Florence CASSASSUCE

Education

Master of Engineering in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, USA

“Diplôme d’Ingénieur”, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, France

“Maîtrise de Mécanique”, University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France

Experience

Project coordinator on water issues in Baja California Sur for the ONG NIPARAJA, La Paz, Mexico.

Subject: Study of the water quality in 500 wells across Baja California Sur. Development of a household filter to remove arsenic from drinking water. Elaboration of educational manuals on water quality for rural schools.

Summer project, as part of “Engineers-Without-Frontiers-Berkeley”, in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Subject: Study of the water quality in 30 rural communities of Baja California Sur and epidemiological study to understand the relationship between the intake of high-salinity water and the development of hypertension.

Research project, as part of “Engineers without Frontiers Berkeley”, with Dr Richard Bailey, Director of the Lake Merritt Institute, Oakland, California. (www.lakemerrittinstitute.org)

Subject: Design of a constructed wetland for the ecological restoration of Lake Merritt. Evaluation of the use of the Lake Restorer technology to treat pollution from 60 storm drains around the Lake.

Research project, part of the “Agricultural Ecology” class, with Dr Miguel Altieri, UC Berkeley, California.

Subject: Study of allelopathic plants to reduce the presence of weeds in organic agriculture.

Research Assistant, with Dr Mike Hoversten and Dr James Rector, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California

Subject: Inversion of geophysical data to map the geological and hydrological properties of sediments in lake/ocean environments.

Assistant Engineer, FREYSSINET, Structural Engineering Company World Leader in Stay Cable Bridges, Paris, France.

Subject: Designing the anchor for new carbon fiber cables to be used on world’s largest stay cable bridges.

Geotechnical Consultant, Christchurch City Council, with Dr John Berrill, New Zealand,

Subject : Geotechnical in situ testing at major public sites of Christchurch. Evaluation of the risk of liquefaction in case of major earthquake. Prediction of damage to main installations and possible remediations.

Languages

Native language

Fluent

Fluent, Mother’s language

8 years of study

1 year of study

Computer

C++, C, Fortran

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Frontpage, Publisher

ProMAX, AutoCAD, Matlab

Activities

Sprint (100m/200m): 10 years of training and national competition

Rock-climbing/ Mountaineering: 14 years of rock-climbing, Rock-climber teacher in 1998-99

Web site design:          

www.africamatters.org

www.kaydahzinnestudios.com

www.visutools.com

References

Dr Slav Hermanowicz

Professor of Environmental Engineering

Department of Civil and Environmental Eng., UC Berkeley, USA

hermanowicz@ce.berkeley.edu

PH: +1 510 642 0151

Dr. Mike HOVERSTEN

Energy Resources Program Head

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA

GMHoversten@lbl.gov

PH: +1 510 486 5085

Dr. John BERRILL

Professor of Geotechnical Engineering

Dept of Civil Engineering, University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
berrill@civil.canterbury.ac.nz