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Octavio Lopez

USERN Advisory Board

EDUCATION                                                                                                                                                         




University of California Santa Barbara Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Expected to Graduate Fall 2017


Gates Millennium Scholar 2013


CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT                          Secretary of UCSB International Health Collective




  • Organize meeting times, communicates announcements to all members

  • Go to Mexico once a month to build technologies for a village to improve their lives, such as a more efficient stove and solar powered lighting


Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers



  • Volunteered to teach High Schoolers Electronics for MESA day

  • Created projects with them, such as a Hall Effect Electromagnet


Member of Los Ingenieros Organization



  • Mentored freshmen in the Engineering department

  • Help tutor in different engineering classes


RELEVANT SKILLS                                                                                                                                                                                                



  • Coding experience in JAVA, MATlab, C/C++, Python, Verilog, Open CV, Mathematica

  • Microcontrollers, Raspberry pi, FPGA

  • Bilingual in English and Spanish (proficient in French)

  • Proficient in Windows, Apple OS, and Linux


ENGINEERING PROJECTS                                                                                                                                                                                   


Car Security System                                                                                                                                         September 2016



  • Designing a 360-degree security system for cars

  • Interdisciplinary project team with a ME and a physics major

  • Skills Required: Raspberry pi manipulation, multiple camera integration, power electronics, embedded systems design


Power Lace Shoe Project                                                                                                   June 2016



  • Created and designed a unique concept for self-tightening shoelaces

  • Worked alongside a professional engineering mentor

  • Skills Required: Developing blueprints, microcontroller manipulation, ability to work with motors and circuitry


Hall Effect Electromagnet                                                                                              March 2015



  • Designed and created a device that suspended a ball with a magnet in the air at a fixed height.

  • Worked in a team of 3 students under the supervision of engineering mentors.

  • Skills Required: Arduino Programming, Implementation of different circuitry elements.


WORK EXPERIENCE                                                                                                                                                                                             


Carma Security Systems                                                                                                                                             July 2016


Electrical Engineer



  • In charge of choosing the hardware for the prototype

  • Managing the power for the prototype

  • Programming the system to make it robust


Migrant Program STEM Camp                                                                                                                              June 2015


Program Leader



  • Coordinated different events for underprivileged high school students

  • Stayed with the students’ full time as a Residential Assistance

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