jobs/moving at the end of the week.  Busy busy.

Alabama added.

So there are a couple options you could consider.  A rack and pinion would work, if you could find some small enough.  Similarly, you could run a small belt between two pulleys, one of which is attached to your rotating link, and then your thumb device is attached to one side of the belt to...

Some states require that your license specifies your area of competency directly (If you get a Mechanical license, you cannot stamp anything electrical, even if you are eminently qualified electrically).  In other (most) states, a PE is a PE - there is no discipline designation on the license.

I know in AL, you have to include all experience, regardless of qualifying or not.  I would double check this for you.

Relatedly, is the thumb movement to control the rotation mechanically or electrically?

First, labels are really helpful.  Your description is terribly confusing.  Let me make sure I understand you.  You are trying to grip the gray link, move the golden nub linearly with your thumb, which when moved a full stroke, will cause the black link to rotate 180 degrees?  What is the belt...

ABET can be important for jobs, but it is important for the PE.  As has been discussed, there are ways to get your PE without having gone to an ABET program, but it is harder and carries more complications.  I've come across several job descriptions that require ABET accredited programs; most of...

I seem to recall that some boards have newly minted PE licenses expire ~6 months from initial issuing.  Honestly can't remember why or which ones though, so take it for a grain of salt.

Project scope determinations and proposal evaluations fall under "engineering" work.  I would emphasize your work under this resident engineer and your relationship there.  Also, emphasize the detail oriented nature of these projects and how you evaluated the project itself and the cost of each...

Check the other threads.  Thats not what this one is for.

Well, the first big step is your area of competency.  Where can you ethically offer services (or, otherwise, what skills do you need to gain)? From there, consider who your clientele would be that require someone with those skills.  If your skills are in generation, are there other plants in...

I did use both practice exams.  The NCEES practice exam I thought was representative of the difficulty of the actual exam and Lindburgh required more effort.  L's practice exam required more table lookups and doesn't give as many properties as the NCEES practice exam.  Its good practice, but...