Project Manager Civil Engineering

DHAVAL PANCHAL

**** *. ****** ****. #**, West Covina, CA 91792

Mobile: 626-***-**** Email: ***********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE_______________________________________________________________

Seeking a civil engineering position where I can utilize my skills and knowledge for company and personal growth.

EDUCATION_______________________ _______________________________________

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE (Henry Samueli School of Engineering) Engr. GPA: 3.2

Irvine, CA B.S. CIVIL ENGINEERING, SPECIALIZATION IN STRUCTURAL, JUNE 2011

EIT, OCTOBER 2011 Foundation Design (Spring 11) Steel Design (AISC) (Spring 11)

Concrete Design (ACI) (Fall 10) Timber Design (NDS – Wood) (Spring 10)

Water Quality/TRMT (Spring 10) INFRSTR Hydraulics (Winter 10)

Soil Mechanics (Winter 10) Structure Analysis (Winter 09)

Fluid Mechanics (Fall 09) Highway Analysis and Design (Fall 09)

Mechanics of Structural (Fall 08) Indeterminate Structure Analysis (Fall 09)

MT. SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Walnut, CA CIVIL ENGINEERING MAJOR

Fall 06–Spring 08 Surveying 1 (Summer 07)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE________________________________________________

POWER-TECH ENGINEERS, INC., Assistant Civil Engineer/CAD Technician

Walnut , CA

Aug 11–Current Designing power line structures by using PLS-CADD

Preparing electrical drawings by using Microstation and AutoCAD

BEADOR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Intern

Fullerton, CA

June 11–July 11 Prepared bridge excavation and removal plans in AutoCAD

Analyzed shoring plans and bridge elevation calculations

SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT, Project Manager

Irvine, CA

Jan 10–June 10 Designed 4-lane Box Girder Bridge over I-405 freeway

Analyzed and designed the bridge superstructure and column with SAP-2000 and PCA-Column

Prepared drawings with the help of AutoCAD

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CALTRANS), IRVINE, Intern

Irvine, CA

Oct 07–Aug 09

Managed Orange County highway traffic, construction closures, activities, and related events

Prepared incident and event summaries and logged activity into spreadsheets

Software and system used: Changeable Message Signs (CMS), Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS)

Additional responsibilities: technical assistance, real-time control, data processing and information management for Orange County traffic

AWARDS RECEIVED___ _______________________________________________

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE

Smart Grant-National Science & Mathematics (Winter 09 – Spring 10)

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES __ ___________________________________________

Member of American Society of Civil Engineers Student Chapter

Member of Engineering Student Council (Activities Department 2010-11)

Be the Cause (2006 – present, Orange County based non-profit organization)

Seva Café (2004 – 2006, non-profit group serving community)

Member of Physics Club at Mount San Antonio College (2006-2007)

Participated in Solar Boat Competition sponsored by Metropolitan Water District

Member of Southern California Cricket Association (2004 – present)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION_________________________________________________

PC SKILLS: AutoCAD, Civil-3D, Microstation, SAP2000, PCA Column, WaterGems, StormCAD Google Sketch-up, MS Office Suite, Macintosh OS

LANGUAGES: Fluent in Gujarati and Hindi

INTERESTS: Playing basketball and cricket, traveling, and listening to music

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