Katie

2/4/2014
Berkeley, CA

Position Desired

Geotechnical Engineering
Sacramento, CA; Seattle, WA
Yes

Resume

Education
University of California Berkeley
Undergraduate Civil Engineering Major—Transcript available on request
emphasis in geotechnical engineering

Work Experience

Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) – K-12 Outreach Coordinator UC Berkeley
August 2012 – present
Educate underprivileged local schools about earthquake safety, earthquake engineering, and higher education. Presentation to 4th and 6th grade classrooms includes: in-class lecture with engineering videos, hands-on demos, and discussion about professions and essential civil engineering concepts; a field trip to the PEER Earthquake Simulator Laboratory and NEES@Berkeley Laboratory; testing of seismic principles on K’nex on an electronic shake table. Facilitation of Davis Hall lab tours and outreach day programs directed towards high school and college students. Designed a model base isolator to illustrate engineering concepts. http://peer.berkeley.edu/education/k-12_outreach_program.html

Engineered Fire Systems Inc. – Contracted Drafter Grass Valley, CA
May - August 2012
Drafted construction blueprints to AutoCAD of large commercial, residential, and private projects; interpreted/edited existing design files; designed fire protection sprinkler systems in AutoCAD.

Mountain View Rehabilitation – Secretary and Office management- Office of Dr. Joel Richnak and Dr. Michael Jensen Grass Valley, CA
May-Aug, 2012
Managed and maintained company medical database; filed insurance claim forms and doctor’s prescriptions; performed clerical duties; miscellaneous assistance of doctors and therapists; managed busy telephone services; patient scheduling and charting, UPS services.

National Writing Project – Secretary Berkeley, CA
Spring 2011 Semester
Catered and hosted of Annual Review Meeting for a large company dinner and small, private room meetings. Office duties: data entry, Fedex services, labeling and supply order cataloging, logo design.

Regional Oral History Office – Secretary and Web Editor Berkeley, CA
Fall 2010 Semester
Reviewed and edited ROHO webpage; archived client and office copies of oral transcripts; bound legal releases and archival transcripts; transcribed letters to narrators and sister departments; recorded company archives via Excel; Audio and visual cataloging.

Skills
Software drafting programs: AutoCAD 2011, Rhinoceros 4.0, (class and job experience)
Programming language: MATLAB, basic HTML language
Photo-editing programs: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Lightroom 4.0, Picasa, Picnik. Talent in fine art and architectural photography
Engineering knowledge: thermodynamics, fluid and structural mechanics, linear programming in mathematics and computer language (MatLAB).
Geotechnic knowledge: one year of hands-on soil lab experience with compaction and consolidation curves, flow nets, USCS soil classification, landfill waste management, and shear testing methodology; seismic engineering job experience including laboratory hybrid simulation testing; geophysical knowledge of earthquake science.
Secretarial skills and Data Entry: Advanced use of Microsoft Office, email programs (including Windows...

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