The Perfect Socially Distanced Vacation – With Manatees
Like many families these days, mine spent part of our holiday break socially-distanced in nature. For a combination of wildlife and warm weather, we traveled to Weeki Wachee, Florida to kayak and swim amongst the manatee in the crystal clear waters of the Weeki Wachee River. Kayaking is one of our favorite water activities because of the exercise […]
Miss Flying? Add a Little “Luxury Aviation” to Your Home Decor
Boeing is now “upcycling” retired aircraft parts and making them into “luxury aviation” furniture. Prices range from $5,500 to $19,500. What caught my eye was their top of the line chair at $19,500, made from the ejection seat on an F-4 Phantom II. Having flown in F-4’s in the Navy, it was like love at first sight all […]
Looking for a Holiday Bargain? – DTC Has the Best Prices AND the Best Courses
We understand that buying a PE Exam Review is a major purchase, and that’s why we always keep our prices as low as possible and why we introduced our Pay Up Front, Test Drive and Pay-As-You-Go payment options. But don’t let our lower prices fool you. DTC has the best PE Exam review courses out […]
Urban Flooding – A Growing Threat
The threat of urban flooding continues to grow and threaten lives, communities, and civil engineering infrastructure. Understanding the effects of urban flooding in the United States is critical to finding ways to reduce the risk associated with it. A 2016 report published by the Center for Texas Beaches and Shores at Texas A&M University, Galveston […]
FEATURED TESTIMONIAL – Well-structured and Comprehensive Review System
“I want to thank the Dr. Tom team for their hard work in putting together a well-structured and comprehensive review system. I just got my results back from the Mechanical Machine Design and Materials test, and I passed, first try! This was such a relief, as I’ve been out of school for over 10 years […]
What Were You Doing When You Were 12 Years Old?
At 12 years old, Jackson Oswalt, set the Guinness record as youngest person to build a working fusion reactor, beating the previous record by 2 years. With a table top assembly of very complicated components he designed, built, and assembled himself, he combined two atoms of deuterium, hydrogen with one neutron, into a single Helium – […]
Top Ten Reasons DTC Is the BEST
For the last 10 years, it has been our pleasure at Dr. Tom’s Classroom to help so many Civil and Mechanical engineers pass the PE Exam and become Professional Engineers. To celebrate those extraordinary 10 years, we counted down the top ten reasons DTC is the best! And now we have all ten in one […]
North Carolina DOT Uses Drones for Bridge Inspection
13,500 bridges are inspected every year in North Carolina alone, and now that task will be cheaper and faster. The FAA recently granted to North Carolina DOT the first approval in the nation to use drones when inspecting bridges. North Carolina is a launch site for this project likely because it is home to the […]
Tracking COVID-19 Through Wastewater
Multiple research groups worldwide are now tracking the spread of the coronavirus via wastewater testing, including groups at NC State , UW-Milwaukee and Wisconsin State, and Clemson University. Studies have shown that people infected with COVID-19 can shed genetic material from the virus in their feces. The idea is that by detecting the virus in […]
CA Debuts Early Warning of Earthquakes
Earthquakes are far scarier to me than hurricanes, because at least we see the hurricanes coming these days due to radar and satellite technology! Every time I am on the west coast I feel a little uneasy, although I’ve yet to experience a quake. I just learned that California has launched the nation’s first Earthquake Early […]
