I have a set of structural drawings from 1974 in which V50 is used to specify steel type for a handful of girders. An example of the usage is “W24X55 V50”. It seems logical to infer that 50ksi steel is being called out. Is anyone familiar with the terminology? I have the AISC Steel Design...
I went the full-time MS route straight out of school. I don’t regret it and the experience has been helpful. However, if I had it to do again, I would work a year or two and then start working on an online ME (no thesis) in structural. There are a handful of quality programs that offer this...
First of all, count me as one who thinks a high twos GPA is good enough in engineering. From my experience getting good at your job relies partly on intelligence, but a lot on effort. My boss once said we need A-players and C-players. The C-players get more mundane work, but are often ok with...
