Online Class Specific New eLearning

Use of Wood in Buildings and Bridges Overview Prior to the 20th century, wood was the major structural material for most houses and commercial buildings. Today, many houses and light commercial buildings are constructed using modern wood structural materials, such as roof and floor trusses, plywood and OSB. Also, an increased interest exists for using wood for transportation structures, including bridges. This course is intended  more...

Determination of Site-Specific Loads for Residential Buildings in Coastal Areas Overview This course will review the procedures and formulas required to determine the appropriate forces which residential buildings could become subjected to during hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis and other severe natural hazard events. The design procedures required to determine the site specific design loads (forces) which will be applied to the structure, is the basis of this course.  more...

Introduction to Area Classification Overview Area classification is based on the properties of the flammable substances that may be present in an area and the likelihood that the flammable substance will be present. Area classification is used to determine the type of equipment that can safely be located in an area. Since facilities in a wide variety of industries involve the use of flammable substances, it is necessary for  more...

Thermal Processing of Domestic Solid Wastes Part 2 Overview Workers in the planning and engineering of thermal processing alternatives for the management of domestic solid waste, as well as design engineers, operators, permitting agency staff, consultants etc. will benefit greatly from a basic understanding of the characteristics of an emerging class of thermal processing alternatives for domestic waste. These are the processes that, unlike  more...

Introduction to World Class Machine Maintenance Methods Overview Worldwide competition for consumer goods has placed enormous burdens on American manufacturing companies to improve their productivity or lose market share. Companies have responded in recent years with improvements in the way they manage suppliers, inventories, planning, manufacturing, and even the methods used for design and development of products. Although these changes have proved  more...

Programmable Logic Controllers I wrote this course with the intention of showing how Programmable Logic Controller systems are constructed, and how to get started on programming these systems. After taking this class, an engineer should be able to design and build a simple PLC controller. This course was designed for electrical engineers with limited experience with PLC? s as well as engineers of other disciplines. Most  more...

Industrial Heat Pumps Overview Industrial heat pumps are a class of active heat-recovery equipment that allows the temperature of a waste-heat stream to be increased to a higher, more useful temperature. Consequently, heat pumps can facilitate energy savings when conventional passive-heat recovery is not possible. In this course the student will learn why heat pumps save money, how heat pumps work, how much energy  more...

Vino 101: An Introduction to Wine The Vino 101 interactive wine training course teaches the basics about wine in an on-line format. The course is available in two versions: - The Foodservice Edition teaches new foodservice professionals the basics about wine and aids in recommending, selling and serving wine. It also can be used as a refresher course for seasoned professionals. The Vino 101 wine training course  more...

Essentials of Romance Writing from Writers Online Workshops Do you yearn to write a romantic story? If so, you need to know what sets romance writing apart from other types of fiction. This course explores why romance is the same, yet different. Some essential components of romance are unique to the genre, while some romance requirements are identical to those of any good fiction story. Neither Stephen King nor Tom Clancy could sit down and write a romance  more...