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“DTC Is Worth Its Weight in Gold!”

At Dr. Tom’s Classroom, we have worked hard to make our courses the absolute best preparation for the Mechanical PE Exams. We strive keep our courses as affordable as possible. We know that purchasing a PE Exam prep course is major investment, and we want make sure that your investment pays off with a passing […]

Don’t Think About Bananas!

Well, maybe we should. Apparently a very serious disease, fusarium, or banana wilt, is already affecting a fourth of the world’s banana crop. This fungus travels under the ground, so spraying from above is not an option. A very promising strategy that is being developed between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and scientists from several […]

FEATURED TESTIMONIAL – 5-Star Google Reviews for DTC

We opened up our Google Reviews recently, and we’re proud to share our first Google Reviews, all are 5 Stars! Mechanical PE Exam Prep That WorksTest Drive Your Course for Only $50! Dr. Tom’s Classroom – Your the Extraordinary

Not a Cold Day on the Sand

The Finns have taken sand and turned it into an energy storage battery. Using insulated holding tanks that are 4 meters in diameter by 7 meters high filled with hundreds of tons of sand, the unit can store 8 MW-hours of heat, when the sand is heated to 500-600°C. The heat is used to keep […]

The Dr. Tom Method – The Perfect System to Pass the PE Exam

At Dr. Tom’s Classroom, we’ve worked hard to create the perfect system to help Mechanical engineers pass the PE Exam and become Professional Engineers. We even developed and launched a whole new Dr. Tom Method specifically targeted to the CBT exam format, and it’s been a huge success. With PE Exam Review courses for all […]

The Neal Armstrong Award of Excellence – A Night to Remember

No, I did not receive this award, but I had the next best experience – one of my former students did. As a teacher, the primary driving force behind everything I do is the knowledge that, in some small way, I am changing people’s lives. It is rare, however, to know just how much, or […]

Get a Grip – From a Dead Spider?

Ok, we are going off the deep end here. Mechanical engineers at Rice University have discovered that dead spiders have an incredible grip. Wolf spiders that they have been doing research on in the lab can pick up as much as 130% of their body weight – when dead that is. Apparently, unlike most other […]

Attention HVAC Engineers! DTC Has the Best Course for PE Exam Prep

PE Exam Review for HVAC & Refrigeration

WATCH OUR VIDEO! If you’re looking for your best chance to pass the HVAC & Refrigeration Mechanical PE Exam, Dr. Tom’s Classroom offers a comprehensive online prep course for the HVAC & Refrigeration PE Exam, specifically developed for the CBT format exam. Our HVAC course applies the successful Dr. Tom Method for CBT to the […]

Keeping a Smile on the Mona Lisa in Summer’s Heat

The Louvre Museum and all of Paris have experienced one of the hottest summers in memory. Yet, what’s keeping the Mona Lisa and the millions of visitors cool and comfortable is not immediately obvious. A joint venture company named Fraicheur de Paris [literally – “freshness of Paris”] and jointly owned by EDF (France’s largest energy […]

DR. THOMAS H. BROWN, JR. P.E

DR.THOMAS H. BROWN, JR., P.E.

The Dr. Tom Method & Strategy

Dr. Tom, as he is affectionately known, teaches the course overview lessons for Civil Engineering, outlining the Dr. Tom Method and Exam Strategy on which all DTC Reviews are based. Tom originally developed the 20-Week review format for the Mechanical PE Exams, and then, with the DTC Civil Instructors, he created the Civil PE Exam Review.

Hello, I’m Tom Brown, and I based my online 20-Week Mechanical Engineering PE Exam Review on my many years of experience preparing mechanical engineers for the PE Exam. With the help of my DTC team, I developed the tried and true structure and method that we offer online today. Our Civil and Mechanical courses will provide you will a step by step path to being successful on the exam. It requires a tremendous time commitment and effort on your part, but if you follow the plan that we have laid out for you, you will have everything you need to succeed.” – Tom Tom received his Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1970. He earned a Masters Degree in Engineering Mechanics from Georgia Tech in 1973. Dr. Tom holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, earned at NC State. Today, Dr. Tom is the founder and driving force behind Dr. Tom’s Classroom where he pursues his passion of teaching engineers how to prepare for and pass the PE exam.