Professional Experience

Bridge/Structural Engineering Intern

Completed

RS&H, Denver (June 2023 – December 2024). Bridge load ratings for the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), design of bridges and bridge components, quantity take-off of multi-span prestressed concrete bridges.

Bridge Design CDOT Prestressed Concrete Load Ratings

Project Engineer

Completed

Ethiopian Roads Administration, Addis Ababa (January 2018 – February 2020). Contract administration of road maintenance projects, supervising routine road maintenance of major highways and structures, land‑slide protection of the Abbay (Nile) river gorge road.

Project Management Infrastructure Road Maintenance Ethiopia

Junior Highway Design Engineer

Completed

Engineering Corporation of Oromia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (October 2016 – December 2018). Developed preliminary design of access road to the proposed Weyib River Dam, collaborated with other engineers to develop design of slab bridge.

Highway Design Dam Access Bridge Design Collaboration

Research Assistant

Current

University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO (May 2023 – present). Working on National Science Foundation project focusing on the study of Living Building Materials for structural applications, exploring innovative biological materials for construction.

Living Materials NSF Research Structural Engineering Innovation

Teaching Assistant

Completed

University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO (August 2022 – May 2023). Assisted in teaching undergraduate and graduate structural engineering courses including Mechanics of Materials, Engineering Statistics, and Design of Steel courses. Mentored students in advanced structural analysis and design.

Teaching Mentoring Mechanics of Materials Engineering Statistics Design of Steel Education
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