Heroica Technologies develops next-generation photonic devices for sensing, imaging, computing, and more.Electromagnetics & Optics: Leveraging the latest computational electromagnetics and additive manufacturing tools to develop innovative photonic crystal, plasmonic, and metamaterial technologies.Chemistry: Developing novel high- and low-adhesion coatings (e.g., microfluidics, membranes, medical devices) and chemical synthesis of small molecules and polymers.

Senior EMC/EMI engineer for a variety of industries including Space (Lockheed Martin's Orion, Sierra Navada's Dream Chaser, SpaceX's Dragon), Commercial Aircraft (Embraer, Comac), and Rail (CSX).Principal Investigator for SBIR/STTR projects developing next-generation photonic crystal devices for biological and chemical sensing, and infrared imaging systems.

Development of full launch vehicle and pad models for electromagnetic compatibility and survivability analyses.Electromagnetic simulations of the launch vehicle fleet to asses the risks due to the direct and indirect effects of lightning.Design & simulation of the lighting protection system at LC-39A to allow sufficient launch vehicle clearance while minimizing the risks due to lightning events on or near the pad.

▫ COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS*Finite-difference frequency-domain (FDFD), plane wave expansion method (PWEM), finite-difference time-domain (FDTD), and more, custom coded in MATLAB for EM analysis of photonic, electromagnetic, and electro-optical devices.*Computational algorithm to smoothly and continuously synthesize spatially variant metamaterial lattices. The algorithm allows for control over lattice spacing, fill-fraction, geometry, material composition, and more. The tool has demonstrated to allow novel device designs enabled by 3D printing, additive manufacturing, and nanoscale digital manufacturing.▫ METAMATERIAL & PHOTONIC CRYSTAL DEVICES*Optimization of the self-collimation effect in planar photonic crystals: Figure of merit.*Design and fabrication of a spatially variant self-collimating lattice at microwave (3D Printing: fused deposition modeling) and optical (multiphoton lithography: direct laser writing) frequencies.*Design of novel photonic crystals for tight control of light beams enabled through spatially variant lattice orientation.*Design of multi-mode optical waveguide devices for integration with photonic integrated circuits (PICs)▫ 3D PRINTED ELECTROMAGNETICSExtensive experience in the modeling and analysis of a broad range of electromagnetic structures of arbitrarily complex geometries enabled by 3D printing and custom computational electromagnetics codes.

*Electronics I: Microelectronic devices; semiconductor device physics (diodes, transistors, ...).*Electronics II: Filtering networks, instrumentation stages, ...; Project Based Learning course implementing RF circuit design and teaching a number of software suites to achieve it.*Electric Circuits I & II: Fundamental laws of circuit design and analysis.*Senior Projects: Leading multiple teams with multidisciplinary projects: Robotics, automation, machine learning, genetic algorithms (C/C++, ...).*Stellar recommendations from faculty and students.

*Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and Signal Integrity (SI) design engineer.*IEEE paper on common-mode vs differential-mode cable radiation.*Design of common-mode choke (CMC), defect-ground structures (DGS), and electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) for EMI issues.

*Instructor at TexPREP, a pre-engineering program for middle and high school students who excel in the natural sciences.*Managed and designed course curriculum in correlation with nine (9) other PREP institutions.*Instructor and tutor duties for six college level mathematics courses.▫Obtained rich insight as an educator of late-teen and adult ages in the underrepresented minorities community.*Elected by faculty as the public speaker for the program.