Rhona Liu, P.E.
*** ******* **, **** ******, Texas, 77979
Phone: 734-***-**** Email: r *******@*****.*** Work Experience
Civil/Structural Engineer, F ormosa Plastic Corporation, Point comfort, TX, March 2014-Present
• Performed civil/structural engineering design and analysis for steel building, pipe rack, platform, pre-engineered building, concrete foundation, drilled shaft, plant road and parking lot with drainage system
• Managed budget and schedule of multiple ongoing projects, communicated and coordinated with clients and other disciplines and conducted site visit for field measurement and sketch
• Prepared construction document, generated design drawings & 3D model and developed calculation spreadsheet
• Reviewed shop drawing and calculation, responded to RFI and prepared sketches to solve construction issue Intern, T ed Total Environmental Architectural Design Company, Taipei, Taiwan, June 2013-Aug 2013
• Provided structural calculation to verify the feasibility of conceptual design from architect
• Prepared a nd organized official construction document including q uantity take-off, cost estimation, and schedule P roject
LLDPE Train#1 Misc. Steel Structure, Point comfort, Texas
• Conducted field inspection, evaluated the condition of existing steel structure, and designed new structural support for new equipment through RAM Sbeam by AISC 360
Offsite Pipe Rack Support, Point comfort, Texas
• Analyzed and retrofitted existing pipe rack and increased 30% of loading capacity for additional piping by STAAD-Pro
• Coordinated with other disciplines to optimize piping layout based on feasibility of existing pipe rack retrofit EG II Expansion Project, Point comfort, Texas
• Implemented 3D model review and clash check via Navisworks according to OSHA requirement & client’s specification Clarify Tank Foundation Design, Point comfort, Texas
• Designed r ing wall concrete foundation for 130’d x 16’ h tank by S TAAD-Foundation Advanced based on ACI 318 Asian Steel Bridge Competition, Laos
• Optimized the structure of 4m x 1m steel truss bridge via Sap2000 to achieve deflection & strength requirement Tokyo Institute of Technology Concrete Canoe Competition, Tokyo, Japan (won the 1st place)
• Reached canoe compressive strength by testing over a series of concrete mixture combinations, and applied fluid mechanics knowledge to optimize the shape of concrete canoe to reach the maximum loading within competition guideline specification
Education
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering
National Central University (NCU), Taipei, Taiwan Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Skill
AutoCAD, AutoCAD Plant 3D, Navisworks, Revit, SketchUp, SmartPlant Review, STAAD-Pro, STAAD Foundation Advanced, RAM SBeam, SAP2000, Mathcad, Primavera P6, MS Project, MS Office, ASCE 7, AISC, ACI, IBC Certification
Professional Engineer (PE)
Engineering in training (EIT)