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Mar 2024
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CEA | The Tech Revolution in Structural ...

ISAAC OAKESON
About this episode

Can we train computers to “be” Structural Engineers? 🤔 In this episode, I chat with Nick Heim, a Structural Engineer working with parking structures, about the AI tools that can change the field forever. From machine learning teaching computers how to do the engineer’s calcs…all the way to using computer vision to “look for” potential structural issues in images and videos. 😲


Tune in to Learn:

  • What's computer vision and how does it impact the Structural Engineer's work?

  • Will AI put Structural Engineers out of business?

  • Are SEs recognized as much as they should?

  • Why flying drones is the first "tech tool" you need to master...immediately!

  • Why he went for the maintenance and restoration niche of Structural Engineering

  • 4 ways he uses to find parking structure restoration work

  • 2 things young engineers should focus on (+ how to do the second right in today's world)

  • What being part of professional organizations teaches you that school doesn't

  • What is it like to be the president of an ASCE local chapter?

  • The advice those getting started in their career should NOT take


Our Partner:

Built Bar


Resources Mentioned:

CEA Episode #216 (Drones in Civil Engineering)

AECTECH Podcast, host by Nick Heim

Nick Heim’s Articles on EM

New Jersey Institute of Technology

StructureCare


Connect With Nick:

LinkedIn


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