Structural lead
The test chair
Designed and built the wooden test chair used for airflow trials, including the 12-participant trials the auto mode was tuned on.
Mechanical Engineering · Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
Eduardo
James Gomez
I build test rigs and the electronics that run them. On my capstone I made the test chair and the wireless blower-control system behind our seat-ventilation trials. Before that, two internships on the stay-cable crew for the new Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge.
- Degree
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering
- Minor
- Applied Mathematics
- Graduating
- December 2026
- Based in
- Corpus Christi, TX
- Field work
- 2 internships, DYWIDAG
- Seeking
- Full-time roles, December 2026
01 / The rig
Automotive seat ventilation
Senior capstone with Hyundai: hole-pattern optimization. Jan 2026 – present. Advisors Dr. Park and Dr. Hsiao. I was structural lead and electronics and programming lead.
The team is redesigning the perforation pattern in a ventilated car seat so more air reaches the occupant. To compare patterns we needed a rig that could run the blower at repeatable speeds and record seat temperature while people sat in it.
Electronics and programming
The control system
Wired the blowers and seat sensors. Programmed the Raspberry Pi 4, the ESP32 nodes, and the touchscreen that talk to it over Wi-Fi.
How the rig fits together
Pick a node. The controller sits in the middle.
Raspberry Pi 4B · head unit
Controller
The rig’s own computer. It never needs the internet.
- Runs its own “SeatFan” Wi-Fi hotspot
- Four buttons and four status LEDs on the head unit
- Auto-mode controller written in Python
- Serves the phone web app and the touchscreen API
Serves every other node
Engineering decisions
Fails safe
The Pi resends the blower command every 2 seconds, and the fan node stops the blower if nothing arrives for 15 seconds. Watchdogs reboot any node that hangs. A 10 kΩ pull-down holds the blower off while the ESP32 boots, and a 250 ms full-power kick gets the brushless blower started at low duty.
Drawings and the panel
- Raspberry Pi 4
- Python
- ESP32-S3 / C6 / P4
- Arduino C++
- PWM motor control
- NTC thermistors
- SHT3x
- Wi-Fi hotspot
- Woodworking
02 / Field
Harbor Bridge stay cables
Two internships with DYWIDAG Megaprojects on the stay-cable crew for the new Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge — first in the field, then on the hydraulic equipment.
Both pylons at night, while the stay cables were going in. 2024–2025.
Jun – Aug 2025
Portland, TX
Mechanical Engineering Intern
DYWIDAG Megaprojects (DSI)
- Inspected and function-tested the hydraulic pumps, winches, and jacks used to stress the stay cables on the Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge.
- Repaired faults and documented the repairs and parts needed to ship the equipment to the next stay-cable project, in Galveston.
May – Dec 2024
Corpus Christi, TX
Civil Engineering Intern
DYWIDAG Megaprojects (DSI)
- Mounted, calibrated, and troubleshot DANA force sensors on the stay cables, and logged the loads that went into the project record.
- Stressed strands with hydraulic jacks to the specified load, then wrote the lift-off and stressing reports for engineering review.
- Worked day to day with engineers from several countries on the stay-cable crew.
May – Jul 2026
Livingston, TX
Camp Counselor
Camp Cho-Yeh
- Lived in a cabin with middle- and high-school campers and ran the daily schedule, activities, and night checks.
- Led outdoor sessions for groups of 10 to 15 and kept them on track when plans changed or conflicts came up.
EarlierHandyman in Laredo (roofing, electrical, plumbing, carpentry), 2019–2022. Lifeguard, Laredo Country Club, summer 2022. Shadowed engineers at the City of Lake Jackson and architects at Sepulveda Associates, summer 2023.
03 / Shop
The other bench
Vehicle · 2020–2023
Jeep Wrangler JL steering rebuild and lift
- Problem
- Death wobble at speed.
- Diagnosis
- Traced it through the front end and replaced the tie rod, drag link, track bar, and ball joints.
- Reinforcement
- Added a Synergy track bar bracket and a sector-shaft brace to cut flex at the aluminum steering box.
- Upgrades
- Installed a 2-inch lift and a high-clearance stabilizer, mounted a steel bumper, and wired the lights to a fused switch panel.
Embedded · 2025–present
Home server and home automation
- Built
- A Raspberry Pi 4 Docker server running Home Assistant, Nextcloud, and Ollama, later adding a ZimaBlade for Jellyfin and AdGuard.
- Fixed
- SSH dropping after a static-IP change and Docker pulls failing. Moved containers between servers.
- Now
- Connecting ESP32 sensors and a Meshtastic LoRa node to Home Assistant.
04 / Tools
What I work with
Engineering software
- Autodesk Inventor
- AutoCAD
- MATLAB
- Excel
Shop and field
- Lathe
- Drill press
- Band, chop, circular saw, jigsaw
- Soldering
- Impact wrench
- Hydraulic jacks and pumps
Programming and embedded
- Python
- Arduino / ESP32
- Raspberry Pi
- Linux
- Docker
- Home Assistant
Coursework
- Thermal System Design
- Mechanical Systems Design
- Manufacturing Processes
- Circuit Analysis
- Fluid Mechanics
Leadership
Vice President, TAMUCC Sailing Club & Team · Aug 2023 – Dec 2025.
Raced 3–4 regattas a semester on a nine-sailor team and taught new members how to sail and race. SHPE member since 2023. ASME member since 2024.
Certifications
- OSHA 30-Hour Construction2024
- Eagle Scout2018
- IRB human-subjects training2026
05 / Contact
Let’s talk.
Graduating in December 2026 and looking for a full-time mechanical engineering role. Email is the fastest way to reach me.