Pennsylvania – Rules, Regulations and Ethics for Professional Engineers: 3 PDH

In this course the student will study the Pennsylvania State Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists Statutes & Regulations, including Professional Engineering Ethics.

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.

Geotechnical Subsurface Exploration for Roadways: 5 PDH

In this course the student will understand the essentials of subsurface explorations for roadways with a comprehensive overview including site preparation, sampling methods, types of testing and methods, as well as standard guidelines and recommendations.

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.

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.

Pennsylvania – Rules, Regulations and Ethics for Professional Engineers: 3 PDH

In this course the student will study the Pennsylvania State Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists Statutes & Regulations, including Professional Engineering Ethics.

Analysis of National Charging infrastructure for Electric Vehicles: 3 PDH

This course 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.

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

In this course the student will 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.

Electrification-Power System Evolution and Infrastructure Development: 5 PDH

In this course the student will understand Electrification, the shift from non-electric to electric sources of energy at the point of final consumption, and an analysis of the potential impacts of widespread electrification on the evolution of the U.S. electricity system. This course follows the guide: Electrification Futures Study: Scenarios of Power System Evolution and Infrastructure Development for the United States, published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Pennsylvania – Rules, Regulations and Ethics for Professional Engineers: 3 PDH

In this course the student will study the Pennsylvania State Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists Statutes & Regulations, including Professional Engineering Ethics.

Systems Engineering Fundamentals Part 1: 5 PDH

Part one of a two-part course, this course provides a thorough overview of the systems engineering process and presents a in-depth review of the tools and processes to develop a system efficiently and effectively and to support that system through its life cycle.

Systems Engineering Fundamentals Part 2: 5 PDH

Part two of a two-part course, this course provides a thorough overview of the systems engineering process and presents a in-depth review of the tools and processes to develop a system efficiently and effectively and to support that system through its life cycle.

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 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.

Pennsylvania – Rules, Regulations and Ethics for Professional Engineers: 3 PDH

Preview Course: Pennsylvania Rules, Regulation and EthicsIn this course the student will study the Pennsylvania State Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists Statutes & Regulations, including Professional Engineering Ethics.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

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

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

Preview Course: Engineer’s Guide to Corrosion
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.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• • • Discuss environmental factors that affect corrosion
    • Understand the eight major forms of corrosion
    • Discuss corrosion characteristics and properties of various common metals
    • Explain corrosion protection and methods of control
    • Discuss monitoring of corrosion and available inspection technologies
    • Understand the electrochemistry, kinetics, and thermodynamics of the corrosion process

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.

Essentials of Heating and Cooling of Buildings: 7 PDH

Preview Course: Essentials of Heating and Cooling of Buildings
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.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• • • Discuss the human body, human heat transfer, and thermal comfort
    • Understand design conditions for heating and cooling
    • Understand heat gain, heat loss, and heat transfer of people and equipment
    • Explain solar heat gain and transfer
    • Discuss infiltration heat load and weatherizing
    • Understand calculating heating and cooling requirements
    • Understand annual energy consumption of a building

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 7 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.

Pennsylvania – Laws, Rules, and Ethics for Professional Engineers: 3 PDH

Preview Course: Pennsylvania Laws, Rules and Ethics
In this course the student will study the Pennsylvania State Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists Statutes & Regulations, including Professional Engineering Ethics.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• • The engineer’s guidelines for practicing within Pennsylvania’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 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 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.
Pennsylvania professional engineers are required to earn 24 PDH biennially. All of the required hours can be earned through online continuing education courses. EZpdh.com courses are accepted by the Pennsylvania State Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists. The following table shows a quick rundown of license renewal requirements.

Pennsylvania – Laws, Rules, and Ethics for Professional Engineers: 3 PDH

Preview Course: Pennsylvania Laws, Rules and Ethics
In this course the student will study the Pennsylvania State Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists Statutes & Regulations, including Professional Engineering Ethics.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• • The engineer’s guidelines for practicing within Pennsylvania’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 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
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, seconday, shelf life, etc
  • Battery types: wet, dry, alkaline, etc
  • Battery harzards
  • 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.
Pennsylvania professional engineers are required to earn 24 PDH biennially. All of the required hours can be earned through online continuing education courses. EZpdh.com courses are accepted by the Pennsylvania State Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists. The following table shows a quick rundown of license renewal requirements.

Pennsylvania – Rules, Regulations and Ethics for Professional Engineers: 3 PDH

In this course the student will study the Pennsylvania State Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists Statutes & Regulations, including Professional Engineering Ethics

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.

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.

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.

Pennsylvania – Rules, Regulations and Ethics for Professional Engineers: 3 PDH

In this course the student will study the Pennsylvania State Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists Statutes & Regulations, including Professional Engineering Ethics.

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.

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.

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.

Pennsylvania – Laws, Rules, and Ethics for Professional Engineers: 3 PDH

Preview Course: Pennsylvania Laws, Rules and Ethics
In this course the student will study the Pennsylvania State Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists Statutes & Regulations, including Professional Engineering Ethics.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

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

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.
Pennsylvania professional engineers are required to earn 24 PDH biennially. All of the required hours can be earned through online continuing education courses. EZpdh.com courses are accepted by the Pennsylvania State Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists. The following table shows a quick rundown of license renewal requirements.

Pennsylvania – Rules, Regulations and Ethics for Professional Engineers: 3 PDH

In this course the student will study the Pennsylvania State Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists Statutes & Regulations, including Professional Engineering 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.

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.

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 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.

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.