Respected inquirer,
On behalf of myself, I feel confident taking on a position at a respectable faction where there is the incentive to express one’s professional opinion. I am able to offer a comprehensive training history supplemented with significant experiences in the project engineering and developing fields through my planning, management, resilience, analyst, field, service, design, and research practice.
The training I’ve successfully completed over my academic and ongoing career has proved to be enlightening towards my personal growth. A vigorous 180-credit engineering curriculum transformed and fully developed my individual and team working preparation. As supplement, completing a post-graduate degree as a DOE/NOAA leveraged fellow was a significant addition to an engineering background. The fulfillment of these and future professional exercises will help my understanding better grasp and implement economic, environmental and social/political considerations into projects throughout my career.
The duties I have been tasked with in project planning and management with the US ARMY Corps of Engineers have shaped the outlook of my desired career dramatically. The various projects I have been involved in to date have driven my project development and organizational skill to an intermediate level in a limited amount of time. Fulfilling the federal agency’s regulations and specifications has broadened my knowledge of large scale projects and their requirements. In addition to project oriented duties, my understanding, and drive to complete tasks to fine detail has allowed me to assess projects and present them accordingly through efficient communication skills.
My desired career path consists of an innovative environment where my entrepreneurial aspirations can thrive. My impending contributions includes skills in the following: economic analyses, project planning/management, contract negotiations, remote sensing technologies, statistics, design, drafting, geospatial considerations, construction and product cycle assessments. All in all, this congregation of past and future experiences has greatly influenced my interests; ranging from engineering, design and development of projects.
Future plans include various professional certifications and developing my career through the involvement in contributions to systems infrastructure. Personal and professional interests include: civil engineering, field work, sustainability concepts, architectural/product design, and trend projection. I have attached this cover letter, my resume and professional qualifications for further review and would welcome the opportunity to personally demonstrate my competence.
Education:
City University of New York, City College (CCNY) – MS Sustainability; Engineering – 3.45
University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez (UPRM) – BS Civil Engineering; 180-Credit Curriculum – 3.10
The New School (Parsons) – NYC – Undergrad Certificate: Studies in Constructed Environments - 3.50
Engineer in Training (EIT/FE) – License ID: 13263-14760
Experience:
USACE-Engineer Research and Development Center
Telework, NY
01/14 – Present
ERDC Project Development Team – Assessment of sediment chemistry and tissue bioaccumulation data from multiple projects and Districts to conduct analyses from which we hope to provide recommendations for improving bioaccumulation testing and also to reduce the costs of testing.
United States Army Corps of Engineers
New York, NY
07/13 – Present
Civil Engineer/Project Manager – Coastal Engineering/Plan Formulation;
Prepare reports of findings, cost and schedule changes, milestones, and project status for review by higher graded employees. Collect data from prescribed sources for use on projects meeting federal regulation, policy and contract task orders. Analyze data collected to assist with design work of limited scope. Projects include tasks in coastal engineering and rehabilitation of Hurricane Shore Protection.
NOAA/DOE Graduate Scholar
City College of New York, NY
06/12 – 01/14
Graduate research fellowship under NASA JPL scientist. Studying terrestrial ecosystems and infrastructure (LCLU) along the Gulf coast and southeast US with focus on climate change implications through extensive use of satellite dataset processing instruments and research.
Transportation Technology Transfer Center
Mayaguez, PR
02/12 - 06/12
Work-study – Designing ample campaigns and case studies on transportation safety, systems and methods. Projects ranged from community awareness to academic activities.
Ben Fiction
05/2012 - Present
Founder/Creative Director - Community development effort. Conceptualizing urban interaction events and experiences focused on the community resiliency of macro/micro scale neighborhoods, demographics, and public spaces.
Coast II Coast EIT Services
University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez, PR
08/11 – 12/11
Design/Structural Analysis Team: Complete project development including; structural, water resources, geotechnical, transportation and project management. Managed team’s resources and time to meet deadlines.
CarlosJuan Ralat Architects
Mayaguez, PR
09/10 - 12/11
Internship - Completed renderings, elevations, proposals and site studies in commercial, residential and sustainability projects; used BIM to model an inactive project.
USGBC LEED Certification Project
UPRM, PR
01/10 – 05/10
Materials and Resources team - Researched certification and sustainability options for a proposed campus laboratory building. Final report presented to building design contractor.
MATHEMATICA Undergraduate Research
UPRM, PR
1/09 – 12/09
Code development report using Mathematica, Computer Algebra System (CAS)
Involvement:
CREST Student Association (STSS)
CCNY; C...
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