Andres Rico
Graduate Research Assistant
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndres Rico is a research-driven engineer and maker with eight years of experience building sensor systems and machine intelligence at the MIT Media Lab, focused on empowering communities and improving urban ecosystems. Trained in Innovation and Development Engineering and currently pursuing graduate degrees at MIT, he blends hands-on hardware prototyping with AI modeling and human-centered design. He has led regional entrepreneurship initiatives in Monterrey and founded a tech innovation agency, demonstrating an uncommon mix of academic research, public-private collaboration, and startup execution. Equally comfortable designing HCI prototypes for decentralized medicine as deploying sensing platforms for city-scale projects, he prioritizes democratizing technology through knowledge-sharing and practical, deployable solutions.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bilingual Bachelor, General Bachelor Studies, Bilingual Bachelor, General Bachelor Studies at Tecnológico de MonterreyMaster of Science - MS, Media, Arts and Sciences, Master of Science - MS, Media, Arts and Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCertificate, Innovation and Technology, Professional Education, Certificate, Innovation and Technology, Professional Education at MIT Professional Education
English, Spanish, French
Github Skills (1)
modular5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
AndresRicoM/Genetic-City
May 2019 - Feb 2022
Contributions:39 commits, 37 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 9 months
AndresRicoM/MAIA
May 2021 - Apr 2022
Taking Bio Sensors Out Of The Lab. Modular , low-cost,
Contributions:1 review, 68 commits, 2 PRs in 10 months
sensorslow-costmodularlabbio
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