Civil Engineering Engineer

Water Resources Engineering

Engineering Economics

Civil 3D

Steel Design

Angelica N. Zarate

ac0lt1@r.postjobfree.com * 559-***-****

To apply my knowledge and hands on experience by attaining a full-time civil engineering position. EDUCATION

California State University, Sacramento (CSUS)

B.S. in Civil Engineering 05/2017

WORK EXPERIENCE

Engineering Student Assistant California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) 08/2015 – Present Work alongside a professional engineer in the Structure Specification Research and Development Branch.

Assist in research, development, and review bridge and transportation related structure specifications

Develop, populate, and maintain Access database to use for prioritizing and tracking progress of specifications

Prepare correspondence, route revised specifications to stakeholders and industry for comment; evaluate and analyze responses

Observe construction techniques, materials, and methods used in bridge and building construction projects RELATED COURSES AND PROJECTS

Transportation Engineering

Reinforced Concrete Design

Franklin Boulevard Complete Streets Project CSUS 08/2015 – 05/2017 With a team, worked on a 1.6-mile streetscape improvement project that aims to improve the corridor’s public-private interface, aesthetics, urban design quality, and mitigate the negative impacts of the existing auto-oriented environment.

Researched Caltrans and City of Sacramento specifications to prepare a thorough work plan to present to the client

Used Google Earth to find practical and efficient design alternatives for the project area, and compose an alternatives design report for client review and alternative selection

Performed pavement design calculations and selected a Low Impact Development, LID, design for the corridor EERI: Seismic Design Competition CSUS 08/2015 – 03/2017 With a team, designed and constructed a cost-effective miniature balsa wood frame building to resist seismic loadings.

Researched history of the project area and gathered soil information for a detailed project proposal

Calculated a cost benefit analysis of the structure for 100 year design life

Performed fundamental mathematical calculations to predict seismic reaction results

Presented structure design predictions and technical findings to a panel of professional engineering judges UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH

Testing GFRP for Wall Connections University of Utah 06/2016 - 07/2016 Worked in a structures lab alongside a civil engineering professor and a graduate student to test the effectiveness of glass fiber reinforced polymers, GFRP, for wall connections and new construction.

Prepared reinforced concrete walls and properly applied GFRP to walls for testing

Collected data on a daily basis for future analysis and commented on findings

Analyzed test results for research reports

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Plane and Topographic Surveying CSUS 01/2016 - 05/2016

Performed geometric calculations and measurement of distance, direction, angles and elevations

Learned to apply field data to traverse computations, estimation of earthwork volumes, transportation facility design, construction layout, and legal aspects of surveying Software

MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, VBA (Visual Basic for Applications)), Civil 3D Web development experience: Google Sites; Drupal (Open Source Software) Bilingual

Speak, read, and write fluent English and Spanish

LEADERSHIP AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

2016 - 2017 Vice-President of Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) 2016 – 2017 Registration Committee Chair SHPE RLDC (Regional Leadership Development Conference) 2012 - 2013 Secretary of Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) 2012 – Present Active Member of the MESA Engineering Program (MEP)

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