FE Exam

TransportationSo, Here I am looking at myself with a PhD degree but have not yet taken the FE exam?! Isn't that strange? I look around and look at the job positions, and requirements and almost everything to grow in my career seems to be needing a PE license! and I have not yet passed the FE which is a prerequisite for PE. OK now, long story short, I have decided to take the FE exam and I also have decided to put my notes and tips and tricks in my web page, maybe some other person can use it too. Why not, huh? 

I will try to study the different materials for the exam and get ready and as I go along this preparation journey, I write down my notes here, both to help me learn and remember better and to help others, maybe.

I do not have the intention of writing all the details and the formulas and everything about the materials one should know to pass the exam. I probably will make a notebook wherein I can write all my notes and scratches using a pen, but in here, I will try to point to the subjects and topics that are important to know for this exam. So, here is the list of the materials that an engineer needs to know the fundamentals about. Within each subject material there will be topics that examinees should understand and broaden their knowledge about.

FE GENERAL

• Biology

  • Cellular biology

    • Toxicology

    • Industrial hygiene

    • Bioprocessing

• Chemistry

  • Atoms, Elements, and Compounds

    • Chemical reactions

  • Computers, Measurement, and Controls

  • Hardware

    • Software

• Electricity and Magnetism

  • Complex algebra

  • Electrostatics

  • Electric circuits

    • Direct

      • Alternative

    • Rotating machines

• Engineering economics

  • Cash flow and Equivalence

    • Depreciation

    • Comparison of alternatives

• Ethics

• Fluid Mechanics

  • Fluid properties

  • Fluid statics

  • Fluid dynamics

  • Measurements

• Materials Science

  • Crystallography

  • Atomic bonding

  • Material testing

    • Metallurgy

    • Corrosion mechanism

• Mathematics

  • Geometry and trigonometry

  • Algebra

  • Probability and Statistics

  • Calculus

  • Differential equations

    • Numerical Analysis

• Mechanics

  • Statics

    • System of forces

    • Trusses

      • Pulleys, Cables, and Friction

      • Centroids and Inertia

  • Dynamics

    • Kinematics

    • Kinetics

    • Rotational motion

      • Energy and Work

• Mechanics of Materials

  • Stress vs. Strain

  • Thermal, Hoop, and Torsional Stresses

  • Beams and Columns

• Thermodynamics

  • Properties of substances

    • Thermodynamics laws

    • Entropy

    • Mixture of gasses, liquids, and vapors

    • Combustion

    • Heat transfer

    • Transport phenomena

• Units and Constants

FE SPECIFIC (CIVIL)

• • Surveying

  • Hydraulics and Hydrology

• Soil Mechanics and Foundation

• Environmental Engineering

• Transportation

  • Structural design

  • Structural analysis

  • Construction management

  • Materials