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Student Support Services
Harris Computer Lab
Scholarships
Internships
Student Organizations
Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam

Student Support Services

The CECS Academic Affairs Office is your source for academic support and advising. Our mission is to provide quality guidance and service to students, faculty and staff.

The CECS Academic Affairs Office Can Assist you with:

  • College and University policies and procedures
  • Academic advising such as course and credit hour requirements
  • Changing majors
  • Choosing a major
  • Transfer credit issues
  • Course overrides, overloads and independent study
  • Forms and applications

Faculty and Department advisor information can be found on our Advising page.

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Harris Computer Lab

The Harris Computer Lab is a computer lab that is only for CECS students. This lab is located in Engineering 2 in room 201 and is open on the following days and times for students to use:
Monday – Friday, 8 AM – 8 PM
Weekends & Holidays, 9 AM – 6 PM

The computers in this lab have the following software installed so that Engineering & Computer Science students can work on their projects: Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, AutoCAD, MatLab, MatCAD, and other department related tools.

Please visit the Harris Computer Lab website for all the services and policies of the lab.

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Scholarships

UCF and the College encourage all students to look into scholarships. If you have not applied for financial aid at UCF, we urge you to do so. You may be considered for some additional scholarships just by having a current need analysis on file in the Financial Aid Office.

There are literally thousands of scholarship programs, but locating, evaluating, and applying for them is entirely up to you. We urge you to research all possible avenues and to start the process early.

Please read our Scholarship Handbook before applying to any of the College scholarships. It includes detailed information as to the process and requirements of the scholarship process.  The scholarships listed in the Handbook are for current CECS students.

The CECS Scholarship Application will be available online in the Fall 2009 semester.

The College also offers two scholarships for incoming freshmen.  For criteria and application information visit the following links:

 

CECS Scholarship recipients are expected to send a thank you letter to the donor of the scholarship. A copy of the letter also needs to be submitted to the CECS Academic Affairs Office ENG 107. If you need assistance with the format of the thank you letter, examples are provided.

CECS Donor List (Expands)

 

Thank You Letter Tips and Examples (Expands)

 

For Graduate Fellowships, don’t forget to check out the Graduate Studies web page at: http://www.graduate.ucf.edu/

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Internships

CECS has relationships with over 150 industry partners and 80 percent of engineering graduates have job-related experience in their chosen field before they graduate.

Our Orlando location is part of a high tech corridor with over 4,200 high tech companies. Adjacent to the main UCF campus, the Central Florida Research Park is home to some of the world’s top private research and development companies, including one of the largest laser and electro optical industries on the planet. The Research Park is also home to the high tech research arm for the Army, Navy and Air Force and a short drive to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

If you are interested in an internship or co-op, our Career Services Office and our Office of Experiential Learning can tell you about these opportunities that are available.

Please visit the Career Services website or the Experiential Learning website for additional information.

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Student Organizations

Student organizations are a great way to get involved at UCF. These organizations allow students to network with major organizations, meet new people, and share common interests with other students in the college.

If you would like to find out more information, get involved, or contact these organizations, please visit our Office of Student Involvement website at: www.getinvolveducf.com.

Here are some of the organizations that students can be involved with:

  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers
  • American Society of Civil Engineers
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Engineers Without Borders
  • Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Society (IEEE)
  • Institute of Transportation Engineers
  • National Society of Black Engineers
  • Society of Automotive Engineers
  • Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
  • Society of Women Engineers
  • Student panel for engineering and computer science (SPECS)
  • Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
  • Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honor Society)
  • Theta Tau Professional Engineering Fraternity

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Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam

The Florida Legislature found that it was necessary in the interest of public health and safety to regulate the practice of engineering in the state of Florida. The Florida Board of Professional Engineers (FBPE) is responsible for reviewing applications, administering examinations, licensing qualified applicants, and regulating the practice of engineering throughout the state.

The FE Exam is one of the requirements to obtain your professional engineering license. (These exams are overseen and administrated by the Florida Board of Professional Engineers and NOT the University of Central Florida or the College of Engineering & Computer Science.)

For official information regarding the FE and PE Exams, please visit the FBPE website at: www.fbpe.org.

Basic Information:

  • The exam takes place twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall.

  • The registration deadline is SIX MONTHS before the actual exam.

  • The FE Exam is REQUIRED for Civil, Construction, Environmental, and Industrial Engineering majors.

  • For additional FAQ's please visit the FBPE website.

Upcoming Exam Dates:

2009 April 24th
October 23rd

2010 April 16th
October 29th

Registration:

Registration for the April Exam Dates closes in October*
Registration for the October Exam Dates closes in April*
*For exact application deadlines and requirements visit: http://www.fbpe.org/examinformation.asp.

After you have applied for the FE Exam with the FBPE you will need to register with The National Council of Examiners to select your testing location. For more information please visit, www.ncess.org.

Free Practice Exam!

The National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying has provided a free online, timed practice exam that will evaluate your readiness for the FE Examination. There is no cost to take the online exam but there is a cost for the actual exam.

For more information about this practice exam or other NCESS study materials, visit www.ncess.org or email PEandFEexamquestions@fbpe.org.

 

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EYH

Expanding Your Horizons

EYH, an outreach event to middle school girls to promote engineering in February 2009.

CECS FACT

CECS has $280,000 in college scholarships awarded to undergraduates and graduates.

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