Hi, I'm Joaquín.
I'm an electrical and computer engineering major who specializes in robotics and hardware design, with a particular interest in legged locomotion and autonomous systems designed for operation in real-world environments. Additionally, I'm interested in swarm robotics, VLSI, and neuromorphic computing.
While engineering is the focus of my career at the moment, I also love exploring languages, urban design, artificial intelligence, and other kinds of complex systems. When I'm not studying for exams, I'm usually playing volleyball, working on a project, or touching grass.
I made this website to document my various projects and side quests, so you can expect it to update now and then as I discover and make new things. In the mean time, check out some of my recent activity below:
Latest Project
More of a handheld speaker, but I didn't name it.
In college I had a class where I had to work with a partner on one project for the whole semester. We made the Home Audio System, composed of a graphic equalizer, a class-D amplifier, and a spectrogram. As an added bonus, I made a PCB stack to try and get us the Best in Course award. If the PCB is what you're here for, scroll down to Appendix B on Page 20.
Latest Side Quest
A neurotech proposal I developed for the Odyssey Fellowship.
The Odyssey Fellowship is a $10,000 fellowship provided by the Honors College at my university. Over the course of November 2025 - February 2026, I developed a series of documents for the fellowship centered around neurotech. These documents included the proposal, budget, personal statement, my CV, and a letter of endorsement from an organization that agreed to work with me. I was a finalist, but ultimately did not receive the fellowship. Had I received the money, I'd have used the NVIDIA Orin to develop an AI model to classify brainwave data from OpenBCI's Ultracortex and used the classifications to send commands to a robot, effectively controlling the robot with my mind.