Education
B.S.
Civil Engineering, 2009, California Polytechnic State
University, San Luis Obispo
M.S.
Civil Engineering, 2010, California Polytechnic State
University, San Luis Obispo
Ph.D.
Civil Engineering, 2015
(expected), University of California, Los Angeles
Experience
2012-present Ph.D.
Candidate and Research Assistant, UCLA
2010-2014
Staff Engineer, Shannon & Wilson, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
2009-2010
M.S. Student and Research Assistant, Cal Poly, San Luis
Obispo, CA
2007-2009
Asst. Project Manager, AIS Construction Co., Carpinteria, CA
2005-2008
Engineer’s Assistant, GeoSolutions, Inc., San Luis Obispo, CA
Professional Memberships/Affiliations
Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Los
Angeles Chapter
Deep Foundations Institute
American Society of Civil Engineers
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (student member)
Professional Honors and Awards
2014 Deep Foundations Institute Annual Student Paper Competition Winner
2014-2015 Recipient of graduate scholarship from ASCE Geo-Institute, Los Angeles Chapter
2013-2014
Recipient of graduate scholarship from ACEC California, Los
Angeles County Chapter
2012-2013
UCLA Dept. of Civil Engineering fellowship; outstanding
geotechnical graduate student
of the year
2009-2010
Recipient of scholarships from ADSC: The International
Association of Foundation
Drilling, ACEC California, American Shotcrete Association, Fugro, Inc., and
Kiewit
Construction Co
Licensed Professional Engineer
California #C80016
Fields of Competence
Geotechnical site exploration and characterization,
including hollow-stem auger and mud rotary drilling methods, cone
penetration testing, geotechnical laboratory testing, and geologic
interpretation;
Analysis, design, and construction support for
shallow and deep foundations, including geotechnical and structural
limit states;
Slope stability analysis for landslides and
excavations in soil and rock; design and construction support for
earth retention systems including anchored soldier pile walls, soil
nails walls, mechanically stabilized earth walls, gabions, and
rockfall barriers and nets;
Earthquake engineering, including analysis and
design of foundations and retaining structures under seismic loading
conditions, soil-structure interaction including inertial and
kinematic (e.g. lateral spreading) excitation, liquefaction
susceptibility and triggering analysis, mitigation for liquefaction
and liquefaction-induced ground failure, probabilistic seismic
hazard analysis including site response, evaluation of soil dynamic
properties, and design of reinforced concrete members with seismic
detailing;
Numerical modeling in support of the topics listed
above using finite element and limit equilibrium methods.
Selected Consulting Projects
White Point Landslide, San Pedro, CA.
Slope stability analysis and preliminary engineering of alternative
mitigation strategies for landslide that destroyed regional
thoroughfare. Design of stabilization system for slope adjacent to
active landslide to protect remaining roadway and structures.
Universal Studios Broadcast Center Seismic Retrofit, Los Angeles,
CA.
Designed rock-socketed micropile and drilled shaft foundation
alternatives to support supplemental shear walls for existing
building; performed seismic hazard analysis to characterize ground
motions and ground failure during design earthquake.
Union Pacific Railroad Stabilization Projects, CA.
Site characterization, design, and construction support for
unstable slopes adjacent to track in several locations along Santa
Barbara and Sacramento Subdivisions, primarily utilizing anchored
soldier pile walls founded in rock.
U.S. Coast Guard Crew Support Bldg, Alameda, CA.
Site characterization and design of augercast pile and hybrid
augercast pile/ mat slab foundation alternatives for building
situated on hydraulic fill and soft clay with potential for lateral
instability during seismic loading.
Port Mann Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Construction support during installation of 2.5-m diam. drilled
shafts via oscillator method in glacially overridden soil.
Other
Paper Reviewer, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental
Engineering
OSHA 40-hr Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
certified
Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) safety trained
e-RAILSAFE and Railroad Contractor Orientation safety certified
Wilderness First Aid Certification from American Red Cross