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Melanie Ann Carlson, P.E., M.ASCE
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RE: Your Most Valuable Internship Experience?
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Melanie Carlson
07-27-2021 09:47 AM
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I worked for a civil engineering firm for 3 summers and a contractor for 1 summer during college. As a few others have mentioned, the practical, hands-on experience was priceless. My first summer I worked on the survey crew. I believe I would be a totally different engineer without that experience, and ...
The Case for Continuing Virtual Learning
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04-07-2021 11:05 AM
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Give me a thumbs-up if you have virtual meeting fatigue. It has been over a year since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 crisis a pandemic. Once the news sunk in, we set up our home offices, fast-tracked video conferencing tools, and became IT experts. We quickly adapted to video ...
RE: Personality tests?
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03-15-2021 11:56 AM
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I believe the "problem" is with the summary of the results, not the test. Many of us got into engineering because we felt introverted and could related to Sheldon Copper. However, civil engineering, in its very name is socially based. Civil means public. Whether we have direct contact with our clients ...
5 Engineering Skills That Can Help Fight Food Insecurity
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01-21-2021 12:38 PM
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Food insecurity is a term I was introduced to not that long ago. At the beginning of the pandemic, this term was especially publicized, as schools, a steady source of food for children, were closed. The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines food insecurity as a lack of consistent access to enough food ...
RE: Community Service
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11-30-2020 10:44 AM
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I have thoroughly enjoyed becoming part of the Little Free Pantry movement. From littlefreepantry.org "the mini pantry movement is a grassroots, crowdsourced solution to immediate and local need". I love the concept, because it helps those who need assistance outside "normal business hours", is totally ...
RE: ASCE Plot Points Season 3 Member Memos Request: Impression of CE in high school
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01-13-2020 10:40 AM
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Danielle, I love the question, but I also love working with students. I ended up in civil engineering after my HS guidance counselor MADE me visit a local firm. The firm president was a friend of the counselor, but was pressuring him to send students his way. After one visit, I knew it was the ...
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