“My question to you is, have you met any engineers pursuing a master’s degree in civil engineering after an undergraduate degree in a different engineering discipline, while also pursuing licensure years after their undergraduate degree? Any advice, feedback or encouragement you can give me is appreciated.”
I recently received this question from a listener of The Civil Engineering Podcast and thought it might be helpful...
Life comes at you fast after graduation.
Fortunately, ASCE’s Construction Institute Student Days program helps prepare aspiring construction engineers for that transition.
The annual five-day event – held this year in late July in Arlington, Virginia – combines competition with networking, advice from professionals and real-world experience.
“It honestly was a big highlight of my college career and it really tested what I knew of construction so...
ASCE is a founding member of the Alliance for Responsible Professional Licensing, a new coalition of national associations representing highly complex, technical professions and their national licensing boards.
ARPL has been created to give advanced professions a unified voice in the growing debate around the appropriate level of licensure for professions and occupations.
“Attacks on professional licensing have risen in frequency and scope over the last...
Civil engineers are essential to solving the significant issues facing the planet, both today and tomorrow. They serve as systems integrators and work on complex projects with diverse global teams. They must be competent, collaborative and ethical. They must be innovators, environmental stewards, managers of risk and active in public policy. And ultimately, civil engineers must be effective leaders.
ASCE introduced iLead this year with...
I’ve received this question from several civil engineering professionals recently. If you’re not familiar with the terms “percent billable” or “utilization rate,” they are typically relevant to consulting engineers or other professional services fields, and they indicate how much of your time is spent on work that is billed to a client project.
For example, in one week, if you spend 30 hours working on...
There may be no better place for catching up on some reading than the laid-back down time of a summer vacation at the beach.
But what to read?
So many choices. So many books.
For the second consecutive year, ASCE News has compiled its annual list of beach reads, perfect for the civil engineer whose idea of relaxing in the sun features a heavy dose of interesting,...
Chris Luebkeman is an Arup Fellow, based in their San Francisco office, with the rather daunting title of director for global foresight, research and innovation.
Is he a fortune teller? Can he predict the future?
Not exactly. But he has his finger on the pulse of change, embraces the challenges, and stresses that we must all find our new role in these new times.
Recently, he delivered...
Civil engineers are entrusted with protecting the public health, safety and welfare – a tremendous responsibility that requires unique knowledge, skills and attitudes in a continuously changing profession and world. Communities of the future will depend on creative and innovative thinkers to engineer the best solutions.
To aid students, early-career civil engineers, educators and mentors to succeed in their roles, ASCE has published its third...
What do civil engineering college graduates need to know?
It’s an important question throughout the history of the profession. But given the rapidly changing variables, as considered in ASCE’s Future World Vision, the question is arguably more critical now than ever before.
Certainly, it was the question at the core of the 2019 ASCE Civil Engineering Education Summit, May 28-30 in Dallas.
Kevin Hall, Ph.D., M.ASCE, the...
Over 600 million professionals are on LinkedIn and the numbers just keep growing. Every second, two more profiles are made. Of that universe, there are 30 million companies and 20 million jobs active on the social networking site.
It seems like LinkedIn must be the place to build your professional network.
In this episode of the "ASCE Interchange," Erica Pyatt, senior account executive at LinkedIn, discusses...
