Alejandro Stevenson-Duran

Alejandro Stevenson-Duran

El Paso, Texas, United States
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Experience

  • FundMiner Graphic

    FundMiner

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    Austin, TX

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    Menlo Park, CA

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    Redmond, WA

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    Seattle, WA

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    El Paso, TX

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    El Paso, TX

Education

Volunteer Experience

  • Project co-founder

    El Segundo Barrio Project

    - Present 11 years 9 months

    Arts and Culture

    * Started an organization that provides positive local criticism to a Hispanic and economically unstable neighborhood

    * As representative and project co-founder, got to merge with El Paso Convention and Visitors Bureau who kept project ongoing as of today

Projects

  • Research on Computer Approximation, The University of Texas at Austin

    • Worked alongside graduate level students and Embedded Systems professor. Explored different algorithms of approximation to get a balanced output focusing on energy consumption and quality

    • Reinforced my ability to collaborate in the engineering work-force with professionalism

    Other creators
    • Behzad Boroujererdian

  • Embedded System Game

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    • Implemented full circuitry including potentiometers, ADC, DAC, switches, and an LCD screen

    • Configurated port drivers in Assembly language and developed the game code in C

    • Hardware components interacted with my software via Cortex M4 microcontroller

Honors & Awards

  • 2018 Google Scholar

    Google

    1 of 15 annual Generation Google scholars in the US

  • Gates Millennium Scholarship Recipient

    Gates Millennium Foundation

    * Was one of the one thousand recipients of this scholarship throughout the country
    * Scholarship covers all academic needs up to Doctorate
    * Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

  • Terry Scholarship Recipient

    Terry Foundation

    * Full ride Scholarship to attend the University of Texas at Austin

  • ‘GT Most Remarkable Community Project'

    IB Program at Coronado High School

    * Received this award for El Segundo Barrio Project

  • 1st Place for 2018 Best Senior Design Project at UT Austin

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  • Congressional Recognition

    Congressman Beto O'Rourke

    * Recipient of ‘Congressional Recognition’ provided by Congressman Beto O’Rourke for academic and extracurricular achievements in El Paso area

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • French

    Limited working proficiency

Organizations

  • Gates Millennium Foundation

    Active Scholar

    - Present

    * Attended annual leadership conference in San Jose, CA. * Ambassador for the Gates Millennium Scholarship

  • Terry Foundation

    Active Scholar

    - Present

    * Recipient and member of the Terry Scholarship Foundation * Attend dinner events, fundraisers, and orientations for the organization

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