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Sasan Dolati

Sasan Dolati

Structural engineer at Stantec specializing in seismic design, evaluation, and retrofit of concrete structures. PhD in Structural Engineering from UT San Antonio.

Jul 29, 2026

23:51
Just I think in the last few minutes, I think we both said we're gonna talk about this later in the discussion, but could you tell us more about your journey from academia to the industry? What helped during your PhD to get the job, and just tell us about what you're doing in your current role right now.
24:10
For sure, and I think this is the most interesting part about our discussion, and [chuckles] it's the same as you.
24:15
So because this would be very helpful for our young professional or students who are seeking to transition.
24:21
So yeah, so for me, I start after I was in PhD.
24:24
I was...
24:24
It was a...
24:25
It wasn't very r- easy decision for me to go to industry or academy because I was very interested in developing more the skills that I got as a finite element analysis, and I wanted to even dig more in the topic and to get something that, that can be more helpful to the code.

9 MINS LATER

33:18
It just feels awesome.

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