Tilak_Resume
EDUCATION:
Master of Science- Transportation (Civil Engineering), GPA – 3.89 August 2019 – Present
Course Work- Advance Urban Transportation Planning; Planning Information Systems (GIS);
Freeway Operations & Simulations; Highway Safety Analysis; Geometric Design of Transportation Facilities
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Bachelor of Engineering- Civil Engineering, GPA – 3.5 September 2014 - June 2018
Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE), Mysuru, India
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Student Research Assistant March 2020 – Present
Transportation Technology Transfer(T2) Centre, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL • Data analysis for advanced driver assistance system, online survey design, drone video collection • Autonomous vehicle operation, and safety evaluation, and other related tasks.
Responsibilities: Data analysis; Data collection; Autonomous vehicle operation and safety evaluation.
Graduate Teaching Assistant September 2019 – January 2020
University of Florida Transportation Institute, Gainesville, FL
• Assisting the instructor for two undergraduate sections for the course Transportation Engineering.
Responsibilities: Grading; Supervising classes; Conducting exams and quizzes.
Assistant Engineer-I July 2018 – June 2019
ACCE INFRA Pvt Ltd. Mysuru, India
• Assisting senior managers in evaluating plans and proposals drafted by engineers.
• Providing survey points for a proposed road alignment using the Auto level.
• Supervising the construction of Road work and execution of signboards installation.
Responsibilities: Site work execution and supervising; Quantity surveying; Report writing; Field surveying.
ACADEMIC PROJECTS:
Estimation of Trip Generation Models.
• Modelling the trip generation behavior of the Employed Adult person type in the state of Texas, using the data obtained from the 2017 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS)
Crash Data Modelling.
• Traditional crash data modeling for Florida pedestrian crash data available on the FARS database. The model has been estimated to compare the potential variables influencing the pedestrian crashes at Intersection and Non-Intersection locations. A term Research Paper was submitted on this topic.
Evaluation of Performance Measures. (Using simulation tool ‘SwashSim’)
• Developed a process to verify SwashSim output of Space Mean Speed and Spot Mean Speed performance measures for a medium freeway network. The results are documented on the SwashSim Wiki site.
Traffic signals auditing and traffic volume counting. (Undergraduate)
• Evaluated the newly installed vehicle/traffic actuated signal system and delivered remarks about their effectiveness in easing the traffic congestion, which was assigned by the Commissioner of City Police Mysuru
Analysis of horizontal curve in an existing roadway/highway. (Undergraduate)
• Analysed various geometric parameters of a horizontal curve such as super-elevation and radius of curvature and compared them with the norms of design Specified by Indian Roads Congress.
Analysis and design of multi-storied apartment buildings. (Undergraduate)
• Designed and Performed analysis of the multi-storied apartment building subjected to a different combination of loads using ETABS Software (Designed in Excel Sheets and Detailed using AutoCAD).
COMPUTER SKILLS:
• SPSS, Rstudio, ArcGIS, MicroStation Design Tool, VISSIM, SwashSim
• ETABS, AutoCAD, Solid Edge ST, STAAD.PRO V8i, Microsoft Excel (Applied)
VOLUNTEERING ACTIVITIES AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
• Attended TRB-2020 annual meeting, held at Washington D.C.
• Frequent participant of Adopt A Highway campaign carried by the ITE.
• Active member of the ITE student chapter at the University of Florida.
EDUCATION:
Master of Science- Transportation (Civil Engineering), GPA – 3.89 August 2019 – Present
Course Work- Advance Urban Transportation Planning; Planning Information Systems (GIS);
Freeway Operations & Simulations; Highway Safety Analysis; Geometric Design of Transportation Facilities
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Bachelor of Engineering- Civil Engineering, GPA – 3.5 September 2014 - June 2018
Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE), Mysuru, India
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Student Research Assistant March 2020 – Present
Transportation Technology Transfer(T2) Centre, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL • Data analysis for advanced driver assistance system, online survey design, drone video collection • Autonomous vehicle operation, and safety evaluation, and other related tasks.
Responsibilities: Data analysis; Data collection; Autonomous vehicle operation and safety evaluation.
Graduate Teaching Assistant September 2019 – January 2020
University of Florida Transportation Institute, Gainesville, FL
• Assisting the instructor for two undergraduate sections for the course Transportation Engineering.
Responsibilities: Grading; Supervising classes; Conducting exams and quizzes.
Assistant Engineer-I July 2018 – June 2019
ACCE INFRA Pvt Ltd. Mysuru, India
• Assisting senior managers in evaluating plans and proposals drafted by engineers.
• Providing survey points for a proposed road alignment using the Auto level.
• Supervising the construction of Road work and execution of signboards installation.
Responsibilities: Site work execution and supervising; Quantity surveying; Report writing; Field surveying.
ACADEMIC PROJECTS:
Estimation of Trip Generation Models.
• Modelling the trip generation behavior of the Employed Adult person type in the state of Texas, using the data obtained from the 2017 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS)
Crash Data Modelling.
• Traditional crash data modeling for Florida pedestrian crash data available on the FARS database. The model has been estimated to compare the potential variables influencing the pedestrian crashes at Intersection and Non-Intersection locations. A term Research Paper was submitted on this topic.
Evaluation of Performance Measures. (Using simulation tool ‘SwashSim’)
• Developed a process to verify SwashSim output of Space Mean Speed and Spot Mean Speed performance measures for a medium freeway network. The results are documented on the SwashSim Wiki site.
Traffic signals auditing and traffic volume counting. (Undergraduate)
• Evaluated the newly installed vehicle/traffic actuated signal system and delivered remarks about their effectiveness in easing the traffic congestion, which was assigned by the Commissioner of City Police Mysuru
Analysis of horizontal curve in an existing roadway/highway. (Undergraduate)
• Analysed various geometric parameters of a horizontal curve such as super-elevation and radius of curvature and compared them with the norms of design Specified by Indian Roads Congress.
Analysis and design of multi-storied apartment buildings. (Undergraduate)
• Designed and Performed analysis of the multi-storied apartment building subjected to a different combination of loads using ETABS Software (Designed in Excel Sheets and Detailed using AutoCAD).
COMPUTER SKILLS:
• SPSS, Rstudio, ArcGIS, MicroStation Design Tool, VISSIM, SwashSim
• ETABS, AutoCAD, Solid Edge ST, STAAD.PRO V8i, Microsoft Excel (Applied)
VOLUNTEERING ACTIVITIES AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
• Attended TRB-2020 annual meeting, held at Washington D.C.
• Frequent participant of Adopt A Highway campaign carried by the ITE.
• Active member of the ITE student chapter at the University of Florida.