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Vera Unzhakova

• Master’s in Architecture; former Junior Architect; current Architecture/Engineering Design instructor
• Strong experience with AutoCAD, Inventor, Revit, Sketch-UP
• Proficiency with 3D printing, manual drawing, free-hand sketching, idea presentation, design team management, problem/solution design, knowledge of fundamentals and principles of architectural and engineering design, construction document development
• ADDA (American Design Drafting Association) Certified Mechanical Drafter
• PLTW (Project Lead the Way) Introduction to Engineering Design Teacher
• PLTW (Project Lead the Way) Civil Engineering and Architecture Teacher

             Architecture/Engineering Design Teacher
            Brewbaker Technology Magnet High School – Montgomery, AL – 2007 – Present

• Provide youth with education in the engineering, design, and architecture fields
• Partner with NASA’s Project High Schools with NASA to Create Hardware (HUNCH); student designs used in hardware for spacecraft
• Partner with City of Montgomery Planning and Development & Montgomery County Commission to provide student designs for upcoming community development projects

  Junior Architect
  PH&J Architects, Inc. – Montgomery, AL – 2001 –  2007

• Utilizing CAD, sketching, 3D modeling, supplementary skills and applying them to a real-world environment
• Allowing students to build models and projects from scratch, beginning with an idea and ending with a true-to-life scale model
• Teach the following courses:
  • ¨Introduction to Drafting Design
  • ¨Intermediate Drafting Design
  • ¨Introduction to Architectural Design
  • ¨Intermediate Architectural Design
  • ¨Introduction to Engineering Design (STEM course)
  • ¨Civil Engineering and Architecture (STEM course)
• Designing and drafting of plans and details for public and commercial projects
• Thorough and efficient client interface through presentations and surveys
• Coordinating with marketing and engineering departments to establish client-oriented design features and projections
• Hand-crafted and digitally drafted final building renderings

  Professional Membership:

• American Institute of Architects (AIA)

           Tomsk Civil Engineering Institute

            Master’s of Architecture

• Pertinent Courses:

• ¨Theory of Architecture
• ¨Design Studio
• ¨History of Architecture
• ¨Interior Design
• ¨Urban Design
• ¨Material physics
• ¨Building structure