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About Me

My name is Yarelis Danixa Acevedo Rios, a Laboratory Research Technician at the Outer Tracker, CMS group of Brown University. I completed my undergrad in the Physics Department at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez. I’m passionate about designing, building, and programming machinery for experimentation. I have strong qualitative and analytical skills to conduct independent research. I speak English and Spanish fluently.

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Education

• University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
  • Undergrad - Physics
  • Grad date: May 2023

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Additional training

• 5th HEP C++ Course and Hands-on Training (Zoom) - October 11–13, 2022
• Fermilab C++/STL class - Zoom - August 2020
• Machine learning Workshop - Hackathon - UPRM Campus - May 2019

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Skills

• Programming languages: C++, Python (Tkinter, Matplotlib, Numpy, Pandas, OpenCV)
• LabVIEW
• Wire Bonder
• CAD Tools: Autodesk (Inventor, Fusion360, Tinkercad), Siemens NX, Solidworks
• Microcontrollers: Arduino, Raspberry Pi
• IoT
• 3D Printing
• LaTeX
• Web Development: HTML, CSS

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Experience

Outer Tracker Upgrade (CMS - CERN), Brown University

• Laboratory Technician/Research Technician 2, August 2023 - Present
  • Sensor Testing for Phase 2 Upgrade of the Outer Tracker of CMS, CERN
    • Use of a probing station
    • Wire bonding
    • Alibava setup
      • Brown's University Directory

HSF Training

• Early Fellow, April 2023 - June 2023
  • Create lesson for Pytest for the Preservation Training of HSF
    • Learned Pytest
    • Git - Github
      • HSF Early Fellow Announcement

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Outreach and Educational Activities

Sprouting, Mayagüez, PR

• IT Person, May 22 - 26, 2023
  • Maintain the computers running with the correct material, make sure that the material was up during talks.
    • Sprouting event

Robotics in STEAM, Monserrate de León Irizarry High School, Cabo Rojo, PR

• Mentor, March 30, 2023
  • Show how robotics are related with science, math, art and engineering. For a demonstration used my 3D printer and a drone.
    • 5ta Feria STEAM 2023: Un encuentro con la biodiversidad

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Presentations

Search for VLQ Wq+X at ATLAS detector

• ATLAS SUPER Program Symposium - August 2022
  • Oral Presentation
• 2023 APS CUWiP at the University of Central Florida - January 2023
  • Poster Presentation
• Physics Symposium at UPRM - March 2023
  • Oral Presentation

TIM deposition and characterization for CMS Phase II Pixel Detector

• Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physical Sciences - University of Nebraska-Lincoln - October 2021
  • Poster presentation
• 40th Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting (PRISM) & 55th ACS Junior Technical Meeting (JTM) - University of Puerto Rico Humacao - April 2022
  • Oral presentation

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Projects

3D Printing Tutorial for Beginners

A step-by-step guide to 3D printing

• Designed for kids and adults
• Uses TinkerCAD and Cura
• Walkthrough of slicing, support, and printing

Raspberry Pi powered tensile test machine

A tensile test machine powered by a Raspberry Pi

• Uses a half Wheatstone bridge load cell with an amplifier
• Motor powered, stops when the material mechanically fails
• Camera vision to observe material failure
• Touchscreen control with live force vs. time graph

… See all projects