PROFILE
About 4 years of experience in analysis and design of steel, concrete, masonry and timber structures, preparing structural specifications, checking shop drawings and hence producing final design package. Worked as a Structural Engineer with Jacobs Engineering, Inc. and much involved in analysis and design of steel and concrete structures using AISC steel manual and specification, ACI codes and standards, UBC, ASCE 7 and other. Expertise in different structural design and analysis software like ETABS, RAM, SAP2000, STAAD.Pro and drafting platform like Building Information Management (BIM), Microstation and AutoCAD. Also, created many spreadsheets for department use on standard calculations like foundation design, base plate and anchor bolts design, wind and seismic design and snow drift calculations.
EDUCATION
M.B.A. Project Management, University of Northern Virginia Jan ’08 – Feb ‘10
M.S. Structural Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park Aug’05 – May’07
B.E. Civil Engineering (Specialization: Structures), M.S. University, India Aug ‘00 – May’04
EXPERIENCE
Structural Engineer, Jacobs Engineering, Inc. May’06 – Nov ‘09
1100 N. Glebe Road, Arlington, VA
Curtain Wall Replacement / Canopy Design / Elevator Replacement (June ’09 – Nov ‘09)
• Included structural canopy design, curtain wall replacement and elevator replacement.
• New employee canopy was supported from the existing structure.
• Elevator pit slab was replaced with mat foundation to support the loads.
• Prototype design and was implemented at more than 20 sites around the country.
FUZE Lab Buildings, New Jersey (July ’08 – Mar ’09)
• Total 5 lab buildings. A new free standing lab building around 15,000 sq ft. was connected to existing building with a central corridor.
• A CMU wall building all around with steel joist to support flat roof was designed which served as a research building for experiments on explosive material. Total area was around 4000 sq ft.
• Foundation analysis was done for a pre-engineered wood lab building used to carry out research on electromagnetic effects.
• The gravity analysis was carried out in RAM, lateral analysis was carried out in ETABS and 3-D modeling was done in BIM.
Guns and Weapons, New Jersey (Oct ’08 – May ’09)
• New building was designed with two component, admin area (12,000 sq ft) and test stands (4000 sq ft).
• Main task for test stands was to take into account the lateral forces generated by gun on structural system.
• The admin area was constructed with concrete piers and slab on grade with a rigid frame eliminating all the interior columns.
• Analysis was carried out in ETABS and 3-D modeling was done in BIM.
Army Aviation Support Facility, New Jersey (Apr ’08 – Oct ’08)
• Designed as a modern army aviation complex where maintenance, flight operations, flight line services and administrations are conducted.
• The facility included hanger facilities (59,500 sq ft), specialized work area (11,300 sq ft) and unheated storage facility (48,700 sq ft).
• Gravity and lateral analysis was done in ETABS and 3-D modeling was done in BIM to create drawings.
General Service Delivery Point (Sept ’07 – Mar ’08)
• A prototype steel frame building with 3 story admin building (75,000 sq ft), 2-story operational building (150,000 sq ft), two power service building (24,000 sq ft each) and a remote inspection building (15,000 sq ft) was designed.
• Progressive collapse analysis was carried out for the admin building.
• Gravity and lateral analysis was done in ETABS and 3-D modeling was done in BIM.
Regional Training Institute, Colorado (Dec ’06 – Sept ’07)
• The structure comprise of 4-story billet with a central spine that connected the various functional areas.
• The Lateral resistance was provided by concentric vertical bracing and/or moment frames.
• The progressive collapse requirements were included in accordance with UFC 4-023-03.
• The lateral and gravity analysis was done in RAM and 3-D modeling was done in BIM.
Battle Command Training Center (May ’06 – Feb ’07)
• Facility consists of work cells, classrooms, administrative area and reconfigurable tactical operational center built on 28 acres with the option to expand to approximately 40 acres.
• This was a prototype which was implemented across the country at multiple sites.
• The Gravity and lateral analysis was done in ETABS and 3-D BIM was used for creating drawings.
Research Student, Bridge Engineering Software and Technology (BEST) (June ’06 – Jan ’07)
University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
• Calculated the effects of dead, live and impact load (blast loads) on the Suspension Bridge. The dynamic analysis was done in SAP.
• Worked on Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge wherein stress analysis was done on bridge plate. The analysis was done in SAP.
• The effects of live loads were carried out on Chesapeake Bay Bridge, which was further used to determine the new toll for the bridge. The analysis was done in VBDS which uses AutoCAD drawings.
• Calculated the natural frequencies of bridge by considering the effects of temperature, prestrained conditions, moisture effects and the failure of members. ANSYS and MATLAB were used for the analysis.
Structural Design Engineer (Jun ’04 – May ’05)
B.R. Patel & Associates, India
• Carried out design of multi storied concrete buildings, water tanks, flat slab design, plate girder design, etc. considering Wind forces (per IS 875), base shear (per IS 1893) and gravity loads (per IS 456).
• STAAD.Pro was used for the analysis and design and the drafting platform was AutoCAD.
• Many hand calculations were carried out as a learning process.
AWARDS / ACTIVITIES / MEMBERSHIP & ASSOCIATIONS
• Stood Second in a class of 70 students in the Bachelors of Civil Engineering.
• Participated in Major Awareness Campaign about the role of Structure Engineers conducted by Structure Engineers Association, Baroda.
• American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
• Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE).
• Structure Engineers Association, Baroda.
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