"Career Opportunities in Civil and Water Resources Engineering: Exploring Paths in Bangladesh and Abroad as an Entrepreneur"

Abstract

Sabrina Rashid Sheonty is a civil engineering consultant and researcher by profession. She works in the Water, sanitation and health (WASH) sector. Her professional experience in the global environment as well as in Bangladesh is unique. While pursuing a BSc in BUET, she founded an engineering start-up Tetra, a water-based solutions startup in Bangladesh. After graduation,she moved to Canada to pursue an MSc in Civil Engineering at the University of Alberta. Currently, she is working as a water resources engineer in Matrix Solutions Inc., Canada- a renowned consulting company in North America. She is also serving as Director at Tetra, Bangladesh. As a young entrepreneur, she has received numerous prestigious awards. Recently her company Tetra has won a silver prize from the International Water Association (IWA). She is also the Young Professional Chair of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE).