ABDUL MOEED ABRO

**** ********* ****., ********* ****, Houston, Texas 77077

Cell: 714-***-****, E-mail: abl0mx@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE

Mr. A. Moeed Abro has 5 years of professional experience in Structural Engineering and has MSCE in

Structures from University of Alabama at Birmingham. He has experience in the analysis and design of

steel and concrete structures, mainly on non building structures in refineries and petrochemical plants. His

software experience related to Structural Analysis includes Staad Risa 3d, Ansys 8.0 and Sap.

Mr. Abro has cleared the PE (Civil) exam conducted by NCEES and Seismic Principles by California

Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, and is expected to sit in Engineering Surveying exam

to get license from California in June 09.

EDUCATION

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Master of Science in Civil Engineering MSCE (Structures). Graduated in May, 2006.

- GPA = 3.92 / 4.0

- Thesis: Design and Analysis of low cost Thermoplastic Bridge Superstructure.

NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan

Bachelor of Engineering BE (Civil). Graduated in May, 2000.

- Project: Effect of orientation of concrete shear walls on the structural system of tall buildings.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Foster Wheeler, Houston, Texas, USA / (02/04/08 to 03/19/09)

Position Structural Engineer 2

Extensively involved in the analysis and detailed design of modular type of steel structures (pipe racks,

equipment support structures) for various load conditions/scenarios while fabrication/transportation (i.e.

lifting, land/sea transportation, ocean forces while barging) and final inplace construction. Software

experience is wih Staad.

Representative Project:

BP Operation Canadian Crude Whitting Project, Hammond, IN.

Brinderson Engineers and Constructors, Costa Mesa, California, USA / (05/01/06 to 01/18/08)

Position Assistant Structural Engineer

Assisted in the analysis and design of steel structures and reinforced concrete foundations supporting pipe

racks, vessel/equipment support structures, pipe supports, tanks in petrochemical refineries. Prepared

structural calculations for city/county permit package and checked shop drawings.

Software experience is with RISA 6.0 and Mathcad.

Representative Projects:

Chevron Elsegundo, California, Deaerator Debottlenecking.

Big West Bakersfield, California, Clean Fuels Project.

Tidelands Oil Company Long Beach, California, Slurry Processing Tanks.

Organic Fuels Galena Park, Texas, Support Structure for Centrifuge Equipments.

Kamil Associates, Consulting Structural and Civil Engineers, Karachi, Pakistan / (01/01/03 to 12/13/03)

Position Structural Engineer

Structural modeling of Reinforced Concrete structures like Cement Plants, Heavy Industrial Complexes,

Commercial Buildings and Bungalows. Steel structures comprise Oil Storage Steel Tanks, Large Span

Planer Structures for Industrial Buildings, Steel Towers and Sign Boards.

Ansar-ul-Haq Consultants, Karachi, Pakistan / (07/01/02 to 12/31/02)

Position Design Engineer

Structural Design of RCC Buildings like Recreational / Public Complexes, Commercial Centers,

Educational Buildings.

A.A Associates Planners, Consulting Engineers, Karachi, Pakistan / (08/15/00 to 03/31/01)

Position Junior Structural Engineer (Civil)

Job included the structural analysis calculations, designing according to ACI code, monitoring and

developing structural detail drawings of Textile mills, Pharmaceutical industries.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA (01/01/05 to 4/30/06)

Position Graduate Research Assistant

1. Anacosta River Park Pedestrian Bridge in Washington DC: Structural design of Thermoplastic

(Glass/Polypropylene) bridge superstructure, software used for analysis SAP 2000.

2. Modular Fiber Thermoplastic Bridge Deck System: Modeling and design of Glass/Polypropylene bridge

deck system based on Finite Element Analysis on Ansys for single/double lane bridges. This project was

sponsored by University Transportation Center Alabama and Alabama Department of Transportation.

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION/EXAMS

PE (Civil) conducted by NCEES. (October 08).

Seismic Principles from California Board of Professional Engineers. (October 08)

EIT (Fundamental Engineering) from Alabama Board of Professional Engineers. (October 05).

SCJP (Sun Certified Java Programmer) from Sun Microsystems USA. (October 01).

RESEARCH JOURNAL PAPERS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Abro, A.M., Uddin, N. “Manufacturing of Low Cost Thermoplastic Composite Bridge Superstructure”.

Engineering Structures Journal, Vol. 30, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 1386-1395.

Abro, A.M., Uddin, N., Vaidya, U. “Design and Manufacturing of Low Cost Thermoplastic Composite

Bridge Superstructure”. Third International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE

2006), Miami, Florida, USA.

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