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Question:
If you know of any good books, sites, companies, schools, etc., please let me know and
I'll add this information on our site. In addition, I would like the same information
about Electrical Safety for our site.
Responses:
1. The Pinellas Chapter of the Florida Engineering Society is partnering with the
University of South Florida FEEDS system to make seminars available on both the Fundamentals
of Engineering (formerly EIT) and the electrical portion of the PE Exams.
Seminars begin on Monday, July 29 (FE)
and Thursday, August 1 (EE). There will be ten sessions (no class Sept 2 - Labor Day),
and class runs from 7 to 10 p.m. The registration fee is $300 and includes reference materials.
Although the pre-registration deadline has passed, we will take additional participants
- worst-case scenario is that IF the demand exceeds the supply of books, the late arrivals
might have to wait a week for their materials.
2. The State of Florida has local
chapters that typically conduct PE review courses at universities twice annually. In other
states, check engineering department websites at local universities; these often have
links to and announcements for PE review courses conducted by local chapters of state
engineering societies.
3. Principles & Practice of Electrical
Engineering, by Merle C. Potter, Ph.D., PE - Having reviewed several books, this is
the only one I really used while studying.
4. PERC (Professional Engineer Review
Courses) is a mail-order correspondence course program that takes you through the
subject matter the way you would expect to see it on the exam. You get a booklet with
theory and problems to work in engineering exam style. You send them back and they are
hand graded. They even send substandard answers back for re-test. For each lesson, you
get an instructor that you can call to help you with theory if you need it. After the
end of the course, you get a printout of your performance on the course as a way of predicting
your chances on the exam.
5. PG&E - The local utility,
PG&E, offered a six-week seminar to prepare for the PE exam. I completed the seminar
and passed the exam on the next try. I had been out of college fifteen years and it had
been ten years since I passed the EIT exam.
6. NCEE - There's a whole library
of materials for purchase, depending on which PE designation you're interested in. Most
colleges have a refresher course available given by the local chapter of the NSPE.
7. Clemson University Engineering
Department - At one time, the NCEE was headquartered in Seneca, SC, right next to
Clemson University. The Clemson Engineering Department provided the majority of the input
to the NCEE in the make-up of the exam. Since then, Clemson professors still offer these
reviews, and they are held between summer school and the start of the fall semester. We
have sent three of our engineers through these reviews and all passed the PE on the first
try.
8. Georgia Tech - Georgia Tech
has excellent review notes to study for your PE. Since Clemson actually writes and grades
the national PE test, most colleges use the Clemson Series PE review notes.
9. This site is a good place
to buy PE and EIT books. The phone number for it is 1-800-952-4388, and the website is:
http://www.testprepdepot.com/
10. Professional Publications, Inc.
- Study guides & prep books are available from Professional Publications, Inc. They
also have other useful information and a bulletin board where you can communicate with
other people preparing for the PE exam.
11. NCEES - Visit the NCEES website.
This is the organization that puts the tests together and there is a lot of information
concerning test formats, dates, and pass rates on this site.
12. Local Tech Colleges - Start
with the local tech college; often they will have refresher courses. Then go to that state's
Professional Society or National Organizations (i.e., OSPE, NSPE) for details, etc. Sometimes
local colleges offer a PE exam review/refresher study course. Check the continuing education
department at area colleges.
13. The National Council of Examiners
for Engineers & Surveyors - Study materials are available but not specifically
for electrical engineers. This seems odd since they administer all of the PE tests.
14. North Carolina State University,
through their Industrial Extension department, offers an excellent three-part, video-based
review course for EE's. They also offer on-campus classes if you're within driving distance
of Raleigh, NC.
15. Auburn University offered a weeklong course at their extension office in Birmingham, AL,
prior to the control systems' exam. This was several years ago and the course seemed to be a work
in progress. Members should check the websites for the nearest engineering college.
16. Clemson University review
courses for the PE exam.
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