What to Do in Your Engineering Career When You Don’t Know What to Do

This post was inspired by a recent conversation that I had with one of our Institute for Engineering Career Development (IECD) members. She is a young engineer and not sure what direction to go in her engineering career. She is considering various questions, such as: What specific discipline in her engineering field should she go […]

Selecting an Engineering Company: Does Size Matter?

Last week I attended the 11th annual ASCE Younger Member CEO forum at Columbia University in New York City. The topic for the evening was: Selecting an Engineering Company: Does Size Matter? There was a panel consisting of high-level executives from some of the largest companies in the world as well as some smaller engineering […]

How to Pass Any Test in Your Engineering Career

This is a guest post by William Merunka, EIT, LEED AP. While we may not like it, we face many tests in our engineering career. These may be exams for specific certifications, a test of your negotiation skills when trying to land a major client, or even your debate skills when trying to convince a town […]

From Design Engineer to Manager in 2012 – You Can Do It!

I have received many questions recently through the different social media outlets to the effect of, “How do I go from design engineer to manager in my engineering career?” It’s a great question and one that many engineers ask.  In my career travels as a design engineer, and the last few years as an Engineering […]