Emily Yu, Pe Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

• Managed City of Rancho Palos Verdes Portuguese Bend Landslide mitigation projects, by coordinating engineering teams as well as problem-solving and providing technical solutions.
• Transformed raw surveying data into 17 HEAT maps for each year to create a visual representation of landslide movement. Used Python to automate file conversion and create videos to show the rate of movement over 17.
• Delivered detailed reports and presentations on the Portuguese Bend Landslide to non-technical audiences to gain public awareness.
• Assisted with the FEMA grant proposal that awarded the City of Rancho Palos Verdes $23.33 Million, the largest grant secured in the City’s history.
• Conducted thorough peer reviews of civil engineering packages to ensure quality assurance and quality control.Project Management Projects: Rancho Palos Verdes Landslide Mitigation Project, Palos Verdes Drive South.

• Managed 9 Orange County Transportation Authority facilities infrastructure capital improvement projects valued up to $2 million dollars, providing effective oversight to construction teams at each job site.
• Conducted thorough inspections of construction activities, ensuring strict adherence to contract documents, drawings, and specifications to maintain project quality and compliance.
• Collaborated closely with architecture/engineering firms, facilitating seamless coordination for project constructability and resolving critical complications as they arose.
• Demonstrated expertise in developing and reviewing detailed cost estimates for change orders, encompassing labor, materials, and other related expenses, contributing to efficient project budget management and.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Developed 4 websites on Squarespace, Wix, and WordPress. Automated data population on multiple landing pages which increased efficiency by 30%.
• Collaborated with small businesses and graphic design firms to create products including fundraising pamphlets, meal-prep menus, and ad spreads for print media in Canva, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.

• Completed website development in HTML and CSS to create a mobile and desktop-friendly product.
• Optimized Lighthouse web performance by 20% by minifying and removing unused CSS.

Glendale, California

• Contributed to grandfathered single-degree-of-freedom analysis code in C to generate resistance and stiffness functions for structural components with varying boundary conditions and materials.
• Developed batch cases for analysis using Linux/Unix and BASH.
• Applied principles of structural mechanics, including single-degree-of-freedom analyses, to assess the impact of explosive events on structures, including fragment penetration.
• Utilized ABAQUS CAE to generate a finite element mesh for a multi-part assembly, subsequently analyzing it in LS-DYNA.
• Conducted post-processing of LS-DYNA finite element results in LS-PrePost, extracting critical information such as plastic strain, effective stresses, and displacements.
• Developed blast vulnerability threat assessments and designs for new and existing structures, utilizing Kingery-Bulmash equations, single-degree-of-freedom analyses, and vehicle impact analyses.

South Pasadena, California

-Worked as part of a team to design low-rise steel and reinforced masonry structures using ASCE 7-10 as well as the California Building Code -Utilized hand calculations and software such as RISA-2D, ENERCALC, and RAM Structural System to design building diaphragms, lateral force resisting systems, and grade beams for structures

-Analyzed data provided by the National Bridge Inventory to determine correlations between bridge performance and their properties including location, age, and construction -Documented findings in a research paper and presented results at multiple conferences including the UC Connect Conference, SCCUR Conference, RSCA Conference, and the 11th.

South Pasadena

- Completed a citywide sidewalk inspection over 3.4 square miles to determine areas requiring retrofit- Inspected bus pads throughout the city to ensure they were in accordance with ADA regulations

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Structural Mechanics And Materials, 3.66

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science

Bachelor’S Degree, Civil Engineering

Activities and Societies: American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE Concrete Canoe, UC Connect Summer Research Program, Tau Beta Pi, Chi.