David Walker, Pe Email & Phone Number

Hoboken, New Jersey, US

Bellevue, Washington, US

• Performed structural design tasks for renovations of existing buildings into new commercial retail spaces while communicating directly with clients. Materials included steel, cold-formed steel, concrete, masonry, wood.
• Model and analyze structures in RISA 2D and 3D under gravity and lateral loads.
• Design equipment anchorage/bracing in high seismic zones.
• Drafted structural drawings using AutoCAD and Revit.
• Performed structural site surveys throughout the U.S. and wrote reports and letters of findings.
• Reviewed shop drawings and resolved RFI’s during project CA phases while managing multiple deadlines.

Farmingdale, NJ, US

• Performed structural design tasks, including gravity and lateral design, for a wide variety of projects, from high-end residential to multi-story commercial buildings. Materials included wood, concrete, masonry, and.
• Designed foundations and retaining walls for residential buildings.
• Reviewed shop drawings during construction administration.
• Modeled multi-story steel structures in RAM structural systems.

Ithaca, NY, US

Graded projects and homeworks and held office hours for Advanced Structural Concrete, a spring semester graduate course at Cornell University.

• Designed a high-throughput fatigue test that makes use of the geometric complexity and accelerated design cycle offered by 3D Printing. The project was recommended for funding by the Navy.
• Assisted the concrete team with concrete additive manufacturing research, specifically the use of steel wire as reinforcement in 3D printed concrete.
• Presented research results to Cornell’s Engineering Learning Initiative during summer 2017

• Worked in a team of 20 to design and construct a 5-foot structure out of balsa wood, which was tested in multiple earthquake simulations, and used SAP2000 to analyze the seismic response of the completed structure.
• Directed the design process and organized meetings as Design Lead for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school years.
• Used AutoCAD to draft 2D and 3D models of the structure.
• Won 1st Place at EERI’s international 2017 Undergraduate Student Design Competition.

Union, NJ, US

• Designed soldier piles and raker patterns for SOE retaining walls.
• Reviewed steel and concrete reinforcement shop drawings.
• Performed structural site investigations. Wrote reports and letters of findings.

• Led various camp activities for Kindergarten through 6th Grade Students
• Built communications skills through interactions with the students and co-workers