Experience

Associate Researcher (Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in) — Technische Universität Darmstadt (Jul 2023 – Present)
Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
  • Supervised 8 MSc/BSc theses
  • Collaborated with industry partners on applied research projects
  • Conducted multi-objective optimization and graph-based analysis of corrugated boards
  • Authored competitive research proposals and published 10+ papers (incl. Q1 journals)
Consultant — Skibby Software Limited (Apr 2023 – Jun 2023)
Remote
  • AI-related software for analyzing extensive documentation for construction companies
Research Associate — Technical University of Munich (Oct 2022 – Mar 2023)
Munich, Germany
  • Simulation of industrial components with Simulink
  • Data Mining use cases in Python
  • Led MATLAB/Simulink robot-like system simulation
  • Delivered data mining lectures
Mechanical Engineer — REXUS/BEXUS (SPACIS) (Jul 2022 – Mar 2023)
Porto, Portugal
  • Mechanical component design, simulations and lab experiments
Founder & CEO — Porto Space Team (Jun 2022 – Oct 2022)
Porto, Portugal
  • Built a 90+ student team, launched 2 projects, secured 4+ partners
Master Thesis Fellow — INEGI, University of Porto (Apr 2022 – Sep 2022)
Porto, Portugal
  • Developed PSO-based multi-objective optimization in Fortran/Python
  • Authored literature review and novel PSO methods
Project Thesis — RWTH Aachen — WZL (Sep 2021 – Oct 2021)
Aachen, Germany
  • Predicted fine-blanking workpiece quality from sensor data
Project Work — RWTH Aachen — WZL (Mar 2021 – Jun 2021)
Aachen, Germany
  • Built high-accuracy models for production-line quality prediction
Online CubeSat Concurrent Engineering Workshop (Student) — ESA Academy (Jan 2022 – Jan 2022)
Online
  • Learned concurrent design with Open Concurrent Design Tool
Research Intern — RWTH Aachen — Institut für Textiltechnik (Oct 2020 – Mar 2021)
Aachen, Germany
  • Optimized kinematic draping simulation with PSO and parallel computing
Researcher — FEUP — University of Porto (Mar 2020 – Mar 2021)
Porto, Portugal
  • Optimization research (PSO), Matlab/Python coding, gears design optimization
Summer Engineering Intern — Bosch Portugal (Jul 2019 – Sep 2019)
Aveiro, Portugal
  • Data analysis on gas water heater telemetry, lab procedure improvements, Matlab/VBA tooling