The Basics of Internal Combustion Engines e-Seminar

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In this e-seminar, Dr. William Mark McVea covers the most relevant topics related to internal combustion engines - ranging from hydrocarbon fuel ignition to volumetric efficiency. Students will gain a practical, thorough approach to the basics of combustion and the gaseous cycles, the major components, and the design theories of the three most common internal combustion engines (2- and 4-stroke gasoline and 4-stroke direct-inject diesel). The nine hour and 25 minute seminar is broken into eight modules featuring engine technology development, basic operation and kinematics, air/fuel systems, constituent management systems, fuels and combustion, combustion chamber and ignition systems, emissions and controls, and a detailed study of the bottom half of the motor.

About the Instructor: William Mark McVea
Dr. William Mark McVea is President and Principal Engineer of KBE+, Inc. Dr. McVea and his team design and develop complete powertrains for automotive and off-highway vehicles. He also holds a position as a professor of Vehicle Dynamics and Powertrain Sciences in the Mechanical Engineering department at the Rochester Institute of Technology and teaches at Purdue University in their Automotive Sciences department.

Mark was a manager of the CAE group within a tier-one powertrain supplier to world automotive markets, a consulting engineer in vehicle dynamics with Gear Consultants, Inc., and a project manager of traction systems for off-highway vehicles with Clark-Hurth International. Dr. McVea holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology, a Ph.D. in Design Engineering from Purdue University and is a licensed Professional Engineer.

About e-Seminars
SAE now offers "e-Seminars," or electronically delivered seminars, specifically on CD-ROM featuring full-motion video illustrated with synchronized presentation slides. e-Seminars are based on some of SAE's most highly attended and rated classroom seminars.

Convenient & Portable Learning
Convenient, portable, and with core content not reliant on live web connectivity, the program offers a new way to receive the same instruction as live classroom learning without the expense of travel and time away from the workplace. Preceded by a self-quiz, the content is presented in eight modular topics that allow students to progress through the course at their own pace. The program interface offers linear progression through the video as well as the flexibility to pause or review specific concepts and to jump to individual slides from the table of contents. A handout accompanies the CD to complete a ready-reference package available whenever and wherever a refresher is needed. Upon conclusion of the course, learners take an online post-test to gauge new knowledge, receive CEUs (1.3), and obtain an SAE certificate of achievement.

Package Contents
Each single-user package provides:

• Three (3) CDs
• Course Handbook (bound, paperback)
• Online Pre-test (self-test, immediate results)
• Online Post-test (submit to SAE)
• 1.0 CEUs*/Certificate of Achievement (with satisfactory post-test score)

Equipment Requirements

• PC Pentium class 200 MHz or better
• Windows 98 or later (Not currently supported by Windows Vista)
• CD-ROM Drive
• Sound Card & Speakers/Headphones
• 800 X 600 screen resolution or greater (1024 X 768 Recommended)
• 32 MB of RAM or better
• Windows Media Player 7 and above
• Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher

Available in Single-User packages. Quantity discounts on single-user packages for three to five students are available through shopping cart. Quantity discounts for six or more students and Site License options also are available - complete a Corporate Learning Solutions Request Form for a quote.

For more detail, email CustomerService@sae.org; or call us at
1-877-606-7323 (U.S. and Canada only) or 724-776-4970 (outside the U.S. and Canada).

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