Jaren Cervantes
SUMMARY
A first-year civil engineering student looking for work experience to help make a positive impact on society and the environment. As humanity faces a growing global environmental crisis, I believe that becoming a civil engineer is one of the biggest ways I could help reduce humanity’s environmental impact while having a lasting positive impact on the community.
This website is a compilation of the coursework, projects, classes, and work experience I have had so far.
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PROJECTS/COURSEWORK
Effects of Water/Cement Ratio on the Compressive and Tensile Strength of Concrete Coursework
Conducted slump and compaction index tests on fresh concrete in line with BSI (British Standards Institution) Testing Standards such as BS EN 12350-2:2009 and BS EN 12350-4:2019. Created a lab report on how the water/cement ratio can affect the compressive and tensile strength of cured concrete by conducting tests in line with BS EN 12390-3:2019.
EDUCATION
I am in Year 1 of my BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering degree at the University of South Wales.
You can see the modules I am currently or will be studying for this academic year below:
This course is accredited by: JBM (Joint Board of Moderators), ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers), CIHT (Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation), IStructE (Institution of Structural Engineers), and the Permanent Way Institution.
Civil Engineering Materials | Engineering Communication | Mathematics for Engineers |
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Energy usage, carbon emissions, and life cycle of materials. | Practical surveying skills using an auto level and a total station | Matrices, complex numbers and De Moivres theorem |
Alternative construction materials such as GGBS Concrete and Geopolymer concrete. | 2D AutoCAD sketching and communication skills | Statistics, mean and standard deviation, and elementary probability. |
Ways concrete, timber and steel can degrade over time. | Basic data analysis, technical report writing and business communication | Calculus for linear, logarithmic, exponential, and hyperbolic functions. |
Types, composition and properties of concrete, steel and tImber as a construction material. | Introduction to land surveying techniques and associated calculation methodologies. | Linear algebra, trigonometry, co-ordinate geometry, and least squares approximations. |
Engineering Mechanics 1 | Thermo-fluid Mechanics | Professional Engineering |
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Energy, work, power, linear motion and projectile motion | U and R values and structural temperature gradients | Types of foundations, excavations, ground improvement techniques, temporary works and waste management |
Stress transformations, principal and maximum stress, and Mohr's circle. | Energy use in buildings and thermal comfort | Introduction to CDM 2015 regulations, types of construction sites, stages of construction and site investigation |
Method of sections and method of joints for plane trusses | Fluid properties and kinetics and hydrostatics | Introduction to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 6, 7 and 9 |
Stress, bending and torsion in beams | Basic thermodynamic concepts, definitions and terminology | Application of the code of conduct and statement of ethical principles of the ICE and Engineering Council |
WORK EXPERIENCE
Administrative Assistant
September 2022 - August 2023
Bigbang Grill Unlimited BBQ & Sushi
Assist in creating, organising, and managing digital records for recording sales data, ingredient inventory and employee payroll using tools such as Microsoft Office Word and Excel.
Analysing sales data to figure out what dishes weren’t performing well, or which ingredients were too costly at the time and suggesting changes to the menu.
Monitoring and replenishing stocks and coordinating with co-workers to make sure everyone works effectively with each other.
Tasked with the procurement, loading, and unloading deliveries of fresh ingredients from the local market to the restaurant using a company car.
In addition to my main roles I also worked as a waiter or cashier on days when the restaurant was particularly busy or when an employee got sick and I had to substitute for them.