The Civil Engineering Academy Podcast28 Mai 2025

An Immigrant Engineer’s Path to Passing the PE Against All Odds with Hadi Azzawi

Passing the PE Exam is one thing, but doing it as an immigrant, with language barriers, and after hitting a wall multiple times before already?! That’s a whole nother story — and it’s real! 😲

In this episode, Hadi Al Azzawi jumps on the show to share his journey climbing a crazy steep hill to pass the Civil PE Water Resources Exam as an immigrant civil engineer in the US.

From understanding the English used in the problems to juggling study time with family life, Hadi’s journey is full of hard-earned lessons for any international civil engineer out there in the same shoes right now.

Also, if you’re taking the Civil PE Water Resources Exam, he has some top-notch resources and tips he learned after going through this thing himself…five times!

If you’re an international civil engineer going through the hoops of getting your PE and feel like the odds are stacked against you, this episode gives you the tips to beat them. 😉

🧠 TUNE IN TO LEARN:

A Tip for Immigrants to Overcome the Language Barrier on the PE
Did He Have to Take the Civil FE as an Immigrant?
What You Really Need to Pass the FE That He Learned the Hard Way
The One Thing All Test-Takers Have in Common Regardless of Life Differences
How to Prep for the FE/PE With a Spouse and Family
His Tip to Fellow Repeat Takers to Stay in the Game
How He Used AI To Get Back on the Saddle After a Fail
What He Did to Pass as Repeat Taker After 5 Tries
A Sneaky Exam Question That Caught Him Off Guard
His Go-To Method for Learning the Water Resources Codes
His Tip to Prep for the Most Feared Topic in the Water Resources Exam
The PE Resources That Helped Him the Most Among All the Ones He Used
A Tech Tool That Helped Him Learn All the Exam Prep Material

🤝 OUR PARTNER:

Built Bar

🔗 RESOURCES MENTIONED:

All-in-One Civil Engineering PE Exam Guide, by Dr. Goswami

All-In-One Civil Engineering PE Practice Exams, by Dr. Goswami

Six-Minute Solutions (Water Resources Problems), by PPI

Kindle Scribe

Isaac Wait Youtube Channel

ASCE PE Courses

School of PE

Washington State University

📧 CONNECT WITH HADI:

alazawi.hadi@gmail.com

🎁 OUR FREEBIES FOR YOU:

The Civil FE Startup Guide

The Civil PE Startup Guide

🖥️ OUR REVIEW COURSES:

Civil FE Review Course

Civil PE Review Courses

📚 OUR PRACTICE EXAMS:

FE Practice Exams

FE CBT Exam Simulator

PE Bonus Theory Questions

PE Practice Exams PE CBT Exam Simulator

FE Environmental Practice Exam

PE Environmental Practice Exam

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