Join us as we interview KPFF project manager Alex Sotomayor to wrap up our episode list for 2025!

On today's show, we explore Alex's career spanning several states, highlight the major differences at each stop along the way, and how to make the most of each type of career opportunity you receive. Being a well-travelled engineer leads to a well-established career aim, no doubt.

Check out these links belooowwwwww (especially if looking to apply to KPFF):

www.linkedin.com/in/alex-sotomayor-p-e-11a3b4a3https://www.kpff.com/office/sacramento-ca/

https://www.kpff.com/office/san-francisco-ca/

Join us as we dive into the world of professorship with Dr. Sabbie Miller!

On today's show, we hear all about Professor Miller's takes on the link between engineering and environmental policy, her career all the way through her current research, and the implications of the different pathways through industry and academia. Lots of eye-opening advice to unpack in this one.

Check out these links!

Miller Group Website:

https://sabbiemiller.faculty.ucdavis.edu/

For those interested in Dr. Miller's journal papers:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DOv-W8kAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

And the Materials Decarbonization and Sustainability Center on campus:

https://mdsc.ucdavis.edu/

Join us as we dissect our newest project team, Sustainable Solutions! On this show, we hear from president Ava Szytel and team lead Aditi Anand about Sustainable's data center development initiatives, A.I. fear-mongering, and why YOU should be a part of Sustainable Solutions.

If you want real-life engineering experience mimicking that of an actual consulting firm, you should seriously check them out.

Check out the links below!

Website: https://asceucdavis.weebly.com/sustainable-solutions.html

Discord: https://discord.gg/ghnAxrvctr

Instagram: @ucdsustainable

Join us as we interview Kimley-Horn's premier professional engineer, Antonio Pantoja! On today's show, we dive into development at a high-level civil consulting firm like KH, dissect the most important skill markers a new aspiring engineer can have, and explore Antonio's on meteoric rise through the ranks.

If you listened to the end, you'd discover a pretty awesome side-quest Antonio is building! Check it out here: @alteregocosplays

**ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS**

We have a civil engineering career fair coming up, hosted by ASCE x Chi Epsilon on October 27-28! No better time to apply Antonio's teachings than to this event. Keep following our discord and weekly newsletter channels to receive the latest updates.

Join us for our FINAL episode of the school year as we host our Environmental Engineering department's own Berkely Anderson! On today's show, we take a quick peek into the life of a PhD student, Berkeley's research and TA experience, and tie it all together with accumulated her wisdom as a long-tenured engineer at Davis.

We've been so stoked to deliver you content all year with some of the coolest engineers around, we hope you've enjoyed listening as much as we have enjoyed producing. We'll be returning to the podcast the second fall quarter begins :)

Check these links below:

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsestwater.4c00392

Join us as we interview ASCE board member Tian Doong, along with our very own podcast intern Jimmy Lai! On today's episode, we dive into each of our guests' undergraduate careers, uncover their responsibilities as part of our ASCE board, and dissect the role engineers play in modern society. There are many nuggets of wisdom shared throughout the episode, see if you can consume them all!

Check out these links:

• https://engineering.ucdavis.edu/e-search
• https://waternexuslab.ucdavis.edu/

Join us as we bring back former ASCE president Freesia Finn, who shares with us all her wisdom she has accrued throughout her young career as a Seattle-based Civil Consultant at KPFF!

On today's show, we dive into her blossoming career and how it took root at Davis, both within and outside of ASCE. We explore the importance workplace communication and approaching unfamiliar workplace situations. Finally, we discuss what the future holds for her career, with loads of advice for all our upcoming-engineer listeners. Throughout our chat, we learn a whole lot of fun tidbits about Freesia you may not have realized about her!

Good luck to all those taking the FE exam, and remember to snag a TI-36X calculator beforehand :)

Join us as we interview our newest professor within the department, Professor Casey de Finnda! On today's show, we dive into his fascinating projects within the Water Nexus lab, and discuss the tech and management trends within wastewater engineering as it currently stands today.

Check out these links!

• https://waternexuslab.ucdavis.edu/ - Water Nexus Lab Porjects
• https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.3c06774 - Paper discussing some challenges of moving from a linear water system to a more circular water system
• https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.7b03040 - First paper on interfacial solar vapor generation

Happy start to the spring quarter!

We're kicking off with a continuation of our recruiter series with the legendary CDM Smith recruiter, Kira Wuestefeld! Join us as we explore all the most optimal ways to ensure you get your desired job and experiences at a top company like CDM Smith.

Look out for Kira at the next career fair!

Check out these links:

One Day with Kira

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kira-wuestefeld-cdm/

https://www.cdmsmith.com/careers

Join us in the CDM Smith office as we interview the highly experienced, impeccably-styled structural engineer, James Taylor! On today’s show, we enter the world of a full-time engineer at a firm some of you may have gotten a taste of, and listen to James detail how to go about taking charge of your career and fulfilling your engineering destiny. 

This release marks our first ever video podcast, there was no chance we'd skip out on highlighting James’s incredible fit ;) We hope you’ve enjoyed our winter quarter releases, stay tuned for much more content dropping after spring break! 

Good luck with all your finals and the job hunt :)

• Major expansion to the Houston Northeast Water Purification Plant (added two of the largest digesters in the US)

https://www.cdmsmith.com/en/client-solutions/projects/houston-water-purification-plant-expansion

• CDM Smith's long-standing government contract for providing technical support for the cleanup of the Kalamazoo River

https://www.cdmsmith.com/en/client-solutions/projects/kalamazoo-river-superfund-site

• Summary of work on the Anaheim treatment plant, the largest PFAS treatment facility in the nation (CDM Smith also has an R&D department who are actively researching methods to remove PFAS from drinking water)

https://www.cdmsmith.com/en/client-solutions/projects/anaheim-pfas-treatment-plant