Project – AISC Steel Bridge Standards Development• Junior project engineer for the design of 224 standardized steel bridges.• Used AISC SIMON to optimize plate sizes and create economical and AASHTO code-compliant designs.• Checked and refined all initial design runs for economical plate layout and consistency.• Designed bolted field splices using NSBA Splice for all multi-segment designs.Project – AISI Short Span Steel Bridge Standards• Junior QA/QC engineer• Used NSBA SIMON to verify the code compliance of the design (by others) of 587 steel bridges• Checked the design of rolled shape and plate girder bridges with composite and noncomposite deck slabs Project – Idaho DOT• Junior project engineer• Performed detailed takeoff of girder and bracing weights for constructability analysis• Provided summary tables of weights, segment lengths and CG Locations for crane studies

• Worked weekends, school breaks, and summers.• Assisted family-owned business on residential construction job sites.• Loaded/unloaded materials and tools, job site clean-up, general helper.

UD Residence Life & Housing • Acted as first point of contact in person as well as on the phone.• Handled customer inquiries, complaints, and billing questions.• Calmed upset callers, located resources for problem resolution and design best-option solutions.

• Developed a MATLAB script for image processing and analysis of pictures of weathered painted steel test samples.• Worked closely with faculty and graduate student mentors to complete the project.• Presented many progress reports as well as a final formal presentation for faculty and mentors.