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Podcast: Engineering Fields of Dreams
Episode: The Path Less Travelled
Description: In this episode Dell Shannon, the Chief Dam Engineer at Kiewit and past president of the US Society on Dams, talks about his 30-year-long career. He shares how he took an unconventional path after being weeded out of engineering and completing a degree in journalism. Through luck and family inspiration, Dell started his career writing proposals for a geotechnical firm before eventually completing a masters in civil engineering. He recounts his experience as the lead designer on one of the first design-build dams in the U.S., an experience that significantly influenced his approach to future projects.
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