New Jersey Packages

New Jersey – Ethics, Statutes and Regulations for Professional Engineers: 4 PDH

In this course the student will study two ethics courses including the New Jersey State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Statutes and Regulations.

Stress and Strain in Soils: 4 PDH

In this course the student will understand the properties and mechanics of soils and accurately calculate the stresses and deformations of soil masses.

Engineering Description of Soils and Rocks: 4 PDH

In this course the student will understand the engineering characteristics of soils and rocks and to how to properly identify and classify to develop a subsurface profile for site evaluations.

Slope Stability in Embankments and Structures: 5 PDH

In this course the student will understand the design of slope stability in embankments and structures and how to recognize, analyze, and solve slope instability issues encountered.

Approach Roadway Deformations: 4 PDH

In this course the student will understand roadway approach embankment design and construction and methods to mitigate deformations typically seen in these structure, including the infamous “bump” encountered at the approach to structure interface.

Strategies for Improving Sustainability of Asphalt Pavements: 3 PDH

In this course the student will understand sustainability throughout the entire pavement life cycle and the importance of recognizing context sensitivity and assessing trade-offs in developing sustainable solutions.

New Jersey – Ethics, Statutes and Regulations for Professional Engineers: 4 PDH

In this course the student will study two ethics courses including the New Jersey State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Statutes and Regulations.

Design and Development of Hybrid Power Plants: 4 PDH

In this course the student will understand the hybrid power plant and the necessary design and planning details required to ensure reliable and efficient means for power production.

Compressed Air Energy Storage and Pumped Storage Hydropower Concepts: 4 PDH

In this course the student will understand understand current Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) and Pumped Storage Hydropower (PSH) technologies and explore future advances of this technology by examining the feasibility of a variety of different concepts.

Energy Storage Technology Cost and Performance: 4 PDH

In this course the student will understand a variety of different energy storage technologies and explore their advantages and disadvantages with an in-depth cost and performance comparison. This course follows the report: Energy Storage Technology and Cost Characterization Report, published by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

Electrical Storage Guide for Electrical Engineers: 5 PDH

This course provides a thorough overview of current electrical storage technologies including batteries, flywheels, compressed air energy storage (CAES), and pumped storage hydropower (PSH) and is a how-to guide for engineers to aid in the selection, procurement, installation, and/or operation of stationary energy storage systems in today’s electric grid.

Analysis of National Charging infrastructure for Electric Vehicles: 3 PDH

This courses addresses the fundamental question of how much plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) charging infrastructure is needed in the United States to support both plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs). In this course the student will understand PEV charging infrastructure requirements and analyze a range of plausible scenarios that consider the relationship between the evolution of the PEV fleet and charging infrastructure.

New Jersey – Ethics, Statutes and Regulations for Professional Engineers: 4 PDH

In this course the student will study two ethics courses including the New Jersey State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Statutes and Regulations.

Improving Pumping System Performance: 4 PDH

This course provides a thorough overview of pumping systems and their components and practical guidelines to enhance performance and increase efficiency.

Improving Process Heating System Performance: 4 PDH

This course provides a thorough overview of process heating systems and their components and practical guidelines to enhance performance and increase efficiency.

Improving Steam System Performance: 5 PDH

This course provides a thorough overview of steam systems and their components and practical guidelines to enhance performance and increase efficiency.

Improving Compressed Air System Performance: 4 PDH

This course provides a thorough overview of compressed air systems and their components and presents various methods and opportunities to enhance performance and increase efficiency.

Coating Types and Characteristics of Metals: 3 PDH

In this course the student will understand the characteristics and applications of various industrial coatings and metal finishes.

New Jersey – Ethics, Statutes, and Regulations for Professional Engineers: 4 PDH

In this course the student will study two ethics courses including the New Jersey State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Statutes and Regulations.

Engineer’s Guide to Corrosion-Causes, Protection and Control: 8 PDH

In this course the student will understand the process of corrosion on metals from its causes and effects into protection and control. The student will understand corrosion on a variety of metals and methods to mitigate and control corrosion over the life of a material.

Essentials of Heating and Cooling of Buildings: 7 PDH

In this course the student will understand all elements effecting heating and cooling of structures and to properly calculate loads and loss for ideal thermal comfort.

Solar Hot Water Systems Design: 6 PDH

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.

New Jersey – Ethics, Statutes, and Regulations for Professional Engineers: 4 PDH

In this course the student will study two ethics courses including the New Jersey State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Statutes and Regulations.

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

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.

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.

Conduits, Culverts, and Pipes Part I: 4 PDH

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.

Conduits, Culverts, and Pipes Part II: 4 PDH

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.

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.

New Jersey – Ethics, Statutes, and Regulations for Professional Engineers: 4 PDH

In this course the student will study two ethics courses including the New Jersey State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Statutes and Regulations.

Basic Electrical and DC Theory: 9 PDH

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.

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

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.

AC Theory, Circuits, Generators & Motors: 6 PDH

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.

New Jersey – Ethics, Statutes, and Regulations for Professional Engineers: 4 PDH

In this course the student will study two ethics courses including the New Jersey State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Statutes and Regulations.

Thermodynamics: 8 PDH

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.

Heat Transfer: 4 PDH

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.

Fluid Flow: 4 PDH

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 dicussed in detail and explained with practical problems.

Diesel Engine Fundamentals I: 3 PDH

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.

Diesel Engine Fundamentals II: 3 PDH

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.

New Jersey – Ethics, Statutes, and Regulations for Professional Engineers: 4 PDH

In this course the student will study two ethics courses including the New Jersey State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Statutes and Regulations. A total of thirty (30) questions will test his or her understanding of the subject.

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.

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.CFs.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

New Jersey – Ethics, Statutes, and Regulations for Professional Engineers: 4 PDH

In this course the student will study two ethics courses including the New Jersey State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Statutes and Regulations. A total of thirty (30) questions will test his or her understanding of the subject.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.