Meg Ackerson, PE

Experience

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  BCU

  May 2013 - Sept 2014

  Information Systems Consultant

  + Coded automated functions for internal banking operations via scripts, utilizing PowerOn, Linux, and SQL.+ Wrote technical documents for technology- and business-focused departments of BCU.+ Analyzed data accounts data in Excel.

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  Engineers Without Borders SCU

  Sept 2014 - Apr 2017

  + Led the non-profit, student-run, humanitarian efforts of EWB-SCU as we worked in tandem with a community in Rwanda to sustainably meet their most basic human needs. + Networked in order to build EWB-SCU's relationships with companies in the Bay Area and internationally.

  • President

    Mar 2016 - Apr 2017

  • Corporate Relations Chair

    Sept 2014 - Mar 2016
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  Santa Clara University

  Apr 2015 - Sept 2016

  + Analyzed the performance of strawbale walls under seismic loading through focused experiments on mesh type, wall slenderness, and plaster adhesion (from IRC Appendix on Straw Bale).+ Investigated the impact of these details (from IRC Appendix on Straw Bale) on wall seismic performance. + Played ultimate frisbee on the team for four years. + For two of those years, conducted administrative work as President (e.g., collecting dues, budgeting, organizing team travel/hotels, filing necessary forms with the University).+ The highlight of this role was coordinating team participation in the Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show at Levi's Stadium! + Carefully handled important texts from the past millennium in the Archives and Special Collections Department.+ Organized documents in the vault and added publications to the database using Library of Congress cataloging.

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant in Civil Engineering

    Jun 2016 - Sept 2016

  • President of Women's Ultimate Club Team

    Sept 2014 - May 2016

  • Student Library Assistant in Archives

    Apr 2015 - Jun 2015
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  National Performance of Dams Program

  Sept 2017 - May 2019

  Graduate Research Assistant

  + Investigated recent dam incidents and failures to update the national database. + Evaluated the performance of post-tensioned anchorage (PTA) technology through reviewing current and past literature.

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  Harris & Sloan

  Jun 2018 - Jan 2019

  Structural Engineer Intern

  + Designed full gravity & lateral systems for several single-family timber homes.+ Completed concrete retaining wall, wooden deck, and outdoor kitchen design projects.+ Communicated Plan Check comments and RFIs with city officials and field personnel.

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  Arup

  Aug 2019 - now

  Climate Adaptation & Risk Engineer

  + Characterize the impact of natural hazards, like floods and earthquakes, on our built environment, communities, and the systems on which we depend.+ Develop hazard models, conduct vulnerability assessments, and run probabilistic risk analyses to understand and communicate disaster risk. + Help communities and organizations adapt to our changing climate through understanding risk, analyzing costs and benefits, and developing short- and long-term adaptation pathways.