2014 USDA Bakersfield College-MESA Summer InternshipAndres Leyva

Personal background• Major: Mechanical engineering• Clubs:

HOPES (Hispanic Organization Promoting Engineering and Science) Club, Engineering Club,

• Interests: Baseball, video games, design and build projects like rockets , solar power

lights.

Education• I attended three years in Bakersfield college.

• I am going to transfer to San Jose State as a junior and expect to gradation on Spring 2016.

Internship experienceUSDA-NRCS

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Mentors: Macros Perez Sarah Tanuvasa

Jaureguy Family Trust Project • Calculation and designing a pipeline system.

Gather Information• Frist I needed to survey the rangeland to

gather the elevation points before calculation and design the pipe line system.

The Design of the project

• Calculate and Design a pipeline system that will replace the existing system.

Gather information

The Design

Gather Information

The Redesign• Recalculate and Redesign a pipeline system that will replace the

existing system.• The redesign less proposed air vacuum valve than the other design.

Lessons & Skills Learned• Patience

let the computer to load up so I do not lose my work.

• Be Prepare Know what to ask the Farmer that will help in the calculation before meeting

the farmer.

• Check your survey equipment. Check if the survey equipment works Check sure you have the all equipment.

What I gain from the internship that help me improve my resume.• Drafted pipelines in AutoCAD Civil 3D• Survey with Trimble GPS• Perform irrigation system evaluation.• Collected field data.• Design stock water pipeline• Calculate Hydraulics • Inspect project construction• Map existing pipelines using metal detector• Created excel pipeline design spreadsheet• Created data collection template• Used ArcGIS for engineering