Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, has announced that it has added two new members to its New York City office. Yazdan Majdi, Ph.D., PE, SE, ENV SP, joined the firm as a vice president and building structures group leader and Anupam Saxena, PE, joined the firm as a senior associate and principal marine structural engineer.
Majdi brings more than 17 years of civil and structural engineering experience to the firm’s growing New York City office. His background includes project management and design leadership, and he is highly experienced with the design-build project delivery methodology and has worked on prominent large-scale projects with public-sector clients, including the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Long Island Rail Road, and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Majdi earned his doctorate in civil engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and a master’s and bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Azad University, Tehran. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Saxena brings to the firm more than 35 years of structural engineering design experience, including near-shore structures, ports, highways, rail, and facilities for public- and private-sector clients. In his previous role, Saxena was a technical leader responsible for providing design guidance and oversight, and quality control for the firm’s marine structures group. He earned a master’s degree in structural engineering from the University of Rhode Island and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.
