Eric Charles Mai

Tel: (405) 503-1379
Email: ericmai@berkeley.edu
Website: www.ericmai.com

Mailing Address:
2110 Kittredge, Apt 104
Berkeley, CA 94704

PROFILE

Seeking a position where I can use my interdisciplinary education and work experience to improve mobility by implementing creative, technology-based solutions to modern transportation / planning problems.

EDUCATION

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley CA

M.S. in Civil Engineering, Civil Systems Program. Focus on Intelligent Transportation Systems, urban design.
December 2009. GPA (weighted): 3.72.

University of Oklahoma, Norman OK

B.S. in Civil Engineering, Summa Cum Laude. Minors in Mathematics and Religious Studies. May 2007.
Overall GPA: 3.95. Major GPA: 3.98. Hours completed: 190. EIT certified.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Grad. Research Assistant / Research Associate PATH, University of California, Berkeley. Feb 2009 – Present

• Develop and maintain web and iPhone-based applications for internal and public use (e.g., BayTripper, with over 700 downloads)
• Involved in fund-seeking, leadership, planning, and development on team-based projects concerning real-time transit trip planning, smartphone-based driver safety, and passive indoor mapping.
• Build database-level communication between servers for web-based display of transportation information.
• Seek out and resolve security issues in a web-based transportation safety application.

Research Team Leader University of Oklahoma, School of CEES (with Dr. Pei). Apr 2005 - Jan 2008

• Student leader of 15 undergraduate, masters, and PhD students across 7 research projects. Led team meetings, purchased supplies, taught research and professional skills, oversaw and consulted on all projects.
• Lead-Authored one conference paper, co-authored ten conference papers, and co-authored four journal papers on structural engineering and wireless sensor networks. Presented research at conferences.
• Guest lectured for CE 3403: Materials, an upper division class of 41.

REU Program Leader University of Oklahoma, School of CEES (with Dr. Pei). June - Aug 2007

• Led REU students in a study on obtaining and visualizing nonlinearities using small timber models.
• Made schedules, assigned tasks, taught good research habits, facilitated interdisciplinary teamwork.

Visiting Research Assistant Columbia University, CEEM Dept (with Profs Smyth & Betti). June - Aug 2006

• Aided in running shaking table tests, worked to understand a theoretical hybrid sensing problem.

Engineering Intern Oklahoma Department of Transportation. May - Aug 2005

• Oversaw construction acting as a mediator between the state, city, design engineers, and contractors.
• Coordinated on-site materials tests on concrete, asphalt, and soil.
• Prepared weekly environmental impact reports and progressive payment estimates.

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

UC Berkeley CE Departmental Block Grant (2008), Ted A. Kritikos Professorship of Civil Engineering (2006), Oklahoma Department of Transportation / Poe Civil Engineering Scholarship (2005), Owensby Family Civil Engineering Scholarship (2005), National Merit Scholarship (2003), Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Scholarship (2003).

HOBBIES AND ACTIVITIES

Writing, recording, and performing music, Sound manipulation, Graphic design, Web development, DIY electronics and hardware fabrication, Hurricane Katrina relief volunteer (2007).

COMPUTER SKILLS

Matlab, SimuLink, LaTeX, HCS2000, AutoCAD, WaterCAD, WatPro, FlowMaster, PHP, mySQL, XML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Objective-C, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator.

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