Professional Engineer

Few subjects are more fundamental to modern life than electrical power. The systems that generate, transport, and distribute electricity are among the most essential contributors to modern industry, development, and everyday living. As energy demand grows and, with it, the electric power industry, more and more non-electrical professionals must make important policy and administrative decisions regarding the systems that power our world.

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In the gripping Never Panic Early, Fred Haise, Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 13, offers a detailed firsthand account of when disaster struck three days into his mission to the moon. An oxygen tank exploded, a crewmate uttered the now iconic words, “Houston, we’ve had a problem here,” and the world anxiously watched as one of history’s most incredible rescue missions unfolded. Haise brings listeners into the heart of his experience on the challenging mission—considered NASA’s finest hour—and reflects on his life and career as an Apollo astronaut.

This comprehensive study guide is your key to unlocking success in the FE Civil Exam. Designed with both aspiring and current engineers in mind, it walks you through every essential topic, from mathematics and structural analysis to fluid mechanics and transportation engineering. It offers more than just theoretical knowledge—it’s packed with practical advice, study strategies, and detailed explanations that will make the complex exam content approachable and manageable.

Described as the "ultimate engineer" during his career at NASA, George M. Low was a visionary architect and leader from the agency's inception in 1958 to his retirement in 1976. As chief of manned spaceflight at NASA, Low was instrumental in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. Low's pioneering work paved the way for President Kennedy's decision to make a lunar landing NASA's primary goal in the 1960s.  

You have read the headlines. Quantum computing will crack today’s encryption. It will simulate molecules no supercomputer can touch. It will solve optimization problems that have stumped logistics networks for decades. Every time you try to follow the explanation, the jargon arrives like a wall — qubits, superposition, decoherence, entanglement — and the tab gets closed. Meanwhile, the boardrooms, research labs, and defense agencies that understand this technology are already making decisions that will reshape your industry, your data, and your career. The gap between those who ...

After years of prosecuting hard-core criminals, rising legal star Alan Bell took a private sector job in South Florida's newest skyscraper. Suddenly, he suffered such bizarre medical symptoms, doctors suspected he'd been poisoned by the Mafia. Bell's rapidly declining health forced him to flee his glamorous Miami life to a sterile "bubble" in the remote Arizona desert.

The detrimental effects of traffic loading and environmental factors degrade all pavements. The deterioration manifests in a variety of ways (such as cracking, rutting, raveling, spalling), that reduce the structural integrity and functional quality of the pavement. Loss of structural integrity translates into a loss of load-carrying capacity. Loss of functional quality (increased roughness, decreased friction and surface drainage, foreign object damage (FOD) potential) compromises safety and reduces comfort of operation. Although the manner and speed with which pavements deteriorate ...

The Nazis discovered it. The Allies won the war with it. It conquered diseases, changed laws, and single-handedly launched the era of antibiotics. This incredible discovery was sulfa, the first antibiotic medication. In The Demon Under the Microscope, Thomas Hager chronicles the dramatic history of the drug that shaped modern medicine.

Drawing on 40 years of research and a treasure trove of new information, Tesla: Wizard at War provides a comprehensive view of Tesla's discoveries, which continue to influence today's military technology and diplomatic strategies. One of the world's leading Tesla experts, Marc J. Seifer, offers new insight into the brilliant scientist's particle beam weapon (aka the "Death Ray") and explores his military negotiations with pivotal historical figures - including his links to Joseph Stalin, Vannevar Bush, General Andrew McNaughton, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 

When Bob Quinn was a kid, a stranger at a county fair gave him a few kernels of an unusual grain. Little did he know, that grain would change his life. Years later, after finishing a PhD in plant biochemistry and returning to his family's farm in Montana, Bob started experimenting with organic wheat. In the beginning, his concern wasn't health or the environment; he just wanted to make a decent living and some chance encounters led him to organics.  

Introductory technical guidance for professional engineers interested in renewable energy sources. Here is what is discussed: 1. ASSESSING RENEWABLE ENERGY OPTIONS, 2. ABILITY TO CONNECT TO GRID 3. SCREENING, 4. RENEWABLE ENERGY FEASIBILITY STUDY.

Introductory technical guidance for Professional Engineers and construction managers interested in design and construction of tunnels, shafts and caverns. Here is what is discussed: 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. DESIGN DATA AND INTERPRETATION, 3. FUNCTIONAL DESIGN, 4. GENERAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS.

Introductory technical guidance for professional engineers and construction managers interested in protective paints and coatings for water resources structures. Here is what is discussed: 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. APPLICATION TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY RESTRICTIONS, 3. COATING LAYERS, 4. MIXING, 5. APPLICATION METHOD, 6. APPLICATION TECHNIQUE, 7. DRYING, RECOATING, AND CURING, 8. MAINTENANCE COATINGS, 9. INSPECTION, 10. HAZARDOUS BASED PAINTS, 11. WORKER PROTECTION FROM TOXIC-BASED PAINTS, 12. LEAD EXPOSURE LEVELS BY REMOVAL METHODS, 13. CORRECTIVE ACTION, 14. MATERIAL SELECTION FACTORS, 15. ...

Introductory technical guidance for professional engineers and land surveyors interested in survey markers and monuments. Here is what is discussed: 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. SITE SELECTION, 3. HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL CONTROL MONUMENTS.

Cold mix recycling involves reusing existing pavement by reprocessing and adding asphalt binder at ambient temperatures. This chapter discusses the application of the three types of recycled cold mix: CIR, CCPR and FDR. Cold mix recycling takes advantage of chemical additives such as cement, lime or fly ash to increase the early strength and resistance to moisture of the new mixture. Alternative additives include cutback asphalt, foamed asphalt, asphalt emulsion, and a combination of emulsion with cement, fly ash, or lime. CIR and CCPR are generally used to correct pavements with functional...

Introductory technical guidance for professional engineers interested microgrid electric power distribution. Here is what is discussed: 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS, 3. PERFORMANCE METRICS, 4. PLANNING, DESIGN AND ACQUISITION.

Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers, environmental engineers and other professional engineers and construction managers interested in industrial water treatment. Here is what is discussed: 1. CHEMICAL CLEANING OF INDUSTRIAL WATER SYSTEMS, 2. COOLING TOWER WATER TREATMENT, 3. MAKEUP WATER FOR INDUSTRIAL WATER SYSTEMS, 4. OILY WASTEWATER COLLECTION AND TREATMENT, 5. PRETREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS FOR WATER DESALINATION, 6. TREATMENT OF CLOSED INDUSTRIAL WATER SYSTEMS, 7. WATER SAMPLING AND TESTING, 8. TREATMENT OF STEAM BOILER WATER.

Without John C. Houbolt, a mid-level engineer at NASA, Apollo 11 would never have made it to the moon. Top NASA engineers on the project, including Werner Von Braun, strongly advocated for a single, huge spacecraft to travel to the moon, land, and return to Earth. It's the scenario used in 1950s cartoons and horror movies about traveling to outer space. Houbolt had another idea: Lunar Orbit Rendezvous. LOR would link two spacecraft in orbit while the crafts were travelling at 3,600 miles an hour around the moon. His plan was ridiculed and considered unthinkable.