Hello!!! My name is Simon Rafael. I am a sophomore at California State University, Los Angeles, majoring in electrical engineering.

Growing up I watched and helped my father fix things around the house, fixing things like replacing parts to his trucks and cars, replacing the pluming for the sink, hooking up tv's through out the years and even fixing one, and most importantly fixing electronics. He is not a professional at any of these fixes, but with trial and error and most importantly, his experience in a construction job, fixing things went by pretty quickly with me by his side. I not only learn things from him, but we are always learning things from each other. It was the electrical work that made me want to become an electrical engineer.

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As of what I have done with engineering so far, I have created an underwater R.O.V (remote operated vehicle). It was for an Intro to Engineering course, where we learned the importance of reverse engineering, analyzing a already built object and later trying to make one of our own. Creating the R.O.V was pretty exciting because I had never actually made a vehicle before. I have also worked on kits bought from amazon, a mini radio kit and a Arduino kit, helping me further understand electronics and the way they work.

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Aside from projects, I have also worked on electronics and learned to fix them via online tutorials. For example, I once bought a box of Texas Instruments calculators and did my best to fix most of them to the best of my ability. I have also worked on replacing the shoulder buttons on a 3ds, replacing the screen of a PSP1000 and even replacing the hard drives of an Xbox one. I also have experience on bigger appliances like replacing the water pump on a LG washing machine and replacing the drum rollers of an LG dryer.

Skills:

  • Soldering
  • Knowledge of Python programing

Repairs:

  • Various car repairs
  • -AC repair
  • -Radio replacement
  • -Car maintenance (oil change, breaks, etc.)
  • -Auxiliary battery replacement
  • Big appliances like an LG washer and dryer
  • handheld devices like:
  • -TI-83
  • -3DS
  • -PSP
  • -Xbox one

Hobbies:

  • Gardening
  • Fish keeping
  • Gaming