Recent content by C. Ryan

https://www.pestamps.com/product/california-professional-engineer-bear-stamp/ this is where i got mine

CA experience requirements are different for the non-civil PEs. I looked it up out of curiosity, and its only 2 years for PE Mechanical in CA. In fact, one website even suggested people get the CA PE first and then use comity to get others due to it being only 2 years...

Part of the answer also depends on the review course you are going to use. Some of them have a limited duration, and you dont want to get into a situation where your subscription to the samples ends a month early. I passed my tests in 2019 (so the review courses i took may or may not be...

Welcome CFLuke =) and yeah... trying to explain 85th percentile to most people just makes them anxious or angry (or both). traffic calming works on some drivers, but idiots abound. i know first hand because my business is built on investigating traffic collisions, and there doesnt appear to be...

If your supervisor is a PE and signed off you should be fine. the key is they want at least one reference from a PE that was in responsible charge of work you did. as long as someone on your reference list signed and sealed work that you participated in, then they would generally qualify. in...

FE - 20 First PE - 27 (licensed in Minnesota) Second PE - 42 (licensed in California)

If you work for a company, see if they will snag a set for you. The issue is that many of the test versions have questions that you need one of the code books for (not many questions, but who wants to throw away free points for simple lookups). When i took my test, i used Hiner's review course...

California has a biannual renewal set up in 4 chunks (one per quarter). Once you get your license, its good until the next renewal, at which point you will go to an every other year renewal. its not hard to renew, and my guess is they do it this way to spread all the renewals out (there are a...

Those categories are really just a list of the different categories that states list their PEs under. if you consider yourself structural design and you are applying for Civil PE, then Civil/Structural is the right call.

Its always been my understanding that most (if not all) states just require you to pass the PE exam, they dont have any emphasis specific requirements for a normal PE. if your state is that way, you can take a little time to look at practice exams to decide which type of test you are most...

So my primary reference was this massive blue book by Professional Publications, Inc (PPI) called "Civil Engineering Reference Manual for the PE Exam", along with a practice problems book and a test book. I also took the books I used in college (yeah i am one of those putzes that kept all their...

Two biggest pieces of advice i received prior to the exam that helped a ton: tab, Tab, TAB - i went through and used small post it notes to tab anything i thought might be on the exam, along with a 1-2word descriptor on the tab. Then when i took the practice exams, anything i had to look up...

I took my exam early Nov 2019, got the results early Dec 2019, and then got licensed Dec 20, 2019. understand this was pre-COVID, but they used to run licenses every 2 weeks, so how long it will take depends on when the last time they ran it was, but they were pretty quick. I found the easy...

i used Hiner's course, all videos, tests, etc, and passed.  that being said, the real test was a lot harder then the practice tests.  Hiner's practice problems were key for me, but there were several problems on the test that i just couldnt work out at all (educated guess time)

new numbers post after close of business.  a few months back one engineer said his showed up at 7pm edited:  my number just posted (its 7pm PST)