Research Milestones

(Honors, Awards, Research Achievements)

2025

- Member of the U21 HSG Clinical Simulation group, representing Tecnológico de Monterrey alongside professors from leading universities worldwide:

University of Queensland (Australia, Oceania)
Hong Kong University (Hong Kong, Asia)
University of Johannesburg (South Africa, Africa)
McMaster University (Canada, North America)
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Chile, South America)

- Coverage by the university's newsletter Conecta (Spanish)

- My 2^nd first-author journal paper was selected by the Chief Editors of Frontiers in Human Neuroscience for the 2024 Research Highlights eBook
- Top 3% of 510 articles and ranked top 2 in Brain-Computer Interfaces research

2024

- BS in Biomedical Engineering, with distinctions:

Summa Cum Laude (highest academic distinction)
Excellence Diploma (highest co-curricular distinction)
Borrego de Oro (#1 in professional development)
International Diploma (leadership & multilingual proficiency)

- Coverage by the university's newsletter Conecta (Spanish)

BS in BME Distinctions — ^{Honor cords: Gold - Summa Cum Laude; White - Excellence Diploma; Orange - International Disploma}

- Student speaker awardee ($1600 USD) at Amsterdam University Medical Center, with the presentation "Digital Twins in Education" in U21 HSG
- With (Aguilar-Herrera, 2021), (Olivas-Martinez, 2021), and (Blanco-Ríos, 2024)
- Coverage by the university's newsletter Conecta (Spanish), as well as by the university's science newsletter TecScience (English)/(Spanish)

Invited Talk at Amsterdam UMC — ^{Inaugural funding at '24 Annual Meeting (Theme: "Data-Driven Health Care and Teaching") [award]}

2023

- Speaker at a renowned external university, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, with the presentation "Computer Vision" in Computing Seminar
- With (Candela-Leal, 2022) and (Candela-Leal, 2023)

Invited Talk at UANL — ^{Talk given to senior Bachelor of Software Technology Engineering students [award]}

- Outstanding Student Award, given to the top 1% students with best engineering trajectories at Tecnológico de Monterrey
- With (Candela-Leal, 2022), (Lozoya-Santos, 2022), and (Candela-Leal, 2023)

Outstanding Award — ^{Photo with the Associated Director of Mechatronics and Biomedical Engineering [award]}

2022

- 1^st journal article paper published as first author in Applied Sciences (Q2) by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) [paper]

- 1^st book chapter published as co-author within Biometry: Technology, Trends and Applications, in Taylor & Francis Group by CRC Press [book chapter]

2021

- 1^st conference proceedings paper published as first author at 6^th NA IEOM, winning 1^st place in the Undergraduate Paper Competition [proceeding] [slides]

- 1^st journal article paper published as co-author in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Q2) by MDPI [paper]