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Engineering our Future: Helping Engineers Succeed In Career and Life

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Luis Duque from Engineering our Future provides meaningful and educational conversations with some of the best and brightest engineers and professionals worldwide so you can stay ahead of the curve in your career. Learn what the best engineers are working on, creating, and teaching so you can develop the skills needed to maintain your role as a critical member of society. Since 2018, Luis has been volunteering, working, and creating content inspiring and empowers thousands of people. His career experience is broad for his relatively few years out of school newsletter.planningengineered.com

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040 // Developing Family Core Values With Children and Career With Callie Duque 09.06.2021 42:06

📌 Full show notes at https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/040 Big thank you to the podcast partners for making this episode possible PPI: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/PPI2Pass Policygenius: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/policygeniuslife Skillshare: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Skillshare Callie and I just celebrated four years of marriage. We have had a lot of ups and downs over these past fou...

039 // Why Taking the PE Exam Made Me a Better Engineer 02.06.2021 36:44

📌 Full show notes at https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/039 Big thank you to the podcast partners for making this episode possible PPI: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/PPI2Pass Policygenius: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/policygeniuslife Skillshare: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Skillshare I just want to begin this post by saying that no matter what the outcome of the exam, you are still a great...

038 // How to Be Outstanding During Your Graduate Research With Dr. Lantsoght 26.05.2021 46:22

📌 Full show notes at https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/038 Big thank you to the podcast partners for making this episode possible PPI: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/PPI2Pass Audible: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Audible Skillshare: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Skillshare Dr. Lantsoght graduated with a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels, Belgiu...

037 // From $140k in Debt to Financial Coach as a Civil Engineer with Nicolai Oliden 19.05.2021 50:51

📌 Full show notes at https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/037 Big thank you to the podcast partners for making this episode possible PPI: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/PPI2Pass Audible: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Audible Skillshare: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Skillshare Being an engineer goes way beyond the fact that we do design work during the day. I want to start expanding into areas o...

036 // Three Lessons From My Failures That Every Student Should Learn 12.05.2021 24:22

📌 Full show notes at https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/036 Big thank you to the podcast partners for making this episode possible PPI: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/PPI2Pass Audible: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Audible Skillshare: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Skillshare A few months ago I had the opportunity to give a presentation at my alma mater South Dakota State University . When I was...

035 // Find Your Career Purpose with MIT Professor Mark Herschberg 05.05.2021 47:47

📌 Full show notes at https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/035 Big thank you to the podcast partners for making this episode possible PPI: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/PPI2Pass Audible: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Audible Skillshare: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Skillshare Have you ever wonder what it takes to create a career plan? Even if you are a student and don’t have everything figured o...

034 // How Innovative Technology Will Be the Future of Engineering 28.04.2021 37:10

📌 Full show notes at https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/034 Big thank you to the podcast partners for making this episode possible PPI: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/PPI2Pass Audible: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Audible Skillshare: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Skillshare This week I talk to Stew and Lonnie about a very interesting topic in engineering. At RoadBotics, they are developing new...

033 // The Purpose of Global Students in Engineering with Lilian Agyemang-Yeboah 31.03.2021 40:13

Full show notes at https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/033 Big thank you to the podcast partners for making this episode possible PPI: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/PPI2Pass Audible: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Audible Skillshare: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Skillshare This week I talk to Lilian who is Plastics engineer. She co-hosts an amazing podcast called the L&S District where she h...

032 // Engineering and Diving: Finding Passion in your Career with Mike Banasiak 24.03.2021 42:23

Full show notes at https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/032 Big thank you to the podcast partners for making this episode possible PPI: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/PPI2Pass Audible: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Audible Skillshare: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Skillshare This week I talk to Mike Banasiak from Collins Engineers about underwater inspection for scour critical bridges. I had no id...

031 // Why Men and Women Collaboration is Important in Engineering with Catherine Martsolf 17.03.2021 40:01

Full show notes at https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/031 Big thank you to the podcast partners for making this episode possible PPI: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/PPI2Pass Audible: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Audible SkillShare: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/SkillShare We have spoken quite a bit about diversity and inclusion on this podcast. This episode with Catherine was really interesting...

030 // Lessons From Engineers Who Failed to Practice Ethically 10.03.2021 27:42

Full show notes at https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/030 Big thank you to the podcast partners for making this episode possible PPI: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/PPI2Pass Audible: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Audible Skillshare: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Skillshare This podcast episode is the second and final of two parts from a sharing of a prior presentation by L. Robert "Larry" Smith,...

029 // The Story of an Ethical Engineer Who Saved Hundreds of Lives 03.03.2021 27:07

Full show notes at: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/029 Big thank you to the podcast partners for making this episode possible PPI: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/PPI2Pass Audible: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Audible Skillshare: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Skillshare This podcast episode is one of two parts from a sharing of a prior presentation by L. Robert "Larry" Smith, P.E., with perm...

028 // How Bridges to Prosperity is Connecting Underserved Communities with Pedestrian Bridges with Avery Bang and Devin Connell 24.02.2021 43:42

Full show notes at: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/028 Big thank you to the podcast partners for making this episode possible PPI: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/PPI2Pass Audible: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Audible Skillshare: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Skillshare Do you know how many people in the world are physically isolated from their basic needs? In this episode, I sit with Avery...

027 // Six Lessons Every Engineering Student Should Learn Before Graduating 17.02.2021 32:06

Full show notes at: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/027 It is always a pleasure to be invited to speak at conferences and big events but speaking to smaller groups of students is a lot of times more fulfilling. Last week, I was invited to speak to the Metro State University ASCE student chapter in Denver. I have been a practitioner advisor for them for a little while now as they navigate becoming...

026 // How to Beat Impostor Syndrome and Embrace Challenge with Jeff Perry 10.02.2021 48:03

Find full show notes at: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/026 Do you suffer from impostor syndrome? I know we all have at some point in our careers. As a Latino in STEM, I struggle to see the facts and lean on these thought of not being enough. With Diversity and Inclusion being so important nowadays, it is hard for me not to think I got an awards, accepted into a committee, selected to talk at a c...

025 // Boosting Productivity and Gaining Clarity as Engineers with Matthew Gaddy 03.02.2021 47:13

Find full show notes at: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/025 Big thank you to the podcast partners for making this episode possible PPI: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/PPI2Pass Audible: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Audible SkillShare: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/SkillShare Are you a young professional that struggles with creative productivity systems that will lead you to a more fulfilli...

024 // Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset Will Make You a Better Engineer with Stephanie Slocum 27.01.2021 1:02:23

Full show notes at https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/024 Thank you to the podcast partners for making this episode possible PPI: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/PPI2Pass Audible: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Audible Skillshare: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Skillshare Are you an engineer who thinks technical knowledge is all you need to advance in your career? In this episode of the Engineering...

023 // Three Simple Principles to Develop and Maintain Habits 20.01.2021 22:47

Full Show Notes at https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/023 Big thank you to the podcast partners for making this episode possible PPI: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/PPI2Pass Audible: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Audible SkillShare: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/SkillShare Creating new habits is difficult if you don't know where to start. I have been reading more and more to learn better ways I...

022 // How to Run a Successful Business as a Mother with Stephanie Lonard 13.01.2021 46:03

Find full show notes at https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/022 Thank you to the podcast partners for making this episode possible PPI: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/PPI2Pass Audible: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Audible Skillshare: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Skillshare It is hard enough to be a mother, but Stephanie has been able to balance her family and business to make sure her family is...

021 // How Leadership Skills Will Boost Your Career With Pat Sweet 06.01.2021 42:21

Find full show notes at https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/021 Thank you to the podcast partners for making this episode possible PPI: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/PPI2Pass Audible: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/Audible Skillshare: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/SkillShare I am actively looking to improve my productivity systems to better serve clients as well as to become more efficient in all...

020 // How Weekly Reviews can Make you a Better Engineer and What is Coming in 2021 02.12.2020 20:57

Full show notes at: https://www.luisfelipeduque.com/020 We made it to the end of the year. It is incredible that I have produced TWENTY episodes of this podcast and going strong. Your support through each of the 20 episodes have been incredible and I really appreciate all the great feedback have been getting. In this episode, I share some exciting news for some new things happening in 2021. The po...

019 // Mental Wellness in Engineering with Hannah Schaapkens 18.11.2020 37:26

Find full show notes at http://www.luisfelipeduque.com/019 Thank you to this episode sponsors Audible: http://www.audibletrial.com/engineeringourfuture PPI: www.luisfelipeduque.com/PPI2Pass Have you struggled with mental wellness in the past? I know many people (including me) constantly battle with anxiety, impostor syndrome, and other mental challenges in their careers. Hannah does a great job at...

018 // Empowering Engineers to Rise to the Top 1% of Their Careers with Rose Delaney 04.11.2020 45:35

Rose is an Irish Electrical and Electronic engineering student in second year of university, Studying at University College Cork. She is the Social Media Manager of the 1% Engineer Society's instagram page (@1engineernation), which aims to empower young engineers to rise to the top 1% of their career. Rose shares some great adivine for international students looking to pursue a career in engineer...

017 // Latinas are Changing STEM with Diana Iracheta 21.10.2020 44:27

Diana is the founder of Latina Engineer, a page where she shares what is like to be a women in STEM. She is currently a manufacturing engineer at Methode Electronics. Coming from an immigrant family and being a first generation graduate has not been easy in a male-dominated field but she is showing the world the great things Latinas can do in STEM. Her Instagram page has over 6000+ followers where...

016 // Building the Next Generation of Engineers with ASCE National Student Ambassador Sophie Lipomanis 07.10.2020 30:30

Summary of Content: Sophie Lipomanis is very passionate about the civil engineering profession and ways we can better our societies and communities with engineering. She also serves as a civil engineering ambassador at the JB Speed School of Engineering. She also volunteers with the Speed School Student Council (SSSC), ASCE Student Presidential Group (SPG), National Association of Engineering Stud...