1. BOGDAN GEORGE BARBU, Ph.D., P.E. TX, LA
5314 Lampasas St, Houston, TX 77056;
E-mail: barbubg@yahoo.com, Tel: (713) 705-6686
Web: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bogdan-barbu/46/452/9a7/
SUMMARY
Senior Geotechnical Engineer with more than 14 years of international experience. Management of
engineering projects related to geotechnical investigations, deep foundations design and testing.
Supervision offshore geotechnical site investigations, site assessment, data analysis. MODU
penetrations. LNG Plants.
Evaluation pile drivability (GRLWEAP). Static (API Standards) and dynamic pile capacity (as
driven, CAPWAP). Evaluation long term pile capacity. International experience Pile Driving
Monitoring.
EXPERIENCE
Owner / Senior Geotechnical Consultant
BGB Consulting July 2014 – present
• Offshore and onshore geotechnical investigations and related studies.
• Consulting Pile Driving Monitoring, offshore and onshore for steel and concrete piles.
• Static and Dynamic pile capacity. Deep and shallow foundations.
Projects: Collaboration with Cathie Associates (France): Jacket Installation offshore Qatar (Team
Leader). Collaboration with Deep Excavation LLC (New York): Deep Foundation section HW290,
Houston TX. Collaboration with CARDNO PPI preliminary planning LNG plant.
Senior Geotechnical Consultant October 2014 – November 2014
Tolunay-Wong Engineers, Inc.
• Coordination and supervision of field and engineering tasks related to static and dynamic
testing and analysis.
• Assisting with overall development and management of engineering projects related to deep
foundations design and testing.
Supervisor March 2006-July 2014
Fugro-McClelland Marine Geoscience, Inc., Houston, Texas
• Supervision offshore geotechnical site investigations, drilling, piston core, box core, CPT for
Jacket and pipeline installation. Site assessment, data interpretation.
• Evaluation pile drivability (GRLWEAP). Static (API RP 2A, API-2GEO Standards, Tz, Qz
and Py for SACS) and dynamic pile capacity (as driven, CAPWAP). Evaluation long term
pile capacity. Pile Group Effects. Supervision reports offshore shallow and deep foundations,
USA continental shelf, PEMEX (Bay of Campeche). MODU penetrations.
• Supervisor Rock Coring Project Bahamas near shore Jetty Structures.
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2. • International experience Pile Driving Monitoring (steel - offshore structures deep foundations:
Cabinda Angola (CHEVRON), Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuweit (SAUDI ARAMCO), Vietnam
(SapuraKencana), Gulf of Mexico (LLOG), H piles and concrete piles onshore foundations).
Consultant Pile Monitoring offshore Turkey (Akcakoca field) and onshore Mexico
(Manzanillo Port).
Assistant Transportation Researcher January 2005-December 2005
Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, Texas
• Coordinate geotechnical research program regarding effect of fines on Resilient Modulus and
Permanent Deformation for base materials.
• Coordinate research program for implementation of the Tube Suction Test as new criteria for
road base design.
• Conduct Ground Penetrating Radar investigation for different highway sections.
Staff Geotechnical Engineer October 2004-
January 2005
Ground Technology, Houston, Texas
Site Supervisor, Geotechnical Lab Testing Supervisor.
Research Assistant August1999-May 2004
University of New Orleans, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, New Orleans,
Louisiana
Research projects:
• Identification and Stabilization of Problematic Silts.
• Deep Foundations on Brownfields Sites.
Teaching Assistant / Instructor
• Experience in conducting lab experiments and grading lab reports for the Geotechnical
Engineering laboratory.
• Experience in teaching Geotechnical Engineering course lectures.
Project Engineer, Site Supervisor October 1995-December 1998
Institute of Geotechnical and Geophysical Research “GEOTEC”, Bucharest, Romania
• Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant Site (soil boring and soil sample analysis).
• Underground – Water drainage in Suceava City (Site Supervisor, Horizontal Directional
Drilling, Vermeer HDD, Romania).
• Project Supervisor, Craiova Site, Bucharest Site (Vermeer HDD for utilities installation).
AWARDS:
• Graduate Assistantship, University of New Orleans September 1999-May 2004
• Excellent Undergraduate Student, Petroleum Gas University September 1992-May 1994
EDUCATION
University of New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana
Ph.D., Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, September 1999-May 2004
Major: Geotechnical Engineering
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3. Petroleum Gas University Ploiesti, Romania
Master of Science, Dept. of Well Drilling and Oil Field Exploitation
Major: Reservoir Engineering, September 1994-May 1995
Petroleum Gas University Ploiesti, Romania
Bachelor of Science, Dept. of Well Drilling and Oil Field Exploitation
Major: Reservoir Engineering September 1989-July 1994
LANGUAGES:
• French and Romanian – fluent.
• Spanish, Italian – knowledge of.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION:
• Member of National Society of Professional Engineers, Transportation Research Board,
TSPE.
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
PUBLICATIONS:
• Barbu, B., McManis, K., Nataraj, M., “Identification and Stabilization of Problematic Silts,”
Louisiana Transportation Research, (2001).
• Barbu, B., McManis, K., Nataraj, M., “Study of Silts Moisture Susceptibility Using the Tube
Suction Test,” Proceedings of the TRB 83 rd Annual Meeting, (2004).
• Barbu, B., McManis, K., “Study of Problematic Silts Stabilization”, Proceedings of the 7th
International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, (2006)
• Barbu, B., Scullion, T., “Repeatibility and Reproducibility Study for Tube Suction Test”,
Report No. 5-4114-01-1, Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX 77843;
URL:http://tti.tamu.edu/documents/5-4114-01-1.pdf
PRESENTATIONS:
• “Identification and Stabilization of Problematic Silts,” Southeastern and North-Central
Sections Conference of the Geological Society of America, (2001).
• “Study of Problematic Silts Stabilization,” TRB 84 rd Annual Meeting (2005).
• “Aspects of Jacket Installation, Cabinda Project”, Fugro McClelland Marine Geoscience,
Houston, (2007).
• “Challenges of Pile Monitoring, Offshore Turkey”, Fugro McClelland Marine Geoscience,
Houston, (2010).
• “Rock Coring in Bahamas”, Fugro McClelland Marine Geoscience, Houston, (2010).
• “Problematic Vanes”, Fugro McClelland Marine Geoscience, Houston, (2012)
REFFERALS PER REQUEST
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