About this episode

In this episode, Isaac Oakeson reflects on the highlights and challenges faced by the Civil Engineering Academy in 2025, including the launch of a new course and future opportunities.

Every year, we like to hit pause, look in the rearview mirror, and reflect on everything that happened in the past year. We just did that with our 2025 Year in Review…and that was a crazy one! 😅 In this episode, we dive into the 2025 highlights that made all the late nights and weekends of work totally worth it. Both in terms of traction we’ve gotten, the number of students we’ve had…all the way to our 10-year anniversary (which still feels a little surreal! 😯). On the flip side, we also dive into the biggest issue we’ve battled here at CEA for pretty much the entire year. It was a monumental task that, thankfully, is now over with the launch of our PE Structural Review Course. 🙌 Then, at the end, we also dive into the opportunities we see for CEA moving forward. What we have planned for you. How we’re thinking about AI. And even how you can join the CEA Team to help with our exam prep materials. 👍 It’s been a long ride and we’re really thankful for everybody who’s been here with us, using our materials and giving us feedback so we can keep improving. So, if you’re in the online “CEA sphere,” give this episode a listen to learn what went down at CEA in 2025 — and where we’re…

People in this episode

Host: Isaac Oakeson

Topics covered

• year in review
• challenges
• growth
• social media traction
• future opportunities
• AI in education

Keywords

• Civil Engineering Academy
• 2025 Year in Review
• PE Structural Review Course
• social media growth
• 10-year anniversary
• challenges
• AI in education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Civil Engineering Academy

Products: PE Structural Review Course

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