Geoffrey Tanudjaja is currently a 5th year of study in Architectural Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University focusing on Structural Engineering.  Upon graduation in May 2018, he will receive both Bachelor's and Master's of Architectural Engineering as well as E.I.T status.

 

In the course of his studies, Geoffrey has done three technical internships. The first internship was during his sophomore year where he interned at AECOM Indonesia as an assistant project manager where he helped in managing contract documents for warehouse construction done by China's oil and gas company.  In his junior year, he interned with Penn State Office of Physical Plant (OPP), where he helped in managing multiple renovation projects at the University Park Campus.  In Summer 2017, he interned with Simpson Gumpertz & Heger in their San Francisco office, where he was involved in building envelope investigation in several residential developments around the Bay Area.

 

Despite his busy schedule, Geoffrey is active in student organizations. He has been a president for three different clubs since his Sophomore year at Penn State. He was the president of Indonesian Student Association in his Sophomore year where he served as a student ambassador to Indonesian Consulate at New York and Indonesian Embassy in Washington D.C.  He served as president of United States Green Building Council for his junior and 4th year in college, where he collaborated with Reese Engineering in verifying the hybrid mechanical system installed in Intramural Building on campus.  Currently, he serves as the president of Structural Engineering Association where he helps to organize talks and seminar sessions to expose structural students to different career opportunities as future structural engineers.

 

Geoffrey is also involved in two different research projects at Penn State. He has been helping Dr. Messner in his research about the impact of using Virtual Reality (VR) in design decision. Currently, he is helping Dr. Solnosky in the use of parametric modeling during early design creation for tall buildings.

 

Outside of academics, Geoffrey enjoys listening to Jazz music, hiking, and reading books. He also likes to travel. He tries to go to one new place every year.