TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

Skills & Tools

Capabilities built across power systems, embedded firmware, infrastructure modeling, simulation, and systems security. Everything here is backed by active hardware projects, live builds, or ongoing research.

B.S. Electrical Engineering CIBR Lab Researcher Security+ Certified NSBE Tech Dev Chair
PROVEN IN PROJECTS

Skills Backed by Active Work

Applied in Smart Grid Monitor, TARS, Infrastructure Lab, or active CIBR Lab research.

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POWER SYSTEMS
AC/DC analysis, load-flow & THD detection

RMS Voltage/Current/Power Factor measurement with <3% error margin on ESP32. FFT-based Total Harmonic Distortion detection in sub-100ms. MATLAB load-flow simulations optimizing grid restoration by 22%.

Smart Grid Monitor · Infrastructure Lab
EMBEDDED FIRMWARE
ESP32/Arduino, PWM control & signal conditioning

PWM trip-logic for overcurrent protection maintaining stability within 10% of peak rated capacity. Active RC filtering reducing electrical noise (Vpp) by 35%. Bench-validated with digital oscilloscopes.

Load-Shedding Controller · TARS
DESIGN & SIMULATION
MATLAB/Simulink, LTspice, SOLIDWORKS Electrical

Power regulation system designed in SOLIDWORKS Electrical for 12V-to-6V DC-DC conversion. MATLAB cascade failure modeling across 7 infrastructure layers (500+ unique scenarios). PulseGrid AI simulation.

TARS · Infrastructure Lab
ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS
Servo control, DC-DC regulation & gait automation

Multi-articulated walking robot with 9 metal-gear servos on 16-Channel PWM Driver. Python-driven gait automation. 11.1V 1300mAh LiPo power management with designed discharge rate regulation.

TARS Project
SYSTEMS SECURITY
AES-128, MQTT TLS, infrastructure hardening

NERC CIP-compliant data transport with AES-128 + MQTT TLS 1.2. Network segmentation via pfSense and inter-VLAN routing. CompTIA Security+ — infrastructure security, secure protocols, identity management.

Smart Grid Monitor · Infrastructure Lab
RESEARCH & ANALYSIS
Human-AI interaction & behavioral datasets

Analyzing 500+ human-AI interaction datasets for cognitive bias patterns. Building conversational AI for cybercrime victim support. OSINT research design on digital footprint exposure across social and data broker platforms.

USF CIBR Lab
CAPABILITY AREAS

Technical Domains

The full scope of the engineering lane — what's active now, what's in progress, and what's building.

Power & Circuitry

Active

  • • AC/DC circuit analysis and 3-Phase power
  • • Power Factor Correction and Load Flow Analysis
  • • Transformer theory and Thevenin equivalents
  • • DC-DC power regulation design (12V-to-6V)
  • • LiPo discharge rate management and protection

Embedded Systems

Active

  • • ESP32 and Arduino firmware development
  • • PWM control — servo drivers and motor logic
  • • Signal conditioning and RC noise filtering
  • • Digital oscilloscope bench validation
  • • Sensor integration: current, voltage, IMU

Modeling & Simulation

Active

  • • MATLAB/Simulink — load-flow and grid modeling
  • • LTspice — circuit simulation and analysis
  • • SOLIDWORKS Electrical — power system schematics
  • • PSpice, KiCad — PCB design and simulation
  • • AutoCAD 2D/3D and Revit — design documentation

Software & Automation

Active

  • • Python — firmware automation, gait control, data pipelines
  • • C/C++ — embedded firmware development
  • • Bash — infrastructure scripting, 40% diagnostic time reduction
  • • SQL — data extraction and analysis
  • • Git/GitHub — version control and project management

Infrastructure & Networking

Active

  • • Proxmox VE — hypervisor and VM orchestration
  • • pfSense — firewall config and inter-VLAN routing
  • • TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS protocol analysis
  • • Network segmentation and topology design
  • • Linux system administration and log management

Systems Security

Applied Edge

  • • AES-128 + MQTT TLS 1.2 for IIoT data security
  • • NERC CIP compliance design patterns
  • • CompTIA Security+ — secure protocols, identity mgmt
  • • Network forensics via homelab DFIR exercises
  • • Incident response methodology (NIST SP 800-61)
TOOLING

Tools & Platforms

Tools used across casework, research, and active builds.

Forensics & IR

Wireshark
Volatility
SIFT Workstation
Velociraptor
InsightIDR
NIST SP 800-61

Infrastructure Modeling & Analysis

VirusTotal
Shodan
AbuseIPDB
WHOIS / RDAP
Splunk
MITRE ATT&CK

Network & Systems

Nmap
pfSense
Proxmox VE
Kali Linux
Ubuntu
tcpdump

Development

Python
Bash
PowerShell
SQL (SQLite / MySQL)
Git / GitHub
REST APIs
SUMMER 2026

What's Next

The TIG Foundation Plan — building the technical depth that makes everything else credible.

HOMELAB EXERCISES

CASE-002 — Linux Forensics

  • • Full attack chain on isolated homelab network
  • • DVWA exploit through root and persistence
  • • Log correlation, artifact documentation, SIFT tooling
  • • Published investigation following CASE-001 format
SOFTWARE & AUTOMATION

C/C++, Python & Bash

  • • C/C++ — embedded firmware development
  • • Python — gait automation, data processing, scripting
  • • Bash — network triage automation, 40% diagnostic time reduction
  • • Git/GitHub — version control across all active projects
CERTIFICATIONS & RESEARCH

Security+ & CIBR Lab

  • • CompTIA Security+ — infrastructure security, secure protocols, identity management (Jan 2026)
  • • CIBR Lab — analyzing 500+ human-AI interaction datasets for social engineering vulnerability patterns
  • • Undergraduate Research Symposium — April 2026

Open to Opportunities

Targeting EE internships in power systems, embedded engineering, and infrastructure — with a security-hardening edge. Primary target window: Summer 2027. Open to conversations now.