Gabriel Villanueva
Build Team, Construction Management Sub-Team at Illinois Solar Decathlon- Claim this Profile
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish Native or bilingual proficiency
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Credentials
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OSHA 10-hour Construction Industry
CareerSafeNov, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Autodesk Certified User: AutoCAD
Certiport - A Pearson VUE BusinessMay, 2019- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Illinois Solar Decathlon
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United States
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Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Build Team, Construction Management Sub-Team
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Sep 2023 - Present
Member of the Construction Management Sub-Team of the Illinois Solar Decathlon Build Team. Competing in the Department of Energy Sponsored Solar Decathlon.
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Social Chair
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May 2023 - Present
Oversaw the coordination all social events for the 2023-2024 school year for both the RSO, Projects Teams and Sub-Teams. Managing all aspects of organization such as location, attendance, budget, and activities. Designed social events in effort to build team dynamics, maximizing project potential and work efficiency.Reintroduced a revitalized Mentor/Mentee program for RSO in order to motivate new members to be actively engaged in RSO competitions and activities, improving member retension and involvment rates.Organized the collection of membership dues of nearly 150 RSO members and used Python to optimize total funding through potential variables such as member retension and different due rates across multiple semesters while still maintaining a "Low Cost" in terms of RSO membership dues across campus averages. Undertook the responsibility of creating new custom RSO merch while on a limited budget as well as maintaining the "Dedication to Sustainability" by using recycled materials. Show less
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Concept Team Lead
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Sep 2022 - May 2023
Coordinated a team of 6 to research, develop and design a sustainable home using a detailed schedule to ensure proper execution of weekly deliverables. Deliverables included ideation sketching and brainstorming used to help develop the image of what the sustainable home would ultimately be and what sustainable design principles would be implemented. Sustainable design principles use: Passive solar, Passive geothermal, integrated greenhouse to the home envelope, biophilic design, solar energy, rainwater harvesting, gray water recycling. Then physical renderings, first being floorplans on autocad, then evolving to 3D functional models on Revit. Ultimately all aspects of the project will be summarized and displayed in a project presentation and written paper. Show less
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Education
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Civil Engineering -
Cypress Bay High School
High School Diploma, none