Fernando Araujo

Experience

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  Best Buy

  Jul 2018 - Aug 2019

  Smart Home Expert

  Helped customers find desired items and sizes by closely supporting each person throughout the buying process.Maintained knowledge of current sales and promotions, return and exchange policies, and security practices.Located out-of-stock items for customers with other store locations or by directly contacting vendors.Encouraged customers to sign up for warranties and additional services, consistently exceeding quotas for add-on sales.

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  Salt Lake Community College

  Sept 2019 - May 2022

  Utilized Python3 to prepare charts and graphs displaying RR Lyrae and Globular Cluster data.Collected, extracted, and entered data with high degree of accuracy.Analyzed data with Python3 to produce written reports and visual representations.Used Python3 effectively to accomplished project-specific goals.Maintained safe and clean laboratory environment, including appropriate equipment maintenance and usage Supported 20-50 students a day in Math, Physics, and Engineering in their development of effective study skills.Close to 30% of the students tutored increased their gradesProvided private instruction to small groups and individuals to improveacademic performance and prepare for exams.Worked with students to help each understand the classroom material andhomework assignments.College Reading & Learning Association (CRLA) level 1 certified.

  • Astronomy Research Assistant

    May 2021 - May 2022

  • STEM Tutor

    Sept 2019 - May 2022
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  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Sept 2020 - Mar 2021

  NASA Community College Aerospace Scholar

  Researched and reported intended results to come from NASA's in-situ resource utilization techniques.Describing advantages and challenges for the report using supporting documents. Counted toward my NCAS course final project.Managed a team of ten students from around the nation to undergo a mock habitat mission report which was presented to five NASA officials. Took first place against two other teams working on similar projects.

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  Hill Air Force Base

  Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  Electronics Engineer Intern

  Developed and built UAV drones in a team of seven interns that will be used for enemy recon surveillance.Achieved silent propeller technology through 3D printing, IR camera surveillance, and integrated a Hack RF device to disrupt communications and counter disruptions of other devices. Troubleshooting circuits used in drone prototypes to ensure proper signal behavior. Other information is classified.

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  University of Utah John and Marcia Price College of Engineering

  Aug 2022 - May 2023

  TA for ECE 1050 and 1245Supported beginning-level electrical engineering students with labs regarding introductory MATLAB and circuit design. Supported Electrical and Computer Engineering students in their development of effective study skills.Organized and executed plans with ECE faculty and other officials to get more students into asking for tutor help through marketing and campus outreach. Developing a new method of detecting electron spin within nitrogen vacancy (NV) centered quantum diamonds.Utilizing the method of optical detection of magnetic resonance (ODMR) to determine spin states in NV diamonds through developing a magnetic resonance test sensor to help find resonant frequencies from different materials. Improved prototype designs to increase the overall result of resonance within quantum diamonds using an oscilloscope.

  • Laboratory Teaching Assistant

    Jan 2023 - May 2023

  • Electrical and Computer Engineering Tutor

    Sept 2022 - Dec 2022

  • Quantum Computing Research Assistant

    Aug 2022 - Nov 2022
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  University of Utah

  Jan 2023 - May 2023

  STEM Tutor

  Worked with the Learning Center department at the University of Utah.Established professional and meaningful connections with students requesting tutoring for STEM related subjects.Attended weekly trainings and discussed new interactive ways to gain students trust for more productive tutoring sessions.

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  Synopsys Inc

  May 2023 - Aug 2023

  Applications Engineering Intern

  Worked in the Go-To-Market unit for Synopsys as an Application Engineer in Static Verification.Supported customers using the following Synopsys tools: SpyGlass CDC/RDC and VC SpyGlass CDC/RDC.Replicated customer designs in Verilog to discover potential tool bugs and reported issues to R&D.Developed user-friendly Tcl scripts that map specific methodologies from SpyGlass to VC SpyGlass and vice versa from either of the tool's shells with user input.Created the initial TCM jumpstart training along with another intern to demonstrate the use of TCM and its purpose for constraint optimization.Experimented with other Synopsys tools: Formality, Design Compiler, VCS, Show less

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  University of Utah John and Marcia Price College of Engineering

  Aug 2023 - now

  Graduate Research Assistant under Dr. Ken Stevens at the University of Utah.Conducting simulation-based research for rapid single flux quantum (RSFQ) circuits for asynchronous digital designs to discover methods to improve the Carnot efficiency of Josephson Junction (JJ) quantum chips. Initialized design requirements for quantum chips such as operation temperatures and superconducting environments.Utilizing different PDK tools to test various circuit designs using Josephson Junctions. Show less

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Aug 2023 - now

  • Graduate Research Assistant

    Aug 2023 - now