Saima
WORK EXPERIENCE
PLANNER
Musharrat
SEP 2017/AUG 2018 at Asakura Robinson
LEED GREEN ASSOCIATE
SUMMARY
Urban Planner/Designer with 3+ years of experience . in planning with cities and communities. Assisted in the delivery of 20+ international and local projects ranging from neighborhood to regional scale. Specialization in Sustainable Urbanism, Active Transportation, Resilience, Community Revitalization, and Public Realm Design. Curiosity-driven and self-starter with excellent interdisciplinary skills. CONTACT
GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT/PROJECT MANAGER SEP 2015/AUG 2017 at Texas A&M University
+1 (832) 855 - 7787
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musharrat.s @ gmail .com
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https://issuu.com/musharrat/docs/ saima_musharrat_portfolio
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314-5777 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby, BC V5H 4B1
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AFFILIATIONS
Vice President of Association of Student Planners (ASP), Texas A&M University. Student member of American Planning Association (APA). Member of Institute of Architects, Bangladesh. PLANNING SKILLS Research & Analysis
COMMUNITY PLANNING INTERN SUMMER 2016 at Madison County Council of Governments
Managed multiple projects in the Department of Planning on urban and corridor design, research, reports, and presentations. ARCHITECT APRIL 2012/AUG 2014 AT CAD Ltd. and Freelance
Led parts of project in preparing design, interior design, working drawing, 3D rendering, site visit and project management of residential and hotel projects.
Texas A&M University
Preparation of RFP responses
University of Leuven
Marketing Support
Master Plan & Site Plan Graphical Visualization Report Preparation & Presentation SOFTWARE SKILLS
Rhino and Grasshopper Revit
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology
Dhaka, Bangladesh
AWARDS
Urban Design
Lumion
Leuven, Belgium
BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE’12 DESIGN SKILLS
ArcGIS
College Station, TX
MASTER OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS’15
Organization And Coordination
Sketchup and VRay
Dhaka, Bangladesh
MASTER OF URBAN PLANNING’17 (Certification in Multimodal Transpotation)
Creative Thinking & Problem Solving
Adobe Creative Suite
Anderson, IN
EDUCATION
Written & Verbal Communication
AutoCAD
College Station, TX
Contributed to research materials on Sustainable Transportation Planning at Dept. of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning. Assisted the Office of University Architect for Texas A&M campus development, project management, conceptual design for potential oncampus projects, and Campus Master Plan review. Performed research and analysis on Transportation Planning projects in Mobility Analysis team at Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). Managed public participation and plan development for under-resourced Texan communities at Texas Target Communities.
Feasibility Studies
MS Office Suite
Houston, TX
My role as a Planner at Asakura Robinson overlapped in the realm of environmental planning, small area planning, urban design, transportation, and marketing to ensure the delivery of integrated design services. . Representative projects include: • Westchase Livable Centers Study, Houston • Park Smart Precinct One Master Plan, Houston • Hillcroft Transit Center Bike/Ped Evaluation, Houston, TX • Gulfton-Sharpstown Collaborative Plan, Houston • Bike Intersection Design, New Orleans, LA • City of Austin Corridor Studies, Austin • Parkland Mobility Study, Dallas
- APA TX Student Project Award, 2017. - Aggie Green Fund Grant for “Campus Educational Signage on Sustainable Features”, Texas A&M, 2017. - “Jesus Chuy Hinojosa Academic Excellence Award”, Texas A&M, 2017. - “Master of Urban Planning Professional Advisory Council Excellence Endowed Scholarship”, Texas A&M, 2016. - “Bryan/College Station Diversity Open Data Build Day Challenge”, 2016. PUBLICATIONS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT
- (2016). Designing Public Space With[out] Public Participation? A Study on Hatir Jheel, Dhaka. DCA European Conference. - (2015). Water Urbanism: River and Road as Warp and Woof, Interweaving Ecologies & Economies in Deltaic Territory, Banjarmasin, Indonesia. - Presented poster at National Planning Conferences in 2016, 2017 and 2018. - Panel accepted for APA Texas Conference in October 2018. - Poster accepted for “Walk, Bike, Places” Conference in September 2018.