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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Two Years Ago – The Neal Armstrong Award of Excellence – A Night to Remember
Two years ago 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 […]
Only One Year Ago – The Neal Armstrong Award of Excellence – A Night to Remember
One year ago, I had the honor of attending the presentation of the 2022 Neal Armstrong Award of Excellence to one of my former students at NCSU, Trent Kingery. As they prepare to honor this year’s recipient, Andrew Jones, and 2023 recipients of the scholarships awarded by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, it seems like a […]
With DTC – Practice Makes Perfect
Poor time management during the exam. That is the most common reason our participants say kept them from passing the exam. With the clock ticking, especially on the CBT format exam, it’s easy to get thrown off your exam-day plan, waste time on difficult problems, realize the clock is running out, and panic. But it […]
More than Just Data – Using Data Centers to Heat a Town
Data centers have popped up in many places around the world to handle our appetite for web-browsing, online purchasing, and commercial information services. These facilities are very energy intensive and use 1-2% of the world’s energy demand. This is expected to be 20% or more in the near future. Almost 100% of the electricity used […]
FEATURED TESTIMONIAL – “Gave Me the Courage to Pass the PE.”
“I attempted the PE Mechanical Machine Design & Materials Exam back in 2019 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 […]
Getting Comfortable with Math
While the DTC Team was at the 2023 AHR Expo, there was an article in the Day 2 Expo daily newspaper titled “Math Matters.” That title definitely caught my attention. In my experience, if someone can do math, in particular algebra and trig, I can teach them almost anything. For example, when I teach a […]
