Bita Shahla
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Objective:
To obtain a position as a professional Civil or Structural Engineer.
Education:
M.S., Structural Engineering, UC Irvine (GPA 3.45) December 2009
B.S., Civil Engineering, UC Irvine June 2008
A.S., General Education, Saddleback College June 2005
Relevant Course Work:
Structural Analysis, Advanced Strength of Material, Transportation Analysis and Design, Wood Structure Design, Concrete Design, Steel Design, Soil Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Earthquake Engineering, Finite Element Method, Mechanics composites of Materials, Structural Reliability and etc.
Project and Research Highlights:
Seismic Response of the West Street On Ramp: This research was the comparison between Time History and Response Spectrum Analysis for the initial and updated Finite Element Model under the supervision on Professor Feng.
Two-Story Steel Recreation Center: This was the senior design project that I was involved in as the Project Manager in a group of 6.
Work Experience:
LPA Group (Michael Baker Jr) July 2010-Present
Civil Associate
MODOT Safe and Sound, Missouri. KTU Constructors. Civil Associate involving on the different stages of the project such as low chord calculations, Pile loadings, and reviewing plan sets and directing CAD technicians accordingly to meet QAQC guidelines, Also performing some hydraulic tasks such as generating the hydraulic and scour report using HEC-RAS. Design-build of 554 bridges across the state of Missouri. May 2009 to Present, $481 million.
Western Wake Freeway, Raleigh, North Carolina. Raleigh Durham Roadbuilders. Civil associate working on construction elevations and quantity check for sites 2 and 4. Design-build project consisting of 24 bridge sites and 15 culverts outside of Raleigh, North Carolina. From September 2008 to Present, $446 Million.
W-CTRMA-US290-DB. Central Texas Mobility Constructors Joint Venture .6.2-mile section of the Manor Expressway northeast of Austin, Texas. Civil Associate responsible for designing of Prestressed girder, bent, abutment, backwall, wingwall, column, and drilled shaft of about 500 feet bridges based on AASHTO LRFD and TEXDOT Criteria. Using Texas computer programs to calculate geometry of the bridges including seat elevations, clearance, stations and framing. Reviewing plans and guiding drafters to producing quality work and to meet the deadlines. $500 million design-build project
UCI Structural Lab January 2008-June 2008
Research Assistant
Working on an overheight collision protection system of sandwich polymer composites
for concrete bridge girders under the supervision of Professor Mosallam.
Downey Savings and Loan Association February 2002- June 2007
Supervisor
Daily Report Managers, Auditing the teller transaction journals, Cash shipment ordering and inputting loan documents
Radio Shack July 2001- October 2002
Sales Associate
Ordering some of the store products, Providing a good customer service relationship,
Marketing and promoting the products.
Computer Skills:
Windows 2000/XP, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook), Photoshop, AutoCAD, Microstation, SAP2000, MATLAB, CONSPAN, RC-Pier
Languages:
Fluent in Farsi (Native language)