PE EXAM PREP TIP – Put in the Hours
There’s whole lot to learn and retain to succeed on the PE exam! Concepts you need to relearn, problem-solving skills you need to develop, references you must be familiar with. All this takes time. Start too early and your familiarity with the material will fade over time. Start too late, and the information won’t sink […]
Should You Pull In or Back In?
DTC’s Civil Transportation instructor, Dr. Daniel Findley, PE, recently published a journal article that examines the safest way to park. The analysis from this study implies that the pull-in/back-out parking maneuver is more likely to result in a collision and therefore, is associated with a higher crash risk. Further analysis of North Carolina’s parking related fatal and […]
FEATURED TESTIMONIAL – Gave Me a Lot of Self-confidence.
“The most difficult part of preparing for the Civil PE Exam was knowing the precise scope of the morning exam subjects and identifying important concepts. In that respect, the extent of each subject presented in the Dr. Tom’s class, important conceptual explanations, examples that clearly understand the concepts, and especially the various challenges gave me […]
River Surfing Catching New Waves
Growing up on the NC coast, I always enjoyed going out to the beach and watching the surfers catching waves – I even tried taking a few lessons myself a couple of years ago, so much fun! But I never realized that folks were surfing on rivers as well as in the ocean. It looks […]
NEW Videos – Dr. Tom on the Computer Based Mechanical PE Exam Experience
Facing the new computer-based exam experience is understandably a bit daunting. This exam format presents you with new challenges that changes everything about how you prepare for the exam. I want to help you understand the biggest challenges that you face with this exam and give you my thoughts on the best ways to meet […]
Is That Really a Traffic Jam?
We are relying more and more on traffic information that we find on our smart phones, but do we know what data are being used by these apps to estimate the level of congestion on our roadways? This video shows how relatively low-tech hack using 99 smartphones was able to manipulate the amount of congestion that […]
FEATURED TESTIMONIAL – The way Dr. Tom prepares students for the exam is absolutely priceless.
“The FE exam was probably the worst experience of my life. I did almost no preparation, but somehow I passed. I needed to pursue becoming a PE myself, but I absolutely dreaded going through that experience again. I knew I needed to prepare for the PE exam much differently than I did for the FE. […]
