Professional Engineering Review
Civil Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
August 11 - September 29, 2012
University Center of Greenville
225 South Pleasantburg Drive
Greenville, SC 29607
50% of Engineers will have to retake their PE Exams. Don’t be among the thousands of practicing engineers who fail their first PE exam. Our review courses present a concentrated review of a single engineering subject found in one or more engineering disciplines.
Both classroom lectures and course notes are heavily
geared toward application through extensive use of example problems, and the emphasis is on “how to use it” rather than basic theory. Five hours of classroom study are supplemented by a set of study notes.
Earn needed Professional Development Hours (PDH) or take courses merely for the knowledge review.
“I enjoyed actually working through design problems. These are much better review courses for professional engineers than other seminars I’ve attended to obtain PhD credits!”
— John Campbell, President Campbell Steel Company “These courses are great for reviewing engineering course work even if you’re already registered as a professional engineer.”
— Michael L. Walker, City Engineer City of Fayetteville, Fayetteville, NC
Location & Rates
Each review course is priced at $275.00
Engineering Economics is offered for $50.00
University Center of Greenville
225 South Pleasantburg Drive
Greenville, SC 29607
Our aim is to provide a high quality program that fulfills our mission and exceeds the goals of our clients. In the event that a course is rescheduled or canceled, we will work with our clients for a mutually agreeable solution. If enrollment minimums are not met for a course, we reserve the right to offer complete refunds or reschedule for a more appropriate time frame. We offer a money back guarantee. If you are not 100% satisfied at the end of the program, you will receive a complete refund.
Professional Engineering Review Fall 2012
Course Calendar & Descriptions
Construction Basics Structural Mechanics Structural Design Transportation Engineering Water/Environmental Geotechnical Engineering National Electric Code Electrical Circuit Analysis Automatic Controls Power Systems I Power Systems II Electrical Machinery Digital Systems Signal Processing Computer Communications HVAC/Refrigeration Energy/Heat Transfer Thermodynamics, Pwr Sys Applied Fluid Mechanics Strength of Materials Failure Theory Mechanical Elements Mass/Energy Balance Mass/Heat Transfer Kinetics/Reactor Design Industrial Engineering Engineering Economics Saturday, 8/18/2012 Thursday, 8/23/2012 Saturday, 9/01/2012 Thursday, 9/06/2012 Saturday, 9/08/2012 Saturday, 9/22/2012 Saturday, 8/11/2012 Thursday, 8/16/2012 Saturday, 8/18/2012 Thursday, 8/30/2012 Thursday, 9/06/2012 Thursday, 9/13/2012 Thursday, 9/20/2012 Saturday, 9/22/2012 Thursday, 9/27/2012 Thursday, 8/23/2012 Saturday, 8/25/2012 Saturday, 9/01/2012 Thursday, 9/13/2012 Saturday, 9/15/2012 Thursday, 9/20/2012 Thursday, 9/27/2012 Thursday, 8/30/2012 Saturday, 9/08/2012 Saturday, 9/15/2012 Saturday, 8/25/2012 Saturday, 9/29/2012 9:30AM - 3:00PM 3:30PM - 9:00PM 9:30AM - 3:00PM 3:30PM - 9:00PM 9:30AM - 3:00PM 9:30AM - 3:00PM 9:30AM - 3:00PM 3:30PM - 9:00PM 9:30AM - 3:00PM 3:30PM - 9:00PM 3:30PM - 9:00PM 3:30PM - 9:00PM 3:30PM - 9:00PM 9:30AM - 3:00PM 3:30PM - 9:00PM 3:30PM - 9:00PM 9:30AM - 3:00PM 9:30AM - 3:00PM 3:30PM - 9:00PM 9:30AM - 3:00PM 3:30PM - 9:00PM 3:30PM - 9:00PM 3:30PM - 9:00PM 9:30AM - 3:00PM 9:30AM - 3:00PM 9:30AM - 3:00PM 9:30AM - 3:00PM Dr. Steve Sanders Dr. Scott Schiff Dr. Scott Schiff Dr. Wayne Sarasua Dr. Abdul Khan Dr. Ravi Ravichandran Mr. Marco Gotshaw Dr. Randy Collins Dr. Richard Groff Dr. Randy Collins Dr. Randy Collins Dr. Randy Collins Dr. Carl Baum Dr. Carl Baum Dr. Carl Baum Mr. Larry Copeland Dr. Leo Gaddis Dr. Richard Figliola Dr. Walt Castro Dr. Marvin Dixon Dr. Marvin Dixon Dr. Marvin Dixon Dr. Charles Gooding Dr. Charles Gooding Dr. Charles Gooding Dr. Mary Elizabeth Kurz Dr. Mary Elizabeth Kurz
Course Calendar
Civil
Electrical
Mechanical
Chemical
Recommended
Course Descriptions
CIVIL
Construction Engineering Basics: Construction contracts, technical specifications, cost estimating, project scheduling, cost control, materials management, quality control, and quality assurance.
Structural Mechanics and Analysis: The course provides a review of the fundamental concepts of statics including equilibrium of 2-D and 3-D structural systems and the determination of geometric properties (centroids and area moment of inertia). Mechanics of materials relationships between the external loads and internal stresses and deformations on structural elements (tension, compression and bending members) are reviewed. Finally, analysis techniques covered in an introductory structural analysis course are reviewed including the drawing of shear force and bending moment
diagrams, analysis of trusses and the deflection of determinate beams.
Structural Design of Steel and Reinforced Concrete Members: The course provides a review of the design of steel members subjected to axial loading in either tension or compression and steel members subjected to bending and shear using the ASIC Manual of Steel Construction. Simple connections for transfer of tension or shear forces are also reviewed. The portion of the course on reinforced concrete design reviews beams, one-way slabs, columns, and isolated column and wall footings using ACI 318.
Transportation Engineering: The subject material consists of a discussion of several basic concepts in highway geometric design. An important part of the course consists of problems related to the geometry of horizontal circular highway curves and vertical parabolic highway curves. In addition to several route surveying problems, the worked problems include: super elevation problems, spiral curve problems, skidding distance problems, earthwork (mass diagram) problems, and highway interchange design problems.
Water Environmental: Topics include environmental phenomena, impact of pollutants in the aquatic environment, solid-waste management, air pollution control, radiological health, and storm water management.
Geotechnical Engineering (Soil Mechanics): Material includes air, water, solids -
relationships, proctor, compaction test; moisture density compaction curves; retaining walls; Rankine and Coulomb analysis. In the review session procedures for solving problems are presented. There is little or no development of equations or theory. It is assumed that the participants have some minimal experience in soil mechanics and are at least familiar with the terminology. Topics reviewed include: air, water, solid relationships; moisture density compaction curves, analysis of retaining walls, determination of earth pressure by Rankine and Coulomb analysis, equivalent fluid pressures, determination of stresses in an earth mass, consolidation settlement of a cohesive soil, and bearing capacity analysis.
ELECTRICAL
National Electric Code: This course is a study of the National Electrical Code and is based on the latest codes as published by the National Fire Protection Association.
Electrical Circuit Analysis: Relationships of voltage and current, ideal elements and sources, voltage divider relationship, current divider relationship, application of source conversion to problem solution, steady-state DC circuit analysis, average and RMS values, the complex number and its use in AC circuits, the superposition theorem, loop analysis nodal method. Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorems, maximum power transfer, real and reactive power in single-phase AC circuits, coupled-circuit analysis, examples of network solutions, balanced three-phase circuits, three-phase system solid-grounded neutral, series and parallel resonance.
Automatic Controls: An introductory course which includes a review of the necessary mathematical tools and process considerations for the practical application of fundamental control systems analysis and design. The course is also designed to inform and refresh engineers and other technical personnel in control systems analysis and design. Since it surveys a broad spectrum of control theory and applications, it is valuable to engineers interested in the practical application of control theory and also to managers interested in a speaking knowledge of this technical area.
Course Descriptions
ELECTRICAL (continued)
Power System Analysis I: Three-Phase Circuits and Transformers: Analysis of three-phase balanced circuits, ideal and non-ideal power transformer models, calculation of voltage regulation and efficiency, per unit system, autotransformers, three-phase transformers, three-winding transformers, transmission line modeling, worked examples.
Power System Analysis II: Symmetrical Components and Fault Analysis: Derivation of circuit models for power systems analysis, per unit system, balanced fault analysis, symmetrical components, unbalanced fault analysis, rotating machine models, motor start-up, worked examples
Electrical Machinery: Rotating electric machines, including dc, ac induction, and ac synchronous types of motors and generators are examined. Steady-state equivalent circuit models are developed and used to determine operating characteristics. Electrical/mechanical energy conversion concepts, magnetic circuit phenomena,
efficiency, power factor control, voltage regulation, and speed regulation are discussed. Starting behavior is examined along with methods to reduce starting currents.
Digital Systems: A review of digital logic and digital components. Topics covered include Boolean algebra and combinational and sequential logic, digital devices, memory devices, programmable logic devices, microcontrollers, and embedded systems.
Signal Processing: A review of signals, transforms, sampling theory, and analog-to-digital and analog-to-digital-to-analog conversion. Topics include Fourier transforms, Fourier series, Laplace and Z transforms, energy, power, filtering, aliasing, Nyquist sampling and oversampling, quantization, and A/D and D/A analysis and implementation.
Computer Communications: A review of modulation, noise and interference, and telecommunications. Topics include analog modulation, digital modulation, spread-spectrum modulation, signal-to-noise ratios, quantization noise, noise figure
and temperature, interference, coding, error detection and correction, wireline communications, wireless communications, optical communications, multiplexing,
MEChANICAL
hVAC/Refrigeration: The instruction level of the theory portion is at the senior college level, and the applications are at the professional level. It is assumed that those taking the course will have some knowledge of the subject; although any engineer may derive considerable benefit from the course. Topics to be covered include: psychrometric properties of atmospheric air (a) analytical solution, (b) graphical solution, air-humidity processes, adiabatic air mixing processes, review of heating and cooling loads, vapor compression refrigeration cycles, centrifugal fans, cooling coil performance, air washers, and cooling towers.
Energy/Power/heat Transfer: Steady-state conduction through composite walls and cylinders; transient conduction; systems with heat sources; forced convection and natural convection coefficients; simplified expressions for common fluids; overall transfer coefficients U; LMTD; heat exchangers; combined radiation and convection. Participants should preferably have had a course in Heat Transfer or at least a course such as Thermodynamics or Air Conditioning in which some time was devoted to heat transfer.
Thermodynamics, Energy Power Systems: Use of tables and charts to obtain the
properties temperature, pressure, volume, internal energy, enthalpy, and entropy; first law of thermo for steady-flow systems and for closed systems; ideal gas equations and processes (isentropic, isothermal, polytrophic); mixtures of gases; power cycles (Otto, Diesel, Brayton, Rankine); refrigeration cycles and psychrometric principles.
Applied Fluid Mechanics: This course deals with the problems likely to be found on the PE exams in mechanical, chemical, and industrial engineering. Basic concepts of fluid behavior will be reviewed followed by practical applications of fluid flow in ducts, fluid machines (pumps and fans), flow measurement and external flows (lift and drag). Applications in both compressible and incompressible flow will be considered.
Course Descriptions
MEChANICAL (continued)
Strength of Materials: Presentation of the basic equations of strength of materials, including solution of examination-level problems. Topics presented: uniaxial loading; shear, area moment of inertia; torsion; bending; combined loading; stress and
deflection in beams, pressure vessels, columns and composite sections; other basic concepts.
Failure Theory – Stress, Strain, Deflection: This course will review the application of topics from Strength of Materials to the design of machine elements. It will include study of the effects of static and fatigue loading involving tension, compression, torsion, bending, and direct shear, singly and in combination. The review of deflection analysis will include Castigliano’s Theorem. Solved problems will be provided to illustrate each topic.
Mechanical/Machine Elements: Design of common machine elements including clutches, brakes, bearings, springs, and gears. Optimization techniques and numerical methods are employed as appropriate.
ChEMICAL
Mass/Energy Balance/Thermodynamics: Study of the second law and entropy; applications to fixed mass systems and control volumes; vapor and gas power cycles; mixtures of gases; vapor psychrometrics; combustion and the third law. Thermochemical equilibrium.
Mass/heat Transfer: Steady and transient conduction, free and forced convection, radiation, and multi-mode heat transfer. Emphasis is on analytical and numerical solutions to engineering heat transfer problems with a design orientation.
Kinetics/Reactor Design: Interpretation of experimental data and rate modeling, commercial reactor design from rate model and/or experimental data, reaction yield and/or product distribution, comparison of reactor types.
RECoMMENDED
Industrial Engineering: Facilities Engineering, Analysis, Design, Logistics
Engineering Economics: Economic analysis problems where various economic alternatives are considered including basic economic tables; compound interest, present worth, sinking funds, and capital recovery. Problems include: purchase vs. rentals purchase of A vs. purchase of B, real estate purchases vs. bond or savings investments, finding true annual interest rate.
