John Paolini

I am a third year Architecture Student at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. I am seeking a summer internship at an architecture firm in the San Francisco Bay Area. I will be leaving for a year of study in Florence the last week of August.

Contact Information

778 Boysen Ave. #21 San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 (805) 783-1687
jpaolini@calpoly.edu http://www.calpoly.edu/~jpaolini

Available to begin work Monday, June 12, 2000

Computer Skills

AutoCad 14 Freehand 8 Microsoft Office PhotoShop 5

Webpage Design FormZ 3 FileMaker Pro 4 Technical Knowledge

From Appletalk networks to WYSIWYG HTML editors, I help people with computers.

Work Experience

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Water Guidance and Monitoring Group

1998 Developed a user friendly FileMaker Pro database for managing and presenting fuel and wastewater tank data.
Developed and presented exercises designed to improve employee computer skills (Microsoft Office, Netscape Navigator, and electronic mail software).

1997 Determined reported high dissolved oxygen levels in a sewage evaporation pond were the result of instrument misuse.
Studied best management practices for Storm Water Preparedness Plans, for the purpose of providing comments to the National Ignition Facility’s SWPP.

Honors & Associations

Dean’s List, Spring 1999

Scarab-A professional honorary service organization dedicated to improving the Cal Poly campus and the community through hands-on building experience.
• CD shelves for KCPR, the campus radio station • Posters and flyers
• Restoration of Oak Tabletops for remodeling

Course Work

Architectural Design (arch 351, 352, 353)

Third year design projects: a memorial to myself (351); an elementary school in Carpenteria, California (352); and the Martin Luther King Junior Memorial Competition in Washington D.C. (353).

Architectural Practice (arch 231, 341, 342)

Wood construction methods and processes. Construction documents for a single family residence (plans: site, foundation, floor framing, floor, roof framing, electrical, as well as details, sections, and elevations). Construction systems in masonry, steel, and concrete and combinations of these materials.

Environmental Control Systems (arch 207, 307, physics 310)

Theory and application of climate, energy use and comfort as determinants of architectural form. Emphasis on architectural methods of ventilating, cooling, heating, and lighting.

Architectural History (arch 317,318,319)

Cultural and physical conditions which influenced the built environment, from cave dwellers to Borromini to Gehry.

Architectural Engineering (arce 321.322.323 )

System behavior; selection; design and construction specific to timber, steel, and concrete structures. Preliminary member design and detailing. Load flow implications related to building configurations; including vertical and lateral load resisting elements.