FEATURED TESTIMONIAL – “Gave Me the Courage to Pass the PE.”
“I attempted the PE Mechanical Machine Design & Materials Exam and failed, and since then I have been on and off preparing for the PE. I have tried PPI and School of PE programs, but none of them comes close to the detailed care and understanding that your program provides. DTC’s program gave me the […]
Struggling With Rolling Wheel Dynamics? Let me help.
Watch our video! The kinematics of a rolling wheel can get complicated quickly, especially for the accelerations which you need to solve kinetics (also called dynamics) problems. One of the nice things about this topic is that there are only two variations. The first is a wheel that is being driven by an applied torque […]
Have a Tequila and Reduce Carbon Emissions in Buildings?
Who knew that relaxing with a drink could help save the planet? Holcim, a global building materials producer, proposes just that using biochar – converted from agave waste from producing tequila. Agave waste, or really any sort of plant or wood organic waste, is converted to biochar through a pyrolysis process using heat but without […]
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DTC – Flexible to Fit Your Schedule and Budget
DTC’s online courses are designed to give you the maximum flexibility in working your PE Exam preparation into an already busy schedule. We keep lessons short and focused, we provide you with detailed study plans, and we make it all available 24/7. And we offer three flexible payment options to make becoming a PE as […]
The Neal Armstrong Award of Excellence – A Night to Remember
I had the honor of attending the presentation of the 2022 Neal Armstrong Award of Excellence to one of my former students at North Carolina State University, Trent Kingery, who had been one of my students in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department. He invited me to attend the Innovators Gala to be there when […]
FEATURED TESTIMONIAL – “Absolutely what I needed to keep me on track.”
“I live a very busy life with my wife, five children, and a full-time plus part-time job. Two years ago I started trying to prepare for the PE and was overwhelmed after reviewing the MERM. Then I bought your course, and your “Let’s get started…” voice became part of my early morning routine. Your course […]
Episode #7 of “Let’s Talk!” – Mechanical PE Exam FAQs – Real Questions, Real Answers
Watch Now! Every Mechanical PE candidate has questions.• What calculator should I use?• How important are unit conversions?• Should I memorize equations?• How do I manage my time during the exam? In this podcast episode, Dr. Tom, Dr. Steve Terry, and Dr. Daniel Findley answer many of the most common questions submitted by students inside […]
On Professional Engineers Day – What’s Your Dream?
Dreams are our most powerful motivators, and I contend that engineering is the profession of dreams. The standards set to become a licensed professional engineer are high, as they should be, and as they have been for over a hundred years. Passing the PE exam, along with other educational and experience credentials, are the standards […]
A Grounded Solution to Producing Energy for Airplanes
The Icelandic company Syntholene has finished construction of a demonstration facility to produce hydrogen and then synthetic fuels, like aviation fuel, using only geothermal heat. Iceland is particularly well suited for this, lying at a hot spot between the European and North American tectonic plates. The Solid Oxide Electrolyzer Cell (SOEC) system will produce hydrogen […]
