How I Would Learn Structural Engineering (if I could start over again)

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  • Keep exploring at brilliant.org/MatPicardal Get started for free, and hurry-the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription. How I would learn structural engineering if I could start over again. I'll go over the 4 things I would focus on if I was a civil structural engineering student or young professional.
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    0:00 Intro
    0:18 1. Learn about construction
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Комментарии • 59

  • @CaptainJuiccy
    @CaptainJuiccy Год назад +42

    I'm a 3rd year mech eng student from Canada and I love your videos :) was so happy when you finally passed your Structural PE exam!!!

    • @MatPicardal
      @MatPicardal  Год назад +1

      Glad you enjoy them, and thanks for the support!

    • @stooncol619
      @stooncol619 Год назад

      @@MatPicardal can you mention the name of the book you showed in the last chapter of the video
      It was showing a deformed shape of a slab

  • @mohammadqasim8310
    @mohammadqasim8310 Год назад

    Much appreciated Mat ! Keep up this good work.
    More power to you!

  • @BenScott1988
    @BenScott1988 Год назад +12

    Mat - thanks for the video. That's a great point about using software to 'verify' rather than 'design'. The best structural engineers I have worked with pull out the ole' pen and paper, sketch out a solution, then check it with software. If you don't have a good understanding of your structural system before you model it, you risk errors and headaches down the line. Thanks again!
    P.S. If I could add an item to your list, it would be training in soft skills. So much of what structural engineers do (especially in the consulting world) involves being on a team, be it internally or externally. Having the skills to communicate well, not just speaking but listening, is SO valuable to your career.

    • @MatPicardal
      @MatPicardal  Год назад

      Great point about the soft skills Ben!

  • @oscarquispe419
    @oscarquispe419 5 месяцев назад

    I'm from Peru, your videos are awesome. I just starting on this field of structural engeneering. I hope i can make it. You make me feel passion about. So glada i met your channel.

  • @baldorjgurragchaa3489
    @baldorjgurragchaa3489 Год назад +10

    Hi, I am writing to you from Mongolia. I am a student of civil engineering. I hope your videos help me to graduate from civil engineering. Thank you for helping me :)

  • @ctstructures
    @ctstructures Год назад +2

    Really appreciate the insight. The fundamentals must be learnt by heart.

  • @Gearz4lyfe
    @Gearz4lyfe Год назад

    Very useful video, thanks!

  • @DeepakKrishna11
    @DeepakKrishna11 Год назад

    Thank you so much for the video

  • @tube-usefuls
    @tube-usefuls Год назад +1

    3rd year Civil Engineering student in Nigeria.
    Your videos make the path ahead look way clearer
    Thanks alot

    • @Ahmad-os3si
      @Ahmad-os3si 10 месяцев назад

      Hello bro send your curriculum all the subject of the 3years

  • @SoidHoid
    @SoidHoid 2 месяца назад

    I intentionally worked for a contractor before I worked for a Structural Engineering firm. I also took drafting, welding, and fabrication classes at the local JC or in Highschool. I build stuff for fun. It's not uncommon to hear the trades call the engineer a dips**t, so I also seek criticism from the builders to learn how challenging it was to build. The hands on, non-engineering experience has made me a far better engineer than I would have been otherwise.

  • @yeggey1998
    @yeggey1998 Год назад

    Keep it up Engineer !! love your video :)

  • @architecture8770
    @architecture8770 Год назад

    Real informative

  • @dmontenegro
    @dmontenegro Год назад +6

    I would also recommend Building Codes Illustrated by Francis Ching. It covers the IBC and has pictures of what the code covers. Am I a child who needs pictures in my books? Maybe, but I can't help being a visual learner! lol
    Also messing with 3d models in revit is where I learned how to actually build a structure. 10/10 would recommend. Thanks for sharing Matt!

    • @MatPicardal
      @MatPicardal  Год назад +1

      Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll check that out!

  • @AliNoh
    @AliNoh Год назад

    nice LINKS MENTIONED

  • @adamsicmundus3566
    @adamsicmundus3566 5 месяцев назад

    1. Learn about construction
    this is very important, especially for a new design engineer, but how would I learn this if I have no opportunity to go construction sites?

  • @blackpearl9309
    @blackpearl9309 Год назад

    You are amazing person

  • @rakibsheikh2303
    @rakibsheikh2303 Год назад

    Sir, I'm your big fan. i would like say you are my mentor. you are the inspiration of young Engineers 🇧🇩🖤❤️

  • @krishneelchand1825
    @krishneelchand1825 Год назад

    Very good video

  • @blackpearl9309
    @blackpearl9309 Год назад

    Make video on interview questions on civil engineer jobs

  • @ChuksEdoziuno
    @ChuksEdoziuno Год назад

    I'm a second year civil engineering student in Nigeria , I love your videos bro ) but here is not easy at all things have been difficult no time to keep head down and because of money for school expenses
    I just hope I will achieve my dreams some day

    • @Ahmad-os3si
      @Ahmad-os3si 10 месяцев назад

      Am from djibouti 🇩🇯 2nd year now tell me your curriculum all the 3 years undergraduate and in master are you going to structural engineering ?

  • @johnjericholadringan2231
    @johnjericholadringan2231 Год назад

    Nice video matt i'm structural engineer from Phillipines.

  • @hilasela4444
    @hilasela4444 Год назад

    Which book of codes and regulations do you recommend to purchase for residential in CA? Also what engineering calculations program is most used for residential?

  • @babakabbasi9372
    @babakabbasi9372 9 месяцев назад

    Would you please mention the names of resources for Statics, Strength of Materials, and... ? Thank you

  • @zjin2467
    @zjin2467 Год назад +1

    Bro any book recommendations for foundation design?

  • @civillocity1741
    @civillocity1741 Год назад

    sir if you have the book commercial building construction material and methods by David a Madsen please provide us pdf format.

  • @stooncol619
    @stooncol619 Год назад

    What is the book name that you have shown a deformed shape for a slab ?

  • @user-qg4fk9yb1h
    @user-qg4fk9yb1h 5 месяцев назад

    I've been looking for a part time job that would help me in the long with my career in structural engineering. Would you recommend for me to work in construction or in something else, if so, what would you recommend

  • @bhavanab6352
    @bhavanab6352 Год назад +5

    Hi Matt. I have 2 queries
    1. At 7.43 mins in your video , you have used a resource to show an example on FEM, may I know which book it is or which resource.
    2. Also as a beginner in learning programming could you give us a road map how to go about, or could you do a separate video on it.

  • @hocinehal1694
    @hocinehal1694 Год назад

    Woh is the best software for calculation structure SAP or RSA autodesk

  • @nourzaq8016
    @nourzaq8016 Год назад +1

    Hello, It’s my first year studying engineering and I’m really struggling to draw isometric and orthographic drawings of structures (non building types). What’s your advice or what are some good resources I can use?

    • @joeyfalcon3278
      @joeyfalcon3278 Год назад

      Look up The Efficient Engineer, he has a video on drawings.

  • @angelandkatgirona118
    @angelandkatgirona118 9 месяцев назад

    Hey man... Just trying to give some constructive criticism. Your background music has an alarm that goes off periodically. It makes it very hard to get through the video. Besides that thank you for your insight. It is helpful.

  • @user-ym9wi8fr6e
    @user-ym9wi8fr6e 3 месяца назад

    Dope.

  • @swpnl36
    @swpnl36 Год назад

    One video on digital freelancing please 🙌♥️

  • @fat_joe3604
    @fat_joe3604 Год назад

    Nice video, Matt I want to ask you I am a graduate of a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from a college in Sudan Are there restrictions to sit for the FE exam and are there restrictions to work in America knowing that the college is accredited by the Sudanese Ministry of Higher Education

    • @MatPicardal
      @MatPicardal  Год назад

      I believe there may be, but it's been way too long since I took it and couldn't give you a definitive answer. You can check out their website at: ncees.org/engineering/fe/

  • @y2khira
    @y2khira Год назад +1

    Can you suggest best books on structural analysis methods

    • @MatPicardal
      @MatPicardal  Год назад

      I have Fundamentals of Structural Analysis by Kenneth Leet

  • @alisinamobasherzadeh993
    @alisinamobasherzadeh993 Год назад

    Hi Mat, hope you are doing great
    Thanks alot for your nice videos
    What about AutoCAD
    It is necessary to learn it before revit or revit is enough for industry? and is it necessary to learn Autocad or use it?
    Thanks alot🙏🌹❤

  • @defendermodsandtravels
    @defendermodsandtravels Год назад +5

    As a Structural Engineer of 40+ years' experience...
    Drawing and construction skills are picked up during the early years of your career. No employer will expect you to come out fully formed. Don't pay too much attention to these at university.
    On the other hand the best place to learn structural theory and behaviour is at university and you should maximise those skills there. It's very difficult to improve that knowledge once you are in a full time job. If you find you need to improve your engineering knowledge often the only way is to take a career break and go back to university (as I did, twice).
    I also have the suspicion the presenter feels that structures only comprise beams, columns and slabs (as used in buildings). Sorry but there's so much more than that. Think of foundations (geotechnical engineering). loadings (environmental such as wind and waves, earthquakes, accidental loads), different structural forms (inc. shells, cables and membranes), different materials such as glass and GRP. The field is vastly wider than the presenter mentions and a competent engineer needs at least a smattering of knowledge in all areas.
    The one crucial area this video fails to mention is the study of structural failures and of failure modes. Now that's a subject in its own right.

    • @PeterRanieriII
      @PeterRanieriII Год назад

      I agree, we need adaptable engineers fresh out of school with good spatial reasoning that can think about the other engineering specialties logically as a whole

  • @keithvallencourt7901
    @keithvallencourt7901 Год назад +2

    Investigating structural failures was a real eye-opener for me. Amazing, how many ways a devious and malignant Mother Nature will try to kill you. It almost made me too paranoid to go back to design work.

  • @viralsvdeo6454
    @viralsvdeo6454 Год назад

    I am in 3rd year of Structural Engineering UG Degree

  • @GeoteknikIndonesia
    @GeoteknikIndonesia Год назад

    This is the polite version of "how they should teach structural engineering students"

  • @emendatus1
    @emendatus1 2 месяца назад

    You just need to graduate from a good University. İt is most important. But what is more important than this is you should like, love what you study. İf you like it then you will try to learn everything about it. Every detail. Those who study for money will never surpass you in knowledge.

  • @lifeofeli99
    @lifeofeli99 Год назад

    the best structural steel designers are those who have detailing back grounds, aisc and nisd are the best, anything from oceana(Australia NZ) are
    garbage!

  • @user-xs8vu4fc7e
    @user-xs8vu4fc7e 3 месяца назад

    Can i get an internship under you 🥺🥺

  • @TheSathishcivil
    @TheSathishcivil 4 месяца назад

    Fem analysis

  • @shishirdhawade2613
    @shishirdhawade2613 9 месяцев назад

    Don't learn struct engg. Risky job. Less paid