Ivan Liu

2003 Stradivarius Ln   Carrollton, TX 75007   Cell: 214-714-4550   Email: ivanliu@tamu.edu

 

Education

Texas A&M University – College Station, TX

B.S. Civil Structural Engineering                                         

                       In-Major Undergraduate GPA: 3.33

                       FE Examination Passed August 2010

M.E Civil Structural Engineering

 

2007-2010

 

 

2010-2012

 

 

Hebron High School – Carrollton, TX

Cumulative GPA: 3.8/4.0

Graduated with Honors

2003-2007

 

Work Experience

TTI Riverside Campus – College Station TX

Safety and Structural Division: Student Technician II

Advised under Dr. Akram Abu-Odeh (abu-odeh@tamu.edu)

Modeled different highway safety devices, using a finite element program, to be used in crash simulations

Created simulations from pre and post crash data, and simulated tests for different solutions to highway safety

June 2010 – Present

 

 

TTI State Headquarters – College Station, TX 

Signal Operations Program: Student Researcher

Gathered data for safety operations within highways and intersections

Mar 2010 – May 2010

 

Educational Skills  

Steel Design

Concrete Design

Structural Analysis

Matrix Method of Structural Analysis

Mechanics of Materials

Construction Materials

Geotechnical Engineering

Engineering Statics and Dynamics

Water Resource Management

Fluid Mechanics

Civil Engineering Systems

Fundamentals of Transportation

Topics in Applied Mathematics

Behavior and Design of Steel Structures (Grad)

Behavior and Design of Prestressed Concrete (Grad)

Finite Element Applications (Grad)

 

Technical Skills

Solidworks

>3 years

SAP2000

>2 years

Hypermesh

>1 year

LS-Prepost

>1 year

RISA

<1 year

AutoCAD Civil

>1 year

 

Activities/Interests

Texas A&M American Society of Civil Engineers

2008 – Present

 

 

Texas A&M Steel Bridge Team

Overall 1st Place in 2010 Regional Competition

Designed cantilever bridge for the 2010-2011 Steel Bridge Competition

2008 – Present

 

Language Skills

                English, Chinese (Cantonese, Basic Mandarin)