Mauricio Deguchi
Hi! My name is Mauricio Deguchi, I am a second year studying Mechanical Engineering at UCLA (Class of 2024). A little bit about myself, I was born and raised in Mexico City into a Mexican-Japanese family. I love the uniqueness of each culture and it helps me understand and appreciate a variety of other cultures. As for my academic interests, I am interested in electro-mechanical systems. I am passionate about robotics and hope to pursue my Master's in the field of mechatronics. Recently, I have been working on a lot of software and thermal systems which have further broadened my interests. I love learning and exploring new fields; each one is unique and I feel that the breadth helps me understand a more holistic view on any front.
I had the priviledge of working in an origami robotics research lab where I was mentored in compliant mechanisms, leading to the design and manufacturing of this autonomous robotic crawler. A collection of these robots and their logic have been published in the Science Advances Journal.
My most recent project involves analyzing modern heat transfer methods and finding optimizations in heat extraction. Unfortunately, I am unable to post any results for the time being.
In an effort to explore coding in Python & C, I designed a fully functional whistle controleld car using Fourier Transforms.
I worked in a team to fully design rocket to compete in NASA's USLI design division. I was divded in hepling both the payload and structures subteams achieve their deisgn.
Data Structures & Algorithms
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Projects from UCLA's Data Structures & Algorithms class (CS 32), including a Battelship game with a smart computer that beats a mediocre player at a 97% win ratio.
Projects from UCLA's Intro to MATLAB, including an SIR model to reflect the spread of disease on a sequence of global populations.
As an introduction to electrical systems and feedback, I collaborated with a partner to encode a PID controller for a car to follow a dark path.
Course Work
- Transport Phenomena
- Intro to Thermodynamics
- Intro to Fluid Mechanics
- Statics & Strength of Materials
- Circuit Theory
- Data Structures & Algorithms
- Intro to MATLAB
Organizations
- Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society)
- Society of LatinX Engineers & Scientists
- UCLA's Center for Excellence in Engineering and Diversity
Skills
- Fluent in Spanish
- 3-D Modelling (Solidworks, Fusion 360, AutoCAD)
- Rapid Prototyping (Lazer cutting, 3-D printing)
- C/C++ & MATLAB
- Adobe Creative Cloud
