UE to Offer Fundamentals of Engineering Exam Prep Course
Published: October 05, 2009
Beginning this month, faculty at the University of Evansville will offer a preparation course for anyone taking the 2010 Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam, administered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying.
The eight-hour exam, which will be given in April 2010, is the first step toward becoming a licensed engineer anywhere in the United States. UE’s Civil Engineering Class of 2008 became the first class in UE history to achieve a 100 percent pass rate on the exam. This year, to help current students and others in the community have success on the exam, UE is hosting a preparation course.
The course, which is taught by UE engineering faculty, begins Thursday, October 29, from 6:30 until 9:30 p.m. The course then runs every Thursday through the exam in April. For all UE students, the charge to take the course is $100; students from other universities can take the course for $200, and any other college graduates for $300.
Information for those taking the exam can be found at www.ncees.org.
“We believe this is a terrific opportunity for anyone looking to take the FE exam to prepare themselves, with the help of people who have been through this process several times,” said Mark Valenzuela, a UE associate professor of civil engineering. “For the last two years, our students had a strong record, but really, over the years, UE students always have scored strongly on the FE exam, exceeding the national pass average in 11 of the last 13 years.”
UE also will be a test site for this year’s FE exam, open to both students and graduates.
The FE exam tests students in mathematics, chemistry, engineering topics (such as electrical circuits, fluid mechanics, and thermodynamics), and discipline-specific topics (e.g. civil engineering, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering. It is the first step in the process of becoming licensed; after passage, a person must obtain four years of professional experience and pass the eight-hour Principles and Practices examination to become registered professional engineers.
For more information on the FE preparation course, or to register, please contact the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Evansville at 812-488-2651.
