JESUS DAVID HOMES
ADDRESS: O St. 11th Av. Doña Isabel Residencies. Maracaibo,
Venezuela.
MOBILE PHONE: 58-424-6741646
EMAIL: dhomes@gmail.com
PROFESIONAL
SERVICES WEBSITE: davidhomes.net
STUDIES
Ph.D. Candidate in Engineering and
Applied Sciences. University of New Orleans. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. 2004.
M.Sc. in Engineering, focus on
Structural Engineering. University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana,
2002.
Civil Engineer. Rafael Urdaneta
University. Maracaibo, Venezuela. 1997.
PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE
- IPHONE / IPOD / BLACKBERRY PROGRAMMER.
Maracaibo – Venezuela. March. 09 – present.
Developed
several applications for the Engineering / Architectural Market as well the
Entertainment Category.
Currently available on iTunes:
- [steel] (paid and lite versions): itunes.com/apps/steel a sqlite3 database browser and
utility containing the American Institute of Construction’s database of
Structural Steel Sections. [steel] has 4.5 rating average and excellent reviews
on the US iTunes Store.
- [steel] Canada (.itunes.com/apps/steelcanada) same as [steel], but including
the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction’s Database.
- [steel] uk (itunes.com/apps/steeluk). Same as [steel] but using the BS EN
1993-1-1:2005 / BS 4-1:2005 Standards Database.
- Metals and Materials Weight Calculator itunes.com/apps/metalsandmaterialsweightcalculator) a calculator designed with the materials trade
industry in mind, but useful as well in a wide range of applications commonly
employed by engineers, architects, builders and material traders.
Available soon:
Currently porting the available iphone applications to the Blackberry platform.
- PROJECT ENGINEER (Contract).
SEGACO / PDVSA. Maracaibo – Venezuela.
Dec.03/08 – March.03/09. “Evaluation, adaptation and installation of
Babel Enterprise Security Assessment System”. Project involved the use and
modification of Babel Enterprise for Unix & Debian, as well as programming
custom designed tools to automate security assessment tasks under these
Operating Systems.
- ENGINEER. IMPROCOME. Maracaibo – Venezuela. April.01/07 – July.12/08
Supervised industrial projects for
Polar and Cemex companies. Forensic Analysis of Residential Failure.
- ENGINEER, STRUCTURAL AND THERMAL
COLSULTING SERVICES. COMPUTATIONAL DYNAMICS – ADAPCO (www.cd-adapco.com).
Melville – New York.
Feb.14/06 – March.06/07.
Worked as consultant providing structural and thermal analysis services to
global clients such as Conoco-Phillips, Magna Closures, General Electric, Ford,
Volvo/Mack. Use of engineering simulation tools such as ANSYS / APDL, ABAQUS,
LS-Dyna, ADAPCO’s Pro-fe under Unix/Linux.
- PROGRAMMER. Gainesville – Florida – USA. 2003 & 2005 (Contracts).
Developed the AISC Search Utility for Structural Steel Shapes. Version 3.1
(2003) & 13 (2005), The Utilities are now included in the AISC LRFD Manual
of Steel Construction 3rd Edition (v 3.1) and AISC Manual of Steel Construction
13th Edition (v 13).
- PROJECT ENGINEER (Contract).
PDVSA. Maracaibo – Venezuela.Aug.09/2004 – March.18/2005.
Developed and maintained, as part
of a team of consultants, the real time information system “Portal de Sala
Situacional de PDVSA Occidente”.
- RESEARCH ASSISTANT. University of New Orleans – New Orleans – USA.
Jan.14/1999 – May.05/2004.
Conducted analyses using Closed-form and Finite Element Methods (using
ANSYS) of the Louisiana semi-integral abutment bridge system, inspection of
sample integral bridges. Dynamic analysis of vehicular impact (using LS-Dyna)
on temporary traffic barriers. Destructive tests of composite materials
(Fiberglass reinforced panels). Development of mathematical models, Pc and
mobile software to predict the behavior of secondary settling waste-water
tanks.
SKILLS
* Bilingual (English / Spanish)
* Proficient in several Engineering
Simulation tools (ANSYS / APDL / LS-Dyna / Pro- fe)
* Advanced technical skills: Programming
in Objective-C / Cocoa Touch, BASH, C#, Visual Basic .Net, VB6, Fortran.
Advanced experience with multiple Operating Systems (Unix / Linux / Debian /
Windows, all versions / MAC OS.X)
* Very advanced skills in Photoshop,
Illustrator, Dreamweaver, InDesign.
PRESENTATIONS,
PUBLICATIONS AND EVENTS
Evaluation of DOTD Semi-Integral Bridge and Abutment System.” Read Bakeer
(Tulane), Basher Almalik (Tulane), Stacey Carr (Tulane), Norma Mattei
(Universidad de New Orleans), Jesús David Homes (Universidad de New Orleans).
Final report. Louisiana Transportation and Research Center, #01-3ST. Baton
rouge, Louisiana, USA. 2004.
“Uniaxial bending and pull-out tests of Hangar Composite Materials.”
Norma Mattei, Paul Herrington, Jesús David Homes. Universidad de New Orleans.
Project report presented at the 9th International Conference of Composite
Materials. 2001. San Diego, California, USA.
“An Urban Waste Management and Research Center Electronic Database and
Newsletter.” Gianna Cothren, Jesús David Homes. Universidad de New Orleans.
Project results presented at the 2000 National Conference of the American
Society for Engineering Education. St Louis, MO, USA.
American Institute of Steel Construction’s National Steel Bridge
Competition and Conference – Member of the University of New Orleans
design and competition team. Anchorage, Alaska. 1999.
American Institute of Steel Construction’s Regional Steel Bridge
Competition and Conference – Member of the University of New Orleans
design and competition team. Jonesboro, Alabama. 1999.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Recipient of the Organization of
American States’ International Regular Training Program Fellowship which
provided with graduate studies in the USA. 1999-2001.
University of New Orleans’ Marcus B.
Christian Scholarship. 2002-2004.
