Our editorial standards, the role of our Professional Engineer endorsers, and how we handle alignment, corrections, and updates.
FP Institute publishes FE exam preparation books designed around one principle: every concept, formula, and practice problem maps to a specific page of the NCEES® FE Reference Handbook — the only resource permitted during the FE exam. We call this the Handbook-First Method.
Each book in our trilogy is independently endorsed by a Licensed Professional Engineer with verifiable credentials in the relevant discipline. Endorsers review the book's pedagogy, problem alignment, and Handbook references against the standard a working engineer would expect of a serious FE preparation text.
Endorsers provide their professional opinion under a formal foreword agreement. Their opinion is independent and does not constitute an endorsement by NCEES®, any state licensing board, or any regulatory body.
All FP Institute publications are written against the NCEES® FE Reference Handbook version in effect at the time of printing. Version 10.5 is currently in effect until 30 June 2026; version 10.6 enters into effect from 1 July 2026. The current FE Mechanical edition (2026/2027) is aligned to v10.5; a v10.6 update is in preparation.
When NCEES® releases a new Handbook version, we revise our books to align references, page numbers, and formula sets. FP Institute does not distribute the NCEES® Handbook. The Handbook is published exclusively by NCEES® and made available to registered candidates through the NCEES® candidate account.
We take accuracy seriously. If you find an error in any FP Institute publication — a formula, a Handbook page reference, a worked solution — please report it via our contact page. Confirmed errata are corrected in the next revision and acknowledged here.
FP Institute has no commercial relationship with NCEES®, with any state licensing board, or with other FE preparation publishers. Our endorsers are compensated for their foreword work under formal agreement; this compensation does not influence the editorial pedagogy or methodology of the books.
NCEES®, FE, and Fundamentals of Engineering are registered trademarks of the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying. FP Institute is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by NCEES®.