SUKRIT GHORAI, EIT

Tempe, AZ | Phone: 480-463-0165 | E-mail: sghorai1@asu.edu

BRIDGE ENGINEER
TECHNICAL SKILLS
SUPERSTRUCTURE DESIGN
Reinforced Concrete (RC): Slabs, Frames, I-girders, Box girders, Box-on-ground structures
Prestressed Concrete (PSC): Slabs, I-girders, Box girders
SUBSTRUCTURE DESIGN
Abutments: Wall-type, Circular type with reinforced earth, Counterfort, Spill-through
Piers: Circular, Rectangular, Portal, Integral
FOUNDATION DESIGN
Open Foundations
Pile Foundations
MISCELLANEOUS DESIGN
Retaining walls, Wing walls, Return walls, Pot-cum-PTFE/Pin/Guided bearings, Seismic restrainers,
Concrete hinges, Anchorage blocks, bridge hydrology study, bridge geotechnical study
SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY
Analysis Software: Midas Civil, STAAD Pro, ABAQUS, SAP2000, CSI Bridge, IBDAS
Programming Language: C++, MATLAB, VBA

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
MS Civil Engineering (Structures), Arizona State University (May 2017)
BTech Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, India (2006)

WORK HISTORY (9 years)

Senior Bridge Engineer, COWI India Pvt. Ltd. 2013 - 2015
Design of RC frame railway bridges
Design of 2-span continuous PSC slab bridges
Design of integral piers and concrete hinges
Manager (Bridges), RITES Ltd, India 2012 2013
Design of simply supported PSC box girder bridges and PSC I-girder bridges
Design of 3-span continuous PSC I-girders bridges with deck continuity

Design of portal piers, spill-through abutments and Pot-cum-PTFE/Pin/Guided bearings

Assistant Manager (Bridges), RITES Ltd, India 2008 2012

Design of simply supported RC Slab, RC I-girder and RC Box girder bridges
Design of circular abutments with reinforced earth wall, counterfort abutments, box-on-ground structures
and pipe culverts
Preparation of feasibility report for bridges
Site investigation for existing bridges and culverts along project roads
Design of retaining walls, return walls, wing walls, retaining walls and river bed protection works

Engineer (Bridges), RITES Ltd India 2006 2008

Evaluation of bearing capacity of soil, pile vertical and lateral load capacities
Calculation of discharge and velocity of the river at bridge locations
Design of wall-type abutments & circular piers
Design of seismic restrainers, open foundations and pile foundations
Preparation of bill of quantities for bridge structures

COUNTRY OF EXPERIENCE
India, Denmark and Myanmar

DESIGN CODE USED/REFERRED

IRC, IS, EUROCODE (Danish Amendment), BS, ACI, AASHTO

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Engineer-in-Training, NCEES (2016)
Advanced Topics in Structural Analysis, Georgia Institute of Technology (2015)
Prestress Post-Tensioned Concrete Design, Georgia Institute of Technology (2013)
HONORS AND AWARDS
Awarded Best Milestone Project Award for excellent work in special project road connecting three
countries India, Thailand and Myanmar (2012)

PAPERS ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION

Crack width evaluation for flexural reinforced concrete members with axial compression
ICBSE 2015, New York
Crack width evaluation for flexural reinforced concrete members with axial tension
ICCET 2015, Zurich
Corrosion in Structures Due to Chloride Infiltration
ICCCCT 2017, Miami

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Co-authored a journal on Human capital in highway department of RITES (2013)