Eric Charles Mai

Tel: (405) 503-1379                                                                                      Mailing Address:
Email: ericmai@berkeley.edu                                                                       2110 Kittredge, Apt 104
Website: www.ericmai.com                                                                               Berkeley, CA 94704

PROFILE
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  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
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  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
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  Project Manager. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley. Feb 2009 - Present
      - Involved in fund-seekign, leadership, planning, and development on a research project to model travelers'
      	behavior with regard to mode choice as it is influenced by real-time information.
      - Act as a primary point of contact to government agencies such as MTC and Caltrans.
      - Develop and maintain web- and iPhone-based applications for internal and public use (e.g., BayTripper,
      	with over 3500 downloads and 400 active users, and Networked Traveler).

  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.

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
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  UC Berkeley CE Departmental Block Grant (2008), Ted A. Kritikos Professorship of Civil Engineering (2006),
  Oklahoma Department ofTransportation / 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
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  Writing, recording, and performing music, Sound manipulation, Graphic design, Web development, DIY
  electronics and hardware fabrication, Hurricane Katrina relief volunteer (2007).

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