Structure
Every section of the FE Reference Handbook
21 sections and 224 subsections, in the order the handbook puts them. Learning this order is most of what fast navigation is.
- 1Units and Conversion FactorsConversions, constants, and the pound-force problemp1-3
3 pp - 2Ethics and Professional PracticeModel Rules, Model Law, and professional obligationsp4-13
10 pp - 3SafetyHazard assessment, toxicology, exposure limits, and noisep14-34
21 pp - 4MathematicsAlgebra through differential equations and numerical methodsp35-62
28 pp - 5Engineering Probability and StatisticsDistributions, hypothesis testing, and statistical quality controlp63-84
22 pp - 6Chemistry and BiologyDefinitions, pH, nomenclature, and cellular biologyp85-93
9 pp - 7StaticsForces, moments, centroids, moments of inertia, and frictionp94-100
7 pp - 8DynamicsKinematics, kinetics, work-energy, and rigid body motionp101-115
15 pp - 9Materials Science/Structure of MatterBonding, corrosion, diffusion, material properties, and phase diagramsp116-128
13 pp - 10Mechanics of MaterialsStress, strain, torsion, beams, and columnsp129-141
13 pp - 11ThermodynamicsProperties, laws, cycles, mixtures, and the steam tablesp142-175
34 pp - 12Fluid MechanicsStatics of fluids, flow principles, losses, machinery, and measurementp176-202
27 pp - 13Heat TransferConduction, convection, and radiationp203-218
16 pp - 14Instrumentation, Measurement, and ControlSensors, sampling, uncertainty, and control systemsp219-228
10 pp - 15Engineering EconomicsTime value of money, depreciation, and benefit-cost analysisp229-236
8 pp - 16Chemical EngineeringReaction engineering, mass transfer, transport analogies, and solidsp237-258
22 pp - 17Civil EngineeringGeotechnical, structural, water resources, transportation, and constructionp259-311
53 pp - 18Environmental EngineeringAir quality, fate and transport, water and wastewater, and solid wastep312-355
44 pp - 19Electrical and Computer EngineeringCircuits, machines, signals, electronics, digital logic, and networkingp356-418
63 pp - 20Industrial and Systems EngineeringOptimization, queueing, quality, reliability, and project schedulingp419-432
14 pp - 21Mechanical EngineeringMachine design, manufacturability, GD and T, failure theories, and HVACp433-462
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Page numbers here are read from handbook version 10.5 (seventh printing, April 2025), which runs to 502 pages. NCEES revises the handbook and page numbers move with it, which is why the drill asks which section a topic lives in rather than which page. Check the version of your own copy, downloaded free from NCEES.