Rudra Upadhyay
910 E Lemon Street, Tempe AZ 85281 ● 480-939-9269
● upadhyay.rudra@gmail.com/rnupadhy@asu.edu
LinkedIn Profile Link: www.linkedin.com/in/RudraUpadhyay
Construction Engineer
Construction Engineering Graduate interested in a career of a Site-Engineer/ Structural Designer with a focus on
Economic and Sustainable Construction and design of residential, industrial and transport structures with work
experience of 14 months as site engineer/structure designer. Previous work experience is in
construction/structural design firm and has in-depth knowledge of
 Cost-estimation of the material
● Management/Execution of construction
 Structural Detailing Using Autocad
● Quality Design of Structure
EDUCATION
Master of Science - Construction Engineering
GPA 2.92/4.0
Expected December 2015
Arizona State University
Bachelor of Engineering - Civil Engineering
GPA 3.32/4.0
Graduated June 2014
Gujarat Technological University, India
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Trainee Structure-Designer
March 2014-May-2014
Spectrum Techno Consultancy Pvt. Ltd
 Constructed 3D model using Staad Pro and Design of R.C.C. bridge deck under supervision of
Senior Structure Designer
 Designed the cantilever retaining wall using tie-beam and extensive comparative study with other
types of retaining walls and expenditure comparison.
Trainee site- Engineer
January 2013-January-2014
Bakeri Engineering & Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd, Ahmadabad, India
 Collaborated with architectures and structure designers for developing structure detailing/designing
drawings
 Cost Estimation of Construction Process with joint effort of 10 member team.
 Site-Inspection Trainee under Site-Supervisor for 6 months
ACADEMIC/ PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS AND PUBLICATIONS
Seismic Analysis of Modhera Heritage Site
Fall-2013-Spring-2014
 Constructed 3D model of 991 years old sun temple using 3D solid cubes as well as Gridlines using
frame members.
 To understand it's earthquake resistant nature Linear Static, Response Spectra and Time-History
Analysis was carried out.
 "Seismic Analysis of Modhera Sun Temple" , IJRET, ISSN 2319-1163
 "Seismic Study of Modhera Heritage Site", Conference SEC-2014 ,Delhi IIT, 22-24th December
2014, ISBN:978-93-84898-72-4
Linear Static and Dynamic Study of Brick Panel In Plane Loading
Summer-2013
 Comparative study between English bond and Flemish bond was carried out under seismic loading
to study the effects of opening, effect of height/width ratio for a brick panel constructed using
SAP2000.
 "Numerical Study of Brick Panel In Plane Loading" , ISBN 978-81-923049-9-1
 "Comparative Parametric Study of Brick Panel for Linear Static and Modal Analysis",ISSN 23191163
Linear Static Analysis Program Development for 2-D Frame and Space Truss using C++
Fall - 2014
 Using Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2-D frame and Space truss analysis software was developed
using Finite Element Method. This Programs can deal with concentrated load, u.d.l. , u.v.l,
hydrostatic load, thermal loading and support settlement.
Case Study 1: Comparative Study Between Cantilever Retaining Wall and Retaining Wall with Tie Beam
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Software : Staad Pro, SAP2000, AutoCad, Revit, GS-USA Frame 3D, Lingo, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft
Word, Microsoft Station
Concepts : Finite element Methods, Estimation, Scheduling, Site Execution, C++
Courses : Prestressed Concrete, Advance Geotechnical Testing, Development of software using C++ ,
Sensing and Modeling methods for Construction Engineering, Earthquake Engineering