Engineering Construction
Resume:
Curriculum Vitae
Sepehr Rezaeimalek
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Objective: Finding Job or Internship Opportunities for practical application of my knowledge in industry
EDUCATION
Aug. 2013 - Present
PhD Candidate, Environmental Science & Engineering (Concentration: Geotechnical Engineering), The University of Texas at San Antonio (GPA:3.97)
Academic Spotlights:
Recipient of Valero Research Scholar- An award to the best PhD students (Aug. 2013 to present)
Graduate research assistant, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (Aug. 2013 to present)
ASCE Pipeline 2014, Students’ Competition winner. (Aug. 2014)
Poster Presentation: Study of strength increase of non-cohesive sandy soil due with polymers (March 2015)
Jan. 2008– Dec. 2010
Master of Civil Engineering – Geotechnical Engineering
Azad University (IAU), Central Tehran Branch, Iran
Academic Spotlights:
Acceptance and publication of two articles in international publications
Cooperation with the Research Institute for Water Scarcity & Drought in the fields of Numerical Modeling of Earth Dams
Sept. 2002 – Jul. 2007
Bachelor of Civil Engineering – Water and Wastewater Networks
Abbaspour University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Jan. 2015-Present
Primary Investigator
Study of Polymer Applications in Geotechnical Engineering
My Responsibilities:
As part of my PhD research topic, I defined a collaborative research project with Alchemy Polymers, LLC. The company is sponsoring my research and provides me a cost allowance for up to $3600 annually. This research incorporates extensive laboratory testing such as unconfined compressive strength, flexural fatigue test, and splitting tensile test as well as microstructure study of the polymer-soil interactions, economic and environmental aspects of polymer utilization for geotechnical purposes at large scales.
Nov. 2011 – Dec. 2012
Iranian National Standardization Organization, Tehran, Iran
As part of my compulsory military service (Instead of Working in the Army)
My Responsibilities:
Standards Planning and Documentation Expert – Civil and Mining Engineering (Construction, Materials, and Construction Products Engineering)
Official Proof-reader for the Iranian National Standardization Organization (Construction, Materials, and Construction Products Engineering)
Summary of Accomplishments:
Holding 23 planning committees in the Construction, Materials, and Construction Products Engineering field and issuing nearly 450 resolutions regarding National Iranian Standards in the fields of Construction, Materials, and Construction Products Engineering. These committees are a valuable effort of the authorities involved, and their numbers are continuously increasing.
Feb. 2010 – Sep. 2011
Research Institute for Water Scarcity & Drought, A division of Soil Conservation & Watershed Management Research Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture, Tehran, Iran
Research program following my Master’s program thesis
Numerical Modeling of Earth Dams using Plaxis and Geostudio Software
PUBLICATIONS
Poster Presentation
Study of strength increase of non-cohesive sandy soil due to the addition of water and polymer
IFCEE 2015 Geo-Poster Competition, San Antonio, TX-March 2015
Scientific Article
May 2011
Prediction of Load-Deformation Behavior of Rockfill Dams under Construction
The 14th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering, Hong Kong, May 2011
Scientific Article
Feb. 2011
Application of Numerical Modeling to Predict the Behavior of a Rockfill Dams under Construction
The 6th International Conference on Dam Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal, Feb. 2011
Master’s Thesis
Dec. 2010
Evaluating Current Constitutive Models in Predicting Earth Dam Behavior
Islamic Azad University (IAU), Central Tehran Branch, Iran
Grade: 20/20, Excellent
Book Translation
Nov. 2011 – Feb. 2012
Problem Solving in Soil Mechanics by A. Aysen
Co-translator
WORK IN PROGRESS
Journal Paper
June 2015
May 2015
Unconfined Compressive Strength and Free Swelling Potential of Polymer-Stabilized Potential of Sulfate-Sulfate Bearing Soils
ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
To be Submitted
Study of the behavior of mechanically stabilized earth walls subjected to differential settlements
ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering
Submitted
March 2015
Experimental Study on the Soil Mixture to Promote Vegetation for Slope Protection and Landslide Prevention
Submitted and peer-reviewed, waiting for publication
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
Persian (Farsi)
Mother tongue – Proficient in all four skills
English
Advanced Learner – Proficient in all four skills
TOEFL iBT (June 9, 2012): 103/120 / GRE Revised (November 17, 2012): 320
MEMBERSHIPS
ASCE Geo-Institute Graduate Students’ Organization (GSO), Founder & President of UTSA Branch
Phi Kappa Phi
Azad University (IAU) Young Researchers Club, Permanent Membership, Apr. 2012
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
English Teachers Training Course (TTC), Arianpour Language Institute, Tehran, Iran – Jul. 2007
COMPUTER SKILLS
SIGMA/W: Proficient, SEEP/W: Proficient, SLOPE/W: Proficient, Plaxis: Intermediate, ABAQUS: Intermediate, MATLAB: Basic, AutoCAD: Intermediate.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
1.Iranian National Standardization Organization: Technical Committee Member for documenting 19 National Standards in the fields of Slabs, Coal, and Coke – Oct.2011-Dec.2012
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