Serena Li Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Ab, Ca

Ontario, Canada

• Simultaneously managed seven projects of up to $1M contract worth per project, from tender phase to on site work. Management involved contract review, speaking to clients and other stakeholders, reviewing scope of work and interpreting drawings, preparing change orders, reviewing billings, ensuring schedule compliance, material orders, communicating with the steel shop, and coordinating site visits, surveys, work orders, and deliveries.• Successfully established great client relationships by staying organized, having transparent communication, and solving problems quickly to satisfy client concerns and to maintain construction schedules.

Brampton, Ontario, Canada

• Prepared engineering analyses and designs on a strict timeline for the structural steel framing of buildings. This involved designing engineering models in RAM, interpreting structural and architectural drawings from clients, designing joists and beams, deck layout, and connection design.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Tested tiebacks during shoring construction phase, monitored site investigations, vibration monitoring, pre-construction surveys, analyzed soil samples, groundwater level measurements, and classified soil samples from drilling.• Wrote daily monitoring reports which involved analyzing site measurements, analyzing large data sets in Microsoft Excel, and problem solving when instrumentation or spreadsheets were malfunctioning. Also worked on larger reports which involved putting together design drawings using Bluebeam Revu for construction implementation.• Completed tasks quickly under strict timelines, worked effectively with contractors on site to ensure construction was on track and infrastructure were built to code, relayed information to clients and internal team members, and took on a mentorship role to other employees near the end of term.

Canada

• Taught people ranging from 7 to 50 year-old new snowboarders, assisted coworkers and supervisors with additional work around the resort, shared passion for the sport with new riders, and was the primary point of contact for customers.• Developed lesson plans to help students develop their technique and strength safely so they have the confidence to eventually snowboard on their own.

• Used GeoStudio and MATLAB to research and model the triggering mechanisms of retrogressive thaw slumps by adjusting environmental parameters like soil type, ice percentage in permafrost, and changes in climate (temperature and precipitation) using 1D and 2D geometry.• Assisted in the publication of supervisors’ research papers by utilizing skills in MATLAB and EXCEL to analyze data observations and plotcorrelating patterns.

Queen'S University

• Worked under and alongside graduate students to prep, make, and test functionally graded concrete structures using new sensor technologies like fiber optic strain sensors and digital image correlation.• Assisted in the publication of supervisors’ research papers by utilizing skills in MATLAB and EXCEL to analyze data observations and plot correlating patterns.

• Leveraged the individual strengths of each general member to complete all the projects relating to the body of the vehicle in a timely manner before the international competition. • Extensively researched and practiced carbon fibre layups to improve the current carbon fibre design.• Responsible for the handling of $4000 worth of materials and had to utilize quick problem solving in the field to maintain budget expenses.• Was responsible for helping operate the Queen’s Supermileage Instagram account (@qsupermileage) to promote the design team to other Queen’s students.• Filmed and edited a promotional video of the design team’s car for the Shell EcoMarathon Phase 2 submission using Adobe Premier Pro.• Filmed and collaborated on editing the team competition video using Adobe Premier Pro.

• Responsible for attending various sports games and working multiple roles: scorekeeping, ticket sales, ball chasing, and customer service. • Responsible for promoting a culture that embodies A&R values, staying composed in stressful situations, and working in a fast-paced environment.

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Ontario, Canada

• Responsible for making sure other coaches taught in a professional manner that reflected the company’s values; creatively used a variety of teaching methods to teach young kids the fundamentals of competitive swimming.• Communicated information between head coach to co-coaches, gave constructive advice to other coaches on how to improve their teaching effectiveness, and created a comfortable environment between myself and my students.• Positive parent feedback was a result, students excelled in competitions, students felt comfortable to share outside-of-swimming issues to me, and good relationships were developed between coaches.

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Civil Engineering, 4.0/4.3 Gpa Average (2Nd, 3Rd, And 4Th Year)

Leadership: Faculty Orientation Leader, Civil Engineering Society Vice President, Engineering Society's Diversity Representative, body.

Ontario Secondary School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Regional Arts Program for pianoAwards: Most Valuable Player Swim Team 2017 & 2018, Top 10 in OFSAA Swimming.