Civil Engineering Engineer

NAZANIN REZAEI Ph.D., EIT

***** ** *** **, ******, Miami Fl, 33172 PHONE:305-***-**** EMAIL: ********@***.*** EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Structural Engineering

Florida International University (FIU); Miami, FL

• Awarded Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF)

• GPA: 3.74/4.00

• Course work includes Design Highway Bridges (with Dr.Azizinamini), Advanced Structure Steel Design (with Dr.Azizinamini), Advanced Reinforcement Concrete Design (Dr.Garber), Advanced Structural Analysis (Dr.Wang), Prestress Concrete Design (Dr.Mirmiran)

• Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Study on Strut and Node Behavior in Strut-and-Tie Modeling. A formula/ equation is proposed for ACI 318-19 to avoid ACI 318-14 unconservative estimation of shear failure in deep beams (Accepted by Committee 318-E).

Graduated:

June 2018

M.Sc. in Civil Engineering

Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran

• GPA: 3.60 / 4.00

• Thesis for master’s program evaluated as “Excellent” by the committee members

(with a mark of 3.92 out of 4.00)

• Ranked 765th in Civil Graduate Entrance Exam for M.Sc. Program (among more than 15,000 civil participants)

June 2012

B.Sc. in Civil Engineering

Arak University, Arak, Iran

• GPA: 3.3 / 4.00

July 2009

WORK EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant

Florida International University

• Designing loading setup (800-kip capacity) with Auto Cad shop drawings

• Testing full-scale specimens up to failure and modeling in ATENA

• Working on ABC-UTC (Accelerated Bridge Construction-University Transportation Center) Projects (https://abc-utc.fiu.edu/about-us/students/nazanin-rezaei/) 2014-2018

Head of Structural Department

E-lood Consulting Engineers

• Designing Golestan Polyclinic Project using SAFE and ETABS, preparing Auto Cad drawings, and preparing calculation documents, Shiraz, Iran, 2012-2013.

• Designing the gate and the stairs of Shahid Kazemi Stadium Project using SAFE and ETABS, preparing Auto Cad drawings, Tehran, Iran 2011-2013.

• Supervising Koodakan Akbar Hospital Project, Mashhad, Iran 2012.

• Supervising Boo Ali Sina Hospital Project, Arak, Iran 2011-2012.

• Designing and supervising Ghaem International Hospital, Rasht, Iran, 2011. 2011-2014

Paper Reviewer

TRB Conference 2018

Summer 2017

Instructor

Teaching ANSYS 12.1 and SAFE8, Department of Railway Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran. 2011- 2012

SKILLS

• CSI SAP, ETABS, SAFE, ABAQUS, ANSYS, ATENA, MATLAB, AUTO CAD

• Professional in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint

• Languages: Farsi (native), English (Fluent), Turkish (Fluent) CERTIFICATES

• Engineer in Training (EIT) June 2017

• Structural and Geo-technical Instrumentation Training Course, Campbell Scientific Inc., Logan, Utah.

April 2016

• Completion of Training ANSYS, SAFE, and ETABS Software Course, Training Center of Tehran Branch of Academic Center for Education. 2007 and 2010

• Certificate for participation in the ACI Chapter Roundtable, Anaheim, CA October 2017 LEADERSHIP/SERVICE

President

ACI-FIU Student Chapter

• ACI Outstanding University for 2017

https://www.concrete.org/Portals/0/Files/PDF/2017_UnivAwardRecipients.pdf

• Coordinating student’s seminar and networking, Published in Concrete International magazine, February 2017 and June 2018.

• Representative of ACI South Florida Chapter and ACI Central Florida Chapter in ACI Convention, Anaheim, CA, October 2017.

• Presenting ACI-FIU Student Chapter activities in roundtable session and student forum, Anaheim, CA, October 2017.

2017-2018

Volunteering Activities

ACI-FIU Student Chapter

• After Hurricane Irma Volunteer Clean-Up. Link to the news article: https://www.concrete.org/news/newsdetail.aspx?f=51701218. October 2017

Treasurer

ACI-FIU Student Chapter

• 2nd and 3rd place in Concrete Bowling Ball Competition, Orlando, FL, 2017. 2016-2017

Member, ACI Committee 445 “Shear and Torsion” 2014 Member, ASCE

2015

PUBLICATIONS

• Klein. G., Rezaei.N., Garber.D., Tureyen. K., January 2018 “Shear in Discontinuity Regions” Accepted by concrete International magazine.

• Rezaei.N., Klein. G., Garber.D., January 2018 “Strut Strength and Failure in Full-Scale Concrete Deep Beams” Submitted to ACI Structural Journal.

• Rezaei.N., Klein. G., Garber.D., January 2018 “Effect of Development and Geometry on Behavior of Concrete Deep Beams” Submitted to ACI Structural Journal.

• Garber.D., Gull. J., Sheifiefar. M.,Rezaei.N., January 2016 “Compilation of Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) Bridges” ABC-UTC-ProjectDatabase-v1.

• Esmaeili. M., Rezaei.N., February 2016 “In-situ Impact Testing of a Light-Rail Ballasted Track with Tire Derived Aggregate Subballast Layer” International Journal of Pavement Engineering 17(2).

• Esmaeili. M., Rezaei.N., November 2014 “Investigation of TDA Effect on Reduction of Train Induced Vibrations” Journal of Transportation Research 10(4), Tehran, Iran.

• Esmaeili. M., Rezaei.N. October 2011 “Literature review of study on the Effect of TDA on Track Vibrations Reduction” Thirteenth International Conference on Rail Transportation, Tehran, Iran. PRESENTATIONS

• Rezaei.N., Garber.D., October 2017 “Strut Strength and Failure in Full-Scale Concrete Deep Beams” Subcommittee 445-A: Strut and Tie Models, ACI Convention, Anaheim, CA.

• Rezaei.N., Garber.D., December 2017 “Study on Strut and Node Behavior in Strut and Tie Modeling” Poster presentation in ABC-UTC Conference, Miami, FL.

• Rezaei.N., Garber.D., December 2014 “Compilation of all ABC research that is ongoing and completed” Poster presentation in ABC-UTC Conference, Miami, FL.

• Esmaeili. M., Rezaei.N., December 2012 “Experimental study on the Effect of TDA on Track Vibrations Reduction” Second International Conference on Acoustics and Vibration, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

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