James Zou, Eit Email & Phone Number

California, United States

• Founded of the first Student Chapter of the California Geotechnical Engineering Association (CalGeo) at the University of California, Berkeley to serve as the primary professional development organization for aspiring geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineers • Established and constructed organizational framework to secure Student Internship opportunities, Workshops, and Company Field Trip with Geotech Companies• Established ties with GeoWall at Berkeley, to connect students with both professional development and competition based application of geotechnical engineering

Berkeley, California, United States

Berkeley, California, United States

• Led outreach and negotiations with engineering companies (Industries: Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, etc.) to secure financial sponsorships • Worked to bring student internship and workshop opportunities• Create info session opportunities for TBP members and students of the College of Engineering

Berkeley, California, United States

• Leading, Planning, and Administer a candidate semester of 40+ events• Ensure 50+ Candidates fulfill National TBP requirements• Maintain communication between candidates and officers• Ensure candidates uphold the reputation and honor expected as a member of Tau Beta Pi• Provide networking opportunities candidates across engineering disciplines

Berkeley, California, United States

• Represented TBP to connect with engineering companies (Industries: Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, etc.) to secure financial sponsorships, professional development and info session events• Worked to bring Student Internship and Workshop opportunities to TBP

Oakland, California, United States

• Designed bridge return walls and wingwalls• Designed tunnel and retaining wall systems for u-trench walkways and concourses• Utilized CSI Bridge to simulate loading conditions and run seismic modal analysis• Drafted structural design drawings using Revit and AutoCAD

Berkeley, California, United States

• Established organizational framework to create a sustainable and long-term organization that serves students interested in geotechnical engineering through a competition based application• Lead, organized, and executed weekly meetings for 20 members, taught fundamentals of geotechnical engineering and applied design principles to mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls design• Design, research, and experiment with various iterations of paper reinforced MSE walls, maximizing material use efficiency, minimizing wall deflection, and optimizing constructability • Delegate and coordinate tasks among a core of 6 officers, including corporate relations outreach, department and inter-team communications, leading geotechnical teaching and soil testing

Berkeley, California, United States

• Served as the liaison for Geotech Engineering Companies for financial sponsorship opportunities for GeoWall at Berkeley• Worked to secure Student Internship opportunities, Workshops, and Company Field Trip with Geotech Companies• Secured donations consisting both material and monetary to bring in new and sustained resources

• Work in tandem to achieve sustainability goals with UC Berkeley HAAS School of Business• Establish and connect with UC Berkeley student organizations to promote and participate in100kTrees urban reforestation events and HAAS School of Business sustainability goals

• Mobilized school student organizations such as Kiwanis, Rotary, Environmental Clubs from local San Francisco East Bay cities, not limited to, Alameda, San Leandro, Hayward, Castro Valley, and San Lorenzo to collaborate with 100kTrees on urban reforestation events such as tree planting and mulching• Coordinated and led 100kTrees urban reforestation events in local East Bay cities supporting over 480 trees planted and mulched over 60 tons mulch to nearly 100 urban park trees

• Design and experiment model bridges using AutoCAD and run load analysis on SAP2000 • Working to optimize steel member placement to maximize loading capabilities, improve constructability

• Performed quantity take-offs based on architectural drawings for reconstruction projects ranging from $60,000 to $20 million with a focus on Condominiums, HOA, Residential, and commercial • Communicated with subcontractors across 8 different trades to obtain bids, responded to RFIs • Contacted suppliers to obtain material pricing• Performed Dry-Rot/Water damage inspection, and wrote an inspection report• Wrote multiple Work Authorizations and Terms and Conditions for proposals• Compiled multiple proposals and brochures for clients

Berkeley, California, United States

• Utilized the fundamentals of wastewater treatment to contribute to the design of wastewater filter• Built and tested filters with various quantities of sand, gravel, and cloths to optimize filtrationeffectiveness, costs efficiency, constructability• Focused on improving sustainability of wastewater filter design

Served as a Assistant Leader/Junior Assistant Scoutmaster in my troop, assisting youth leaders in our troop, and helping rank advancements and completion of merit badges.

• Oversaw the growth of troop membership by 20% during my term• Responsible for the Troop's overall operations• Lead 4 camping trips and weekly troop meetings, oversaw and planned recruitment events, and coordinated the annual scouting food drive for my troop• Presided over the patrol leaders’ council and works closely with each patrol leader to plan troop meetings and make arrangements for troop activities for each month

• Taught scouts various outdoors, medical, leadership skills• Served as a mentor to patrol leaders to assist Patrol Leaders fulfil their responsibilities• Mentored new scouts looking to stay in scouting

• Responsible for the Troop's overall operations.• Presides over the patrol leaders’ council and works closely with each patrol leader to plan troop meetings and make arrangements for troop activities for each month• Lead 3 campouts, oversaw recruitment events, coordinated annual food drive

• Hired as ac CPR Certified lifeguard, I maintained pool rules and was emergency prepared• Hired as a water safety instructor, I taught kids from the age of 4-10 how to be water safe. Water safety includes how to know basic swimming strokes, floating on one's back, diving, and treading water

Summer volunteer at Lincoln and Franklin Pool teaching children ages 5-8 years old basic water safety such as flotation and water treading. Taught swimming strokes such as freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, and occasionally butterfly.

Master Of Science - Ms, Structural Engineering & Mechanics And Computation

Activities and Societies: EERIStarting September 2024 Expected Degree Attainment: July 2025

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi | California Geotechnical Engineers Association | ASCE | Chi EpsilonCoursework: Water & Wastewater.

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Coursework: MATLAB, Engineering Graphics (CAD Design), Statics and Mechanics of Materials, Engineering/Physical Geology, Communications &.

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