*Graduated with highest honors (Outstanding Dissertation).
Dissertation title: Enhanced Maximum Power Point Tracking algorithm and DC-DC converters optimal design methodology powered by the Earthquake Optimization Algorithm.
Research Areas: Power electronics · Metaheuristic optimization · Embedded systems · Control systems · Energy harvesting · Robotics · Electronic circuit design.
Final MPPT and DC-DC converter integration for my dissertation experimental setup.
Completed additional specialized coursework in robotics and autonomous systems beyond the requirements of the B.S. in Mechatronics Engineering.
Specialized Coursework: Fundamentals of Robotics · Intelligent Robot Control · Computer Vision · Applied Robotics · Applied Robotics Laboratory · Robotics Capstone Project (Lead Engineer).
Line-following robotic spider developed as the capstone project for the Applied Robotics Lab.
Senior Design Project — Lead Engineer: Design and Implementation of a Lower-Limb Rehabilitation Exoskeleton.
Final Poster and prototype presentation of the ExoTec Senior Design Project.
Credential ID: E4XUUN9BFB4Y.
Introduction to Power Electronics (January 2019).
Credential ID: TTUNJFCNL5N8.
Converter Circuits (February 2019).
Credential ID: EWJH74EJK89J.
Converter Control (July 2019).
Credential ID: L2D6H7Z8J8LM.
Advanced Converter Control Techniques (February 2021).
Credential ID: PBT4A5PHSBNM.
Magnetics for Power Electronics Converters (August 2021).
Credential ID: R63H5UEPBHCJ.
Optimized DC-DC Converter I designed, soldered and validated for my Ph.D. dissertation.
Credential ID: MQCFCA1MI40J.
Introduction to the Internet of Things and Embedded Systems (January 2025).
Credential ID: 84NBJB221XF0.
The Arduino Platform and C Programming (July 2025).
Credential ID: ROBZEC0UH5UM.
Interfacing with the Arduino (July 2025).
Credential ID: ZT2I1Y4PRRFB.
The Raspberry Pi Platform and Python Programming for the Raspberry Pi (September 2025).
Credential ID: VFKV6GPQ0HT8.
Interfacing with the Raspberry Pi (October 2025).
Credential ID: PRN24P2RCA4K.
Programming for the Internet of Things Capstone Project (November 2025).
Credential ID: RQ77EL4CGD1D.
Edge-to-Cloud IoT architecture I designed and deployed for the RaccoonBot project at the Crystal Cove State Park in Newport Beach, California, USA.
Credential ID: 86BQO1QOJBSB.
Earned digital badge
Embedded ML motion classifier I developed and deployed on an Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense Rev2
Field deployment of the fully autonomous UAV I built under the supervision of Dr. Peter Burke's, a UAV Guinness World Record holder.
Certificate of completion for the IEEE RAS Summer School on Multi-Robot Systems.
Multi-UAV path planning experiment during the 2025 IEEE RAS Summer School on Multi-Robot Systems at CTU in Prague.
MATLAB Onramp certificate, completed in preparation for training students in the MATLAB environment.
During the Hands-On Introduction to Micro/Nano-Fabrication program at MIT.
Hands-on training in MIT’s cleanroom facilities, learning about micro/nano-fabrication processes for electronic components.
Line-following robot I built for the robotics competition during the Summer School.
🏆 Third-place finish in the robotics competition among 30 participants.
Control test of a buck converter I built during the Power Electronics portion of the Summer School.