M R Taheri, Ph.D., P.E. Email and Phone Number

Offshore Structural Engineering Consultant.

Lead Structural Engineer:Shell Whale Semi-submersible Platform, Approx. 8000 ft. W.D., Gulf of Mexico. Leading structural discipline to design topsides secondary steel, access platforms, mezzanines, boarding valve skid, flare boom, and pipe racks. The design includes environmental In-place, transportion and lift analyses and design of all connections. Reviewed vendor drawings and calculations. Prepared progress report and staffing plan.Senior Structural Engineer:Shell Vito Semi-submersible Platform, Gulf of Mexico. Designed secondary steel for process equipment and buildings for Shell Vito deep water platform (4000 ft. W.D.). Responsibilities included environmental In-place, transportation and lift analysis and connections design. Reviewed vendor drawings and calculations and issued IFC drawings.Structural Group Manager: - Central Processing Facility Carmon Creek Project, Shell, Alberta, Canada. Responsibilities included managing 18 structural engineers and 14 PDMS designers for analysis and design of modularized structural frames for Fuel Gas, Glycol, and Flare Modules, Coolers Supports, and Utility Pipe Racks. Other responsibilities included staffing, and cost estimating.Lead Civil/Structural Engineer:- EOG Osprey Platform, Trinidad. Responsibilities included In-place, Seismic, Spectral Fatigue, Wave Pushover and Seismic Collapse analyses to install new conductors.- Rangely Field Oil Gathering System Project, Chevron, Rangely, Colorado.- Santa Ynez Unit, Induced Gas Flotation Project, ExxonMobil, Santa Barbara, CA.- AGI Egress Project, ExxonMobil, La Barge Wyoming.- Hawkville NE Liquid Facility Project, BHP Billiton, Near Tilden, Mc Mullen County, Texas.- Pipeline Project, Koch Pipeline Company, Karnes County, Texas.- Mobile Bay Plant Consolidation, ExxonMobil, Mobile, Alabama.- Venice Condensate Stabilizer Project, Enbridge, Venice, Louisiana. Responsibilities included foundation and elevated platform design for all new process equipment.

Duties included writing proposals, business development, administrating implementation of structural engineering design standards and specifications, training and recruiting structural engineers, coordinating structural projects, and performing structural analysis and design of offshore and onshore structures.

Responsibilities included reviewing and performing structural analysis and design of offshore platforms. Duties included reviewing in-place analysis and spectral fatigue analysis performed by other structural engineers, and performing seismic and collapse (pushover) analyses, writing reports and attending meetings with clients.

Structural Engineering Supervisor/Manager: Involved in multiple projects; primary responsibilities included analysis and design of many offshore and onshore structures, writing reports, attending meetings, interfacing with clients, fabricators and Installation contractors.- CVA (Certified Verification Authority) Manager. Responsible for reviewing the analysis and design of six platforms for the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries in Trinidad. The review included in-place, spectral fatigue, seismic, load out, transportation, and installation analyses. All design drawings were reviewed for accuracy and constructability, Angostura Field Development Project, BHP Billiton.Lead Structural Engineer - - Magnolia TLP Project Tendons Installation Towers Design, Garden Banks 783, WD 4800 ft., ConocoPhillips.- Senior Structural Engineer: - Design of a 3-level production platform with a 4-pile jacket including dynamic and spectral fatigue analyses, water depth 389 ft., MI 103 “A” platform, El Paso.- Design of a tripod jacket for a production platform including dynamic & spectral fatigue analyses, WD 438 ft., High Island A582 D-platform, Texaco.- Design of a drilling/production deck, Poseidon Platform, Empresa Nacional Del Petroleo – Chile.- Design of a guardian platform in 70 ft. WD, Main Pass 86 #1.- Design study of a drilling/production deck platform in 750 ft. WD, Vioscal Knoll-945, Coastal.- Vibration analysis of Eugene Island 63 “A” platform for a compressor addition, Hunt Oil Co.- Modification of tin unit and design of steel frames, pipe racks, wall footings and concrete foundation for equipment and for a 60 ft. diameter waste water tanks, for Witco’s Taft plant, LA.- Design of a production module, South Timbalier 172 “C” platform, Exxon.- Design of a 60-man living quarters, Pogo.- Design of Compressor Module, Green Canyon 65 “A”, Shell.- Design of a 4-pile jacket in 98 ft. of water depth, Matagorda Island Platform 700 “C”, Enron

Responsibilities included teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, conducting research, publishing research articles, advising students, providing service to civil engineering department, and being thesis advisor to graduate students. Developed and taught many basic and advanced courses in civil and structural engineering. The course taught included Rigid Body Mechanics, Strength of Materials, Structural Analysis, Design of Reinforced Concrete, Advanced Strength of Materials, Structural Dynamics, Theory of Plates and Shells, Plastic Design of Structures, Structural Stability, and Bridge Engineering.

Analysis and design of foundations for high rise residential buildings in addition to foundation design for the Aventura Mall in North Miami Beach, Florida. Responsible for surveying and monitoring pre-loaded foundation settlement, soil testing, and engineering calculations.