Name:
Arvinder
Bawa
email:
arvinderbawa@yahoo.com
Summary of Qualifications
MSC, DIC, BSC Hons. CEng CITP
Education
1971 - 1972 Imperial College London
MSC
Structures, DIC
1967 - 1971 University of Science & Technology,
Kumasi, Ghana
BSc
Civil Engineering 1st Class Honours
Professional experience
1993 to present Air Products, Molesey Road, Hersham,.Walton Upon Thames, Surrey, KT12
Global Computer Aided Design Services Manager
Manage a department of 10, to provide all CAD services, including Hotline
support, Software/Hardware infrastructure, Customisation, Software
development in a multisite, Client server environment.
Windows NT, Unix, Intergraph PDS, Bentley Microstation, VB, VC++.
Experience of outsourcing software developments in Russia.
April 1991-November 1992 Amerada Hess, Scott Project, Greater London House, Camden, London CAD
CAD Coordinator
Installation of CAD facilities on construction sites in Italy Spain &
England, for Scott Oil Field Platforms, to provide design data at sites.
Communications with Design Office in London.
Intergraph PDS , Design Review.
April 1987-April 1991 Shell Exploration & Production, ShellMex House, The Strand, London, WC2.
Intergraph Consultant
Support and software development for Mapping and Geographic Information
Systems based on Intergraph VAX, Unix & the IGDS suite of software.
August 1981 to February 1987 Maraven, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Advisor on Engineering Automation &
Computing.
System management,. Software support & development/customization for
Intergarph CAD system. Topographic, Mapping and Plant layout applications.
1977 to August 1981 Atkins Computer Services Ltd, Later UCS (United Computing Systems), Epsom, England.
Senior Consultant
Provided support and training at the highest level for structural analysis
including linear, non-linear and dynamics including offshore structures
with fatigue calculations, using Finite Element software such as ASAS,
Nastran & Ansys.
1974 to 1977 Binnie and Partners, Consulting Engineers, London.
Assistant Engineer
Supported engineering applications on computers and developed programs in
Basic and Fortran.
1973 to 1974 Husband & Company, Consulting Engineers, London.
Assistant Engineer
Structural analysis of bridges, development of structural analysis
programs for swing bridges using Fortran.
Patents and publications
1) Analysis of orthotropic steel bridge decks,
Institution of Civil Engineers Proceedings, Vol59, May 1975, Part 2.
2) Anisotropy Matrices for Finite Elements, Asas Shell Analysis Seminar,
London, June 1980.
3) ASASSTEP, Geometrically non-linear analysis using ASAS, ASAS User Group
Newsletter, Technical Note 6, October 1980.
4) Modern Finite Element Programs: How easy to use are they really, World
Finite Element Congress, Los Angeles, USA, October 1981.
5) Optimum Routing of Pipelines in Predefined Corridor Networks, US IGUG
Conference, San Jose, California, USA, October 1995.
Professional memberships
Member British Computer Society & Chartered Engineer
Languages
Spanish, English