Engineering Assistant

Ms. SUJATHA KALYANAM

**** ********* **** ********* ** 80124. Phone: 303-***-****, 850-***-****.

Email: abnk5k@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

Procure a challenging full time position in the civil (structural) engineering industry in the Denver metro area, CO.

Strengths

Highly motivated team player with strong technical, communication, and interpersonal skills.

Education

Jan ’07 – Aug ‘09

M.S. in Civil Engineering, Florida State University (FSU), Tallahassee, FL, USA. (GPA 4.0/4.0)

Aug ’05- Aug ‘06

Enrolled in Civil Engineering, University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, FL, USA. (GPA 3.66/4.0)

Jul ’02 - May ’05

M.S. in Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), Lincoln, NE, USA. (GPA 3.74/4.0)

Sep ’98 - May ‘02

B.E. in Civil Engineering, Hindustan College of Engineering (HCE), Madras University, India.

(Category: First class)

Employment history

Freelance writer, www.examiner.com, Denver, CO Jul ’09 - present

Structural engineer, Shaw, Stone & Webster, Inc., Centennial, CO Feb ’08 – Mar ‘09

Research assistant, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida State University. Aug ’07 – May ‘08

Teaching assistant, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida State University. Aug ’07 – Dec ‘07

Intern, GE Global Research, John F Welch Technology Center (JFWTC), Bangalore, India. Sep ’06 – Dec ’06

Graduate research assistant, Dept. of Civil and Costal Engineering, University of Florida. Aug ’05 – Aug ’06

Graduate student lecturer, Dept. of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Jul ’03 – May ’05

Graduate research assistant, Dept. of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Jan ’03 – Jun ’03

Teaching assistant, Dept. of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Aug ’02 – Jan ’03

Project intern, Structural Engineering Research Center (SERC), Taramani, Chennai, India. Jan ’02 – Apr ’02

Work experience

Structural Engineer, Shaw Inc. Feb ‘08 – Mar ‘09

Design of concrete foundations, anchor bolts and steel structures for power plants.

Graduate student, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, FSU. Jan ‘07 – May ‘09

Combining an optimal control theory using linear quadratic regulator to design supplemental dampers in multistory structures

and a rational analytical method for determining dynamic responses of seismically-excited large truss towers installed with

friction dampers and their effectiveness to subsequently formulate an optimal technique for design of supplemental vibration

dampers for three-dimensional multi-story truss towers.

Intern, GE Global Research, John F Welch Technology Center (JFWTC), Bangalore, India. Sep ‘06 – Dec ‘06

Part of a research team involved in investigating techniques for rapid mold heating for the process of thermoforming compos-

ite structures with thermoplastic polymers. Involved in the simulation of finite element (FE) models to develop theoretical

models for validation of the experimental results. Involved in simulation of FE model to study the behavior of a composite sub-

jected exclusively to temperature loading.

Graduate research assistant, Dept. of Civil and Costal Engineering, UF. Aug ‘05 – Aug ‘06

Assisting in casting and testing small scale specimens to study the contribution of epoxy coated carbon composites in en-

hancing tensile strength of ordinary and reinforced concrete beams. Design modification and supervision of construction of

girder specimens to study and employ rehabilitating techniques to existing bridges with shear cracks and Investigating the

contribution of deck slab towards shear strengthening of bridge girders. Project sponsored by the Florida Department of

Transportation (FDOT).

Graduate student, Dept. of Engineering Mechanics, UNL. Jan ‘03 – May ‘05

Conducted research on mathematical modeling of a living biological cell membrane as a continuous media using membrane

theory. Modeled and implemented equations to plot the topography of the membrane under a point load. Theoretical results

validated by comparison with experimental results obtained from Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM).

Honors and accolades

Recipient of the Civil and Costal Engineering (CCE) alumni fellowship from the University of Florida for the academic year

2005 – 2006.

Recipient of the ‘Ralph Ekstrom Teaching award for Graduate students’ from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the year

2003-04

Publications

Ken Walsh, Sujatha Kalyanam, Michelle Rambo-Roddenberry and Kyle Cronin, “Optimal Design of Passive Fluid Viscous

Dampers for Controlling Vibrations is Seismically-Excited Towers”, Journal of Structural Engineering, paper submitted.

Sujatha Kalyanam, “Optimal Design of Passive Fluid Viscous Dampers for Controlling Vibrations is Seismically-Excited

Towers”, M.S. degree thesis, Florida State University, Aug 2009.

Sujatha Kalyanam and C. Thiagarajan, “Review and Multilevel Modeling of Foam Core Sandwich Structures”, GE Global Re-

search public report, Technical information series, July 2007.

Eveline Baesu, Sujatha Kalyanam and Marcelina Mocanu, “Quantitative Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of Cell Mem-

branes: An Exact Solution,” Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, Vol. 2, No. 6, p 1193-1203, June 2007.

Sujatha Kalyanam, “Quantitative Aspects of Cell Membrane Investigations Using Atomic Force Microscopy,” M.S. degree

thesis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, May 2005.

Sujatha Kalyanam, “Study on Cement Blenders and its Effect on Concrete-Silica Fume and Fly Ash,” B.E. degree thesis,

Madras University, May 2002.

Conference talks and activities

EUROMECH Colloquium 464, Fiber-reinforced solids: Constitutive laws and instabilities, Cantabria, Spain Sep ‘04

st

Society of Engineering Science (SES) Inc., 41 technical meeting, UNL, Lincoln, NE, USA Oct ‘04

Co-organizer, ‘Shristi,’ National level tech symposium, Dept. of Civil Eng. Hindustan College of Engineering Feb ‘02

(HCE) affiliated with Madras University, Kelambakam, India.

Software skills

Application packages: MATLAB, MAPLE, MATHCAD, AUTOCAD, HYPERMESH, ABAQUS, RISA 3D, CONCAD, Visual Ana-

lysis, STAAD Pro.

Operating systems: Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP, Macintosh.

Availability for hire

Available immediately.

Employment authorization status: Permanent resident.

References

Dr. Eveline Baesu, Associate Professor, Dept. of Engineering Mechanics, UNL, 402-***-****, abnk5k@r.postjobfree.com

Dr. Ken Walsh, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, OU, 740-***-****, abnk5k@r.postjobfree.com

Dr. Michelle Rambo-Roddenberry, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, FSU, 850-***-****, abnk5k@r.postjobfree.com

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