EDUCATION

Master of Engineering(M. E. ), Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirapalli, (NIT, Trichy) Bharathidasan University, Tamilnadu, India, *****
(Emphasis: Transportation Engineering and Management)
Project : Development of a prototype Expert System for Bus Scheduling for city routes

Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech. ), College of Engineering, Trivandrum, University of Kerala, Kerala, India, *****
(Emphasis: Civil Engineering. )
Electives: Traffic engineering, Transportation planning
Project: Optimizing parking facilities at the main bus and rail terminal in Trivandrum city


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Member of the Indian Roads Congress (I. R. C) ( Life Member)
Member of Indian Society of Technical Education (Life member)


EXPERIENCE RECORD

Computer knowledge : SIDRA, HCS, ELMOD, PAVER, GPSS, VPExpert, Excel, Word, Primavera, MS Project, STAAD3, PROKON, Visual BASIC, BASIC, Fortran77, familiar with Microstation and AUTOCAD.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Aug. 2005 – Jun. 2008 : Khatib and Alami, Sharjah, U. A. E.
Responsibility : Review of Traffic Impact Studies, Inviting quotation for Traffic Impact Studies, Traffic Counts and Quotation Analysis.
Traffic control and surface water drainage of many major buildings in the U. A. E. This included several buildings with basement floors and upper levels carparks. Preparation of Bill of Quantities and Specification for the parking areas were also undertaken.
Inviting Consultants to quote for Traffic Impact Study projects, follow up, quotation analysis etc of the several projects.

Review of a few Traffic Impact Studies in Dubai for clients in the construction sector as a part of the consultancy for buildings was undertaken

2003 –. 2004 : Tebodin Middleeast, Dubai U. A. E

Responsibility : Worked as a Civil Engineer in Dubal Liquid Pitch Unloading and Storage Facility. The responsibilities included co-ordination of layout, circulation study and structural design of various steel and concrete structures inside the facility. This included the design of pipe bridge, stair tower 27m high, equipment foundations etc.

April 2000 – Sept. 2001 : Maunsell AECOM, Dubai
Position : Traffic engineer

Responsibility : Traffic impact study and planning ie. , Trip generation, distribution, analysis of junctions and road sections to find the Level Of Service for several projects. Planning for the development of the road network for a large residential, commercial and leisure area near interchange 5 along Sheikh Zayed road - Traffic survey input and analysis of traffic flow and parking inside the Dubai airport, use of Marksmann Target - report writing
Pedestrian and vehicle occupancy surveys at the Global Village, existing parking survey, trip generation.

Major Projects:

• Dubai Marina (WestSide Marina), Dubai, UAE
• Creekside Mixed use Development (Emaar) Dubai, UAE
• Dubai Festival city, Dubai, UAE
• Expansion of World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE
• Optimizing traffic flow at Dubai Civil Aviation (Terminal 1), Dubai, UAE
• Mall of the Emirates (Souk Al Nakheel), Dubai, UAE
• AbuDhabi Marina, Abudhabi, UAE
• An Nasim District Master Plan, Dammam, KSA
• Transportation planning of Uptown Mirdif, Dubai

Dec. 1998 – Dec. 1999 : Snowy Mountain Engg Corp. , Dubai, U. A. E.
Position : Transportation Engineer

Responsibility : Preliminary study – Rehabilitation of a 105 km long (424 lane kms) dual carriageway from Bu Kidra roundabout to the Oman border including pavement structural analysis using ELMOD 4, overlay design, roughness analysis to find the remaining service life, rutting analysis, determining pavement condition index using PAVER etc. Preliminary design - Responsible for the preliminary design including design of Margham intersection and the U turns. Responsible for obtaining the NOC from services including explaining the project to the various service authorities and follow up.
Final rehabilitation design of Hatta road.
Preliminary study of the 40 km long road (160 lane kms). Included back calculating pavement layer moduli using ELMOD, roughness analysis and remaining service life calculation, future traffic analysis determination including traffic generated from Dubai Investment park, pavement condition survey of each section of the road etc

Sept. 1993 – March 1995 : Khatib and Alami, Sharjah, U. A. E.

Position : Civil Engineer

Responsibility : Planning of the surveys for a major traffic study conducted for Muscat city, organization of data collection sheets as well as compilation of data. Traffic signal design for an intersection in Dubai city Designed multi- storey, ground floor and underground car parks and its surrounding roads for many major buildings in the U. A. E. including designs for the layout, traffic control, surface water drainage and the ramp profiles of the parking areas Liaison with the architectural, structural, mechanical and electrical departments for the building parking projects.

Dec. 1992 - May 1993 : Regional Engineering College (R. E. C. ) Trichy, INDIA

Position : Research Associate

Responsibility : Taught postgraduate degree classes in Road Transport Economics and Management and highway engineering laboratory. Review and preparation of summary of several research papers for publication in the highway research journal of Indian Roads ***** anised the students and exhibits for the Roads Section of the Civil Engineering department for an Open Exhibition held at the college in February 1993.