Welcome to Engineering Professional Development Hours on Beautiful Mobile Bay!!

I'm Dr. Diana Sturm and I'd like to invite you to take your engineering professional development hours in a beautiful classroom overlooking the Mobile Bay and Delta. During the summer, watch the alligators float by and in the evening after enjoying a fresh shrimp dinner, take an airboat ride into the Delta. During the winter, the white pelicans patrol the waterways while Mardi Gras beads are flying through the air in downtown Mobile. Year round you will enjoy your time spent on Mobile Bay.*

Coventry International offers a variety of continuing education classes covering different aspects of the earth sciences for engineering professional development hours. The purpose of learning more about the processes and materials of the earth is to assure that geologic factors affecting the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of engineering structures and the development of groundwater resources are recognized, adequately interpreted, and presented for use in engineering practice.

*Ok, hurricanes aren't fun...but they certainly are an "experience".

Professional Development Hours (PDH)

Each state has specific requirements for continuing education for renewing an engineering license. Please check with your state to determine if these classes would fulfill your state requirements. Each PDH is equal to one classroom hour.

Alabama Renewal
Requirements

15 Professional Development Hours (PDH) are required each year to renew your license. For specific requirements, see:

AL Renewals

Mississippi Renewal Requirements

15 Professional Development Hours (PDH) are required each year to renew your license. For specific requirements, see:

MS Renewals

On-Site Classes

Any of the listed classes can also be presented at your location for the same per person fee plus travel expenses. Minimum class size 20.

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Earth Materials for Engineers

This class covers minerals, igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks; and the properties which can affect the use of these materials for construction projects. It also covers the basics of earth processes: tectonics, earthquakes, hydrologic cycle and groundwater, coastlines and ocean basins, glaciers, and weathering and erosion.

8 PDH hours, all supplies, workbook and lunch included.

$195.00 per person.

Maximum class size 30.

April 21, 2010 Time: 8:15 am - 4:45 pm

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Geologic Hazards

Volcanoes, earthquakes, sinkholes, hurricanes, landslides, and the occasional meteor impact. How the earth systems work to create these hazards. Can these be planned for? Topographic maps, geologic maps and aerial photography also covered. Case studies included.

8 PDH hours, all supplies, workbook and lunch included.

$195.00 per person.

Maximum class size 30.

May 25, 2010 Time: 8:15 - 4:45 pm

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Sedimentology/Stratigraphy for Hydrologists

When planning a remediation project or drilling a well, it is vital to know the type of rocks and sediments you are working with to correctly design a successful project. In this class, you will learn the basics about sedimentary rocks, rock structures, their properties and stratigraphic sequences most commonly found. This class includes hands-on exercises working with rocks and sediments.

8 PDH, all supplies, workbook and lunch included.

$195.00 per person.

Class size limited to 20.

Coming soon!

Your Instructor: Dr. Diana Sturm

Dr. Sturm wants you to join her to learn more about the earth materials you use in your work. Classes are a combination of lecture and hands-on lab activities. Dr. Sturm's background:

• The University of Alabama, Ph.D. in Geoscience, specialty combined fields of Hydrogeology and Geophysics.
• Northeastern Illinois University, Master of Science in Earth Science, specialty Sedimentology/Stratigraphy.
• Northern Illinois University, School of Business. Bachelor of Science.
• Currently Adjunct Assistant Professor in Earth Science at the University of South Alabama.

Clays: What are they? Are they different?

Learn about all the different varieties of clay and specific uses for each. All clays have different properties, some can make or break a construction project.

8 PDH, all supplies, workbook and lunch included.

$195.00 per person.

Class size limited to 20.

Coming soon!

Class Location: 5 Rivers - Alabama's Delta Resource Center

5 Rivers is an incredible new facility for outdoor recreation, conservation and land stewardship in Alabama. Located at the juncture of the Mobile, Spanish, Tensaw, Apalachee and Blakeley rivers; it's the ultimate place to begin your adventure into over 250,000 acres of scenic waterways, woods and wetlands.

For a brochure on this facility, click here.

Lodging is available in nearby Spanish Fort, Daphne, or Mobile, Alabama.

Continuing Education Cruise

Plans are being made now for an 8 PDH class while cruising on Carnival's Fantasy Cruise Ship out of the Port of Mobile. Bring your family along. Expected cruise date: November 2010.