Blog

First Post:
Why a Personal
Website

Published: 06/19/2024

I built a personal web page to post content about my projects that can't be in a resume because it becomes easily bloated. CVs and resumes are meant to be for an introduction of yourself no longer than two pages, something meant to be read in less than 5 minutes.


Freelance

TutorĂ­as Willy

Educational platform for advanced students to offer their services in their free time as tutors to other students who need it, and to have a remuneration for it.

Responsabilities

  • Math & physics tutor for high school and university students.
  • Decision making in contacting the appropriate tutors for the subjects needed by the students.
  • Website development and content administrator.
  • Visual design of advertising.

Achievements

  • Tutoring over 175 hours in face-to-face and virtual mode during 2019 in calculus, linear algebra, physics courses.
  • Tutoring over 128 hours in virtual mode in general physics and pre- calculus courses for students with learning challenges because of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Omega Clustering

Offering IT services for small business and personal use, in the realm of Internet of Things, smart process automation and digital commerce.

Responsabilities

  • Test cloud services for business and personal use.
  • Network topology design and configuration.
  • Storage and backups configuration.
  • Services maintenance and support.

Achievements

  • Server clustering using Proxmox VE and high ability server configuration.
  • Dedicated Network Attached Storage (NAS) deployment for personal and costumer use.
  • Drive cloning from old hard-disk drives (HHD) to solid-state drives (SSD) for improving computer performance

Projects

Personal homelab: Electronics and computer workshop (2021).

Course work

DC Motor Regulatory Control Design

  • Designing a DC motor regulatory control using PLECS and Code Composer Studio.
  • Conducting cascade PID control tuning using a Texas Instruments Delfino Microcontroller in a C2000 Launchpad XL Development Kit.

Smart Home Plant Irrigation System

  • Developing a smart home irrigation system using Arduino Uno controlling a DC motor water pump and two sensors to measure soil humidity and temperature.
  • Programming the system using C and integrating it with Thingsboard IoT platform for remote control and monitoring.

About Me


Professional Summary

Electric Machines I course field trip to Rio Macho ICE Hydroelectric Power Plant, Orosi, Costa Rica (2022).

Motivated and detail-oriented undergraduate student pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at the University of Costa Rica. Passionate about electrical systems with strong problem-solving skills. Seeking an internship opportunity to apply academic knowledge and gain practical experience in a dynamic environment.

  • Interested in master my problem solving skills, learn from fellow team members and leaders, and influence in the best of my abilities the pursuit of personal and team goals.
  • Responsible and quick learner, analytical and good listener, loyal and discreet.
  • Passionate about new, cutting edge technologies, such as robotics, astronomy, software and hardware development

Interests

  • Coding & Programming
  • System simulations
  • Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Clustering
  • Machine learning
  • Big data
  • High performance computing (HPC)
  • Astronomy
Part of the Milky Way seen from Irazu Volcano, Costa Rica (2019).

Coursework

Electrical engineering

  • Control systems automation
  • Systems analysis
  • Microcontroller programming
  • Linear circuits (DC/AC)
  • Programming in open platforms (Linux)
  • Algorithms and data structures
  • Electronics (diodes, transistors, op amplifiers)
  • Electromagnetism
  • Electric machines
  • Probabilistic models for signals and systems
  • Comunications engineering
  • Engineering economics

Physics

  • General physics
  • Mathematical methods for physics
  • Classical mechanics

Computer Technician

  • Object Oriented programming
  • Databases fundamentals
  • Computer logic
  • Model analysis for web applications