Design Construction
Resume:
Vipul Prabhu Chodnekar
**** *** **. *******, ** *9415
************@*****.*** Phone 614-***-****
Education
• Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX Expected Graduation – Aug. 2012
Master’s of Science in Civil Engineering GPA: 3.55
o Major Structural
o Minor Transportation
• University of Goa, India Graduated - May 2008 Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering GPA: 3.5
Professional Experience
• Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX Jan. 2011 – May 2012
Teaching Assistant
o Create lesson plans for Surveying Lab
o Teach 2 labs of 25 students each
o Evaluate students’ work and grade papers for Surveying Lab
o Conduct office hours on a weekly basis
o Consult with professors on student progress
o Serve as a grader for Surveying, Steel Design and Concrete Design class
o Introduce guest speakers in Construction Engineering Freshmen Seminar course
• S. N. Bhobe & Associates Pvt. Ltd. ( Structural Consultants), Mumbai, India Feb. 2009 - July 2010
Assistant Manager
o Worked on the project of construction of three bridges, cost of project approximately 90 million dollars
o Responsible as Quality Control Engineer of construction of three pre-cast segmental construction bridges
o Checked reinforcement of the segments as per the drawings
o Supervised concreting of segments, pier, piles, pile caps, segment launching
o Supervised Piling of bridge foundation
o Supervised pre-stressing of bridge deck
o Supervised reinforced earth construction in the approach of the bridge
o Supervised construction of flexible pavement and rigid pavement
o Visited steel plants for inspection
o Familiar with launching girder and under slung method used for segment erection
o Familiar with different types of bearings used for bridges
• Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Mumbai, India June 2007 - July 2007
Summer Intern
o Successfully carried out an assignment of developing spreadsheet program for Legpot design
o Studied different designs of Legpot
o Communicated with superiors to modify or rectify designs
o Prepared a spreadsheet design of Legpot using Microsoft Excel
Skills
• Software: AutoCAD, MATLAB, SAP, STADD, F-Tool, M-E PDG
• Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Konkani
Academic Projects
• Design of reinforced concrete underground bridge structure using F-Tool software
• Design of overlay over a continuously reinforced concrete pavement
• Design of Concrete Mix for checking the difference in shrinkage of concrete specimen when cured with water and with curing compound
• Design of super structure of simply supported bridge
• Familiar with Reinforced Concrete Design, Steel Design, Deep and Shallow Foundation Design, Pavement Design
• Familiar with Mechanics of Solids, Structural Analysis, Finite Element Methods
Honors and Recognition
• Obtained full Tuition Fee Waiver and Scholarship from Texas Tech University
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