About

I’m Cesar, a mechanical engineering student and researcher at the University of South Florida. I am currently the Chief Engineer of the USF Rocketry Team in the IREC 10K COTS category, and I led the development of an active aerodynamic system and a liquid bipropellant rocket engine. My background includes extensive experience in Design For Manufacture and Assembly, FEA, CFD, data analysis, and technical writing. I thrive on challenging projects that require creativity and collaboration, and I’m driven to find innovative ways to maximize available resources.

Click here to see some of my projects in greater detail. Here are some of my creations.

3000N Bipropellant Engine.

Coaxial Swirl Injector Cold Flow Test.

Manufactured Coaxial Swirl Injector.

Active aerodynamic control system (airbrakes).

Airbrakes mechanical demonstration.

USF SOAR at IREC 2026.

Single-element coaxial swirl injector simulation.

Full coaxial swirl injector simulation.

PCB for impedance measurement system.