Engineering Assistant

Lauren M. Biscombe

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Norristown, PA 194**-*-**-*** 0875

EDUCATION

L eland Stanford Junior University S tanford, CA

Candidate for Master of Science in Structural Engineering, June 2011 G PA: 3.854/4.0

Massachus etts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA

B .S. in Civil Engineering, June 2009 G PA: 4.9/5.0

R el eva nt Cours ework:

P erformance -Based Earthquake Engineering, Building Information Modeling, Structural Design and

Analysis (steel, concrete), Engineering for Sustainability, Solid and Fluid Mechanics, Materials Testing,

P robability and Statistics, Project Evaluation (economics), and Game Theory.

EXPERIENCE

R esearch Assistant S ept. 2010 - present

Professor Sarah Billington and PhD student Daniel Moreno -Luna, Stanford

Construct, test, and model Engineered Cementitious Composite (ECC) columns and dogbones.

Tsuna mi Vertical Evacuation i n Padang, Indonesia Independent Study J an. 2010 present

E ngineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), Stanford Chapter

Learn about evacuation options, earthquake and tsunami hazards, and design in the developing world.

W ork with Stanford and Indonesian students on organizing building survey data, creating pamphlets about

evacuation and vulnerability for engineers, planners, and the public, and creating a preliminary checklist

f or the evaluation of potential tsunami evacuation structures.

G eotechnical Laboratory Assistant J une 2007 - J une 2009,

Dr. John T. Germaine s Geotechnical Laboratory, MIT J uly - A ug. 2010

P erformed and trained others in v arious strength, consolidation, and index tests (Constant Rate of Strain,

Direct Simple Shear, hydrometer, specific gravity) on soil samples from around the world.

S tructural Engine eri ng Intern J anuary 2009

Figueiredo Ferraz Consultoria e Engenharia de Projeto S.A., S o Paulo, Brazil

E xplored methods of creating tunnels and gained experience with structural analysis program STRAP.

AWARDS

L eland Stanford Junior University:

School of Engineering Graduate Fellowship/Blume Earthquake Engineering Center Research Assistantship

Massachus etts Institute of Technology:

Steinberg Prize, Vice President of Chi Epsilon (Civil Engineering Honor Society), member of Tau Beta Pi

( Engineering Honor Society), Edward W. and Lena M. Winslow Memorial Scholar, Howe- Walker Award

Norristown Area High School:

Salutatorian, WPVI - TV 6ABC Best of the Class of 2005, SWE Highest Honors in Science and

Mathematics, Rensselaer Medal, Student in MIT s Women s Technology Program (2004), Elks National

Foundation Most Valuable Student

INTERESTS AND SKILLS

Earthquake engineering, disaster preparedness, travel, languages (intermediate Spanish, beginner

P ortuguese, learning Bahasa Indonesia), former member of MIT s Steel Bridge team, tutoring,

p rogramming (Java, C#, Matlab), and structural engineering/architectural software (Mastan, Revit, SAP,

DIANA)

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