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Chapter 1 CAREER PROFILE

• Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Louisiana State University.

• Experience as Assistant Civil Engineer for 2 years.

• Familiar with analysis of foundations, structural designing, retaining walls, and pavement designing.

• Proficiency in using civil software packages, statistical analysis, packages required for data analysis and

computation.

Chapter 2 EDUCATION

Master of Science Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; GPA 3.40/4.0

Civil Engineering, Osmania University - Hyderabad, India; GPA 3.80/4.0

Bachelor of Science

Chapter 3 WORKING

EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, LSU Jan 08 - Dec 10

• Casting and testing concrete specimens. Developing standard test procedures for measuring thermal

conductivity, and moisture measurement in concrete.

• Testing concrete specimens for several heat transfer parameters.

• Handling new testing methods such as non-destructive methods, thermal conductivity and moisture

measurement equipment.

• Analyzing data collected from test methods and performing statistical analysis on data collected.

• Dealt with finite element models, parametric models, and pavement designing software’s.

• Responsibilities include writing reports and project proposals.

July 06- Dec 07

Assistant Civil Engineer, NCC Ltd, Hyderabad, India

• Analyzed and designed the beams and columns using STADD Pro and performed load design calculations,

field data related to soil subsurface conditions and performed the pavement design of horizontal and vertical

alignments for the highways design.

• Supervised the site with material checking and progress of work as per schedule.

• Assisted senior Engineer in performing Engineering analysis for foundations, retaining walls and preparing

geotechnical reports.

• Assisted the Project engineers in the Analysis of storm water management, Drainage and Culverts design.

• Coordinated effectively with architects, sub contractors, contracting engineers, consultants and clients.

Intern, Junior Civil Engineer, Afcons Infrastructure Ltd, Hyderabad, India May 06 - July 06

• Responsible for developing designs of pavements, quality of design documentation throughout

design process and dealt with traffic and planning procedures.

• Responsible for handling some engineering projects using various engineering and statistical

techniques.

Summer Intern, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India

• Research Topic: Seismic analysis and design of Concrete structures

• Design of concrete structures meeting requirements of IS-456 and IS-1893, Coding them in C-

language and developing user interface using VB.net

Chapter 4 RESEARCH PROJECTS

1 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

Thermal conductivity and its Effects on the Performance of PCC Pavements in MEPDG, Master’s Thesis

• Measured thermal conductivity of concrete by developing a standard test protocol.

• Evaluated factors influencing thermal conductivity and their effects on concrete pavement performances

using EICM and MEPDG.

• Developed model that predicts thermal conductivity.

Strategies for Work-Zone (Team Size: 1)

• Work zone is to move the vehicles efficiently and safely.

• Efficient strategies and safety of different ITS technologies are compared and discussed in this project to

provide an optimal strategy for efficient traffic flow and safety of the vehicles.

Pavement Management System (Team Size: 4)

• Idealized pavement management system for a roadway network.

Geometric design of a 2 lane segment (Team Size: 2)

• Designing a 2 lane segment for the anticipated traffic flow including provision of access to the local facilities

and estimation of project cost.

Chapter 5 STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

Analysis and Design of Commercial Complex (Team Size: 4) Packages: AUTOCAD 2006, STAADPRO 2005.

• Designing a multistoried building for commercial complex as per Indian Standards.

• Building planning, load analysis and designing for safety.

• Analysis and design are done manually and compared to STAADPRO moments and stresses.

Analysis and Design of Steel Residential Apartment (Team Size: 4)

• Designing a residential apartment as per the Indian Standards.

1 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

Chemical Grouting (Team Size: 1)

• Procedure, requirements and application of chemical grouting.

• Details on pre-grouting and post-grouting tests and analyzing few case studies.

Self-Consolidating Cement (SCC) (Team Size: 1)

• Characteristics, requirements of mix design of SCC.

• Fresh and hardened concrete properties and tests, construction procedures and applications of SCC.

Chapter 6 RELATED COURSE WORK

Graduate Level: Pavement Designing and Analysis, Advance Mechanics, Pavement Management Systems, Non-

Destructive Testing Methods, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Advance Concrete Properties, Transportation

planning, geotechnical methods and applications, Geographic Information Systems, Experimental Statistics, Advanced

Pavement Designing, Traffic Operations and control.

Under Graduate Level:

Structural Steel Design, Reinforced Concrete Design, Foundation Engineering, Theory of Structures, Transportation

Engineering; Computer Methods of Engineering Project Management, Advanced Geotechnical Engineering and

Hydrologic Analysis, Engineering mechanics, Fluid mechanics I&II, Surveying I &II, Building Design and Drawing,

Hydrology &Water Resource Engineering, Soil Mechanics, Engineering Economics and GIS applications.

Chapter 7 TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: C, C++

Packages known: AUTOCAD Civil 3D, STAADPRO, KENPAVE, KENLAYER, EVERSTRESS, MEPDG, HEC,

MicroStation, Inroads, Geographic Information Systems, Microsoft office suite, Windows (2000, XP, 2003 Server,

Vista and 7), Partially Linux.

Testing Equipments and procedure: Non-destructive testing equipments such as ultrasonic testing, surface echo,

NMR, sensors, thermal conductivity, and Co-efficient of thermal expansion test procedure.

Other Details: Knowledge in AASHTO, AISC codes, pavement materials, advance concrete properties, pavement

management systems, intelligent transportation systems, and designing of structures and pavements.

Chapter 8 PUBLICATIONS

Chapter 9 Upender et. al, “Stress of Sustainable PCC Pavements under Nonlinear Temperature and

Moisture Gradients” presented conference paper in 90th Transportation Research Board, Washington DC.

Relocation: Willing to relocate.

References: Available upon request.

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