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9 Survival Tips for Engineering Students

October 26, 2020 By EMI

This is a guest blog by Michael Turner

Engineering is an exciting career path to follow. Although not everyone has the talent to follow this course of study, it is rewarding for those who do have an innate ability to do so.

As focused as you may be as a student, this path to career satisfaction is also a challenging one. Get all the help you need to survive and thrive through your academic career with these tips while on the road to becoming a successful engineer.

Get the FE Book

As an aspiring engineering student, you will want to prepare properly for the NCEES exams. The Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) book will help you to do just that.

Primary engineering topics are addressed in this book, which includes some of the most common equations used in engineering. How these equations are used in systems is also well covered, giving you an edge when writing the exam.

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TSEC 24: Inspiring the Next Generation of Structural Engineers Through YouTube

April 30, 2020 By EMI

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In episode 24 of The Structural Engineering Channel podcast, Alexis Clark interviews her co-host, Mat Picardal. Mat hosts the very popular YouTube channel “Structural Engineering Life,” through which he promotes the structural engineering profession to engineering students who are not familiar with the industry perspective. In this episode, Mat talks to us about what he has learned from building his YouTube channel and how he continues to inspire the next generation of structural engineers.

Engineering Quotes:

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

What inspired you to start a YouTube channel?
What were the biggest struggles that you had in your YouTube journey?
Is the audience that you are targeting the students who are pursuing a structural engineering career?
How do you determine what content you want to feature next?
Do you get a lot of organic requests from your audience?
What are some of the things you plan to do to inspire the next generation of structural engineers?
How did you manage to grow your channel so quickly and how do you sustain engagement with your audience?
What are three of the biggest things from your episode, “Reality vs Expectations,” that you want to share with the listeners
How do you get your content to your audience quickly and ensure it reaches the largest number of people in the shortest time?
You have the “draw” part of your content; how do you then get the message out that you have new content on your channel?
How did you craft your video, “A Day in the Life of a Civil Structural Engineer,” and how did you choose to include the pieces that you did?

Here Are Some of the Key Points Discussed About How Mat Uses YouTube to Inspire the Next Generation of Structural Engineers:

How to Get an Engineering Internship as a Student – Engineering Career TV Ep. 27

September 18, 2017 By EMI

Q: How can I get an engineering internship as a student?

Welcome to episode #27 of Engineering Career TV. The topic for this episode is how to get an engineering internship as a student.

I spend most of the Engineering Career TV episodes answering questions that have been submitted from engineers around the world on how to rapidly advance their careers and live the lives they want to live.

You can submit questions for the show by clicking here.

Let’s jump into today’s topic: how to get an engineering internship as a student, which is based on a question from Ishan, who asks the following:
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