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Results will be out soon! I remember to well the anticipation at this point! Good luck to you all and I hope your popping top on a cold drink for celebration! Tim

Good luck to you all. Take a deep breath, its almost over. Tim

Is it too early for this type of joke? Just wait my friends - it will all be over soon! Tim

Got my CT PE stamp in the mail! Passed last April! For those of you waiting, it will all be over in a week. If you pass celebrate and be proud of your accomplishments, if you did not hold you head up, learn the area that require improving and hit the books. I have not forgotten what it feels...

With less than four weeks to go how are you all making out? You should be spending nearly every day preparing at this phase and maybe all day once or twice a week. Tim

I am working thru the Six Minute Solutions problems, and the answer for # 27 has me thrown for a loop- They look up: psat,70F= 1.15 x 10^-3 lbm/ft3 psat,60F=0.829x10^-3 lbm/ft3 The answer says that this is from the saturated vapor densities at each temp. I cannot find this anywere is the...

Hi all! I find myself developing my studying plan for the April 2011 exam. This will be my second time taking the test, came close in October! Is anyone taking any online courses that they find useful? Thanks Tim

According to NCEES Ct recieves exam from them: This is from the NCEES web site "When results have been released (typically 8–10 weeks after the exam), NCEES will send an e-mail informing you that your result can be accessed through your My NCEES account." In response to an amail request...

Thought I would start this topic since I am checking everyone elses twice daily for news! I dont think we will get our before Xmas - but who knows- Anyone else waiting from CT? Tim

Hey guys- I am working problem 136 on the 2008 NCEES and it asks to find 250 psia saturated of 134a on the Pressure/Enthalpy Diagram. As you move horizontaly at 250 PSIA to saturated liquid the anwer the book gives for S inital is .118 - that appear to be in the middle of the dome but how does...

I am working thru the problems that I dont understand and this is one of them. I fully understand the approach (working it matching 27-10 of the MERV) The answer says that at 96 psia h2'=1,201 btu/lbm I worked this using the quaility approach and recogizing that s1=s2 - THe propblem I see is...

Pluggin away at these problems and in general getter better and better. Working thru Problem 512 the answer starts with h1=h2=1,224.6 Btu/lbm (from steam table) I cannot for the life of me figure where in the steam table they obtain this value? I am assuming it is at 60 PSIA and I am looking...

Good morning, As I am preparing for the exam I find myself relearning many areas, using the MERM as the main method of teaching. I am working the NCEES 2008 Thermo problems 502 and 504 The solutions appear to being using a version of PV=nRT that brings area and mass flow rate into it...

Working thru problem 129 in the NCEES 2008 study guide. I must be missing were they obtain 1335.2 BTU/lbm from. Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks Tim

Working thru NCEES Problem # 125 and they appear to convert: 1hp = 33,000 ft-lbm/min I recall many caution flags being thrown during schooling not to mix lbm and lbf, and the only things I can find show: 1hp = 33,000 ft-lbf/min Could someone elaborate on what I am missing here? Thanks in...

Hello all- I am a new member here and am planning on taking the October PE in Mechanical. Starting to hit the books now in preperation. Good luck to all! Tim