Engineer Civil

DIPIKA GONGAL, E.I.T

*** * **** *****, *******, Illinois 60608

*******@*****.*** | 312-***-****

SUMMARY

Excellent academic background and a sound experience in civil engineering. Actively looking for a full time position for Civil Engineer.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Civil Engineering (May 2012)

University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), GPA: 4.0/4.0

Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering (March 2008)

Tribhuvan University, Nepal, GPA: 3.5/4.0

WORK EXPERIENCE

Student Project Engineer, Cook County Highway Department (June 2012 - Current)

• Prepared engineering drawings for rehabilitation of 104th Avenue truss bridge over Cal Sag Channel using Microstation

• Carried out quantity estimate of concrete structure and reinforcement bars for the bridge to prepare bill of quantities

Research Assistant, UIC (Jan 2010 – May 2012)

• Performed structural analysis using Finite Element Analysis method to determine stress response of the cornea tissue material

• Implemented the analysis work in MATLAB and ANSYS and verified the results with the published data

Teaching Assistant, UIC (Aug 2009 – Dec 2011)

• Assisted professor in managing 50-60 undergraduate and graduate students for the course of ‘Finite Element Analysis’

• Tutored students for the course material and assignment problems

• Helped students with ANSYS and MATLAB programming

Civil Engineer, East Consult (P) Ltd, Kathmandu, Nepal (April 2008 - July 2009)

• Collaborated with Bench Mark (P) Ltd for the transportation impact study and traffic operational analysis for development projects in Portland, Oregon and South Africa

• Performed pre-feasibility study for Dakchinkali – Hetauda Bypass road

• Collaborated with senior bridge design engineer for the design of steel bridges and preparation of engineering drawings of the final design

• Performed cost estimation calculation of transportation and building projects

• Researched on the ‘Build Operate Transfer’ financing scheme for the infrastructure development projects

• Wrote technical proposals for various infrastructure projects

• Won the proposal for the ‘Planning and Design of Bharatpur Central Bus Terminal’ and received funding of 21 thousand US Dollar from Town Development Fund

SPECIAL PROJECT

Undergraduate Final Project: Project Planning and Implementation of Organizational Complex: Bir Hospital Emergency and Trauma Center, Kathmandu, Nepal (Aug 2007 - Dec 2007)

• Headed a team for the case study of planning of construction of Bir Hospital Emergency and Trauma Center

• Researched the operational management of the running project which included budget, time schedule and resource management

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

Structural Analysis, Finite Element Analysis, Structural Dynamics, Design of Reinforced Concrete, Design of Steel and Timber structures, Transportation Engineering I & II Soil Mechanics, Foundation Engineering, Hydrology, Hydraulics, Surveying I & II

SKILLS

Computer skills: AutoCAD, Microstation, Revit, ANSYS, SAP, MATLAB, MATHCAD, MAPLE, FORTRAN, C++, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Microsoft Project

Language: English, Hindi, Nepali

ACTIVITIES

Member of American Society of Civil Engineers, Engineers’ Without Borders and Civil Engineering Students’ Society

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