Ran Chen, EA, CFP®

Engineering Exam Prep

Engineering Exam Prep is a free, daily podcast by OpenExamPrep covering the most in-demand engineering licensure exams — including FE Fundamentals of Engineering, FE Surveying, and the full PE catalog (Civil, Civil Geotechnical, Civil Construction, Civil Transportation, Civil Water Resources & Environmental, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Architectural, Agricultural & Biological, Control Systems, and more). Each 5-minute episode breaks down one exam topic with worked-style examples, NCEES Reference Handbook callouts, common exam traps, unit-conversion gotchas, and memory tricks to help you...

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Ran Chen, EA, CFP®

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11. Jul 2026

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FE Exam Prep 25, Impulse-Momentum and Coefficient of Restitution 22.05.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - How to apply the principle of conservation of momentum (m1v1 +...

FE Exam Prep 24, Work-Energy Theorem and Conservation of Energy 21.05.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - The Work-Energy Theorem states that the net work performed on...

FE Exam Prep 23, Kinematics — Constant Acceleration and Projectile Motion 20.05.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - How to break down projectile motion problems into independent...

FE Exam Prep 22, Newton's Laws and Free Body Diagram Discipline 19.05.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - That mastering the Free Body Diagram (FBD) is the most critica...

FE Exam Prep 21, Significant Figures and Sanity Checks 18.05.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - The rule of thumb for matching significant figures to input da...

FE Exam Prep 20, SI vs US Customary — lbm vs lbf and the gc Factor 17.05.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - The critical difference between pound-mass (lbm) for mass and...

FE Exam Prep 19, Descriptive Statistics — Mean, Median, Variance, Confidence Intervals 16.05.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - The critical difference between mean and median and why the FE...

FE Exam Prep 18, Probability Distributions — Binomial, Normal, Poisson 15.05.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - How to quickly differentiate between Binomial, Normal, and Poi...

FE Exam Prep 17, Vectors in 3-Space — Magnitude, Unit Vectors, Direction Cosines 14.05.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - How to calculate the magnitude of a 3D vector using its i, j,...

FE Exam Prep 16, Matrix Operations — Determinants, Inverse, Eigenvalues 13.05.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - How to quickly calculate 2x2 and 3x3 determinants using cofact...

FE Exam Prep 15, Differential Equations — First and Second Order, Laplace 12.05.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - How to solve first-order linear differential equations using t...

FE Exam Prep 14, Integral Calculus — Substitution, Parts, Common Forms 11.05.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - How to properly select 'u' for u-substitution by finding a fun...

FE Exam Prep 13, Differential Calculus — Critical Points, L'Hopital, Partials 10.05.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - How to find critical points by setting the first derivative to...

FE Exam Prep 12, Analytic Geometry — Conics, Distance, Vectors 09.05.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - How to find a circle's center and radius from its general form...

FE Exam Prep 11, Depreciation — Straight-Line, MACRS, Book Value 08.05.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - Straight-line depreciation is a simple method calculated as (I...

FE Exam Prep 10, NPV, IRR, Benefit-Cost Ratio — When Each Wins 07.05.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - Why Net Present Value (NPV) is the definitive method for ranki...

FE Exam Prep 9, Time Value of Money — P/F, F/P, P/A, A/P, A/F, F/A Notation 06.05.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - How to interpret standard time value of money factor notation...

FE Exam Prep 8, EIT Path to PE — State Variations 05.05.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - The standard requirement for PE licensure is typically four ye...

FE Exam Prep 7, Conflicts of Interest, Gifts, and Disclosure 04.05.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - Engineers must disclose any known or potential conflict of int...

FE Exam Prep 6, NCEES Model Rules — Hold Paramount Public Safety 03.05.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - The engineer's first and foremost responsibility is to safegua...

FE Exam Prep 5, Scoring, Cut Score, and Retake Strategy 02.05.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - The FE exam is strictly pass/fail; you will not receive a nume...

FE Exam Prep 4, Navigating the Reference Handbook v10.0.1 01.05.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - Why the NCEES FE Reference Handbook is a navigation test, not...

FE Exam Prep 3, NCEES-Approved Calculators — HP 35s, TI-36X Pro, Casio fx-115/991 30.04.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - The exact NCEES-approved calculator models for the FE exam (TI...

FE Exam Prep 2, CBT Mechanics — Pearson VUE Check-in, On-Screen Calculator, Breaks 29.04.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - Arrive 30 minutes early with a valid, government-issued photo...

FE Exam Prep 1, What the FE Exam Is and Who Should Take It 25.04.2026

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - The FE exam is a 110-question, 5-hour and 20-minute computer-b...

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