Experiences at University of California - San Diego

While maintaining a full-time student status over four years, I also worked 30-40 hours a week.
Being a Revelle student, I have been tested proficient in Calculus, Spanish Language, Humanities, Computer Programming, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.
Being a Psychology major, I focused mainly on Neurosciences (the biology and pathology of the brain), Behavior Modification, and Developmental Psychology.
I completed a research position & paper regarding the bilingual, at risk students at Torrey Pines Elementary School....

Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies
-Specialized in Marketing and Statistics, focus of study: international management.

Learned the basics of the business world!

Concentration: RF Circuit and Systems, Verilog HDL, DSP.

involved in IEEE NATCAR competition. Developed an automated car. I designed the analog portion, that all connected to a micro-controller.

I am currently enrolled in continuing education courses in the High Performance Computing area.

Courses include: Parallel Computations, Large-scale Systems Seminar, System Support for Applications of Parallel Computation, and Model Validation.

A project of interest was "Parallel Collaborative Filtering using a Shared Memory Model"....

SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY, division of University of California.
Graduate Researcher - Planetary science, NASA ICESat Mission: Calibration & Validation Phase, 2003
* Served as graduate research assistant working with ICESat science team via advisor Dr. Bernard Minster.
* Modeled laser altimeter backscatter from ocean surfaces using programming languages Matlab and IDL.
* Conducted comparison of simulations with preliminary ICESat data.
* Referenced actual wave heights tracked by southern CA coastal buoys and incorporated multichannel satellite imagery of southern CA coastal waters (courtesy MODIS) to ensure clear, reliable conditions.
* Based on ability to present complex concepts in compelling terms, selected to present analytical results at Fall 2003 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Conference.

Graduate Researcher - Seismology, Data Visualization & Interpretation, 2002
* Worked with Dr. Mark Zumberge to process and display streaming data from onsite borehole seismometer.
* Identified and correlated events worldwide with U.S. Geological Survey seismic analyses....