Valentina Couse-Baker

Education

• B.S., Civil Engineering, University of California, Davis, 2019
• M.S., Civil Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 2020

Registrations

• CA, Professional Civil Engineer, License No. 95228

Why did you go into the AEC industry?

At the core of it, I’m really interested in forensic case studies and how engineering failures come about. One of the cases I’ve done a fair amount of reading on is the Florida University Bridge Collapse and Surfside Champlain Tower collapse.

Little Known Fact

I have very good spatial memory, like knowing which way is north in a closed room, but I can’t remember addresses for the life of me. I could tell you how to get to best friend’s house but couldn’t tell you the street she lives on.

Question of the Day

What hobby would you go into if time and money weren’t an issue?

Probably welding or something in a woodworking or metal shop. I would weld and work in tech labs often and I miss that atmosphere of working with my hands and machinery.