About me
Hello! I'm Rafael! I'm an IBMer that enjoys tinkering with FOSS in their spare time. I originally wanted to be a civil engineer, but found that I enjoyed working with computers more. My interests primarily lie with real-time systems.
"[V]alue your freedom or you will lose it," teaches history. "Don't bother us with politics," respond those who don't want to learn. - Richard M. Stallman, "LinΕ, GNU, and freedom". "LinΕWorld", May 2002.
- π₯οΈ the hardware i run
- π the software i run (and endorse)
- π° my rants
- π various foss projects
- π§ trash i listen to π
School
- university of houston
- august 2020 β may 2024
- bachelor's degree of science in computer science
- dean's list
Professional Experience
- ibm
- july 2024 β present
- developer
- codeninjas
- february 2024 β present
- code sensei
- university of houston - downtown
- june 2020 β may 2022
- undergraduate research assistant
- university of houston - downtown
- august 2021 β may 2022
- peer mentor
Organizations and Clubs
- coog esports
- member, media officer, esports coordinator
- august 2023 β may 2024
- code[coogs]
- member
- august 2023 β may 2024
- acm uhd
- member, webmaster
- august 2020 β may 2022
- scholars academy uhd
- member, peer mentor
- august 2020 β may 2022
- nuclear regulatory commission grant recipient
Hackathons and Conferences
- health physics science conference
- presented findings on applying data science methods in solving differential equations related to the safety of fluid flows in nuclear reactors
- won 3rd place cash prize
- utsa rowdyhacks 2023
- ut hacktx 2024
- utd hackutd 2024
- codered 2024
- the most ambitious hackathon project undertaken in 24 hours, a fully functional real-time chat app using the PQXDH protocal
- devpost
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There are several ways to reach out to me, but I respond quickest to Discord. I check my emails every day by 8 pm CST.
- email: π¨ rafael@zentro.codes
- github: π§βπ» github.com/zentro
- devpost: π§βπ» devpost.com/zentro
- discord: π¬ discord.com/users/zentro