Robert Austin Dahlem, EIT, MSCE

2451 S Gaylord St. Apt #4 Denver, CO 80210 (502) 718-9124 austindahlem@gmail.com www.austindahlem.com

Objective

To attain a full time Civil Engineer position

Education

University of Kentucky, Lexington

Master of Science in Civil Engineering, August 2014
Emphasis on Geotechnical and Transportation
University of Kentucky, Lexington
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, May 2013
Universidad Latin, Heredia, Costa Rica
Intensive Spanish Language Classes, Sustainable Development Classes in Spanish, Fall 2011

Work
Experience

Assistant Research Engineer, Spring 2012 Fall 2014

Kentucky Transportation Center (KTC) Lexington, KY
Conducted transportation safety research: transition zone, iRAP, annual seat belt study, rumble strips, etc.

Teaching Assistant, Fall 2013-Spring 2014

University of KentuckyLexington, KY
Assisted Teaching Geometric Design of Highways (using AASHTO Green Book) and Railroad Design

Project Manager and Student Adviser, 2009 - 2014

Engineers Without Borders (affiliated with ASCE), University of Kentucky Chapter Lexington, KY
Nkuv, Cameroon (Transportation): I designed and implemented a 15km roadway to reconnect Nkuv with
the closest major city, Kumbo, to allow access to health care, higher education and business opportunities.
El Carrizo, Honduras (Water Distribution): I designed a 25 ft. earthquake-resistant, concrete tower with
footers that supported a 2,000 gal. water storage tank to supply 130 families with clean drinking water.

Assistant Project Engineer, 2010

Ulliman Schutte Construction Washington, DC (Blue Plains)
I worked on the Nitrification-Denitrification Facilities Upgrade Project ($100 mil). I hired/managed subcontractors, submitted change orders, depicted As-Builds with AutoCAD and completed various other duties.

Skills and
Certifications

Certifications: Passed PE Exam, EIT, PADI Open Water

Skills: Surveying Transportation: Roadway, Traffic and Railway Design Geotechnical: Soil and Slope
Stability Analysis, Land Fill Design, Boring Logs, Geophysics and Dam Design Environmental:
Stream Restoration, Waste Water Treatment and Soil Remediation
Publications: Transition Zone Design. Lexington: KTC, 2014. <www.ow.ly/Sd7kL>
Software: AutoCAD Civil 3D, ArcGIS, GEO-Slope, gHIT, InRoads, Excel (VBA), MicroStation, HELP
3.0 (Hydrologic Evaluation of Landfill Performance) , Matlab, LiDAR
Languages: Intermediate Spanish

Leadership and
Involvement

Graduate Representative - Selected to be on 2014 College of Engineering Education Quality Team

Founder and President - Engineers Without Borders - University of Kentucky
Vice President - Alpha Phi Omega (National Service Organization)
Program Ambassador - Scholars in Engineering and Management (SEAM)
Presidential Scholarship - Awarded Full Tuition at the University of Kentucky
Kentucky Governors Scholars Program
Eagle Scout

Interests and
Hobbies

Traveling, Sustainable Agriculture, Hiking, Running, Biking