Morgan A. Eddy

Project Engineer/Engineering Technician

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McLean, Virginia, United States

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About me
Vice President at Steele Foundation LLC
Education
- Virginia Tech - PhD ABD
  2004 - 2007
  PhD Civil Engineering
  Activities and Societies: American Society of Civil Engineers, Order of the Engineer, Chi Epsilon, United States Society of Dams Concentration in Geotechnical Earthquake EngineeringMember of NSF GEER site reconnaissance team after 2011 Mineral, Virginia Earthquake (August 2011)Member of NSF site reconnaissance team at Philippines landslide (June 2006)
- Virginia Tech - MS
  2002 - 2003
  MS Civil Engineering
  Activities and Societies: American Society of Civil Engineers, Order of the Engineer, Chi Epsilon Concentration in Geotechnical Engineering
- Virginia Tech - BS
  1998 - 2002
  BS Civil Engineering
  Activities and Societies: American Society of Civil Engineers, Order of the Engineer, Chi Epsilon Concentration in Structural/Geotechnical/Construction Track
Experience
- The EddyGroup, Inc.
  May 1998 - Jun 2006
  Project Engineer/Engineering Technician
  Work assignments performed on part-time basis over eight year period.Certified as soils and concrete technician to perform both field and laboratory testing for projects in the Washington, D.C. area. Performed numerous engineering studies for investigation and design stages of project development; including drill logging, settlement estimation, pile capacity, bearing capacity, slope stability, and site-specific seismic site response.
- Ehlert Bryan, Inc.
  May 2001 - Aug 2001
  Structural Engineering Intern
  Reviewed shop drawings, performed structural design for shallow foundations. Performed forensic studies of existing structures including the Pentagon.
- Bureau of Reclamation
  May 2002 - Aug 2002
  Geotechnical Engineer
  Characterized material parameters for several dams from large dataset of field and laboratory testing. Performed numerical analysis and corrective action studies of a high-risk dam located in California.
- Independent Seismic Consultant
  Aug 2003 - Oct 2006
  Engineering Consultant
  Performed seismic site response studies with Dr. James Martin and Dr. Guney Olgun including the Charleston, S.C. waste water tunnel system, U.S. Embassy in Nepal, U.S. 101 in New York, and several Washington, DC sites.
- Bureau of Reclamation
  May 2005 - Jul 2005
  Geotechnical Engineer
  Performed risk analysis, cost estimation and numerical analysis on several large dams in the western US. Worked with teams of engineers, seismologists, program managers, and designers in decision-making process for high-risk dam located in Idaho.
- Steele Foundation LLC
  Nov 2007 - now
  Engineering Manager for Steele Foundation, LLC, a design/build sheeting and shoring company. The projects I have worked on include temporary earth retention systems, structural underpinning, structural shoring/repair, façade shoring, micropile foundations, and slope repair. The projects typically consist of steel soldier beam and lagging walls, mass concrete underpinning piers, steel and timber driven piling, micropiles and soil/rock anchors.
  - Vice President
    Sept 2016 - now
  - Engineering Manager
    Nov 2007 - Sept 2016
- Geo-Strata Magazine
  May 2012 - Apr 2016
  Editor
- George Mason University
  May 2013 - Jun 2015
  Adjunct Professor
Licenses & Certifications
- PE (Maryland)
- PE (Virginia)
- PE (Washington, D.C.)