An experienced senior professional engineer specializing in both structural and geotechnical engineering with an extensive background in designing and managing complex projects. Designed buildings, schools, hotels, precast concrete wind towers, city poles, lattice towers, self-support towers, and utility wood poles for various Projects including foundations which include caisson, steel, concrete piles, pad and pier, and block foundations. Performed modal analysis of city pole structures subjected to seismic and other dynamic loads to ensure efficient design. Used a wide variety of software tools, including FEM MIDAS RISA 3D, Mathcad, OCalc, Tnx, and Microsoft Excel, as well as used hand calculations to perform tasks I design and analyze pad and pier, caisson, and block foundations. Used Risa 3D to design and analyze rooftops. I Interpret wind loads based on computational fluid dynamics analyses, develop wind and seismic loads based on ASCE 7, and perform advanced static and dynamic structural analysis of steel towers and poles as well as post-tensioned concrete segmental towers. I apply the results of the analysis to develop designs based on AISC, ACI, AASHTO LRFD, IBC, CBC, TIA 222 (Revisions G and H), Eurocode, and FIB model code. In addition, I design light arms,5G,4G top connections which need to run some simulation analysis using FEA NX Midas software and RISA 3D. In addition, I design light arms,5G,4G top connections which need to run some simulation analysis using FEA NX Midas software and RISA 3D. Design different kinds of drilled and driven foundations. Used FEA to conduct thermal analysis for different temperature
· Conducted slope stability analysis for underwater contaminated soil slopes and soil dams, including Seepage Estimation using Geo-Studio software.
· Prepared technical memoranda summarizing findings and investigated subsurface conditions and soil properties.
· Designed and detailed concrete retaining walls, concrete culverts, and open channels.
· Utilized gINT to create geotechnical borehole logs for boreholes affected by the Main Tailings Dam raise.
· Developed foundation designs and earthwork specifications.
Publications & Presentations
Muhsen, SA, 2016, "Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Wind Turbine Towers Subjected to Wind and Seismic Loads," PhD Dissertation presented to Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
Skill Set
Computer: AutoCAD, Midas, Risa 3D, Delphi, Excel, Tnx, O-Calc, Mathcad, GeoStudio