leon pei
Bio
Currently as an Associate and Structural Engineer with Desai/Nasr Consulting Engineers, Inc., Formerly as a Design Engineer with Zhongnan Architectural/Structural Engineering. Experience in structural analysis, design, consulting and construction observation. Structural project director in charge for the southern division of the company, overlooking ongoing projects, planning, quality control and competing for new projects.
EDUCATION
- Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering
Tongyi University
Shanghai, China - Master of Science - Civil Engineering
West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia
MAJOR PROJECTS INCLUDE
- Fairlane Town Center Life Style Café - renovation
- Lakeside Mall Life Style Café - Sterling Heights, Michigan - Renovation of existing ice rink
- South Lyon High School, South Lyon, Michigan - New Addition
- Magna - Novi, Michigan New Construction
- Immanuel Temple - Lansing, Michigan
- Five story apartment building. 15,000 sq.ft. RC frame structure
- Bus station - two span steel truss structure
- Five story hospital. 120,000 sq.ft. RC frame structure, earthquake resistance design
- Two 28 story residential buildings 280,000 sq.ft. w/ commercial center and restaurants
- One 30 story commercial complex, 300,000 sq.ft. with four stories for restaurants and recreation area, ten stories for offices five stories for hotel, eleven stories for apartments and four stories for underground parking.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- Developed Ground Penetrating Radar technique for bridge deck and highway pavement evaluation with West Virginia Dept. of Transportation. This technique can detect cracks in decks and pavement without closing traffic. By accurately determine those sections which need to be repaired or replaced, it saved a lot of money and time for WVDOT in highway maintenance.
- Created a color image comparing method. By combining the radar color images of good or bad sections of pavement together, the cracks, rebar, or other anomalies can be easily detected.
- Developed a nondestructive testing method in highway pavement by using impact-response technique. It is a very simple and low-cost technique for pavement evaluation, which requires little training to operate.