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A native of Hatillo, Puerto Rico, Jocelyn and her siblings were raised by their loving and resolute mother after the untimely death of her father. Her father had worked in the construction field. Both of her parents significantly influenced Jocelyn’s decision to pursue higher education. After high school Jocelyn decided to attend the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez to pursue her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. While attending college Jocelyn interviewed for a cooperative education position with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Nashville District. Jocelyn was offered the position and moved to Nashville to work as a co-op student for an entire year. During the time she worked on several projects with Dam Safety and the preparation of the Dam Safety Training for a Nicaragua Project. This included translating presentations from English to Spanish for the Nicaraguan officials. After completing her co-op assignment, she returned to Mayaguez and completed her B.S. in civil engineering. Immediately after graduating Jocelyn returned to the Nashville District office to become a permanent employee in the Soils Design and Dam Safety Section. In 2004, Jocelyn decided to further her education by pursuing a Master’s degree in civil engineering at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. She took a leave of absence and earned her degree at her own expense. She returned to her position after graduating in 2006. Jocelyn is currently a project engineer for the Wolf Creek Project. In this capacity she is responsible for all geotechnical engineering aspects of the project. These responsibilities include making periodic inspections of all vital areas of the project as a member of a multidisciplinary inspection team, documenting the findings with description of anomalies, and assessing the functionality of the performance monitoring system for the project. In 2007, Jocelyn also started teaching as an Adjunct Professor for the Civil Engineering Department of Tennessee State University. She taught the soils mechanic course. Community involvement is also very important to Jocelyn. She is a member of the Engineers Without Borders group which is dedicated to improving the quality of life of disadvantaged communities worldwide through education and implementation of sustainable engineering projects, while promoting new dimensions of experience for engineers and similarly motivated non-engineers. She also volunteers for the ALS Lou Gehrig’s Disease Association. Her father lost his life because of this disease. She knows the value of supporting others who are facing similar struggles. Jocelyn is a rising star with the competency, passion and dedication to achieve great success in all of her endeavors. She is married to Ryan A. Bivin, they both enjoy volunteering in community events together.
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