RAVI LAD, EIT

1226 West Adams Blvd, Apt. #2C * Los Angeles, CA 90007 * 213-280-7857 * rla7edc6
@westpost.net
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER * INFRASTRUCTURES, BRIDGES & BUILDINGS
Dedicated, hard-working recent graduate with broad, in-depth structural and civi
l engineering background, spanning both academic projects and hands-on field ope
rations for Gammon Group and Keyu Transport Company (both located in India). Eff
icient, highly analytical quick study with proven ability to serve as both indiv
idual contributor and team player / leader. Adept at directing full lifecycle of
large, complex projects and producing highest quality deliverables at minimized
cost.
Areas of Expertise / Key Qualifications
* R.C.C. Structure Design
* Finite Element Analysis
* Vendor Relations
* Steel Structure Design
* Dynamic Analysis
* Cost Reductions
* Prestress Concrete Design
* Mechanics of Solids
* Industry Software
* Earthquake resistant Design
* Codes: UBC1997, ACI, AISC, IBC2000
* Cost Forecasting
* Blast load design
* Full Lifecycle Project Management
* Quality Control
Technical Proficiencies
Design Tools: SAP 2000 * E TABS * ABAQUS * STAAD PRO * RAM Steel * Microstation
CAD Tools: Auto CAD * Archi CAD
Applications: MS Office Suite
Programming Skills: MATLAB * Mathematica

EDUCATION & AFFILIATIONS

M.S. - STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, 2010
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - LOS ANGELES, CA
B.S. - CIVIL ENGINEERING, 2007
UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI - MUMBAI, INDIA
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (SEAOSC) - MEMBER
AMERICAN SOCIETY of CIVIL ENGINEERS (ASCE) - MEMBER

EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY
GAMMON INDIA PVT. LTD. Mumbai, India
Largest civil engineering construction company in India
Structural Intern - Design July 2006 to July 2007
Worked with five-person team under guidance of Vice President on successful desi
gn of challenging, complex $40M steel railway bridge project.
*Analyzed loads on railway tracks and designed various components of 265-meter b
ridge by leveraging STAAD PRO software and data tables in Excel spreadsheet.
*Acquired knowledge about onsite push launching system, wind tunnel testing and
various advanced techniques of maintenance.
KEYU TRANSPORT COMPANY Navsari, India
100+ employee company with focus on construction of roads, small bridges, culver
ts, and causeways
Site Engineer - Road Infrastructures (PT) May 2003 to May 2006
Surveyed and leveled 10 roads on varying terrains to facilitate roadway construc
tion; calculated earthwork quantity and programmed Excel speadsheets to ensure s
ignificant savings in time / human effort.
*Managed resources and planned day-to-day activities and operations, which facil
itated Firms 9% growth within one year.
*Researched, tested, and approved use of alternate materials for road project to
produce significant savings.
*Estimated quantity of construction materials; conducted quantity surveys and pr
epared quotes for contract bidding.
*Contributed to tendering process, which facilitated acceptance of projects with
high profit margins.
*Coordinated and directed teams; provided contributions to quality control and t
esting team
*Oversaw operations and maintenance of sites, including causeways, slab drains,
tar roads, and concrete roads.
*Prepared road cross-sections and created final reports for submission to Govern
ment.
*Provided contributions to roadwork project in salt plane zone; suggested use of
cofferdams to facilitate project and received government approval.
*Developed operations analysis plans, demand forecasting, and quantity / cost tr
acking schemes.

USC PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Design Projects Included:
*Dynamic Design: Fundamental of Earthquake Engineering, characteristic of earthq
uakes, seismicity, and response of linear and non liner multi degree systems, Ea
rthquake Resistant design, Blast Load designing, Rayleigh's method, dynamic anal
ysis and time history tools. Presented paper on differential ground motion to Un
iversity of Southern California, Los Angeles; received "A" grade
*Pre-stress Concrete: Developed program that optimized design of various beam se
ctions and improved capacity of pre-stress concrete beam; received "A" grade.
*Advanced Design of Steel Structures: Analyzed and designed steel components, in
cluding tension & compression members, plate girders, column bases, connections
, beam columns, braced & moment frames, and torsional and seismic loads; utilize
d general flexural theory and ASD / LRFD design and rechecked design with SAP 2
000 to ensure accurate results.
*Advanced Design of R.C.C.: Designed shear walls, columns, footings, slabs, tors
ion beams, and connections using ACI codes; rechecked design with SAP 2000.
Analysis Projects Included:
*Finite Element Analysis: Analyzed axial forces in plane truss, straining action
in three-hinged plane frame, stress concentration in plane stress panel, and be
nding of plates and beams using Finite Element Method with ABAQUS and SAP 2000;
received "A" grade.
*Dynamics of Structures: Developed program to generate and plot general response
of system to a unit step input, which determined optimum velocity for car model
.
*Leveraged Mathematica and C programming to find mode shapes and natural frequen
cies of degree of freedom in structural systems by power methods.
*Used matrix iteration to resolve problem of transient forced dynamic response o
f damped degree-of-freedom (D.O.F.) dynamical system.