Ángel T. Ordóñez Retamar

• Taught Prof. Mukund Iyengar’s Intro to Programming & Algorithmic Thinking to two sections of first-year students.
• Led lectures, assigned and graded labs/exams, held office hours, gave instructor feedback on each student’s progress.
• Topics covered: integer math, variables, loops, conditionals, arrays, matrices, functions, headers, classes, object oriented programming, and file operations (C++).

• Worked under Prof. Pin-Quang Lai in his studies of Applied Molecular Simulations and Machine Learning.
• Researched monoclonal antibody bioavailability to understand how antibodies are accepted/rejected during subcutaneous administration.
• Used PyMol to generate antibodies and splice variable regions for IgG1 Kappa and Lambda structures.
• Applied machine learning techniques in Python to group antibodies with compatible constant regions.

• Managed a group of 6 volunteers during the reconstruction of the parish, as well as onsite contractors, electricians and other professionals.
• Organized fundraisers, coordinated and made several media appearances showcasing and promoting the project, raising more than $150,000 in donations, enabling project completion.
• Gained hands-on experience in new manual fields such as carpentry, and electrical work. Taught these skills to volunteers.

Computer Engineering Major with concentration in Networks & Security, class of 2025. Cumulative GPA after 7 semesters is 3.4.

High Honor Roll, ACT 33/36, Bi-Literacy in French and Spanish, Varsity Sports. Activities and Societies: Soccer team, Swim Team, Tennis Team, Track Team.

Arduino clone, WeMos D1R1 board set up to gather data on temperature, light intensity, and humidity. Three-person group deployed each board at different locations where they lived to then compare data. Data was filtered through Labview to be easily visualized for our presentation of our findings to our class.
Link to the presentation.

Used Solidworks to construct a scale model of a Nintendo Switch. Measurements were taken using calipers provided by the school. Each member built a part: the dock, the system, the joy-cons, and then they were assembled for the project. Drawings and process were presented to the class.
Link to the presentation.

Arduino robot, Lidar system and sensors on the front and sides of robot. Three-person group wrote the code to make the robot go to three different points in order and evade obstacles that were placed around. Gathered data on the path and presented to the class, achieved one of the fastest times in the whole section.
Link to the presentation.

First design project not related to CPE, had to design a truss to withstand a certain load, be a certain size, and cost a certain amount. In a three-person group to try multiple designs and present better findings to the class. My design succeeded and was modeled after the classic Warren Truss.
Link to the report.

Analog Circuits and RF project where we had to play a signal through a high and low pass filter in the same circuit, amplify the signal, and play it out of a physical amp. The first team to finish in the class, a week before the other teams. Helped the TA's to help the other groups finish in the last week of the class. Wrote a report as a team on the project.
Link to the report.

Materials Processing Paper, had to find a way to re-engineer a plastic product to produce less microplastics upon biodegradation. Wrote about a way to infuse bacteria into PETE bottles plastic in order to produce much less microplastics.
Link to the report.

Throughout Engineering Design VI we had labs to work with Python, WSL, and Raspberry Pi. These ranged from GHDL, Django, Node.js, YANG, and blockchain. It was also a great learning experience for using GitHub to make an organized repository and learn markdown.
Link to the GitHub repo.

The main focus of Design VI was to draft a project for the Senior Design Expo. My group for this project did not end up being my group for Senior Design since I went away to Boston and took a year off from Stevens. Our project for Design VI was NodeStitch: using AI/ML to develop a network infrastructure that is able to actively reconfigure itself when nodes become unresponsive or the network is attacked with no human intervention needed.
Link to the team Website.

For my project in Classical Western Literature I chose the creative option and made a map of Virgil's Underworld. I then also made a video of a tour of the underworld following the journey of Aeneas through the Underworld as a dotted line, Indiana Jones style. I liked the opportunity to use some of the video editing skills I had learned during my year in Boston.
Link to the Video.

For Wireless Networks there were no projects or exams, instead we had weekly homework about topics that we were going over in lecture. This is a booklet of each homework assignment I had done in the class which looks at 1G networks, fading, IEEE standards, handoff and handover, routing protocols, AD HOC networks, intrusion detection systems, and MQTT protocol
Link to the booklet.

Our project focused on developing a robust Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) using various machine learning techniques to identify and classify malicious network traffic. We implemented supervised binary and multiclass classification models, including Logistic Regression, SVM, Decision Trees, and Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), to detect cyberattacks like DDoS, PortScan, and Bot.
Link to the report.

Project focused on designing a conceptual secure document server for the Stevens Network to facilitate document sharing between teachers and students while maintaining strict access control, data integrity, and secure communication. We implemented encryption techniques, including AES for data storage and RSA for secure key distribution, along with digital signatures to ensure data authenticity and integrity. The system restricts access to the university’s local network or via VPN, enforcing multi-factor authentication.
Link to the report.

Project was to make a card game in Python using OOP. Made a blackjack game to play on the terminal against the computer. Implemented a special feature if the player gets Blackjack or two wins in a row, they can view their hidden card. A fun conclusion to the Python course using OOP and other concepts learned throughout the semester.
Link to the repo.

Our Senior Design project was SmartVital: a small, wireless IoT device designed to continuously monitor patient vitals like pulse, blood oxygen levels, and movement without the need for bulky wired systems. Unlike traditional monitors, it allows patients to move freely, even outside the hospital, while healthcare professionals access real-time data remotely. At just $20 per unit, SmartVital significantly reduces hospital costs compared to conventional $10,000 wired systems, offering an innovative and affordable solution for modern healthcare.
Link to the project website and business plan.

I received an opportunity to be sent as a missionary for a year in 2023 and deferred from school for a year in order to pursue it. I was sent to Jamaica Plain, MA, to the parish of St. Thomas Aquinas where I spent the year helping the parochial vicar there, Fr. Andrea Povero.

• Managed the planning and helped lead a group of 110 low-income youths from Boston on a pilgrimage to a 26,000-person encounter in the Barclays Center. Acted as a personal mentor to a small group and helped them explore their faith
• Filmed and edited videos for the parish, Fr. Andrea, and Build the Faith
• Link to videos I made
• Provided Spanish, English, French, and Italian translations for liturgies and other events
• Read at daily mass, sang and played guitar at Saturday eucharists

A devout Catholic. At the Eucharists I read readings, sing psalms, and play guitar.