Addressing Lead Exposure in our Communities This timed and monitored course provides information about lead exposure, focuses on community solutions to lead exposure, and provides tools for preventing lead exposure in the home. It is based in part on the Flint Water crisis and provides strategies to prevent a similar event from occurring by highlighting... Learn More
America’s Greatest Projects and Their Engineers V Author: Dominic Perrotta During the past 150 years, Americans have achieved phenomenal success and ultimately became the greatest nation in the history of the world. Notwithstanding the many inventions created by Americans, such as the electric light bulb, the telephone, and the internet, the United States also produced... Learn More
America’s Greatest Projects and Their Engineers IV Author: Dominic Perrotta This fourth course in the series of America’s Greatest Projects and their Engineers describes the perseverance as well as the innovations developed and implemented on Project Mercury at a critical time in our nation’s history. It also highlights the extensive careers of the seven brave... Learn More
America’s Greatest Projects and Their Engineers III Author: Dominic Perrotta American engineers achieved phenomenal success by creating the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, a project that many thought was almost impossible for a variety of reasons. Not only was the climate against them, but they also had to deal with the environment, the ecology, mountain ranges, and precipitous... Learn More
Voltage Transformers Author: Velimir Lackovic Voltage transformers are constructed in two configurations based on their intended purpose: magnetic voltage transformers (VT) and capacitive voltage transformers (CVT). The magnetic voltage transformers are more economical for voltages up to 145 kV, and the capacitive voltage transformers are more economical for voltages higher than 145 kV. A CVT... Learn More