List of Contributions

I am retired from a civil engineer career at WSDOT (Washington State Department of Transportation). While I earned my PE license as soon as possible after college, I never used my stamp at work. The plans that we worked on were stamped at a higher level within the organization. But for me obtaining the ...

My dad was an aeronautical engineer and worked for Boeing, and in my discussions with with my dad I knew that was not for me. Growing up as a young kid I liked to play in the dirt, make roads, and drive my toy vehicles around. So I went into Civil Engineering and worked my entire career for the Washington ...

When I was studying Civil Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA the student ASCE chapter sold t-shirts that had the following humorous words on it: I'D RATHER BE A CIVIL ENGINEER THAN AN UNCIVIL ENGINEER. So folks, remember to be nice to your un-civil engineering neighbors. :<) ...

I graduated in March 1980 from the University of Washington and started work in April for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). My first job was helping two other people doing construction inspection of a brand new bridge on Interstate 82 near Yakima, WA. Electronic calculators had ...