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Hi, I’m David Leal!

Welcome to my portfolio! Feel free to look around! I’m an senior electrical engineering student passionate about designing reliable, data-driven systems.

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My Projects

A collection of projects I've worked on, featuring various technologies and solutions.

MIL-STD Rocket Engine Control & Measurement System (Capstone) thumbnail

MIL-STD Rocket Engine Control & Measurement System (Capstone)

A fully instrumented rocket engine test stand designed for MIL-STD compliance, enabling safe, repeatable, and standards-driven engine testing. Integrates automated thrust measurement, combustion chamber sensing, mass flow control, and ignition sequencing through a modular control and data acquisition system.

Rocket Propulsion Instrumentation Data Acquisition Embedded Systems AS9100 Control Systems
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Socially Assistive Robot – ESP32 Heart Monitor (IoT)

IoT-enabled biometric monitoring system using an ESP32 microcontroller to collect heart rate and temperature data for socially assistive robotics. Streams live vitals to a cloud dashboard through Blynk, supporting remote health insights and emotion-responsive interaction.

ESP32 Biomedical Sensor Integration Embedded C Blynk IoT
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RoboRacer Autonomous Race Car (ROS2 + LiDAR)

ROS2-based autonomous vehicle capable of real-time LiDAR mapping, sensor fusion, and path planning on a Jetson Orin platform. Implements modular perception and control nodes for high-speed navigation and obstacle avoidance in dynamic environments.

ROS2 LiDAR Jetson Orin Path Planning Linux
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Deployable Disaster Alert System (ESP32 + FastAPI)

Distributed environmental sensing network using ESP32 sensor nodes (ESP-NOW) that stream to a FastAPI backend, which ingests CSV data and publishes a web dashboard for localized alerting.

ESP32 ESP-NOW IoT Network Python FastAPI Data Analysis
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IEEE Region 5 Student Ethics Competition (3rd Place)

Argued ethical responses to engineering scenarios involving public safety and professional responsibility; delivered a concise IEEE Ethical standards-aligned rationale and handled judge Q&A.

IEEE Ethics Communication Professional Responsibility Teamwork
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Portfolio Website (Self-Hosted on Raspberry Pi 4)

Designed and deployed a self-hosted portfolio website on a Raspberry Pi 4 using Astro and Nginx. Automated deployment through Git and built for speed, reliability, and full control

Astro TypeScript Node.js Raspberry Pi 4 Nginx Git
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Pioneer for Cheniere — Didion Milling Crisis (2nd Place)

Competition case analysis of the Didion Milling explosion focusing on process safety, dust hazard analysis, and prevention strategies. Built a structured root-cause analysis and presented mitigation plans under time constraints.

Process Safety Root-Cause Analysis Presentation Teamwork