Experience

Engineering Undergraduate Research Office

• United States
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Assistant

  • May 2023 - Present

  • Develop and instruct ENGR 596: Advanced Undergraduate Research, a first-time course for students eager to learn about research in graduate school and careers in the industry • Assist in the development and implementation of the prestigious Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program at Purdue University, where a select group of 180 undergraduate students conduct Summer Research • Develop and instruct ENGR 596: Advanced Undergraduate Research, a first-time course for students eager to learn about research in graduate school and careers in the industry • Assist in the development and implementation of the prestigious Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program at Purdue University, where a select group of 180 undergraduate students conduct Summer Research



Purdue University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  • Investigate and develop optimization strategies for the design of both supervised and unsupervised Machine Learning algorithms that utilize ‘big data’ pipelines and architectures using PyTorch, scikit-learn and Python. • Develop and prove theoretical guarantees for a Federated Learning setting algorithm implementing a small 3-layer convolutional neural network in order to select clients in a more balanced manner by formulating the problem as a Submodular Maximization one under a cardinality constraint. Show less



Grupo Maracativi

• Aguadulce District, Coclé, Panama

• Lead Project Manager

  • Aug 2018 - Jul 2022

  • Initiated a re-structuring of the Service & Parts Department by overseeing and attaining the first level of Certification in the “TSM Kodawari” and “Dealer Parts Operation Kaizen” programs, resulting in a 40% monthly gross revenue increase for the company • Designed the layout, created guidelines and optimization processes for the day-to-day operation and supervised construction for a $1M USD state-of-the-art facility that specializes in car and insurance sales, allowing the company to increase their market share in the area Show less



Purdue University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• ECE 477 - Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2017 - May 2018

  • Supervised and guided the progress of 11 teams for their senior design projects, which ranged in varied topics of the electrical and computer engineering curriculum such as PCB design, microcontroller programming, and Digital Signal analysis• Mentored these students about the challenges of the course and offered technical assistance using previously attained knowledge in different fields of ECEOptimizing Bit Allocation for Receiver Feedback

• Research Assistant

  • May 2017 - Dec 2017

  • Studied the trade-off faced by hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) protocols when choosing the type and amount of incremental redundancy (IR) that should be sent when the decoding of a data block fails at the receiver.• Proposed a method to optimize the choice for a system with non-ideal error correcting codes (ECC) and limited feedback

• Old Masters, Host

  • Jan 2017 - Nov 2017

  •Reconnected esteemed electrical engineering alumni with current students and faculty by organizing seminars and panels•Developed strong interpersonal and time-management skills through discussion and mentoring sessions with the Old Masters

• ECE 362 - Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2017 - May 2017

  •• Instructed laboratory sessions that taught junior electrical and computer engineering students how to code in assembly, C and how to program a 9S12C32 microcontroller as well as measuring the student's overall progress through quizzes and exams



Purdue University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• ECE 362 - Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2015 - May 2016

  • Instructed laboratory sessions that taught junior electrical and computer engineering students how to code in assembly, C and how to program a 9S12C32 microcontroller • Measured student's overall progress via quizzes and exams

• ECE 207 - Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2015 - Dec 2015

  • Introduced sophomore electrical and computer engineering students to basic laboratory equipment used in the electrical and computer engineering field such as oscilloscopes, DMMS, etc.• Instructed students on the analysis, construction and testing of circuits using laboratory equipment• Graded student's quizzes to assess their knowledge of laboratory material discussed.



Student Success at Purdue

• West Lafayette, IN

• Student Orientation Committee

  • Aug 2014 - Aug 2015

  • Assisted with the recruiting and training of over 600 orientation leaders by designing interviews and their respective activities. • Helped design and implement an orientation program that catered to the specific needs of over 700 international students at Purdue University. • Assisted with the recruiting and training of over 600 orientation leaders by designing interviews and their respective activities. • Helped design and implement an orientation program that catered to the specific needs of over 700 international students at Purdue University.



Purdue University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• ENGR 131 - Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2014 - Dec 2014

  • Assisted engineering students with assignments in Excel and MATLAB. • Helped engineering students create, design and review mathematical models about real world problems in order to meet strict engineering criteria in solving these problems. • Assisted engineering students with assignments in Excel and MATLAB. • Helped engineering students create, design and review mathematical models about real world problems in order to meet strict engineering criteria in solving these problems.