Raul Cardenas, PE: Owner

Electrical Engineer, PE

University of Toledo: 2008: GPA: 3.92

Magna Cum Laude (All college credit)

Terra Community College: 2005

Cum Laude: Overall GPA: 3.727

USAF Veteran

Awards:

- IEEE Toledo Section 2008 Outstanding EECS Student Award

- Tech School Distinguished Graduate, USAF

-BMT Honor Graduate, USAF

Raul essentially began his electrical career at a young age when he started helping his father wire newly constructed and existing homes. After high school, he enlisted in the United States Air Force. After leaving the military, he attended industrial electrical courses at Terra State Community College. It was within the first quarter at Terra State that he realized he wanted to become an electrical engineer. From that realization, he quickly became passionate in his courses and took pride in his work. His career has included working as a consultant, as a plant engineer, and a system engineer, across industries such as power, manufacturing, petroleum, nuclear, and architectural and engineering. In his career he is often tasked with projects he was not previous familiar with, however he uses his strong fundamental engineering skills to deliver successful engineering end products.

In his time off, Raul enjoys running, working out, and playing basketball, as well as other outdoor activities.

Research And Development Experience:

• Raul and his team developed the idea of using solar panels on a vehicle that automatically tracked the sun to optimize the incident angle in which the rays of the Sun hit the solar panels. A sensor was designed and programmed to measure the intensity of the Sun in 360 degree azimuth rotation.
• Raul participated in independent study, with a college professor, in which he was to develop sensor communication technology to use in underground surface conditions (Imbedded in soil beneath the surface). Raul formulated a descriptive method and identified parts to build and design a prototype. Other students performed the actual build and testing in a different semester.
• While utilizing Matlab, Raul developed a program that analyzed road cracking and identified the type of cracking and the severity of the cracking. This was developed as a project in image analysis coursework.