Student Reseacher (Undergraduate)
Rowan University
Northfield, New Jersey, United States
A civil engineering student with a knack for all things that move. I was born in the Philippines and emigrated to the United States at the age of 5. From there I grew fond of all things transportation: planes, trains, and automobiles; and used my spare time to research them on the internet.
After graduating high-school, I enlisted in the Air Force and did 4 years on the active duty side as a jet engine mechanic. I was stationed in several different bases such as Edwards AFB (a test pilot training facility with the latest and greatest aviation technology), as well as Homestead Reserve Base (sent there on detail in 2019 for the Noble Eagle Presidential Protection mission. I palace chased from active duty into the New Jersey Air National Guard in order to take advantage of the free schooling provides by the tuition waiver and chose Rowan University to be my alma mater.
As a civil engineering student for Rowan I have gone on many trips for different clubs. As an active member of Engineers Without Borders, I acted as the chief medical officer on our international Trip to Ecuador. Our task was to go to a remote village in the mountains (Puelleron) and test the quality of the of the water that the villagers used. We also surveyed the all the villagers regarding their drinking water, how they prepared it (via boiling, or adding chlorine), and even found new sources of drinking water. From the information and sources of water we collected, a second trip will be planned in which the design for the drinking water system will be implemented. I also served as the second translator for the group, as it was necessary for us to split up into two teams to interview the 50 villagers in the span of a day.
Aside from my adventures with EWB, I also worked closely with the American Society of Civil Engineers in work regarding the concrete canoe. Last summer I volunteered to drive the Conoe to the nationals competition at Brigham Young University in Provo Utah. Tbe trip proved arduous and challenging, but many lessons were learned and new experiences were had by the team as a result of our efforts. We placed better than last year when we also made nationals, and made connections with students from different schools that will go beyond our time at university.
My background in transportation is due to my fondness of all things mechanical. That is the main reason I joined Professor Rahman's clinic for Commercial Motor Vehicles. It is a literary review clinic in which students are able to project the trend ING factors associated with increased likelihood of commercial motor vehicle crash and severity. The factors are then isolated so that they can be put into a model to predict what factors and countermeasures will prove effective towards mitigating the likelihood of a CMV crash and its severity. We hope that this abstract displays our work as best fit.
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An Investigation on Commercial Motor Vehicles in New Jersey
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
4:45 PM – 6:00 PM MT