List of Contributions

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...