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Contact

By email works best

Personal Email: diana@hasegan.com
Lingnan Email: dianahasegan@ln.edu.hk
Lafayette Email: hasegand@lafayette.edu

Objective

To obtain a summer internship in 2008 in the fields of green building engineering, environmental engineering or development economics.

Education

Lafayette College     August 2006 - May 2010      Easton PA, U.S.A.

Civil and Environmental Engineering (B.S.) and Economics and Business (B.A.)          GPA: 4.0 (out of 4.0)
Relevant courses:
Environmental Engineering (CE 321)
Civil Engineering Design I (CE 271)
Fluid Mechanics (CE 251)
Statics for Engineering (ES 226)
Engineering Professionalism and Ethics (ES 225)
Engineering and Public Policy (EP 251)
Microeconomics (ECON 211)

Lingnan University      January 2008 - May 2008      Hong Kong, CHINA

International Exchange Programme
Relevant Courses:
China, Hong Kong and the World Economy (ECO 213)
The Hong Kong Economy (ECO 209)
Regional Development in China (ECO 212)
World Environmental History (HST 261)
Business Statistics (BUS 102)
Chinese as a 2nd Language I (Mandarin) (LCC 111)

Colegiul National Unirea      2002 - 2006      Tirgu Mures, ROMANIA

Track: Mathematics, Computer Science and English      GPA: 9.90 (out of 10)
Certificate for Intermediate English Language Skills from the Ministry of Education (2006)
Certificate for Intermediate Programming Skills from the Ministry of Education (2006)

Awards and Honors

William G. McLean Tau Beta Pi Award 2008

Awarded annually to a sophomore engineering student based on academic performance, campus, citizenship, and professional orientation.

Environmental Engineering Poster Competition

1st place with the team for the project Sustainable Waste Management through Composting. Poster is on display on the 3rd Floor in the Acopian Engineering Center at Lafayette College.

Dean’s List

(Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007)

National Olympics of Economics

9th place on the country level and the CREE Special Award for Creativity, (April 2006)

Student Company Competition - Junior Achievement Romania

3rd national place with the team UBI (2005)

Skills

Transferable skills:

time management, coping with multiple tasks, planning, oral and written communication, presentation skills, team work, problem solving, critical thinking, decision making, leadership, research skills, multi-cultural competence, conflict resolution

Computer:

AutoCAD, HEC-RAS, graphical processing (Adobe Fireworks, Photoshop)

Document processing:

Microsoft Office - Work, Excel, Powerpoint, Adobe Acrobat

Programming:

Pascal, Delphi, Visual C++, FoxPro

Languages:

Romanian (native), English (proficient), French (good), German (basic), Mandarin (basic), Cantonese (basic)

Experience

Jobs and Internships

Internship at WESSLING Romania      (Jan 2008)      Tirgu Mures, Romania
Observed the activity in an Environmental Services International Company. Learned about analytical spectrometers and chromatographs. Helped with translations to and from English, German and Romanian.

Resident Adviser      Lafayette College (Aug 2007 - Dec 2007)      Easton, PA
Acted as 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.

Tutor for the Academic Resource Center     Lafayette College (Jan 2007 - Dec 2007)     Easton, PA
Tutored students in math, physics, engineering and economics courses

Annual Fund – Student Ambassador      Lafayette College (Sept 2006- July 2007)      Easton, PA
Called alumni to encourage donations and provide information about current events on campus.

Research

EXCEL Research Program      Lafayette College (Sept 2007 - Dec 2007)      Easton, PA
"Multi-Objective Optimization for Wireless Sensor Networks using Genetic Algorithms". Wrote the simulation code in Visual C++. Tested the program and analized the results. Wrote conference paper. Planning to go to National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR 2008) and Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2008).

EXCEL Research Program      Lafayette College (May 2007 - July 2007)      Easton, PA
”User Guided Conceptual Design and Multi-Objective Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms of Large Span Roof Trusses” - Worked on implementing changes in the computer model and assessing their impact

Projects and Leadership

GREEN REEDER Project      Lafayette College (Oct 2007 - present)
Initiated a project to create a sustainable living environment in the house I was Resident Adviser during Fall 2007. The purposes of the project are to renovate the house to be more healthy and efficient and to develop a community dedicated to a sustainable life.

LEAP/SEES Sustainable Waste Management through Composting (Sept 2007 - Dec 2007) Easton, PA
Headed the policy research team and the funding team

Family Weekend Committee      Lafayette College (March 2007 – Oct 2007)      Easton, PA
Worked on the Campus Programs Subcommittee to plan the 2007 edition of Lafayette Family Weekend

Lafayette Leadership Institute 2007      Lafayette College (February 2007)      Easton, PA
Selected to participate in a one-day institute for building leadership skills; participated in all the session

Volunteering

About Studying in US      (January 2008)      Tirgu Mures, ROMANIA
Initiated an information program about college education in U.S.A. for high-school students. Held two presentations to over 250 students from two high-schools.

Vocational Counseling - Colegiul National Unirea      (December 2007)      Tirgu Mures, ROMANIA
Presented my experience of studying abroad in U.S.A. and my field of study to high-school student.

Romanian Conference at Columbia University      (April 2007)      New York, NY
Presented research and insights with one other person on “Re-thinking Romanian Education is Re-thinking its Future”

Admissions Ambassador for Lafayette College at Fulbright Commission      (December 2006)      Bucharest, Romania
Presented a seminar to introduce Lafayette College and share personal insights with future applicants from Romania

Societies and Clubs

Societies:

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Lafayette Environmental Awareness and Protection (LEAP), Society of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (SEES), Engineers Without Borders (EWB), Society of Women Engineers (SWE)

Clubs/Sports:

Club Tennis Team, Intramural Volleyball, International Student Association, Economics Club