Exploring transportation, advanced manufacturing, strategic technologies, and AI-driven systems

Hi, I'm Atasi Roy Malakar.

Civil engineer building across infrastructure, mobility simulation, transportation systems, digital workflows, and applied AI.

I am a civil engineer with 4+ years of experience in infrastructure and transportation systems, with strengths in automation, technical documentation, design validation, workflow optimization, traffic simulation, GIS-based safety analysis, and early LLMOps/RAG applications for engineering workflows. AtasiBuilds is my portfolio for documenting the systems, projects, skills, and ideas I am building across infrastructure, mobility, and AI-enabled engineering.

India · Open to remote, hybrid, and on-site
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MS · UW–Madison

Transportation Engineering

About

I work at the intersection of infrastructure, technology, and industrial systems.

My background began in civil engineering and railway infrastructure, where I worked on design coordination, AutoCAD drawings, estimates, project documentation, construction planning, and project delivery. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I expanded into transportation engineering, focusing on mobility simulation, roadway safety, GIS, connected and automated vehicles, advanced air mobility, and data-driven transportation systems.

Across both industry and academia, I became increasingly interested in how complex systems can be optimized through data, simulation, automation, and process improvement. This led me to explore digital workflows, applied AI, LLMOps/RAG applications, and Lean Six Sigma methodologies, culminating in a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification.

Today, my interests extend beyond transportation into the broader industrial ecosystems that underpin economic growth and national resilience, including advanced manufacturing, critical minerals, semiconductor supply chains, and strategic technologies. I am particularly interested in building solutions that combine engineering, analytics, automation, and entrepreneurship to improve how critical systems are designed, operated, and scaled.

What I care about

  • Safer, smarter, and more efficient transportation and infrastructure systems
  • Data-driven decision-making, process improvement, and operational excellence
  • Practical AI, automation, and digital tools that solve real engineering problems
  • Simulation, digital twins, GIS, optimization, and systems-level thinking
  • Advanced manufacturing, critical materials, semiconductors, and strategic supply chains
  • Turning technical ideas into scalable products, ventures, and real-world impact
  • Building a career that combines engineering depth, innovation, and entrepreneurial execution

Professional Engineering Work

Railway infrastructure AutoCAD drawing and engineering documentation

Railway Infrastructure Drawing, Design & Estimation Workflow

Indian Railways / Civil Infrastructure

Professional railway infrastructure work involving AutoCAD drawings, design validation, estimation support, and Excel/VBA automation. Built and reviewed workflows for girder bridge side pathways, RCC box subway checks, influence-line processing, DPR generation, double-line progress verification, and box-pushing subway drawing preparation. Area of experience: AutoCAD · VBA · RCC Box Subway Checks · Soil Safe-Bearing-Capacity Review · BBS/Reinforcement Check · Influence-Line Processing · DPR Automation · Box-Pushing Subway Method

Indian RailwaysAutoCADVBARCC Box SubwayInfluence-Line ProcessingDPR AutomationBox-Pushing Subway
Construction planning site documentation and engineering coordination

Construction Planning and Site Documentation

Construction Engineering / Project Coordination

Construction-engineering work for multipurpose cyclone shelter projects under World Bank Project ID P144726. Work included revised AutoCAD site plans, geotechnical and environmental coordination, site inspections, material testing support, Measurement Book / billing documentation exposure, and WBS-Gantt chart planning for 110+ construction sites.

Construction PlanningAutoCADSite SupervisionEstimationMeasurement BooksGantt ChartsConstruction Safety

Education

University of Wisconsin–Madison

MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering — Transportation Engineering specialization

Year: 2025GPA: 4.0/4.022/30 credits completed

Focus areas

Urban Transportation PlanningConnected and Automated Transportation SystemsAdvanced Traffic SimulationAdvanced Air Mobility

Calcutta Institute of Engineering and Management

BTech, Civil Engineering

Year: 2015GPA: 9.14/10 CGPA

Focus areas

Civil Engineering FundamentalsAutoCADConstruction EngineeringC ProgrammingEngineering Communication

Certifications & Selected Achievements

Certifications

  • FE Civil Exam — National Council of Examiners for Engineering and SurveyingPassed FE Civil Exam; formal EIT/FE credential application pending.
  • AutoCAD Certification — Jadavpur University, Kolkata, IndiaCompleted AutoCAD training/certification.
  • STAAD.Pro Certification — Jadavpur University, Kolkata, IndiaCompleted STAAD.Pro training/certification.
  • Open Source LLMOps Solutions — Duke University
  • Databricks to Local LLMs — Duke University
  • Introduction to Programming with MATLAB — Vanderbilt University / Coursera
  • Programming for Everybody and Python Data Structures — University of Michigan / Coursera

Selected Achievements

  • 4+ years of civil engineering experience across infrastructure, transportation systems, railway drawings, estimation, site planning, and construction coordination.
  • Completed 22/30 credits toward MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering at UW–Madison with 4.0/4.0 cumulative GPA.
  • Passed the FE Civil Exam through NCEES.
  • Coordinated cost estimates and budget forecasting for infrastructure projects worth approximately $200M.
  • Automated standard project-report templates, accelerating submission workflows by approximately 500%.
  • Prepared, checked, and approved 50+ AutoCAD drawings for railway infrastructure components.
  • Verified 2,136 crash records using ArcGIS-based overlays and confirmed approximately 94.5% algorithm accuracy.
  • Led instructional lab support for approximately 40–50 students as a UW–Madison Teaching Assistant.
  • Developed revised AutoCAD site plans under World Bank Project ID P144726, reducing stormwater-management-related delays by approximately 25%.
  • Created Gantt charts for 110+ construction sites to improve project tracking and coordination.
  • Earned Academic Excellence Award for scoring above 9.0 YGPA during undergraduate study.
  • VistaMind Wizard of Maths — City Finale Runner-up. Recognized as runner-up in the city finale of VistaMind Wizard of Maths.

Volunteering

Sep 2022 - Nov 2022

Volunteer, Friends of Tribals Society - National

Assisted administrative work, visited three rural schools in West Bengal, and completed a 52-hour social-credit program focused on education and rural outreach.

Beyond Engineering

I also care about visual thinking, storytelling, reflection, and the human side of learning. My creative work helps me observe more carefully, communicate more honestly, and stay connected to the larger purpose behind technical work.

The AtasiBuilds Mark

The AtasiBuilds Mark

The AtasiBuilds mark combines my initials — ARM — with the primary colours blue, red, and yellow, symbolizing first-principles thinking: breaking complex problems down to their irreducible foundations. The grey smoke represents impermanence, echoing the Advaitic idea that forms are transient while ultimate reality remains. It is both a personal brand mark and a quiet tribute to the clarity and ways of thinking inherited from my ancestors.