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May Elkhattab, PE, PMP, DBIA
Railroad & Transit Project Manager
May thrives on solving complex engineering challenges that transform ideas into reality while improving the world we live in. For example, for more than 5 years with Engineers Without Borders as a lead volunteer, May spent weeks in Rwanda and Guatemala donating her skills to important sustainability projects that dramatically improved the health and living conditions for those developing peoples. As a tested, modern team leader, she engages and empowers her multidisciplinary design and construction management talent to deliver high-value capital projects on schedule and within budget – consistently favoring an open, collaborative work environment where all contributors are encouraged to innovate and learn from one another.
Professional Highlights
- Mass Transit 40 Under 40 Honoree, ENR MidAtlantic Top Young Professional, ACEC/MW Young Professional of the Year
- Served as committee chair for Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) Washington, DC Chapter; Engineers without Borders – New York Professional Chapter (EWB-NY); and Design-Build Institute, MAR Chapter
- Managed special rail systems design and integration for WMATA’s Potomac Yard Metrorail Station, recipient of an ACEC National Recognition Award
May has collaborated on the following projects
- Washington Metro Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Yellow Line, Steel Liner and Bridge Structure Repair Design/Engineering Services
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Potomac Yard Metrorail Station
- Amtrak, Signaling and Train Control, Communications, Traction Electrification, and Facilities Engineering Services
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