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Posted by Happy Camper (Member # 5076) on :

I just had to say I passed my FE Exam (Fundamentals of Engineering, for those who don't know).

I should have taken the thing several years ago, but conflicts made it so I was out of undergrad for almost 3 years before I got the chance. But I finally got around to it this April, and I just got my letter today. So, I am now an Engineer in Training (EIT). [Big Grin]

Only one more step, and then I can be a practicing engineer. [Angst]

[ June 04, 2004, 07:33 PM: Message edited by: Happy Camper ]

Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :

Congrats!!

Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :

Congratulations!! [Cool]

Not to scare you or anything, but the day I found out I passed the PE exam, I was happier about the fact that I wouldn't have to do it again than about the fact that I had gotten my license.

Posted by Happy Camper (Member # 5076) on :

Thanks [Smile]

. And yeah, that's the general impression I get too, from my co-workers. I felt much the same way today actually.

Posted by Jalapenoman (Member # 6575) on :

So......what railroad company is hiring you to drive their choo choo trains?

Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :

Here's a technical question for you.

We heard from some drilling suppliers that Florida is the only place that still does SPT borings. Do you still do them up in your part of the country?

Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

Congrats! at least you will be fresher for taking the PE, what you only have a year?

AJ

Posted by Happy Camper (Member # 5076) on :

Thanks, and actually AJ I have 2 years left. I only get one year for grad school, and I didn't start working till last April, so I have just over 2 years experience at the moment.

And zgator, yes, we still use SPT here. Of course, we do continuous sampling too, which isn't common at all. The company I worked for for two summers used SPT as well. In fact, I have yet to see any CPTs actually done (or dilatometer, shear vane, or anything else like that). Practically all we do is SPT, take Shelby Tubes, and dig Test Pits. We got a geoprobe about a year ago, right when I came in, and that was fun. Heh, it took us nearly an entire day to drive the thing 8 feet and get it back out (we had no jack, so we were beating the thing back up out of the ground manually). But later we did a test pit in the same area and discovered that bedrock is only 9 or 10 feet.

Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

btw Steve says they do SPTs in both Oklahoma and Illinos. And in Texas they still use a Texas cone which is a variation of the standard cone. Up in IL they are more likely to do split-spoon testing. (I have no idea what I'm typing I'm just typing what he tells me)

AJ

[ June 04, 2004, 09:10 PM: Message edited by: BannaOj ]

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

Congratulations! What type of engineer are you?

Posted by Happy Camper (Member # 5076) on :

Civil/Geotechnical. Good times. [Smile]

Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :

Congratulations! I've yet to get mine. I've been slacking. I really should get going. [Smile]

So I know exactly how much work it is. I am proud of you.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Congratulations!

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

geotechincal?? technology of the earth?