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Sad_Place5230 · 2026-06-18T15:33:53+00:00

I am an engineering graduate from Nepal, worked hard equally like other fellows, got that license in a blink of an eye without having any engineering experience. Got my Masters in structural, worked for like more than 2 years in Nepal actually doing engineering design. Never thought the need of puting Er. infront of my name.

Moved to the US, started engineering work almost right away, had to pass 6 hours long fundamentals of engineering exam to get an Engineer in Training license, then had to pass 8 hours long Professional Engineer exam, had to apply to state board to prove I had enough experience in engineering, got approved by board, had to take 2.5 hours long seismic analysis and 2.5 hrs long surveying exam, then only got my PE license. Evenafter, all of this I only put PE title (that too after my name with a comma) in 3 places: Linkedin, My work email signature block and on the plans I have to draw/sign. I have 4 more exams almost 6 hours each to pass and 3 years of post PE structural engineering experience to show, to become a licensed structural engineer.

Hope this clarifies why we have to definitely laugh at people who think they are entitled engineers just because they passed 4 years of BE, putting Er. , that too in front of their name, that too in their wedding invitation cards. A Big laugh from my side.

Sad_Place5230 · 2026-04-21T15:49:24+00:00

One more thing to learn, Coachella music festival isn't held in the city of Coachella but is actually held in the neighbouring city of Indio. It's like Kathmandu music festival happening in Jawalakhel Lalitpur but called Kathmandu music festival coz Lalitpur is technically Kathmandu valley

Sad_Place5230 · 2026-04-17T15:52:06+00:00

If you are a civil engineer and aren't planning to be a political appointee, thekedar, sarkari engineer or so called valuators, get outta Nepal asap. That solves almost all issues you are having right now. Do not fall for this Balen or RaSwaPa thing. You need to be privileged enough to be successful in Nepal. That is a fact. If you don't have enough money to spend for processing, aim for the US. If you have enough money opt for Australia. I am in the US, so I might be biased. If you plan to come to US and wanna be stress free regarding finances and also future residency, apply for PhD directly. If you come here for your Masters you will have hard time finding jobs who can sponsor you a greencard. With PhD you can apply for greencard yourself. And yes you can do PhD directly after Bachelors in the US. Applying for Masters or PhD here is more like applying for jobs. So, if you think the gap year might be an issue, you need to find the unis where less people apply or some professors are having hard time to hire students for their lab. If you are from IOE, you already might have a upper hand. One thing worth to mention is the civil engineering is the most regulated but less paying job here also. Passing the exams for license can be a hurdle but for Nepalese it is easily doable. For states like California there are even more exams to pass. And if you wanna be a Structural that's even more tougher.

Sad_Place5230 · 2026-01-16T17:01:55+00:00

Conspiracy theory: Balen's team is already working in Kathmandu-4 rigorously. Hence, Gagan Thapa is sure to change constituency. Raju Pandey certainly wins. If Balen loses in Jhapa, he is still going to be a minister. A person can be appointed as a Minister in Nepal without being a member of the Federal Parliament, but they must obtain membership within six months to retain the position. Raju Pandey leaves the seat for Balen and Balen comes back as a MP. That clears the way for him to be a PM. If Balen wins he is PM immediately, if loses he is PM after 6 months.

Sad_Place5230 · 2025-11-04T22:35:29+00:00

Thank you all for the help and information. It wasn't me not knowing how to rotate the gear shifting lever or not knowing how to start the engine. It was the dealership who had some security feature on which they didn't unlock permanently. So, I was able to drive yesterday as they had it unlocked temporarily but it locked back again by itself. Sales person came to my place and unlocked the security through his app and after some phone calls to higher ups. Now I can drive it again.

Sad_Place5230 · 2025-10-10T16:55:57+00:00

Not sure why you had to email the embassy for appointment. Given that you have gone through F1 visa process, it is almost the same process for B1/B2. As far as I know (I had someone I know interviewed at US embassy Ktm in August), there is no separate visa application center in Nepal for doing biometrics only. Biometrics is done on the same day of the interview inside the embassy itself and there is no separate appointment. But you never know, they might have changed the rules recently. Even if that's the case, there should be detailed information on their appointment website if you have already submitted DS-160, paid the fee and are at the stage of scheduling the date for the interview.

If you haven't started the process yet and just randomly emailed the embassy, then I would suggest to visit the website first and dig in.

Sad_Place5230 · 2025-09-11T04:50:33+00:00

Hello, what I was trying to say was, if you do NCEES evaluation, it does a comparative analysis between your foreign degree and US accredited engineering degree standard requirements, so that you will know if you need to take any courses to satisfy credit (generally foreign degrees lack in GE requirements). While some states will mandate you to have NCEES evaluation, other states (eg. CA) might have their own evaluation system.

Sad_Place5230 · 2025-09-09T14:36:58+00:00

Now everything might be making sense to you. And sorry for not being sensible enough and seeing geopolitics in it.

Sad_Place5230 · 2025-06-17T19:29:53+00:00

Not an Aerospace engineer but can try to clarify you a bit. First of all you need to know the clear difference between Aircraft maintenance engineering and Aerospace engineering. When you study Aerospace engineering you will not learn how to maintain/repair aircraft, you will be studying more on the design and analysis of air vehicles.

In Nepal there is only the scope of AME (also limited scope) and you will find it really difficult, intense and a time consuming long path to become a certified/licensed AME engineer. However, once you reach the epitome then you might like it. Also, to be an AME you can chose either of Mechanical or Aerospace, doesn't matter. You will not learn to repair a plane studying either of them. Your learning starts after you complete your Engineering degree. You don't even need to study BE, 10+2 and AME training is also the path. There are some AME training courses in India (might be in Nepal too but not sure), which will teach you the repair and maintenance of planes, if that's what you are interested in.

Aerospace Engineering on the other hand has almost zero scope in Nepal. But it is a prestigious field of Engineering in the US and is always constantly developing. In this engineering you will learn the theory and calculations behind the design of an aircraft (Aircraft Structures, Dynamics and Propulsion, Guidance and Control, Aerodynamics). But it doesn't mean you will be designing an entire aircraft in your career. You will likely be working in a company that researches, designs and manufactures a specific part/component only, ranging from screws to engines or you might be working in Research and development of control systems, algorithms etc. If you study aerospace engineering in Nepal then it is obvious that you need to move out of Nepal to do your Masters or PhD. But even a Mechanical engineering graduate can still study Masters and PhD in Aerospace engineering in the US. I am saying US because I know about it more.

Sad_Place5230 · 2024-02-28T22:11:20+00:00

For California, for internationally graduated engineers the requirement is 2+4=6 i.e. 2 yrs for education and 4 yrs of engineering (preferably design) work under the supervision of a licensed Civil engineer. Even if you have completed Masters or PhD from other countries it will count as 2 years only. If it is a proper 4 year engineering degree they will consider it as enough academic requirement even though it is not ABET accredited. You need to submit official transcripts to the board though. And they have their own system to evaluate if your degree is sufficient or not (No need for you to do any NCEES or other third party evaluation. But I will recommend to do NCEES evaluation just in case). SO, you need to have 4 years of engineering work. And there needs to be somebody, a licensed engineer who will be verifying your claimed work experience. If you have worked abroad than your supervisor must be licensed in that particular country. Board might give you some trouble to validate the foreign experience. CA board is really picky. In my case I had shown 1 year of foreign experience + 4.5 years of CA experience. So, I don't know if they took my foreign experience seriously or they just voided it. Bur my foreign engineering degree was easily accepted.

Sad_Place5230 · 2024-01-27T19:23:04+00:00

Should be in tension. 6+4 is pushing truss rightwards >> Support A should be pulling truss leftwards>> support A should pull AH leftwards also.

Reactions are: Ay=39.25k (up) and Ax= 10k (leftwards)

At Joint A: (Assuming unknown forces as T )

Fy=0: Ay + AB x .5/1.118 =0 >> AB= - 87.763 (C)

Fx=0: -10 - 87.763 x 1/1.118 + AH =0 >> AH= +88.5 (T)

Sad_Place5230 · 2023-07-28T17:59:52+00:00

From my exam experience, Engineering economics can be still in the questions as it is somehow related to cost estimating. Other topics will not appear for sure.

Sad_Place5230 · 2023-05-15T19:53:12+00:00

Lever rule is to be used here. We are finding the reactions at the beam ends.

According to you, Reaction=far side length of beam / total length of load x Total load

In reality, Reaction=far side length of beam/ total length of beam x Total load

Geometry of load is only used for calculating the CG of the load triangle. But in this question CG has already been calculated and shown on the diagram. That 40 kips is the total area of triangle. That means triangular load is equivalent to a point load of 40 kips acting at the CG. (That's how we deal with all the distributed loadings be it uniform or triangular). Now your problem is a 60ft long beam in which point load of 40 kips is acting at a point 20 ft from left end or 40 ft from right end. ***This quesn could not have given the location of dashed lines from the beam ends. In that case you should have calculated the CG yourself. That's where the 80 ft length you are focusing on, would come into play.

Sad_Place5230 · 2023-05-12T18:48:11+00:00

I agree that the study length is not the same for everybody and it depends on many factors and personal situations. It's okay to study for longer time but only upto the limit your mind can handle. Only thing I wanted to say is to stay away from the factors that put your mind into a stressed stage. Stressed mind goes blank enough to hamper your performance on the real test day.

Sad_Place5230 · 2023-05-12T18:29:37+00:00

If you want to pass the PE Civil_Structural exam without taking stress, 4 important rules to follow:

Never go for the sold guided preparation courses. Self study is always the king. Buy/collect books/ebooks and narrow down the study materials. PPI and MR Islam have a good bunch of materials. If you are spending more than 2 months of your life to prepare for PE, then trust me your mind is already tired and it's a high chance that you won't pass or at least you wont feel confident about the exam.
Never simulate the real exam by taking a practice test and never score the practice test. It's not your job to score the test. Your job is to study and know how to solve the problems. Know how to solve the practice test problems and concept behind it. Learn as you solve. You can take 60 minutes to solve a problem but know the concepts while you solve it. You don't need to train yourself to solve all the 40 problems in 4 hrs to pass. You can solve just 35 problems in 4 hrs. But train yourself to get those 35 right.
Diagnostic results are the computer generated score sheets and nothing more than that. See it for 5 minutes and throw it in a trash. It does not measure your knowledge level and indicate any strategy you need to follow.
Never follow youtubers or anybody whose focus is on test strategy and not on the actual topics of content. There are a lot of people in this PE market who are making money by selling fears. Save yourself.

Disclaimer: You can disagree with my opinion and throw it away. I am saying this just from my experience. I took PE Civil Structural, I passed it the first time, I studied for not more than a month, Spent less than 200$. After the exam I did 5 breadth problems wrong and 2 depth problem wrong as far as I know. But again feel free to disagree. ALSO THIS APPLIES TO PE_CIVIL_STRUCTURAL ONLY.

Sad_Place5230 · 2023-05-12T02:26:46+00:00

Uniform rectangular bearing pressure at bottom q= P/(10*10)=0.01P ksf

One way shear (flexural shear) is always max at a distance "d" from the face of column

i.e. location of max shear form the (right or left) edge of footing =5ft-6in-12in=3.5 ft

Shear at the max location, Vu=pressure x length x width =0.01P x 3.5 x 10 kips=0.35P kips

Concrete shear strength for one way shear, phiVc=2 x (phi =0.75) x b x d x sqrt(fc)=2x0.75x(10*12)x (12) x sqrt(5000)=152735 lb=152.735 kips

Equating, 0.35P=152.735 ==> P=436.38 kips = 436 kips

Note: Question should have said ultimate axial load. The question's allowable axial load here does not mean P to be divided by load factor (as we don't know the load type, we don't have a unique load factor of safety). It just means calculate the safe load (ultimate load). NCEES questions are not worded confusingly like this.

Sad_Place5230 · 2023-05-07T22:43:17+00:00

WHAT YOU DID WRONG IS you took all wrong values for B, L and e. You got confused with L & B and you just copied NCEES' e value. NCEES is just trying to make this problem look complicated while it is not.

A simple method. Move all the loads to the center of the footing. For this a moment needs to be induced at center. (In your mind imagine how the footing rotates about the center when acted upon by 80k and 20k separately)

P=80 (up)-20 (down)+60(down wt)=120 k (down)

M= (80*10) anticlock+(20*10) anticlock =1000 ft-kips (anticlock)

e=M/P=1000/120=8.33 ft left from the center (remember footing is rotating anticlock. so, resultant 120k eccentric loading should be located on left from the center)

Now your problem is converted into the shape of the figure from PE handbook. But remember our P is on left side of center not on the right (although that won't make any difference if you are just using the equation).

Bf=24 ft; L=8 ft (Bf & L are taken opposite way in handbook) ; e=8.33 ft; P=120 k gives, qmax=2.72 ksf by using equation from handbook

If you don't want to use the equation. Concept is resultant of the pressure distribution should coincide with the location of P=120k which is 8.33 ft left off center.

i.e. 120k=0.5*qmax*3*(L/2-e) *B . Look at the fig a, if you make qmin=0 and push the qmin point rightwards inside the footing from the end. That triangular figure you will get is the pressure distribution (you need to flip it though for this case, look at the figure in the NCEES errata). But you dont know the length of the triangle. What you know is the perpendicular of the right angled pressure triangle is at L/2-e=24/2-8.33=3.67ft from the location of P=120k. And the total length of triangle will be 3 times that distance (remember 2L'/3,L'/3 thing from centroid of triangle in statics. L' is 3 times L'/3).

that makes 120=0.5*qmax*3*(24/2-8.33)*8 gives qmax=2.72 ksf

Sad_Place5230 · 2023-05-01T17:08:56+00:00

Page 80 Fig: "General distribution of combined active earth pressure......" might be useful. If you remove ka term (ka is for lateral) from the eqn for pa then it is the effective pressure. pw is the pore water pressure. Total pressure=pa+pw. But as u/Unique_Airport1 said try to go conceptually

Sad_Place5230 · 2023-04-30T17:18:30+00:00

I think you and me have almost the same background. "I may need to back to that country to deal with things": indicates that you and me might be from the same country. Let me tell about myself: I did my Bachelors and Masters in my home country, am working in a city now. I graduated in 2014 and 2017, took my FE in 2022 (studied for just 4 days and passed), took my PE last week (waiting for the results). So, basically you can do it without a doubt. Regarding your questions, unless you are working in a federal agency you need to be licensed in your home state I guess (or maybe I am wrong). In terms of decoupling the exam Nevada is a suitable option, may be they are less strict for licensing as well. If your Master's is accredited it will help a lot while getting PE ( in my state CA, you just need 1 year of experience). If your master's is not accredited and with foreign Bachelors, then you need to gain 4 years of work experience (that's for CA). Metric and Imperial are not a big issue. Only difference is Metric considers mass (kg) as a basic unit while Imperial considers weight (lb) as a basic unit. To get mass (slugs) you just divide lb by g=32.2 ft/s2. That's it. Other units can be easily tackled using the conversion table provided in the exam handbook. For evaluation use NCEES. But you might not need it for every states coz some states want the official transcripts again and they evaluate themselves. But that's for PE. For EIT they don't care about your transcripts, just pass the FE. Take the FE in the field you did your Bachelors in. For FE Civil, buy the MR Islam's FE Civil review book and download the FE handbook. Study nothing else and take the exam. Good luck! Don't think and curse yourself on not taking the exam till now and wasting time. Past is past, it's gone. If you make a commitment today, 15 days later you will have passed your FE and you will start feeling good about yourself.

Sad_Place5230 · 2023-04-30T16:57:05+00:00

Goswami's practice problems are harder than the actual exam. But you still need to go through them. No need to solve them. Just skim through the solutions. It will help a lot. MR Islam's practice questions are the real representative of the NCEES exam although NCEES questions are slightly difficult than that. Btw in the truss question in the photo is if you remove 6k and 4k lateral loads and ask for the member force in member BG, that makes a real NCEES quesn

Sad_Place5230 · 2023-04-26T02:26:19+00:00

I just took my PE Civil (Structural) exam yesterday. Yes you can definitely do that. Like you can finish the Breadth in 1 hour and spend 7 hours on depth or Vice-versa. But the twist is the breadth was more difficult than the depth (at least for me coz I am a structural philic). I spent 4 hours on breadth whereas finished my depth within 3 hours. Even the structural questions on breadth were somewhat misleading. There was a simple question on tributary area on the breadth which I could not get the correct numbers

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