Manish Kumar
No. 223, Triad Apartments, 1400 Millersport HWY, Buffalo, NY 14221
maksins@gmail.com (preferred), mkumar2@bufflo.edu | +1-(716)-866-4975
Website: www.manishkumar.org
EDUCATION
June 2014
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Ph.D., University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
New York, USA
June 2012
STRUCTURAL AND EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING (GPA: 3.93/4)
Master of Science, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
New York, USA
May 2008
CIVIL ENGINEERING (GPA 8.1/10)
Bachelor of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur
Kanpur, IN
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
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Dean’s fellowship for outstanding academic performance by University at Buffalo in 2012
Rank 4 among all the 95 students enrolled as Masters students in the civil engineering department at University at Buffalo
Rank 1 of civil engineering department in 4th Semester during my Bachelors degree and graduated as 6th rank in a class of 60
Recipient of Merit-Cum-Means scholarship by IIT Kanpur
Recipient of Jharkhand State Police Department scholarship for higher education
Rank 2 of the School from a class of 300 students in All India Secondary School Examination( Class X)
In AIEEE (All India Engineering Entrance Examination) secured a rank (1006) within 0.25% among more than 420,000
students, also securing 36th rank in the state
Secured a rank(2241) within 1.28% of total 175,225 students appearing for IIT Entrance Exam
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Oct 08 – Sep 09 RIO TINTO EXPANSION PROJECTS
Western Australia, AU
FULL TIME
Graduate Civil Engineer
Department: Project Engineering
 Worked as graduate project engineer with Expansion Projects division of Rio Tinto Iron ore to manage civil
and construction projects on a mine site
 Managed projects ranging from $25,000 to $450,000 within budget and ahead of schedule
 Coordinated feasibility, startup, design, specification, procurement, and construction of 5 projects
 Served as the Deputy Safety Representative and Deputy fire warden of the Project Engineering Department
INTERNSHIPS
May 07 – Jul 07 CENTER FOR OFF-SHORE FOUNDATION SYSTEMS (COFS)
Western Australia, AU
Intern
Advisor: Dr. Mark Cassidy, University of Western Australia
 Worked as an intern to discuss the behaviour the suction caisson installation in the case of layered soil
considering different cases of seepage of water in installation process
 Studied the behavior of installation of foundations of offshore structures
 Assisted scientists working on project with theoretical analysis and experimental validation
 Learned important civil engineering aspects of off-shore structures and familiarized with advances and
challenges of the field
May 06 – Jun 06 NATIONAL INFORMATION CENTER FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING (NICEE)
Kanpur, IN
Intern
Advisor: Dr. Durgesh C. Rai, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur
 Did Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of the shake table to be installed in Lab with the help of software SAP and
Staad.Pro and explained feasibility of installation with the help of stress profile
 Worked on a project converting a one way crane of certain load capacity to a two way crane having certain
load capacity and presented final report on the serviceability of the parent structure
PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS
Jan 09 – Jun 09
CRANE SHELTER PROJECT AT TOM PRICE MINE SITE
Western Australia, AU
Company: Rio Tinto
Role: Project Manager
Budget: $200,000
 Project Manager of the job to build a shelter for large mining cranes and equipments
 An innovative and cost efficient solution of Dome Shelter was designed and implemented
 Project was completed safely well within budget($192,000) and time
Mar 09 – Aug 09 CAPACITY INCREASE OF RECLAIM DAM AT TOM PRICE MINE SITE
Western Australia, AU
Company: Rio Tinto
Role: Project Manager
Budget: $440,000
 To fulfill the increasing demand of Tom Price process plant, the existing reclaim dam was needed to be
dredged to increase the capacity
 Looked after initiation, feasibility, engineering design and scope of work for the project. The budget of the
project was $400,000 and it was yet to be finished
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
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Design of an isolation system of a 3 span skewed concrete girder bridge using elastomeric and lead rubber bearings.
Seismic retrofitting of a six story steel frame building using viscous and friction dampers and base isolation
Seismic performance assessment of an existing 3 span skewed steel girder bridge in New Madrid seismic zone
Dynamic analysis of suspension bridges
Problem of “soft-storey” in structures during earthquakes
Seismic design recommendations for drawing hall building of IIT Kanpur
Behavior of Thin Walled Stiffened Plates under In-Plane Axial Loads
Installation behavior of offshore suction caissons in layered soil
Note: Details regarding projects can be found at www.manishkumar.org/research.htm
SKILL SUMMARY
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING SKILLS
 Seismic Assessment of Structures, Linear and Non-Linear Dynamic Analysis, Pushover Analysis, Ductile Design, Passive
Control, Energy Dissipation Devices, Seismic Isolation, AASHTO LRFD, International Building Codes
COMPUTER SKILLS
 Operating System: Microsoft Windows, MacOS, Linux
 Civil Engineering Tools: AutoCAD, Staad.Pro, CSI SAP2000, Microstation, MapInfo, Matlab
 Project Management Tools: MS Project, PMS, SAP, Cost Management System
CERTIFIED TRAININGS
 Project Management (Engineers Education Australia, Perth, Australia)
 Safety Representative Training (CGU, Perth, Australia)
 Basic Incident Investigation (InterSafe, Perth, Australia)
 Web Design (MIT Connect India200)
RESEARCH CENTER MEMBERSHIPS
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Associate Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
National Information Center for Earthquake Engineering(NICEE) , India
RELEVANT COURSEWORK
Advance Structural Analysis
Structural Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering
Passive Structural Control
Advance Steel Design
Advance Mechanics of Solids
Earthquake Engineering II
Aseismic Base Isolation
Advance Concrete Design