{"id":8340,"date":"2025-09-24T17:30:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T21:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/?p=8340"},"modified":"2025-12-14T12:24:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T17:24:21","slug":"ricardo-gonzales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/2025\/09\/24\/ricardo-gonzales\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricardo Gonzales"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"After completing his associate’s degree at Oxnard College, Ricardo transferred to the University of California, Davis, where he majors in Computer Engineering. Following a previous REU experience that focused on machine learning, Ricardo wanted to gain additional lab experience before pursuing a PhD in nanophotonics.<\/p>\n

Hardware Programming for nano-electrical-mechanical systems (NEMS):<\/a> Ricardo’s project with Kamil Ekinci<\/a>, focused on utilizing a Nanoelectricalmechanical Systems (NEMS) Resonator with the goal of implementing a machine learning algorithm to identify differential equations based on data collected<\/span>. His graduate student mentor was Monan Ma<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“It was my best summer experience so far. The research project I got was aligned with my interests and everyone from the REU program was so friendly. Got to do a lot of stuff I never thought I was going to do. At first, I thought I was only going for work but I found a community, friends, and future connections.”<\/h4>\n