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I currently am a graduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology earning a Masters degree in Civil Engineering. I previously completed my stint on a Fulbright Scholarship to Bangladesh in September 2008. Afterwords I spent three and a half months interning at the Regional Plan Association at their head office in New York City. I then spent the summer months researching at the Institute for Transportation Research and Education in Raleigh, North Carolina. I have a Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University, and graduated in May 2007.
The work I performed in Bangladesh leaned in the direction of operations, looking into the effects that overcrowded buses have on the system and its passengers. The aim of the still ongoing study is to see how bus type affects the crowded conditions, examining both local and ticketed buses. They differ in their fare collection systems, number of stoppages, and size as well as preferential characteristics such as cleanliness, comfort, and fare amounts. A significant amount of data collection was required, as each bus was ridden the full length of its route, resulting in over five hundred hours of bus riding. The project was created and developed exclusively by myself on funds provided by the Fulbright Scholarship. I was affiliated with the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology under the advice of Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman.
In February 2009 I completed an internship at the Regional Plan Association as part of the America 2050 project. The goal of the program is to provide a strategy to prepare the nation for its growth in the first half of this century. My specific work dealt with high speed rail in the Northeast Corridor. I assessed different alternatives on their ability to induce a mode shift to intercity rail travel, and described which would be an appropriate strategy to meet the mobility and economic needs of the growing Northeast Megaregion.
During the summer of 2009 I worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Transportation Research and Education at North Carolina State University. During that period, I was on a research team studying a new technique for pavement markings that improved nighttime wet visibility for drivers, developed by 3M. My main task was finding and choosing new suitable sites, setting up our data collection equipment, and collecting the nighttime rainy data. The sites were all work zones, and cameras were used to record drivers’ reactions to the normal and treatment pavement markings, and the video then examined for lane line encroachments. I also headed up data collection efforts on a study of access management techniques across North Carolina. The focus was on surveying businesses on corridors in which a median had been recently installed to see the effect it had on customer flow and access.
My professional interests lie in all the areas of transportation. I have enjoyed the work I have performed in planning, design, operations, and safety. Projects that relate to regional systems, large scale infrastructure projects, urban transit, and context sensitive solutions are a favorite of mine.
My three internships with CMX (formerly Schoor DePalma) gave me a wide variety of experiences in all parts of civil engineering. From design to inspection, I got to experience engineering at all stages of a project’s life, and gained an understanding of the precariousness of infrastructure. Through these projects I gained experience designing in AutoCAD LandDesktop, as well as a variety of structural engineering programs. Lastly, I learned to be proficient with my words writing reports for clients, including a number of government agencies.
I have a niche interest in the mapping of road systems and the U.S. Interstate Highways. I hope to integrate into future study and work topics such as urban sprawl, megapolitan growth, community planning, streetscapes, and landscape architecture. All transportation topics, however, become instantly interesting to me when they involve developing nations.