C. Gopalakrishnan, Civil Engineer

C. Gopalakrishan, Civil Engineer, specializes in structural design engineering and has 11 years of experience. He has been involved in a wide variety of projects, which include working with global teams on front end engineering work, process structure development, quality assurance and design support, cycle time reduction, the development of effective design technology methods, and finite element modeling.

His core strengths include dynamic analysis, design of retaining walls, machine foundations and process structures; offshore structural design, seismic design, fatigue and dynamic analysis; front end engineering design; detailed design of petrochemical plants; and front end loading (FEED).

Mr. Gopalakrishan currently works as a Lead Engineer for Dow Chemical International Private Ltd., where he has been recognized as a Technology Resource network member for machine foundations. Prior to his role at Dow, he served in a wide variety of roles, including Senior Design Engineer for Larsen and Tubro Ltd. and Associate Structural Design Engineer for Fluor Daniel.
Mr. Gopalakrishan received a bachelors’ degree in Civil Engineering from the College of Engineering (Guindy) at Anna University and completed a post graduate degree in Structural Dynamics in the Earthquake Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology (Roorkee).