I'M
ROBERTO Vigil Ruiz
Majoring in Mechanical Engineering with a Minor in Comparative and World Literature at San Francisco State University
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Experience Timeline
2024-Present
SFSU Mechatronics
1/2022 - 5/2023
Team Lead - Motor Test Station
Creating a compact, low-cost, lightweight motor test station for students to use as lab equipment for the mechatronics course at San Francisco State University.
SFSU Center for Science and Mathematics Education
Student Instructor
Instructed the weekly Supplemental Instructional Course, SCI 228 [01] - Mathematics Concepts: Calculus 3. Coordinated with professors and created lesson plans covering studying techniques and examples to help students succeed in partial differentiation, vector calculus and other topics.
8/2021 - 12/2022
SFSU School of Engineering
5/2022 - 8/2022
Grader ENGR 103
Graded the assignments of over 25 students for both sections of the Engineering Introduction to Computers course. Created a unique rubric for each assignment to fairly grade students’ programming work. Checked functionality of student programs, fulfillment of assignment requirements, and input grades into the iLearn administrative page.
Control for Assistive & Rehabilitation and Robotics Lab
Intern
Designed gearbox components for a shoulder prosthetic using MATLAB and Solidworks. Researched different cycloidal drive systems to study the effects of backlash and gear ratios on part size, wear, and output.
2020-Present
San Francisco State University
2019
Persinger Architects
Intern
Modeled school classrooms, bathrooms, and multi use rooms for schools around Sonoma County using SketchUp. Created a bird's-eye view of a campus and designed a walking path using AutoCAD. Redlined blueprints and contracts using Adobe Acrobat. Organized project files into binders to increase accessibility.
Student
In 2020, during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, I enrolled at San Francisco State University in hopes of refining and expanding my understanding of engineering.
