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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Major achievements: o Performed quantities and cost estimations for small and mid-size airport projects.o Developed technical specifications based on the FAA, INDOT, and Wisconsin BOA specifications. o Addressed design review comments in different stages of the design process. o Developed rigid and flexible pavement designs through FAARFIELD based on the FAA advisory circulars. o Inspected the construction of stormwater and underdrain structures and pipes; concrete and asphalt pavement construction; installation of taxiway lights and signages; laying out markings; and seeding. o Performed Nuclear Gauge tests on the backfills, pavement layers, and embankments.

Kabul, Afghanistan

Program for Migration and Development (PME)Major achievements: o Cooperated in leading project’s M&E measures to control and assure beneficiaries receive support from contractors.o Utilized M&E data to advise management on creating annual master plan increasing budget expenditure by 30%.o Collected, managed, and analyzed 4 monitoring data sets and wrote monthly narrative reports to HQ’s M&E.

Kabul, Afghanistan

Project: Academic Mining Education in Afghanistan (AMEA)Major Achievements:o Oversaw project activities with a problem-solving mentality as the only technical staff in Kabul since Feb 2019 resulting in delivery of project components 1 to 4.o Inspected construction, maintenance, and set-up affairs of geoengineering lab and hydrogeological test field with keen diligence to ensure works comply with drawings and specifications.o Prepared stronger and more precise tendering documents for construction, maintenance, and training activities to guarantee definitions, scope of work, and tech. specs. are clear.o Evaluated offers and proposals to enhance transparency, value, and cost-efficiency in purchases and contacts.o Initiated proper communication channels resulting in stronger stakeholder relationships (companies and suppliers, KPU, Balkh Uni, Kabul Uni, Ministry of Higher Education, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, GIZ central office, DAAD, and TU Frieberg).

Kabul, Afghanistan

Shah wa Arus (Bride & Groom) Dam and Hydropower ProjectTablieh and Parhoon Tarh Joint VentureMajor Achievements:o Compiled and prepared daily and monthly work plans and progress reports to record operations like batching plant production, concrete works, reinforcement, and asphalt pavement in place.o Checked dam body daily with delegations of the Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW) to gather task data.o Organized and submitted design, spec. documents and submittals to the MoEW to obtain approval.

Kabul, Afghanistan

Academic Mining Education in Afghanistan (AMEA) projectTranslated Curriculum of Geological Engineering and Exploration of Mines Department of the KPU to Dari facilitating its implementation

Kabul, Afghanistan

Academic Mining Education in Afghanistan (AMEA) projectTranslated Regulations, Bills, and Procedures of Ministry of Higher Education to English facilitating the standardization of the KPU curricula

Kabul, Afghanistan

International Language Institute o Instructed and managed pre-intermediate, intermediate and upper-intermediate ESL classes to strengthen the reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills of the students;o Translated academic and general articles from & to English for the university to broaden its audience;o Developed teaching plans resulting an increase in the productivity of the ESL programs.

Kabul, Afghanistan

Academic Mining Education in Afghanistan (AMEA) project Translated Curriculum of Mining Department of the KPU to English facilitating the standardization of the curriculum.

Kabul, Afghanistan

Marefat International Language AcademyInstructed and managed pre-intermediate, intermediate and upper-intermediate ESL classes to strengthen the reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills of the students.

Master'S Degree, Engineering Management With A Focus On Civil Engineering, 3.6

Activities and Societies: . Board Member for the Purdue Fulbright Association, Member of the ASCE Purdue Student Chapter Member.

Pre-Academic Program Of English For Graduate Studies

Spring International Language Center (SILC) Courses: Academic Writing Skills, Academic Communication Skills, American Culture & Society

Bachelor'S Degree, Mining And Mineral Engineering

Major Classes: Mines and transportation machinery, rocks destruction, mechanics, exploitation technology of mines, construction of mines.

Winter School In Mining Engineering

Classes: • Practical training in the field of mining engineering, several mining excursions at mining sites; • Introduction.