Online Civil Engineers eLearning

Using Excel for Soil Testing ...use Excel is needed. This course should be of interest to Civil Engineers who might be involved with different kinds of soil testing, even if you work in the field, lab or design. The student must take a quiz consisting of ten (10) questions in order to receive PDH credit. State Board Acceptance This course can be used by professional engineers to fulfill PDH requirements mandated by  more...

Optimum Design of Indeterminate Beams ...ns. Even though, for many large structures encountered by civil engineers, it is impractical to vary the section properties continuously in accordance with the idealized optimum, it is very helpful to know what that idealized distribution is, so that it can be approximated within the limits of practicality. Because the design of Optimum Beams - considered in this course - is a special case of  more...

Texas ASCE Guidelines for the Evaluation and Repair of Residential Foundations ...w references The Texas Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers and its two documents, Guidelines for the Evaluation and Repair of Residential Foundations, and Recommended Practice for the Design of Residential Foundations. In this course the student will study the Guidelines for the Evaluation and Repair of Residential Foundations, which is available for download at no cost from the  more...

Open-Channel Hydraulics ...Civil Engineers, Sanitary Engineers or any Engineers who might deal with open-channel flow. No prior knowledge of open channel flow is needed; however basic algebra and trigonometry will be used in the course. The course introduces you to hydraulic elements of open-channels. An introduction to types of flow and fundamental equations used for open-channels is also covered. You will learn how to  more...

Hydraulic Design of Storm Sewers with Excel ... with examples. This course is intended for hydrologists, civil engineers, hydraulic engineers, highway engineers and environmental engineers. The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of thirty (30) questions at the end of this course to obtain PDH credits. Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills: ?Be  more...

Introduction to Industrial Control Systems ...hanical engineers, process engineers, chemical engineers, civil engineers and even structural engineers who have a need or a desire to learn the basics of industrial control system design. Even if you are not directly responsible for the control systems design, the instrumentation and controls impact every discipline and a thorough understanding of the basics will improve your ability to  more...

Introduction to Control Networks in an Industrial Setting ...hanical engineers, process engineers, chemical engineers, civil engineers and even structural engineers who have a need or a desire to learn the basics of control networks in an industrial setting. The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of twenty (20) questions at the end of this course to obtain PDH credits. Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained This course teaches the  more...

Ethics - Standards of Professional Conduct ...ies may vary between companies). The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has developed a document titled "Standards of Professional Conduct" for its members. In addition to the aforementioned examples of ethical issues, the ASCE's standards cover issues such as maintaining accurate and complete records, outside employment/activities, acceptance of bribes or kickbacks and  more...