
Alder Creek Elementary School, New Design, Folsom, CA



Construction is underway for the new $62 million Alder Creek Elementary School, part of the Folsom Cordova Unified School District. Alder Creek’s design closely resembles the district’s prototype school, Mangini Ranch Elementary School, and includes a single-building multi-story campus. This new adaptation simplified design features from Mangini Ranch using flat roofs in lieu of multiple sloped roof planes, incorporation of steel detailing simplifications, and the elimination of the Outdoor Lab structure.
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When I was in high school, I really enjoyed my physics class and always had an interest in architecture. At first, I thought I would be an architect, but the thought of not fully understanding the mechanics behind the design bothered me. I decided then to follow the civil engineering with a structural emphasis path instead so that I’d know the ins and outs of a structure. This industry also opened my eyes that civil engineering is a service-based industry that provide spaces for the community. This encouraged my interest of forensic engineering to give back to the community with the skills I have.
I played rugby for three years during college with no prior experience.
Bodybuilding full time
B.A., Structural Engineering, UC San Diego, 2006
M.S., Civil Engineering, UC Los Angeles, 2010
PhD, Civil Engineering, UC Los Angeles, 2014
CA, Civil Engineer, License No. 75049
My first "civil infrastructure" project was a small earth dam I built at age 9 on a creek near my childhood home. The pond it formed even attracted ducks in the springtime.
Loading moving trucks. It always feels like playing life-sized tetris.
B.S., Chemistry, Georgetown University, 2000
B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Maryland, 2008
M.S., Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign, 2011
CA, Civil Engineer, License No. 81567
CA, Structural Engineer, License No. 6562
After working in IT for 5+ years, I wanted to do something that produced more tangible results. I always enjoyed building & design in addition to math and science. Structural engineering seemed like a perfect combination of those skills. I love the fact that I can see a building and know that I had a role in creating it.
I spent 3 weeks in Russia as a high school exchange student in February of 1995.
Photography.
In high school I loved my drafting classes. My teacher told me to switch to the engineering side as he saw it as a more lucrative profession.
To this day, Dragonball is my favorite anime cartoon.
Apple... I don't think I could switch over as I have been brain-washed to think that Apple governs over all.
Math and design is what drew me. At 14 years I designed my first structure - a two-story playhouse in our backyard.
Video editing is my primary outlet from engineering, where there is no code and is not defined by any law of physics.
Apple all the way.
My dad started taking me out to his geotech job sites when I was 8 years old. I became interested in bridges and skyscrapers and how they are made. Once I developed an affinity for STEM there was no going back.
I studied abroad in Germany for a year and became fluent in German.
A new hobby I am jazzed about is creating my own overlanding rig. I'm looking into different Toyota trucks and SUVs to build out.
Carpooling with my partner.
I have taught English in Kyrgyzstan and China.
I really wanted to be a train conductor. Inspired by Thomas the Tank Engine.
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