Jeffrey Rivera's - Resume

Resume for Jeffrey Rivera

I am currently working.

My Career Goal

Here are some of my career interests:

1. I am interested in working in more areas of climatic change.

2. I am interested in analyzing the tectonic movements of Guatemala using GPS (such as Magellan or Trimble).

3. I am interested in analyzing the agriculture and population in Guatemala using remote sensing and image analysis.

4. I am interested in creating computer programs that model the environment such as the watersheds using Visual Basic, C sharp, Direct X, or others.

5. I am interested in creating computer games in 2D or 3D to educate the children (and adults) in various topics such as space, physics, and others.

6. I am interested in learning or working abroad in order to touch any of the previous interests listed before.

Employment History

2006 - current : I am currently working as Technical Adviser at Ministry of Environment of Natural Resources, Climatic Change.

2001 - current : I am currently working 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 the INTECAP in Guatemala. (1997)

2. Scholarship for the workshop course "Remote Sensing and Image Analysis" at the Stockholm University in Sweden on behalf of SIDA. (2004)

3. Scholarship for the workshop course "Implementaion of Spatial Data Bank of Natural Environment" on behalf of "Spain Cooperation Agency" ("Agencia Española de Cooperacion") in Antigua, Guatemala. (2004)

4. Scholarship for the course "Regional Workshop on Evaluating the Impact of 1990-2004 Series of the UN/Sweden International Training Course on Remote Sensing Education for Educators" in INPE in Sao Jose Dos Campos in Brazil. (2005)

5. Participation in the "Third Annual Reunion of Iberamerican Network" ("III Encuentro Anual de la Red Iberamericana") in Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia organized by the "Spain Cooperation Agency" ("Agencia Española de Cooperacion"). (2006)

6. Participation in the workshop in Santa Marta in Colombia organized by the "Netherlands Climate Change Studies Assistance Program" (NCAP). (2007)

7. Scholarship for the "17th united Nations / International Astronautical Federation Workshop on Space Technology for Sustainable Development Towards Food Security" organized by the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UN-OOSA) and International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and cosponsored by the European Space Agency (ESA) held in Hyderabad in India. In addition, the assistance to the International Astronautical Congress. (2007)

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.