Mr. Andrea Pipinato

Local address: 4012 E. Palomar Circle, LaBelle, Florida 33935, USA

Permanent Address: Via Mantegna 8, 35020 Ponte San Nicolò (Padua), Italy

Phone numbers: USA: (863)674-5727 or 674-1241, Italy: 011-39-049-717046

E-mail addresses: USA: apipinato@intellitemps.net, Italy: apipinato@iol.it

Web site: http://www.portlabelle.com/iii/Andrea

Date of birth: February 29, 1972. Piove di Sacco (Padua, Italy)

Citizenship: Italian

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE

A civil engineering (water resources) position in the U.S.A., preferably Florida, involving hydrologic and hydraulic simulation model development and applications. I seek to build upon my current E.I. status towards a P.E. licence as part of a professional engineering firm properly structured for teamwork and growth.

Note: Current visa status is J-1 (educational training program intern) through August, 2001. Permanent employment requires transition to H-1B status, sponsored by an employer, but which can be facilitated by Southern DataStream Inc. and Intelligentsia International, Inc. (sponsors of my internship program).

SECONDARY EDUCATION

1987 – 1991 High school at “Liceo Scientifico Statale A. Cornaro” in Padua, Italy, (graduated in the top 5% of class).

UNIVERSITY STUDIES

School: University of Padua

Graduated: December, 1999

Degree: Civil Engineering, 5-year degree

Major Subjects: Hydraulics, Hydrology, Drainage & Irrigation Systems, Hydraulic Structures & Construction, Harbor Engineering, Hydro-mechanics, Sewerage Systems, Measurements & Controls.

Thesis Title: An F.E.M. Program for Two-dimensional Navier-Stokes Equations of Newtonian Incompressible Viscous Flows. This project addressed convection dominated problems utilizing the “balancing diffusion technique” to stabilize solution convergence.

SPECIAL ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

1997-98 Undergraduate Research Project in Regional Planning

Department of Chemical Processes Engineering,
University of Padua, Architecture and Urbanistic Institute

Constructed wetlands for treatment of agricultural runoff waters in the Venice Lagoon Basin at Ca’ di Mezzo. Water quality monitoring of runoff; evaluation of aquatic plants system for phytodepuration; and development of biomasses utilization alternatives.

1997 International Workshop on Integrated Water Quality Management

The Role of Agricultural Nonpoint Pollution Sources. Regione Veneto, CSIM (Meteorology and Hydrology Sperimental Center) Teolo, Padua. May 11-16, 1997.

1991-92 English Language Studies at “Centro Diffusione Lingue” in Padua.

WORK EXPERIENCE

December 2000 – present Civil engineer intern

Lee County Regional Water Supply Authority 2180 West First Street, Suite 208, Fort Myers, Florida 33901, USA

Hydrologic simulation training program under the academic supervision of Dr. J.C. Capece. Training included the use of XP SWMM (eXPert Storm Water Managing Model) for surface urban runoff simulation applied to the City of Cape Coral urban canal network. Responsible for model construction and calibration plus statistical analysis of historical data for design event development and model results comparisons.

July - December 2000 Civil engineer intern

SouthernData Stream Inc. 18 Marina Drive, LaBelle, Florida 33935, USA

Agricultural engineering, water management, and water quality research services. 

Responsibilities included:

· Programming and calibration of hydrologic instrument systems.

· Installation and maintenance of dataloggers, sensors, and power systems.

· Field data collection and analysis.

· Design and development of an innovative flow-integrating water sampler.

· Web page design and maintenance.

· Lecturer in a K-12 educational program on computer technologies.

· Organizer, The 10th Annual Southwest Florida Water Resources Conference.

May 2000 - June 2000 Staff engineer

Studio di architettura di Adriano Ceola e Simone Barzon, Padua, Italy.

Responsible for architectural and engineering tasks.

February 2000 - April 2000 Freelance cooperating engineer

SWS Soil Water Structures-Engineering Services, Padua, Italy.

Environmental impact analysis for preliminary and final design of the “Pedemontana Veneta” highway, from Vicenza to Treviso. Hydrologic and hydraulic analysis for stormwater runoff.

March 1994 - July 1999 Polling station vice-president (official inspector)

Supervised the conduct of voting during local and parliamentary elections and popular referendums.

Fall 1986 Distribution of advertising handbills

Independent contractor for advertising company for distribution of printed advertisements to offices and individuals.

1993-97 Private tutor

Academic instruction in Mathematics and Physics to students aged 15 to 18.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows 95/98

Programming Languages: Fortran 77 and CSI Datalogger Assembly Language

Software Packages: XP-SWMM, Autocad, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PhotoDraw, and FrontPage (website design),

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Italian (native), English (fluent), and French (basic)

HOBBIES

Theatre (member of an amateur players company) and Sports (soccer and swimming)

REFERENCES PROVIDED ON REQUEST or via http://www.portlabelle.com/iii/Andrea