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TECC 303: Fire Protection Engineering Unveiled: Skills, Career Paths, and Launching Your Journey

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Fire ProtectionIn this episode, I talk with two highly esteemed fire protection engineering professionals: Chris Jelenewicz, P.E., FSFPE, the Interim Chief Executive Officer at SFPE, and Stephen Dale, P.E., CFPS, ARM, the Director of Technical Services at The Cincinnati Insurance Companies. We explore the diverse world of fire protection engineering, discussing its scope, essential skills, and career opportunities. Whether you’re considering a career in this field or seeking guidance to excel, this episode has you covered.

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Fire Protection Engineering

Fire Protection Engineering

Fire Protection Engineering

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TECC 301: Maximizing Your Engineering Internship: Tips for Engineering Students

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Engineering InternshipIn this episode, we talk to Robert J. Khoury, the co-founder, and CEO of Agile Rainmakers, a high-impact business development consulting and advisory firm based in Chicago’s Gold Coast, about how engineering students can maximize their engineering internship by taking a deeper look into the importance of setting expectations, effective communication, establishing routines, and building professional relationships that can last beyond the internship.

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Engineering Internship

Engineering Internship

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TECC 300: Empowering Your Decision-Making: Three Steps to Overcoming Analysis Paralysis and Fatigue

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Decision-MakingIn this episode, we talk with Timothy Welch, a seasoned engineer and leader with more than 15 years of experience across diverse industries, such as startups, telecommunications, and healthcare about the intricacies of decision-making. We delve into crucial topics like steering through life-altering choices without succumbing to analysis paralysis, achieving equilibrium between reason and emotion, steering clear of decision fatigue and potential business setbacks, and recognizing the pivotal role emotions play in the decision-making process.

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Decision-Making

Decision-Making

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TECC 293: How Engineers Can Identify and Combat Imposter Syndrome

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Imposter SyndromeIn this episode, we talk to On Freund, who is the co-founder and CEO of Wilco, a startup dedicated to empowering developers to unlock their full potential, about why imposter syndrome affects so many engineers and how they can overcome it.

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Imposter Syndrome

Imposter Syndrome

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TECC 286: Career Advice to Young Women Considering a Career in Engineering

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Career AdviceIn this episode, I talk to Caroline Hon, Head of Gas Network Strategy and Planning at National Grid, about career advice and different job opportunities engineering, developing your soft skills and STEM education.

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Career Advice

Career Advice

Here Are Some of the Key Points Discussed About Career Advice to Young Women Considering a Career in Engineering:

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TECC 285: Transitioning from an Individual Contributor to a Manager in Your Engineering Career

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Individual ContributorIn this episode, we talk to Henry Suryawirawan, VP of Engineering at Flip, about the process of transitioning from individual contributor (IC) to management, and how engineers can deal with failures in their engineering career.

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Individual Contributor

Individual Contributor

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TECC 271: Creating a 5-Year Plan in Your Engineering Career

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5-Year PlanIn this episode, I talk about career planning, and more specifically, about why you should create a 5-Year Plan. I talk about what your plan should include and provide four very important steps you can take to ensure you reach the goals you set for your five-year career plan so that you can become proactive and take control of your career.

Here Are the Key Points Discussed on Creating a 5-Year Plan in Your Engineering Career:

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TECC 265: Finding Career Fulfillment in Your Engineering Career

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Finding Career Fulfillment in Your Engineering Career

In this episode, Jeff Perry, MBA talks about how you can find career fulfillment. He shares a framework that will help you on your journey and some actions that you can start taking right away to get on the path to engineering career fulfillment.

Here Are Some of the Key Points Discussed About Finding Career Fulfillment:

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TECC 262: 3 Top Questions Engineers Should Ask at Their Next Performance Review

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3 Top Questions Engineers Should Ask at Their Next Performance Review

In this episode, I talk about performance reviews, and how you can prepare for your next performance review by providing you with three questions that you should ask in your next one.  I recently wrote about this topic on the ASCE blog and based on feedback and interest, I thought I would it would be a good topic for a podcast episode.

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TECC 258: Change in Engineering Education: What Does the Future Hold?

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Engineering EducationIn this episode, I talk to Frank E. Falcone; AP, P.E., D.WRE, CAPT USN (ret)., the Director of Professional Development and Experiential Education in the College of Engineering (CoE) at Villanova University, about engineering education, how it has changed and will change, and how engineering students can focus their career plans and goals for a technologically expanding future.

Engineering Education

Here Are the Questions Asked in This Episode:

  • You wrote a book called “The Career Compass,” which is an online textbook required for all students enrolled in the College of Engineering’s Career Compass Program at Villanova. Tell us a little bit more about this book and how it evolved to help engineering students.
  • What would you like to see engineers take away from this program that can help them in their careers moving forward?
  • How has the engineering profession changed over the past decades?
  • How should engineering education change to meet the demands of an ever evolving and “globalized” world?
  • What are some of the typical and/or emerging career paths for newly graduated engineers?
  • How should engineering students focus their plans and goals for a technologically expanding future?
  • In your opinion, what do you think is on the horizon for the engineering profession and future engineers?
  • Do you have any professional development tips, especially for early-career engineers?

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