Research Engineer
Posted on: 2011-01-18
JULIA FLORES-ROBERTS
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16812 Sherman Way Apt. H2 . Van Nuys, CA 91406 . (818) 256-6371 . [email protected]
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OBJECTIVE Seeking an entry-level position in Mechanical Engineering in the Biomedical Engineering field.
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EDUCATION
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2007-2008 California State University, Northridge
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MS Degree in Mechanical Engineering
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Graduation Date: December 2008
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Overall GPA: 3.83
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2004-2007 California State University, Northridge
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BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering
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Graduation Date: May 2007
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Overall GPA: 3.96
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Relevant Major Courses
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-
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- Engineering Materials, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Measurements, Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Fluids \\r\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\r\\n
- Circuit Analysis, Numerical Analysis, Mechatronics, Algorithms & Programming \\r\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\r\\n
- Machine Design Applications, System Dynamics: Modeling, Analysis, & Simulation Mechanics \\r\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\r\\n
- Computer-Aided Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing \\r\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\r\\n
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Undergraduate Senior Design Project: Intelligent Ground Vehicle Team (Software Div - Vision System)
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Developed a vision system composed of a digital camera and a LabVIEW program with
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perspective correction, line detection and obstacle detection features.
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Graduate Project: Vision System for Unmanned Aerial Surveillance
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Developed a system consisting of an IEEE 1394 digital camera and a LabVIEW program with target recognition and color detection capabilities
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AWARDS AND HONORS
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2004-2007 Dean’s List at CSUN
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2004-2007 College of Engineering and Computer Science Honors List
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2004 Glendale Community College Female Scholar Athlete
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2004 Glendale Community College Faculty Award for Academic Excellence
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1993-1999 Member of the Peruvian National Chess Team
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1997 6th place overall (2nd female) National Youth Chess Championship (under 12), Peru
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1994-1999 1st place (female) Metropolitan Chess Tournament, Lima-Peru
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WORK EXPERIENCE
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2009-Present Research Engineer, Heart Lab, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
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Producing latex and silicone aorta models of different compliances and
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developing image processing software in MATLAB and ImageJ
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2004-2007 Tutor, CSUN College of Engineering and Computer Science Tutorial Services
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2003-2004 Supplemental Instruction leader for freshman physics, Glendale College, CA
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ADDITIONAL SKILLS
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- SolidWorks, Visual Basic, Simulink, LabView, MatLab, JAVA \\r\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\r\\n
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) \\r\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\r\\n
- Fluent in Spanish and English \\r\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\r\\n