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TCEP 033: Civil Engineering Interviews from the Society of American Military Engineers 2016 JETC

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The Civil Engineering Podcast visits Arizona for the SAME JETC conference…..

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SAME JETC

Episode 33 of The Civil Engineering Podcast was recorded in Phoenix, Arizona, where I interviewed successful individuals at the Society of American Military Engineers (aka SAME) Joint Engineer Training Conference & Expo (JETC).

Here are some of the key points I discussed with ask Adam Hughes during JETC:

  • Adam is a Civil Engineer in the United States Public Health Service that focuses on ensuring that Indian reservations/communities have clean water. He has been practicing in this industry for 12 years now.
  • His team consist out of 14 engineers, drafters, construction inspectors and civil engineering technicians. At the moment they are working with two tribes in southern Arizona.
  • For someone that is interested in management, he recommends to first develop your technical capability and to then develop your verbal and written communication skills. It is also important to find your own management style and gain awareness of your own limitations and preconceptions.
  • We don’t all see a problem the same way and it is not that one way is right and the other way wrong, it is more of trying to understand each other so that we can effectively communicate and work with people.
  • It’s not just about being able to crunch the numbers, you’ve got the take the next step if you want to make change as a civil engineer.

Here are some of the key points I discussed with Kris Prasad at JETC:

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TSEC 03: Here’s Why Base Isolation is Rarely Used in the United States — It Doesn’t Sell Units

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In this episode of The Structural Engineering Channel podcast, we will be taking to Ronald O. Hamburger, SE who is a Senior Principal at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger and Evan Reis, SE, co-founder of the U.S. Resiliency Council. We will be talking about recent articles in the New York Times on the concept of base isolation, including the article: Buildings Can Be Designed to Withstand Earthquakes – Why Doesn’t the U.S. Build More of them?

Engineering Quotes:

base isolation

base isolation

Here Are Some of the Questions We Ask Our Guests in This Episode:

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TCEP 034: Protecting the Environment Through Security: What Civil Engineers Should Know

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TCEP 034_ Protecting the Environment Through Security_ What Civil Engineers Should Know

In episode 034 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I interview my co host, Christian Knutson on protecting the environment through security and we also talk about how civil engineers can make a difference to it.

Here are some of the questions I ask Chris:

  • What is environmental security?
  • What is included within this framework?
  • Can you share an example of an environmental security issue?
  • How have you been supporting environmental security and protection efforts recently as a civil engineer?

Quotes to think about:

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Environmental Security

Here are some key points discussed in this episode:

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TCEP 30: Dan McNichol ‘s Journey Across the Nation Spotlights America’s Old Infrastructure

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In episode 030 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I interview Dan McNichol, a number one best-selling author and an award-winning journalist who recently created and completed a year long national media tour in a 1949 Hudson that advocated for the rebuilding of the nation’s vital civic systems with the tag: “America’s infrastructure is as old, rusty and energy defunct as this original Detroit lead-sled.”  The conversation previews Dan’s upcoming keynote speech at the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) 2016 Joint Training Conference & Expo which will be this May in Arizona. [Read more…] about TCEP 30: Dan McNichol ‘s Journey Across the Nation Spotlights America’s Old Infrastructure