Alvaro islas

NASA has ignited my passion for space exploration. Initially lost in my STEM pursuits, I found direction through participation in N.C.A.S. (NASA Community College Scholars) in early 2023. Receiving an acceptance was unexpected, but it thrust me to prove myself. This journey primed in reaching the final mission and collaborating with an exceptional team and mentor, resulting in successfully accomplishing and winning, however our true prize in the end was a confirmation that NASA has a place for us all.This experience propelled me to join aerospace clubs upon transferring to California State University, Long Beach in Fall 2023. In my first semester, our club ambitiously aimed to launch the campus's first cube satellite. In less than four months, we conducted trade studies and crafted a proposal for NASA's CubeSat initiative. On April 3rd, 2024, we received the thrilling news of our selection.Overall, I am profoundly grateful for the opportunities afforded by NASA. It has unlocked unforeseen avenues and instilled in me a drive to pursue even greater feats—all stemming from that welcome letter from N.C.A.S. Huston, we are a go for take off.

Machine Learning

Linear Modeling

Python is a useful and easy language to learn machine learning. With the combination of Matplotlib, Keras, Numpy, and other libraries I'm working on autonomous driving simulation.

Non-Invasive

The non-invasive glucose monitor is a personal project I started in order to understand how the body insulin mechanism works and to see if we could create an alternative method of identifying our glucose levels without modern cost and waste.

Multisim simulation

FPGA

Troubleshooting

I started working on FPGA for thermal and AI tracking, however, the FPGA is timing out on the USB connection whenever I try to upload the code. The FPGA board is the Butterstick by Greg Daill and the orange board is called the Tigard Protocol Tool. It's an open-source FT2232H-based, multi-protocol, and multi-voltage tool. I'm going to use the Tigard board to bypass the USB connection and update the bootloader.

Keyboard

Corne 5-column

This split keyboard is from typeractive.xyz is a good kit to understand how to build and customize the keyboard layout. The board uses a nice!nano v2 which runs nicely on the ZMK Firmware.