America’s Greatest Projects and Their Engineers I Author: Dominic Perrotta During the past 150 years, Americans have achieved phenomenal success on our way to becoming the greatest nation in the history of the world. Notwithstanding the many inventions that we have created, such as the electric light bulb and the telephone and the airplane and…
Advanced Leadership for Engineers Author: Dominic Perrotta This Advanced Leadership for Engineers will greatly benefit every engineer and technical employee who have aspirations to advance within their companies, or to take their resumes to the next level. This course defines the principles as well as the qualities necessary to assume a leadership role. This course…
Advanced Project Management Techniques – II Author: Dominic Perrotta This course in project management is a continuing attempt to improve the prospects for existing project managers and would-be project managers to manage a successful project. This course provides the student with a series of case studies of actual Project Managers and projects for which they…
Advanced Project Management Techniques – I Author: Dominic Perrotta This course in project management is intended to improve the prospects for existing project managers and would-be project managers to manage a successful project. The simple definition of “successful” has rarely been defined in specific terms of a given project, but a general definition usually encompasses…
Energy Efficient and Sustainable Refrigeration Systems This course provides guidance to refrigeration system design teams about selecting energy-efficient refrigeration systems that use low-global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants. It is based on work done by USDOE’s Commercial Building Partnerships (CBP) which is a public/private, cost-shared initiative that demonstrated cost-effective, replicable ways to achieve dramatic energy savings…
In-Line Inspections of Pipelines In the mid 1960s, pipeline operators began to use a form of instrumented inspection technology that has evolved into what is known today as in-line inspection (ILI). ILI is but one tool used in pipeline integrity assessment. The technology has now become so reliable that it holds a prominent place in…