HAN DING
Structural Design Samples: http://issuu.com/han_ding
502 E. Healey Street, Apt 107, Champaign, IL 61820 ● (217) 721-7564
● jamestigerding@gmail.com
EDUCATION University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
May 2013
Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Structural Engineering Master of Architecture, Structures Option
Tongji University
GPA:3.5/4.0
Shanghai, China
June 2010
Bachelor of Architecture
GPA:4.2/5.0
TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology) Exchange Vienna, Austria
March-May 2009
William Alsop's Studio of Vertical Shopping Mall Design
EXPERIENCE Structural Intern, Goodfriend Magruder Structure LLC Supervisors: Bob Magruder, Kurt Goodfriend
GPA:5.0/5.0
Chicago, IL
May-August 2012
● Involved in 9 projects, including educational, retail and residential buildings ● Conducted gravity analysis in RAM and lateral analysis in RISA ● Analyzed load paths of masonry and concrete bearing walls with complicated openings ● Detailed 3 moment frames, including end plates, column stiffeners, doublers and base plates ● Designed foundations, including grade beams, eccentric footings, cassions, mattresses and piles ● Reviewed steel fabrication drawings for two projects and prepared construction documents within a BIM environment (Revit) ● Visited construction sites and collaborated with architects to verify conformity with the drawings ● Expanded RAM with wood LVL sections by adding customized data tables in the program backstage
ACADEMIC PROJECTS Team Leader, 5-Student Structural Design Team for a Fitness Center
2011
Course: CEE462 Steel Structures II ● Conducted preliminary design of moment and braced frame by hand calculations ● Modeled second order effect of lateral systems in SAP2000 ● Detailed moment and braced beam-to-column connections
AISC Steel Design Competition: Culinary Arts College
2012
Course: Arch556 Advanced Structural Planning ● Conducted load calculation using ASCE7-10 ● Modeled cable-stayed curtain wall and long-span arches in SAP2000
Structural Design for the Floor and Girder Systems of an Office Building
2011
Course: Arch550 Reinforced Concrete Design ● Conventional and two-cycle moment distribution for structural analysis ● Design of slab as one-way joist system, wide module system and two-way slab system ● Design of spandrel and interior girders
SKILLS Software Structural Analysis: SAP2000, RAM, RISA Drafting/Modeling: AutoCAD,Sketchup, Revit Graphic Design/ Page Layout: Indesign, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator Technical Fast in moment diagrams drafting and highly accurate in calculations Comfortable in freehand sketching of design ideas Completed courses in structural masonry and timber design Languages English (professional proficiency), Chinese (native)
ACTIVITIES Head of Secretaries, Secretary Dept., College of Architecture, Tongji University Technician for Mapping Historic Buildings for Shanghai Government
2007 2008