Andrea Carolina Casanova

Civil Engineer

West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

About

Specialties: Experienced in: • MATLAB; AutoCAD; Maple; SolidWorks • LaTeX • Land surveying • Basic computing skills including MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Photoshop. • Fluent in Spanish

Experience

  • Civil / Water Resources Engineer at Jacobs
    Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 7 mos

  • Junior Engineer at Higgins Engineering Inc
    Apr 2021 - Mar 2022 · 1 yr

    -Floodplain encroachment analysis and site design -Flood routing modeling using ICPR and Cascade -Site analysis using LIDAR and ArcGIS -South Florida Water Management District Permitting: -Applications and calculations for Water Use Permits, quarterly compliance reports, and permit modifications -Environmental Resource permit applications, and compliance reporting -Project report for revision of Flood Insurance Study (FIS) and Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for FEMA -Water Control Plans and Reports of Engineer -Data analysis and annual compliance reports for client -Grant Applications

  • Teacher at C2 Education
    Feb 2019 - Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Sonavation Inc. (7 yrs 4 mos)
    • Assistant Research Program Manager
      Nov 2013 - Feb 2018 · 4 yrs 4 mos

      Interim CTO at Directors’ meetings, whenever he was out of the office. Prepared presentations for investors, IEEE conference invitations. Planned, organized and tracked projects within the R&D department, and held weekly progress meetings. Coordinated with other departments, contractors, and licensees regarding projects, and prototype evaluations. Assisted in preparations for branch establishment in Boston.

    • R&D Associate
      Oct 2012 - Nov 2013 · 1 yr 2 mos

    • R&D Intern
      Nov 2010 - Oct 2012 · 2 yrs

  • Undergraduate Researcher / Assistant at Brian P. Mann Laboratory
    Oct 2009 - Nov 2010 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Researched energy harvesting from low speed winds Researched energy harvesting from vibrations in automobiles (mainly experimental/ data collection) Created prototypes for other projects and occasionally prepared notes for Dr. Mann's class Gabriel Katul Laboratory- Duke University- Nicholas School of the Environment