News Marcy GallickBSCE ’77, MSCE ’01Loves New Engineering Challenges“I love having a new challenge around every corner,” says Marcy Gallick (BSCE ’77, MSCE ’01). Marcy is part owner and president of Rhea Engineers & Consultants, Inc., a 100 percent woman-owned professional corporation in Gibsonia, Pa. that provides a wide range of civil, environmental, and geotechnical engineering, and consulting services. She serves as both project and program manager for geo-environmental projects and also has overall responsibility for financial management, marketing and business development, quality assurance, and office staff development. “I’ve had long hours and many successes interspersed with lots of frustrations, but I could never give it up,” she says.
Engineering is a fabulous education base, says Gallick. “What we are essentially taught as engineers is to be ‘problem solvers.’ This skill is invaluable in numerous careers. So even if an engineering graduate decides to veer away from engineering, the skills learned in the Swanson School of Engineering will serve them well in whatever career path they choose.” In her consulting work, Gallick finds that being responsive and reliable are important. “People want to feel that their needs matter to you, and that you will deliver what you promise. If you can focus and be successful in these two areas, career success will follow,” she says. One area of success for her has been the recently developed technically comprehensive, yet user-friendly, Recyclable Petroleum Mixing Model as an application in the Microsoft Access Software Package. The model develops allowable mixing ratios for used oil, used fuel, and fuel recovered from the subsurface to permit burning in a client’s central heating plant. With this system, wastes that were previously disposed of offsite now become a valuable resource. It is work like this that keeps her challenged each day. Gallick challenges young alumni to plot a career path early on and focus on three things: (1) work that is fun and fulfilling, (2) experience that you want to accumulate, and (3) where you want to be 20 years from now. “Ask advice from others to develop your plan. And make job changes or pursue advanced degrees to keep you close to your path. You will be a lot happier and more satisfied in the long run. Don’t let your career just happen.” |
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Gallick uses her engineering background to complete, or direct, other engineers in the completion of technical projects. “But also in less obvious ways,” she says, “such as solving all kinds of business problems including accounting, human resources, and data management.” Benedum Hall
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