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STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, MCE, PE(Texas, Oklahoma)
EDUCATION
• Master of Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, May, 2012.
• Structural and Earthquake Engineering, Advance Degree, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela, Feb, 2008 -July, 2010.
• Business Economy, Advance Degree, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Caracas, Venezuela, July, 2005.
• Construction Management, Advance Degree, Universidad Metropolitana, Caracas, Venezuela, December,1996.
• Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Universidad Católica Andres Bello, Caracas, Venezuela, May, 1995.
SKILLS
• Structural Software. STAAD Pro, OpenSTAAD, Sap 2000, Ansys, Foundation 3D.
• Design Software. AutoCAD, CADWorx, certified coursework in PDS Framework and Microstation, basic level.
• General Software. Matlab, Mathcad, Visual basic, Python, Office, Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat Distiller.
• Standards. ACI, AISC, PIP, AWS, ASCE, IBC, ASTM, AWWA, NDS, PCI, OSHA 10, PDVSA, API, COVENIN, Mexican, Bolivian, Argentinian.
• Languages. English, Spanish, Italian, French and some German.
• PE exam passed, October, 2014, FE exam passed, October, 2011.
• PE 118689 (Texas), EIT 46401 (Texas), NCEES Record book.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Company Confidential – TULSA, OKLAHOMA, USA 2014-Current
Design Engineer.
Structural Engineering for Steel Welded Oil Storage Tanks (API 650). Roof by Yield Line Method and API650, Snow Load, Internal Pressure, Live Load’. Shell by 1 foot method, Variable-Design-Point Method. Ring compression and tension by Curved beam approach under combined bending and axial. Rafters under combined flexural and axial. Frangibility calculation. Wind Overturning per ASCE-7-10 and API 650. Shell buckling, maximum unstiffened shell height. Seismic Overturning, Convective and Impulsive masses, natural period, liquid hoop forces. Longitudinal shell compression. Self-anchorage calculation. Anchor bolt design. Anchor Bolt chair calculation. Foam chamber calculation. Maximum allowable vacuum. Floating Roof design. Unsymmetrical cross sectional column buckling. Ringwall foundation.
Venting Analysis Open Vents and P/V Vents for allowable internal pressure and vacuum under environmental loads (Earthquake, Wind) to avoid structural buckling. Bleeder Vent. Circulation venting by appendix H (API 650).
Tank Strapping Table/Inspection Bottom survey, shell plumbness, internal circunference, floating roof strapping, shell UT reading. Open Floating Roof, Internal Floating Roof, Cone Roof, Riveted, Insulated.
EXTERRAN – TULSA, OKLAHOMA, USA 2013-2014
Structural Engineer Intermediate.
Projects: Markwest Sherwood Gas Plant, West Virginia, US, Nejo Camp Gas Plant, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Duties:
Engineering Standards Development for Foundations for equipment (Vertical Vessels, Heat Exchangers/Horizontal Vessels, Reciprocating Compressors, Coolers).
Gas plant Skids and Pipe-Racks. Structural engineering and design under AISC standards using STAAD Pro, Open STAAD and CADWorx for Amine Plants, Cryo Plants and Refrigeration Plants. In Place, Lift and Transportation Load Cases.
Concrete Foundations for Skids, Pipe-Racks Heat Interchangers, Vertical Vessels, Reciprocating Compressors, Coolers, Static and Dynamic Analysis. Shallow, Deep and Piles. PIP and ACI standards. Anchor bolts. Beam over elastic foundation approach.
Structural Steel Connections, Moment Rigid Connections, Shear Connections, Base Plates, Lifting Lugs, Splices, Braces, Chevrons, Slings, Stiffeners.
Macro Enable Spreadsheets, for structural engineering, modeling and Open Staad.
Vepica Wood Group – Caracas, Venezuela 2006-2009
Structural Engineer
Off Shore Platform, Central Production Facility, Coro Coro Project, Conoco Phillips-PDVSA joint venture. (8000 Ton)
Structural Engineering (SAP) and Design Engineering (AutoCAD) supporting the on-site construction. Solve all new structural issues due to construction changes. QA&QC for the structural engineering while the construction according the original design and API, AISC, AWS, ASTM, IBC, ASCE, PDVSA and Covenin standard specs.
Pipe-Rack structural engineering design (2000 ton), Mendoza, Argentina, Using Staad Pro software, AutoCAD design meeting AISC, AWS, ASCE, IBC standard specs.
Gas Plant Expansion, Tacobo Project, Pluspetrol. Veracruz-Bolivia. Structural, earthquake calculation and design of vibratory machine foundations and equipment foundations meeting ACI, IBC, ASCE, PDVSA standard specs. Water storage and Oil storage tanks calculations meeting AWWA and API specs.
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