NCEES FE Examination related book
Fundamentals of Engineering Supplied-Reference Handbook is the only reference material allowed in the NCEES FE examination room. Review this book prior to the examination to become familiar with the charts, formulas, tables, and other reference information it provides. Please note that your ordered copy will not be allowed in the examination room; another copy will be supplied at the examination site.
Paperback Book FE/EIT Sample Examinations by Professional Publications provides very good simulation examinations for the General FE test. Although you will not expect the same problems may appear by any chance in your real FE examination, it really helps to do these simulations before you go to the test. The problems help you to review all the knowledge you need to know (at least where you can find it in the standard reference book) for the test. If you mean to pass the examination at the first time, you need to do this.
Hardcover Book Engineer-In-Training Reference Manual by Professional Publications (CA). This book is extremely useful, as the FE exam is based on rapid recall of fundimentals, not in depth knowledge or detailed problem solving. It is very well rounded and is designed to help you brush up on areas where you are weak. As a Chem E. it was necessary to learn the basics of circuit design, statics, etc. and this is the book to do it. The book is laid out in simialr order to the NCEES reference manual, so no surprises on exam day.
Solutions Manual for the Engineer-in-Training Reference Manual: SI Units, 8th Edition is a great solution manual. This updated Engineer-in-Training Manual Fixed many errors from earlier edition.
During the FE exam, every second is important, and the easiest way to maximize your time is by storing the commonly used equations in your HP 33s calculator prior to the exam. Essential Equations for the FE Exam Using the HP 33s gives you all the tools you need to input important equations for the exam in your calculator.
Civil Engineering Reference Manual for the PE Exam, 10th Edition is one of the most comprehensive reference and study guide available for engineers preparing for the breadth-and-depth civil PE examination, the tenth edition of the Civil Engineering Reference Manual provides a concentrated review of the exam topics. No other exam-focused publication is more complete. CERM10 provides the topical review and the support material you need to pass the civil PE exam. The 10th Edition comes with new structural design standards Updates to over 14 chapters 12 new concrete column interaction diagrams Revised tables of data and fundamental constants 100 new index entries.
Reference:
- NCEES stands for NATIONAL COUNCIL OF EXAMINERS FOR ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING.
- FE Exam stands for Fundamentals of Engineering Examination. The FE examination is an 8-hour supplied-reference examination: 120 questions in the 4-hour morning session and 60 questions in the 4-hour afternoon session. The afternoon session is administered in the following seven modules - Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Environmental, Industrial, Mechanical, and Other/General engineering. Examinees work all questions in the morning session and all questions in the afternoon module they have chosen.
William the King of Fling
William Gurstelle, back in the early 1970s, as a student in his dorm at the University of Wisconsin-Madison taped together a few empty shaving cream cans and built a mortar that could shoot a tennis ball over the 10-story building. Decades later, his house is filled with beginner armaments. Today he has a New York agent, royalties from three books and an advance on a fourth (about the technology underground) thatīs allowed him to quit his engineering job in the telecommunications industry. And touring around with his huge model catapult, named Ludgar the War Wolf (1/64 scale model that was used by King Edward I on Stirling Castle), hooked to the trailer behind his car that he takes it to schools and does demonstrations at book events.
 Gurstelle published his first book, "Backyard Ballistics," in 2001. Although he had planned to self-publish, it was picked up by Chicago Review Press and did amazingly well, selling more than 100,000 copies. He followed up with "Building Bots," and this year he published "The Art of the Catapult" - build Greek Ballistae, Roman Onagers, English Trebuchets, and More Ancient Artillery (Chicago Review Press). And, like the marauders featured in his catapult book, he has designs on more. "Iīve been laying siege to Tom and Dave across the street," said Gurstelle covertly. "Soon the block will be mine." Epiphanies come in various forms, both religious and nonsectarian. But they seldom come in the form experienced by Gurstelle, author of how-to books on catapults, back-yard potato cannons and battling robots.
The latest book is a compendium of catapult lore, history and designs for smallish catapults that can be built with spare lumber and a little sweat equity. Gurstelle includes morbidly fascinating tales of ancient warfare with the most feared piece of artillery until gunpowder was invented. Armies attacked fortresses by hurling boulders through walls, or terrifying enemy soldiers by lobbing severed heads at them. However Gurstelle, 48, stresses that most of the projects featured in his books should be supervised by adults. All have the requisite safety warnings and disclaimers, and his publishers are heavily insured.
Jeff Hawkins on intelligence
ON INTELLIGENCE by Jeff Hawkins with Sandra Blakeslee; Times Books. With its chatty style and cross-references to computer technology, this is far and away the best of the books about the human brain and how it works. The book also explains his theories on the human brain's ability to make accurate predictions about the world. Hawkins was the founder of Palm and Handspring but his real interest has always been neuroscience. So, in 2002, he founded Redwood Neuroscience Institute to pursue his own theories of intelligence and consciousness.
The Redwood Neuroscience Institute (RNI) is a nonprofit research organization studying and promoting biologically accurate mathematical models of memory and cognition. Stated very simply, we are working on theories of how the human brain works. A major goal of RNI is to encourage people to enter and pursue this field of research. So in addition to our in-house science, RNI continually seeks ways of influencing a larger community.
Singhs' books on the history of science
Simon Singh is a physicist-turned-author whose books combine the twin disciplines of science and history. His first book was "Fermatīs Last Theorem: The Story of a Riddle That Confounded the Worldīs Greatest Minds for 358 Years", looked at the history of the worldīs most notorious mathematical problem; his next, "The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography", looked at the history of cryptography. His latest book, "Big Bang : The Origin of the Universe" (Fourth Estate), is a history of cosmology.
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