Recent content by engine42

So I put an exhaustive response over in Electrical/Electronics (as there is precious little information specific to that test here):

I passed the Oct 2017 Electronics - my first try.  Thank you to the folks of these forums who told of their experiences, it really helped me understand what I was up against and what I had to do.   Here are my thoughts on the experience:   Whoever said the test is on the fundamentals in these...

The PE has been in the back of my mind since undergrad, and then more so since I declined to follow the PhD track. The discipline I work in though - nearly no PEs, and folks who have no idea what a PE even means, and others who look me square in the eye and tell me it is a waste of time.  That...

Oh, matt267 has something there...

Ditto.  I'm not replying t the survey until I get my results.

Say what???

Older than most reporting here.  Know some older than me who have passed PE and were much more up on math.  I sit next week.  Had to take the FE twice - well it was the EIT then.  First time passed in grad school without studying.  Then did nothing with it... my practice - jack of all trades...

Uh-oh, I'm primrily using Camara as a DIY study guide.  What's it missing?

Hello, I'm looking for some verification here. In Camara on page 31-2, Section 2, First-order analysis, the guidelines for solving this kind of problem uses a Thevenin equivalent circuit to isolate the inductor or capacitor - by themselves without the resistor R2.  I get this, and I understand...

I would not be so quick to get rid of your books.  My reference library helped me to maintain my USCG maritime license for a very long time.  As to the engineering books I have, well, here I am still using them.  The internet is very helpful, and it does not replace a good professional reference...

Thanks again, I have been cleared by the board, so, on to the PE.

Are you taking the power exam? And what is GT? Thanks!

OK, ha- thanks, yes folks, I own a pen.  And I can write cursive very neatly, etc.  This being dealing with Gov't forms, and the process being so controlled, yes, I am taking everything about this application process quite literally.  Except the section of the law that keeps referring to "he"...

Hi, So I'm filling out the PE application found here:  https://www.pcshq.com/?page=MAPEApplication101915.pdf Page 3, column 2, the first paragraph under application instructions says "Applications will be rejected and application fees forfeited if any portion of this form is altered."  It also...

I took it in NH, and it had an end date on the certificate. So my next challenge is getting PE references.  I have never worked under the supervision of a PE.  And I'm wondering where folks practicing electrical and electronics (e.g. NOT power) are working where a PE is required for that.  I do...