Michael Baker International, New York, NY
Civil Associate (structure) Oct 2017-Present
• Perform structural designs and calculations for bridge structures including steel girder, concrete piers, concrete decks, and miscellaneous components
• Review and prepare project documents such as structural specification and contract documents while always ensuring technical accuracy
• Provide sketches to drafting staff to produce finished drawings, or draw them personally
• Perform bridge inspection on the field, develop inspection report
• Perform bridge load rating analysis
• Prepare material cost estimates and material take-offs
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Graduate Research Associate, Jan 2015 – Aug 2017
• Act as the leader of Research group. Schedule and hold regular meeting every week.
• Design and guide to test two masonry wall structure frame buildings by removing four load-bearing exterior walls: Blackburn House in Nov 2014 and Nosker House in June 2015.
• Be responsible for data acquirement including 4 LVDT sensors, and 8 steel strain gauges and 18 concrete strain gauges.
• Create 3D SAP2000 structural analysis model for Blackburn House and Nosker House. Model the building’s response due to the walls continuous removal.
• Generate 2D and 3D SAP2000 model of Haskett House – a steel structure with infill masonry walls to investigate the structural influence of masonry infill wall in panel for progressive collapse.
• Investigate the contribution of infill walls to frame structures of Haskett Hall by generating 2D SAP2000 Modeling using shell elements and multi-struts macro method modeling.
• Utilize GAS, DoD, ASCE guild lines to analyze the progressive collapse structural evaluation.
• Non-contact measurement based on homography transformation in photogrammetry area.
American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA
Alternate Load Path Analysis (ALPA) Handbook Contributor, Jan 2016 – Present
• As a member of the ASCE ALPA editing team, I work with a team of peers in my profession to write a guide for engineers to perform an alternate load path analysis.
• Perform and check alternate load path analysis calculation sheet of the case study, including: 2D steel frame linear static analysis, 2D steel frame nonlinear static analysis, 3D steel frame linear static analysis and 3D steel frame nonlinear static analysis.
• Summarize the SAP2000 stage construction nonlinear static analysis in Chapter 5: Advanced Numerical Modeling and Analysis.
Central Ohio Transportation Authority (COTA), Columbus, OH
Civil Engineer Intern, June 2016 – August 2016
• Help with COTA capital projects, bus stops development priority one and priority two, Transit System Redesign (TSR) project and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project.
• Work with Project Manager Infrastructure and Service Planner to prepare quick to construct drawings that the City of Columbus can use to bid out constructing sidewalks consistent with city and ADA codes in areas approved;
• Draw up proposed improvements at the passenger shelter
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Graduate Teaching Associate, Jan 2015 – Jan 2016
• Co-Instructor of AU15 and SP16 CIVILEN 4350-Reinforced Concrete Design. Make up assignments and the solutions for each homework.
• Update class notes by the latest version of ACI 318-14 and ASCE 7-15.
• Grade homework and exams and hold two hours office hour each week to assist students.
• Instructor of PTC MathCAD Tutorial Class of 55 students.
• Instructor of RISA 3D software Tutorial Class of 55 students.
• Grader of SP15 CONSYSM 5670-Green Building and Sustainable Design and CONSYSM 4641- Construction Project Management.
Woolpert Inc., Columbus, OH
Bridge Engineer Intern, June 2014 – August 2014
• Developed quantity estimation and estimated rough budget of Virginia Beach project.
• Sketched drawings for bridge of JEF-213-4.59 S.R.213 project including Transverse Section, Foundation Plan, and Temporary Shoring Design.
• Performed design calculation sheet of LRFD Culvert Footing Design of JEF-213-4.59 project by employing AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specification.
• Checked calculation of LRFD Deck Design of JEF-213-4.59 project based on AASHTO Standards.
• Generated viewports for landscape drawings of JEF-213-4.59 project utilizing AutoCAD
China Petroleum Engineering& Construction Cooperation
Qingdao, China
Structural Design Engineer, July 2012 – July 2013
• Designed and generated the structure construction drawings of crude oil pumping station at Qingdao Port project, including the arrangement plan of the 10-ton crane beam and column bracing, the arrangement plan of roof truss and the detail drawing of foundation and column.
• Evaluated the under-using damaged pipelines and provided structural rehabilitated analysis of pipelines using finite element methods.
• Sketched and optimized the structural drawings of water equipment house, prayer house and office building of CPECC office in Niger Project.
Shenyang University: Civil Engineering College Research Center
Shenyang, China
Research Assistant, September 2010 – June 2012
• Constructed 8 carbon-fiber-contained concrete beams, 6 concrete columns and some test blocks.
• Assisted the three bending test of FRP concrete beams. Recorded and sketched the ultimate stress strain diagram and drew the crack patterns.
• Conducted data analysis by generating stain-stress curve, calculating modulus of elasticity and visualizing data results utilizing MATLAB.