DANIEL RUGELES

dnrugelesb@unal.edu.co

Education
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBIA, Bogotá, Colombia March 2006 - July 2010
Electronic Engineer. Cumulative GPA: 4.2/5.0
Merit Scholarship for best performance (January 2008)

Professional experience
INTERNACIONAL DE INGENIERIA LTDA. Traineeship January 2010 - October 2010
Designed a ground system controller using permeability and temperature as inputs and water as
output. The device is currently being tested for security and performance quality.
RETIE, INGENIERÍA Y GESTIÓN (RIG). Assistant engineer April - October 2009
Lead the company through a contest promoted by an important Telecommunications company in
Colombia. RIG developed the best plan for enterprise improvement, winning first prize.
BIOLOGICAL MODELING AND SIMULATION. Research group member July 2010 - Present
Developed a wireless temperature monitor of a freezer in a laboratory at the National University’s
Faculty of Medicine. A computer interface allows programming the range in which a cell phone
notifies critical events. Pending work includes programming from internet and developing a star
network with a wide variety of sensors.

Publications
ENID 2010. Research proposal “Applications on 3D human body reconstruction through computer
vision” September 2010.

MUNDO ELÉCTRICO. Local magazine specialized in electrical engineering “Control for a ground
system based on humidity” June 2010, pg. 80-82.

Affiliations

AIESEC. Volunteer member August 2010 - Present

Through the AIESEC platform, I help to match other members with international internships.
UN TECHO PARA MI PAÍS. Volunteer member September 2004 - Present
Build temporary homes for low income families in the city of Bogota.

PROYECTO VIVI. Founding member March 2010 - Present

Computer vision project whose main objective is to find the spatial coordinates of a person in
order to use them in gaming, shopping and animation applications.

Honors

WAUKESHA NORTH HIGH SCHOOL, Waukesha, WI, USA. Best student of engineering design, 2005.
COLFUTURO, Bogotá, Colombia. “Regional talent pool” Merit-based guidance for students who
pursue a graduate degree abroad.

COLCIENCIAS, Bogotá, Colombia, “Young and innovative researchers” Fellowship granted to

complete the work proposed with the biological modeling and simulating research group.

Skills
LANGUAGES: Fluent in Spanish and English (Oral, written)
Intermediate French (Oral, written)
COMPUTERS:
Virtual Design: AutoCAD, 3Ds Max.
Audio: Adobe audition, Guitar Pro.
Embedded systems: Code composer studio, IAR embedded Workbench, Xilinx ISE, Labview.
Simulation: Proteus, OrCAD, Matlab, Ansoft designer, Scicoslab.
Programming Languages: Assembler, C++,C#, OpenCV library.
Others: Office, Texnic Center, Microsoft Project.
MUSIC: Classic Guitar, Electric Guitar and Drum set. Former member of the symphony orchestra in
Kettle Moraine High School, WI, USA
SPORTS: Bowling (1st place Cicolpa cup) and Soccer.

References
Flavio Prieto. Computer Vision professor, National University of Colombia
faprietoo@unal.edu.co.
Carlos Clavijo. Biology professor, National University of Colombia
caclavijor@unal.edu.co.
Fernando Barbosa. Project manager, Internacional de ingeniería Ltda.
directorproyectos@internacionaldeingenieria.com