Mohamed Rasheed, originally from Kurdistan Region in Iraq, graduated from High School in 1988 with 88% of scores. Despite these outstanding grades, Mohamed managed to start his college career after 5 years due to the wars that surrounded the country at that time. He believes that to be successful as an engineer, you need to possess strong skills and knowledge in math especially within the fields of civil engineering.
Mohamed Rasheed, originally from Kurdistan Region in Iraq, graduated from High School in 1988 with 88% of scores. Despite these outstanding grades, Mohamed managed to start his college career after 5 years due to the wars that surrounded the country at that time. He believes that to be successful as an engineer, you need to possess strong skills and knowledge in math especially within the fields of civil engineering.
Mohamed Rasheed, originally from Kurdistan Region in Iraq, graduated from High School in 1988 with 88% of scores. Despite these outstanding grades, Mohamed managed to start his college career after 5 years due to the wars that surrounded the country at that time. He believes that to be successful as an engineer, you need to possess strong skills and knowledge in math especially within the fields of civil engineering.
oor designs, lack of safety protocols and a goat cost an employees life on the worksite. Thats one of the incidents Mohamed Rasheed had experienced during his fascinating career in Engineering. Mohammed Rasheed, originally from Kurdistan Region in Iraq, graduated from High School in 1988 with 88% of scores. He was admitted in the best university of the country and one of the best in Middle East at that time, which was University of Technology in Baghdad. Despite these outstanding grades, Mohamed managed to start his college career after 5 years due to the wars that surrounded the country at that period.
Mohamed majored in Civil Engineering at Salahaddin University and received his Bachelor degree in 1997. When asked about his impression during his freshman year, Mohamed mentioned he never had time to think about his future, because he used to wok at daytime after College and work at nights in a restaurant. He also said that he survived his first year in college by doing his homework and assignments while working in the restaurant. The compelling circumstances of the country recovering from a war forced Mohamed to work day and night to support himself and his family as well.
Mohamed believes that to be successful as an engineer, you need to possess strong skills and knowledge in math especially within the fields of Civil Engineering like geotechnical, structural, transportation or environmental engineering. In addition, strong background in Physics and especially computer skills is deemed necessary nowadays as Most of the math, design and even assignments are done through computers. Mohamed started his professional career in public sectors at Ministry of Construction and Housing then joined non-profit organizations like UNICEF, Habitat where he designed and implemented 100- 150 Water projects and participated in constructing of schools as a site engineer. Mohamed had also worked in USAID after 2003 as a supervisor of two cities in a mission to renovate and build schools in that region. In P MATH, PHYSICS AND SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE ARE KEY SKILLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN ENGINEERING FIELD ENGINEERING GENERALLY IS A CHALLENGING FIELD; REQUIRES PATIENCE, DETERMINATION AND PERSEVERANCE University od Utah 9/13/14 Leap 1501 Leap 1501
A STORY OF SUCCESS addition, Mohamed was an Assistant Project Manager for Kurdi Group for a project to construct 650 villas and apartments in Amman/Jordan. One of the ethical dilemmas Mohamed had experienced during his professional career was in one of the water projects when an employee had lost at the worksite. We were working on a lake beneath a mountain, the lake was to be sterilized and surface of the lake was supposed to be closed to prevent pollution. It was designed connect the water of that lake to a nearby village. At the day of the incident I was present in the area, a shepherd with his flock of sheep and goats was passing by on the mountain above. One of his goats apparently had separated from the flock and moved to edge of the mountain to look down, causing a massive rock to fall down from the top and subsequently an employee died from the incident. Unfortunately the incident was preventable if the company had blocked the area on the top of the mountain with tapes and warning and signs. In addition providing employees with safety equipment and helmets. The Company holds the responsibility of the incidents for the lack of safety protocols. However, the family of the deceased got well- compensated financially and his children received support from one of orphanage sectors of the company. Mohamed relocated to USA in 2009 to face a new challenge. Contrary to his educational background, the field of Civil Engineering in United States mainly consisted of Timber Designs, which did not exist in Middle East. Nevertheless, he started his graduate education at the University of Utah in 2011 and received Master degree with a major in Structural Engineering and minor Geotechnical Engineering in 2013. Mohamed is currently studying for his PhD degree at the University of Utah in Nuclear Energy. The research project is called Risk Assessment of Structural Integrity of Transportation Casks after Extended Storage where casks are storage units used to transport spent nuclear fuel used in nuclear power plants and research reactors to disposal sites. The main goal of the study is to determine whether the containment, shielding, criticality safety, and heat management cask functions are expected to be preserved during cask transportation after extended storage.
The research is going to be conducted in one of the eleven national labs in the country where the design would be thoroughly measured and tested with potential national disasters like earthquakes and loads in these labs to prove the safety and stability of the design and ultimately eliminate all the potential risks. Beside his education, Mohamed is currently working Building Manager and Computer Technician at UNP Hartland Partnership Center. I DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED 100- 150 WATER PROJECTS TO PARTIALLY SAVE THE WATER CRISIS THE REGION WAS SUFFERING FROM For the future, Mohamed ultimately aims to utilize his knowledge for the service of students in his home country in Kurdistan; nevertheless, holding a position similar to research assistant at the University level to aid graduate students with their projects. You will see a story of success by reading this far of the article. Mohameds fascinating career is an inspiration to those seeking an enhanced education in embryonic countries around the world. Considering his education and work simultaneously, scheduling an interview with Mohamed was extremely difficult to find a time that fits his schedule and mine. I would like to thank the interviewee for his cooperation and candor in providing me with details that helped me establish an idea about the meaning of being an engineer. The interview included many technical details about his field in civil engineering generally, on how designs should be made and what countermeasures should be taken into consideration when building a design. I was astonished by the idea of safety measures for natural disasters; the technology has advanced so far to minimize potential risks to the very minimum. Although Im majoring in a different field of engineering than Civil, the aim of the interview was giving me an insight about my future due to the similarities between our careers as both had our educational background outside the United States. Leo Tolstoy says that The strongest of all warriors are time and patience. This article should teach us that success is inevitable through hard working, patience, discipline, determination and perseverance.