Saul Ojeda

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EDUCATION

B.S. BIOENGINEERING JUNE 2015 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

3.12 overall GPA (3.33 upper division GPA)

EXPERIENCE

RESEARCH INTERNSHIP SANFORD-BURNHAM MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE 09/2014-05/2015

(~10HRS/WEEK)

Researched and developed a stretch biosensor that fluorescently detects stretch in cardiac cells via miRNA expression levels

Mainly in charge of predicting secondary mRNA structures with computer software such as MATLAB and Context Fold

Gained experience working in teams, public speaking, and experimental techniques ONLINE TUTOR EAOP 09/2011-06/2014 (~15HRS/WEEK)

Tutored High School students through an online interface on all high school subjects

Served as campus tour guide at UCSD for high school students

Gained leading, interpersonal, and public speaking skills by being responsible for the learning and campus experience of a small group of high school students

VISTA VOLUNTEER AMERICORPS 06/2011-09/2011 (~20HRS/WEEK)

Academic outreach to underrepresented students by visiting inner-city high schools during the summer of 2011

Mainly in charge of providing high school seniors scholarship and college information

Gained leadership skills by working with students personally and leading them towards a college-directed pathway SKILLS & ABILITIES

GENERAL LAB SKILLS

Chemistry Lab: Trained in analytical, inorganic, physical, and synthetic techniques

Physics Lab: Carried out experiments on refraction, interference/diffraction using laser and microwaves; lenses and the eye; acoustics; oscilloscope and LRC circuits; oscillations, resonance and damping, measurement of magnetic fields; and the mechanical equivalent of heat

Experimental techniques: Gained experience on dimensional analysis, error analysis, signal-to-noise problems, filtering, data acquisition and data reduction

BIOENGINEERING LAB

Gained experience working on artery, muscle, and heart mechanics, action potentials, viscoelasticity, electrocardiography, and hemorheology

Trained in Bioengineering design and experimental procedures involving animal tissue

Gained experience finding sources of error and experimental limitations, as well as computer data acquisition, modeling, and statistical analysis

ENGINEERING GRAPHICS AND DESIGN

Designed and built a robot using computer aided design (CAD) (UCSD-MAE3 Robotic Comp. 2013)

Designed, built, and programmed in C/C++/LabVIEW, in regional robotic competitions (Botball 2009) (FIRST Robotics 2010-2013)

Proficient level in computer-aided analysis and design, including design methology, tolerance analysis, kinematics and computer-aided design of linkages, design of cams and cam dynamics as well as numerical calculations of moments of inertia and finite element analysis design using Pro-E, Matlab, and Solidworks GENERAL

Proficient in Matlab, C++, LabVIEW, Solidworks. AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, Revit Architecture, Data Analysis and Microsoft Office

Fluent in English and Spanish

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