Group Photo In Front of Bliss Hall Back Row: Jeff Ley, Paul Schofield, Ron Hardy Front Row: Andrew Prezzioso, Katherine Manchester, Mike King

Mike King

My name is Mike King and I am a Senior Civil Engineering student at the University of Rhode Island. I am from Burrillville, Rhode Island which is in the North West corner of the state. I attended Burrillville High School where I was involved in the Math League and the Web Club which helped to administer the school department's web pages. I currently work at Odeh Engineers, Inc., a Structural Engineering firm in North Providence Rhode Island. I have worked there for nearly four years and have gradually moved up the ranks from job shadow, to unpaid intern, to paid intern and am now CADD Manager for about 20 engineering workstations. That job consists primarily of ensuring that each engineer's AutoCAD setup works properly, conforms to office standards, connects to all network plotting and file sharing resources, etc. I also do a great deal of custom development using Visual LISP, Visual Basic and AutoCAD VBA. I am the groups Planner and Manager, which consists of updating and enforcing the Gantt chart and keeping the group on schedule. I also created and maintain this web page. Finally, I am available to assist in any of the disciplines that may require an extra hand at some point during the course of the project.

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Katherine Manchester

My name is Katherine Manchester, currently a (super) senior in the Civil & Environmental Engineering program, with a minor in Water & Soil Science. I graduated from the Vermont Academy of Science and Technology in 1999. Directly after high school, I worked for a GIS company in New Hampshire, and then decided to return to school in some type of environmental field. Since then, my work experience includes:

1. Student intern in the Water Quality Program on campus
2. An undergraduate research assistant in transportation modeling for the URI CVE department
3. Student intern in the Environmental division at RI Department of Transportation.

I am the hydraulics/hydrology specialist and assistant team leader for Cane Consulting, Inc. I will be determining if the current drainage system of our project is adequate and what impacts water movement will have on the natural water features in the area. Check out www.azarmaya.com for info on my backup plan if the whole engineering thing doesn't work out.

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Paul Schofield

My name is Paul Schofield and I am a Senior Civil Engineering student at the University of Rhode Island. I hale from Warwick, Rhode Island which is in the central part of the state. I attended Toll Gate High School where I was involved in the cross-country and track teams. I was employed by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation as a summer intern this past year. I worked in the Materials section at Cardi Construction in Warwick. During the school year, I am a Resident Assistant in Browning Hall at the University of Rhode Island. My job for our group is as the Geotechinal Engineer. I will be working with the soil types on our project location and determining what types of structures and roadways can be built. I will also be determining the stability of the river beds in accordance with the surface runoff and discharge of the river.

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Ron Hardy

I am Ron Hardy a senior in the Civil engineering Department of URI. I am from Providence RI. My previous engineering work experience includes working for the Department of Transportation in the bridge inspection and traffic divisions. Working for bridge inspection, it was my job to assist a professional engineer in inspecting bridges for failure. As part of the traffic divisions I checked temporary traffic control plans to make sure they were up to Rhode Island standards. As the environmental specialist for Cane Consultants it will be my task to prepare an environmental evaluation, which will be submitted to the FHWA to determine if this project meets criteria for categorical exclusion.

Drew Prezioso

My name is Andrew Prezioso. I attended Toll Gate High School in Warwick, Rhode Island between the years of 1997 & 2004 where I played basketball and volleyball. I am a 21-year-old senior civil engineering student at the University of Rhode Island set to graduate in May 2005. My job experience includes working in the restaurant business where I have made my way through the ranks and currently hold a bartender position at the seasonal Chelo’s Waterfront Bar & Grille in Warwick, Rhode Island. During the summer of 2003, I worked for Site Engineering, Inc located in Bristol, Rhode Island. At SEI, I worked as an assistant civil engineer performing surveying and incorporating topographical survey points with AutoCAD to produce designs for septic systems, residential marine docks, and residential subdivisions. Currently I work for the Highway Design section of the Rhode Island Department of Transportation. I perform reviews for physical alteration permits, which are permits submitted by commercial property owners that wish to make alterations to their property that could affect an adjoining state maintained road. I also perform plan reviews for the Relocated Route 403 project in North Kingstown and East Greenwich Rhode Island. I am the structural engineer for Cane Consulting, Inc.

Jeff Ley

I am Jeff Ley a senior student at the University of Rhode Island. I am from Saunderstown, Rhode Island which is in the southern part of the state. I attended North Kingstown High School where I played volleyball and football. I am Cane Consulting Inc's Transportation Engineer and am currently working for Professor Lee in the Civil Engineering department. I am working on a project entitled "Fiber Composite Caps for the Protection of Piers and Pier Caps" and wil be presenting at the 17th annual transportation forum.