David Mascarenas

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About me

Gender Male
Occupation Postdoc
Location New Mexico, United States
Introduction I am currently a cyber-physical systems researcher. My formal education is in structural and mechanical engineering. I have also had extensive training in machining and welding. I am interested in sharing thoughts on how to approach educating students to be creative thinkers while maintaining appropriate rigor in their work.
Interests Catholisism, Machining, Welding, Unmanned Systems, Wireless sensor networks, DIY surfboards, natural family planning, pro-life, computer vision, planning and scheduling, surfing, pin striping, naprotechnology, Pope Paul VI Institute, fabrication, napro, Catholic Medical Association, Catholics For the Common Good, Embryology, Neurology, Neuroscience, Signal Processing, Controls, nonproliferation, electronics, compressed sensing, learning theory
Favorite Movies Little Miss Sunshine, Bringing out the Dead, Dr. Strangelove, The Men Who Stare at Goats
Favorite Books Theology and Sanity, The Greatest Salesman in the World, Catch-22, One Day in the life of Ivan Denisovich, Theology of the Body, Dante's Inferno