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OBJECTIVE
To apply my engineering knowledge, skills and experience to design structures
CAREER PROFILE
▪ Over 6 years experience in the analysis and design of complex steel and concrete structures for wind and earthquake forces
▪ Doctor of Philosophy in Structural Engineering
▪ Experience in designing concrete foundations supporting heavy equipment, vessels, and steel structures
▪ Experience in rehabilitation of concrete bridges, concrete walls, and concrete buildings
▪ Experience in calculation of earthwork and conceptual routes of plant roads, water pipelines, and perimeter fences
▪ Responsible for preparing reports and calculation packages, issuing drawings and sketches, developing specifications, suggesting alternative design schemes, and estimating material takeoffs
▪ Great Knowledge in design codes including AISC, IBC, ASCE 7, ACI 318, UBC, CBC, FEMA273, FEMA310, FEMA356, GSA, and UFC
▪ Self-motivated, challenging, proactive and honest engineer
▪ Open and flexible team player with effective communication and writing skills
▪ Computer skills include as follows:
Analysis and design - Proficient in STAAD Pro, SAP 2000, Ram-Perform, Foundation 3D, Mat3D, PCAMAT, PCACOL, SAFE, INROADS, FORTRAN, MathCAD
Skilled in ABAQUS, ANSYS
Graphical - Proficient in AutoCAD, Micro Station, SmartPlant Review, Caxperts Review GEN, Projectwise Explorer
General - Proficient in MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, VBA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Civil/Structural Engineer(2006 - 2009)
FOSTER WHEELER USA CORPORATION Houston, TX
Focus on modelling and designing steel and concrete structures
Develop design guidelines and specifications
Accomplish to meet client's request and required project deadline for design of steel and concrete structures
Representative Projects
Chevron Heavy Crude Expansion Project in El Segundo, CA
- Designed steel structures and concrete foundations supporting vessels, equipment and pipes based on the seismic design guideline of the California Building Code
- Coordinated with field engineers to revise the designed structures due to conflict in the field
- Designed base plates and anchoring system
- Responsible for designing more than 80 steel pipe supports
- Proactively delivered drawings issued for construction for pipe supports and its foundations
Concrete Table-Top Structure evaluation study for Shell Refinery at Deer Park, TX
- Successfully executed analysis and design of the concrete table top structure against strong wind force
- Wrote a evaluation report to confirm that new larger coke drums could safely be replaced without clashes with the existing steel structure and overstress on the supporting concrete structure
Delayed Coker Project for Valero Refinery Corporation at Port Arthur, TX
- Successfully accomplished to issue a steel structure supporting a new Delta Valve system
- Proactively completed designing access platform steel structures
- Provided details of connection
Pre-Feed Oxy-Qatar Conceptual Refinery Project in Panama
- Estimated quantities of the earth work using survey data and a computer program, Inroads
- Planned locations of borings for the geotechnical investigation and locations of marine facilities
- Planned interior plant road, heavy haul road, and access road to the site under the limit of 6% grade slope
- Provided a drawing of routes and elevations of the new water pipelines
- Estimated number of piles and foundation sketches to be used for the project budget
- Created and developed building floor plans required at the refinery facilities and issued multiple building sketches
- Issued a drawing of the permanent perimeter fences and temporary fences and calculated approximately required lengths using survey data and Inroads
Phase II Estimate for North American Oil Sand Corporation Refinery Project in Canada - Basic Engineering
- Estimated boring location and number of piles
- Suggested sizes of the pipe lines required for drainage and sewer system
- Developed civil structural guidelines based on Canadian Code
BP Delayed Coker Project at Whiting, IN
- Helped the estimating department by delivering material quantities, size, shapes, sketches, and drawings of steel structures, concrete foundation, and piles
Civil Engineer in Korea(1996 - 2000)
SeoGwang, DaeHan, Nara, Changsin, Changlim, Geumma Construction
- Conducted non-destructive test for concrete bridges and established carbon fiber sheets under bridge slabs for rehabilitation
- Investigated displacement, acceleration of the bride span behaviour under heavy truck loading
- Wrote inspection reports to City of Daegu and Office of Kyungsang Province for the following bridges:
PyungLi Railroad bridge, Paldal bridge, Mootae bridge, Youngju bridge, Daebong bridge, Nogok bridge, and Sinsung bridge
- Conducted detailed field inspection and evaluation of the safety of the Watergate concrete wall and drainage
- Suggested rehabilitation schemes of building structures and investigated concrete columns and walls in residential buildings
- Reported Epoxy injection effectiveness for water-resistance of highway concrete wall
LICENSE
EIT (2002), TX USA
Certified Civil Engineer (1995), Korea(ROK)
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant at The University of Texas at Austin(2000-2001 and 2003-2006)
- Taught different characteristics of material by testing metals, woods, aggregates, concrete mixtures, and concrete strength by conducting concrete beam tests for bending and shear failure
- Taught SAP2000 in structural analysis classes
- Successfully motivated class students and coordinated students as team members
Research Assistant at The University of Texas at Austin(2002)
- Conducted numerical time history analysis of precast concrete structures for the earthquake ground motions in Turkey
- Created a computer program that matched well with experimental results for dynamic behavior of the concrete structure
Ph.D Candidate at The University of Texas at Austin(2003 - 2006)
Progressive collapse behavior of RC structures with deficient details
- Analyzed nonlinear static and dynamic behaviour of reinforced concrete frame structures with deficient details such as discontinuous positive flexural reinforcement at connections, insufficient transverse reinforcement for redistribution of shear, and insufficient compression splices in columns that may be subjected to tension
- Deficiencies were investigated to determine if the potential for progressive collapse in a structure could be reduced through rehabilitation
- Compared analytical results between a robust and deficient structure
- Major findings from the research are: When deficiencies existed and an interior column was damaged and lost its load carrying capacity, the concrete structure showed multiple plastic hinges and possibility of a column failure. This column failure may cause the failure on the upper level and trigger progressive collapse downward
EDUCATION
Ph.D, The University of Texas at Austin 2000-2006
Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering)
Research Topic: Progressive Collapse Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
Structures with Deficient Details
M.S, KyungPook National University, Korea 1997-1999
Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering)
B.S, KyungPook National University, Korea 1992-1997
Civil Engineering
PUBLICATIONS
Kim, H., Progressive Collapse Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Structures with Deficient Details, Dissertation of Doctoral Degree, The University of Texas at Austin, 2006
Kim, H., Jirsa, J. O, "Rehabilitation Options for Reducing Progressive Collapse in RC Frame Structures", IABSE SYMPOSIUM, Lisbon, 2005
Kim, H., Park, M., Kim, J., and Park, J., "Optimum Design of Steel Frame Structures using Second Order Elastic Analysis Method", Conference Journal of Korean Society of Civil Engineers, 1999
Kim, H., "Optimal Design of Steel Frames by Second Order Elastic Analysis", Thesis of Master Degree, Kyungpook National University, 1999
AWARDS
Texas Public Education Grant, 2003
Research Assistantship, The University of Texas at Austin, 2002
National Scholarship in Kyungpook National University 1992-1996
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