raymond Kobia

Evaluate AI-generated engineering content for technical accuracy, develop prompts to test structural engineering reasoning, and provide detailed feedback on calculation errors and flawed assumptions.

Lead structural design and analysis for commercial and infrastructure projects, delivering bridge rehabilitation and new construction solutions and mentoring junior staff to ensure code-compliant, constructible designs.

Conducted postdoctoral research on structural optimization and advanced materials, published peer-reviewed findings, and collaborated with industry partners on sponsored projects.

Conducted doctoral research on optimization methods for structural design, developed computational models, published journal articles, and taught undergraduate structural analysis courses.

Assisted with structural design projects during summer internships, performing calculations and preparing engineering drawings while learning building codes and consulting workflows.

Activities and societies: Doctoral research, published journal articles, presented at conferences, taught undergraduate courses, supervised graduate students.

Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering with research focused on structural design optimization and materials engineering, applied in consulting and published in peer-reviewed journals.

Activities and societies: Graduate research assistantship, developed computational models, published research, presented at conferences.

Master of Science in Structural Engineering with emphasis on structural analysis and optimization and preparation for doctoral research.

Activities and societies: Structural engineering internships, performed calculations and prepared engineering drawings, learned building codes and design standards.

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering providing foundational coursework and practical experience through summer internships in structural engineering.