Mississippi – Laws, Rules, & Ethics for Professional Engineers: 3 PDH

Preview Course: Mississippi Laws, Rules and Ethics
In this course the student will study the Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors Laws and Rules including Ethics.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• • The engineer’s guidelines for practicing within Mississippi 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 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.

Mechanical Systems Commissioning: 6 PDH

Preview Course: Mechanical Systems Commissioning
In this course the student will learn the various benefits commissioned mechanical equipment has to a facility by understanding the procedures in developing a commissioning program for mechanical equipment and the detailed processes effective in verifying proper system installation.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• • Discuss the need for commissioning mechanical equipment
  • Understand the commissioning process
  • Explain commissioning of HVAC equipment
  • Explain commissioning of Generators And Ancillary Equipment
  • Explain commissioning of Air Compressors And Pneumatic Control Systems
  • Explain commissioning of Fire Suppression Systems
  • Explain commissioning of Cranes And Elevators
  • Explain commissioning of Water And Sewage Treatment 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.

Solar Hot Water Systems Design: 6 PDH

Preview Course: Solar Hot Water Systems Design
This course will assist an engineer to understand the optimal and reliable configurations of solar water heating systems in different climates along with design specifications, planning principles, and guidelines for such systems that serve building clusters with significant domestic hot water needs.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• • Discuss solar energy and its constraints
  • Understand solar hot water thermal system configurations
  • Discuss applications in the government sector
  • Explain solar hot water design and design considerations
  • Discuss solar hot water system performance
  • Understand solar hot water system maintenance

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.

Mississippi – Laws, Rules, & Ethics for Professional Engineers: 3 PDH

In this course the student will study the Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors Laws and Rules including Ethics.

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.

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.

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.

Mississippi – Laws, Rules, & Ethics for Professional Engineers: 3 PDH

Preview Course: Mississippi Laws, Rules and Ethics
In this course the student will study the Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors Laws and Rules including Ethics.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• • The engineer’s guidelines for practicing within Mississippi 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 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.

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

Preview Course: Pavement Design
This online 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:

• • Have a better understanding of the characteristics of the flexible and rigid pavements; and
  • Be familiar with the criteria for the design of pavements and supporting materials

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.

Foundations in Expansive Soils: 6 PDH

Preview Course: Foundations in Expansive Soils
This course presents guidance and information for the geotechnical investigation necessary for the selection and design of foundations for heavy and light buildings constructed in expansive clay soil areas. The information in this course is generally applicable to many types of structures such as residences, warehouses, and multi-story buildings. Emphasis is given to the maintenance of an environment that encourages constant moisture conditions in the foundation soils during and following construction. Special attention must always be given to specific requirements of the structure such as limitations on allowable differential movement.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• • Guidelines of the geotechnical investigation and analysis
  • Field exploration
  • Laboratory investigations
  • Methodology for prediction of volume changes
  • Selection of the type of foundation
  • Structural details of design procedures provided for reference
  • Methods of minimizing foundation movement
  • Construction techniques and inspection Remedial repair of damaged structures

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.

Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) Requirements

Continuing Education or PDH is known as CPC in Mississippi
Mississippi professional engineers are required to earn 15 PDH annually. All of the required hours can be earned through online continuing education courses. EZpdh.com courses are accepted by the Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers & Surveyors. The following table shows a quick rundown of license renewal requirements.

Mississippi – Laws, Rules, & Ethics for Professional Engineers: 3 PDH

Preview Course: Mississippi Laws, Rules and Ethics
In this course the student will study the Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors Laws and Rules including Ethics.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• • The engineer’s guidelines for practicing within Mississippi 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 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.

Basic Electrical and DC Theory: 9 PDH

Preview Course: Basic Electrical and DC Theory
This course explores the fundamentals of AC circuits, and how, instead of working with pure resistances, the concept of impedance is introduced. 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:

• • 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 10 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

AC Theory, Circuits, Generators & Motors: 6 PDH

Preview Course: AC Theory, Circuits, Generators & Motors
This course also introduces the basic electricity and electrical circuit concepts associated with direct current. Topics include calculation of current, voltage, resistance and power in series, parallel and combination circuits with direct current (DC) power sources.

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.

Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) Requirements

Continuing Education or PDH is known as CPC in Mississippi
Mississippi professional engineers are required to earn 15 PDH annually. All of the required hours can be earned through online continuing education courses. EZpdh.com courses are accepted by the Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers & Surveyors. The following table shows a quick rundown of license renewal requirements.

Mississippi – Laws, Rules, & Ethics for Professional Engineers: 3 PDH

In this course the student will study the Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors Laws and Rules including Ethics.

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.

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.

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.

Mississippi – Laws, Rules, & Ethics for Professional Engineers: 3 PDH

Preview Course: Mississippi Laws, Rules and Ethics
In this course the student will study the Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors Laws and Rules including Ethics.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• • The engineer’s guidelines for practicing within Mississippi 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 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.

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
  • Psychrometric 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.

Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) Requirements

Continuing Education or PDH is known as CPC in Mississippi
Mississippi professional engineers are required to earn 15 PDH annually. All of the required hours can be earned through online continuing education courses. EZpdh.com courses are accepted by the Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers & Surveyors. The following table shows a quick rundown of license renewal requirements.

Mississippi – Laws, Rules, & Ethics for Professional Engineers: 3 PDH

In this course the student will study the Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors Laws and Rules including Ethics.

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.

Home Builders Guide to Earthquake Resistant Building Design: 5 PDH

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. The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of twenty (20) questions at the end of this course to earn PDH credits.

Cost Benefit of ICF: 2 PDH

This online course is based on a guide that provides cost comparisons of ICF construction to standard residential wood-frame construction, a comprehensive cost analysis of the monthly costs of home ownership for wood-frame and ICF homes, and a detailed discussion regarding many of the structural and energy performance benefits gained through the use of ICFs.