Rasha Jasim
Safety Manager
Rasha Jasim is an Engineer-In-Training in Michael Baker’s Phoenix office with nearly five years of experience in structural engineering. She has experience in bridge design, analysis, load rating and inspection, as well as design of earth-retaining structures.
Rasha was born in Baghdad, Iraq, as the youngest of six children. She started learning English in fifth grade and was determined to learn to speak it fluently after the events of the Iraq war in April of 2003, so that she could speak to soldiers walking around her neighborhood.
During high school, Rasha’s older brother saw her passion for math and science and taught her how to use AutoCAD. In 2009, Rasha came to the United States and studied civil engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington where she obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering in 2015. She also obtained a Master of Engineering degree in Structures and Applied Mechanics a year later while working full-time at Michael Baker. In her free time, she enjoys yoga, cooking middle eastern food and watching movies.
How did you feel when you walked across the completed bridge for the first time?
Crossing the completed bridge was a surreal experience. When I looked at every board, every steel beam, every bar that we bent, every gauge wire that we cut, I remembered how exhausting the work days were, but seeing the community’s reaction made it all worth it.
