Luis Garcia Maldonado

R&D Computer Science

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R&D Computer Science

lgarci1@sandia.gov

Biography

Luis Garcia Maldonado earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science at the School of Engineering at the University of New Mexico. Luis joined the CSP Program at Sandia National Laboratories in November 2018 as a year-round research and development intern. Previously, Luis did a summer internship with the CSP team as a STEP Scholar. Luis now holds an R&D, S&E computer science staff position. He has advanced experience in Java, C, and MATLAB programing languages. Luis also has intermediate experience in LabVIEW, Scheme, Haskell, VHDL and Python programming languages.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, University of New Mexico, August 2016 – May 2020

Publications

  • Laubscher, H.F., Garcia Maldonado, L., Alvarez, F., McLaughlin, L.P., Schroeder, N., Sment, J., Plewe, K.E., & Plewe, K.E. (2023). Controls and Operational Strategy for Gen 3 Particle Pilot Plant [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2430707 Publication ID: 126428
  • Laubscher, H.F., Garcia Maldonado, L., Alvarez, F., McLaughlin, L.P., Schroeder, N., Albrecht, K., Sment, J., Plewe, K., & Plewe, K. (2023). CONTROLS AND OPERATIONAL STRATEGY FOR GEN 3 PARTICLE PILOT PLANT [Conference Paper]. Proceedings of ASME 2023 17th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2023. https://doi.org/10.1115/ES2023-107547 Publication ID: 131176
  • Garcia Maldonado, L. (2022). National Solar Thermal Test Facility Control Room SolarPACES poster [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/2004533 Publication ID: 117320
  • Armijo, K.M., Blumenthal, A.A., Madden, D.A., Rodriguez, A., Garcia Maldonado, L., Parsons, A., O’Grady, S., Pacheco, S.V., Gordon, M., & Gordon, M. (2022). Global CSP Library Archive for Improved Resource Access [Conference Paper]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/2004811 Publication ID: 118072
  • Armijo, K.M., Blumenthal, A.A., Madden, D.A., Rodriguez, A., Garcia Maldonado, L., Parsons, A., O’Grady, S., Pacheco, S.V., Gordon, M., & Gordon, M. (2022). Global CSP Library Archive for Improved Resource Access [Conference Poster]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2005369 Publication ID: 118924
  • Armijo, K.M., Overacker, A.A.H., Madden, D.A., Bachman, W.B., Garcia Maldonado, L., Armijo, K.I., Montoya, R., & Montoya, R. (2022). EMISSIONS ABATEMENT OF PEPPER ROASTING UTILIZING A CONCENTRATING SOLAR TOWER THERMAL HEAT SOURCE [Conference Paper]. Proceedings of ASME 2022 16th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2022. https://doi.org/10.1115/ES2022-81495 Publication ID: 107224
  • Armijo, K.M., Garcia Maldonado, L., Parsons, A., Pacheco, S.V., Chavez, A.E., Padilla, M.M., Madden, D.A., Andraka, C., Gauche, P., & Gauche, P. (2019). SNL CSP Library Archive Project (FY19 Report). https://doi.org/10.2172/1574407 Publication ID: 66296
7 publications

Research Interests

  • Numerical Computing
  • Data Analysis
  • Systems Development
  • Renewable Energy
  • CSP Artificial Machines
  • Neural Networks
  • Networks Management
  • Software Engineering
  • Data Acquisition Systems