Professional and Academic Advise Request
Professional and Academic Advise Request
(OP)
I graduated from UBC a while ago where a got my Master's degree in Construction Engineering. For the past five years I´ve been working as a sub-contractor in México doing geotechnical construction, mainly shotcrete work and slope stabilization. Some of my clients come to me and ask for the design and construction solution of a given situation, in which case I have to come out many times with an empirical answer to their needs based on my experience and in what I have learned so far from books and other sources of information on the topic at hand.
There are not too many people specializing in slope stabilization in the city where I live with my wife and our three kids, and the few around here offer design and construction services as well to their clients, so they basically look at me as a competitor, and would not be willing to offer me design services, lets say for a required Ground Anchored Wall as an example.
I like this engineering field and enjoy doing my job, but I feel I'm in disadvantage with these people, therefore I srtongly feel the need of getting more knowledgeable in the field of Geotechnical Engineering, specially in topics on in-situ ground reinforcement and improvement, that I enjoy the most. Would you kindly give some advises? Is there any graduate programs on line that you can recommend?
Thanks
There are not too many people specializing in slope stabilization in the city where I live with my wife and our three kids, and the few around here offer design and construction services as well to their clients, so they basically look at me as a competitor, and would not be willing to offer me design services, lets say for a required Ground Anchored Wall as an example.
I like this engineering field and enjoy doing my job, but I feel I'm in disadvantage with these people, therefore I srtongly feel the need of getting more knowledgeable in the field of Geotechnical Engineering, specially in topics on in-situ ground reinforcement and improvement, that I enjoy the most. Would you kindly give some advises? Is there any graduate programs on line that you can recommend?
Thanks





RE: Professional and Academic Advise Request
If you want to get more engineering education and/or want to specialize as an engineer only, of course there are many ways to proceed. If you have family and other possible restrictions on moving, look into universities having ON-line programs which then allow you to take those courses in your non-work hours. Internet searches is where I would begin. Lacking a formal approach, attending seminars or conferences of engineering societies in your area can help. Being a member there will also bring you into contact with engineers with similar interests and those persons in authority to hire engineering services. That also may bring in new work.
RE: Professional and Academic Advise Request
RE: Professional and Academic Advise Request
RE: Professional and Academic Advise Request
RE: Professional and Academic Advise Request
RE: Professional and Academic Advise Request
RE: Professional and Academic Advise Request
ocw.mit.edu/courses/civil-and-environmental-engineering
ocw.snu.ac.kr/department.php?clgidx=5&deptidx=11
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