Pedro Fernandes
Co-President & Founder AI Safety Interest Group, NYU Abu Dhabi at New York University Abu Dhabi
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolPedro Fernandes is an ambitious electrical engineering student and tech leader based in NYC, with nine years of hands-on experience building software and hardware solutions across AI, space, and sustainable infrastructure. He co-founded and co-presides NYU Abu Dhabi’s AI Safety Interest Group, bridging technical, ethical, and policy conversations while organizing workshops with regional experts. His research spans astroparticle lab work, regolith simulant development, and novel space soil mechanics experiments, complemented by practical tooling—such as Python pipelines for material aging and data-driven automation for high-volume application systems. Pedro has driven impactful operational engineering projects too, from autonomous public lighting and fault-detection systems to automation that saved dozens of hours at an education nonprofit. Comfortable translating between disciplines and cultures (classes with 10+ nationalities), he combines a rigorous scientific mindset with a maker’s curiosity and early experience in frontend development. He’s equally at home prototyping hardware for space research and exploring AI safety, often pursuing side projects like quantum algorithm optimization to stretch his technical breadth.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
New York UniversityLALA - Latin American Leadership AcademyBachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering at New York University Abu DhabiCurso Técnico Intermediário, Programação Web, Curso Técnico Intermediário, Programação Web at Metrópole Digital - IMD/UFRNHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Colégio Porto
Github Skills (17)
persist3
react3
react-hooks3
redux-persist3
redux3
beautify2
javascript2
nodejs2
js-api2
api2
python1
viewer1
science1
cli1
chemistry1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
peterhttps/redux-dark-mode
May 2020 - Mar 2022
A little dark mode implemented with Redux and Redux-Persist
Contributions:25 PRs, 30 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 10 months
reactreact-hooksjavascritreduxredux-persist
peterhttps/pokedex
May 2020 - Mar 2022
A tiny pokedex built with React
Contributions:20 PRs, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
reactbuilt-with-reacttinypokedexreactjs
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