Structural Engineer

CHIRAG, EIT

MS, Structural Engineering

[ ******@*****.*** Blacksburg, VA linkedin.com/in/chirag-kumar-7209a1152/ PROJECTS

Thermal Gradients for Varina-Enon Bridge

(May 2020 – ongoing)

Found out the thermal gradients, checked

them and assessed the adverse effects. Also,

predicted the future changes using the climate

prediction models.

Seismic Design of Holden Hall (Sep 2020 –

Dec 2020)

Designed a seismic load resisting concrete as

well as steel structure.

Design of a Two Story Wooden Building

(Sep 2020 – Dec 2020)

Designed a two story wooden building with

the help of the current NDS specifications and

with the help of AutoCAD and Revit.

Design of Gadana Reservoir (Oct 2017 –

Nov 2017)

Designed a virtual dam on the Gadana river to

avoid flooding as well as to keep sturdy during

extreme weather conditions.

Crack Propagation using Linear Elastic FM

(Sep 2018 – Nov 2018)

Finding mixed mode stress intensity factor for

K1 and K2 of a 45 degrees rotated crack on a

plate under antisymmetric shear loading using

APDL.

Modeling of Piezoelectric Composites (Sep

2016 – Nov 2016)

The theme of the project was to consider the

properties of Piezoelectric composites and

make a generalized mathematical model of its

strength and shear properties, with the help of

MATLAB.

Water Pipeline Distribution System (Mar

2018 – Apr 2018)

Found the best pipeline distribution system

given the data on consumption and locality

where it is to be installed.

Sentiment Analysis of HappyDB (Sep 2017

- Nov 2017)

Analysed the HappyDB database and per-

formed 3 main tasks to study human senti-

ments.

MISCELLANEOUS

• Graduate Teaching Assistantship for a class of

thirty students for 2 semsters.

• Ranked in top 1000 students in India during

High School in the NTSE.

• Taught High School students as a volunteer in

National Service Scheme (NSS)

EDUCATION

MS, Structural Engineering

Virginia Tech, 3.78/4

August 2019 – Present Blacksburg, VA

B.Tech., Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Techonology Palakkad, 8.01/10

August 2015 – April 2019 Palakkad, India

INTERNSHIPS

Virtual Intern, Walter P Moore (May 2020 – July 2020)

• Gained introductory experience on software programs such as Grasshopper and Rhino.

• Gained in-depth knowledge about steel connections, load paths and seismic design.

Summer Intern, Sasha Design Genesis Pvt. Ltd. (May 2018 – July 2018)

• Aided the design team with the design of a research labora- tory.

• Worked as a supervisor for the construction.

Summer Intern, Make Me Builder (June 2017 – July 2017)

• Researched various laws and permits for building a structure in our state.

• Provided data on Vendors and Manufacturers. Also worked on their website development.

SKILLS

• Modeling and Simulations: AutoCAD, Fusion360, ETABS, AN- SYS, APDL, SOLIDWORKS, STAAD.PRO, Revit, Infraworks, ARCGIS, SAP2000, RISA 3D

• Programming Skills: C, C++, Python, MATLAB, MATHCAD, Java, JavaScript, PHP

• Miscellaneous: MS Office, MySQL, Adobe Photoshop, Power Tools, CNCRouter, CNC Lathe, FDM 3D Printer

ELECTIVE COURSES

• Design for Seismic Loads

• Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

• Design of Wood Structures

• Finite Element Methods for Structural Analysis

• Advanced Structure Analysis

• Prestressed Concrete

• Reliability Methods of Structural Analysis

• Intermediate Design of Steel Buildings

• Computer Methods of Structural Analysis

• Maintenance and Repair of Buildings

• Fracture Mechanics

• Introduction to GIS and Remote Sensing

• Principles of Machine Learning

• Theory and Practices of Data Science

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