EW #1038 PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS
Professional Civil Engineer, States of California (1st), Pennsylvania, and Washington
Registered Roof Consultant (RRC), Roof Consultants Institute (RCI)

EDUCATION
1991 Doctor of Engineering, Civil Engineering
University of California at Berkeley (UCB), Construction Engineering and Management Program, with minors in Civil Engineering Materials and Forest Products
1987 Master of Science in Civil Engineering
UCB, Construction Engineering and Management Program
1982 Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Washington State University

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT
1991 present PE RRC
Forensic investigation, designed renovations to building systems, and construction contract administration, with an emphasis on roofing and waterproofing systems

1986 1991
Advised on roofing and reroofing construction projects; analyzed the slope of a municipal bus service wheelchair platform

OTHER TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
7/01 - 5/02 Construction Management Associates (CMA) Consulting, Livermore, CA
Omar Hindiyeh, President
Title: Forensic Investigator
Duties: Preparing investigative and defect analysis reports; reviewing specifications, building plans and city records and preparing a schedule of inspections; inspecting buildings for plan deviations, failure to comply with building codes, and construction defects; researching defects; and coordinating materials for expert testimony.

7/00 7/01 TrendTec, Inc., San Jose, CA (Contract Temporary Employment Agency)
Assignment: Project Manager
Duties: Project, Design, and Construction Project Management for Fluor Facilities & Plant Services, IBM Manufacturing Facility, San Jose, CA. Managed multiple projects (35 to 60 at a time). Project size varied from $10k to ~$2 million.

5/99 4/00 Allana-Lippert, Inc., Palo Alto, CA
President: Karim P. Allana, P.E.
Title: Senior Engineer

1/98 2/99 Architectonic Design, Inc. 825 Berkshire Blvd. Wyomissing, PA (out of business)
Title: Director of Forensic Engineering

5/97 10/97 Law Engineering and Environmental Services, Atlanta, GA
Steven R. Gleason, supervisor
Title: Senior Engineer

4/84 1/86 & Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Summers 86, 87 Dr. Raymond W. LaTona, principal
Civil Engineer

7/82 4/84 Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA (now closed)
Civil Engineer and Nuclear Engineer

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
8/93 5/97 North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (A&T)
Department of Civil Engineering, Greensboro, NC; Dr. Kenneth H. Murray, chair
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering

Summers 96, 95, & 94 US Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center, Materials Science Division, Port Hueneme, CA 93043 ONR Summer Faculty Research Associate

7/91 8/93 US Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory, Materials Science Division, Port Hueneme, CA 93043 ONR/NCEL Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

10/87 4/91 University of California at Berkeley, Department of Civil Engineering
Professor emeritus Carl L. Monismith, advisor Research Assistant

1/86 5/87 University of California at Berkeley, Department of Civil Engineering
Title: Teaching Assistant, Surveying Laboratory

1/79 5/82 Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Title: Teaching Assistant, Professional Worker, etc.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY ACTIVITIES
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), Committee D 08 on Roofing, Waterproofing and Bituminous Materials
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
The Society of Chemical Industry (UK), Construction Materials and International Committees
Roof Consultants Institute, Former member of the Credentials and Research Committees

See full CV on web site for more detail and for publications list.