José Tomás Díaz Casanueva
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Experience
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Larry Walker Associates
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United States
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Environmental Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Ingeniero de Proyectos
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Oct 2023 - Present
Davis, California, Estados Unidos
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Hydrologist
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Nov 2019 - Aug 2023
Davis, CA My roles at Hydrofocus include subsurface analysis and hydrologic modeling; water quality and geochemical analysis and modeling; field data collection and supervision of field work by technical staff; report preparation and journal article writing; contribution to business development; and technical leadership
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Tetra Tech
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United States
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Civil Engineering
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700 & Above Employee
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Environmental Engineer I
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Jul 2019 - Nov 2019
Oakland Assisted Camp Fire remediation project in Paradise, CA. Collected soil samples on-site and performed quality control of measurements off-site.
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University of California, Berkeley
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Teaching Assistant
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Jan 2019 - May 2019
Berkeley, California Assisted in the delivery of academic curriculum, including water management, treatment, reuse, innovation, adaptation and challenges for course taught by Dr. Kara Nelson and Dr. Jennifer Stokes-Draut
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Centro de Cambio Global UC
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Chile
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Research Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Short-Term Entry-Level Consultant
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Apr 2018 - Jun 2018
Santiago Province, Chile • Projected shifts in streamflow distribution and future water availability to predict future power generation o Analyzed historical precipitation, temperature and historic streamflow data, and downscaled future climate data for different climate change scenarios o Constructed, calibrated and validated a surface water streamflow hydrological model o Created presentations, maps, technical reports, and datasets, communicated effectively during meetings with the client and team of… Show more • Projected shifts in streamflow distribution and future water availability to predict future power generation o Analyzed historical precipitation, temperature and historic streamflow data, and downscaled future climate data for different climate change scenarios o Constructed, calibrated and validated a surface water streamflow hydrological model o Created presentations, maps, technical reports, and datasets, communicated effectively during meetings with the client and team of senior engineers, and advised the client regarding risk assessment and future financial projections Show less
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Teaching Assistant
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Aug 2015 - Jul 2017
• o Water Quality: graded exams, coordinated fieldwork and performed experimental demonstrations o Environmental Geochemistry: guided research projects, supervised laboratory experiments, graded evaluations and assignments, organized field campaigns, and coordinated guest speakers o Environmental Engineering: lead discussion sections, graded evaluations and guided group projects
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Research Assistant
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Dec 2015 - Nov 2016
o Organized field work and collected water samples in a river which served as a critical drinking water supply o Performed in situ and ex situ wet chemistry analysis of pH, conductivity, alkalinity, PSD, TSS and TDS o Prepared samples for chemical analysis of inorganic and organic ions, and metals concentration and speciation o Programmed MS Excel macro in VBA for validation of measured metals concentrations in soils
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Intern
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Dec 2016 - Jan 2017
• Environmental Assessment of metals pollution in soils at major Chilean mining cities o Collected samples of street dust, parks soil and abandoned mine tailings o Validated measurements using non-parametric statistical tests o Produced maps, wrote a technical report summarizing the study results, and identified hotspots where international standards are not met, and remediation might be required
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Colbun S.A
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Chile
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Electric Power Generation
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700 & Above Employee
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Intern
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Dec 2014 - Dec 2014
Assessed thermoelectric power plants atmospheric emissions inventories by programming a VBA script which grouped information and calculated statistics, in order to identify high-emission episodes and project future costs due to carbon tax
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Education
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University of California, Berkeley
Master of Science, ENGINEERING -
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Bachelor