Improving Your Seller-Doer Skills as an Engineering Professional – Ep 215

In this episode, I talk to Amanda Payne, Associate Vice President and Business Development Director at Horner & Shifrin, about the role of a seller-doer and how it has changed from before the pandemic to where we are today. She also provides some great tips on how you can improve your seller-doer skills as an […]

Reducing Embodied Carbon in Construction: How Structural Engineers Can Help – Ep 066

In this episode, we talk to Megan Stringer, SE, LEED, AP, BD+C, Associate Principal at Holmes, about embodied carbon reduction and how engineers can help reduce embodied carbon in construction. Engineering Quotes: Here Are Some of the Questions We Ask Megan: What is embodied carbon and why is it important? How can structural engineers help […]

How to Grow a Civil Engineering Company Successfully – Ep 185

Grow a Civil Engineering Company

In this episode, the ninth episode in our Civil Engineering Entrepreneurs Series, I talk to Brian Barker, P.E., M.S., Principal at Deuel & Associates about how to start and grow a civil engineering company successfully, specifically some of the challenge you will face when you start, and how to overcome them.  Brian also talks about […]

The Benefits of Using Ultra-High Performance Concrete in Your Engineering Projects – Ep 060

In this episode, we talk to Matthew J. Bandelt, Ph.D., P.E., an Assistant Professor and Associate Chair of Graduate Studies in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) about using emerging concrete materials, such as ultra-high performance concrete, in projects and how they test these materials to evaluate […]

Building Community and Your Engineering Career

community

I was going to start with the definition of community, but I have a feeling you already have a few examples in mind. For me, community is something that is created through multiple positive interactions with a group of individuals. Over time, bonds form and community develops, as all members are looking for the betterment […]

Focusing on People and Community Services as a Civil Engineer – Ep 133

Community Services

In episode 133 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I talk to civil engineer Miranda Patton, a business development director at MNS Engineers. We talk about growing the engineering workforce, women in leadership, community services, STEM education, and the future of public infrastructure in America.  Engineering Quotes: Here Are Some of the Questions I Ask Miranda: […]