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Basics of Industrial Wastewater
MTBE. Perchlorate. Arsenic. Nitrate. Each day it seems that we learn of another potential threat to our drinking water, our fisheries and our way of life. This 1-hour online course will discuss these common water contaminants and many others, and what can be and is being done to remove them. With a worldwide focus on water quality and management, the fate of wastewater generated by industry is more important than ever.
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Clean Energy: Recycled Energy Technologies
The nation’s power system is facing a diverse and broad set of challenges. These range from restructuring and increased competitiveness in power production to the need for additional production and distribution capacity to meet demand growth, and demands for increased quality and reliability of power and power supply. In addition, there are growing concerns about emissions from fossil fuel powered generation units and generators are seeking methods to reduce the CO2 emission intensity of power generation.
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Coastal Engineering: Tsunami
This 1-hour interactive online course covers the fundamentals of tsunami - possibly the largest potential natural disasters of our coastlines. Tsunami are generated by underwater disturbances such as earthquakes, landslides and volcanic activity as well as land based landslides and meteorites. With speeds that may be in excess of 450 miles per hour, they can travel entire oceans in a day. While only a few feet high while in deep water, when they reach coastal waters these waves may rise to 10''s or even a 100 feet high.
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Concrete Fundamentals II - Concrete Slab On Grade
Are you faced with a project that requires pouring concrete? What should you do to get the site ready? What planning is required? We'll answer these and many more of your questions.In this interactive online course, you will learn how to build forms and place steel reinforcement. You’ll also learn what quality control tests should you run, how much concrete you should order, and how to finish the surface.
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Electric Power Course 3: Transfers & the New Structure
of the Industry
This 1-hour online course covers electric power transmission, how the systems work, and how power can be transferred. Reliability critieria and the contingencies that must be provided for are reviewed. Ways of identifying the uses of the transmission system are discussed. The deregulation and new industry structure is also reviewed.
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Ethical Decision Making for Engineers #4
Your Code of Ethics requires you to hold the public health, safety and welfare paramount. In the course of your profession, however, you may be faced with irreconcilable dilemmas that call in to question your moral values, conduct and character.
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Ethical Decision Making for Engineers #5
Your Code of Ethics requires you to hold the public health, safety and welfare paramount. In the course of your profession, however, you may be faced with irreconcilable dilemmas that call in to question your moral values, conduct and character.
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High Performance EIFS for Sustainable Construction
This 1-hour interactive online course begins with a discussion regarding ways that sustainability concerns are changing the lowest initial-cost design philosophy that has been prevalent in the American construction industry.
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Insulated Concrete Forms: Today's Building Blocks
Have you ever wondered what all the fuss is about concerning Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs)? This interactive online course sheds light on what is rapidly becoming a hot trend in both commercial and residential building. ICFs are lightweight “building blocks” composed of polystyrene panels that are connected to each other with polypropylene cross ties. Once they are stacked and aligned, they are filled with concrete and steel reinforcement, creating homes and buildings that are strong, safe, energy efficient, clean, quiet and comfortable.
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Introduction to Mineral Soils
Soil science is a growing field of knowledge. As in any other science discipline, there is an effort to build sharp definitions and precise concepts.This 1 interactive hour online introductory course focuses on general aspects of soil mineralogy and attempts to relate it to chemical and physical properties of soil related both to agronomical, environmental and engineering aspects.This course introduces some of the main characteristics of soils, and gives a rough idea of their origin and applications to professionals not related to soil science.
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Leadership Challenge Part 1: What Leaders Do
Leadership is not the private reserve of a few charismatic men and women, it is a process that ordinary people use when they are bringing forth the best from themselves and others. If you are a leader, or aspire to be one, this series of courses will assist you in developing your capacity to guide others to places they have never been before.
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LEED Certification and Green Building: An Introduction
"Go Green!" This statement has become very popular over the past few years. You have seen it in advertisements, on shopping bags, on television, and in a wide variety of other sources. People have developed a strong awareness of how they are impacting the world. With the increasing concern about the environment, energy conservation and potential global warming, the push for green design and construction has grown dramatically in the last couple years. Along with this drive, there has been a desire to create agencies and accreditation programs that support and govern green building.
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Material Science: Structures of Metals
This 1-hour online interactive course is designed to assist nuclear facility operating contractors in providing operators, maintenance personnel, and technical staff with the necessary fundamentals training to ensure a basic understanding of the structure and properties of metals
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Mechanical Science: Heat Exchangers
In almost any nuclear, chemical, or mechanical system, heat must be transferred from one place to another or from one fluid to another. Heat exchangers are used to transfer heat from one fluid to another. A basic understanding of the mechanical components of a heat exchanger is important to understanding how they function and operate.
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Movement Joints in Brick Masonry
Brick masonry is one of the most durable exterior building materials in use around the world. It is a preferred product in most climate areas, from subtropical to near arctic, and for buildings from simple residences to monumental international architecture.
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Petroleum: Oil and Gas Well Plugging in Texas
The Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) has long been active in regulating the exploration, development and production of oil and gas in the State of Texas, which includes protecting the environment and maintaining public safety. This informative 1-hour interactive online course explores the history, regulations, concerns and projects overseen by the RCC in regards to oil and gas well plugging in the state of Texas.
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Productive Project Meeting Methodology for
Architects and Engineers
This 1-hour interactive online course is intended to teach a methodology that will enable you to make project job meetings more productive. It will facilitate the discovery and solution of potential problems early in the project. It will keep all interested parties informed and involved in the solution of these potential problems. This method will work well for most planning, design and construction projects.
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Reliability Engineering Fundamentals
This 1-hour online course describes the key tasks performed by reliability engineers. The course emphasizes the relationship of phases in the product life cycle to reliability analysis, the computation of reliabilities for simple systems, and methods that can be used to improve system reliability.
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Renewable Energy Generation
Renewable energy is a small percentage of the generation resources in the United States. However, consumers are becoming more insistent that utilities develop environmentally friendly generation sources. As a result, utilities are investigating many alternatives to traditional generation. This course is a brief overview of the various types of environmentally friendly, renewable energy available today. Each renewable source is explained including a description of the state of the technology, and the factors affecting the application of the technology.
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Selection of Seismic Design Methods: An Example
This one hour interactive online course selects a building and location for a fictitious project. The course will walk you through the decision making process that eventually results in the selection of a seismic design method. The different seismic design methods are discussed with reference to this 'project'. This course will not determine the shear forces, but guides the designer in the unwritten factors that form the basis for the selection of a seismic design method.
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Storm Safe Homes: Building a Safe Room
With the extreme weather events that have taken so many lives this past decade, you can offer your customers a higher level of protection and peace of mind by adding a SAFE ROOM. Whether you are building a new home, or remodeling an existing home, this 1-hour interactive online course will teach you the basics of safe room design and construction. It focuses on CMU and wood frame shelter construction in new and retrofit applications.
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Structural Dynamics: An Introduction
On November 7, 1940 the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed during a wind storm. The cause? Inadequate consideration of structural dynamics in its design. This course provides an introduction to the theory of structural dynamics, the mathematical equations to solve simple dynamics problems, and examples of structural dynamics to equip the student to evaluate dynamic problems and design solutions to prevent structural collapse or vibrations which could cause damage or annoyance to human occupants
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Sustainable Design: Eco-efficiency of Roofing Insulation Systems
This 1-hour interactive online course explores several popular roofing insulation systems - Expanded polystyrene (EPS), Polyisocyanurate (Polyiso), Extruded polystyrene (XPS), and Sprayed Polyurethane Foam (SPF) - and discusses the influences each one has on sustainable design.
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Swimming Pools: Coordination of Engineers & Pool Design
Whether for recreation, training, or therapy, swimming pools can have a multitude of designs. At the conclusion of this course, you will be familiar with swimming pool engineering coordination requirements.
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The Ultimate Project Manager, Chapter 10: Managing Your Time
This 1-hour interactive course covers the most valuable commodity of a project manager''s time. This course teaches Project Managers how to effectively manage their time, maintain control, handle interruptions and prioritize tasks. Proven tactics are given in detail to minimize time constraints on everything: meetings, phone calls, visitors. 28 Effective Time Tips are a must for anyone in the Design Industry.
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Trenchless Methods: An Introduction
There is a tremendous need to rehabilitate pipes, especially sewer and water lines. In the U.S. alone, there are 1.2 million miles of sewer pipe and approximately 880,000 miles of water distribution pipes. In both cases, the operable life of the infrastructure is 50 to 100 years. The majority of these pipes were laid in the 1940''s, after World War II, and most are 50 to 125 years old. Additionally, on-going maintenance is necessary to protect against pipe corrosion, root intrusion, structural failure and other problems.
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Understanding Foundation Flood Vents: Liability
Flooding is the costliest natural disaster in the history of the United States. It is our professional responsibility to provide designs that meet with applicable codes, promote life safety and provide property protection to the satisfaction of our clients. Foundation flood vents are an essential component in the implementation of proper flood mitigation. This 1-hour interactive online course covers all the fundamentals of proper foundation flood venting and prepares you to specify code compliant venting solutions when building in flood zones.
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Urban Cohousing: Neighborhood of the Future
As transit oriented development where people live, work and play becomes an increasingly popular concept towards developing sustainable urban design and with more than 150 cohousing communities currently in operation in the United States, can cohousing in combination with walkable communities and smart growth be the neighborhood of the future? This 1-hour webcast introduces the concept of cohousing and compares it with other modes of housing.
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Wastewater: Land Treatment Systems
The treatment of wastewater is an important process that eliminates potentially harmful waste from entering our environment. When used effectively, land treatment systems can safely treat wastewater before it enters our ground water. This 1-hour interactive online course addresses operation and maintenance of the three types of land treatment systems, slow rate, overland flow, and rapid infiltration, and discusses how they differ in the rate that water is applied. All three land treatment systems use vegetation and soil percolation as methods to treat wastewater.
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Winning Proposals 1: Preliminary Steps & Planning Strategies
Proposals are the first and most important link to getting in the door with a client. Yet firms spend an average of between $5000 and $9000 per proposal, only 30% of which succeed. It is crucial that your completed proposals stand out in a sea of look-alikes. It is just as important that you determine which proposal opportunities you should chase, and how much time and money to allocate to each opportunity. This online course series on Winning Proposals from PSMJ Resources will help you develop the skills you need to create a strategic, polished proposal - every time.
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