Lopa Choudhury, Teaching Assistant

Lopa Choudhury

Teaching Assistant

Michigan State University Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engg

Location
United States
Education
Master's degree, Civil Engineering
Experience
4 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :4 years, 9 Months

Teaching Assistant at Michigan State University Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engg
  • United States
  • September 2012 to April 2014

Sept 2012 - April 2014

Grading homework, exams and assignments of CE 312 course

Engineer at Soma Enterprise Ltd
  • India
  • August 2009 to December 2012

Aug 2009-Dec 2012 Engineer
Soma Enterprise Ltd. (One of India's fasted growing infrastructure development company,

headquartered in Hyderabad, India)
New Delhi, India

Project Project: 6-laning of NH-1 with service roads on both sides, from Panipat to Jalandhar (300km)

Key responsibilities Budgeting and costing.
Planning the project and keeping the track of execution accordingly.

Coordination between site and the office.
Check the AutoCad construction drawings and report any discrepancy noticed.
Preparing daily & monthly progress report & maintenance through layer/strip charts

Inventory management; daily transaction & reconciliation of key materials.
Management of plant production and consumption.




Professional Work Experience
Project Design and construction of tunnel stations for Phase II of Delhi Metro Railway (BC 16)
Key Responsibilities
Supervising construction of various parts of Underground Metro Rail Station (top down construction) like main station, ancillary buildings, stone retaining walls, pile foundation.
Billing: Preparation & verification of client & sub-contractors' bills.

Co-ordination with all other departments related to billing and quantities.
Co-ordination with design section related to all drawings and site-related issues.
Documentation of daily/monthly progress reports of site.

Academic Work Experience
Research Assistant at the * Run various tests on the asphalt sample like Dynamic Modulus Test, Flow Number
Asphalt Characterization Lab Test for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDoT) Project.
(Michigan State University) * Managing the Workplace

Assistant Manager at Indian Waste Management
  • India
  • March 2012 to June 2012

March 2012 - June 2012 Assistant Manager (Design & Planning) A2Z Infrastructure

(One of the leading Indian Waste Management companies) Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Key responsibilities Planning and execution of Waste Management Plant in Wardha & Nanded, Maharastra.
Procurement of Machinery required at the construction site. Monitored the progress as per the construction schedule.

Coordinated with site and Head office to streamline the pre-construction and construction work.
Prepared technical reports.

Planning Engineer at Ashiana Housing Ltd
  • India
  • January 2011 to February 2012

Jan 2011 - Feb 2012 Planning Engineer
Ashiana Housing Ltd.
New Delhi, India

One of the top 100 Asian companies of

Education

Master's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at Michigan State University
  • May 2014

Master of Science in the Civil Engineering (Geotechnical & Pavement Engineering)

Bachelor's degree, B.E. in Civil Engineering
  • at RTM Nagpur University
  • June 2009

B.E in Civil Engineering Highest scorer in final semester 87% Overall percentage - 74.33%

Specialties & Skills

Construction Engineering
Project Management
Oral Communications
Geotechnical Engineering
Civil Engineering
AUTOCAD
BILLING
BUDGETING
CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS
DOCUMENTATION
ENGINEER
INVENTORY
MAINTENANCE
PROGRESS

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Memberships

Executive Member of Indian Student Association
  • Member
  • December 2012
Executive Board Member of Civil and Environmental Engineering General Student Organization (CEE GSO)
  • Board Member
American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Student Member
  • January 2013

Hobbies

  • Painting, Cooking, Reading