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Elevated Temperature Testing of Aluminum Alloy AA7020, Project- Test and analyze equipment performance, including verification of load cell calibration, temperature profiling of resistance furnace, fine tuning of temperature controller, and diagnosing and troubleshooting digital controller errors.- Establish a manufacturing schedule and procedure to machine specimens of aluminum AA7020 for high-temperature tensile testing, including shearing, grinding, and milling.- Design high-temperature tensile tests of aluminum alloy AA7020, including writing a procedure to mount the specimen to the test frame and programming the test using MTS Multipurpose Elite (MPE) software.- Process and analyze data by writing Python codes, and present data in digestible manner by constructing graphs and plots. - Preparation of samples for metallographic analysis, including sectioning of tested material, cold mounting, and developing grinding and polishing procedures of cold mounted specimens. - Perform metallographic analysis of high-temperature microstructures of AA7020, including imaging grains in SEM with backscatter electron (BSE) detector and average grain size calculation using lineal intercept method as described in ASTM Standard E112 – 24.- Design and build a conductive heating mechanism to heat treat sheets of AA7020.- Compile results into weekly reports and monthly presentations.Elevated Temperature Testing of Cold-rolled High Purity Niobium (Nb), Project- Establish a manufacturing schedule and procedure to machine specimens of high purity Nb for single crystal growth experiments, including cutting, milling, and cold rolling.- Delegate tasks to undergraduate research assistant and establish open lines of communication.- Assist in elevated temperature testing procedures of high purity Nb.

- Devise a five-week long summer research project for elementary school teachers without research experience.- Plan and schedule daily activities for research mentees, providing lectures on materials science and engineering concepts, training on relevant equipment, and testing of samples.- Lead mentees in heat treatment procedures, Vickers hardness testing as described in ASTM Standard E92 – 23, and tensile testing as described in ASTM Standard E8/E8M – 24.- Guide mentees and provide feedback in their data analysis and end-of-summer poster presentation.

- Assist the professor inside the classroom by answering student questions and explaining assignments. - Lead students in out-of-class sessions to supplement the course material.- Write weekly lesson plans detailing in-session activities, providing lectures, worksheets, quizzes, discussions, and games.- Create in-session material to enhance student learning.- Report student progress weekly to professor and supervisors.

- Filed and processed application documents of eligible seasonal workers seeking a GED certificate.- Guided tours of UTRGV campus and gave a rundown of opportunities available for students after graduating.- Acted as substitute instructor for the Life and Organizational Skills class when Counseling Specialist was unavailable.- Translated Life and Organizational Skills class resources from English to Spanish for Spanish-speaking students.

- Built a library of reflection curves from nanostructures in a silicon wafer using FDTD simulations.- Wrote a code for a tree-based database growing self-organizing map for the library of simulated curves.- Determined the geometric parameters of silicon wafer nanostructures via inverse problems.- Presented results in a poster session at the end of the summer.

- Identify defects on manufactured goods during postproduction procedures.- Update quality check procedures to meet ISO 9001 quality management standards.- Identify risk situations inside the plant and devise a plan to reduce them, including presentations about safety and posters to hang inside the facilities.