Jose De Alvear Cardenas
Research Scholar - Aerospace Engineering Project Associate
Mountain View, California, United States
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Top SchoolJose De Alvear Cardenas is an aerospace engineer and researcher with eight years of international experience applying control, autonomy, and AI to micro air vehicles and flight dynamics. Currently a Research Scholar at NASA Ames and San José State University, he pairs rigorous academic training from TU Delft (MSc cum laude) with hands-on projects at DLR and NLR developing robust controllers, state estimation, and multi-objective optimization for demonstrator aircraft. He has a strong teaching and mentorship track record across multiple programming and aerospace courses, and co-founded a student consultancy to deliver data-driven solutions for social impact. Jose also designs entrepreneurial UAV curricula and prototypes interdisciplinary applications of sensing technologies, reflecting a blend of technical depth, communication skills, and practical innovation.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High school Baccalaureate, Scientific/Technological Baccalaureate, GPA: 10/10 with Honours, elected as students' representative, High school Baccalaureate, Scientific/Technological Baccalaureate, GPA: 10/10 with Honours, elected as students' representative at I.E.S. Ramiro de MaeztuHigh school: VWO Gymnasium TTO (bi-lingual education), GPA: 9.0/10, High school: VWO Gymnasium TTO (bi-lingual education), GPA: 9.0/10 at Berlage LyceumTU DelftIDEA LEAGUE Challenge Programme, Leadership, politics, entrepreneurship, policy making., IDEA LEAGUE Challenge Programme, Leadership, politics, entrepreneurship, policy making. at Delft University of TechnologyLadybird Guide to Spacecraft Operations training course, Grade A (maximum score), Ladybird Guide to Spacecraft Operations training course, Grade A (maximum score) at European Space Agency Academy (ESA Academy)
Spanish, English, Dutch, GermanProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
joigalcar3/IHDP
Aug 2020 - Jan 2023
Contributions:31 commits, 7 pushes, 1 comment in 2 years 5 months
Idate96/MIP-for-path-planning
Dec 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:20 commits in 3 months
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