Do we have any chemical/civil/environmental engineers in the house?

SBrad001 said:
I've got an emphasis in water quality engineering going for me right now, and it's a very nice combonation of civil and chemical, but still learns very much toward the civil side with emphasis in ww and municipal water supplies. I really enjoy it.
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This is what I did. I have done a lot of modeling of water systems (pressurized culinary water) and risk analysis of large systems, fire modeling, demand modeling is my thesis. I also did quite a bit of watershed work, but I don't enjoy that as much.

If you like the hydraulics wastewater might be the place for you. There are farmore complicated hydrualics in a WW plant than most pressurized systems, changes from open channel to pressurized and back, lift stations all over the place and solids to deal with in the mix.

Make sure you get a PE, ME's and EE's don't really need them, but Civil's pretty much live and die by it.
 
I work in an office full of Civies (California Dept. of Water Resources), we design and build water conveyance and storage projects. (I do lobbying and direct our science efforts.) We always need good engineers, but we're up in Sacramento, not sure you'd want to move up here. Shoot me a PM if you are actively searching for a job, I can get you an interview here.
 
SBrad001 said:
I would love to pick your brains about the EIT and the PE
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I am a Civil PE here in NV - mostly involved in pavement research (LTPP). My advice:

The the EIT asap. No need to wait on this one. All the crap you won't use but will be tested on will slowly fade away, and even two years from now this test will seem significantly harder.

As for the PE, the regular non-CA Civil PE exam (NV) was one of the easiest tests I have ever taken... The env. test has similar p/f rates, so I would be suprised if the test was significantly harder. I can't say that I am a proponent of serious pre-test prep on this one...

Travis
 
Zebaru said:
I am a Civil PE here in NV - mostly involved in pavement research (LTPP). My advice:

The the EIT asap. No need to wait on this one. All the crap you won't use but will be tested on will slowly fade away, and even two years from now this test will seem significantly harder.

Travis
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I plan on taking the EIT next spring before graduation. Do you think it would behoove me to stay in Ca for the required amount of time under the tuteluge of a PE and take the Civil PE here? From what I understand, a California PE license carries a letter of reciprosity with it for all fifty states but California rarely accepts other states PE licenses. . . is this correct?
 
Zebaru said:
I am a Civil PE here in NV - mostly involved in pavement research (LTPP).

Travis
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Oh! I forgot to ask you if youhave done any work or research with CAL and its Richmond Station Pavement Research Department?

I spent three days up there last year, touring and going over new testing methods that they are interested in putting in place here in california. Really informative and interesting time.
 
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