Cover Letter

Dear Officer:

I believe my postgraduate training in transportation engineering, my ability to

work well with others, as well as my experience make me an ideal candidate for t
he transportation career. Among my accomplishments have been:
- Programmed in different software (Transportation - TransCAD; Mathematics - Mat
lab, MS Excel; Statistics - SAS, R) to represent traffic behavior. Designed and
simulated traffic condition and Processed to build the model
(3 years experience during my master study)
- Summarized correlative background materials and Derived design equations to ev
aluate traffic behavior. Validated the system by building network in TransCAD (1
year experience, my bachlor degree thesis, focus on travel demand model)
- Developed problem-solving, project management skills and an understanding of t
echnical and practical details of road and bridge building. Programmed in VC++ t
o solve the road construction project. Developed analytical model and simulated
it in ANSYS/AutoCAD (intern experience)
- Published a paper in TRB2010: "Documenting Truck Activity Times at Internation
al Border Crossings Using Redesigned Geo-fences and Existing On-board Systems" (
experience in preparing technical report)

I am eager to contribute to your organization. My resume is included for your re

view. There are other relevant professional accomplishments in my background tha
t could also be of interest to you (travel demand model, like four step process;
travel survey and forecasting, like AADT; travel network, like shortest path co
ding, etc.)
I look forward to interviewing with your department. Please contact me should yo
u desire any further information before then.
Respectfully yours,
Hao Dong

Resume

Hao Dong
3040 Saint John Court
Columbus, Ohio 43202
(614) 214-9793
hd585dd8@westpost.net
OBJECTIVE
Transportation Engineering career opportunity applying knowledge of travel behav
ior, traffic model, transportation systems (especially remote sensing applicatio
ns), and highway design technology
EDUCATION
The Ohio State University, Columbus OH GP
A: 3.50 (4.0 Scale)
M.S., Civil Engineering, December 2009
Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China
GPA: 81.6 (100 Scale)
B.S., Civil Engineering, August 2007
EXPERIENCE
The Ohio State University, Department of Civil Engineering, Columbus OH
Graduate Research Assistant, Professor M. McCord, September 2007 - Decemeber 200
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- Project: Remote Sensing of Freight Flows in Congested Border Crossings and Wor
k Zones Sponsored by Research and Innovative Technologies Administration, U.S. D
OT
- Based on truck GPS data, programmed in Matlab, R-Language, Google Earth to rep
resent traffic behavior. Designed and simulated traffic condition involving queu
ing time and service time. Considered the time of day, day of week factors and P
rocessed to build the model
Tsinghua University, Institute of Transportation Engineering, Beijing P.R. China
Research Assistant, Professor J. Shi, October 2006 - August 2007
- Project: Research on equity issues of transportation infrastructures' investme
nt and construction Sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation
- Summarized correlative background materials. Derived design equations to evalu
ate traffic behavior. Validated the system by building network in TransCAD
Beijing Public Transportation Company, Headquarters of Olympic Country, Beijing
P.R. China
Construction Design Engineer Intern, July 2006 - August 2006
- Developed project management skills and an understanding of technical and prac
tical details of road and bridge building. According to National Standard (GBJ 2
04-83), programmed in VC to solve the road construction project. Developed analy
tical model for the tunnel and simulated it in ANSYS
QUALIFICATION
Language: C, C++, Matlab, R, SAS, ObjectARX, Visual BASIC, Fortran90;
Software: TransCAD, ArcGIS, Visual C++, Matlab, SAS, Google Earth, AutoCAD, 3DMa
x, Delphi, Photoshop, ANSYS, Office.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
Member, September 2007 - Present
Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Attended the 87th/88th Annual Meeting, January 2008/2009
HONORS
The Ohio State University Fellowship, September 2007 - Present
Tsinghua Scholarship for Excellent Student, 2005 - 2006
Structure Design Competition Second Prize, November 2005
Scholastic Golden prize for Class, Monitor, 2004
Excellent Volunteer in Campus Residence, February 2004 - August 2004
Scholastic Golden Prize for Social Practice Activities, July 2004 - September 20
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