With many folks getting ready to graduate, I thought I would take the time to show the classes I took to graduate with my Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. Note: Drexel is currently a 5-year program with each year broken into quarters for this degree as it also includes a minimum of 18 months…
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Expenses to Run STEM Changemaker
This month marks a special milestone – the 5-year anniversary of STEM Changemaker! To commemorate this occasion, I’d like to give you a behind-the-scenes look at what keeps this site running smoothly. Each year, we incur two essential expenses to maintain and improve this website: one for about $51 and one for $19. Let’s dive…
Guide to ASCE Regions and Experience as Region 2 Younger Member Representative
ASCE or the American Society of Civil Engineers is an international organization that is divided into 10 regions. 9 of these regions are in North America and the final region – Region 10 – includes all 34,700+ members who reside outside the USA, Canada, and Mexico. You can learn more about all the regions here: https://www.asce.org/communities/find-a-group/regions….
Upcoming Changes to the PE Civil Exam Specifications
As announced in October 2023 by NCEES, the Civil PE Exam specifications will be changing effective April 1st, 2024. This major change is that all 5 Civil PE Exams (Construction, Geotechnical, Structural, Transportation, and Water Resources and Environmental) will no longer have the common knowledge questions that were shared across all exams and were the…
Personal and Professional Goals for 2024
Welcome to 2024! At the beginning of each new year, I like to take some time to start the year with intention. There are many ways to do this from setting a word of the year to setting foci or even SMART goals. I personally like to set goals to help me focus on making…
2023 Recap
Continuing the tradition, my December post will summarize this past year and review the goals I set at the beginning of the year. 2023 was a great year – My partner and I finally booked our wedding venue and will be getting married next year! I celebrated 2 years at my now not-so-new company and…
Dani’s Declassified Guide to Your First Travel Credit Card
This month’s blog post is focused on Travel Credit Cards! Travel Credit cards are great for earning miles on items you already plan to be purchasing. If you do not already have any credit cards, I would first recommend getting one with a zero annual fee. I personally love my zero annual Discover It Credit…
Advice for Applying for ASCE’s New Faces of Civil Engineering Award
As someone who was honored as one of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) New Faces of Civil Engineering in 2021 and has helped several folks with their award applications since then, I wanted to share advice for filling out the award application this year. For general advice for applying for awards, please check…
Dani’s Declassified Guide to Obtaining Global Entry
Earlier this month, I got Global Entry. For those unfamiliar, Global Entry is a membership program offered by the Department of Homeland Security in which members receive expedited security screening through the TSA PreCheck® lanes at participating domestic airports, as well as accelerated entry at eligible U.S. Customs locations. Global Entry is open to U.S….
Speaking at NSPECon and Professional Engineers Day
I had the honor of speaking at NSPECon 2023 which was held August 2nd through August 5th. For folks unfamiliar, NSPECon is the annual event hosted by the National Society of Professional Engineers and is the premier event for professional engineers and aspiring professional engineers. This was also the first time I was attending an NSPE…
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