CV - Luis Felipe Jimenez

Luis Felipe Jimenez
Email: jimluis@kean.edu | Website: www.luisfelipejimenez.com
EDUCATION
B.S. Computer Sciences
Kean University, Union, New Jersey
May 2014
HONORS & AWARDS
[Awarded] Who's who among students in american university and colleges Award, March 2014
[Honored] Kean University dean’s list Spring 2014
[Awarded] Kean University’s 2014 Undergraduate Researcher of the year’ Award, March 2014
[Awarded] National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer Science S-STEM Scholarship, 2011 – 2014
[Awarded] Honorable Mention for Poster Presentation, 5th annual Louis Strokes Alliance for Minority Participation
(LSAMP) conference 2013
[Honored] Louis Stokes Alliance For Minority Participation Program (LSAMP), Selected 2013
[First Place] Best Research Paper Award, Kean University chapter of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, May 2012
[First Place] Best Undergraduate Research Project Award, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, May 2012
[Honored] Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program, Selected 2011
[Honored] Kean University dean’s list Fall 2011
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Brain Computer Interface (BCI), Robotics, Assistive Technology (AT), User
experience (UX) and Computer Vision
PUBLICATIONS
1. L. Jimenez, and P. Morreale, “Mobile Assistive Technology: Mapping and Integration”, Proceedings of the 17th
International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, Springer
Computer Science, 2015, to appear.
2. M. Andujar, P. Morreale, Y. Jimenez, L. Jimenez, C. Crawford, and J. Gilbert, “Evaluation of a User’s Affective
Engagement While Interacting with Educational Technologies”, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, Springer Computer Science, 2015, to
appear
3. Andujar, M., Jimenez, L., Shah, J., & Morreale, P. 2013. Evaluating Visual Programming Environments to Teach
Computing to Minority High School Students. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 29, No.
2, December 2013, pp. 140-148.
4. Andujar, M., Aguilera, L., Jimenez, L., Farah, Z., Shah, J., Jimenez, Y., Morreale, P. (2012). Attracting High School
Students to Computing: A case Study with Drag-Drop Interfaces. In proceedings of World Conference on Educational
Media and Technology 2012 (pp.525-530). Chesapeake, VA: AACE
5. P. Morreale, C. Goski, and L. Jimenez, “Measuring the Impact of Computational Thinking Workshops on High School
Teachers”, Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 27, No. 6, June 2012, pp. 151-157
WORK EXPERIENCE
MTS-I System Engineer. ………………….………………………….…………………..
June 2014 – Present
Verizon Wireless (VZW), Warren NJ
Duties
• Back-end software development on Customer Care and Dispatch applications
• Develop, test, maintain and enhance Customer Care and Dispatch applications for external vendors that interact with
the VZW platform
• Involve in Design, Development, Testing and Integration of applications
• Involve in writing database queries
• Create and modify Shell scripts
• Gather and analyze business requirements to converting them into technical specifications
• Deploy applications by using WebSphere Application Server and IDE Eclipse
• Use IBM RAS to develop web based back-end applications
• Use JDBC API for invoking stored procedures in the database
• Use Log4J logging framework for logging messages at various levels
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE/PROJECTS
Research Project. ………………………….………………………….…………………
NavKean [Project team leader]
This is a work-in-progress project exploring the design of a mobile application using Geo-location
for differentiated pedestrian traffic, meeting the needs of individuals with variable mobility.
Kean University, Computer Science Department, Union, NJ
Duties
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Design and conduct user experience research including: usability studies, interviews, focus groups
and prototyping
Develop a GPS Android application by quantifying the geographic area of Kean University and creating a usability layer on top of Google maps to identify closest convenient accessible spots Research Intern. ………………………….………………………….………………………….
Extracting Respiration rate and Heart rate using a cell phone camera
This project is a work-in-progress study that intends to use a cell phone camera to measure heart rate and
breathing rate non-invasively from only the user’s index finger without the need of any additional sensor.
Texas A&M University, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, College Station, TX
Duties
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Summer 2013
Create Matlab scripts for extracting physiological signals from a cell phone camera’s video
Develop an Android application using mobile image processing
Research Intern. …………………………………………………….………………………….
Reader Engagement
This project proposed an interactive multimedia reading approach in order to enhance the reading
engagement level of participants using a wearable BCI EEG device.
Clemson University, Human-Centered Computing Department, Clemson, SC
Duties
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Spring 2014
Summer 2012
Develop a multimedia application to interact with subject’s state of engagement and a BCI to improve
subject’s engagement levels.
Conduct studies
Research Intern. ………………………….………………………….………………………….
Teaching Computational Thinking (TCT): A Comparison of Alice and Android App Inventor
Programming Environments for Hispanic Students
The objective of this research study was to determine which 3D programming platform is
more effective for students in an introductory programming course.
Kean University, Computer Science Department, Union, NJ
Duties
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Integrate Passive Brain-Computer Interface techniques to measure the level of engagement
of the students while creating innovative applications through the educational technologies
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Evaluated students’ interactions with the programming platforms using quantitative and
qualitative data gather from observations and evaluations
2011- 2012
Research Intern. ………………………….………………………….………………………….
Identification and Assessment of Computational
Summer 2011
Thinking Knowledge and tools among high school teachers
The purpose of this project was to evaluate and measure perception change of Computational
Thinking of high school teachers attending professional workshop hosted by Google at Kean University.
Kean University, Computer Science Department, Union, NJ
Duties
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Develop questions for mathematics, science, and computer science teachers attending to the workshop
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ORAL PRESENTATION • Research Day at Kean University 2014
Kean University, Union, NJ
NavKean • 5th Annual Louis Strokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Conference 2013
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Extracting Respiration rate and Heart rate using a cell phone camera
• Distributed Research Experience for Undergraduate students (DREU) Scholar 2013
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Extracting Respiration rate and Heart rate using a cell phone camera • Research Day at Kean University 2013
Kean University, Union, NJ
Reader Engagement • Distributed Research Experience for Undergraduate students (DREU) Scholar 2012
Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Reader Engagement • Research Day at Kean University 2012
Kean University, Union, NJ
Teaching Computational Thinking (TCT): A Comparison of Alice and Android App Inventor Programming
Environments for Hispanic Students. • Ronald E. McNair Research Summer Institute 2011
Kean University, Union, NJ
Identification and Assessment of Computational Thinking Knowledge and tools among high school teachers.
LEADERSHIP & MEMBERSHIP
[President] Association of Computer Machinery (ACM) at Kean University Chapter
[Secretary] Association of Computer Machinery (ACM) at Kean University Chapter
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Programming Languages:
Software:
Servers:
Operating Systems:
Research:
UX Skills:
2013- 2014
2011- 2013
Java/J2EE, Android SDK, MySQL, PHP, HTML
Eclipse, Toad, Oracle SQL Developer, Emotiv EPOC, Matlab, Photoshop, Illustrator,
Microsoft Office suite, R, Balsamiq.
WebSphere
Mac OS X, Windows, Unix
Literature review, problem solving, experimental design, statistical analysis,
research paper writing, presentation skills (poster and oral), teamwork
Interviews, Usability Testing, User Research, Accessibility, Prototyping, Focus Groups
COMMUNITY SERVICE
• Gamboa Indian Community (Amazon, Peru) - Provided school supplies and clothing.
• Be the change - Help preparing and distributing food and cloths for homeless people.
• Earth week at Kean – Coordinate a program to talk about environmental impact of
contamination. • Hunger for Homeless - Help preparing and distributing food for homeless people in Newark NJ.
• Comcast Club Boys and Girls - Help the club Boys and Girls painting their facilities
for improvement.
Summer 2012 Summer 2011
Spring 2011 Spring 2011
Fall 2010
LANGUAGES
Spanish Fluent in written and conversational Spanish (bilingual/bicultural)
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