Ph.D. (2023) in Civil Engineering, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. Trinidad and Tobago.

M.Sc. (2016) in Geotechnical Engineering (Merit), University of Dundee, Scotland.

B.Sc. (2013) in Civil with Environmental Engineering (Hons), The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. Trinidad and Tobago.

B.Sc. (2010) in Physics (Major) with Materials Science (Minor) (Hons) , The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. Trinidad and Tobago.

Discipline Leader BASc. Civil Engineering Systems (SEP 2024 to present) Project Management & Civil Engineering Systems, The University of Trinidad & Tobago, San Fernando.

Senior Instructor - Geotechnical Engineering (2024 - Present) 

Instructor II - Geotechnical Engineering (2021 - 2023) Project Management & Civil Engineering Systems, The University of Trinidad & Tobago, San Fernando.

Graduate Research Assistant (2017 - 2021), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.

Part Time Tutor (2020), Open Campus (Pre-University Centre), St. John Road, St. Augustine.

Part-Time Lecturer (2016 2017), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.

Registered Engineer with the Board of Engineering of Trinidad and Tobago (BOETT)

• Registration Number: 20-1750 [Specialist – Geotechnical]

Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (A.M.ASCE)

Geo-Institute Member

Geotechnical Engineering Consultancy Services to Inspired Engineering Concepts & Solutions Services Ltd.

• Foundation design of a Condominium Complex situated at Lot #984 Republic Park, Republic Gardens, Guyana, South America. (2019-2020)

Geotechnical Engineering Services for the University of the West Indies (Civil Eng. Dept.) to the Coastal Protection Unit of the Ministry of Works and Transportation.

• Assessment of the landslide failure at Bamboo Village, Cedros. Trinidad. (2019-2021)

NETD Civil Engineering

• GEOT1003 - Geotechnical Engineering for Technicians I
• GEOT2011- Geotechnical Engineering for Technicians II

B.A.Sc. in Civil Engineering

• GEOT3002 - Ground Engineering
• GEOT2010 - Geotechnics III
• GEOT2009 - Geotechnics II
• GEOT1002 - Geotechnics I

Research Interest:

• Unsaturated Soil Mechanics
• Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
• Expansive Soils
• Slope Stability Analysis (Landslides) 
• Foundation and Retaining Structures Design and Analysis
• Climate Classification

Alexander, Damian V. A., Kyung Ho Park, and Derek Anthony Gay. 2020. “An Estimation of the Soil Water Characteristics Curves of Trinidad’s Expansive Clays.” In E3S Web Conf., 195:3009. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202019503009.

Alexander, Damian V. A., Derek Gay, and Kyung Ho Park. 2020. “Development of a Thornthwaite Moisture Index Map for Trinidad and Tobago.” In E3S Web Conf., 195:1013. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202019501013.

Conference Proceedings

An estimation of the soil water characteristics curves of Trinidad's expansive clays

Development of a Thornthwaite Moisture Index Map for Trinidad and Tobago