Quality Years Experience

STEVEN PATRICK DENERO

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Davis, CA 9561 ********@*******.***

OBJECTIVE:

Obtain a full time career where my skills and experience in atmospheric science and air quality can be utilized

daily to complete challenging projects.

EDUCATION:

University of California at Davis, M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering (2008 2010)

GPA – 3.70

Cornell University, B.S., Atmospheric Science (2004 2008)

GPA 3.65

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Graduate Student Researcher at UC Davis, CEE Department 9/2008 Present

Studied under Professor Michael J. Kleeman

Designed new adaptations to full scale photochemical model WRF Chem

Focused on impact of source oriented pollution on local/regional weather patterns

Created interface between emissions preprocessing shell scripts and WRF input

Meteorological Intern at Sonoma Technology, Inc 6/2008 9/2008

Quality assured/controlled reports from numerous pollutant observation sites

Modified scripts to automatically display regional pollution forecasts with Google Earth

Generated daily text and graphical national air quality forecasts

Research Assistant at Cornell University, College of Engineering 3/2007 5/2008

Constructed dispersion model for size resolved particulates near roadways

Modeled climate scenarios using AERMET

Gathered and processed point source emissions data for AERMOD

Intern at WHEC TV Weather Lab 6/2006 – 8/2006

Collected regional meteorology data for daily forecasts

Assisted in preparing forecasts and graphics for nightly newscasts

Weather Observer for the Cornell Climatology Center 9/2005 – 2/2006

Recorded data daily at official Ithaca NWS site

Reported data to Northeast Regional Climatology Center

SPECIAL SKILLS:

• 2+ years experience writing and debugging FORTRAN code

• Extremely proficient with Microsoft Office

• Proficient with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop

• Experience with Shell scripting

• Past course-work related experience with several dispersion models (MOBILE6.2, EMFAC2002, CALINE4)

SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS & ACTIVITIES:

• Six time CALS Dean’s List Award Recipient

• CEE Department Representative to the UCD Graduate Student Assn.

• Member of Golden Key International Honor Society and National Scholars Honor Society

• Awarded the A.W. Laubengayer Prize for the top academic performance in Chemistry course

• Former Vice President of Training and afternoon Disc Jockey at 93.5 FM WVBR

RELEVANT COURSES:

Air Quality • Air Quality Modeling • Aerosol Mechanics • Atmospheric Dynamics • Fluid Mechanics Fortran

Programming • Atmospheric Chemistry • Environment, Energy & Transportation

PUBLICATIONS:

“Source Oriented WRF/CHEM Model for Regional Air Pollution Studies” ( 2011, In Development )

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