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Austin, Texas, United States

Austin, Texas, United States

I am a Forensic Engineering Associate at Wiss, Janney, Elstner (WJE) focusing in the discipline of structural engineering. My primary roles at WJE include the investigation, assessment, and repairs of structures of all construction material types.

Austin, Texas

Austin, TX

• Aiding undergraduate groups in the design of their buildings from the Schematic phase to Construction Documentation.
• Providing structural knowledge to the students through the assessment of their designs and project drawings.
• Teaching students about design concepts in steel and concrete to further aid in their process.

Houston, TX

• Assisted in steel and concrete designs at the SD and DD phases of multiple projects.
• Performed sensitivity analyses for a complex concrete residential design in New Orleans, LA of which the results were compiled and presented to a client.
• Created a Grasshopper script to build the truss structure for a proposed pedestrian bridge from an architectural model.
• Created and monitored Revit models for at least four projects and produced drawing sets encompassing all phases of design.

Austin, Texas

• Assisted in the design development of a large, retrofit project in San Antonio, Texas.
• Determined the capacity of piers in two buildings built in the 1970s and 1980s.
• Developed models using Tekla Structural Designer analysis software as well as RAM 3D.

JJ Pickle Reseach Campus

• Aided in the manufacturing and construction of a full-scale TXDoT curved steel girder system.
• Conducted elastic range tests of the steel girders to help calibrate the accompanying Finite Element Analysis models.
• Assisted in the testing of precast concrete panels to determine their shear capacities for various connection methods and reinforcing conditions.

London, United Kingdom

• Placed on a project in London worth over 600 million GBP aiding the project engineer.
• Expanded my skills with FE modelling software such as Autodesk Robot, SAFE, and Tedds.
• Gained an understanding for the holistic behavior of a concrete structure using first principles of design.
• Designed, checked, and sized concrete core walls and columns to the British Standard code.
• Sat in on meetings with the building architects and contractors to see the design process firsthand.

Dallas, TX

• Basic structural analysis, this would include some elements of steel design
• Familiarization with the Design and Bid process in the conception of a building
• Gained an understanding of the the layout of construction drawings

Master'S Degree, Structural Engineering

Current Coursework (Spring 2018): Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design, Dynamic Response of Structures, Sustainable Architecture Design.

Bachelor'S Degree (High Honors), Architectural Engineering, Junior

Activities and Societies: Structural Engineering Association of Texas UT Chapter, Architectural Engineering Institute UT Chapter, Texas.