Portfolio · Structural Engineer
Cheikh
Oumar
Sy
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About
4 placements on site & in a technical inspection office. 20+ projects in reinforced concrete 3 publications of research —
- 25+
- Architectural design projects
- 20+
- Drawings reviewed & checked
- 15+
- People trained in structural analysis
LanguagesFrench · English · Wolof
Driving licenceCategory B
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Experience
Professional experience
2internships
Aug–Oct 2025 · Jun–Aug 2026
Engineering Intern (2 internships) — Technical Inspection Office
SEATEC Sénégal · Dakar, Senegal
Review of drawings, design notes and steel structures, site visits and technical report writing.
222villas supervised
Aug–Sep 2024
Site Management Intern — Plumbing
SENTRA BTP SA · Dakar, Senegal
Supervised plumbing supply and drainage works at the SICAP housing estate in Grand Mbao.
R+7with basement
Jun–Jul 2023
Site Management Intern — R+7 building
SENTRA BTP SA · Dakar, Senegal
Foundations, crew coordination and material supply.
Freelance
15+people trained
2026 — ongoing
Trainer in structural analysis software
Software onboarding, modelling and structural sizing, online.
20+drawings delivered
2024 — ongoing
Freelance designer — Reinforced concrete
Formwork and reinforcement drawings, and compliance checks.
Volunteering
2026 – Present
Volunteer
Bien-Être Scolaire (Team BES) · Senegal
Community service: painting and school refurbishment.
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Selected projects
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Skills
| Area | Skills / standards |
|---|---|
| Structural analysis & sizing | Reinforced concrete · Steel framing · Eurocodes, BAEL, DTU · Load take-down |
| Drawings & technical documentation | Formwork and reinforcement drawings · Construction details · Design notes and reports |
| Inspection & checking | Drawing review · Compliance and non-conformities · Quality control |
| Structural analysis | Structural modelling · Static, dynamic and modal analysis · EN 1990, EN 1991-2 |
| Scientific & numerical computing | Python, Jupyter · VS Code · Numerical modelling · Calculation automation |
| Construction economics | Quantity take-off · Site measurement records · Cost estimating · Budget and stock monitoring |
Software
Engineering — main software
Robot (RSA)
CYPECAD
Graitec
CBS
DDC
MATLAB
AutoCAD
Revit
Archicad
Work tools
- Python
VS Code
Word
Excel
PowerPoint
LaTeX
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Programs
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Dynamic analysis of a railway bridge under high-speed trains, with the design of a tuned mass damper.
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Free vibration analysis of reinforced concrete frames from 2 to 5 storeys, modelled with N degrees of freedom.
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Training tracker, designed, built and deployed end to end.
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Research work
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Dynamic analysis of a high-speed railway bridge
Critical speeds and verification to EN 1991-2 — Zenodo, 2026.
View the articleDOI · 10.5281/zenodo.20069677
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Analysis, modelling and structural verification of an R+1 building
Site inspection and structural verification — ResearchGate, September 2026.
View the articleDOI · 10.13140/RG.2.2.26637.50403
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Asymmetric parallelism in the spatial organisation of Université Gaston Berger
Urban and architectural analysis of the Saint-Louis campus — ResearchGate, September 2026.
View the articleDOI · 10.13140/RG.2.2.18365.22243
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Journal
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Education
2023 — 2026
Civil Engineering Design Degree (DIC)
Institut Polytechnique de Saint Louis (IPSL) — Saint-Louis, Sénégal
2021 — 2023
Higher Diploma in Technology (DST)
Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique de Dakar (ESP) — Dakar, Sénégal
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