Let's Get Civil!

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

Join us as we interview Senior Civil Engineer at Golden State Water company, Mark Insco! On today’s show, we break down all the aspects and appeals of working as an engineer within a public utility, the nuances of career changes and the different career paths one can follow, as well as Mark’s remarkable journey from a UC Davis engineering undergrad to his current role as a senior engineer.

This episode is a certified classic for anyone looking for information regarding the best internship practices and how to set yourself up for success during and after college. Enjoy the show!

Join us as we interview the highly esteemed Dr. Heather Bischel! On this episode, we take a dive into her internationally-traversing research, why it matters, as well as her own inspiring personal backstory on how she became a professor here at UC Davis! This episode is packed full of incredible career advice for any student listeners, we hope you find Dr. Bischel's wisdom as useful as we did!

Pass times are upon us, make sure to register for one of her classes :)

Join us as we interview the the heads of our Environmental Project teams, Emma and Eloise! On this episode, we explore Environmental Project's mission, how the team is structured, and what makes it such a good choice for being your next ASCE project team you're a part of.

Thanks for listening to Let's Get Civil! New episodes drop every two week, stay tuned.

Check out these links below. If you don't, Emma and Eloise will find you and force you to drink their midpac effluent water.

Website: https://ucdenvironmentalproject.weebly.com/

Instagram: @environmentalproject.ucd

Discord: discord.gg/xbJ6ZB4c