Olivia Black, P.E. Email & Phone Number

Cambridge, Ma

Geotechnical responsibilities include coordination of subsurface exploration programs, geotechnical analysis, design, and instrumentation, design assistance in preparing construction documents, and project coordination with other disciplines. Foundation construction experience includes both design and/or field monitoring of shallow and deep foundations including spread footing systems, ground improvement systems, drilled and driven piles, slurry walls, underpinning, and temporary earth support design for building projects. Geoenvironmental experience includes performing site assessments for the presence of oil and hazardous materials, preparation of soil disposition plans, and monitoring of site remediation operations in accordance with the Massachusetts Oil and Hazardous Materials Release Prevention and Response Act (MGL Chapter 21E) and the Massachusetts Contingency Plan (310 CMR 40.0000).

Austin, Texas Area

Studied the application of optical image correlation using satellite imagery to detect lateral spreading deformations due to earthquake induced liquefaction. Related deformations to subsurface soil conditions.

Austin, Texas Area

Taught the laboratory portion of the undergraduate geotechnical engineering class. Experiments included water content, Atterberg Limits, visual manual soil classification, soil compaction, soil consolidation, and triaxial tests. Tasks included preparing a brief lecture for each class, overseeing students complete the experiments, and grading students' laboratory reports.

Boston, Ma

Worked with Professor Mishac Yegian and graduate students researching Induced Partial Saturation, a method to prevent liquefaction during Earthquakes, developed education module, assisted with outreach programs.

Lowell, Ma

Assisted with geotechnical soil borings, footing inspections, and borehole geophysics on a bedrock well. Input geotechnical boring log data using gInt, produced subsurface profiles in AutoCAD, ran slope stability analyses using Slide, performed effective stress and settlement calculations, analyzed and tabulated environmental data, performed ground water sampling, PDB installation, and chemical contouring.

Woburn, Ma

Supervised and documented field projects including geo-technical soil borings, pile driving, ground water monitoring, perimeter air monitoring, and environmental soil borings. Performed lab tests and analyses on soil samples, input data into GeoSystem and gInt, calibrated lab equipment, plotted pile load test results, analyzed groundwater seepage through dikes, analyzed and tabulated environmental data, assisted in environmental sensory training, worked on project specs and bids.

Greater Boston Area

Updated and assembled yearly reports and documents, updated daily and monthly data files, revised and made edits to drawings, spreadsheets, reports and essays, composed weekly projects schedule, located values on construction design drawings, and researched for many hydropower projects.

Master'S Degree, Geotechnical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Geo-Institute

Bachelor Of Science, Civil And Environmental Engineering

Civil Engineering

As part of the NUin Program, offered through Northeastern University, I traveled to Melbourne, Australia for my first semester.

Education record