Ram Baskaran, M.S., P.E.

***** *** ******* ******

Homewood, IL 60430

Home Phone: 708-***-****

Cell Phone: 708-***-****

Email: adwvmo@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE Seeking advancement to shoulder responsibilities in your Organization as a Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Senior Material Testing Engineer, Civil, Highway & Transportation Project Engineer, Environmental Engineer

EDUCATION M.S.(Civil Engineering), Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois

M.Sc. (Engineering), Madras University, Madras, India

PROFESSIONAL P.E. (Professional Engineer), State of Illinois, Lic. No. 062-05339

LICENSES P.E. (Professional Engineer), State of Wisconsin, Lic. No. 32735

WORK EXPERIENCE

Associate Civil Engineer - Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Chicago (MWRD) – Chicago, IL 11/2014-10/2015

Worked in the User Charge and Technical Services Section

Computed Wastewater Discharges by Significant Industrial Users (SIU), Large Commercial Users (LCU) and Small Commercial and Residential Users, tax-exempt nonprofit organizations and local township, municipal government organizations within MWRD District Boundaries in accordance with the MWRD User Charge Ordinance

Used FilemakerPro and iPACS Softwares for enforcement and billing purposes

Worked in the Industrial Waste section reviewing special discharge, one-time discharge and discharge authorization, spill control measures, cited users for approval by checking all the pollutant limits for enforcement in accordance with sewage and Waste Control Ordinance and Environmental Remediation Wastewater Ordinance

Inspected wastewater discharge measuring devices for sealing and for approval

Attended hazardous waste material handling training course

Highway Engineer III - Cook County Dept. of Transportation and Highways (CCDOT) - Chicago, IL 10/1987-11/2014

Worked as Office Resident Engineer in the Chief Engineer's office

Prepared and reviewed all official project correspondence from the pre-construction conference stage to project completion

Served as liaison between the Chief Engineer, field engineers, utility companies, and contractors per Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) guidelines

Checked final construction reports for finalizing projects

Served as the Assistant Resident Engineer for Building Rehab & New Building Project Dist.#4, Orland Park, Illinois, which involved a careful review of subsurface soil conditions encountered at the site

Special Projects:

o170th (167th) St.-Wood Street to Ashland Ave. (Federal Project) $ 6.0 M

oJoe Orr Rd.-Stony Island to Torrence Ave. $ 6.0 M

o170th (167th) St.-I-394 to Burnham Ave. $ 8.0 M

oLake-Cook Rd. at C & NW Railroad $ 8.3 M

oWest Lake Ave. Bridge over Des Plaines River $ 4.5 M

oEast Lake Ave.-Patriot Rd. to Edens Expwy. $17.8 M

oCook County Maintenance Dist.#4 Facility $ 7.9 M

Highway Engineer II - Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways (CCDOT) - Chicago, IL 11/1985-10/1987

Worked as the Office Resident Engineer in the Chief Engineer's office

Scrutinized pay quantities, field reports, and changes

Prepared Final Construction Report for finalizing projects

Special Projects:

oMaple Avenue-47th St. to Windemere Ave. (Federal Project) $ 1.6 M

oKedzie Ave.-147th St. to 139th St. $ 9.2 M

Geotechnical Engineer - SEECO Consultants, Inc. – Orland Park, IL 6/1984 -11/1985

Conducted subsurface investigation studies for preparing reports based on laboratory and field tests

Recommended type and depth of foundation

Performed all field and lab tests on soil, concrete, aggregates, and other materials

Designed foundation for homeowners, commercial land developers, schools, government organizations, and corporations

Designed asphaltic concrete mix design

Performed settlement analyses based on 1-D consolidation tests and analyzed effects of pre-loading

Special Projects:

oU.S. Postal Service facility at O'Hare Int'l Airport (Federal Project)

oAndrew Corporation office extension and parking lot

oButler Aviation Terminal at Midway Airport

oChicago Transit Authority parking lot in Blue Island

oRush Presbyterian St. Luke Medical Center facility

oBremen Township Bank facility

Research Assistant - Illinois Institute of Technology – Chicago, IL 8/1981-5/1984

Carried out extensive laboratory testing including 1-D Consolidation and Tri-axial Compression tests on soil, aggregates, and rock samples

Special Projects:

oClogging Resistance of Geo-fabrics (for use by Association of American Railroads)

oDesigned cofferdams using Finite Element Method Software as Special Project

Assistant Divisional Engineer – Highways Research Station – Chennai, India 09/1980-08/1981

Supervised construction of over twenty stretches of State Highway. Managed a construction crew of thirty builders, inspectors and plant operators

Special Project:

oDense Grade Asphaltic Concrete Projects ( costing over $ 6 M)

Assistant Director – Highways Research Station – Chennai, India 08/1979-09/1980

Administered Concrete, Bitumen, and Soils Laboratories

Designed bituminous concrete mixes

Conducted all tests on soil, aggregates, concrete, and cement

Special Projects:

oNational Seminar on Concrete, Bitumen, and Soils (Organizer)

Technical Assistant – Highways and Rural Works Department, Government of Tamil Nadu – Chennai, India 09/1970-08/1979

Scrutinized design of bridge and highway projects

Supervised the work of four assistant engineers

Special Projects:

oBridge and highway feasibility reports

oPamban Bridge across Palk Strait

JOB-RELATED SKILLS – 10/15/2015-Till Date

Certificate of Training in I.D.O.T. Technology Transfer Courses: Surveying II, Mapping, Surveying IV, Construction Staking, Water Surface Profile (WSPRO), Drainage Structures, and Bridge Inspection

Attended about 20 MWRD Seminars and 8 Mandatory Leadership Development Courses

Attended about 90 seminars and webinars conducted by Reputed Industry Organizations such as Informed Infrastructure and AutoDesk, Bentley, Contech and American Society of Civil Engineers(ASCE) and obtained 90 Professional Development Hours (PDH) during the last 3 years as a Mandatory Requirement for Renewal of my Professional Engineering Licenses by passing modern advanced technology courses and softwares such as Building Information Modeling (BIM), Autocad Civil 3D and Infraworks 360, OpenRoads Designer by passing the most of the examination conducted with the requirement of a minimum passing score of 80% allowing maximum of 3 attempts only and passed most of the examinations in the first attempt itself by taking Quiz Tests

Attended Water Environmental Federation SeminarWeftec2015, Chicago, IL

Certified by Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) as qualified to prepare documentation related to IDOT projects

Attained approximately 360 Hours of Professional Development hour credits as a requirement for Professional Engineering license renewals by Illinois and Wisconsin Departments for Professional Regulations

Can be licensed to handle Troxler Nuclear Gauge

Proficient in use of AUTOCAD programs

Conversant with several computer languages including: BASIC, FORTRAN, PASCAL, COBOL, and C

Familiar with software programs such as DBASE IV, FilemakerPro, iPACS, Excel, Word, and other DOS-based operating systems

Member of American Society of Civil Engineers, National and Illinois Association of Professional Engineers and Geo-technical Society

Contact this candidate