Jaime's Résumé

About

Name: Jaime Pando Acedo
Age: 30 years
City: Badajoz
Languages: Spanish, English, French
Career: Engineer

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Software developer with +5 years dedicated to research. Enthusiastic about computers and software engineering, always thriving to try and experiment with new software. Advocate of open source projects, aiming to help achieve new goals.

Used to work in international environments
Good at teamwork, always willing to help

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Professional Experience

2022-ongoing: Backend developer at University of Extremadura
2017-2021: Predoctoral Research Traineé at University of Extremadura
2016-2017: Lab technician at University of Extremadura

Grants and awards

2018: DoRa Plus, research stay at Tallinn University of Technology
2015: Best Final Project in Electrical Engineering Award
2013: Americampus, exchange student at University of New Mexico

Studies

2017-2022: BSc. Degree in Software Engineering at UNED
2017-2021: PhD. Degree in Electrical Engineering at UNEX
2014-2015: MSc. Degree in Research in Engineering Science at UNEX
2010-2014: BSc. Degree in Electrical Engineering at UNEX

Other courses and certificates

2017: C programming of microcontrollers course
2016: Android applications programming course
2013: Certificate in Advanced English by Cambridge ESOL

Software skills

I have always had a great interest in computers and software. Discover, configure and experiment with new programs has always been a fascination for me. Ever since I discovered GNU/Linux and free software (as in freedom), this interest has only grown.

I would often find myself diving in the wikis for hours, just to configure my computer and learn in the process. So I came to the conclussion that, in order to better organize the knowledge I was obtaining, I'd better start studying Software Engineering while doing my PhD.

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Containers

Virtualization using containers has been getting a lot of attention in recent years thanks to the advantages they offer compared to classic hypervisor virtualization. I had the chance to learn about it while doing my Final Project, for my Degree in Software Engineering. I adquired the following skills related to it:

Applications containerization using Docker containers
Deploying online applications using containers
Basic container orchestration using minikube

Java

Is the programming language I used the most, since is the one used in almost every subject in Software Engineering. The main skills I have obtained, beyond general usage of the language, are the following:

Data structures: trees, heaps, lists, hashtables, hashmaps
Algorithms: quicksort, heapsort, dynamic programming, greedy algorithms, graph sweeping
Distributed programming using JAVA RMI

Shell

Coming from a operating system like Windows, where everything is given to the user, to other where one has the power to change and modify, was a radical change in the way I used computers. More than 5 years using different GNU/Linux distributions have given me the following skills:

POSIX compliant shell scripting, use of UNIX tools like awk, sed, etc
Remote administration using SSH of systemd based systems, task planification using crontab
Configuration of web servers based in apache or nginx, mail servers based on devecot and postfix

Web

From this very webpage to the one of the research group where I did my PhD, my experience in web developing has given me the following skills:

Responsive webpages developing using HTML, CSS and frameworks like Bootstrap
Developing of dynamic webpages using ASP and using CSM as Drupal
Connection to data bases using ASP, as well as MySQL and PHP
Plugins development for Moodle using PHP

C

The first programming language I ever studied, and possibly one of the most complex ones. Considered high level language nowadays, I've always been fond of it because of its relation to operative systems and microcontrollers. Some skills regarding the C lang could be the following:

Interprocess comunication using IPC mechanisms: semaphores, message queues, shared memory
C programming of microcontrollers: PWM, interruptions, comunication using I2C, ISP, etc

Other software

Version control using Git
Typesetting with
Office software: LibreOffice, MS Office
Graphics editing with Inkscape

Programming IDEs: IntelliJ, Eclipse, Android Studio
Basic knowledge of: Python, Haskell, Prolog
Scripting and simulations with MATLAB Simulink
Digital circuits design with VHDL

Research experience

For the last 5 years I have been a researcher in the University of Extremadura, whithin the Power Electrical and Electronic Systems research group. First as a lab technician and doing my PhD. afterwards. Researching is a very difficult task which provides with a very useful skillset, besides the deep knowledge of the topic one researches on. Some of this skills are:

Self-sufficiency, even in tasks with no prior experience
Consulting of scientific and technical documentation
Cooperation in international teams
Information organizing and synthesis, presenting and exposition
Redacting clear and well-organized documents, including scientific reports

My first steps in research where as lab technician in the research project entitled "Energy management system for an smart community: micro-hybrid storage system, SCEMS-mHESS (TEC2013-47316-C3-3-P)". The project goal was to design and operate an intelligent energy management system for a community. Using hybrid storage systems, it could achieve advantages to both the consumers and producers, as well as provide grid services. Some important tasks I developed within the project where:

Design and simulation of AC/DC converters connected to grid
Design and simulation of DC/DC converter for energy storage management
Prototype design and construction for a bidirectional charger using rapid prototyping tools
Development of power flow management and harmonic current correction control strategies
Hybridization of the energy storage system: batteries and supercapacitors

I then got a job from the Government of Extremadura to start my PhD, as a researcher trainee. Although I did so in the same research group, my research topic was the control of electric motors applied to the Electric Vehicle field. I developed three different topics during my 4 years of work: the control of the motor during propulsion mode, the charging of the car's batteries and the supression of the vehicle's vibrations.

Some of the key results I achieved while doing my PhD were:

Development of advanced motor control techniques: sensorless control
Merging of the propulsion and charging systems of the vehicle
Passive elements reduction by using the motor windings as grid filters
Development of active damping control strategies to mitigate the vibrations observed