PORTFOLIO

Research and Applied Sciences Projects

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SEARCH FOR STRONG GRAVITATIONAL LENSES

From 2021 to 2026, DESI will obtain spectra for more than 30 million galaxies. We will model the spectra of both foreground and background galaxies of the lensing system to obtain their redshifts, and to determine the velocity dispersion of the former and the star formation rate of the latter. We observed some of our systems at Lick Observatory. We succeeded in obtaining several lensing systems spectra.

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Should I Drive? Neural Network to detect distracted driving

The aim of Should I Drive? is to detect moments of distracted driving, and notify users of these driving habits in order to increase driver safety. Should I Drive? utilizes a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) neural network which focuses on sequentially based predictions. This project also implements body and face tracking algorithms capable of analyzing each frame of a given video.

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CERN's ATLAS EXPERIMENT DISPLACED DIPHOTON RESONENCES STUDY

Performed individualized studies - Timing and Vertexing by Photon Identification and the Validation Region Signal Contamination - to find optimized cuts to help in identification of displaced diphoton resonances to study the supersymmetry partner of the Higgs Boson “Higgsino”.

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SPACE MISSION STATUS PREDICTION

Creation of data base of several space flights and use of logistic regression with R programming to train and test predictions on outcome of space mission.

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PIEZO-ELECTRIC ACOUSTIC DRILL FOR MOON WATER EXTRACTION

Research on, gathered data on, contacted specialists in the field, created a budget and prototype and submitted a formal proposal for a piezo-electric acoustic drill to extract water from the Moon’s partially-shaded regions.

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USE OF METAMATERIAL TO ACHIEVE PLASMA WAKEFIELD ACCELERATION TO YIELD HIGHER ENERGY IN PARTICLE ACCELERATORS

Physics colloquium research and presentation at University of San Francisco.

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"SAFETY PRIMER" APPLICATION

Application informs, reports and assist cases of intoxication by tampered drinks to prevent cases of sexual assault and kidnapping. Creation of data base from popular night life venues in Guadalajara, Mexico. Development and creation of mobile app.