Aaron K. Outlaw
Structural Engineer, Laboratory research
Boston, MA · (617) 555 0153 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/aaronkoutlaw
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Eight years in building structural design
INDUSTRIES
Laboratory and research, academic, commercial mixed use
SPECIALTIES
Steel and concrete gravity framing, lateral systems, vibration sensitive floors
SYSTEMS
ETABS, RISA, Revit, Bluebeam Revu, Enercalc
CREDENTIALS
Professional Engineer, Massachusetts and Rhode Island
EDUCATION
Master of Science in structural engineering, Northeastern University
Executive Summary
Licensed structural engineer with eight years designing steel and concrete buildings for laboratory, academic and mixed use clients. Works the load path from roof to footing before the model is built, and stays on the project through shop drawing review and field questions rather than handing it off at permit.
Signature Achievements
- Cut about two hundred and ten tons of structural steel from a laboratory building by changing the lateral system from moment frames to braced frames at the core.
- Designed a vibration sensitive laboratory floor that met the two thousand micro inch per second criterion on first field measurement.
- Reviewed and returned nine hundred shop drawing sheets in one year with an average turnaround of six working days.
- Resolved a foundation conflict with an existing tunnel by redesigning to a mat and grade beam scheme in nine days, holding the concrete start date.
- Reduced concrete floor thickness on a mixed use podium by one inch across seventy thousand square feet after a punching shear study.
Professional Experience
Structural Engineer
Charles Basin Structural Design, Boston, MA 2021 to present
Project engineer on laboratory and academic buildings from three to twelve stories for a thirty person structural practice.
- Designs gravity framing, lateral systems and foundations to the International Building Code, the American Institute of Steel Construction specification and American Concrete Institute 318.
- Runs wind and seismic analysis in ETABS, checks drift and base shear, and documents the load path in the calculation package.
- Produces construction documents in Revit and coordinates penetrations and depths with the mechanical and architectural teams.
- Reviews steel, reinforcing and precast submittals and answers field requests for information during construction.
Structural Designer
Merrimack Valley Engineering Associates, Andover, MA 2018 to 2021
Small firm work on schools, retail and light industrial buildings.
- Modeled and designed steel and light gauge framing in RISA under the direction of a licensed engineer.
- Performed site observation visits and wrote field reports on reinforcing placement and steel erection.
- Prepared repair details for existing buildings after condition assessments.
Licensure and Certification
Professional Engineer, Massachusetts, license number 54218
Professional Engineer, Rhode Island, by comity
Member, Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Education
Master of Science in structural engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, 2018
Bachelor of Science in civil engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2017
Core Skills
Steel building design · Reinforced concrete design · Lateral system selection · Seismic and wind analysis · Foundation design · Shop drawing review · Construction administration · Revit documentation · Load path checking · Calculation packages