Below is Tim Miller's e-mail.
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Certainly. Anything on the website is public information albeit
sometimes difficult to navigate. But we're working on that as well.
The information in the actual e-mail is fine to share as well.
Regards,
Tim Miller, P.E.
NCEES - Director of Exam Development
800-250-3196 X 483
864-654-6033 (fax)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 12:35 PM
To: Tim Miller
Subject: Re: SI in NCEES Examinations
Tim,
Thanks for your prompt response!
May I have your permission to forward your e-mail below to members of
the U. S. Metric Association?
Eugene.
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>Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 08:41:21 -0400
>From: "Tim Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: SI in NCEES Examinations
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Cc: "Jerry Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Eugene,
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>
>
> Here's a link to our website that shows the format
> of each exam along with the units.
> http://www.ncees.org/exams/formats/
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>
>
> Of the 20 exams that we offer, 14 use both SI and
> USCS units. When I say both, that doesn't mean that
> every problem has both types of units and the
> examinees can choose to work the same problem in
> either units. That was tried on the FE exam for a
> while but it caused confusion among the examinees
> and the logistics were difficult, so it was phased
> out.
>
>
>
> At this point, exams that use both units of
> measurement have some problems in USCS and other
> problems in SI. Most of our committees that have
> both units of measurement use the philosophy of
> however the subject area is taught or used in
> practice dictates which units are used.
>
>
>
> Also, the Mechanical PE exam will be moving from
> just using USCS units to both USCS and SI starting
> with the fall, 2008 exam. But here is another
> example where machine design will be using more SI
> than USCS because that's what is used in practice,
> but HVAC will using only USCS for the same reason.
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>
> I hope this answers your questions.
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>
>
> Regards,
>
> Tim Miller, P.E.
>
> NCEES - Director of Exam Development
>
> 800-250-3196 X 483
>
> 864-654-6033 (fax)
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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