RJ/Rongjin Hong

rongjin@umd.edu (678)788-5819 6200 Westchester Park Drive Apt 1612 College Park, MD 20740

Education
University of Maryland, College Park, MD Anticipated December 2012 M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering Related coursework: Advanced Soil Mechanics, Finite Element Method, Pavement Engineering, Earth Retaining Structures, Introduction to Project Management, Risk Analysis in Engineering, Project Performance Management ECS Mid-Atlantic, LLC, Hanover, MD Soils Lab Technician Certification Southeast University, Nanjing, China B.S., Materials Science and Engineering Honor: National Encouraging Scholarship, President Scholarship June 2011 June 2010

Related Experience
M.S. Thesis, Evaluation Of Crack Development in Fiber Reinforced Concrete Using Non-Destructive Testing Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland September 2011-Present Derived the relationship between Non-Destructive Testing and concrete properties as well as environmental conditions Established scheme to find out the development of cracks within concrete under fatigue and freeze-thaw testing Evaluating benefits of fibers for fatigue life and freeze-thaw durability of concrete Class Project, Statistical Analysis of Intervals: Correlation Coefficient University of Maryland, Team Member November-December 2011 Proposed a computational procedure for calculating correlation coefficient of data sets in the form of intervals Calculated correlation coefficient for cases of mean centric dependence and unknown dependence Examined the procedure with sample data sets and compared the results with MATLAB simulation Civil Engineering Internship ECS Mid-Atlantic, LLC, Soils Lab Technician May 2011-December 2011 Performed laboratory classifications and testing on construction materials Prepared data processes and generated reports for project managers Evaluated geotechnical field conditions, pinpointed field problems, provided suggestions for improvement Class Project, Probabilistic Risk Analysis of Cost and Schedule for Project Management University of Maryland, Team Member April-May 2011 Employed Microsoft Project and @Risk to collect work/resource items with independent sampling approaches Developed a probabilistic model to estimate Cumulative Distribution Functions of cost and schedule with reinforced certainty Class Project, Comparing and Contrasting Project Management Standards University of Maryland, Team Member September-November 2010 Identified different project management standards and compared the approaches of each in detail Created a project plan, monitored and controlled project changes, summarized gains and loses B.S. Thesis, Experiments and Simulation of the Cementation of Sands with Microbes Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University Monitored and simulated the cementation process, revealed the evolution of microstructure Honor: Best Thesis Award February 2010-June 2010

Leadership Experience
The Language House Living-Learning Program University of Maryland, Chinese Cluster Mentor September 2011-May 2011 Arrange activities and speak target language 24/7 to improve residents Chinese language proficiency and culture familiarity Help students plan their time, meet with the director weekly to discuss residents progress University of Maryland Chinese Student and Scholar Association University of Maryland, Vice President August 2011-May 2011 Promoted a social environment to help Chinese students acclimate to the life in US and interact with local communities Organized Chinese Culture Day Exhibition and Performance, attracted 2,500 attendees Coordinated airport pickup service for more than 370 students from China International Industrial/Academic Leadership Experience Program Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan, Exchange Student July 2009 Project of actuator fabrication for drug delivery device, engineered a metal arm and successfully controlled its operations Honor: Best Presentation Award

Skills
Proficient in Microsoft Office, MATLAB, AutoCAD, familiar with C++ Research, communication and organizational skills through projects completed