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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 […]

Passing the Big One, the PE Exam!

A friend, knowing that Dr. Tom’s Classroom is all about helping people pass the PE Exam, sent me an article titled “5 Scientific Steps to Ace Your Next Exam,” where “Scientific” refers to “Cognitive Science.” It was interesting that these 5 steps are right in line with the steps we emphasize in our courses. Here […]

Water from Air?

I doubt that I have ever been really thirsty for more than an hour or so. However, UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization), estimates that more than 900 million people in the world (yes, 900 million) live in areas where water is a real scarcity. And they estimate the number of people […]

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 […]

To Set Back or Not to Set Back? That Is the Question

It’s a question most HVAC engineers have been asked at least once – do HVAC setbacks really save energy? Does it make sense to let the space heat up, and then run the system hard to bring the temperature back down? A group of HVAC engineers using models that include building thermal mass and cooling […]

“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 […]

The Most Important Reason to become a PE

I have just returned from the AHR Expo in Atlanta, and one of the questions I was asked numerous times was, “As a mechanical engineer, why should I get my PE?” This is a question I’ve given a lot of thought, and I think is addressed well in a November 2020 ASME article, “The Path […]

Thanks for Spectacular AHR Expo!

This was first AHR Expo for the DTC Team and it was amazing! Thanks to the organizers and the Georgia World Congress Center for hosting a spectacular show. We enjoyed meeting other vendors and seeing the wide array of products on display. Most of all, we loved meeting students – past, present and future. We […]

The last day at the AHR Expo was a blast

The last day at the AHR Expo was a blast! We had lots of fun chatting with a group from Dewberry’s Raleigh office. We had to go all the way to Atlanta to get this great selfie! Dr. Tom got a visit from a DTC student who is now having an exciting career aboard as […]

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.