Structural Engineering Engineer

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Reza Foulad, EIT

***** ******* ** *** ****, DALLAS, TX 75252

Cell: 321-***-****, Email: *.******@*****.***

WORK EXPERIENCE

Texas Department of Transportation, Euless, TX, USA Jun 2016 – Nov 2016 Structural Engineer, internship, full-time.

Involved in bridge and road construction projects.

Involved in inspecting project, controlling the change orders and force accounts paperwork and writing DWR.

University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA Aug. 2015 – June 2016 Research Assistant and grad student, Full-time.

Researched on sinkholes using Yade software.

Pars International Development and Engineering Company, Tehran, Iran Mar. 2012 – June 2015 Structural Engineer, Full-time.

Designed piperack structures, pipe supports, official buildings and foundation.

Estimated cost for oil and gas projects bids.

Supervised ongoing projects.

Tazand Co. Civil/Structural Consulting Engineers, Tehran, Iran Mar. 2009 – Jan. 2010 Structural Engineer, Internship, full time.

Designed retrofit study of a three-story official steel structure building.

Designed 2-story official concrete building and foundation. EDUCATION

M.Sc. in Structures and Geotechnical Engineering Aug. 2015 – Dec 2016 University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

Advisor: Dr. Kevin R. Mackie, GPA: 3.68/4.

M.Sc. in Structural Engineering Sep. 2009 – Jan. 2012 Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Thesis: On the Seismic Performance of Hat Knee Bracing System in low-rise Multistory Steel Structures Based on FEMA P695 Methodology

B.Sc. in Civil Engineering Sep. 2004 – Jun 2009

Khajeh Nasir Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran SKILLS

Structural Software: ETABS, SAP2000, SAFE, OpenSees, Yade, SeismoSignal. Drawing: AutoCad. Computer Programming: Matlab, Python. General Software: Microsoft Office. Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows family, Linux. Language: English (Good), Farsi (Mother tongue). MEMBERSHIP AND AWARDS

Member of American Concrete Institute (ACI).

Member of American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE).

President of ACI chapter at University of Central Florida. (Fall 2015, Spring 2016)

Ranked 17th in the Nationwide Entrance Exam for M.Sc. degree, Civil engineering Discipline (Among nearly 26,000 civil engineering students), Feb. 2009, Iran.

Finalist in National Civil Engineering Olympiad among elite civil students, July 2009, Iran. 2 P a g e

SELECTED GRADUATE COURSES

Dynamics of Structures, Structural Control,

Seismic Design of Structures, Analysis and Design of Pre-stressed concrete structures, Finite Element Method, Plastic Analysis & Design of Structures, Advanced Reinforced Concrete, Matrix Structural Analysis, Nonlinear Structural Analysis, Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering, Advanced Geotechnical Engineering Pavement Design

Computational Fluid Dynamic & Heat Transfer

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Tehran Azad University (West Branch), Tehran, Iran Sept. 2013 – July. 2015 Lecturer, part time.

Lectured Mechanics of Materials (Fall 2013) and Structural Analysis II (spring and fall 2014 and spring 2015). Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran Sept. 2010 – Apr. 2011 Teaching Assistant.

Responsible for 2 hours exercises and correcting home works.

Addressed questions from undergraduate students. PUBLICATIONS

Foulad, R., Mofid, M., & Zarrin, M. (2015). On the Seismic Performance of Hat Knee Bracing System in Low- Rise Multistory Steel Structures. Advances in Structural Engineering, 18(3), 325–338.

Hosseini, M., Foulad, L. & Foulad, R. (2012). Seismic Evaluation of Narmashir, Iran, Concrete-Face Rockfill Dam by Using Dynamic Finite Element Analysis. 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (15WCEE).

Zarin, M., Asgarian, B. & Foulad, R. (2016). Parametric Study on Seismic Pile Response Analysis in Soft Clay and Dense Liquefying Sand Using OpenSees. (Under review) HOBBIES

Walking, working out, hanging out with friends, reading Books, watching movies and playing Basketball. REFERENCES

Masoud Mehr, PhD., PE., Senior Structural Engineer at WSP Email: *.**********@*****.***, Cell: 860-***-****

Miguel Cortes, PE., Transportation Engineer at Texas Department of Transportation, Email: ******.******@*****.***,, Cell: 817-***-****

Dr. Kevin R. Mackie, Associate Professor and associate Chair at Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida

Email: *****.******@***.***, Phone: 407-***-****

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