Piyush Soti, Phd, Pe Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

1. Design/Analysis: a. Superstructure–Designing/analyzing bridge superstructure components with hand calculations, spreadsheets, SAP2000, CSI bridge, and LEAP bridge software. b. Substructure–Designing/analyzing reinforced concrete abutment, pier, and pile bents using hand calculations, spreadsheets, RC-Pier, and FB-Multipier. c. Designing bearing/bearing assembly for bridge superstructure. d. Designing various bridge ancillary structures such as sign posts, handrails, etc.2. Load Rating: a. Performing hands-on inspection of bridges when required. b. Performing load rating of existing and new bridges from simple beam span to trusses and movable spans mainly for railroad sector for AREMA specific live loads and other client specific loads. c. Providing load rating table/reports to clients. 3. Plan production: a. Performing quantity computation and estimation for bridge construction projects. b. Drafting of elevation, plan, and typical section views of various bridge-related tasks and providing detailed bridge construction plan sets to clients using AutoCAD or Microstation.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

# Inspected I−895, I−695 MDTA and MD county bridges and load rating structurally deficient bridges.# Reviewed and produced a technical memo to MD Sate highway administration regarding alternative materials/methods for designing noise barrier walls to cut down the construction cost.# Reviewed shop drawings and submittals.

Bridgeport, West Virginia

# Responsibly worked on the design, analysis, and comprehensive structural plan productions of a 55−foot and 65−foot long simple span bridges with prestressed box−beams.# Designed multiple simple span bridges using wide−flange rolled steel sections using hand calculation and software tools.# Responsibly worked on the comprehensive design, analysis, and plan production of a 128−foot long plate girder bridge for WVDOH.# Designed and worked on a plan production for a bridge replacement along with its demolition and traffic detour plan. # Designed bridge supports such as gabion abutments and concrete pile−caps with single−rowed steel−piles for numerous temporary bridges.# Produced a rehabilitation plan for increasing the load capacity of an existing plate girder bridge by designing a pier supported with micropiles using PennDOT standards.# Performed safety inspection and rating analysis on few concrete and steel bridges and produced a comprehensive inspection reports for the clients.# Designed cantilever reinforced concrete, gabion−basket, and anchored retaining walls for various landscaping projects as well as for the road maintenance and expansion projects.# Inspected driving of H−piles for the bridge abutment foundations and drilling of soldier piles and laggings for retaining walls in the capacity of a construction site inspector.# Inspected several damaged building structures and provided structural assessment reports to clients.

Dept. Of Civil & Environmental Engineering

# Studied structural behavior of hybrid Glass-fiber composite shapes with embedded steel plates. # Focused on the analysis, design, manufacturing, testing of materials & structural components. # Implemented repair/rehabilitation schemes on deteriorated concrete & steel structures.# Facilitated in designs of structural components with timber, concrete, steel & fiber composites.# Intensively worked on the underwater wrapping of concrete structures with fiber composites.# Worked on the restoration and strengthening of distressed concrete beams & columns.# Rehabilitated corroded bridge steel piles using fiber composites & self-consolidated concrete.# Designed, developed, and tested FRP wicket gate to replace existing timber wicket gates.# Designed, developed, and tested FRP recess protection panel to replace existing steel panels.

Department Of Civil And Environmental Engineering

# Instructed few lecture classes for Structural analysis, Timber design, & Behavior of FRP members.# Assisted Professors on teaching, grading, and supervising undergraduate & graduate classes.# Conducted and led laboratory sessions for the class of Structural Analysis.

Lalitpur, Nepal

# Inspected 50 suspension trail bridges in remote areas of Nepal and prepared inspection reports.# Trained new employees to perform inspection of trail bridges in a safe manner.# Worked in a team to design and produce construction plans for pedestrian trail bridges.# Reviewed more than 100 bridge inspection reports.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Civil Structural Engineering, 4.0

Activities and Societies: ASCE-SEI, SAMPE, NSSA-WVU

Master'S Degree, Civil Engineering, 4.0

Activities and Societies: ASCE, SEI-GSC, NSSA-WVU

Bachelor'S Degree, Civil Engineering, 8.5/10

High School, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics