Engineer Engineering

Ali Tabatabaei, Ph.D., E.I.T.

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OBJECTIVE: Seeking a position in geotechnical engineering to apply my

critical thinking capabilities and academic knowledge to practical problems

and become a professional engineer

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATION:

. Geotechnical field investigation including in-situ tests such as: SPT,

CPT, PLT, PMT, and DMT and soil sampling

. Preparation geotechnical investigation report for off-shore, near-shore

and on-shore projects

. Design of different ground improvement techniques, such as: grouting in

geo-materials, dynamic compaction, surcharge preloading with PVD, and

vibro-replacement

. Design of spread, strip, mat and deep foundations.

. Analysis of soil dams, including seepage analysis, stress-strain analysis

(settlement) and slope stability.

. Pile drivability analysis by GRLWEAP and PDA test analysis by CAPWAP.

. Analysis and design of retaining wall reinforced with geo-grid by Flac3D.

. Modeling explosion, dynamic compaction, vacuum consolidation, and

liquefaction by Flac3D.

. Finite element modeling of embankment on soft soil supported by pile by

Abaqus.

. Development of p-y curves for the analysis of laterally loaded piles in

jointed rocks by 3DEC from Itasca.

EDUCATION:

. The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

Ph.D., Civil Engineering 2009-

2014

. Tehran University, Engineering Faculty, Tehran, Iran

M.Sc., Civil and Geotechnical Engineering 2003-

2006

. Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

B.Sc., Civil Engineering 1998-

2003

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

Lead Geotechnical engineer, Tasdid Offshore Company, Tehran, Iran 2006-

2009

. Supervising geotechnical and geophysical surveying conducted by Fugro

and Horizon companies and preparing geotechnical and geophysical

reports.

. Conducting in-situ permeability tests in boreholes and designing

grouting according to soil conductivity and borehole log.

. Lead engineer for near shore soil investigation. Included on-site

work on soil investigation jack-up barge and preparation of logs and

geotechnical reports for three near-shore boreholes at the South Pars

Petrochemical Port

. Preparation of geotechnical report for earth dam and technical

support of field engineers and geotechnical technicians in all types

of in-situ tests.

. Senior geotechnical engineer in Hengam Jacket detail design and lead

geotechnical engineer in Reshadat Jackets detail design project.

. Pile drivability analysis in Petro-Chemical South Pars project and

conducting PDA test for integrity test and calculating piles load

bearing capacity.

. Responsible for detailed design of HD1, W0 and F4 jackets. Performing

structural and soil/structure interaction analyses including in-

place, dynamic, fatigue, seismic, transportation, lifting, upending

and stability analyses.

. Designing skid beam foundation for a spread load of 100 ton/m and

allowable non-uniform settlement of 5mm, micro-pile with grouting

selected as foundation

. Coordination between installation subcontractor and construction

team.

. Design of a mat foundation for a heavy duty diesel generator with

dynamic considerations

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:

. General software: Microsoft Office, AutoCAD 2007,

. Computer programming in QBasic, Fortran 77, Fortran 90, and Pascal

. Mathematical software such as Maple

. Software for structural analysis based on finite element method

including ANSYS, ABAQUS, SAP2000, SAFE2000, CSI Bridge and ETABS.

. SACS: Software for analysis and design of offshore platforms

. Geotechnical software such as LPILE, GROUP, ALLPILE, GRLWEAP, FLAC3D,

3DEC, PLAXIS 2D and 3D and GEO-SLOPE package

. Discrete element method for simulating particulate media by PFC3D

(Particle Flow Code - 3 Dimensional)

CERTIFICATES:

. E.I.T, state of Michigan

. PE, state of California, within 1 months

. PDA and CAPWAP analysis certificate from Pile Dynamics Inc.

PUBLICATIONS:

. "Coupled Hydro-Mechanical Analysis of Dynamic Compaction in Cohesive

Saturated/Unsaturated Soils with Assessment of Pore Water Pressure

Generation" Computers and Geotechnics.

. "Numerical Study of High Vacuum Densification Method in Partially

Saturated Cohesive Soils" Advances in Engineering Software's.

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