Industry
I've had the privilege of working as a Structural Engineer for three of the top structural engineering firms in the metropolitan area of Guadalajara, Mexico. During my time working at industry, I was involved in the modeling, analysis, design, and detailing of steel, concrete, and masonry buildings. My roles included team coordination and serving as a liaison between architects and clients, ensuring projects were completed on time, within budget, and to the client's satisfaction.
I have experience working with the following software:
- Structural engineering design tools: Rhino, Grasshopper, OpenSees, SAP2000, ETABS, SAFE, ANSYS, ABAQUS, AutoCAD, Revit, Robot, Advance Steel, FormIt, SeismoSignal, Prodisis, Sasid, ALMA.
- Other software: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project, Visio, Survey Monkey, Prezi, EndNote, LaTex, Mendeley, JabRef, Paraview, GIMP, Inkscape, kdenlive, LibreOffice, Mentimeter, Minitab, VOSviewer.

Stakeholder: Institute for Policy Research Policy Fellowship Programme.
Activities: Meeting with Fergus Harradence Deputy Director, Construction, Logistics, Airports & Water | Construction, Infrastructure & Energy Directorate at the Department for Business and Trade to discuss how the energy market can deliver the clean energy required by a digitised built environment, what the key trends are for energy generation and storage within the built environment, and what the circular economy looks like in digitised sectors.
Year: 2025.

Stakeholder: Foster + Partners.
Position: Roger Ridsdill Smith heads-up Foster+Partners' Structural Engineering team and his colleague Rupert Inman were keen to forge stronger links with our Department and visited campus on 28th October to do a show'n'tell about their and our research and explore potential collaborations (UKRI, InnovateUK, PhD, MSc, UG-Dissertations, etc).
Years: 2024.
