INTERNSHIPS
AND WORK EXPERIENCE
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Research Assistant, Virginia Tech Department
of Mathematics, Aug 2004 – Present. § Compute and analyze numerical solutions to hyperbolic
problems. § Investigate higher-order discontinuous Galerkin methods
for hyperbolic problems on triangular meshes. § Construct a high order discontinuous method for
first-order hyperbolic problems in two dimensions. § Wrote and Implemented Matlab and Mathematica
programs to solve Two-Dimensional Hyperbolic Problems on Triangular Meshes,
both linear and nonlinear, using Discontinuous Galerkin and Finite Elements
Methods. § Developing Finite element, Discontinuous finite,
Spectral methods, Finite difference methods, Differential Quadrature Methods
codes to solve Hyperbolic, Parabolic and Elliptic Equations. §
Development of
numerical solver for large linear and nonlinear systems. |
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Teaching
Assistant, § Taught four various undergraduate calculus classes
in the rigorous engineering course sequence. §
Assisted
students from a wide range of mathematics courses at the Virginia Tech Math
Emporium, a large scale computing facility serving both on-campus students as
well as distance and online courses. |
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Master Thesis: This project is conducted in collaboration with Dr. Nayfeh of the
Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech. It is part
of the NSF funded project between Virginia Tech and TPS, 2003-2005. |
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Graduation Project
(end of studies project): Identification of
Space-Varying Geometrical and Physical Properties for the Confinement of
Vibration in Beams, Spring 2004. |
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Engineering Training
Program: Modal Identification and Model Updating of
a Reinforced Concrete Bridge. This work consisted of (i) conducting a
campaign of ambient vibration measurements on a bridge, (ii) output-only
modal identification and (iii) finite element updating of the bridge’s model,
Fall 2003. |
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Mechanical
Engineering Project: Dynamic simulation of
manipulator robot (using Matlab), Fall 2003. |
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Civil Engineering
Project: Static and dynamic study of a bridge using
SAP2000, FEMtools, Artemis, Fall 2003. |
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Study Trip to (Lufthansa,
Heidelberger, BASF, Man, Cebit, Siemens, BMW, Mercedes), Spring 2003. |
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Operational
Research Project: Application of the
Simplex method to optimize the production
of an oil raffinery using Cplex software, Fall 2002. |
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Industrial
Chemistry Project: Development of an application testing the
validity of theoretical
models (VAN DER LAR, |
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Study Trip in research
activities, Spring2002. |
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Worker
Internship: National Institute of Meteorology (INM), |