Professional Experience
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September 1998 - present
Graduate Student / TA - CADD Instructor.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, NJ, USA.
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- Cumulative average 3.944/4.0.
- Honoured by Departmental Service Award - in recognition of dedicated service to the CEE department.
- Instructor for all CADD courses.
- In charge for inclinometer readings - an embankment settlement control.
- Involved in SPA evaluation project - the state of the art device for NDT of pavements.
- Completed Humboldt and Cleg Impact testing - a soil stiffness data collection.
- Completed Asphalt Plant Training Course (Marshall Mix Design).
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February 1997 - August 1998
Consulting Engineer / Sales Manager.
DLW, (Deutsche Linoleum Werke AG, Bietigheim-Bissingen) & Gruenau Representative Office. Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Completed a training course covering the application of waterproofing membranes.
- Developed management experience in dealing with international products and services;
- Including trade shows and fairs, presentations, travel, correspondence, generating
leads and creating ads, reports and instructional materials.
- Processed invoices and sold merchandise totalling $500,000.
- Selected as a "troubleshooter" to travel on short notice to solve client problems.
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October 1995 - January 1997
Bridge Design Engineer.
Civil Engineering Institute of Croatia. Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Designed new Strug bridge (L=5x22m), Head designer, Croatia,1996.
- Participated in the structural design projects of: Ogulin bridge (Arch
bridge, L=40m), Kamacnik bridge (Arch bridge, L=97m) and Viaduct Zagreb-Gorican
(Girder bridge, L=2�20m). Utilised theory of indetermined structures. Made
FEM analysis (M-Strudl) and drawings, bill of quantities and estimate of
costs.
- Participated in several designs of residential and commercial buildings
with partners from Switzerland and Germany. Designed formwork and made
reinforcement drawings.
- Designed two underground water-purification chambers.
- Software administrator for Windows, Windows based office software and
AutoCAD applications.
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February 1993 - October 1995
Head / Assistance Engineer of Bridge Maintenance Section.
Croatian Roads, Ministry of Transportation. Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Participated in European Bank (EBRD) and World Bank investment plan
development for bridge reconstruction in Croatia. Estimated cost of repairment
for counties and cash flow through 3 years ($17.600.000).
- Co-ordinated implementing Bridge management system in Croatia with
Danish Bridge management experts.
- Participated in rebuilding and repairment cost estimating of war-damaged
bridges in Croatia. Made data entry and computer processing ($30.400.000).
- Participated in 12 main bridge inspections. Wrote 7 bridge inspection
reports.
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Educational Background
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University of Zagreb,
Faculty of Civil Engineering,
Zagreb, Croatia.
Bachelor of science in civil / structural engineering, December 1992
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- Completed 5 year program in civil/structural engineering.
- Provost's award for 1989 and 1991.
- Teaching assistant for Descriptive Geometry and Soil and Foundation Engineering.
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Honours
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- Representative of Croatian Ministry of Transportation on OECD Workshop
A6, "Management of Existing Bridges", September 1994, Lithuania.
- Croatian Society of Civil Engineers, member.
- American Society of Civil Engineers, student - member.
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