Career Spotlight: Civil Engineer
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- Опубліковано 14 січ 2016
- Alishia Ballard graduated in 2015 with a degree in civil engineering from San Diego State University. After graduating, she has been interning with San Francisco Public Works in their structural engineering section. Structural engineering is a subcategory of civil engineering, and it often involves designing, inspecting and analyzing structures like bridges and buildings. Learn more here: ww2.kqed.org/quest/2016/01/15/...
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Sometimes with engineers, there's a stereotype like, "No, you just like to go inside and be an introvert and just read textbooks all day." Definitely not me. I like to talk, I like to hang out with friends, I love basketball, I love sports.
Hello everyone, my name is Alishia Ballard, and I'm a structural engineer currently working at San Francisco Public Works. Structural engineers work on all the plans in order to develop structures like bridges, infrastructure like large buildings. Also doing analysis, figuring out if those structures are safe. Here at the San Francisco Public Works, I do things like go out on site visits and do bridge inspections. When we go out on a bridge inspection, we are looking at new things that have occurred with that bridge. To see if something has occurred and that we need a repair immediately. We take those things seriously for the safety of our community. Also aside from that, we go out on site facility visits for the different projects that we do, and just double check dimensions, look at the scope of the work. You have to make sure that you are aware of everything going on, and then go back and make sure you design it until it can go through to the construction.
One of the things that I really love about being an engineer is being able to help people. Being part of public works means that you are working for the public. You'd get a chance to give back to your community. All of the structures that I work on, everything that I inspect is for the people around me. The first thing that you have to do when you want to become an engineer is go to a college, that was my first step. I graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in Civil Engineering. My advise to students pursuing engineering, is definitely find a mentor. Find a mentor while you are in high school, even middle school if you can. I found mentorship in my student organisation called NASBE, National Society of Black Engineers. There were many people that just cared to see me go somewhere. With that being said, I went to a conference in San Francisco, and a recruiter picked me out and I got my opportunity here at San Francisco Public Works. - Наука та технологія
Very happy for and proud of her!
This is very cool. Kudos to this young, intelligent, sociable lady.
Civil engineering has always been my passion I'm glad I'm in that field #Eng. Giving back to the community 💯
YAY NSBE FAM! I hope to be as accomplished as her one day when I graduate
A hair or makeup tutorial would have gotten more views🤷🏽♀️🤦🏾♀️
I scrolled and scrolled and scrolled to find the day in a life of a black female engineer 🤦🏾♀️
Thank you sooooo much for making this!
She is smart and fine
na she showed me the def of opened mind with that fohead
I cHeW on CRayons which one of you from my class are you-
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lmao what
Wow! I'm inspired. I am also doing a qualification in Civil Engineering and I hope to achieve more and all of my goals. Also would love to interact with people like you Alishia in order to share ideas and grow mentally and in strength in order to make a beter word for our civilians
Kwazi Dlamini and
Its my first year as a civil engineer and it scared me but I am happy. God knows for tomorrow.
How long did it take to graduate college ?
Do you like your job?
How are you doing now?
love it!
When I grow up I wanna be an engineer
Which is better field structural engg or project manager, who earns more.
So dope!! Go ahead sister!
Love It!!!
Congratulations!
thank u so much
U inspired me a lot coz I'm pursuing civil engineering bt I don't hav any kind of mentor that you've talked abt bt hopefully I'll find someone to teach me basics of Civil engineering
I am a civil engineer and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). I do many events with this organization and the local student chapter of the university's and can tell you that you should join and be heavily involved. The ASCE chapter will connect you with senior engineers as well as have fun national competitions such as the steel bridge and the concrete canoe. You can also score internships and even jobs this way as well as go on socials with your student chapter and local engineering firms in your area.
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Hello ma'am, my name is Sukhwinder Singh, I want a job for my sister, I have just completed my bachelor's degree in civil engineering, also have auto knowledge, do you have any
Thanx
Good day Ma'am! Permission to use this video for school project. Please. Thank you!
Gorgeous..
Lovely story!
Te Bu a
syvil engineer did u say?? here in England we pronounce it seevil
Civil engineer
Hi mam
finally I'm writing my thoughts down here. Your channel has really inspired me. I spent a whole day going through your videos when I was preparing interviews for a site engineer role abroad, I'm soooo excited about this role. Even though it is true, I didn't realise how much this industry is worldwide saturated more importantly, how this has an effect on the everyday life of Indian engineers I grew up in India and 7 years before completed my B.TECH(CIVIL- ENGINEERING) and now I am doing normal civil engineer job in india !! This is so embraced and I feel this is a headache I still can't move abroad
I am trying it. I want to encourage Indian engineering students, especially those from the Indian community and with lack of English barrier and also it being their second language, to follow their dreams to become an engineer in Abroad.
Only one chance to give me I will definitely perform ,if any way to guide me
nice
Inspiration
A very smart and on confident female civil engineer
Smart ...I'm also civil engineer
💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
Is there a national society for Hispanic/Latino engineers??
Yes, there is one called SHPE: Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
Your my mentor 🤣
That's wifey material there. Educated and Beautiful Lady. Go sister Girl 💪💪💪
This got banned at my school cause they said hang
Is there a National Society of White Engineers I can join?
+mattuk180586 You already belong to the National Society of White Engineers. Groups like NSBE are created to bring black engineers together in a field that is mostly white. There is no white bashing speeches at NSBE events, just networking and mentoring like the young lady in the video said.
ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers-OVERHWLEMINGLY white. Good luck!
lo....good job...troll!!!
ASCE, ASME, ASEE already exists my friend.
Congratulations!