Diana HASEGAN, E.I.T. | Curriculum Vitae | diana.hasegan.com

Environmental Engineer with Sustainability Expertise

Contact

diana@hasegan.com
+1 484.548.0348

Current Address

10 Duh Drive Apt. 113
Bethlehem PA, 18015
U.S.A.

Permanent Address

Aleea Cornisa nr. 21 ap. 2
540104, Targu Mures
Mures, Romania

Summary

Educational Background

• University 2006 - 2010: - Dual degree: B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering and B.A. Economics and Business at LAFAYETTE College, Easton PA. GPA: 3.92
  
  Graduated with Summa Cum Laude and Honors in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Economics.
  Honor Thesis: What is impeding the absorption of European Union Structural Funding given to the Romanian Transportation System?
  
  Related Coursework:
  • Civil Engineering: Advanced Environmental Engineering Case Studies, Environmental, Transportation Systems, Water Resources, Structural Analysis and Steel Design, Advanced Steel Design, Geotechnical, Civil Engineering Project Management, Civil Engineering Design I, Civil Engineering Design II, Fluid Mechanics, Architectural Engineering
  • Economics: Advanced Development Economics, Development Economics, Environmental Economics, Political Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Econometrics
  • General: Engineering Professionalism and Ethics, Public Policy and Engineering, Sustainable Solutions, Intermediate Chinese
  
  
• Interim Abroad Course Janurary 2009: Envisioning Environmental Science in New Zealand
  
  
• Study Abroad Spring 2008: - Exchange semester at LINGNAN University, Hong Kong SAR, China
  Related Coursework: China, Hong Kong and the World Economy, Regional Development in China, The Hong Kong Economy, World Environmental History, Chinese as a Second Language (Mandarin), Business Statistics
  
  
• High-school 2002 - 2006: - Colegiul National UNIREA, Targu Mures, Romania - Profile : Mathematics - Computer Science - English

Environmental and Sustainability Experience

STAFF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER II for Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc.
Doylestown, PA
Green and Sustainable Remediation: Performed evaluations of pump and treat systems, soil excavations, in-situ chemical oxidation, bioremediation and monitored natural attenuation.
Site Assessment/Investigation and Characterization: Prepared, performed and coordinated field activities.
Risk Evaluations and Remedial Strategies: Provided interpretation of tens of years of sampling data in support of risk evaluations, risk based remedial strategies and exit-strategies for contaminated sites

PROJECT MANAGER for Civil Engineering Capstone Design Project
Lafayette College (Easton, PA)
Project Manager for the Civil Engineering Capstone Design Project tasked with completing a Sustainability Master Plan for a Sports Complex. Contributed with design and integration of sustainability components (sitting and buildings, water resources, energy, transportation, landscapping and gardening, etc.) Negotiated proposed ideas in a Design Charrette. Organized campus and community stakeholders outreach and presentations, culminating in a final presentation of our Master Plan in front of over 20 decision-making executive staff and faculty.

RESEARCHER for Lower Ninth Ward Carbon-Neutral Rehabilitation
Lower Ninth Ward (New Orleans, LA)
Developed a specialized carbon footprint calculator for the repopulation/redevelopment of the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans using GIS mapping software and a few carbon modeling software.

CONSULTANT for a Green Energy Feasibility Study
Nazareth Wastewater Treatment Plant (Nazareth, PA)
Analyzed technical and economical feasibility of alternative energy options (solar, wind, geothermal, thermal) for powering the WWTP; Collected and interpreted site data and facts about renewable energy technologies to assess technical and financial feasibility; Worked with local solar contractors to start the financing, permitting, legal and implementation work of a 1.25 MW solar PV array.

EMERGING GREEN BUILDERS: Urban Green Council - New York
Harlem Borough (New York City, NY)
Won 3rd place in the 2009 USGBC’s Natural Talent Design Competition with a 7-story mixed use building in Harlem, which combined the LEED SCH and LEED NC Rating Systems into a school and sustainability center for the community with affordable housing units

INTERN at WESSLING Romania
(Targu Mures, Romania)
Worked on a groundwater remediation project in the remedial investigation phase. Also helped with translation of European and American guidance documents and regulations to and from English, German and Romanian and performed basic office duties.

INDEPENDENT STUDY: THE GREEN REEDER HOUSE PROJECT
Lafayette College (Easton, PA)
Led an initiative to renovate a residential hall to green building standards and foster a sustainable living community in the Reeder Scholars House. Gained experience with LEED Certification.

LEAP/SEES Sustainable Waste Management through Composting
Lafayette College (Easton, PA)
Worked on a sustainable food loop through composting all biodegradable dining wastes at Lafayette College

Other Experience

WRITING ASSOCIATE: at Lafayette College
Provided informed and intelligent readings of work-in-progress to help students formulate and answer difficult questions about their own writing.

RESIDENT ADVISOR: at Lafayette College
Act as an information resource, activities organizer, liaison to the Office of Residence Life, adviser and friend for the residents in Reeder Street Scholars House and McKelvy Scholars House.

PROGRAMMING SKILLS: EXCEL Research Program at Lafayette College - (Easton, PA)
Researched Multi-Objective Optimization using Genetic Algorithms with application in Wireless Sensor Networks and Large Span Roof Trusses. Gained valuable analytical and research skills, oral and written communication skills, and presentation skills.

Volunteering and Leadership

MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY VP of Projects - League of Romanian Students Abroad
Volunteering for a non-profit organization trying to bring positive change and development within Romania by harnessing the capabilities and experience of Romanians with studies abroad.

Engineering Futures Facilitator Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honors Society
Facilitating seminars to college students on topics such as People Skills (communication, motivation, conflict resolution), Working in Teams, Preparing, Running and Participating in Meetings, Analytical Problem Solving, and Effective Presentation Skills.

ACE Mentoring (Architecture Construction and Engineering Group)
Mentoring high-school level students in a design competition to help them discover engineering, develop basic skills and understanding of the A/E/C industry and inspire them to pursue careers in the A/E/C field.

Lehigh Valley Sustainability Network (LVSN)
Strategy and Leadership Team, Social Media Infrastructure Support.

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Contributing to the Lehigh Valley Regional Infrastructure Planning and Investment Project evaluating the Life-Cycle Costs of maintaining infrastructure in the Lehigh Valley.

TED Translator (online)
Translated and reviewed a number of TED talks contributing to TED's efforts to educate more people.

SUMMER WORKSHOP: Undergraduate Study in the U.S. (Targu Mures, Romania)
Initiated, organized and presented a week-long summer workshop for high-school students from Tg.Mures. The workshop aimed at informing the students about the opportunities available to them for studying in the United States as well as sharing personal thoughts and advice from experience. Received support and funding from the Fulbright Educational Advising Center in Bucharest, Romania.

About Studying in the U.S. (Targu Mures, Romania)
Initiated an information program about college education in the U.S.A. for high-school students. Held two presentations for over 250 students from two high-schools.

Family Weekend Committee (Lafayette College, Easton PA)
Worked on the Campus Programs Sub-committee to plan the 2007 edition of the Lafayette Family Weekend.

Romanian Conference at Columbia University (New York City, NY)
Presented research and insights with a Romanian exchange student at New York University on the topic "Re-thinking Romanian Education is Re-thinking its Future"

Admissions Ambassador at the Fulbright Educational Advising Center in Bucharest (Bucharest, Romania)
Presented a seminar to introduce Lafayette College and share personal insights with future applicants from Romania.

Skills and Certifications

• Engineer in Training (E.I.T.) - since April 2009
• OSHA 40-HOUR HAZWOPER - since October 2010
• Field Investigations: low-flow and passive-diffusion bag sampling, sub-slab soil gas and indoor air sampling for vapor intrusion, overburden and bedrock wells installation, packer testing and geophysical investigations.
• Green and Sustainable Remediation: AFCEE SRT, NAVFAC SiteWise Tool, SURF Guidance Documents
• Environmental Regulations Knowledge: USEPA Superfund, USEPA RCRA, NJDEP ISRA, NJDEP LSRP, and PADEP Act 2
• Life Cycle Assessments: ISO 14040/14044, PAS 2050, PAS 2060, carbon footprinting, OpenLCA Software
• LEED Certification: experience with LEED NC, LEED SCH, LEED EB: O&M
• Computer and Data Modeling: ArcGIS (ArcMap, ArcView, ArcCatalog), AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 (and earlier versions), gINT, Grapher 8.0, eDAT, Stata10, programming (Visual C++, Pascal, Delphi, FoxPro, HTML), Document Processing (Microsoft Office Suite, Open Office Suite, Google Docs Suite, Adobe Acrobat Professional), Image Processing (Adobe Photoshop, gIMP).
• Transferable Skills
  • Leadership: initiated and led to completion multiple projects on sustainable practices and education
  • Management: developed a strategic plan for the Projects Department of the League of Romanian Students Abroad and recruited, trained and managed a team of volunteers.
  • Written Communication: multiple writing courses and seminars; numerous papers and reports for engineering projects; proposals for self-initiated projects; grant proposals; opinion editorials; petitions; press releases;
  • Presentation Skills: won the first place in the Environmental Engineering Poster Competition; gave numerous other presentations for class projects, honors thesis and research projects to a wide range of audiences; presented multiple sessions in front of small and large audiences on the topic of undergraduate admission in the US.
  • Team Work: have been part of various classroom, laboratory and extra-curricular teams; completed a 4-hour Tau Beta Pi Engineering Futures Session on Team Chartering.
  • Research:
    • completed aprox. 7 months of research on genetic algorithms application in civil engineering.
    • completed one year of research on carbon footprint modelling for the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans.
    • completed a year-long honors thesis
  • Multi-cultural competence: Completed 15 hours of training and applied the concepts and learnings on a constant basis through my Resident Advisor position.
  • Conflict resolution: Completed 20 hours of training organized by CODECS Foundation for Leadership.
• Language skills
  • Romanian - native
  • English - fluent/proficient
  • French - basic (took aprox. 4 years of middle to high-school classes)
  • German - basic (took 2 years of high-school classes)
  • Chinese (Mandarin) - very basic (took 1 semester course, learned aprox. 100 characters)
• Driving license - category B

Publications and Presentations

Christopher Glenn, Diana Hasegan and Patrick Hubbard. (2011) "Greenhouse Gas Emissions as a Sustainability Criterion for Remedial Action Decision-Making." Poster presentation at 2011 Battelle International Symposium on Bioremediationand Sustainable Environmental Technologies, Reno, NV, and at 2011 International Conference for Sustainable Remediation, Amherst, MA.

Christopher Glenn, Diana Hasegan, Lowell Kessel. (2011) "The Importance of Consistent and Accurate Metrics for Greenhouse Gas Calculations." Poster presentation at 2011 Battelle International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies, Reno, NV.

Diana Hasegan, Bryan Hendrickson, Connor McGee. (2010) "Sustainable Solutions:Sports Complex of Renewable Energy (SCORE) at Metzgar Field Athletic Complex in Forks Township, PA." Poster presentation at 2010 Capstone Design Conference, Boulder, CO.

Diana Hasegan. (2010) "What is impeding the absorption of European Union Structural Funds given to the Transportation System in Romania?" Presentation at 21st Annual Omicron Delta Epsilon Business and Economics Undergraduate Research Conference at Ursinus College.

Diana Hasegan, Ben Towne, Arthur Kney, Javad Tavakoli. (2009) "An Alternative Energy Feasibility Study for powering a Waste Water Treatment Plant in Nazareth, PA." 2009 Annual Pennsylvania Water Environment Association Conference, Lancaster, PA.

Awards / Honors

Carroll Phillips Bassett Prize 2010 awarded annually to a senior student deemed most outstanding by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

1st Prize at 2009 National Undergraduate Business Competition organized by Simon Graduate School of Business at University of Rochester

1st Place in the Lafayette Annual Study Abroad Competition with the photo titled "Afternoon Walk in the Summer Palace (Beijing, China)"

Eugene P. Chase Phi Beta Kappa Prize 2008 awarded annually to a sophomore(s) who has demonstrated scholarship as a first-year student.

William G. McLean Tau Beta Pi Award 2008 awarded annually to the sophomore engineering student(s) who has excelled in both academics and extracurricular activities.

1st Place with the team in the Lafayette Environmental Engineering Poster Competition for the Project "Sustainable Waste Management through Composting"

Dean's List which recognizes the students with GPAs greater than 3.65 out of 4.00.

Professional membership

Sustainable Remediation Forum (SuRF)

Lehigh Valley Sustainability Network (LVSN)

Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) - Oldest Academic Honor Society for Liberal Arts.

Tau Beta Pi (TBP) - The Engineering Honor Society.

Omicron Delta Epsilon (ODE) - The International Honor Society for Economics.

Sigma Xi (SigmaXi) - The Scientific Research Society.

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Engineers Without Borders (EWB-LAF).

Society of Women Engineers (SWE).

Society of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (SEES).

Lafayette Environmental Awareness and Protection (LEAP).