FEATURED TESTIMONIAL – “Wonderful Training for the PE Exam”
“I took my computer based exam after going through the newly developed DTC training for Mechanical CBT, and it was a huge help. And the BEST news? I passed!! The testing strategy provided by Dr. Tom and team allowed me to stay relaxed and I found myself with plenty of time after each section to go back and […]
New Ways to Turn Waste Heat into Electricity
Researchers at Penn State have developed a practical way to harness the energy from curved, hot surfaces and convert it to electricity. Devices known as thermoelectric generators have been around for some time. They use silicon and other compounds to convert heat into a small electric current. These devices have been mounted onto rigid metal […]
Immersion Cooling Technology Gaining Ground in Data Centers
Cooling of data centers is one of the US Department of Energy’s challenges and poses a real challenge for HVAC design engineers. Traditionally, this has been done by blowing large volumes of cold air through the building. Directing the air through the racks to pass over cooling fins to dedicated return air aisles behind the […]
FEATURED TESTIMONIAL – “Seemed Tailor-Made for Me”
“I took the Mechanical TFS CBT exam and I received a passing result. When I learned that my current career may have hit a roadblock and I needed to do something about it, I wasn’t sure where to start. I reached out to a coworker who is a former DTC student. He referred me to […]
Eiffel Tower Goes Green with New Refrigerant
Eiffel Tower goes Green with New Refrigerant As the world pays more attention to carbon dioxide and improves its energy efficiency, refrigeration engineers are looking at the harmful impacts their refrigerants create when released. Original refrigerants R-11 and R-12 were very efficient, but destroyed ozone. So, R-22 and later R-134a were developed to have low […]
DTC 2021 Mechanical Pass Rates – 87%
Watch the Video Our participants have reported in, and we are very proud to announce the 2021 pass rates for participants who completed DTC’s Mechanical PE Exam Reviews. DTC PASS RATES:Overall – 87%Machine Design and Materials – 90%Thermal and Fluid Systems – 84%.(NCEES Pass Rates for1st time: MDM 68%, TFS 69%, for repeat MDM 36%, […]
Energy Efficiency using 100% Outside Air?
Every HVAC engineer knows that air quality usually improves with the more outside air that is brought into a space. This is particularly true for hospitals and other spaces where indoor air contamination is an issue. However, using lots of outside air means also having to use more energy to condition the air. In many […]
FEATURED TESTIMONIAL – “Wonderful Training for the PE”
“I took my computer based exam after going through the newly developed DTC training for Mechanical CBT, and it was a huge help. And the BEST news? I passed!! The testing strategy provided by Dr. Tom and team allowed me to stay relaxed and I found myself with plenty of time after each section to go back and […]
Utilizing Parking Garages to Heat Homes
A company in Switzerland has developed panels that can be installed in underground parking garages that can provide geothermal heat to adjacent homes. Enerdrape has created 1.3 m x 0.7 m (4 ft x 3 ft) thin metal panels that can be installed onto concrete walls in underground parking garages. The panels exchange heat with […]
Achieve Your Extraordinary. Become a PE.
Getting your Professional Engineer’s license will open up a world of possibilities for you to achieve the extraordinary. And DTC can help you make those possibilities a reality with our comprehensive prep courses for the Mechanical PE Exams and our strategic plan to prepare you to pass the exam. Years of work went into developing […]
