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CEA - College at 16 to Stormwater Engineer with Jillian Berbakov

CEA - College at 16 to Stormwater Engineer with Jillian Berbakov

Update: 2023-02-251
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Stormwater is one of the many little-known sub-fields you can get into as a civil engineer. Is it a good fit for you? Today’s guest has all the answers. Jillian Berbakov is a stormwater engineer who graduated college with a business degree at 16, switched to engineering later on, and passed her PE exam as a full-time working mom!


Tune in to Learn:



  • Jillian's path graduating college in business at 16 and then switching to engineering

  • How she passed the PE Exam as a working mom — as how you can too

  • What does a stormwater engineer do? What software tools do they use?

  • How climate change is (re)shaping stormwater design work and projects

  • The biggest challenge of working in the stormwater industry – and it’s non-technical

  • What other engineering disciplines does stormwater engineering run into?

  • Future trends in the stormwater engineering field you need to know before going into it

  • Why you need your PE license to advance your career — and it’s not money-related

  • How a business degree can help your engineering career (Yes, you read that right!)

  • Jillian's top 2 pieces of advice for younger engineers just getting started

  • The PE Civil Exam versus the Environmental PE Exam: Which one should you take?


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Resources Mentioned:

NCEES PE Environmental Practice Exam


NCEES PE Civil Practice Exam (Water Resources and Environmental)

Black+Decker

Stantec

Florida Department of Transportation

Automated Storm Sewer Analysis & Design (ASAD)

ICPR-4


OpenRoads Designer (ORD)


FLO-2D


HEC-RAS


HY-8

AECOM


Army Corps of Engineers


School of PE


Connect With Jillian:

jillian.berbakov@burgessniple.com

LinkedIn



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CEA - College at 16 to Stormwater Engineer with Jillian Berbakov

CEA - College at 16 to Stormwater Engineer with Jillian Berbakov

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