Resume
Summary
Five years professional experiences on analysis, design, evaluation, and interaction with the clients on the structures such as industrial buildings, power plants, substations, waterfront and offshore & energy.
Objective
Achieve a structural engineering position that follows my professional and personal goals and to be a significant asset to the company in combination with the expertise of the team.
Education
• Ph.D., Structural/Earthquake Engineering, University of Montreal, Canada 2005-2011.
• M.Sc., Earthquake Engineering, Iran; 2003-2005.
• B.Sc., Civil Engineering, Iran; 1999-2003.
Professional Licenses
• Registered Civil Engineer (PE) in California
Residency Status
• US Citizen
• Canadian Citizen
Professional Experience
• Structural Engineer at BergerABAM Engineering, Seattle, WA; March 2011- Present:
- Seismic analysis and design of nuclear crane using GTStrudl
- Seismic Assessment on existing Nisqually River Bridge and extension of the bridge by performing nonlinear pushover analyses according to AASHTO Seismic Design Specification
- Quality control on the strength design of superstructure (truss guide-way) of Oakland
Airport Connector (OAC)
- Displacement based design of earthquake hinge restrainer for OAC
- Calculating the capacity design forces on the superstructure of OAC using the pushover nonlinear approaches
- Designing the elastomeric bearings of OAC according to Caltrans Design Guide and
AASHTO Guide Specifications and comparison of both approaches
- Calculating the out-of-phase response between superstructure and substructure of OAC to evaluate the relative displacements and induced shear deformations in the bearings under the seismic actions
- Performing fatigue design checks for the joints of OAC superstructure under the cyclic train loads according to the hot-spot method by using the elaborated solid finite element models in
ABAQUS platform
- Analysis and design of pre-stressed piers for Naval Facilities Engineering Service
Center (NFESC) due to temperature gradient, gravity loads and seismic displacements using SAP2000 and ABAQUS programs and according to UFC 4-152, AASHTO-12 and ACI
- Analysis and design of pre-stressed composite piers under the stress variations in concrete due to differential creep and shrinkage according to Model Code 90 and ACI- 209
- Analysis and design of steel piles under the wave loads for the port of Grays Harbor using L-Pile program and AISC code.
- Conceptual study on analysis and design of the wave energy converter systems (king pile breakwater and float-in posttensioned concrete caisson) under the ocean’s wave loads and cyclic internal air pressure, Douglas County, OR
- Research and Development on design of Composite Ice-Resisting Shells of Arctic GBS
- Preliminary design and stability study for the base of Arctic GBS
- Generating the ultimate design and fatigue load envelope for hybrid wind turbine systems
(post-tensioned concrete base and steel tube)
- Quality control on the finite element models of wind turbine for the strength and fatigue design.
• Seismic Specialist and Structural Analyst at Hydro-Quebec, Canada, March 2010- March 2011:
- Service Buildings of Reactor GENTILLY-2
- Numerical modeling and seismic assessment of service buildings for reactor GENTILLY-2 by SAP2000 and ABAQUS
- Calibrating the analytical model of service buildings by using the Ambient Vibration Tests.
- Dynamic Analysis of service buildings by applying the ground acceleration in three directions (two horizontal one vertical) according to ASCE 4-98 and ASCE/SEI 43-05.
- Generating the Frequency Response Spectrum (FRS) of floors up to 100 Hz for seismic evaluation of equipments located in structure.
- Calculating the strength factors of structural components according to the building codes and ASCE/SEI 43-05 to do the fragility analysis using the EPRI method.
- Preparing the report of the results for Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL).
- Seismic evaluations of Substations
- Performing ambient vibration tests and data analysis of Substations
- 3D modeling of the substations using AutoCAD-3D and performing finite element dynamic analysis using ABAQUS and FEMAP to evaluate the potential of cracks and failure modes
- Developing the FE model of substations in SAP2000 using the nonlinear link elements and performing the nonlinear time history analysis.
• Design engineer of Rah-dasht Pay Co., Iran; 2003-2005:
- Analyzing and designing a variety of structures including residential complexes, multi span industrial structures, and treatment plant structures according to different building codes
- Working experience with various types of loading including wind, earthquake and temperature
- Familiar with capacity design, displacement based seismic design and seismic performance evaluation of existing buildings
- Conferring with other members of the engineering team, other involved groups, contractors and customers
- Preparing shop drawings for residential/commercial complexes
- Checking the drawings to ensure construction plans met guidelines and specifications of building codes
- Preparing design calculation notes using Spreadsheets and Microsoft Words
• Engineer (Contract) at Setarvan Chemical Co., Iran.; Winter –Spring 2003:
- Design of concrete acid reservoir with the dimension of 7 m X 15 m
Computer Skills
• SAP 2000, RAM Perform-3D, L-Pile, ETABS, SAFE, ABAQUS, ANSYS, ADINA, VecTor2 (Finite element software for concrete structures), Ruaumoko, Open Sees, AutoCAD 2D-3D, Grapher, Corel Draw, Excel, Maple, MathCAD
Research Experiences
• Research in Structural Laboratory of University of Montreal; 2005-2010
- Half scale shaking table tests and non-linear dynamic analysis on reinforced concrete shear wall of an 8-story building to investigate the higher mode effects on slender high-rise reinforced concrete walls under the high frequency earthquakes (From 2005 to January 2010).
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