Jeffrey Rivera's - Resume

Resume for Jeffrey Rivera

My Career Goal

Here are some of my career interests:

1. Working in more areas of climatic change.

2. Creating climate change or watershed models.

3. Analyzing the tectonic movements of Guatemala using GPS (such as Magellan or Trimble).

4. Analyzing the agriculture and population in Guatemala using remote sensing and image analysis.

5. Creating computer programs that model the environment such as the watersheds using Visual Basic, C sharp, Direct X, or others.

6. Creating computer games in 2D or 3D to educate the children (and adults) in various topics such as space, physics, and others.

7. Create 3D models and interactive maps for buildings using DirectX.

8. Creating animations to assist with the ease of understanding of engineering and environmental affairs for the general public.

9. Learning or working abroad in order to touch any of the previous interests listed before.

Employment History

2006 - current : I have previously worked as Technical Adviser at Ministry of Environment of Natural Resources, Climatic Change.

2001 - current : I have previously worked as Teacher at University Rafael Landivar of Guatemala, Department of Engineering.

Other past positions

List of courses that I taught at the Universidad Del Valle de Guatemala:
1. Introduction to Autocad
2. Advanced Autocad
3. Computer Science for Engineers
4. Advanced Computer Methods of Analysis for Engineers
5. Fluid Mechanics
6. Hydraulics I
7. Developing 2D and 3D Games with Direct X

List of course that I taught at the Universidad Rafael Landivar de Guatemala:
1. Fluid Mechanics
2. Autocad Course with 2D and 3D
3. Developing 2D and 3D Games with Direct X
4. Excel Course with Macros and Visual Basic

Education

1977 - 1989: I studied English, computer programming for my High School at Riverdale Country School.

1990 - 1996: I studied Civil Engineer, computer programming, use of laboratories, fluid mecanics, hydraulics for my Certificate/Diploma at University del Valle of Guatemala.

Other education and training

1. Scholarship for the course "Autocad 2D and 3D" in INTECAP Guatemala. (Date: 1997) (http://www.intecap.org.gt)

2. Scholarship for the workshop of "Remote Sensing and image analysis" at Stockholm University in Sweden on behalf of AIDS. (Date: 2004)(http://www.sida.se/sida/jsp/sida.jsp?d=121&language=en_US)

3. Scholarship for the workshop "Implementation of Spatial Database Environment" on behalf of "Cooperation Agency of Spain (Spanish Cooperation Agency) in Antigua, Guatemala. (Date: 2004) (http://www.aecid.es)

4. Scholarship for the course "Regional Workshop on Impact Assessment of the 1990-2004 series of United Nations / Sweden International Training Course on Remote Sensing Education for Educators" at INPE in Sao Jose dos Campos in Brazil. (Date: 2005) (http://www.sida.se/sida/jsp/sida.jsp?d=121&language=en_US)

5. Participation in the "Third Annual Meeting of the Iberoamerican Network" ( "Third Annual Meeting of the Network Iberamericana") in Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia, organized by the agency of Spain "(Spanish Cooperation Agency). (Date: 2006) (http://www.aecid.es)

6. Participation in the workshop in Santa Marta in Colombia, organized by the "Program of Assistance to the netherlands studies" department of the Netherlands Climate Change (NCAP - Netherlands Climate Assistance Program). (Date: 2007) (http://www.nlcap.net)

7. Scholarship for the 17th United Nations / International Astronautical Federation Workshop on Space Technology for Sustainable Development for Food Security ", organized by the Office for Outer Space Affairs (UN-OOSA - United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs) and International Astronautical Federation (IAF - International Astronautical Federation) and cosponsored by the European Space Agency (ESA), held in Hyderabad in India. In addition, attendance at International Astronautical Congress. (Date: 2007) (http://www.oosa.unvienna.org)

8. Workshop participation in Kontakt der Kontinent in the Netherlands "International Final Partner Meeting" organized by NCAP (The Netherlands Climate Assistance Program "). (Date: 2008) (http://www.nlcap.net)

9. Participation in the workshop in Medellín, Colombia, from "Workshop on the Applications of Global Navigation Satellite Systems", organized by UNOOSA (United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs). (Date: 2008) (http://www.oosa.unvienna.org)

10. Participation in the workshop in Panama, "Time Monitoring Tools for Adaptation to Climate Change" by CATHALAC (Regional Training Center of the Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean). (Date: 2008) (http://www.cathalac.org)

Research and publications

1. Research in the analisis of game development with DirectX and Darkbasic.

2. Analysis with 3D scanner at the Universidad Rafael Landivar of Guatemala.