2025 - Present
Project Engineer
Datum Engineers · Chicago, Illinois
High-rise towers, historic restorations, and institutional projects across the United States.
Dr Angshuman C BaruahExperience & education
Career.
Project Engineer at Datum Engineers and Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I also contribute to AI implementation, research and development, and campus recruitment at Datum Engineers.
Professional experience
Building across scales.
2025 - Present
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Urbana, Illinois
Leading collaborative research on adaptive composite lattice structures and strategic fiber-optic strain sensing.
2020 - 2025
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Urbana, Illinois
Computational and experimental research at the SMARTI Laboratory under Dr Ann Sychterz.
2019
Deputy Manager
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. · Guwahati, India
Substation construction for NERPSIP and bio-engineering slope stabilization.
2018 - 2019
Assistant Manager
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. · Guwahati, India
Supervised four extra-high-voltage substations and field quality programs.
2014 - 2018
Executive Engineer
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. · Gurgaon, India
Site surveys and construction initiation for major power-transmission infrastructure.
2013
Summer Intern
Cortex Construction Solutions Pvt. Ltd. · New Delhi, India
Structural-health diagnostics and retrofit strategy for fire-damaged infrastructure.
Teaching & mentoring
Engineering knowledge forward.
2023 - 2024
Teaching Assistant · CEE 465 Design of Structural Systems
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Lectures, concrete and steel design tutorials, ETABS training, office hours, and assessment.
2020
Teaching Assistant · CEE 461 Reinforced Concrete I
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Office hours, assignment grading, and examinations.
2023 - 2024
Undergraduate Research Mentor
SMARTI Laboratory, UIUC · Mentored six undergraduate researchers through REU and independent study programs.
Education
Academic foundation.
2021 - 2025
PhD in Structural Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA · GPA: 3.87/4.00
2019 - 2020
MS in Structural Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA · GPA: 3.87/4.00
2010 - 2014
B.Tech. in Civil Engineering
National Institute of Technology Silchar, India · GPA: 8.91/10.00
Technical toolkit
Methods & software.
ABAQUSETABSRISA-3DspColumnS-CONCRETES-LINEADAPT PT-RCSAP2000SOFiSTiKSTAAD.ProMATLABPythonC++SOLIDWORKSLaTeXSketchUpAdobe PhotoshopMicrosoft Office Suite