Juan Gonzalez De Mendoza
Education
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The University of New Mexico
2021 - Present
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The University of New Mexico
2021 - 2023
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University of Texas at Austin
2017 - 2021 -
Austin Community College
2015 - 2017
Research Experience
Advisors: Corey Ostrove, Robin Blume-Kohout Summer 2023 - Present
Automated model selection with First-Order Gauge-Invariant Parameters
Advisor: Dr. Florin Spring 2020 - Summer 2020
This project was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic situation and could not finish it as all research labs were shut down. The goal was to be able to estimate the amount of particles moving between pixels by analyzing intensity fluctuations. This was due to the particles being too small for a DIC microscope to resolve. Check this post to see more of what I managed to do in a month previous to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Advisor: Dr. Florin Spring 2019 - Fall 2019
Dr. Florin proposed that as bacteria cover a surface with biofilm, this would prevent vapor from escaping the surface, due to the benefits of a humid environment for the bacteria. I designed several experiments to test the evaporation rates of gel without bacteria as the control and gel with growing bacteria on the surface to compare their water evaporation rate. Unfortunately, no correlation was found between biofilm covered gel and evaporation rates.
Public Talks
- 03/24 Model Selection with First-Order Gauge-Invariant Parameters, APS March Meeting abstract
- 06/23 Quantum Key Distribution and Cryptography, CQuIC summer talk: Recording
Professional Experience
Company: Quantum Computing Inc.
Manager: Dave Morris
June 2021 - Jan 2023
Founded "QUBT University", a program designed to provide our quantum software for free to students all over the U.S. facilitating the entry point into the quantum computing field for everyone.
Classes: "Electricity and Magnetism", "Modern Physics Laboratory" & "Physical Science: mechanics" (PHY 302L, PHY 353L & PHY 303)
Professors: Dr. Labun, Dr. Sitz & Dr. Jacobs 2019 - 2020
Assisted students in class and in the lab. Created and delivered lectures. Graded homeworks.
Company: Cisco
Location: San Jose, CA
Manager: Jeff Klaas
Summer 2019
Improved my department's continous integration by automating device tests every time a developer modified code in the repository corresponding to such device.
Professional Affiliations
2022 - Present
Our graduate student association is responsible for providing professional and social outlets for the Masters and PhD students of the department. I served by creating new events such as table tennis tournaments and winning them myself, and by creating and sending all the emails and newsletters for the organization.
Participated in the annual Robotathon sumo competition, where me and a partner had to build a fully automated robot from scratch. Each robot would fight one adversary at a time, while the goal was to stay inside the circle. Our robot can be depicted in the video below in white and blue.
Mentored incoming transfer students to help them with the transition to a bigger university. TTS is a student organization dedicated to cater to the social and academic needs of all transfer students at UT.
Awards
• Cisco's Supply Chain case competition 1st placeBuilt a Python GUI tool for managers in Cisco to track their suppliers and alert them of any customizable relevant events that may affect Cisco's supply chain.
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Best sensing and Control at RAS robotathon sumo competition
This was awarded to the team that had the most precise and efficient sensing and control.
Contact
The best way to reach me is via email at juangmendozap@outlook.com.