civil engineer
noun
: an engineer whose training or occupation is in the design and construction especially of public works (such as roads or harbors)
civil engineering
noun
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That love of both technology and nature can be traced back, at least in part, to his parents—his father was a civil engineer, and his mother was a high-school biology teacher.
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Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2025
Insogna was athletic — an avid volleyball and softball player who worked as a civil engineer at the Napa Sanitation District.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
The number of civil engineers and skilled laborers is shrinking.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
Brunette Alexandra Jacmin is a 2010 graduate of Brussel’s La Cambre Mode(s) fashion school who cut her teeth at Maison Martin Margiela and Jean Paul Gaultier, while blond Ségolène Jacmin is a civil engineer by training who followed that up with a master’s degree in management.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
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Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2025
Insogna was athletic — an avid volleyball and softball player who worked as a civil engineer at the Napa Sanitation District.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
The number of civil engineers and skilled laborers is shrinking.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
Brunette Alexandra Jacmin is a 2010 graduate of Brussel’s La Cambre Mode(s) fashion school who cut her teeth at Maison Martin Margiela and Jean Paul Gaultier, while blond Ségolène Jacmin is a civil engineer by training who followed that up with a master’s degree in management.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Civil engineer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civil%20engineer. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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