Salma

12/26/2014
Cambridge, MA

Position Desired

Structural Engineering
Anywhere in the U.S.
Yes

Resume

Education

Aug. 2012 Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Master of Science in Structural Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept.

Sep. 2008 K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Dept.

Honors and Awards

May 2011 Research Assistantship, NEU, Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept., Boston, MA.

Aug. 2004 Iranian National Scholarship for Undergraduate Education, Ranked as top 1 percent students and honored amongst 500,000 participants in the nation-wide university entrance exam for undergraduate education and awarded the National Scholarship, Iran.

Professional Experience

Sep. 2009- Mehr Ab Pooyesh Consulting Engineers, Tehran, Iran
Jul. 2010 Structural Designer, Member of Structural and Geotechnical Design Group
Project: Garmsar City Water Refinery
 Checked structural models in SAP.
 Checked calculations and ensured the structural designs were completed safely.
 Assisted with reports, and aided in meeting deadlines.

Academic Experience

May 2011- Research Assistant, NEU, Civil and Environmental Eng. Dept., Boston, MA
Oct. 2012 Project: “Equivalent Modal Damping Ratios from Response Data of instrumented Buildings”
 Used the response acceleration of real structures to develop and formulate a classifier for the damping ratio through statistical analysis.
Advisor: Prof. D. Bernal

2011-2012 Examination of Linear Projection Techniques in Vibration Based Damage Detection (Master’s thesis), NEU, Boston, MA
 Researched linear projection techniques- Principal Component Analysis, Factor Analysis, and Missing Data Analysis- in vibration-based damage detection of the structures under changing environment.
Advisors: Prof. D. Bernal and Dr. M. Döhler

Dec. 2010- Lab Supervisor, NEU, Civil and Environmental Eng. Dept., Boston, MA
Apr. 2011 Project: ASCE National Concrete Canoe Competition.

Spring 2011 Teaching Assistant, NEU, Civil and Environmental Eng. Dept., Boston, MA
Course: Structural Analysis II (with Prof. A. Youssef).

Fall 2007 & Teaching Assistant, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Civil Eng. Dept., Tehran, Iran
Spring 2008 Course: Concrete Structures I & II (with Prof. B. Beheshti).

Recent Research and Design Projects

Spring 2012 Long Span Roof Design (design project), MIT, Cambridge, MA.
Course: Building Structural Systems I (4.462), with Prof. J. Ochsendorf.

Spring 2011 A Review of Factor Analysis Method in Damage Detection (research paper), NEU, Boston, MA.
Course: System Identification (CIVE 7342), with Prof. D. Bernal.

Spring 2011 The effect of a Circular Hole on Stress Distributions in a Plate (research project), NEU, Boston, MA.
Course: Finite Element Method (ME 5657), with Prof. S. Muftu.



Fall 2010 Three-Story Steel Frame Structure (design project), NEU, Boston, MA.
Course: Behavior of Steel Structures (CIVE 7351), with Prof. J. Hajjar.

Publications

Nov. 2012 S. Mozaffari Kojidi, M. Döhler, D. Bernal, “Linear Projection Techniques in Damage Detection under a Changing Environment”, Submitted as Proceedings of the 31st Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics (IMAC-XXXI), Garden Grove, CA, USA.

Oct. 2012 D. Bernal, M. Döhler, S. Mozaffari Kojidi, K. Kwan, Y. Liu, “Identification o...

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