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Tania S. Agudelo Mendieta

Environmental Engineer - Hydrogeologist and climatic change expert
Dresden

Summary

A motivated Environmental Engineer specialized in territorial management with studies and experience on natural event impact risk assessment and mitigation, modelling (design), fieldwork, and community work. I am interested in continuing to develop a career oriented to research, climate change adaptation and sustainability by generating strategies that can be applied to society. As a person with a passion for the academic I am taking my masters Water Science with specialization in climate change adaptation and groundwater at three universities Instituto Superior Tecnico IST, UNESCO IHE Delft and TU Dresden. I am characterized by being a persistent, resilient, and enthusiastic individual, with a drive for performance, outstanding critical-thinking abilities and excellent problem solving-skills.

Overview

6
years of professional experience
8
years of post-secondary education
4
Languages

Work History

EQUAL S.A
Bogotá, Colombia

Project development and consulting
02.2021 - 06.2021

Job overview

Successfully generate reports for the environmental authority in Colombia regarding the management of the environmental and social license for the national projects of energy transmission lines and power substations managed by ISA INTERCOLOMBIA S.A.

  • Supervised design of systems, processes and equipment to control, manage and remediate water, air and soil quality.
  • Released reporting and recordkeeping to meet environmental regulations.
  • Carried out environmental impact assessments (EIAs) for proposed major new developments such as industrial plants, roads, electricity pylons and wind farms.
  • Inspected industrial and municipal facilities and programs to evaluate operational effectiveness and determine compliance with environmental regulations.

Mincivil
Mosquera, Cundinamarca

Environmental Engineer
11.2017 - 12.2018

Job overview

  • Update of the 2018 PAGA "Plan of adaptation to the environmental guide", presented to the regional corporation
  • Formulation and generation of product life cycle, based on ISO 14040, for the Highway Infrastructure construction.
  • Analysis and generation of environmental management reports, based on the project's own management plans and permits.
  • Liaised with county departments to develop and maintain environmental-related programs, procedures and compliance tasks.

Inclam Colombia
Bogota, Colombia

Geographic Information Systems Trainee
08.2017 - 06.2018

Job overview

  • Image interpretation, editing, structuring and operations between the information levels for properties of study and generation the adjustments according to the indications of the technical coordination of the Project
  • propitiously submit quality reports of the final products in the different themes of the project
  • Determined location and dimensions of objects.

MINCIVIL, Cundinamarca

Environmental manager
01.2015 - 11.2017

Job overview

  • Private company in the construction, energy production and mining sector, Report generation of environmental management in compliance with ISO 14001 certification
  • Prevention, mitigation and environmental impacts control of mining activities and adaptation of roads
  • Management of environmental services
  • Coordination and leadership of residents and environmental managers
  • Updating and implementation of national environmental regulations
  • Design and application of environmental indicators.

University Of Santo Tomas
Bogota, Cundinamarca

Class tutor
01.2014 - 11.2014

Job overview

  • Tutoring support and knowledge transfer for specific topics of the class; management and review of activities and support in laboratory practices
  • Created and maintained tutoring schedule convenient to both student and tutor.
  • Assisted student in developing successful learning strategies, using appropriate equipment and resources to stimulate subject knowledge and improving critical thinking skills.

Education

University of Lisbon, UNESCO IHE, TU Dresden
Dresden

Master from Water Science in climate change adaptation and Groundwater
01.2021 - Current

Colombia Santo Tomás University

from Territorial management and appraisals
01.2015 - 01.2017

Colombia Santo Tomás University

from Environmental Engineering
01.2011 - 01.2015

Skills

Excel

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Accomplishments

  • Meritorious thesis: Specialization in territorial management and appraisals Methodology for hazard zoning, vulnerability assessment and risk assessment for flood events, Pilot case Choachí Municipality" using Geographic Information Systems and flood simulation software.
  • Achievement of Colombian Scholarship "Colfuturo" to develop master studies in Unesco - IHE Institute for water education.

Hobbies

I am a very outgoing person, who enjoys to meet new people, learn about new cultures and traditions. I really love to learn new styles of dance and as much as possible of new languages. I play sports for fun and I love to engage in competitions like marathons or survival runs.

Timeline

Project development and consulting

EQUAL S.A
02.2021 - 06.2021

University of Lisbon, UNESCO IHE, TU Dresden

Master from Water Science in climate change adaptation and Groundwater
01.2021 - Current

Environmental Engineer

Mincivil
11.2017 - 12.2018

Geographic Information Systems Trainee

Inclam Colombia
08.2017 - 06.2018

Environmental manager

MINCIVIL, Cundinamarca
01.2015 - 11.2017

Colombia Santo Tomás University

from Territorial management and appraisals
01.2015 - 01.2017

Class tutor

University Of Santo Tomas
01.2014 - 11.2014

Colombia Santo Tomás University

from Environmental Engineering
01.2011 - 01.2015
Tania S. Agudelo MendietaEnvironmental Engineer - Hydrogeologist and climatic change expert