Engineer Engineering

DANIELA S. BASTOS

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Jersey City, NJ 07302

Mobile 917-***-****

E-mail: *******.***@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

Creative, resourceful and successful geotechnical engineer seeks a

challenging position in geotechnical design and project management.

EXPERIENCE

Background includes over seven years of experience, Professional Engineer

license in New York State, Master's degree and international experience.

Competencies include project proposal, planning, design, oversight,

construction inspection, and coordination with owners, designers and field

personal.

STv Incorporated / Trans Hudson Express (THE) Partnership (nEWARK, NJ)

Geotechnical Engineer (2009-2010)

Lead Geotechnical Engineer in charge of a construction package for the

Access to the Region's Core (ARC) Project.

. Performed analysis and design of retaining systems including:

mechanically stabilized earth, modular gravity, semi gravity, sheet

pile, and soldier pile walls.

. Performed analysis of driven pile foundation systems including single

axial and lateral pile capacity, group effects and settlement.

. Performed slope stability analysis for railroad earth structures.

. Performed consolidation analysis using numerical and empirical

methods.

. Prepared laboratory testing program.

. Evaluated laboratory and field data and estimated geotechnical design

parameters.

. Prepared and oversaw the preparation of geotechnical contract

drawings.

. Prepared geotechnical engineering reports and memos.

. Coordinated with owner, multi-disciplinary managers, designers, and

field personnel.

. Managed package budget and cost estimations by preparing work progress

reports and scope of work for future tasks.

Langan engineering and environmental services (NEW YORK, ny)

Senior Staff Engineer (2007-2009)

. Supervised axial and lateral pile load tests.

. Inspected subgrade for shallow foundations and retaining walls.

. Supervised soil anchor installation and testing for building projects.

. Supervised numerous geotechnical site investigations and field tests.

. Inspected under slab drainage system installation.

. Inspected waterproofing installation for foundations and retaining

structures.

. Inspected test pits excavation for evaluation of existing foundation

systems.

. Designed temporary excavation support systems.

. Performed geotechnical analysis including shallow foundations,

consolidation settlements, and pile capacity.

. Prepared geotechnical engineering reports.

. Interfaced with Owners, architects, designers and city agents.

. Coordinated activities of consultants and contractors.

GZA Geoenvironmental of new york (NEW YORK, ny)

Geotechnical Engineer II (2003-2007)

. Construction inspection of drilled shafts installations and

underpinning for building projects.

. Supervised numerous geotechnical site investigations, including

borings, CPTs, hydraulic conductivity tests, and geophysical tests.

. Conducted pre-construction surveys of several buildings in New York

City.

. Performed geotechnical analysis including shallow and deep

foundations, and retaining structures using empirical and numerical

methods.

. Designed temporary excavation support systems and prepared drawings.

. Prepared geotechnical engineering proposals and reports.

. Interfaced with architects, engineers and government agencies.

. Coordinated activities of consultants and contractors.

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

Professional Engineer in the State of New York

Professional License in the State of New Jersey (in progress)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

. Member of ASCE Metropolitan Section Geotechnical Committee.

EDUCATION

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK

Post-Master's Professional Degree in Civil Engineering, with emphasis in

geotechnical engineering. (Current part-time student.)

NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, JAPAN

Master of Science in System Management and Civil Engineering (Emphasis in

Geotechnical Engineering) March 2003.

UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA, BRAZIL

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. December 1999.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Experience in using geotechnical software applications including: PLAXIS, L-

Pile, GROUP, STABL, Slope/W, SLIDE, FoSSA, Shoring, AutoCAD, and

Microstation.

AWARDS

Best paper award 2008 by the Japanese Geotechnical Society.

Monbusho Fellowship, by the Ministry of Education of Japan: scholarship for

the duration of two and half years in which tuition and room and board

costs were fully covered.

PET-CAPES Scholarship for outstanding undergraduate students, awarded by

the Brazilian Organization CAPES to a maximum of 12 first-rate

undergraduate students, across the entire civil engineering student body.

PUBLICATIONS

Nakai, T; Farias, M., Bastos D. & Sato Y. (2007). Simulation of

Conventional and Inverted Braced Excavations using Subloading tij Model.

Soils and Foundations - Japanese Geotechnical Society, Soils and

Foundations Journal, 47(3).

Bastos, D.S. (2003) Influence of the Constructive Method on the Behavior of

Braced Excavations: Model Tests and Numerical Simulations, Nagoya Institute

of Technology, Nagoya, Japan, 87p.

.

Bastos, D.S. & Casado Junior, M.L. (2000) A Tunnel Alternative for Brasilia

International Airport. V National Meeting of Civil Engineering PETs,

Campinas, Brazil, 5p.

Bastos, D.S. (2000). Stress and Strain Analyses in Tunnels. Monograph,

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Brasilia,

Brasilia, Brazil, 36p.

LANGUAGES

English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and a working knowledge of Japanese

and Italian.

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