Life After School: From Senior Design to Real-World Projects

The word project as a word cloud as a business concept

Department of Civil, Environmental, and Ocean Engineering

Location: Gateway North 103

Speakers: Allie Moss, EIT (BE '22 and ME '22) and David Tanzi, PE, BCEE, PMP - (BE '97, ME '98) | CDM Smith

ABSTRACT

This seminar will cover life after graduating and what to expect when working for an engineering consulting firm. Allie and David will discuss topics such as resume writing, interviewing, tips for transitioning to the working world, managing manager expectations, FE/PE exam questions, and any other topics students have questions on! They will also discuss a couple of interesting real-world projects that they are working on to help give an idea of what projects are out there.

BIOGRAPHIES

Portrait of Allie Moss

Allie Moss is an Environmental Engineer at CDM Smith who graduated from Stevens in 2022 with a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Environmental Engineering. Her work experience with CDM Smith has covered water treatment and distribution, PFAS treatment and design, remediation studies, data validation and 3-D modeling, water resources engineering, and sustainability. While at Stevens, Allie was a member of the Women’s Basketball Team, a campus tour guide and lifeguard, an Undergraduate Dean’s Board Advisor and Stevens Environmental Engineering Board Advisor, and a Stevens Environmental Engineering Professional Society Member. In her free time, Allie loves to spend quality time with friends and family, run, hike, read, and travel anywhere she can.

Portrait of David Tanzi

David Tanzi is a Senior Project Manager and Senior Vice President at CDM Smith who graduated from Stevens in 1997 with a Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering followed by a Master’s in Environmental Engineering. His experience covers a wide range of water and wastewater treatment and distribution study, design, and construction projects throughout the US. He is a past chair of the New Jersey American Water Works Association, a Sevens Environmental Engineering Professional Society Member, and a member of the Stevens CEOE External Advisory Board. For seven years David served as a professional mentor for the Rutgers University Chapter of Engineers Without Borders where he was involved with a water supply project in Nueva Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan, Guatemala.