Mississippi-Mechanical Engineering Package: 15 PDH
$60.00
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.
Subject | Requirement |
Hours Required | 15 hours annually |
Renewal Dates | December 31 every year |
Course Approval | The Board does not require pre-approval for providers or specific courses. Each engineer must determine whether an activity meets the Board’s requirements |
Course Content | Any qualifying course or activity with a clear purpose and objective which will maintain, improve, or expand the skills and knowledge relevant to the registrant’s field of practice in engineering. For all engineers, at least 1 PDH must be earned in Ethics training every two years |
Online Courses | Accepted. For Professional Engineers, there is no limit on the number of PDHs that can be earned through online continuing education |
PDH Carryover | A maximum of 15 PDH may be carried forward into the next renewal period.Excess ethics credits may not be carried forward |
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State Website | Access State Website |