About Me

 

Alex is a 5th year Architectural Engineering student at Penn State University. He will graduate in May 2018 with an Integrated Bachelor/Master of Architectural Engineering degree with a focus in construction management. Alex currently works as a lab assistant in the Architectural Engineering Structures and Illumination Lab, where he manages undergraduate student projects and aids with Ph.D student research.

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After working for a custom homebuilder for three summers, Alex got exposure to commercial construction with McDonald Building Company, a general contractor in Philadelphia. He spent the following summer at the Pantheon Institute in Rome, Italy as part of the AE Study Abroad Program. He studied architecture for seven weeks and backpacked across Europe for an additional two weeks once classes finished. This past summer Alex worked in Los Angeles, California as a project engineer intern for DPR Construction. This experience provided him with valuable insight into a self-perform concrete project, as he was placed onsite on a cast-in-place parking structure expansion. Alex plans on taking the FE exam prior to graduation and looks forward to beginning his career in the construction industry.

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Outside of the classroom Alex enjoys playing soccer, working out, and watching Eagles football. He has travelled to multiple Penn State away football games, including two at Ohio State and the 2016 Big Ten Championship game in Indianapolis. He is passionate about travelling and plans to backpack across Southeast Asia next summer with some of his fellow AE classmates.

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