BRIEFS:

• Civil/Structural Engineer ; primary field Bridges ... (as well as other types of structures) : "Dipl.Ing." from Bulgaria; "M.Sc." form the Technion (Israel); and "Professional Degree" from COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (New York);
• Professional Engineer (PE) -- from Bulgaria; EIT-status -- after taking the FE (Fundamentals of Engineering) Examination in the State of New York - April'98 Session;
• Experience with American Standard Codes, accumulated in:
• Bulgaria -- in design projects for foreign countries that use American standards;
• Mexico -- AASHTO for Highway Bridges and other standards are used there in some cases;
• Israel -- review and comparison of Israeli standards with many international & other national standards (incl. American) as part of my research for the M.Sc. Thesis;
• U.S. -- AASHTO Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges; LRFD Specifications for Highway Bridges; ACI 318 - for Concrete Design; LRFD - for Steel Design; several ASTM standards related to structures and material science -- most of them studied at Columbia University, and used in projects for the employers listed under U.S. experience below.
• Design courses directly related to the US engineering practice, taken at Columbia University:
• Wind & EQ Engineering;
• Bridge Design [& Inspection];
• Assessment (Testing & Inspection) of Structures and Structural Disasters;
• Adv. Design of Concrete Structures;
• Adv. Design of Steel Structures.
• U.S. working experience in: Dept. of Bridge Inspections - NYCDOT (NY City Dept. of Trans- portation); Mueser Rutledge Cons. Engineers in NY; Wagh Engineers in NY; Roman Wolchuk C.E. in NJ; and with: IKW, Baker, HAKS, and Weidlinger Associates - all of them from NY.
• Experience with design & drafting Software Products, like: SAP; STAAD; RISA; AutoCAD; Microstation; MathCAD; as well as dBase; Lotus; Quattro; MSOffice; and others;
• Experience in programing: Own software products for Civil Engineering problems and others;
• Experience in field construction, as well as in maintenance & construction inspections;
• Three registered patents for two inventions;
• Member of ASCE and ACI;
• Attendee of seminars & lectures organized by the NYC MetSection of ASCE and others;
• Member since Dec'97 of FEMA-BPAT (Federal Emergency Management Agency - Building Performance Assessment Team) - dedicated to disaster induced damage inspection activity.