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

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

Update: 2025-05-28
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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:

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🔗 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:

LinkedIn

alazawi.hadi@gmail.com


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The Civil FE Startup Guide

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FREE CFM® Course Module


🖥️ OUR REVIEW COURSES:

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📚 OUR PRACTICE EXAMS:

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PE Practice ExamsPE CBT Exam Simulator

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FE Environmental Practice Exam

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

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

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