Benjamin Rives **** Old Troon Drive, Apt K

Environmental Engineering B.S. Beavercreek, Ohio, 45324

adb3gj@r.postjobfree.com 937-***-****

Education

Central State University - Wilberforce, OH August 2010 - May 2015

B.S. Environmental Engineering

Summary of Skills

Enthusiastic and energetic engineer with 5 years of engineering college experience. 4 years of government experience demonstrating a strong work ethic, effective communication, creative problem solving, open-mindedness, and adaptability in the ever-evolving government workspace.

Proficiency in surveying equipment, Matlab, GIS (ArcGIS), Remote sensing (ENVI), Solid Edge, and Water Gems software’s.

Professional Experience

Integral Consulting Services Inc. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH

Environmental Safety Occupational Health (ESOH) October 2015 – January 3, 2020

Performed monthly inspections of safety equipment in laboratory areas, to ensure safety of all personnel. Review and process HAZMAT (Hazardous Material) online requisition forms to make sure all chemical’s that are being requested have accurate hazard information and correct storage locations that our compatible with other chemical’s in the area.

Managed fuel samples and liquid gas fills in tracking databases of IMMS, EESOH-MIS and Fuels database for RQOEE. This ensures the accurate usage, volume, and hazard’s being tracked in RQOEE.

Managed IAP waste site’s, make sure all user’s RCRA training are up to date, all containers are properly marked and classified for pick up, ensure container tracking log is up to date, preform weekly IAP inspection’s, all with the mission to properly dispose of hazardous waste.

Completed evaluation project of the lubricating oil for 5,000 HP rotating compressors in the base facility. My lubricating oil analysis saved roughly $40,000 for the facility.

Responsible for chemical inventories and maintaining two databases of 13,000 chemicals and SDS (Safety Data Sheets) files for the safety of all researcher’s and their exposure to all hazardous material in the area.

Central State University Wilberforce, OH

Sensors Center, Research Assistant October 2014 – July 2015

Preformed new techniques of ArcGIS and ENVI that included data collection and image analysis. Worked with spectral data collection and analysis of land use change detection and climatic impacts on irrigation agriculture in the lower Colorado River Basin using remote sensing and GIS techniques.

Worked with hyperspectral data atmospheric correction and crop classification for Palo Verde Irrigation district in the lower Colorado River Basin using ENVI software modules. Preformed ENVI software for hyperspectral data atmospheric correction package FLAASH (Fast Line of Sight Atmospheric Analysis of Spectral Hypercubes). Applied FLAASH atmospheric correction for AVIRIS imagery for Palo Verde Irrigation. Conducted crop classification for AVIRIS imagery for Palo Verde Irrigation District. Conducted crop classification for AVIRIS imagery using ENVI vegetation analysis tools.

Presented research alongside my professor for the Air Force Research Laboratory Minority Leaders Research Collaboration Program.

Purdue University Nextrans Transportation West Lafayette, IN

Internship June 2014 – August 2014

Served as an intern at the Nextrans center (USDOT Region V Regional University Transportation Center). Mapped out vulnerability in water recourse in the Mekong Delta using ArcGIS metadata provided online and by my supervisor. Researched different contaminants in various areas in the southern part of Vietnam using ArcGIS to visualize the certain contaminants in those areas.

Performed simulator driving testing for vulnerability in the software and the psychological human behavior when behind the wheel of a vehicle for different scenarios.

Department Of Transportation Wilberforce, OH

Grant position October 2011 – November 2012

Received training to operate MOVES (Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator) Modeling software.

Collected traffic counts information on Indiana and Michigan from DOT website to input in the MOVES modeling software to map out both states emissions data to obtain the areas of high emission rates in certain areas of these states.

Additional

Training & Certifications:

ArcGIS Desktop (for ArcGIS 10), Basics of map Projections, Surface Modeling ArcGIS during internship at Purdue University.

Certificate from Purdue University, “His satisfactory work advanced a project funded by the United States Department of Transportation. He presented his work in a formal presentation to researchers from the Center’s multi-university consortium and submitted an academic report, simulated the experience of graduate-level research”.

Awards:

Received Spot Award from Integral Consulting Services for our hard work and dedication to the ESOH team at AFRL. Our contributions of the whole team have earned the Hazmart manager team of the quarter for Nov 2018-Jan 2019, Award of excellence in Hazardous Material Management by Wright – Patterson AFB.

Letter of appreciation on behalf of the Aerospace Systems Directorate on supporting the EESOH-MIS migration. This letter that was received is a testament to our dedication and hard work to resolve the issues that were identified immediately after the migration was complete in February 2017. “They truly exhibit the Air Force core values of service and integrity”.

Received Choose Ohio First Scholar certificate from Ohio 53rd Secretary of State on April 20, 2015.

Undergraduate Activities

Received freshman scholarship.

Received Do-Stem scholarship at Central State University.

Member of the Central State University Environmental Engineering Club.

Completed Senior Capstone Project on Green Roof Design.

Member of Student African American Brotherhood organization (SAAB) organization.

Community Outreach:

Active participation in University community fundraisers and wellness activities - (March 2011 – May 2015)

Member of the Central State University Environmental Engineering Club. Go Green clean up’s, presentation to high scholars on groundwater models, and field trips to water treatment plants.

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