Professional Experience
**/** ** **/** Design Engineer Merrick and Company Albuquerque, NM
**/** ** **/** Design Engineer Thoma Engineering Lubbock, TX
• Technical knowledge on how to apply engineering fundamentals and mathematics to design buildings and non-structural components. Knowledgeable in several design codes and standards to design building using concrete, structural steel, masonry and light-framed construction. Coordination with other engineering disciplines with any changes to the structural framing system or components. Review of design drawings and components with other engineering designers.
Military History
06/98 to 06/02 Field Artillery United State Marine Crops Honorable Discharge
• Earned the rank of Corporal (E-4) and became Artillery Section Chief. Responsible for crew, placement and firing of a 155mm caliber Howitzer and many other crew served weapons.
Recent Design Projects
• Rend Lake Visitor Center Benton, IL
o Role - Structural steel and cold-formed steel designer
• Combined Arm Collective Training Facility (CATCF) Honolulu, HI
o Role – Masonry designer and foundation designer
• Historic structural renovation Leavenworth, KS
o Role – Assistant to a lead design engineer on analyzing existing structure while retaining historic features.
• Glovebox Stand Design, Los Alamos National Labs Los Alamos, NM
o Role – Using tested seismic data to design glovebox stands to withstand seismic dynamic loads.
• Miscellaneous Projects (20+ projects) Variety of Light pole foundation designs, Vehicular canopy designs, Pre-engineered metal building foundation designs and Pre-cast wall panel foundation design.
Licenses
April 2007 Passed the Fundamentals Engineering Exam (F.E. Exam)
Education and Training
08/02 to 05/04 Pre-engineering South Plains College Levelland, TX
05/04 to 12/07 B.S. Civil Engineering Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX
GPA – 3.1
Education Honor Societies
Inducted in 2007 Tau Beta Phi, Engineering Honor Society, Texas Tech Chapter
Inducted in 2007 Chi Epsilon, Civil Engineering Society
Computer Proficiencies
AutoCad Revit Structure BIM
Microsoft Office Risa 3D Enercalc
MathCad Post Installed Anchor Software Spreadsheet designer
Design Codes Proficiencies
International Building Code – IBC
Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures – American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE 7
Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete and Commentary – ACI 318
Building Code Requirements for Masonry Structures – ACI 530
North American Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members – AISI