How I Would Learn Structural Engineering If I Could Start Over

I'm a structural engineer myself with ~5 years experience, going back into the basics to move more into design roles for residential after a while being on site for large projects. Just want to say thank you for this video, makes it clear and easy for me to systematically look what I need to!

you summed all of it pretty well mate. Most of the seniors I talk to are basically of the same words & ideas as well. I guess what I learned from this is that we shouldn't really go to uni hoping to pass the exams but actually to learn external skills & getting the hands one experience of being an engineer. Anyways newly subscribed mate here loved the video, heading into my civil engineering degree pretty soon, just on a summer holiday. Love the channel keep it up!

Great video. I agree, grasping the "big picture" is very important. Being able to appreciate how some of the tricky theoretic stuff applies in the real world is a game changer. I would also suggest that students keep their minds open to all aspects of "civil engineering" (civil-structures-geotech) thus allowing for a change of interest. For myself, after 25 years designing high rise and low rise buildings, i was looking for new challenges and transitioned into heavy civil structures, marine, hydraulics and civil works. This video should be mandatory viewing for ALL engineering students.

That was a great video Ben! I enjoyed it. Being an undergrad civil engg. student, we are not guided well at university as a result you can't build skills and knowledge. Thankfully there are some helpful mentors like you which are so helpful especially for students.

tyvm for the video! just found ur channel and the detailed explanations were very helpful 🙏🏻🫡

Interesting. Over here (Portugal) we first learn Concrete design and steel usually not far off, when you follow structural branch into the masters, they you'll have laminar elements concrete and prestressed concrete. A lot more challenging than steel in my opinion.

Fantastic video! I’m a Civil Engineering student from Brazil going for my last year at the University. I’m planning to follow my career in structural engineering and this video will be extremely helpful when it comes to organizing my studies and reviews for these next steps of my life. Thank you for the advices, hope u keep growing with a lot of success!

I'm very thankful to you for sharing this video with us brother, it did really help me and the and the explanations you made were wonderful. Best of luck 👍🏻

Amazing video, very informative, thank you!

Your explanations and presentation of this video is so concise and clear. You’ve made me less worried about applying as I’ve been having major impostor syndrome and also you have given me a good guide on things to brush up on. I can’t thank you enough, you’re a true educator 🙌🏽

Great work Ben. As a senior engineer i'm looking for concise and interesting ways to share information with my interns and graduates and this video is excellent. Keep up the great work 👏

Thanks for your videos ! I'm a student in civil engineering and your videos are very helpful

Imagine being a structural engineer before computers.

Best thing above being intelligent is the ability to share and cherish knowledge you are a good leader Ben. Thank you very much.

Very relevant points discussed. Good work.

We had 2 architect teachers who taught us different BIM-softwares, aswell as our laws, standards and regulations for constructional drawings for our country. We had 1 exam in Autocad first semester, then an exam in Revit the semester thereafter. We keep using BIM software in other courses throughout our bachelor, such as in constructional projects, constructional physics and LCA(Life Cycle Analysis) where we import data from our buildings on Revit to Oneclick LCA to calc the CO2 emissions and other type of pollution from our projects.

Great tutoring video. As a junior graduate student who grasps well the importance of the basics and the real world challenges, this is the advice I would give to an engineering student: master the basics and prepare to the real life through internships and personal projects.

Thank you so much, very insightful

Thanks for this video. Watching from a very cold and windy Cape town. I've moved from civil Eng to structural engineering 3 months ago and agree with everything you say. Compared to civil Eng, structural has a much deeper level of detail. It did become overwhelming when I started off but now I just enjoy learning new things every day.

Great video sir, thank you so muchhhhh