Quick Bio

 

I became fascinated by engineering research in my early teens.  At the time, I put together a magnetic propulsion experiment using a piece of Styrofoam that I found on the beach and wire from an old transformer. As I plugged my device into the wall electrical outlet, my engineering career began with a spark!!

 

I began my formal engineering training working at Ectron Corp testing, repairing, & calibrating thermocouple simulators and at the Air Force Space Command San Diego station, detecting satellites coming across the US. Then, I moved on to test engineering working for Cadence Design Systems and TestEdge Inc. Nowadays, I continue doing R&D engineering as a consultant for various firms.

 

I received my Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Northwestern University (Chicago, IL). I conducted my graduate research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Hollywood, CA. with a research focus in hyperpolarization instrumentation for breast cancer imaging. I received my master's at Penn State University, a CDMA Engineering Certificate from the University of California, San Diego, and bachelor's at San Diego State University (SDSU).

 

I am currently a consultant/researcher conducting biometrics hardware/software instrumentation and big data research at SDSU.