M.S. Civil Engineering - U.T. El Paso (Anticipated Dec. 2003)

Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems (formerly Center for Highway Materials Research)
January 1999 to Present

Free-free Resonant Column testing

• “A Simple Method for Determining Modulus of Base and Subgrade Materials” – S. Nazarian, D. Yuan, R. R. Williams
• Paper presented in summer 2002 at symposium for Resilient Modulus Testing for Pavement Components in Salt Lake City.

Use of NDT Devices

• Seismic Pavement Analyzer (SPA)
• Portable Seismic Pavement Analyzer (PSPA)
• Falling Weigh Deflectometer (FWD)

Other Projects

• Testing of delaminated bridge decks in Midland, Texas using PSPA.
  Report written and submitted to Texas Department of Transportation.

Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs Scholarship

General Motors Minority Engineering and Science Scholarship

National Science Foundation – Model Institutions for Excellence/Research Experience for Undergraduate Students

Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Research Fellowship: 2001-2002 school year (undergraduate)

Outstanding Civil Engineering Undergraduate Student – Spring 2002

Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Research Fellowship: 2002-2003 school year (graduate)

Value Engineering College Initiative, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District – Spring 2002

Microsoft Excel – Experienced with macros, Visual Basic, and spreadsheet applications

Microsoft Word/PowerPoint – Experienced Programming – Familiar with Matlab

Experienced with programs for NDT Devices – Modulus 5.1, SASW, SMART, JIM

Other – AutoCAD, other programming languages

Chi Epsilon

American Society of Civil Engineers

Golden Key