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Manhattan
College
School
of Engineering
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Continuing Education Hour
(CEH)
2007 Sessions
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MANHATTAN COLLEGE
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
ANNOUNCEMENT
PE and CONTINUING EDUCATION SESSIONS
- 2007 |
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The
School of Engineering schedules a variety of continuing education sessions per
year with each session worth four (4) CEHs of credit applicable to PE
license registration or applicable to continuing education/professional
development requirements. These sessions are scheduled to minimize
inconvenience to participating individuals.
Successful completion of each of the Continuing Education sessions will
earn the participant four (4) CEHs and a Certificate of Completion. Each
session will include, at least, 240 to 255 minutes of contact (includes
lecture and Q&A) plus one 15 minute break. Participants will receive
course materials, as appropriate, for each session.
To register for a CEH
session, contact the Engineering Dean's Office.
Session registration
contact information: Dean’s
Office, School of Engineering
E-mail:
deanengr@manhattan.edu
(718) 862 – 7281 (office) / 8015 (fax) |
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Schedules and
Descriptions |
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CEH
Session #1: Engineering Risk and Decision Analysis - 4 CEH
Instructor: Graham Walker, PhD, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
2:00pm
to 6:15pm; March 23rd, 2007; Leo Engineering Building,
Manhattan College
Overview
This
session will present the analytical tools needed to make decisions using
incomplete information under uncertain conditions and to assess the risk
associated with different decision options. In the decision analysis
portion of the course techniques such as Hurwitz's Rule, Minimax, and
Opportunity Loss will be covered. More advanced solutions such as
Trade-Off and Sensitivity Analyses will also be presented with respect to
minimizing the risk associated with any particular decision choice.
Finally, the issue of evaluating risk will be studied with a specific
emphasis being placed on extreme events.
Price:
$135/session |
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CEH Session #2: Control
Technologies - 4 CEH
Instructor:
Thomas McKee, MS, Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering
2:00pm to
6:15pm; April 20th, 2007; Leo Engineering Building, Manhattan College
Overview:
SCADA or
“Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition” systems are real-time industrial
process control systems used to centrally monitor and control remote or local
industrial equipment such as motors, valves, pumps, relays, etc. SCADA is used
to control chemical plant processes, oil and gas pipelines, electrical
generation and transmission equipment, manufacturing facilities, water
purification and distribution infrastructure, etc. SCADA control systems are
the computer equivalent of a person reading gauges and recording values on a
clip board, or opening a breaker and operating a local disconnect when a
schedule says it is time to do so. This session will define SCADA and explore
the technology used to implement it in a number of industries. The legacy issues
of SCADA, which leave it open to manipulation, will be discussed. A number of
examples of SCADA system compromises will be presented. Finally, a number of
solutions to SCADA vulnerabilities will be offered.
Price:
$135/session |
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CEH
Session #3: Ethics in Engineering - 4 CEH
Instructor:
Angelo DeVito, MS, Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering
2:00pm to
6:15pm; May 18th, 2007; Leo Engineering Building, Manhattan College
Overview:
This session
is organized into four 60-65 minute sections. The first section is devoted to a
case study of the Ford Pinto and a review of ethical principles. During the
second section the students develop their own class-wide code of engineering
ethics and then compare it to the various codes within their engineering
discipline. The third section that culminates the module is devoted to a case
study of the fictional “Incident at Morales.” The fourth class period is a
study of the Space Shuttle Challenger Case. At the end of the session, students
will have a better understanding of the need for and how to apply a professional
code of ethics in dealing with situations requiring ethical choices.
Price:
$135/session |
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CEH
Session #4: New Power Technologies I - 4 CEH
(Prerequisite
for New Power Tech. II)
Instructor:
Angelo DeVito, MS, Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering
2:00pm to
6:15pm; June 1st, 2007; Leo Engineering Building, Manhattan College
Overview
This session,
along with CEH Session #5, will enhance a participant’s understanding of energy
issues in the US today and, in particular, the availability and reliability of
power systems. Successful completion of this and the succeeding session will
enable participants to contribute to the planning, design, and operations
associated with the delivery of energy to the community. Concepts within New
Power Technologies I will include trends in: Fuel cells (basic design, power
efficiency, power plant systems, advantages and disadvantages), storage
batteries (issues with lead-acid batteries, advanced battery designs,
comparisons of battery designs), and nuclear technology (nuclear power in the
US, goals of new nuclear technologies, recent trends in nuclear power, new BWR
design). In addition, energy resources for the future will be presented and
discussed including: SMART power, technological requirements, energy
information portal, superconductors, power delivery, and DC micro-grids.
Price:
$135/session |
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CEH Session
#5: New Power Technologies II - 4 CEH
(Prerequisite:
New Power Tech. I)
Instructor:
Angelo DeVito, MS, Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering
2:00pm to
6:15pm; June 29th, 2007; Leo Engineering Building, Manhattan College
Overview
A continuation
of CEH Session #4, this session will increase understanding of energy issues in
the US today and successful completion will enable participants to contribute to
the planning, design, and operations associated with the delivery of energy to
the community. Concepts in this session will focus on direct energy conversion
and non-traditional generation of power and will include trends in: Geo-thermal
energy; Solar (photovoltaic power technology and design, economics of
photovoltaic power, resource assessment); Wind Power and Ocean Energy
(principles and designs); Bio-mass Energy (attributes, current technology in the
US, environmental issues); Hydrogen as a fuel; and, Magnetohydrodynamic and
Electrodynamic power generation (principles and technology).
Price:
$135/session |
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CEH
Session #6: New Concrete Solutions to Bridge Decks - 4 CEH
Instructor:
Seamus Freyne, PhD, PE, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
2:00pm to
6:15pm; September 7th, 2007; Leo Engineering Building, Manhattan
College
Overview:
In 2005, the
FHWA found that nearly
200,000 bridges or 30% of all bridges nationwide
are inadequate and in a state of decline.
Problems with the bridge decks were determined to
be the most common cause of structural deficiency.
A vital link to our nation’s mobility and prosperity,
these bridges will have to be repaired or replaced as soon as possible. Today’s
concrete contains a wide variety of cements, supplementary cementitious
materials, aggregates, chemical admixtures, and fibers. This session will
examine which of these concrete materials, and which mixture designs and
construction practices are necessary to attain specific performance criteria
such as ease of placement, volume stability, and
improved durability. Thin concrete
overlays will be shown to be an economical way to extend the life of concrete
bridge decks by 10 years or more. A new ASTM test that can provide an
assessment of the bond between the new and old concrete and may be useful as a
guide to the kind of bridge deck repair that is necessary will be described.
Price:
$135/session |
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CEH Session
#7: Pervious Concrete for Roadways - 4 CEH
Instructor:
Seamus Freyne, PhD, PE, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
2:00pm to
6:15pm; September 28th, 2007; Leo Engineering Building, Manhattan
College
Overview:
With the
ability to make roadways less hazardous to the traveling public, reduce loads to
storm water management systems, and exist harmoniously with the environment,
pervious concrete may become the material of choice for our nation’s roadways.
Pervious concrete allows rainfall and snowmelt to easily pass through and
replenish the aquifers below. Session content includes: description of
pervious concrete and how it is produced; discussion of pervious concrete mix
designs; construction practices (participants will have a chance to batch
pervious concrete by hand); discussion of the properties of pervious concrete
(e.g., voids content, strength); life cycle cost analysis of pervious concrete
roadways and asphalt roadways; roadway hazards and pervious concrete; and a
discussion of pervious concrete in the context of sustainable development
(including how pervious concrete can recharge aquifers, improve the quality of
unclean runoff, and help reduce the urban heat island effect). The session will
also include a discussion of limitations of pervious concrete to date and a
review of current research involving pervious concrete at Manhattan College and
elsewhere.
Price:
$135/session |
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CEH Session
#8: To Be Announced
Instructor:
To be announced
2:00pm to
6:15pm; October, 2007; Leo Engineering Building, Manhattan College
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CEH
Session #9: Surface
Water Quality
Management - 4 CEH
Instructor:
Kevin Farley, PhD, Professor of Environmental Engineering
2:00pm to
6:15pm; November 30th, 2007; Leo Engineering Building, Manhattan
College
Overview
This session
will provide engineers and scientists with an overview of current water quality
regulations and standards that are applicable to the management of lakes,
reservoirs, rivers, and coastal waters. Water quality monitoring approaches,
modeling assessment methods and management strategies will be presented for the
development of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) and CERCLA exposure
assessments. As part of the discussions, specific examples of water quality
modeling/assessment studies will be presented for nutrient enrichment in Long
Island Sound, and for the accumulation of toxic organic contaminants in NY-NJ
Harbor sediments and fish.
Price:
$135/session |
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CEH
Session #10: Legal Aspects in Engineering - 4 CEH
Instructor: Peter Sweeney, Ph.D., P.E., Adjunct Professor of Civil
Engineering
2:00pm
to 6:15pm; December 7th, 2007; Leo Engineering Building,
Manhattan College
Overview:
The work
environment for practicing engineers has changed over time to the point
where it is now essential that they have a basic understanding of the
potential legal consequences of their technical actions and decisions as
well as those of their employers. Four key areas will be covered in this
session, namely:
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Contract fundamentals applicable to Engineering Professional Services
and publicly bid construction projects,
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Standard of Care for Professional Engineers,
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Property Rights both Intellectual (e.g. Patents and Design Copyrights)
and Tangible (Land and Water Rights), and
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Regulatory activities of Federal administrative agencies such as the
Environmental Protection Agency, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
National
(e.g., Hyatt Regency Hotel Collapse) and local (e.g. PANY&NJ, NYCSCA
projects) examples and cases will be used to illustrate the relevance of
major principles covered.
Price: $135/session |
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Topical Sessions
Practical
Forensic Metallurgy for Engineers
(CEH
approval is pending)
This is
a series of 4–hour presentations on the metallurgical aspects of forensic
root cause evaluation. Through the use of written text, pictures, videos
and the hands-on examination of actual failure specimens, the
presentations cover crystal structures and their formation; the properties
of metals and how those properties are affected by manufacturing,
fabrication and service conditions. The presentations listed below will
prepare the participant to recognize failure mechanisms associated with
overload, wear, and fatigue and by the study and practice of basic
forensic investigative techniques, will enable the participant to perform
root cause material failure evaluations. Subsequent presentations (to be
announced later) will continue this theme by focusing on failure
mechanisms associated with erosion, cavitation, and the various corrosion
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Introduction to Materials – 4 CEH* (Note: this is required to take any
of the three following)
Instructor: William Spataro, P.E., Consulting Specialist – Metallurgy,
Welding, and Corrosion
8:00am
to 12:15pm; August 2nd, 2007; Leo Engineering Building,
Manhattan College
Overview
This
session is organized into three parts: (1) Introduction to Materials
which covers the basic crystal structure of metals; a discussion of how
anomalies in the crystal structure of a metal can affect its properties; a
description of the effect of alloying, thermal treatment and mechanical
working on a metal’s crystal structure and therefore its properties; and,
a discussion of how dislocation movement affects properties of metals.
(2) Properties of Metals which covers a description of the
properties of yield strength, tensile strength, ductility, and toughness;
and, a discussion of loading modes of tension, compression, torsion, and
shear. (3) Processing of Metals which covers various metal
fabrication methods: casting, forging, rolling, welding,
drawing/extruding, and cladding; and, a description of the transformations
that occur during annealing, normalizing, precipitation hardening,
quenching, tempering and stress relieving.
Price:
$135/session |
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Service-Induced Damage Mechanisms - Overload Failures – 4 CEH*
Instructor: William Spataro, P.E., Consulting Specialist – Metallurgy,
Welding, and Corrosion
8:00am
to 12:15pm; August 9th, 2007; Leo Engineering Building,
Manhattan College
Overview
This
session will focus on overload failures. Tensile, shear and impact
overload mechanisms will be described; differences between ductile,
brittle and ductile/brittle nil-ductility transition temperature (NDTT)
fracture mode will be discussed and demonstrated with tensile test, charpy
impact test, dropweight test and high temperature gleeble tensile test
specimens. Ductile behavior with flattening and flare test specimens;
ductile overload failures with an impact punctured tube and stretched
bolts; brittle overload failures with some stretched bolts, and fracture
of a gray cast iron conduit will be discussed and demonstrated. In
addition, ductile/brittle transition overload with and a through-thickness
tear failure of a v-notched block will be discussed and demonstrated.
Also, shear overload on a shear pin and a steel stud and nut will be
discussed and demonstrated.
Price:
$135/session |
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Service-Induced Damage Mechanisms - Wear Failures – 4 CEH*
Instructor: William Spataro, P.E., Consulting Specialist – Metallurgy,
Welding, and Corrosion
8:00am
to 12:15pm; August 23rd, 2007; Leo Engineering Building,
Manhattan College
Overview
This
session will focus on wear failures. Properties of hardness and toughness
and the relationship of varying degrees of hardness of faying surfaces
with respect to wear will be described. Sliding (polishing) wear with a
stainless steel pin and bushing assembly will be discussed and
demonstrated. Gouging (galling) wear using severely gouged stainless
steel pin and plug valve internals will be described and demonstrated.
The effect of lubricity on wear of threaded parts with several different
types of flame spray overlays and with uncoated and graphite coated
threaded fasteners will be described and illustrated. Finally, the proper
techniques for preserving damage evidence by the use of a plug valve
specimen will be discussed.
Price:
$135/session |
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Service-Induced Damage Mechanisms - Fatigue Failures – 4 CEH*
Instructor: William Spataro, P.E., Consulting Specialist – Metallurgy,
Welding, and Corrosion
8:00am
to 12:15pm; August 30th, 2007; Leo Engineering Building,
Manhattan College
Overview
This
session will focus on fatigue failures. The difference between high
stress/low cycle and low stress/high cycle fatigue will be discussed and
an example will be presented involving a stainless steel/titanium
replacement hip joint. The effect of mechanical and metallurgical notches
on fatigue life with several threaded fasteners, a stud weld and a steam
turbine blade group will be discussed and demonstrated. The cantilever
effect on fatigue initiation will be discussed and examples will be
provided involving several steel socket welds. Finally, fracture
mechanics and fracture mechanics testing will be described along with a
demonstration involving brittle and ductile compact tension specimens and
J-integral test specimens.
Price:
$135/session |
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End of Topical
Sessions |
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The
session enrollment cost of $135 includes participation in the session
(four CEHs), a Certificate of Completion, course materials, and light
refreshments during the break period. Please continue to visit the
School of Engineering web site for additional
details and updates concerning these (and other) sessions. |
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The
School of Engineering also offers these topics and others (contact
the School for additional details) to groups (e.g., 10 or larger) of
engineers on-site at individual companies. Arrangements for these on-site
sessions need to be made through the Dean’s Office in the School of
Engineering. Distance delivery courses are also available. |
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Session registration
contact information: Dean’s
Office, School of Engineering
E-mail:
deanengr@manhattan.edu
(718) 862 – 7281 (office) / 8015 (fax) |
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