EDUCATION
Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Cooper Union, New York.
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Calcutta University, India

LICENSES
Registered Professional Engineer: New York

ENERGY ASSOCIATES
Structural Engineer
Mr. Datta is responsible for structural design and detailing on Energy Associates' projects.

* Union Electric Company. Responsible for the structural/civil aspects of an engineering investigation for upgrading the coal handling system to support fuel changes at the Meramec Plant.
* Foster Wheeler USA. Responsible for the structural/civil aspects of coal handling engineering services to support their proposal efforts on the Lagisza Power Project in Poland.
* Union Electric Company. Responsible for the structural/civil detail engineering aspects of the relocation of the take-up for the South No. 6 conveyors at the Labadie Plant.
* Foster Wheeler USA. Responsible for the structural/civil engineering services for a coal handling system, in to support of proposal efforts on the Duburi Power Project in Orissa and the Ghogha Project in Gujarat, India.
* Tri-State Generation & Transmission. Responsible for the structural design of the in-plant coal handling system modifications.
* Union Electric Company. Responsible for the structural design and foundation of the south No. 6 take-up tower relocation.
* Tri-State Generation & Transmission. Responsible for investigating structural improvements for the coal handling system of the 110 MW Nucla Station, Nucla, Colorado
* Union Electric Company. Responsible for the structural engineering of the retrofit of six self-cleaning magnetic separators to the Labadie Plant.
* Union Electric Company. Investigated structural improvements to the Labadie Plant's coal handling system to solve plow feeder tunnel washout problems.

A. K. DATTA CORPORATION
Structural Engineer
Mr. Datta provided structural engineering and detailing consulting services to a wide range of clients and projects. These include:
* Power Tech Associates for Central Termica San Nicolas (CEA/AES/CMS/ORMAS Consortium). Evaluated the upgrading of structural components of a coal handling system at the San Nicolas Power Plant in San Nicolas, Argentina.
* CSX Transportation. Palletized ash unloading system for Curtis Bay Piers.
* EBASCO Services. Rehabilitation of all belt conveyor chutes, equipment, and structural supports for the Bayshore Station of Toledo Edison.
* Hendrick Associates. Surge bin loading system for CARGIL's Watkins Glen, N.Y. facility.
* CSX Transportation. Bid specification for dust collector modifications at a soda ash facility in Philadelphia, PA.
* Willis & Paul Group. Equipment layout and structural load calculations for a mechanical ash handling system.
* CSX Transportation. Design of a soda ash facility at the East Side Yard facility in Philadelphia, PA.
* Robins Engineers & Constructors. Mechanical and structural design of tire and rail mounted trailers for Hycroft Resources, Nevada.
* NEF. Civil and structural design of a 3000 sf office building extension in the Bronx, N.Y.
* Unifoil Corp. Engineering and detailed design of a support structure for an incinerator.
* Nackawick Mechanical. Prepared shop fabrication drawings of a shiploader cradle.

ORBA CORPORATION
Structural Engineer
Mr. Datta was assigned to multi-million dollar bulk handling projects with project and civil/structural engineering responsibilities. He worked on projects for both US and international clients. Mr. Datta's assignments included the following:
* O.N.E. Coal handling system for the Mohammedia Power Station, Morocco.
* Union Electric. Coal blending system for the Labadie Power Station, Missouri
* Tarahan Coal Terminal, Indonesia.
* Transshipment facility for Toledo Ore Railroad Co.
* Xi-Ji Coal Terminal, Huangpu, China.
* Energy Terminals, Inc. Facility upgrading for a coal/coke handling facility in Philadelphia, PA.
* Williams Pipeline Co. Preliminary engineering of the Williams Coal Export Terminal, Southport, North Carolina.
* DM&IR. Two Harbors Storage and Shiploading Facility - Duluth, Minnesota.

ROBINS ENGINEERS & CONSTRUCTORS
Structural Engineer
Mr. Datta was responsible for civil/structural engineering on his assigned projects. His assignments included the following:
* Washington Irrigation and Developments. Coal handling operation at Centralia, Washington.
* Western Energy Co. Coal Handling Facility No. 3, located in Colstrip, Montana.
* Square Butte Electric Cooperative, Inc. Coal handling facility at a power plant located near Center, North Dakota.
* Lower Colorado River Authority. Fayette Power Project , La Grange, Texas.
* Texas Municipal Power Agency. Coal handling system for the Gibbons Creek Station, Texas.
* Haifa Port Coal Terminal, Israel.
* Negev Phosphate LTD., Beersheve, Israel.

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