Jorge Vásquez
PHD Student at Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolJorge Vásquez is a Ph.D. candidate in Computational Engineering and Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University and a Lieutenant Colonel with nine years of engineering and leadership experience in the Chilean Army. He blends systems engineering, machine vision, and mobile robotics to develop reliable inspection and simulation systems, having led projects from a virtual shooting range to emergency training simulators and the MoonRanger systems team. Educated with dual MS degrees and a strong mechanical engineering foundation, he has taught systems design, robotics, and mechanics across top Chilean and U.S. institutions. Known for driving innovation inside hierarchical organizations, he creates start-up–like R&D teams that translate military operational needs into practical, deployable technology. An endurance athlete and author, he pairs rigorous technical research with real-world operational insight and a penchant for multidisciplinary problem solving.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Ingeniería de sistemas, summa cum laude, B.S., Ingeniería de sistemas, summa cum laude at Academia Politécnica MilitarBachelor of Arts - BA, Military Science and Operational Studies, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Military Science and Operational Studies at Escuela MilitarBS in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Professional Engineer, Bachelor of Science, BS in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Professional Engineer, Bachelor of Science at University of Santiago, ChilePhd in Computer Vision and Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Phd in Computer Vision and Robotics, Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
English, Spanish, German
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Github Skills (38)
asynchronous10
avro10
concurrent10
http10
zio10
websocket10
scala10
typesafe10
effects10
http-server10
http-client10
category-theory10
blogpost10
functional-programming10
stm10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jorge-vasquez-2301/zio-tictactoe
Mar 2021 - Jun 2022
Contributions:12 commits, 7 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 3 months
jorge-vasquez-2301/zio-hangman
May 2020 - May 2022
Contributions:4 commits, 11 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years
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