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THE NEW COMPUTER-BASED FE EXAM FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERS Davy McDowell, P.E., Chief Operating Officer
Transition to CBT
CBT transition schedule
• October 26, 2013: Last administration of pencil-and-paper FE and FS exams
• November 4, 2013: Registration open for CBT FE and FS exams
• January 2, 2014: CBT exam appointments first available
The new FE exams
CBT exam administration • Price
– $225: includes test center seat, examination, and results release
• Testing windows – January–February – April–May – July–August – October–November
• Test center locations – Pearson VUE testing centers
Exam changes
• Length – 110 questions – 6-hour test center appointment
• Nondisclosure agreement–2 minutes • Tutorial–8 minutes • Exam time–5 hours, 20 minutes • Scheduled break–25 minutes • Post-exam survey–5 minutes
Exam changes • Exam and references on computer
– Split screen – 24-inch monitor
• FE reference handbook – Searchable – Available on NCEES website
Typical FE exam screen
Exam changes • FE exam content
– 7 free-standing, discipline-specific exams
• Chemical, Civil, Electrical and Computer, Environmental, Industrial, Mechanical, Other Disciplines
– No separate morning or breadth module – Each exam covers material commonly
found in that discipline’s curriculum.
The current FE Chemical exam • Mathematics
• Probability and Statistics
• Chemistry
• Computers (merged with Computational Tools)
• Ethics and Business Practices
• Engineering Economics
• Engineering Mechanics (merged with Engineering Sciences)
• Strength of Materials
• Material Properties
• Fluid Mechanics
• Electricity and Magnetism (merged with Engineering Sciences)
• Thermodynamics
• Material/Energy Balances
• Heat Transfer
• Mass Transfer
• Chemical Reaction Engineering
• Process Design & Economic Optimization
• Computer Usage in Chemical Engineering (merged with Computational Tools)
• Process Control
The new FE Chemical exam • Mathematics
• Probability and Statistics
• Engineering Sciences
• Computational Tools
• Materials Science
• Chemistry
• Fluid Mechanics/Dynamics
• Thermodynamics
• Material/Energy Balances
• Heat Transfer
• Mass Transfer and Separation
• Chemical Reaction Engineering
• Process Design and Economics
• Process Control
• Safety, Health, and Environment
• Ethics and Professional Practice
Registration process
FE and FS exam registration
• Opens November 4, 2013 • All FE and FS examinees will
– Register online through NCEES – Pay all exam-related fees directly to
NCEES via credit card – On exam day, attest that they will abide by
rules and policies found in the NCEES Examinee Guide
Exam results
• NCEES will release results directly to examinees within 7–10 days.
Test centers
Test center locations
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Communications
Communications • CBT exam-day experience video
release • Short “how to” videos
– How to search the FE Reference Handbook
– Hotkeys – Onscreen calculator – Reusable booklet for scratch work – How to flag items for review
Connect with NCEES
• ncees.org/CBT • facebook.com/NCEES • twitter.com/NCEES • youtube.com/NCEESMedia