I am an undergraduate student in my third year of Aerospace Engineering and Computer Science at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
I am a Research Engineer in the Software Systems Research Group (SSRG/ERTOS) at NICTA.
I am a bilingual speaker of English and Brazilian Portuguese.
My passion is in all things aerospace, particularly in air and spacecraft flight control systems, as well as in low-level embedded systems programming. I hope to one day work in mission design/control for NASA / ESA / UKSA / JAXA or a private space agency.
University of New South Wales(2010–2014)Bachelor of Engineering (Aerospace Engineering) High Distinction average in Computer Science Lake Tuggeranong College(2007–2008)UAI/ATAR: 98.65 – distinctions in Specialist Maths (double major), Physics (major), I.T. (major), as well as Advanced English (major), Computer-Aided Design (minor), and Chemistry (minor) |
Computer ScienceI have spent a lot of years in website development, mostly in back-end (PHP and Python). I also have experience with Operating System design (entirely in C), circuit (PCB) design, and Linux systems (including some basic kernel hacking). Below are languages/skills I am confident with and an estimate of how many years I have actively used them.
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NICTANeville Roach Laboratory, Sydney
Research Engineer in the Software Systems Research Group (SSRG) under Professor Gernot Heiser
Projects have involved operating system design for embedded platforms (Gumstix and BeagleBoard), porting of virtualised Linux to embedded platforms, PCB design and manufacturing, and website development. Worked exclusively with C and Python on Linux systems.
Designed an operating system based on the formally verified microkernel seL4 to be used as a touchscreen RFID card reader interface (involved writing custom drivers for SPI, bit-banged SPI, GPIO, timers, frame buffer library, and TRF7960 interfacing for an OMAP3 SOC).
Re-designed and updated an RFID card reader circuit schematic and PCB design. Ordered components for and soldered own boards.
UNSW Faculty of Engineering
Engineering Student Ambassador
Represent the UNSW Engineering Faculty officially as a student ambassador at various events throughout the year including high school visits, day programs, information nights, and career markets.
Involves providing accurate information on engineering programs offered at UNSW, admission requirements, application and selection procedures, student support services, and university life in general to prospective undergraduate students.
UNSW Computer Science and Engineering Student Society
Executive Member (Arc Delegate, 2011; Treasurer, 2012)
Served as an elected executive member of CSESoc for two years running, as Arc Delegate and Treasurer.
Involved working closely with a small group of elected executives to plan and host social events, technical workshops, talks by industry experts, and other events for a large body of over 1200 members and students.
Also involved volunteering services and time for the School of Computer Science for numerous events including Awards Nights, Receptions, Info Days, Career Days, and many others.
Helped achieve Arc's UNSW Constituent Club of the Year and UNSW's Student Community & Development Grant in 2011 while serving as the Arc Delegate.
Helped increase operating profit by over 100% over the previous year in 2012 while serving as the Treasurer.
Also helped integrate various new features into the CSESoc website, including an invoicing system, PayPal support, and Google Calendar integration.
UNSW CSE Revue, UNSW Med Revue, UNSW Aerospace Society
Website Administrator (CSE, 2012; Aerospace, 2012), VFX Co-Head (Med, 2011)
Served as a member of the Organising Committee for CSE Revue in 2012 and Med Revue in 2011. Served as a member of the Executive Committee for UNSW Aerospace in 2012.
Set up an externally hosted VPS solution for the existing CSE Revue website infrastructure, including setting up a new mail server.
Planned and organised film shoots, script-writing and storyboarding, editing and visual effects design for Med Revue. Filmed and edited music videos and mixed accompanying music tracks.
Private Tutoring of English and PortugueseTokyo, Japan
Taught Japanese university students English and Portuguese. Maintained and developed own curriculum, class material, and practice tasks. Assisted in numerous English classes for younger children.
Soul Pattison Chemist Canberra
Pharmacy Assistant (7 months), Photographic Technician (5 months)
Provided medical advice to customers and later managed the photographic section, both alone and supervising trainees. Experience with C-41 film developing process.
Vee H Aviation Canberra Airport
Assistant Maintenance Officer
One week of work experience for school with a Canberra Airport-based private charter company. Worked together with mechanics to repair various aircraft and maintenance equipment.
Dean's Honours List (2011) in the School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering at UNSW
1st Place Undergraduate in Advanced Operating Systems course at CSE (UNSW, 2011)
8th Place Award (2010) in the CSE Undergraduate Performance Awards
Year 12 Graduating UAI of 98.55 (ATAR of 98.65), ranked in the top 1.5% of Australia
ANU Secondary College Program (Maths, 2007), one of 30 students selected based on test and school performance for an advanced mathematics course at the Australian National University in Canberra
7th Place (Finalist, High Distinction) of 103 teams in the UNSW Programming Competition in 2008 (as well as Distinctions in 2006 and 2007), acting as the Team Leader and Lead Programmer (Python, PHP)
Faculty Award for I.T. from Lake Tuggeranong College, Faculty Awards (Maths, Science, and I.T.) from Stromlo High School
Distinction Average over several years of participation in the Australian Mathematics Competition