I would forward the email to the board ASAP. That sounds all kinds of wrong.
Although if you do hear from him again, give him my email address. I'm dying to find out!
I am attaching this email from him:
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Katin
To: XXXX
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 3:04 PM
Subject: I received note from BPELS
XXXX,
The engineering board (BPELS) knows that I teach a ChE PE Refresher class and sent me a list of people that did not pass the OCT 2005 exam.
I was sorry to see your name on the list. I hope you only missed by a point or two! However, the good news is now you are more relaxed in that you know what to expect.
I am Bob Katin, a licensed Chemical Engineer with over 30 years of industrial experience, and own a training company. We offer a refresher course in chemical engineering principles that will help ChEs solve problems in their plants, and prepare for the PE Exam. My class provides real life industrial examples from which to perform calculations. I have operated my training company for the past 7 years and 75% of my attendees have earned their PE. One recent attendee had taken the PE exam five times and failed five times. He even took other peoples' refresher classes. He passed after taking my class!
Most of the participants in the PE Refresher class have been away from college for at least five years. A review class is the best way to prepare for the PE exam.
My refresher course is designed to emphasize practical problem solving. The handouts are very user-friendly and make an excellent reference book. After solving the problems in this refresher course, by using the tables and figures in the appendices, attendees will be more comfortable in the PE exam. Since the PE exam is open book, it is important that candidates be proficient in using the reference books they bring to the exam.
If you want to take my ChE Refresher as a correspondence course, I will mail you the first few modules upon receipt of your check. After you solve the problems in the section and feel comfortable, take the pre-quiz and quiz at the end of each module. Depending how well you feel you did, call, fax, or send me a copy of your calculations for both the pre-quiz and quiz or just the quiz. I'll look them over and provide feedback. When you are ready to move on, I will mail you the next set of modules. Topics include: Chemistry, Fluid Flow, Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Pumps, Compressors, Reactors and Kinetics, Instrumentation, Refrigeration, and Mass Transfer (Distillation, Stripping, Scrubbing, Adsorption and Absorption).
The class will be held on six Saturdays from 9 AM to 4 PM, starting on March 11, 2006 and ending on April 15, 2006 in Walnut Creek, California. Approximately one third of each of my classes has commuted in from Southern California.
I restrict my class to only ten students so that all attendees get adequate attention. For logistics purposes, please let me know if I may expect to see you.
