About this episode

Eileen Vélez-Vega discusses her work as a civil aviation engineer in Puerto Rico, focusing on runway design and environmental considerations.

Designing runways for hot air and heavy planes, inspecting pavement cracks with measuring wheels, and protecting vicious little owls from construction crews with Eileen Vélez-Vega, a civil aviation engineer in Puerto Rico. What does the color of runway lights reveal to a pilot? And what's a "spall"? WANT MORE EPISODE SUGGESTIONS? Grab our What It's Like To Be... "starter pack". It's a curated Spotify playlist with some essential episodes from our back catalogue. GOT A COMMENT OR SUGGESTI...

People in this episode

Host: Dan Heath

Guest: Eileen Vélez-Vega

Topics covered

• civil aviation
• engineering
• runway design
• construction
• environmental protection

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Puerto Rico

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