Lei

8/16/2014
Irvine, CA

Position Desired

Geotechnical Engineering
Irvine, CA
Yes

Resume

Leila
Senior Staff Engineer, cell: 517-755-9897

Education
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

MSc Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering 2007 - 2009
GPA 3.48/4.0
Project Title: Pavement Data Collection Sampling and Frequency for an Effective Pavement Management System


University Of Semnan, Semnan, Iran

BS Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering 2000 - 2004

GPA 18.75/20

Work Experience
Senior Staff Engineer, June 2012 -Present
Fugro Consultants, Los Angeles, CA

• Predesign for bidding California High-Speed Train Project, responsible for foundation design, geotechnical structures and liquefaction potential evaluation.
• Assists in preparing geotechnical design reports and geotechnical recommendations including compaction, materials and preliminary foundation report pavement evaluation.
• Supervising field investigation for the design including subsurface exploration, coordinating and scheduling field investigation, obtaining permits, managing subcontractors, preparing boring records, and LOTBs, assigning laboratory testing.
• Performing geotechnical design analysis, including seepage and slope stability analysis using Geostudio, shallow and deep foundation design, pavement design, ground motion analyses, cyclic deformation of slopes during earthquake, seismic settlement and pseudostatic slope stability.
Staff Geotechnical Engineer, Oct 2010 –June 2012
URS Corporation, Santa Ana, CA

• Assisted in providing of Periodic Levee Inspection Reports using Levee Inspection System (LIS) tool. Processed the data collected during field inspection and determined the inspection rating of levee condition.
• Responsible for preparation of slope stability design reports, using Slope/W software and Snailz.
• Interpreting Cone Penetration Test and Liquefaction Analysis for geotechnical reports using CLiq and CPet-IT software.
• Performing lab testing of the soil samples collected during field investigation and classifying of soils. Laboratory capabilities include index testing, hydraulic conductivity, strength testing, hydrometer test and chemical testing.
• Assisted in design of sheet pile walls and pile foundations, including calculation of earth pressures for shoring design, lateral movements, settlement behind shoring and groundwater inflow into excavation. .
• Preparing the soil boring logs using gINT software, interpreting the results based on USCS and ASSHTO method for classifying soils.
• Performing pavement design using Caltrans pavement design software, CalFP
• QA representative for office quarterly project/initiation audits.
Executive Intern, Oct 2009 – June 2010
Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Lansing, MI

• Assisted in the preparation and rewriting of Storm Water Best Management Practices (BMPs) Manual for Michigan Watersheds , including Porous Pavements, Infiltration Basin/Trench, Bioretention Gardens, Seeding, Soil Management, Grading Practices, Winter Road Management, Parking Lot Storage, Subsurface Drain and etc
• Utilized AutoSketch and AutoCAD in the preparation of design plans
• Determined the Toxic Emission for various sources of air pollutant, using NATAA/Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (TRI) and Michigan Air Emission Reporting System (MAERS) Methods
Civil Engineer, July 2003 - April 2005
Pandam Consulting Engineers, Tehran

Responsible for preparation of hydrology and hydraulic calculations:
• Utilized ACAD in the preparation of design plans, preparations of grading plans and typical sections
• Prepared hydraulic calculations included utilizing HEC-RAS program to complete calculations, analyzing hydraulic grade l...

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