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Episode 192: Thomas Murphy, on the bridge that connects American history with its future

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Episode 191: Rory Linehan and Elizabeth Losos, on the secret to success for smaller cities to build resilient infrastructure

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Episode 190: Xavi Fonoll Almansa, on getting creative with resource recovery

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Episode 189: Kristin Schultheis, on working across the watershed

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Episode 188: William Gonwa, on the power of numbers

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Episode 187: Meet ASCE’s new CEO, Peter J. O’Neil

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Episode 186: Manage your risk

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Episode 185: Give your infrastructure a low-salt diet

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Episode 184: Meet Ollie the Civil Engineer

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Episode 183: Better understanding the AI impact on the AEC industry

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Episode 182: Civil engineering as giving thanks

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Episode 181: Jerry Cavaluzzi and Dan Harpstead on managing risk

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Episode 180: Anna Lisonbee, on why leadership doesn’t have to wait

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Episode 179: Akhtar Zaman, on finding a civil engineering home

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Episode 178: Rod Jones, on generous leadership

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Episode 177: Isamar Escobar, on the perks of NOT being a wallflower

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Episode 176: Duncan Griffin, on integrated sustainable design

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Episode 175: Rossana D’Antonio, on what we need to know about the aviation industry

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Episode 174: Tania Stewart, on how she pursues two careers at once

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Episode 173: Isabella Salgado, on what happens when a wildfire rips through your neighborhood

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Episode 172: Isaac Kontorovsky, on the surprising parallels between civil engineering and IRONMAN racing

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Episode 171: Jean-Louis Briaud and Knut Eriksen, on the power of giving back

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Episode 170: Maxwell Fletcher, Mariana Vega, and Cing Kim, on the coolest part of being a civil engineering student in 2024

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Episode 169: Ayanna Howard, on how AI is changing civil engineering right now

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Episode 168: Christine Rice, on what happens when a civil engineer goes on a game show

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Episode 167: Marsia Geldert-Murphey and Jon Phillips, on if America is an attractive market for infrastructure investors

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Episode 166: Diniece Mendes, on bringing the cities of the future into today

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Episode 165: Ruwanka Purasinghe, on what makes Los Angeles the best place for civil engineers

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Episode 164: Aaron Shavel, on following his mother into a ‘golden age’ of civil engineering

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Episode 163: Erin Novini, on tracking sustainability progress in the ‘environmental, social responsibility, and corporate governance’ world

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Episode 162: Christopher Chini, on making a tangible difference

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Episode 161: Emily Grubert, on sustaining the sustainability fight

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Episode 160: Lauren Taylor, on civil engineering leadership in a modern era

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Episode 159: Isabella Salgado, on connecting your work to something bigger

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Episode 158: Travis St. Louis and Michael Palmer, on why the future is modular

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Episode 157: Alyssa Sooklal, on avoiding the trap of competing with other women in the civil engineering workplace

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Episode 156: Ravi Shah, on if it’s possible to achieve a perfect work-life balance as a parent and civil engineer

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Episode 155: Rebecca Neilon, on winning the grant to help fund your project

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Episode 154: What civil engineers are thankful for this year

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Episode 153: Shofiq Ahmed, on the great civil engineering balancing act

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Episode 152: Craig Davis, on the 8 elements of infrastructure system resilience

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Episode 151: Nalah Williams, on how knowing who you are unlocks your career

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Episode 150: Paul Lee, on his role in the new Cities of the Future film

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Episode 149: Julia Williams, on how to be a changemaker in academia

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Episode 148: Matthew Low, on finding your path to leadership

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Episode 147: Donn Digamon and Ahsha McQuain, on motivating and innovating with the Georgia Department of Transportation

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Episode 146: Jordan Kubenik, on turning student success into a career springboard

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Episode 145: Jose Abinazar, on his not-so-simple civil engineering journey

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Episode 144: Eric Steward, on that time he promised to get a concrete canoe tattoo

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Episode 143: Christopher Seigel, on if civil engineers really can do their jobs from home

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Episode 142: Student Sessions – Alysha Curtis, Peter Yu, and Evan Brittenham, on life as a civil engineering student

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Episode 141: Vanessa Eslava, on the fastest-rising city for civil engineers

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Episode 140: Dimitrios Athanasiou, on the theoretical vs. the applied

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Episode 139: Kevin Brown, on becoming the teacher you wish you’d had

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Episode 138: Sarah Matin, on maximizing the IIJA moment

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Episode 137: Jaffer Almosawy, ASCE’s Minister of Love

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Episode 136: Jennifer Sloan Ziegler, on quiet quitting

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Episode 135: Antoinette Quagliata, on how sustainability became the norm

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Episode 134: Brian Brenner, on viewing your work with childlike wonder

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Episode 133: Michel Bruneau, on the blessing of disaster, Part 2

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Episode 132: Michel Bruneau, on the blessings of disaster, Part 1

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Episode 131: Jason Korb, on building up to the challenge

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Episode 130: Duncan Wardle, on innovation on demand

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Episode 129: Colette Easter, on why resilience starts with awareness

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Episode 128: Sarah McEwen and Shawn Miller, on the water crisis in Jackson

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Episode 127: Stu Walesh, on adopting a growth mindset

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Episode 126: Melissa Hilsabeck, on arriving at your destination job

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Episode 125: Bentley Ruggles, on bringing projects to life with VR

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Episode 124: Mehrnaz Doustmohammadi and Michael Anderson, on a new way to do public transportation

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Episode 123: Joel Figueroa-Vallines, on the Surfside tragedy a year later

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Episode 122: Danny Rotter, on how scenario planning will ensure our clean water future

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Episode 121: Sam Potts, on the benefits of the medium-sized firm

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Episode 120: Marsia Geldert-Murphey, on the near-death experience that only made her stronger

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Episode 119: Ryan Carrusca and Natalia Hoeppner, on the 2022 concrete canoe competition

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Episode 118: Doug Taylor, on civil engineers and wildfire resilience

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Episode 117: Holly Piza, on advancing your career in water resources

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Episode 116: Tara Cavalline, Dennis Morian, and Clifford Schexnayder, on why quality control matters in construction more than ever

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Episode 115: Heng Wei, on disruptive emerging transportation technologies

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Episode 114: Tanesa Kassa, on the power of lifelong learning

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Episode 113: Elyssa Dixon, on coping strategies for civil engineers and stress

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Episode 112: Michael Bloom, on sustainable infrastructure’s ‘tipping point’

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Episode 111: Assunta Daprano, on taking a management role at a young age

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Episode 110: Cameren Lewis, on getting ready to launch his career

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Episode 109: Matthew Jacobson, on making the leap into the civil engineering workforce

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Episode 108: Eric Czerniejewski, on why infrastructure advocacy doesn’t end with the IIJA

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Episode 107: Shirley Clark, on public health and engineering

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Episode 106: Jimmy Bennett, on Future World Vision

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Episode 105: Vatsal Shah, on mastering the change-discomfort-growth chain

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Episode 104: Maxx Taga, on making your own civil engineering luck

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Episode 103: Ben Schmidt, on innovating in a changing industry

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Episode 102: Natalie Palmquist, on faith and civil engineering

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Episode 101: Aimee Corn, on what’s next for dam engineering

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Episode 100: Monique Head, on how to secure research funding

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Episode 99: Del Shannon, on how the bipartisan infrastructure law will change work for the civil engineer

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Episode 98: Kristina Swallow, on how the bipartisan infrastructure law will change the civil engineering industry

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What would Robert Moses do? Part 3: Doing right by the community

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What would Robert Moses do? Part 2: The business case for anti-fragile infrastructure

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What would Robert Moses do? Part 1: The need to design for black-swan events

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