Francisco Eterovich

Experience

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  Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

  Mar 2019 - Jan 2020

  Undergraduate Academic Representative

  I performed in the role of undergraduate academic representative of the Mechanical Engineering Department. I was part of the student council of academic representatives and part of the professors council. My tasks as academic representative were to attend undergraduate students in any academic or not academic situation. I had to organize academic events and lecture schedules for the department.Reference:Dr. Aldo Cipriano (Head of Mechanical Engineering Department in 2019)

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  EDAE - Students for Aerospace Development in Chile

  Aug 2019 - Nov 2021

  Team Leader

  EDAE (Students for Aerospace Development) is an student initiative from college to gain knowledge and learn by doing in the space exploration field by doing aerospace missions and spread this knowledge to the general public.

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  Texas A&M University

  Feb 2020 - Mar 2020

  Visiting Student Intern

  Worked as visiting intern in the laboratory of Dr. Gregory Chamitoff, Former NASA Astronaut (STS 124/134 ISS 17/18).My tasks were to work in the development of the user interface of the SpaceCRAFT platform, a Multi-User VR Engineering Platform for collaborative space systems and mission design. I was guided by graduate student William Young. The main goal of this research was to develop the main User-Interface (front-end) of this platform,accomplished using C++ oriented programming and working with Unreal Engine 4 interface, Photoshop & Github. Show less

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  Chilean Air Force

  Dec 2020 - Feb 2021

  Internship

  Worked at the Satellite Control Terminal, operating the chilean Satellite FASAT Charlie.References:CPT (E) Alonso Vásquez Castañeda MSc. Emanuel Escobar Lavin MSc. Diego Riquelme Adriasola

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  Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

  Aug 2021 - Sept 2023

  Master of Science in Engineering

  I developed my master's thesis on the implementation of a sensor - an open source hyperspectral pushbroom camera - for research with underwater robots. Mainly I developed the mechanical, electrical and software integration for the use of the camera in ROVs and carried out an extensive data set, data management libraries and a calibration analysis on the data extracted from the OpenHSI camera.Advisor: Dr. Giancarlo Troni Peralta

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  MBARI - Monterey Bay Aquarium & Research Institute

  Mar 2023 - Apr 2023

  Visiting Intern

  2 month visit to MBARI to complement my masters thesis doing underwater hyperspectral imaging, under the direction of my advisor Giancarlo Troni.

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  EMPRESA NACIONAL DE AERONÁUTICA DE CHILE

  Jan 2024 - Feb 2025

  Project Engineer

  Working at Strategic Projects Division - Pillán II aircraft project. Design of the new trainer aircraft for Chilean Air Force & other entities.What I've done to date:- Protection against lightning & static charge.- Estimation of CO2 accumulation inside the airplane in operating conditions.- Contact and meeting with OEMs for Air Conditioning System detailed design.- CFD simulations of 2D Flaps using OpenFOAM and ANSYS SpaceClaim/Mechanical.- Analytical calculations of Stability and Control of the aircraft (S&C) and implementations in python/git.- Design of wing parts of the prototype & series airplane using CATIA v5 part design, surfaces, sheet metal and products.- Review of 3D assemblies, 2D drawings, technical reports Show less