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Author Biography

Jim Zhao
Author Name: Jim Zhao

Email: providers@redvector.com

Author Biography:
With over 22 years of experience in structural engineering and project management, Mr. Zhao is vice president and chief structural engineer of AESI, a full service civil/structural engineering firm in Hagerstown, Maryland.

He holds a Masters Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Ottawa, and a G.D. in Project Management from Université du Québec.

Mr. Zhao is the author of the popular college text book “Bridge Engineering” published by McGraw-Hill. He is the Past-President of the Maryland Chapter of Structural Engineering Institute (SEI), which is part of the ASCE.

His areas of expertise include steel, concrete and pre-stressed concrete structures for bridges and buildings, structural finite element analysis, design-build concept and management, and value engineering and life cycle cost analysis, risk management, team management and project decision models.

Courses offered by this author (4)
Project Decision Making with Case Studies (2 hours)
Project Risk Management (2 hours)
Project Team Management (1 hours)
Timber Bridge Design (2 hours)