Dick Schwanke
Harford Community College

email: dschwank@harford.edu

Office: Edgewood Hall, Room 212

Telephone: 443-412-2410  or  443-412-2000 extension 2410


                                Dick Schwanke's Course Listings by Topic

    Click on highlighted courses for lecture notes, additional data, technical drawings and/or pictures

 

Environmental Science:  

    Hazardous Materials / Waste Management ENV210 - Next course possible for Summer 2013

        Course will be run for three consecutive weeks, Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

        May be taken for credit (four semester hours), or as a non-credit Continuing Education course.        

  

Mathematics credit courses for Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) Division:

    Statistics MATH216 - two sections beginning Tuesday, 29 January 2013 (Sullivan III, 4th edition as textbook)

        Course is offered every semester, with typically 12 to 18 sections (see mathematics credit course listing)

        Jump directly to schedule page with links to lecture notes and sample problems for Spring 2013

        3rd edition of textbook was used in Spring 2012,  see Statistics using Sullivan's 3rd Edition MATH216.

 

    Finite Mathematics MATH111 - one section beginning 4 September 2012 (Sullivan, 10th edition as textbook)

        Course is offered every semester, with typically one section (see mathematics credit course listing)

        Still posted is the Fall 2011 Finite Mathematics MATH111 course

 

Math Refresher for Acquisition, including Basic Statistics, Regression Analysis, & Using Excel

   Math Refresher - 40 hour / 10 week course for Army Contracting Center beginning on Wednesday, 1 February 2012

        Course is offered when requested through the Continuing Education Division - Business & Industry Training

 

Data Analysis:

   Data Analysis and Interpretation - 16 hour Short Course (CRN 26166) on 12 & 19 November 2011

        Course is offered when requested through the Continuing Education Division - Business & Industry Training

 

Model Railroading:

    Open House - held yearly at the beginning of September - next one on Saturday, 8 September 2012

    Basic 8 week course - offered every Fall Semester - begins  September 2013

    Modular Construction - offered in November - December each year and sometimes in the Spring

            Next course begins November 2013

    Building Your Grandchild's First Layout - offered every Spring Semester, in the mornings, for five weeks,

            Current class underway in January 2013

    Model Railroad: Evaluating Its Worth - one evening collection of speakers, next course in Fall 2013?

    Registration for non-credit courses: "title=railroad"

 

Model Railroading, Advanced:

   Module Repair and Upgrade - usually offered every Semester

            Current course underway in January 2013

   Building Your Grandchild's Second Layout - a seven week continuation of the First Layout course,

            next offering may be in May 2013?

   Enhancing Your Model Railroad - next anticipated offering in Spring Semester in 2014

   Building a Modular Railroad - The next 16 week Build II course begins 4 June 2013

        See some modular railroad shapes and dimensions

        See some previous Harford modular layout designs

            Note: new constructions drawings have been added in 2011

    Registration for non-credit courses: "title=railroad"

 

Bicycling:   

    The Art and Science of Bicycle Fitting - NEW OFFERING - two week course in February 2013

    Bicycle Maintenance & Repair I - offered twice per year in Fall and Spring semesters

            Next course begins Monday, February 2013

    Bicycle Maintenance & Repair II - offered twice per year in Fall and Spring semesters

            Next course begins Monday, April 2013

            View a catalog (external link) showing many of the tools used in Bicycle Mechanics II

    Bicycle Suspension Systems - not currently offered, perhaps Spring 2013?

    The Dying Art of Bicycle Wheel Building - typically offered every three or four semesters

            Last offering was Saturday, 3 November 2012; next time?

    Bicycle Touring - offered upon demand in Spring or Summer semesters

    See the full listing of the Spring Courses on one sheet, in PDF format

    Registration for non-credit courses: "title=bicycle"

 

Environment / Safety / Health: 

    Environmental Managers Series   

    Collateral Duty Safety Officer

    HazWOpER 8 hour refresher

    HazWOpER 24 hour initial

    HazWOpER 40 hour initial - is one half of the ENV210 course coming in Summer 2011

    Registration for non-credit courses: "title=environment"

    ARL Safety Stand-down Day - Electrical Safety and Compressed Gas Safety

 

Homeland Security

    Prevention

    Protection

    Preparedness

    Response

    Registration for non-credit courses: "title=security"

 

Dick Schwanke's Other Projects

    Harford County Local Emergency Planning Committee (external website)

            Frequently Asked Questions (external website)

            Facility Requirements (external website)

            Harford County's HazMat Law as amended 6 January 2009

 

    Senior Science Society

            Mission                     Objectives                     Co-Sponsored Programs

            Brochure for potential new members (dated 8 August 2009, in PDF file format)

            Senior Science Society Charter: (final Board Approval, 12 August 2009, in PDF file format)

            Board Members and Committee Assignments  (as of September 2009 Board Meeting)

 

    Environment / Safety / Health SME for SURVICE Engineering (external website)         

 

    Lecturer for Baldini Resource Associates, Inc (external website)

            Hazardous Materials: Use and Control Short Course (external website) scheduled for June 2011

            Guns, Projectiles and Sabot Design Short Course (external website) completed September 2010

            Environmental and Chemical Hazards Short Course (external website) call Baldini for schedule

 

    Aberdeen Proving Ground's Environmental Management System

            APG's Environmental Management Systems awareness training

 

    Harford County Council Task Force on MTBE

            Resolution No. 27-08, Creating the Task Force, 3 June 2008 (external website)

            Task Force Members by Council District Appointment:   Michael Elder - At large,

                Glenn Dudderar - District A,   David Klunk - District B,   Dick Schwanke - District C,

                David Jones - District D,   Deborah Wrobel - District E,   Roman Ratych - District F

            Final Task Force Memo (PDF format for public record as of 31 January 2009)

            Supplemental Report and Data:  (PDF format for public record as of 31 January 2009)

 

    DS's Bio / CV - not necessarily coming soon.

 

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