Instructor for course "BE 385/485 Remote Sensing Data and Methods" for undergraduate and master students at the Biosystems Engineering department, The University of Arizona.

Work at the Vegetation Index & Phenology Lab (VIP Lab) vip.arizona.edu, conducting research and assisting with all lab related work, including data acquisition, preprocessing and postprocessing, analysis, and writing. Currently using Landsat & Modis satellite imagery to study land cover changes in Mexico and the USA, using Machine Learning algorithms in Python.

Instructor for Course "BE 385 Precision Observation with Drones" for undergraduate students at the Biosystems Engineering department, The University of Arizona

• Developed, in a team effort, a framework for automation of irrigation systems using Arduino and Raspberry‑Pi electronic boards. Code was generated in Python and Mozilla WebThings. It was installed in a roof of a building in Mexico City.• Led a team of 10 engineers and architects to develop a conservation and landscaping plan for 120 ha at the national park “Cerro de la Estrella” in Mexico City. It included several field studies about topography, soils, flora and fauna, hydrology, erosion, and sediment yield; and the design of trails, gabion dams, and naturalistic structures. Involved the utilization of several specialized pieces of software (QGIS, ArcSWAT, AutoCAD) and equipment (drones, RTK GPS devices).• Developed the open source software Gabbioni for designing of gabion dams (irriapps.com). It was coded in language C++ and Qt5 libraries. It includes ancillary tools for hydrology and channel flow, and generates CAD plans.• Generated, in a team effort, a GIS‑based inventory of the hydraulic infrastructure of Tultitlán municipality, State of Mexico, Mexico. The conservation status of the infrastructure was assessed using field collected data.

Assisted Dr. Kathryn Farrell‑Poe during Fall 2021 with grading for courses “BAT/BE 496A Seminar in Engineering Careers and Professionalism” and “BE597A Academic and Career Preparation for Graduate Students”, and teaching about Individual Development Plan.

Taught a lecture on remote sensing of vegetation as part of ATMO555 Introduction to Atmospheric and Hydrology Remote Sensing course during Fall 2021.

Taught two lectures on gabion dams design as part of BE526 Watershed Engineering course during Fall 2021.

Contributed on the formulation of strategies for the inventory of small irrigation projects in Mexico, and providing ideas to the public policy programs that provide financial assistance to small irrigation farmers.

• Contributed to the evaluation of processes of the government program: E001 Operation and Maintenance of Hydraulic Infrastructure” of the National Water Commission that provides water to Mexico City and strategic industrial zones. Its administrative and engineering processes were evaluated to encourage the fulfillment of its objectives.• Collaborated on the evaluation of the design of program “Infrastructure for Modernization and Rehabilitation of Irrigation and Technified Rainfed Agriculture (K141)” of the National Water Commission. Normativity framework, products and other elements of this government program were evaluated according national methodologies in order to encourage the fulfillment of its objectives.

Developed a desktop application for evaluation of irrigation projects according to Mexican Norm NMX‑O‑177‑SCFI‑2011, as part of the program for “Technified Irrigation 2014 and 2015” of federal Mexican government. It was coded in C++ language with Qt5 libraries. A team of about 15 engineers was trained to use the software.

Collaborated to the development and maintenance of a GIS software for construction management of engineering projects.

Evaluated irrigation projects as part of the national program for “Technified Irrigation 2013” of the federal Mexican government. Excel macros were used to score the projects according to Mexican Norm NMX‑O‑177‑SCFI‑2011.

• Contributed to the planning and regulation of small irrigation projects in Coahuila and Durango, Mexico. An GIS‑based inventory of the hydraulic infrastructure and its conservation status was generated, along with plan of investment for its long‑term improvement. Irrigation schedules were generated for the crops of interest.• Proposed conservation practices for the hydrologic and environmental restoration of watersheds in Michoacan, Mexico. A watershed management plan based on a hydrological study was elaborated and implemented, it included the construction of check dams and training workshops with inhabitants to improve their economic activities and adopt new ones.• Evaluated of irrigation projects as part of the “Strategic Project of Technified Irrigation” of Mexican government. Excel macros were used to score the projects according to Mexican Norm MX‑O‑177‑SCFI‑2011.2010: Worked on the evaluation of irrigation projects as part of the “Strategic Project of Technified Irrigation” of Mexican government.

Helped with the programming and calibration of sensors for greenhouse automation at the Controlled Environment Agriculture Center.