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LAMMPS Workshop 2019 !

On August 2019, I attended the LAMMPS workshop at University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In this workshop, I had the opportunity to learn about new features in LAMMPS and about the application of LAMMPS for research in other areas. Also, I had the opportunity to personally meet the creators of LAMMPS code […]

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Research at Berkeley Lab !

On 2019, I was granted a fellowship to visit the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at Berkeley, California ! Here, I worked together with Staff Scientist Dr. Andrew Canning to perform electronic calculations of interfaces and grain boundaries in CdTe material using Density Functional Theory. Our work will allow to know which defects are beneficial or […]

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New scientific paper published !

On April 2019, I published a paper with highly important results about the mobility of grain boundaries in CdTe solar cells. In this paper, I use Molecular Dynamics simulations to simulate the motion of Sigma 3, Sigma 7, and Sigma 11 grain boundaries in CdTe. Then, I plot distance over time plots varying the temperature […]

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Teaching EE since 2018 !

On Jan 2018, I started teaching classes at UTEP ! Some of the classes I teach include Electronics 1, Electric Circuits 2 , and Junior Professional Orientation. With over 120 students, I have received really good feedback so far ! Look at the rate my professor website to check some of the feedback from students […]

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NSF Cyber Carpentry training

On July 2018, I had the opportunity to join the Cyber Carpentry Data Life-Cycle Training with the Datanet Federation Consortium at the university of South Carolina Chapel Hill. In this training, I learned how to use Docker and Singularity containers to maintain reproducibility of research results. Also, I learned to use Amazon Web Services and […]

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International High Performance Computing Summer School

On July 2018, I attended the International High Performance Computing Summer School in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Here, I learned about MPI, OpenMP, and HPC Python. Also, I presented a poster and had very useful conversations with experts from all around the globe about my research. Also, I had the opportunity to explore the city of […]

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Graduated !!

On May 2017, I obtained my Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso. My dissertation topic was “Molecular Dynamics Study of Poly And Monocrystalline CdS/CdTe Junctions and Cu Doped Znte Back Contacts for Solar Cell Applications”. I want to thank my family and friends for supporting me through the difficult […]

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NREL Hands-On Photovoltaic Experience

On July 2017, I attended the Hands-On Photovoltaic Experience hosted by the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) in Golden, Colorado. In this experience, I interacted with scientists and engineers at NREL, learned about solar cell fabrication and characterization, and built connections with other students and professors from around the US. Last but not least, I […]

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Materials Research Society Conference Spring 2017

On April 2017, I was delighted to present a poster at the Materials Research Society International Conference held in Phoenix, Arizona. I drove approximately 6 hours from El Paso, Texas to Phoenix, Arizona in order to attend the conference. I listened to several talks related to my research including talks from First Solar and NREL. […]

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Poster presentation at the 44th IEEE PVSC international conference

On June 2017, I had the opportunity to present at the IEEE PVSC international conference again !! I got nominated for the best poster AGAIN !! The 44th edition of the conference was held in the capital of the United States, Washington D.C. !! I was very excited to interface with experts around the globe […]

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