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  • Environmental engineering

    Delaware-Chemical Engineering Package: 24 PDH

    $144.00 $80.00     Add to cart
    Seven Chemical Engineering courses plus Delaware Ethics including DE Laws and Rules for Professional Engineers that will earn 24 PDH guaranteed to be accepted by the Delaware’s Professional Engineering Licensing Board Instructor: Raymond Bosek, PE

    Delaware – Ethics including DE Laws and Rules for Professional Engineers: 4 PDH

    In this course the student will study three (3) hours of ethics including one (1) hour of the Delaware Association of Professional Engineers Laws and Rules. A total of thirty (30) questions will test his or her understanding of the subject.
    This course satisfies the Delaware continuing education requirement of three (3) professional development hours in engineering ethics, (ref. DAPE Guidelines for Maintaining Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) Sec. E1).

    Fundamentals of Metals: 5 PDH

    The course provides an understanding of the structure and properties of metals, stress mechanisms, failure modes and the characteristics determine their usefulness for a specific application. Often, materials are subject to variable forces (loads). The engineer calculates these forces to establish the service that can be expected and material scientists experiment to determine how materials deform (elongate, compress, and twist) or break as a function of applied load, time, temperature, and other conditions.

    Process Design for Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels: 4 PDH

    In this course you the student will understand the motivation, process, design, and cost of converting biomass into biofuel. The focus of this course is to find a plausible pathway to convert algal carbohydrates and lipids to fuel and to minimize cost during production.

    Carbon Absorption of Volatile Organic Compounds: 3 PDH

    Carbon adsorption is used in air pollution control to remove volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from low to medium concentration gas streams, when stringent outlet concentration must be met and/or recovery of the VOC is desired. This course covers the types of adsorbers, adsorption theory, and design procedures for carbon adsorption equipment.

    Distressed Pavements Identification: 3 PDH

    This course enables the student to understand, evaluate, and determine which type of pavement distress is taking place on roadways and paved surfaces. The student will learn how to identify different types of pavement distresses and , severity levels, means to measure the distresses and methods to document.

    Deterioration of Concrete: 2 PDH

    This course is most relevant to engineers wishing to attain knowledge on the most common causes of problems in concrete. The course also provides a brief description of the basic mechanism of each common problem, a description of the typical symptoms that would be observed during a visual inspection, and suggests preventative methods or techniques to prevent further damage.

    Hazardous Waste Identification: 2 PDH

    This course covers hazardous waste regulated by the EPA under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), starting with determining whether what waste is considered a solid waste according to the RCRA regulations and moving on to determining if it fits one of the RCRA requirements for being a hazardous waste.

    Chemical Deicers & Concrete Pavement: Impacts & Mitigation: 1 PDH

    In this course the student will understand the distresses caused to concrete by chemical deicers and methods used to minimize this distress.


    Preview Course: Delaware Ethics including DE Laws and Rules
    Preview Course: Fundamentals of Metals
    Preview Course: Process Design for Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels
    Preview Course: Carbon Absorption of Volatile Organic Compounds
    Preview Course: Distressed Pavements Identification
    Preview Course: Deterioration of Concrete
    Preview Course: Hazardous Waste Identification
    Preview Course: Chemical Deicers & Concrete Pavement
  • Civil Engineering Courses

    Delaware-Civil Engineering Package #2: 24 PDH

    $144.00 $80.00     Add to cart
    Seven Civil Engineering courses plus Two Ethics courses that will earn 24 PDH guaranteed to be accepted by the Delaware's Professional Engineering Licensing Board 
    Instructor: Raymond Bosek, PE

    Ethics for Professional Engineers: 1 PDH

    In this course the student will study the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) Code of Ethics. A ten-question quiz will test his or her understanding of the subject.

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

      • The engineer’s duty to protect the public
      • The engineer’s duty to make objective and truthful statements
      • The engineer’s duty to limit practice to his or her field of competence
      • The engineer’s duty to maintain client confidentiality
      • The engineer’s responsibility to the profession

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 10 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 1 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

    Ethics for Professional Engineers-Case Reviews: 2 PDH

    In this course the student will study several ethical review cases conducted by the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE). A ten-question quiz will test his or her understanding of the subject.

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

      • The engineer’s duty to protect the public
      • The engineer’s duty to make objective and truthful statements
      • The engineer’s duty to limit practice to his or her field of competence
      • The engineer’s duty to maintain client confidentiality
      • The engineer’s responsibility to the profession

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 10 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 2 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

    Design of Hydraulic Steel Structures: 4 PDH

    Proper design, construction, and maintenance of hydraulic steel structures (HSS) is imperative for safe operation and reliable service over the structure’s lifetime. Engineers charged with the responsibility of maintaining these structures must be familiar with the basics of HSS design, as well as the intricacies of the structure’s abilities and limitations. This 4 hour interactive course prescribes guidance for (a) designing hydraulic steel structures (HSS) by load and resistance factor design (LRFD) and (b) fracture control. Allowable stress design (ASD) guidance is provided as an alternative design procedure or for those structure types where LRFD criteria have yet to be developed. Hydraulic steel structures are lock gates, tainter gates, tainter valves, bulkheads and stop logs, vertical lift gates, components of hydroelectric and pumping plants, and miscellaneous structures such as lock wall accessories, local flood protection gates, and outlet works gates. HSS may be subject to submergence, wave action, hydraulic hammer, cavitation, impact, corrosion, and severe climatic conditions.

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

        • Discuss the benefits of the LRFD method over the ASD method of designs
        • List the modes of failure for HSS and what design principles are used to address these issues
        • Describe the types of HSS and their corresponding uses and allowable stress loads
        • Name the different types of HSS connections, including their design specifications and appropriate uses

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 4 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

    Design of Small Water Systems: 3 PDH

    This course focuses on criteria for water source development, design of small water supply, treatment, and distribution systems. This professional engineer online course is from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers manual on the Design of Small Water Systems. This manual provides information of interest to planners and designers of small water systems. The major emphasis of this course is on the design of systems that will be effective and reliable, requiring a level of operation and management activity commensurate with their physical size and the available sources.

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

          • Preliminary Water System Planning and Design Considerations
          • Water Quality Requirements (State, EPA, local)
          • Water Quantity Requirements
          • Water Source Options and Source Development
          • Water Treatment Unit Operations such as Disinfection, Iron Removal
          • Manganese Removal, Hardness Removal, Taste and Odor Removal
          • Stability and Corrosion Control, Turbidity Removal, Color Removal, and many other technologies and their applications

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 3 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

    Ponds- Planning, Design, Construction: 2 PDH

    This course provides guidance on some of the required criteria the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has in place for the planning, design, construction and maintenance of ponds. This course describes basic design principles of embankment and excavation ponds as well as construction requirements. Topics include: water needs, preliminary soil investigations, watershed & stormwater runoff estimation, basin sealing, spillways and inlets, and operation & maintenance. This online PDH course is intended for hydrologists, civil engineers, agricultural engineers, construction engineers, municipal engineers, geotechnical engineers and environmental engineers.

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

          • Become familiar with the general features and the differences of embankment and excavated ponds
          • How to perform a preliminary investigation
          • Be able estimate storm water runoff quantity and rate using the runoff curve number method
          • Estimate time of concentration for a watershed for a given flow length and average watershed slope
          • Advantages and disadvantages of a hooded or canopy inlet spillway and a drop inlet spillway
          • Estimate earth-fill requirements for an embankment for known end areas and embankment length
          • Estimate embankment end area for known embankment height, side slopes, and top width

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 16 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 2 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

    Hurricane Mitigation: Summary Report On Building Performance: 3 PDH

    After major hurricane disasters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) dispatches Building Performance Assessment Teams (BPATs) to evaluate the successes and failures of buildings to withstand the wind and flood forces of these storms. The teams document the results of their evaluations in building performance assessment reports. This 3-hour online course summarizes the BPAT reports for Hurricane Katerina.

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

          • Describe the building and foundation types typically used in coastal areas
          • Illustrate the ability of various building and foundation types to withstand coastal surge, riverine flood, and hurricane winds
          • Explain design and construction practices that can reduce building damage in hurricanes
          • Describe construction practices that can reduce building damage in hurricanes

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 15 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 3 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

    Structural Design Criteria For Structures Other Than Buildings: 2 PDH

    This two hour online course establishes structural design criteria for structures other than buildings, furnishes design guidance for various types of structures, and identifies special considerations with regard to certain materials in specific applications. Structures other than buildings which are covered in this course include the following: bridges; dock and harbor facilities; drainage structures; bulk material structures; water and wastewater structures; and mechanical, electrical, and communication structures. The course materials are based entirely on the Technical Manual TM 5-809-6/AFM 88-3 of Joint Departments of the Army and Air Force USA: Structural Design Criteria for Structures Other Than Buildings.

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

          • Know the common building materials used in construction
          • Types of structures used in transportation, water & electrical distribution
          • Support requirements for mechanical systems and bulk materials
          • Design criteria for various types of structures
          • Identify special considerations with regard to certain materials in specific applications.

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 15 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 2 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

    Design of Heavy Duty Concrete Floor Slabs on Grade: 3 PDH

    This course describes the criteria for the design of concrete floor slabs on grade in buildings for heavy loads. Concrete floor slabs on grade are often subjected to heavy loads in buildings such as wall loads, stationary live loads and moving loads. The entire design procedure is based on a working stress concept. This course will provide the student with the criteria needed to design concrete floor slabs on grade subjected to heavy loads. Design examples are shown to aid in understanding the course material.

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

          • The steps required to design a heavy duty concrete floor slab
          • How to determine floor slab requirements for wall loads, stationary wall loads and moving loads
          • How to investigate the subgrade and environmental conditions relevant to the design
          • How to determine the modulus of subgrade reaction for various soils

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 15 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 3 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

    Design of Commercial Buildings to Mitigate Terrorist Attacks: 4 PDH

    This course provides guidance to engineers in methods to mitigate the effects of hazards resulting from terrorist attacks on new buildings. While focusing primarily on explosive attacks and design strategies to mitigate the effects of explosions, the course also addresses design strategies to mitigate the effects of chemical, biological and radiological attacks. In addition to the applicability to the design of new commercial office, retail, multi-family residential, and light-industrial buildings, many of the concepts presented are also applicable to other building types and/or existing buildings.

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

          • Design strategies to enhance life safety of building occupants
          • Incremental steps to produce fully developed security measures
          • Multi-disciplinary approach to security design
          • Complex trade-offs required when designing security into a building

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 4 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

    Preview Course: Ethics
    Preview Course: Ethics-Case Reviews
    Preview Course: Design of Hydraulic Steel Structures
    Preview Course: Design of Small Water Systems
    Preview Course: Ponds-Planning, Design, Construction
    Preview Course: Hurricane Mitigation
    Preview Course: Structural Design Criteria For Structures Other Than Buildings
    Preview Course: Design of Heavy Duty Concrete Floor Slabs on Grade
    Preview Course: Design of Commercial Buildings to Mitigate Terrorist Attacks
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  • Civil Engineering Courses

    Delaware-Civil Engineering Package: 25 PDH

    $150.00 $80.00     Add to cart
    Five Civil Engineering courses plus Delaware Ethics including DE Laws and Rules for Professional Engineers that will earn 25 PDH guaranteed to be accepted by the Delaware's Professional Engineering Licensing Board
    Instructor: Raymond Bosek, PE

    Delaware – Ethics including DE Laws and Rules for Professional Engineers: 4 PDH

    Preview Course: Delaware Ethics including DE Laws and Rules

    In this course the student will study three (3) hours of ethics including one (1) hour of the Delaware Association of Professional Engineers Laws and Rules. A total of thirty (30) questions will test his or her understanding of the subject.

    This course satisfies the Delaware continuing education requirement of three (3) professional development hours in engineering ethics, (ref. DAPE Guidelines for Maintaining Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) Sec. E1).

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

      • The engineer’s guidelines for practicing within Delaware's laws and rules
      • The engineer’s duty to protect the public
      • The engineer’s duty to make objective and truthful statements
      • The engineer’s duty to limit practice to his or her field of competence
      • The engineer’s duty to maintain client confidentiality
      • The engineer’s responsibility to the profession

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 30 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies four (4) professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

    Pavement Design for Roads, Streets, Walks, and Open Storage Areas: 6 PDH

    Preview Course: Pavement Design
    This course provides guidance for design of pavements and supporting materials for roads, streets, walks and open storage areas. The contents include procedures for conducting preliminary site reconnaissance, traffic analyses, and criteria for the design of subgrade, subbase, base courses, flexible and rigid pavements.

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

      • Preliminary Soil Investigations
      • Vehicular Traffic Considerations
      • Flexible Pavement Materials & Subgrades
      • Bituminous Pavement
      • Flexible Pavement Design
      • Rigid Pavement Design
      • Concrete Pavement Design
      • Reinforced Concrete Pavements
      • Pavement Overlays
      • Joints For Plain & Reinforced Concrete
      • Roller-Compacted Concrete Pavements
      • Seasonal Frost Conditions

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 6 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

    Home Builders Guide to Earthquake Resistant Building Design: 5 PDH

    Preview Course: Homebuilders Guide
    In this course, the student will review Chapters 1-4 from “Homebuilders Guide to Earthquake Resistant Design and Construction”, FEMA 232 – June 2006 prepared by the Building Seismic Safety Council for the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the Department of Homeland Security.

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

      • Background & History
      • Above-Code Recommendations
      • International Residential Code & IRC Seismic Design Categories
      • Building Response & Concepts Concerning Site
      • Other Hazards including Coastal Hazards
      • Earthquake Resistant Requirements
      • IRC General Earthquake Limitations
      • Load Path
      • Lateral Capacities
      • House Configuration Irregularities
      • Foundation Requirements including Concrete Foundations & Masonry Foundations
      • Special Soil Conditions
      • Foundation Resistance to Sliding Loads
      • Special Considerations for Cut & Fill Sites
      • Foundation Design and Reinforcement
      • Interior Braced Walls Anchoring
      • Floor Design & Construction including Wood Frame, Cantilevered & Concrete Slab-On-Grade
      • Requirements for Blocking
      • Floor Sheathing

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 5 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

    Conduits, Culverts, and Pipes Part I: 4 PDH

    Preview Course: Conduits I & II
    Part I of a two-part series. This course provides guidance on the design and construction of conduits, culverts, and pipes, and the design procedures for trench/embankment earth loadings, highway loadings, railroad loadings, surface concentrated loadings, internal/external fluid pressures, cast-in-place conduits for dams, circular reinforced concrete pipe for small dams and levees, and corrugated metal pipe for rural levees and culverts.

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

      • Material selection
      • Installation methods
      • Loadings
      • Method of analysis
      • Joints & camber
      • Life cycle design

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 4 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

    Conduits, Culverts, and Pipes Part II: 4 PDH

    Preview Course: Conduits I & II
    Part II of a two-part series. This course provides guidance on the design and construction of conduits, culverts, and pipes, and the design procedures for trench/embankment earth loadings, highway loadings, railroad loadings, surface concentrated loadings, internal/external fluid pressures, cast-in-place conduits for dams, circular reinforced concrete pipe for small dams and levees, and corrugated metal pipe for rural levees and culverts.

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

      • Material selection
      • Installation methods
      • Loadings
      • Method of analysis
      • Joints & camber
      • Life cycle design

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 4 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

    Deterioration of Concrete: 2 PDH

    Preview Course: Deterioration of Concrete
    In this course, the student will review Chapter 3, Causes of Distress and Deterioration of Concrete from Engineer Manual (EM) 1110-2-2002, “Engineering and Design – Evaluation and Repair of Concrete Structures” published by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (issued 30 June 1995). This course is most relevant to engineers wishing to attain knowledge on the most common causes of problems in concrete. The course also provides a brief description of the basic mechanism of each common problem, a description of the typical symptoms that would be observed during a visual inspection, and suggests preventative methods or techniques to prevent further damage.

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

      • Common causes of concrete deterioration
      • Symptoms of concrete distress and deterioration that can be found during visual inspections
      • Preventative measures to reduce or eliminate further concrete degradation.

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 10 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 2 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.
    Delaware

    Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) Requirements

    Continuing Education or PDH is known as CPC in Delaware
    Delaware Professional Engineers are required to earn 24 PDH biennially. All of the required hours can be earned through online continuing education courses. The following table shows a quick rundown of license renewal requirements.

    Subject Requirement
    Hours Required 24 hours biennially

    1. A minimum of 3 PDH up to a maximum of 6 PDH must be related to professional ethics
    2. A maximum of 9 PDH can be related to project management or business skills
    3. The remaining hours must be technical courses related to the licensee’s practice
    4. For dual licensed engineers/surveyors, up to 12 PDH may be related to the technical practice of land surveying
    Renewal Dates June 30 of even-numbered years
    Course Approval The Council does not pre-approve providers or specific courses. Each engineer must determine whether an activity meets the Council’s requirements
    Course Content Any course, seminar or activity with a clear purpose and objective that will maintain, improve or expand the skills and knowledge relevant to the professional practice of engineering. Regular job duties are not considered qualified activities
    Online Courses Distance learning courses are specifically listed as approved activities. There is no limit on the number of hours that can be earned through distance learning
    PDH Carryover A maximum of 15 PDH may be carried forward into the next renewal period. Credits earned between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014 can be carried forward to comply with the continuing education mandate for the renewal on June 30, 2016
    Additional
    1. Delaware’s CPC requirement is newly approved for the renewal date of June 30, 2016. Up to 15 PDH earned between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014 can be used to fulfill the first PDH requirement
    2. PDH completion records must be maintained for a minimum of 5 years. EZpdh helps you meet this requirement by providing you with the ability to instantly access and print a certificate upon successful completion of a course. Additionally, your certificates of completion are securely maintained by EZpdh for a minimum of seven years and can be accessed online at any time through your login account
    3. Engineers listed as “Retired” or “Inactive” are exempt. However, if the engineer returns to active practice, they will be required to earn the exempted credits (up to a maximum of 48 PDH)
    Official Laws and Rules Download Laws and Rules
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  • Electrical Engineering Courses

    Delaware-Electrical Engineering Package: 25 PDH

    $150.00 $80.00     Add to cart
    Three Electrical Engineering courses plus Delaware Ethics including DE Laws and Rules for Professional Engineers that will earn 25 PDH guaranteed to be accepted by the Delaware's Professional Engineering Licensing Board
    Instructor: Juan Pesante, PE

    Delaware – Ethics including DE Laws and Rules for Professional Engineers: 4 PDH

    Preview Course: Delaware Ethics including DE Laws and Rules

    In this course the student will study three (3) hours of ethics including one (1) hour of the Delaware Association of Professional Engineers Laws and Rules. A total of thirty (30) questions will test his or her understanding of the subject.

    This course satisfies the Delaware continuing education requirement of three (3) professional development hours in engineering ethics, (ref. DAPE Guidelines for Maintaining Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) Sec. E1).

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

      • The engineer’s guidelines for practicing within Delaware's laws and rules
      • The engineer’s duty to protect the public
      • The engineer’s duty to make objective and truthful statements
      • The engineer’s duty to limit practice to his or her field of competence
      • The engineer’s duty to maintain client confidentiality
      • The engineer’s responsibility to the profession

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 30 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies four (4) professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

    Basic Electrical and DC Theory: 9 PDH

    Preview Course: Basic Electrical
    Do you know where electricity comes from? To be able to say yes to that question, you must understand a bit about the physics of matter. In this course you’ll learn the basics involving: matter, electron theory, magnetism, electromagnetism, the laws of electrical circuits, series circuits, parallel circuits, series-parallel circuits and the basic electrical formulas.

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

      • How is DC voltage produced and what does an electric circuit consist of
      • What is a rectifier and how half-wave bridge rectifiers differ from full-wave bridge rectifiers
      • What is the difference between a schematic diagram, one-line diagram, block diagram and wiring diagram
      • What is resistivity and how temperature affects the resistance of materials
      • What is the difference between open circuit, close circuit, and short circuit
      • What primary characteristics identify a series, parallel or a combination circuit
      • How to calculate the current and voltage drop in series, parallel or combination circuits
      • How to calculate the equivalent resistance for a series, parallel or combination circuit
      • What is meant by the terms voltage divider and current division
      • How is electron flow theory different from conventional current theory

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 30 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 9 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

    Batteries, DC Circuits, DC Generators, & DC Motors: 6 PDH

    Preview Course: Batteries & DC Circuits
    This electrical training course provides a basic introduction to DC theory, electrical circuits, batteries and DC machinery (motors and generators). This course is essential to electrical engineers to refresh upon the basics and relearn the basic knowledge of electrical principals and equipment usages and applications.

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

      • Battery operations: series, parallel, primary, secondary, shelf life, etc
      • Battery types: wet, dry, alkaline, etc
      • Battery hazards
      • Inductance
      • Capacitance
      • DC generator construction
      • DC generator theory of operation
      • DC generator voltage production, ratings, & losses
      • DC motor theory
      • DC motor construction and operation

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 6 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

    AC Theory, Circuits, Generators & Motors: 6 PDH

    Preview Course: AC Theory & Circuits
    AC circuit theory can cause engineers a lot of difficulty; however this course will attempt to make the concept easy to see and understand. Numerous pictures and graphs are used to show the basic fundamentals of how Alternating Current works. This course also details the general theory and equations for AC Circuit analysis, AC generators and AC Motors.

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

      • AC motor theory
      • AC motor construction and operation
      • AC motor applications and usage
      • Transformer theory and design
      • Electronic Measuring devices
      • Instrument construction
      • Distribution systems

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 6 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.
    Delaware

    Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) Requirements

    Continuing Education or PDH is known as CPC in Delaware
    Delaware Professional Engineers are required to earn 24 PDH biennially. All of the required hours can be earned through online continuing education courses. The following table shows a quick rundown of license renewal requirements.

    Subject Requirement
    Hours Required 24 hours biennially

    1. A minimum of 3 PDH up to a maximum of 6 PDH must be related to professional ethics
    2. A maximum of 9 PDH can be related to project management or business skills
    3. The remaining hours must be technical courses related to the licensee’s practice
    4. For dual licensed engineers/surveyors, up to 12 PDH may be related to the technical practice of land surveying
    Renewal Dates June 30 of even-numbered years
    Course Approval The Council does not pre-approve providers or specific courses. Each engineer must determine whether an activity meets the Council’s requirements
    Course Content Any course, seminar or activity with a clear purpose and objective that will maintain, improve or expand the skills and knowledge relevant to the professional practice of engineering. Regular job duties are not considered qualified activities
    Online Courses Distance learning courses are specifically listed as approved activities. There is no limit on the number of hours that can be earned through distance learning
    PDH Carryover A maximum of 15 PDH may be carried forward into the next renewal period. Credits earned between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014 can be carried forward to comply with the continuing education mandate for the renewal on June 30, 2016
    Additional
    1. Delaware’s CPC requirement is newly approved for the renewal date of June 30, 2016. Up to 15 PDH earned between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014 can be used to fulfill the first PDH requirement
    2. PDH completion records must be maintained for a minimum of 5 years. EZpdh helps you meet this requirement by providing you with the ability to instantly access and print a certificate upon successful completion of a course. Additionally, your certificates of completion are securely maintained by EZpdh for a minimum of seven years and can be accessed online at any time through your login account
    3. Engineers listed as “Retired” or “Inactive” are exempt. However, if the engineer returns to active practice, they will be required to earn the exempted credits (up to a maximum of 48 PDH)
    Official Laws and Rules Download Laws and Rules
    State Website Access State Website

    Preview Course: Delaware Ethics including DE Laws and RulesPreview Course: Basic ElectricalPreview Course: Batteries & DC CircuitsPreview Course: AC Theory & Circuits
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  • Environmental Engineering Courses

    Delaware-Environmental Engineering Package: 24 PDH

    $144.00 $80.00     Add to cart
    Nine Environmental Engineering courses plus Delaware Ethics including DE Laws and Rules for Professional Engineers that will earn 24 PDH guaranteed to be accepted by the Delaware’s Professional Engineering Licensing BoardInstructor: Raymond Bosek, PE

    Delaware – Ethics including DE Laws and Rules for Professional Engineers: 4 PDH

    In this course the student will study three (3) hours of ethics including one (1) hour of the Delaware Association of Professional Engineers Laws and Rules. A total of thirty (30) questions will test his or her understanding of the subject.
    This course satisfies the Delaware continuing education requirement of three (3) professional development hours in engineering ethics, (ref. DAPE Guidelines for Maintaining Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) Sec. E1).

    Building Envelope Impact on HVAC Energy Use: 3 PDH

    How airtight are the buildings you are responsible for? What is the energy load and indoor air quality like in your buildings? The only way to know is to perform a study. Despite common assumptions, measurements have shown that typical U.S. commercial buildings are not particularly airtight. In this course we present a recent simulation study on the impact of improving envelope airtightness in U.S. commercial buildings. You get documented, verifiable facts, report charts and graphs illustrating the findings, and a discussion from the report on the results of the study, Investigation of the Impact of Commercial Building Envelope Airtightness on HVAC Energy Use.

    Fire Protection System Design: 3 PDH

    This three (3) hour course overviews standards to design and build an environment for building occupants that is reasonably safe from fire and products of combustion as well as how to provide a reasonable level of building usability and property protection from the effects of fire and products of combustion.

    Hurricane Mitigation: Summary Report On Building Performance: 3 PDH

    After major hurricane disasters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) dispatches Building Performance Assessment Teams (BPATs) to evaluate the successes and failures of buildings to withstand the wind and flood forces of these storms. The teams document the results of their evaluations in building performance assessment reports. This 3-hour online course summarizes the BPAT reports for Hurricane Katerina.

    A Guide to Offshore Wind Energy: 2 PDH

    Offshore wind turbines harness the energy of the ocean winds and turn it into electricity. This course introduces the basic principles of proposed US offshore wind facilities. The course summarizes a study conducted by EESI of existing European and Asian offshore wind farms. The topics addressed include technical issues related to marine foundations and structures, transmission issues unique to offshore power generation, political and regulatory issues and the public’s perceptions of proposed offshore wind farms. This course demonstrates that offshore wind energy has been successfully implemented in other parts of the world and that the potential for wind farms in U.S. waters is favorable.

    Hazardous Waste Identification: 2 PDH

    This course covers hazardous waste regulated by the EPA under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), starting with determining whether what waste is considered a solid waste according to the RCRA regulations and moving on to determining if it fits one of the RCRA requirements for being a hazardous waste.

    Improving Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings: 2 PDH

    In this course the student will learn the general concept of the most efficient methods to enhance energy efficiency of historic buildings, while limiting the damage done during the rehabilitation process.

    Ponds- Planning, Design, Construction: 2 PDH

    This course provides guidance on some of the required criteria the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has in place for the planning, design, construction and maintenance of ponds. This course describes basic design principles of embankment and excavation ponds as well as construction requirements. This online PDH course is intended for hydrologists, civil engineers, agricultural engineers, construction engineers, municipal engineers, geotechnical engineers and environmental engineers.

    Energy Performance of LEED for New Construction Buildings: 2 PDH

    This course focuses on the measured energy performance for 121 LEED New Construction buildings, and compares the data to a variety of benchmarks, including Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) averages, Energy Star ratings and modeled energy performance estimates provided with LEED submittals.

    Wastewater Treatment Plants: 1 PDH

    Package plants are pre-manufactured wastewater treatment facilities typically used to treat flows between 0.01 and 0.25 MGD. This course provides information about three types of package plants, extended aeration, sequencing batch reactor and oxidation ditch systems. General configuration, typical applications for each, advantages and disadvantages, typical performance, and cost are covered.


    Preview Course: Delaware Ethics including DE Laws and Rules
    Preview Course: Building Envelope Impact on HVAC Energy Use
    Preview Course: Fire Protection System Design
    Preview Course: Hurricane Mitigation: Summary Report On Building Performance
    Preview Course: A Guide to Offshore Wind Energy
    Preview Course: Hazardous Waste Identification
    Preview Course: Improving Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings
    Preview Course: Ponds-Planning, Design, Construction
    Preview Course: Energy Performance of LEED for New Construction Buildings
    Preview Course: Wastewater Treatment Plants
  • Mechanical Engineering Courses

    Delaware-Mechanical Engineering Package: 26 PDH

    $156.00 $80.00     Add to cart
    Five Mechanical Engineering courses plus Delaware Ethics including DE Laws and Rules for Professional Engineers that will earn 26 PDH guaranteed to be accepted by the Delaware's Professional Engineering Licensing Board
    Instructor: Seth Grablow, PE

    Delaware – Ethics including DE Laws and Rules for Professional Engineers: 4 PDH

    Preview Course: Delaware Ethics including DE Laws and Rules

    In this course the student will study three (3) hours of ethics including one (1) hour of the Delaware Association of Professional Engineers Laws and Rules. A total of thirty (30) questions will test his or her understanding of the subject.

    This course satisfies the Delaware continuing education requirement of three (3) professional development hours in engineering ethics, (ref. DAPE Guidelines for Maintaining Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) Sec. E1).

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

      • The engineer’s guidelines for practicing within Delaware's laws and rules
      • The engineer’s duty to protect the public
      • The engineer’s duty to make objective and truthful statements
      • The engineer’s duty to limit practice to his or her field of competence
      • The engineer’s duty to maintain client confidentiality
      • The engineer’s responsibility to the profession

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 30 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies four (4) professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

    Thermodynamics: 8 PDH

    Preview Course: Thermodynamics
    This course provides a detailed overview of Thermodynamics Principles and Practices including thermodynamic principles in practical industrial, commercial and residential applications. The student will comprehend, analyze and solve various types of practical thermodynamic problems through several case studies. Laws, equations, graphs, charts, tables and diagrams, pertaining to various thermodynamics concepts, are covered and utilized in the analysis and solution of the case study problems.

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

      • Energy concepts and extension/application of the law of conservation of energy
      • Conversion of thermal energy to electricity through steam turbines and electric generators
      • Understanding and application of Steam Tables
      • Fundamental and essential concepts such as entropy, enthalpy, heat of fusion, heat of sublimation, latent and sensible heat
      • Thermodynamic processes
      • Heat engine cycles
      • Pyschrometric analysis based on psychrometric chart
      • Refrigeration cycle related numerical analysis utilizing Pressure –Enthalpy Charts

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 30 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 8 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

    Heat Transfer: 4 PDH

    Preview Course: Heat Transfer
    The transfer of heat is an integral part of many industrial processes. Moreover, heat transfer affects our everyday lives – from an oven heating our dinner to the wind cooling us on a hot summer day. Thus, it is important that the engineer understands how to apply the basic principles of heat transfer to solve real-world problems.

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

      • Heat transfer definitions and terminology, including heat flux, thermal conductivity, LMTD, and heat transfer coefficients
      • Conduction and the equivalent resistance formulas
      • Convection and use of the overall heat transfer coefficient
      • Radiant heat transfer, including black bodies, gray bodies and emissivity

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 15 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 4 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

    Fluid Flow: 4 PDH

    Preview Course: Fluid Flow
    Fluid flow and practical fluid mechanics is essential to any engineer's knowledge base. This course will overview the basic principles of fluid flow including the three key attributes to solve all fluid problems. Bernoulli Equation will be discussed in detail to enable understanding of different types of energy in a fluid stream. Laminar and turbulent flow, head loss, and factors affecting head loss will also be discussed in detail and explained with practical problems.

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

      • Shear Stress in a fluid
      • Conservation of Mass
      • Conservation of Momentum
      • Reynolds number
      • Laminar versus turbulent flow
      • Bernoulli Equation
      • Major head losses
      • Minor head losses
      • System level analysis

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 15 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 4 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

    Diesel Engine Fundamentals I: 3 PDH

    Preview Course: Diesel I & II
    Part I of a two-part series. This course provides the engineer the basic understanding of the operation and design of Diesel Engines. The student will learning learn the fundamentals from the earlier history to the basic components which make up all diesel engines today.

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

      • Diesel engine history
      • Differences to other combustible engines
      • Major components
      • Cooling systems
      • Lubrication systems
      • Fuel systems

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 25 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 3 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

    Diesel Engine Fundamentals II: 3 PDH

    Preview Course: Diesel I & II
    Part II of a two-part series. This course provides the engineer the basic understanding of the operation and design of Diesel Engines. The student will learn in depth, the diesel engine operation including an overview of all basic components as well as the different cycles and the operation of all essential systems of modern day diesel engines.

    SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

    This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

      • Exhaust system
      • Operation terminology
      • Compression ratio
      • Basic diesel cycles
      • Four & two stroke cycles
      • Engine control
      • Fuel control
      • Engine protection

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 25 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 3 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.
    Delaware

    Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) Requirements

    Continuing Education or PDH is known as CPC in Delaware
    Delaware Professional Engineers are required to earn 24 PDH biennially. All of the required hours can be earned through online continuing education courses. The following table shows a quick rundown of license renewal requirements.

    Subject Requirement
    Hours Required 24 hours biennially

    1. A minimum of 3 PDH up to a maximum of 6 PDH must be related to professional ethics
    2. A maximum of 9 PDH can be related to project management or business skills
    3. The remaining hours must be technical courses related to the licensee’s practice
    4. For dual licensed engineers/surveyors, up to 12 PDH may be related to the technical practice of land surveying
    Renewal Dates June 30 of even-numbered years
    Course Approval The Council does not pre-approve providers or specific courses. Each engineer must determine whether an activity meets the Council’s requirements
    Course Content Any course, seminar or activity with a clear purpose and objective that will maintain, improve or expand the skills and knowledge relevant to the professional practice of engineering. Regular job duties are not considered qualified activities
    Online Courses Distance learning courses are specifically listed as approved activities. There is no limit on the number of hours that can be earned through distance learning
    PDH Carryover A maximum of 15 PDH may be carried forward into the next renewal period. Credits earned between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014 can be carried forward to comply with the continuing education mandate for the renewal on June 30, 2016
    Additional
    1. Delaware’s CPC requirement is newly approved for the renewal date of June 30, 2016. Up to 15 PDH earned between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014 can be used to fulfill the first PDH requirement
    2. PDH completion records must be maintained for a minimum of 5 years. EZpdh helps you meet this requirement by providing you with the ability to instantly access and print a certificate upon successful completion of a course. Additionally, your certificates of completion are securely maintained by EZpdh for a minimum of seven years and can be accessed online at any time through your login account
    3. Engineers listed as “Retired” or “Inactive” are exempt. However, if the engineer returns to active practice, they will be required to earn the exempted credits (up to a maximum of 48 PDH)
    Official Laws and Rules Download Laws and Rules
    State Website Access State Website

    Preview Course: Delaware Ethics including DE Laws and RulesPreview Course: ThermodynamicsPreview Course: Heat TransferPreview Course: Fluid FlowPreview Course: Diesel I & II
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  • Delaware-Structural Engineering Package: 24 PDH

    $144.00 $80.00     Add to cart
    Four Structural Engineering courses plus Delaware Ethics including DE Laws and Rules for Professional Engineers that will earn 24 PDH guaranteed to be accepted by the Delaware’s Professional Engineering Licensing BoardInstructor: Raymond Bosek, PE

    Delaware – Ethics including DE Laws and Rules for Professional Engineers: 4 PDH

    In this course the student will study three (3) hours of ethics including one (1) hour of the Delaware Association of Professional Engineers Laws and Rules. A total of thirty (30) questions will test his or her understanding of the subject.
    This course satisfies the Delaware continuing education requirement of three (3) professional development hours in engineering ethics, (ref. DAPE Guidelines for Maintaining Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) Sec. E1).

    Design and Construction of Road Tunnels-Part 1 Planning: 5 PDH

    In this course the student will come to understand a general overview of the planning process of a road tunnel project, geometrical requirements and recommendations of new road tunnels, investigative techniques and parameters required for planning, construction and design of road tunnels, and the different types of reports required for a road tunnel project.

    Design and Construction of Road Tunnels-Part 2 Methodology and Excavation Support: 5 PDH

    In this course the student will understand the construction methodology and excavation support systems for cut-and-cover road tunnels, design and construction issues for rock and soft ground tunneling, and the special approaches that must be made when passing through difficult ground.

    Design and Construction of Road Tunnels-Part 3 Design and Detailing: 5 PDH

    In this course the student will understand the concepts of the sequential excavation method as well as the design, purpose and construction of tunnel linings, immersed tunnels, and jacked box tunnels.

    Design and Construction of Road Tunnels-Part 4 Obstacles and Mitigations: 5 PDH

    In this course the student will understand the reasons and methods to consider regarding seismic activity in the design process. The concepts of mined/bored tunnel construction engineering. Also, how to monitor the performance of the tunnel construction process, and how to identify, characterize and repair tunnels.


    Preview Course: Delaware Ethics including DE Laws and Rules
    Preview Course: Design and Construction of Road Tunnels-Part 1
    Preview Course: Design and Construction of Road Tunnels-Part 2
    Preview Course: Design and Construction of Road Tunnels-Part 3
    Preview Course: Design and Construction of Road Tunnels-Part 4
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