Bredith Grace Buhay Bucton

Rank: Full time Faculty

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Local #: 9404

Civil Engineering Department

EDUCATION

Aug. 2019 – May 2021

Master of Science in Water Engineering and Management
Asian Institute of Technology, Pathum Thani, Thailand
Thesis: Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change, Land Use Change, and Abstraction Scenarios on Groundwater Resources in Siem Reap, Cambodia Thesis Adviser: Prof. Sangam Shrestha Kurita Water and Environment Foundation, Japan Scholarship grantee

Jun. 2009 – Apr. 2014
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
University of the Philippines – Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines Thesis: Modeling the Surface and Groundwater Flow Response to Climatic and Land Use Change on a Cascade of Rice Paddies Thesis Adviser: Mario A. Soriano, Jr., PhD Candidate - Yale University

Mar. 2013 – Jun. 2013
Exchange Student majoring in Civil Engineering Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, South Korea Global Korea Scholarship grantee

WORK EXPERIENCE

Feb. 2020 – May 2020
Student Assistant Hydraulics Laboratory, Asian Institute of Technology Pathum Thani, Thailand

Oct. 2015 – Jul. 2019
Engineer II Planning and Design Section, Surigao del Norte 1st District Engineering Office Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) ▪ Design of RCDG and PSCG bridges, flood mitigation structures, and other public works ▪ Hydrologic and hydraulic analysis for bridges and drainages ▪ Annual inventory and condition survey of public infrastructure ▪ Results monitoring and evaluation of projects ▪ Accredited Bridge Inspector and Provisional Project Engineer

Jan. 2012 – Dec. 2012
Student Assistant Water Resources Engineering Group Institute of Civil Engineering, UP – Diliman

RESEARCH

Herath, S., Soriano, M., Diwa, J., & Bucton, B. (2015). Surface and Groundwater Flow Response to Climatic Change in the Ifugao Rice Terraces (Working Paper No. 6) (p. 8). Tokyo: United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability. Retrieved from http://collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:3338/Surface_and_Groundwater_Flow.pdf:3338/Surface_and_Groundwater_Flow.pdf

PRESENTATION

Bucton, B., Soriano, M., & Castro, P. (2014). Assessment of the Engineering Aspects and Hydrologic Response to Climatic Variations in the Ifugao Rice Terraces. Paper presented at UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines Forum on Conservation of the Ifugao Cultural Landscape. Quezon City, Philippines: Ateneo de Manila University.

AFFILIATIONS

2019 – 2021 Association of Filipino Students in AIT (AFSA)
2014 – present Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE) – Surigao del Norte
2010 – 2014 University of the Philippines Assoc. of Civil Engineering Students (UP ACES)