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-Bridge Design: Over 20 years of professional experience in design of bridges, trenches and earth retaining structures; Worked as project manager/engineer and lead designer for analysis, design and preparation of bridge contract documents of several major bridge projects; -Teaching: Bridge Engineering graduate class at California State University, Los Angeles with primary course emphasis on bridge design using AASHTO specifications.-Project Management/Engineering: Worked as project manager/engineer for several high profile projects; Job responsibilities include planning and coordination of work with Client functional units and outside agencies such as railroad, county, city and on-call consultants for successful on-schedule project delivery;-Research: Research experience related to bridge damage detection, structure health monitoring and development of design guideline for strengthening and seismic retrofit of bridge components with FRP composites; Published 8 journal papers and over 30 conference papers related to bridge strengthening and damage detection.-Accelerated Bridge Construction: Worked as Project Engineer and lead designer on several emergency projects requiring fast-track project delivery and used Accelerated Bridge Construction methods;-Strengthening Bridge Components with Composite Materials: Extensive knowledge in the field of strengthening of deficient bridge components using FRP composite;-Educational Background: PhD and M.S. in Structural Engineering. Recipient of the prestigious Connaught Scholarship from University of Toronto and University Gold Medalist from Jadavpur University.

Listed skills include Seismic Design, Structural Engineering, Bridge, Structural Analysis, and 14 others.