LAMA K. RAMADAN

Beirut · **/****** adsaah@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

****-******* (Expected graduation in summer 2022)

MSc IN CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING,

LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY- BYBLOS

4.0 CGPA, expected graduation with high distinction 2015-2019

BE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY- BYBLOS 3.45 CGPA, graduated with honors, 3.5 major GPA.

JUNE 2015

LEBANESE BACCHALAUREATE, BESANÇON- BEIRUT

General Sciences

EXPERIENCE

DECEMBER 2020-PRESENT

LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, BYBLOS

Environmental Department-Research assistant

- Operating and monitoring the performance of anaerobic membrane bioreactors for treatment of municipal, industrial, and olive mill wastewater

- Comprehensive water quality analysis for treated wastewater effluents

- Developing an energy recovery and expenditure balance model for an applied wastewater treatment system

- Estimating greenhouse gas emissions from anaerobic wastewater treatment

- Determining microbial and emerging contaminant safety of wastewater effluents JANUARY 2020-AUGUST 2020

KHATIB AND ALAMI, BEIRUT

Traffic Department-Trainee

- Data collection of traffic volumes using ATCs, TMCs and historical data

- Performing traffic impact studies

- Design and model proposed new road networks, and assess existing ones using PTV Visum for macro simulation and PTV Vissim for micro simulation

- Junction Analysis using PTV Vistro and Synchro

- Knowledge in suggesting mitigations for improvement in operations

- Preliminary scheduling using Primavera P6

- Preparing BOQs for road segments signage

AUGUST 2019-OCTOBER 2019

SAUDI TUMPANE, BEIRUT

Transportation Department-Trainee

- Design of roadway alignments and profiles using Civil 3D

- Design of road segments for proper drainage

- Proposing mitigations for optimal roads layout and surface drainage processes. JULY 2018-AUGUST 2018

KHATIB AND ALAMI, BEIRUT

Environmental Department-Intern

- Hydrological assessments of water networks

- Design of drainage networks in the Middle East - Data collection from IDF curves using Hyfran software

MAY 2018-JULY 2018

DAR AL-HANDASAH (SHAIR AND PARTNERS), BEIRUT

Geotechnical Department-Intern

- Site investigation including boreholes and soil stratigraphy

- Design of retaining structures manually and using Wallap and Geo5

- Design of foundations

- Assessing structures and bearing capacity manually and using PLAXIS 2D

- Analyzing settlement of foundations using Settle 3D and Plaxis ACHIEVEMENTS

• 17th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion:

Workshops attended:

- “Pre-treatment strategies for methane and hydrogen recovery”

- “BMP: how to accurately measure biochemical methane potential” Oral presentation:

- “Poultry slaughterhouse wastewater treatment by anaerobic membrane bioreactor: Assessing performance and effluent profiles”

• Scientific articles:

Co-author:

- “Effects of influent domestic wastewater microbial community and antibiotic resistance gene profiles on an anaerobic membrane bioreactor system” – Approved for publication

- “Assessing membrane biofilm predevelopment strategies to improve anaerobic membrane bioreactor effluent quality” – Published

First author:

- “Microbial and operational factors affecting energy recovery potential for anaerobic membrane bioreactors treating different wastewater types” – Published thesis

- “Anaerobic membrane bioreactor treatment of poultry slaughterhouse wastewater: Evaluation of system performance and microbial community adaptation” - Submitted TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Laboratory skills:

- Operating and monitoring performance of lab-scale treatment systems

- Water quality analysis including UV-Vis spectrophotometry and ion chromatography

- Biogas composition using gas chromatography with thermal conductivity detection (GC-TCD)

- DNA-based analysis on suspended sludge, biofilm biomass, and in waters/wastewaters

• Software skills:

- Drawings using AutoCAD and Civil3D

- Design software: GPS-X, H2O-map, Plaxis 2D, SAP, PTV Visum, PTV Vistro, and PTV Vissim

- Analysis software: Hyfran-Plus, Settle 3D, and Geo5

- Scheduling and cost estimation software: Capdet Works, Primavera P6

• Substantial knowledge in Water and Wastewater Treatment Designs, Hydraulics, hydrology, Groundwater Hydrology and Pollution, Solid waste management and environmental remediation

• Solid understanding of Transportation Systems, Highway Designs and Intersections, Airport Planning and Design, and Structures and Foundations Design References are available upon request

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