Rajesh (Raj) Vuddandam

Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant. 

​January 2009 - present

University of Alabama in Huntsville

 

Served/Serving as GTA for the following courses (CE Undergraduate courses):

• CE 373 - Soil Mechanics Lab (Spring 2009)

• CE 483/583 - Reinforced Concrete Design (Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Spring 2012)

• CE 111 - Civil Engineering Graphics (Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013)

• CE 412 - Advanced Engineering Graphics (Summer 2012)

• CE 678 - Mechanics of Composite materials (Spring 2012)

• CE 284 - Surveying (Summer 2013)

• CE 487/587 - Bridge Design (Spring 2013, Spring 2014)

• CE 459 - Fundamentals of Engineering Review (Spring 2012, Spring 2013)

• CE 498 - Civil Engineering Design I (Fall 2012, Fall 2013)

• CE 499 - Civil Engineering Design II (Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014)

 

My responsibilities include - preparing exams (CE 284, CE 483), helping students in lab work (CE 111, CE 412), developing coursework/handouts (CE 498, CE 499 - for structural sessions), teaching (CE 459, CE 498, CE 499 - structural sessions) and grading (all courses).

 

As a GRA, involved in the following projects funded by UTCA (University Transportation Center for Alabama):

• Multimedia resource package for Load Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) of bridges (UTCA project #07401, Principal Investigator: Dr. Toutanji)

• Multimedia resource package for Load Resistance Factor Rating (LRFR) of bridges (UTCA project #10304, Principal Investigator: Dr. Toutanji)

 

Also, my duties as graduate assistant include:

• Formatting and developing civil engineering department yearly newsletters, coordinating with the department staff assistant (developed for years 2011, 2012 and 2013 using Adobe InDesign).

• As Person-in-charge of research laboratory under Dr. Toutanji, helped graduate students in acquiring data from the Data Acquisition System during their tests.

• As co-ordinator from the civil engineering department, supervised sophmore & junior high school students for a week of engineering activities (Engineering Summer Camp), organized yearly during summer by Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs. (supervised for years 2011, 2012 and 2013).

 

Student Specialist I

September ​2008 - December 2008

University of Alabama in Huntsville

 

• Involved in writing RFP's to develop multimedia resource packages for Load Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) and Load Resistance Factor Rating (LRFR) of bridges.

 

STAAD Pro. Training Faculty (part-time job)

February ​2008 - July 2008

Wikee Soft Technologies PVT LTD

 

February ​2007 - December 2007

Best Software Engineers

 

• Trained students in using STAAD Pro. (Taught for about 15+ batches).