Dr. Naga
SUMMARY
Attained PhD degree in Civil Engineering (Geotechnical Engineering).
Worked as a Geotechnical Engineer in reputed firm from India.
Published seven reports, seven papers and made five professional presentations.
Worked as a graduate research assistant and teaching assistant.
Looking forward to enhance technical and design skills by working on challenging engineering projects.
EDUCATION
2009 – 2013 Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering at University of Texas at Arlington, TX USA (GPA = 3.9).
2006 - 2008 M.S. in Civil Engineering (Geotechnical) at IIT Kanpur, India (GPA = Equivalent to A Range).
2002 - 2006 B.S. in Civil Engineering at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India (GPA = A range).
COURSE WORK
Foundation Analysis & Design, In-situ Testing Methods, Soil Dynamics, Theoretical Soil Mechanics, Experimental Soil Mechanics, Ground Improvement, Geosynthetics, Unsaturated Soil Mechanics, Design of Earth Structures, Constitutive Modeling, Mathematical Statistics-I, Statistical Methods, Construction Planning and Job Costing, Field Operations.
EXPERIENCE
2013 (August) – Present: Project Geotechnical Engineer at American Geotech, Inc., Reading, Pennsylvania.
• Interpretation of bore logs and scheduling of laboratory testing program.
• Verification of geotechnical reports.
• Micropile and soldier pile wall design based on PennDOT LRFD specifications.
• Scheduled complete activities from proposal submission to handing over the final report.
• Performed geophysical survey using electrical resistivity method.
2009 – 2013: Doctoral candidate in Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Texas, USA.
• Experience with Basic and Advanced Laboratory Soil Testing.
• Performed field instrumentation and monitoring using the “Bender Element Senor” to witness sulfate heaving in chemically treated soils.
• Worked with Fort Worth, Sherman and Austin TxDOT districts on high sulfate soils stabilization projects.
• Developed guidelines for stabilization of high sulfate soils for TxDOT pavement construction projects.
• Performed sustainability and cost analysis of various additives used in dam slope stabilization.
• Familiar with geotechnical in-situ methods (CPT, CPTU, SPT, Pressuremeter and Dilatometer) and their soil property interpretation.
• Familiar with geosynthetics and their design in pavements, retaining walls, slopes and foundations.
2008 – 2009: Geotechnical Engineer, Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE), India.
• Bina Power Plant, Madhya Pradesh, India: Bearing capacity calculations and foundation recommendations.
• Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Station & Koderma Thermal Power Plant, West Bengal, India: Performed slope stability analysis on fly ash dykes and raw water reservoirs.
• Goindwal Thermal Power Plant, Punjab, India: Battered pile and enlarged drilled shaft design for compound wall.
• Neyveli Thermal Plant, Tamil Nadu, India: Geotechnical report preparation, ash handling plant foundation design.
• Performed drilled shaft bearing capacity calculations and reinforcement design.
• Machine foundation parameters evaluation and interpretation of cyclic pile load tests.
• Prepared geotechnical reports on site exploration.
2006 – 2008: Graduate Research Assistant, IIT Kanpur, India.
• Performed experimental studies on uplift capacity of pile groups embedded in marine clay.
• Performed bearing capacity and settlement calculations for new civil engineering building.
• Prepared and coordinated laboratory test schedules.
LICENSURE AND MEMBERSHIPS
• Engineer in Training (E.I.T....
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