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This is indeed the vertical curve problem from the 2011 sample questions. @ NewtoWR, your second equation is missing an "X" at the end and should read: Y’ (slope) = g1 + [(g2-g1)/ L] X This is not an algebraic manipulation of the first equation (elevation Y as a function of X); rather it is...

K19 - PASSED P.E. Rhode Island - Civil WR/Env

FWIW I studied roughly 10 hours a week over the 24 weeks leading up to the exam and found it both sufficent and manageable (I just passed in Env/WR). The CERM was my primary reference / study guide. Definitely heed ptatohed's advice and familiarize yourself well with the NCEES syllabus for the...

I work for a small firm, and on passing I immediately got a $1 bump on my hourly rate, which works out to a little over 2k p.a. Annual review is in May so I hope to see another :mf_bounce8: then.

Thanks. As I suspected... another wait!

Posting question here rather than starting a new topic... Having passed the October exam :afro: (Civil - WR/Env) is it kosher to now affix "PE" to my email and letter signatures? Or should I wait until the state board officially dubs me, enters my name into it's great book, takes my (my...

Just got my Rhode Island results today... PASSED! :bananalama: Thanks to all the board vets who helped with my questions as I was studying :beerchug:

Having lurked around here in the lead up to the exam I was under the impression that we got to keep them, however a proctor all too zealously plucked it from my table as I was packing up my references :mf_Flush:

^ A neighbor of mine told me about his brother taking them both in succession; I seem to recall that he was in gov't work (possibly military), and that his employer was able to get whatever exceptions were needed.

I took the Civil - WR/Env as well and agree that the morning session was tougher than expected, particularly the geotech and structural portions. Even some of the water resources questions seemed more appropriate for the afternoon session. In contrast I didn't think the afternoon WR/Env...

I have to disagree here, and will suggest that he trust his intuition in going with the WR/Env PM section. Truth is that very few candidates have an experience record that spans the entire breadth of a discipline, and my understanding is that this reflected in the exam's level of difficulty...

Thank you all for your wisdom and insight! It feels good to know that the practice questions are more or less on par with the difficulty of actual exam problems, though I'll certainly be over-preparing as suggested. :) Cheers, Kevin

Topic title says mostly all. As part of my study regimen in preparation the October 2012 exam I've been working problems from the Sample Questions and Solutions offered by the NCEES (Water Resources & Env. Depth): http://www.ncees.org...als.php?exam=PE To anyone who has recently taken the...

I worked for an engineering firm in Dublin and it was actually very common to see UK & Ireland professionals put all their degrees, licenses, and memberships on business cards! It feels a bit showy here in the States though. FWIW I think it's in best taste to only put professional (not...

Correct. S = (1000 / CN) - 10, where S (inches) is defined as "potential maximum retention after runoff begins" in TR-55. I've yet to see this term properly explained in plain English (engineers, amirite?) but I understand it to be representative of the soil's capacity to uptake rainfall via...

Thanks guys. Here's Eqn 20-11 as published: tc (minutes) = 1.67 tlag = [ 100 L0.8 (Sin + 1)0.7 ] / [ 1900 √(S%) ] Later in the chapter tlag is given as: tlag(hours) = [ L0.8 (Sin + 1)0.7 ] / [ 1900 √(S%) ] After conferring with the NRCS National Engineering Handbook Part 630 - Hydrology...

Hello Friends, I'm using the CERM 12th Edition (1st printing), and believe that Equation 20-11 (Hydrology - Time of Concentration from Watershed Lag Method) is correct in it's original form and that the following erratum posted on PPI's website is wrong. The equation is for tc (Time of...

Hi guys, that a million - all very sage advice! Going forward I think I'll continue to use both texts (will probably shift the CERM as my primary reference) and try to keep the material I study in line with the NCEES syllabus to the best extent possible.

Hopefully the topic title is somewhat indicative of my question/dilemma... I've begun a program of study for the October exam (Env/WR PM) with these two primary references, and from what little I've already covered it appears that: (a) Goswami's All-in-One, while being more approachable and...

Thank you all for your insight and wisdom, I'm putting together my study plan for this October and this is definitely one of the topics that makes my skin crawl!