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Credentials
Licensure, education, and certification
Professional licensure, engineering education, and technical certifications held by Donald W. Parnell, PE.
Licensure
Professional Engineer
Licensed Professional Engineer, State of North Carolina, License No. 33878. Issued by the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors. EIT Certification was also obtained. Certificate No. A-19381
Education
Engineering education
Mechanical Engineering Technology, Texas State Technical College, Waco, Texas. ABET-accredited program.
Certification
Technical certifications
State of Florida Stormwater Systems and Site Inspector certification.
AutoCad Training Certification (diploma) from Durham Nixon Clay Business School in Austin Tx.
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Donald W. Parnell, PE | North Carolina PE No. 33878
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Organizations
Employers, clients, and project environments
Organizations for which engineering, design, documentation, and consulting work was performed. Work in each case is detailed under the relevant area of practice.
Current
Engineering consulting and continuing education
Cadistics, LLC and Online-PDH.com. Owner and administrator. Engineering consulting, technical reports, specifications, procurements, proposals, course research, technical writing, examination development, learning-management-system administration, and continuing-education program management for licensed professional engineers and land surveyors.
Selected courses were co-authored with Harlan Bengtson, PE, PhD, retired chemical-engineering professor and engineering dean, and Mark Rossow, PE, PhD, retired mechanical-engineering professor and engineering dean.
Electrical Power and Energy
Utilities and equipment manufacturers
ABB, Patrick Energy Group, Siemens, and Duke Energy. Substation physical design, protection and controls, switchgear, one-line and three-line diagrams, schematics, relay wiring, metering panels, equipment details, utility facilities, and nuclear instrumentation documentation.
Transportation, Mapping, and Facilities
Agencies and engineering consultants
North Carolina Department of Transportation, Hobbs and Upchurch, and KCI Technologies. Roadway and bridge projects, bridge-scour analysis, civil infrastructure, geospatial roadway-inventory mapping, government facilities, cellular structures, and multidisciplinary design documentation.
Multidisciplinary Design
CAD design practice and industrial clients
RDU CAD Design and industrial client assignments. MicroStation and AutoCAD design services supporting electrical utilities, telecommunications, textile manufacturing, HVAC systems, pharmaceutical processes, industrial equipment, educational facilities, and as-built record development.
[Additional organizations and assignments to be added as history is documented.]
About this record. This site is a working record of professional experience, maintained to verify subject-matter background. Areas of practice are reached from the menu above. The record is expanded as additional work history is documented.
Donald W. Parnell, PE | North Carolina PE No. 33878