~ [Real World Software].
~ Made in Engineering Ambassador of Computer Science role, educated 4,500+ students during K-12 outreach initiatives.
~ This included the First Lego League [FLL], First Tech Challenge [FTC], and in-person tabling events for the University.
~ This custom scoring/leaderboard software was personally composed and deployed by myself, then used by judging officials.
~ Event of Note: Official El Paso FIRST® LEGO® League Explore Festival held at UTEP in January 2025. 
~ Granted logistical support for over 300 students in over 20+ robotics teams.

~ [Personal Project/Hackathon].
~ Worked alongside members of the Atlas Development team to develop an indie game in under 48 hours.
~ Done during the Borderland Glitch Game Jam; with the prompt of making a game on a movie/tv show released in the '80s.
~ MAVERICK is a Top Gun themed game inspired by the gameplay style of 1942/Galaga using retro pixel art graphics.
~ Our team utilized the Unity engine for gameplay and GIMP for asset creation. *Won Most Technical Award*

~ [Course Work].
~ Worked as Team Leader to lead research about "Depricated Hacking Tools" for CS 4177, Software Vulnerabilities.
~ Created installation tutorial, video walkthrough, mutliple powerpoints & a class excercise that students can perform.
~ Powershell-Empire was an open-source post-exploitation agent to "assess resilience of systems against cyber threats."
~ Our team utilized the Kali-Linux with Powershell-Empire & A virtual Machine running Windows 7 for the excercise.

~ Methodologies, approaches, and techniques associated with software requirements analysis and definition.
~ Two-semester CAPSTONE project in which students worked with DEVCOM, a civillian contractor for the Department of Defense.
~ Captured and clarified details for a "Software Requirements Specification" [SRS] documnent for INFILTR8, a real-world application with an emphasis on Machine Learning.
~ Due to exemplary performance, with a final project deployment ahead of schedule, granted privilege of exempting the final exam. 
Role: Team Leader.
Grade: [A/B].

~ Fundamentals of parallel computing.
~ Included principles of parallel decomposition, processes communication and coordination, architecture, parallel algorithms, & analysis.
~ Programmed real world programs using the 'bridges-2' system, based out of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center [PSC].
Grade: [A].

~ Integrated security technologies into software systems, enhancing protection across new and legacy platforms.
~ Applied reverse engineering techniques to analyze executable machine code and uncover potential vulnerabilities.
~ Assessed and mitigated cybersecurity threats using proactive defense strategies and attack prevention methods.
~ Examined ethical responsibilities in software development, acquisition, and operation within secure environments.
Grade: [A].

~ Introduction to data communications; covered data transmission, link control, encoding, multiplexing, & switching. 
~ Also covered network topologies, protocol layering, routing methods, data security, & distributed systems.
Grade: [A].

~ Mixture of theoretical, engineering, and practical topics in contemporary wireless systems for mobile and home devices.
~ Covered fundamental techniques in design and operation of the second, third, and fourth generations of wireless LANs. 
~ Placed a significant emphasis on the design of security-related features within wireless networks.
Grade: [B].

~ Hands-on workshop-style course that covered common software security vulnerabilities.
~ Course consisted of 10 workshops, each covering a particular current software vulnerability.
~ Learned WireShark, IDA, Powershell-Empire, & more.
Grade: [A].

~ Design features of modern programming languages, including flow control mechanisms and data structures.
~ Learned techniques for implementation of these features; practiced programming in several representative languages.
Grade: [B].

~ Introduction to database fundamentals (relational algebra) and data models (E-R model, Relational model).
~ Executed database management systems with an assigned course project (database design/implementation, query processing). 
~ Learned new paradigms for data management (e.g., non-relational data models), data integrity, privacy, and security.
Grade: [A].

~ Exposure to object-oriented programming paradigm, built upon programming experience gained in lower-level CS classes.
~ Emphasised requirements, testing, code reading, and comprehension for a language we had already experienced.
~ Advanced Java OOT Programming Project completed.
Grade: [A].

~ Learned about Process/thread management, processor scheduling, concurrency, & interprocess communication. 
~ Covered memory management, input/output management, file systems, socket programming, and networking basics.
~ Created several projects that showed concurrency without deadlock or race conditions.
Grade: [A].