Lara Kaiserian Email & Phone Number

Chilca, Peru

• Esperanza de Ana is a social service non-governmental organization (NGO) serving families in crisis
• Committed to return for 1-year service term to support design/construction of a new, 3-story, 8600ft2 primary school: raised personal funding, completed building design, construction, and commissioning
• Designed lighting, electrical, fire alarm, audiovisual, and data systems: created construction documents (AutoCAD), estimated and procured materials
• Supervised design implementation throughout construction process; on-site daily
• Coordinated in Spanish with Peruvian Engineer of Record and electrician to ensure compliance with Peruvian codes and standards, communicate design intent, troubleshoot during construction
• Managed service project planning and execution for weeklong volunteer trips, teams of 8-18 people from USA: evaluated property maintenance needs, planned projects, created procedures, purchased and prepared materials.

Yerevan, Armenia

• Aleppo-NGO assists Syrian refugees through humanitarian and economic development initiatives
• Owner’s Representative for the design and construction of a commercial kitchen to be used in a business employing NGO beneficiaries; worked with board members, local engineers, and builders
• Created renderings and graphics of kitchen project for grant applications (Sketchup, Photoshop)
• Recommended website upgrades to improve aesthetics and navigation, rewrote website content to clarify organization’s mission and work, created graphics and logos (Illustrator) for a future update
• Managed social media accounts including Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
• Edited articles, grant applications, and other English-language documents for clarity and grammar

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

• Worked with multi-disciplinary teams on a variety of project types including museum, sports and entertainment, university, and highly energy-efficient (net-zero) research facilities
• Selected luminaires, performed calculations to ensure appropriate light levels, developed layouts, documented designs by creating floor plans, schedules, and control diagrams, circuited fixtures
• Prepared electrical drawings including floor plans, installation and layout details, and equipment and panel schedules; circuited devices and equipment and performed load calculations (Revit, AutoCAD, Excel)
• Designed Excel spreadsheets for automated lighting and load calculations
• Authored reports and proposals to be presented to clients
• Performed construction site visits to ensure adherence to designs, responded to contractor requests for information (RFIs)

• Completed daylighting and lighting calculations for a net-zero building using Daysim and AGI 32
• Selected luminaires and developed layouts, circuited fixtures, created schedules in Revit 2012
• Prepared lighting and electrical drawings including floor plans, installation and layout details, and equipment and panel schedules in AutoCAD 2010 MEP
• Designed Microsoft Excel spreadsheets for automated lighting/electrical calculations

Greater Philadelphia Area

Master Of Architectural Engineering (Mae), Architectural Engineering

Thesis: Energy Efficient Lighting and Electrical Systems Design for a Highrise Building with an Exploration of the Urban Impact on.

Bachelor Of Architectural Engineering (Bae), Architectural Engineering

Activities and Societies: Women's Club Water Polo (Co-Captain 2012, 2013, 2014, Webmaster 2010-2014, Vice President 2012-2013, Treasurer.