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What discipline of engineering?
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civil engineering.
I have an interest in soil mechanics/geotech so I am looking to start toward a graduate dergree next semester.
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Congratulations, I don't miss having to take exams.
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My father-in-law was the chief concrete engineer for some huge dams built in the 60s and 70s in Canada. He was a geotechnical engineer and a geologist. My brother-in-law is a civil engineer who worked as a geotechical consultant for years and is now a concrete quality engineer. I suggest you also try to take a basic course in project management to better prepare you for your career. It will be looked upon very favourably by your future employer.
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I am currently working for the Corps of Engineer's in the Geotech and Dam Safety section. I would love to have worked back in the '40's when most of the Dams were being built around my area. Since no dams are currently being designed we focus mostly on safety, upkeep, repair, ect. of existing structures.
We are required to take a construction management class in our undergrad program, but graduate level versions are available.
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Up until a few years ago, I would wake up in the morning very nervous because I believed that it was the day for the big electromagnetics exam. The feeling lasted for about 5 seconds and then I'd breathe a big sigh of relief as I realized I passed that exam 17 years earlier.
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Do you still dream of flux fields?
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No. I got enough of them at work. It would have been great if during university you got exposed to EM testing in anechoic chambers. That's where you really start to get a sense of what's going on. I must admit that I never understood Maxwell until I happened upon "Fundamentals of Electric Waves" written by Skilling in 1948.
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Sounds like something I should read. It was the damn EM stuff that knocked me out of Physics in college. That and the advanced mechanics. And sequences and series in multivariable calculus. Hmm...
At least I understand relativity and quantum mechanics. Sigh.
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