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Hi friends,

I wish to find out about good reference books and study material to prepare for Electrical and Computer Engineering PE exam.

Also, do any schools around Philadelphia offer review courses in this field? I noticed that there arent many places offering refresher coursework in Electrical and Computer engineering...

Please help,

 
Hi friends,I wish to find out about good reference books and study material to prepare for Electrical and Computer Engineering PE exam.

Also, do any schools around Philadelphia offer review courses in this field? I noticed that there arent many places offering refresher coursework in Electrical and Computer engineering...

Please help,

I used the MGI EE Prepardness course mainly, it was great. Took Power module 15 years after college, 12 years after FE, studied for 4 months, 2-4 hours a day. Don't know if its still available.

BOOK LIST

Computer Module

Schaum's Computer networking, Computer Architecture, Software Engineering and Operating Systems.

Also (these are more expensive):

Computer Engineering: Hardware Design

by M. Morris Mano

• ISBN-10: 0131629263

• ISBN-13: 978-0131629264

Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface

by David A. Patterson , John L. Hennessy

• ISBN-10: 1558604286

• ISBN-13: 978-1558604285

Computer System Architecture

by M. Morris Mano

• ISBN-10: 0131755633

• ISBN-13: 978-0131755635

Software Engineering: Principles and Practice

by Hans van Vliet

• ISBN-10: 0471975087

• ISBN-13: 978-0471975083

Network Analysis, Architecture and Design

by James D. McCabe

• ISBN-10: 1558608877

• ISBN-13: 978-1558608870

Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles

by William Stallings

• ISBN-10: 0131479547

• ISBN-13: 978-0131479548

ECC

ELECTRONICS

The Art of Electronics <-- Great reviews, never saw it but checked the Table of Cont on Amazon

by Paul Horowitz (Author), Winfield Hill (Author)

ISBN-10: 0521370957

ISBN-13: 978-0521370950

Schaums Electronic Circuits and Devices

COMMUNICATIONS

Modern Electronic Communication

by Jeff Beasley (Author), Gary M. Miller (Author)

ISBN-10: 0132251132

ISBN-13: 978-0132251136

Schaum's Outline of Electronic Communication

CONTROLS

Control Systems Engineering

by Norman Nise (Author)

ISBN-10: 0470169974

ISBN-13: 978-0470169971

Design of Feedback Control Systems

by Raymond T. Stefani, Bahram Shahian, Clement J. Savant, Gene H. Hostetter

ISBN-10: 0195142497

ISBN-13: 978-0195142495

Feedback Systems <-- Older & out of print, but supposed to be real good. Cheap @ Alibris or ebay!

by Jose B. Cruz

ISBN-10 0070148708

ISBN-13 9780070148703

Schaum's Outline of Feedback and Control Systems

AM BREADTH

EERM - Probobly the best "Breadth" book out there.

Fundamentals of EE (By Bobrow) - Goes into the "depth" of the AM stuff that EERM does not, so it complements it perfectly. More than you'll care to know.

NCEES Electrical and Computer Study Guide

Schaum's Basic EE (or similar Schaums, there's 3 or 4)

One good text on Electronics (transistors, Op Amps), one Communications (basic) and one Digital (binary, hex, chips, micro, clock cycles, K-map).

EE Quick Reference (other board or Kaplan's Referenced Review by Bentley)

PM POWER Depth

Power Systems Analysis (Grainger)

Electric Machines, Drives and Power Systems (Wildi)

Schaum's Electric Power Systems & Schaum's Electric Machinery

NEC Code for Code questions.

"Public Lighting" & "IESNA Illumination Handbook" for lighting questions.

I also printed and bound lots of stuff from Wikipedia ranging from DC motors, Generators, Computers, load flow, etc.

 
Hi friends,I wish to find out about good reference books and study material to prepare for Electrical and Computer Engineering PE exam.

Also, do any schools around Philadelphia offer review courses in this field? I noticed that there arent many places offering refresher coursework in Electrical and Computer engineering...

Please help,

I used the MGI EE Prepardness course mainly, it was great. Took Power module 15 years after college, 12 years after FE, studied for 4 months, 2-4 hours a day. Don't know if its still available.

BOOK LIST

Computer Module

Schaum's Computer networking, Computer Architecture, Software Engineering and Operating Systems.

Also (these are more expensive):

Computer Engineering: Hardware Design

by M. Morris Mano

• ISBN-10: 0131629263

• ISBN-13: 978-0131629264

Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface

by David A. Patterson , John L. Hennessy

• ISBN-10: 1558604286

• ISBN-13: 978-1558604285

Computer System Architecture

by M. Morris Mano

• ISBN-10: 0131755633

• ISBN-13: 978-0131755635

Software Engineering: Principles and Practice

by Hans van Vliet

• ISBN-10: 0471975087

• ISBN-13: 978-0471975083

Network Analysis, Architecture and Design

by James D. McCabe

• ISBN-10: 1558608877

• ISBN-13: 978-1558608870

Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles

by William Stallings

• ISBN-10: 0131479547

• ISBN-13: 978-0131479548

ECC

ELECTRONICS

The Art of Electronics <-- Great reviews, never saw it but checked the Table of Cont on Amazon

by Paul Horowitz (Author), Winfield Hill (Author)

ISBN-10: 0521370957

ISBN-13: 978-0521370950

Schaums Electronic Circuits and Devices

COMMUNICATIONS

Modern Electronic Communication

by Jeff Beasley (Author), Gary M. Miller (Author)

ISBN-10: 0132251132

ISBN-13: 978-0132251136

Schaum's Outline of Electronic Communication

CONTROLS

Control Systems Engineering

by Norman Nise (Author)

ISBN-10: 0470169974

ISBN-13: 978-0470169971

Design of Feedback Control Systems

by Raymond T. Stefani, Bahram Shahian, Clement J. Savant, Gene H. Hostetter

ISBN-10: 0195142497

ISBN-13: 978-0195142495

Feedback Systems <-- Older & out of print, but supposed to be real good. Cheap @ Alibris or ebay!

by Jose B. Cruz

ISBN-10 0070148708

ISBN-13 9780070148703

Schaum's Outline of Feedback and Control Systems

AM BREADTH

EERM - Probobly the best "Breadth" book out there.

Fundamentals of EE (By Bobrow) - Goes into the "depth" of the AM stuff that EERM does not, so it complements it perfectly. More than you'll care to know.

NCEES Electrical and Computer Study Guide

Schaum's Basic EE (or similar Schaums, there's 3 or 4)

One good text on Electronics (transistors, Op Amps), one Communications (basic) and one Digital (binary, hex, chips, micro, clock cycles, K-map).

EE Quick Reference (other board or Kaplan's Referenced Review by Bentley)

PM POWER Depth

Power Systems Analysis (Grainger)

Electric Machines, Drives and Power Systems (Wildi)

Schaum's Electric Power Systems & Schaum's Electric Machinery

NEC Code for Code questions.

"Public Lighting" & "IESNA Illumination Handbook" for lighting questions.

I also printed and bound lots of stuff from Wikipedia ranging from DC motors, Generators, Computers, load flow, etc.


Thank you..This helps a lot in starting for my prep..

So are the 40 AM and 40 PM questions randomly distributed in the 8 hour test?

Did you find timing as a constraint? Were the allotted 8 hours enough?

What difference did you see between the EIT (FE) test and the PE test?

Also, what other exam day tips would you give?

 
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