Mechanical Engineering · Robotics · Simulation

Israel
Elizondo

Mechanical engineering student at UT San Antonio. I design, simulate, and build robots. Project Lead for RoboRowdy, a Siemens Immersive Design Challenge finalist, and Build Officer for 210 Robotics, a student robotics organization I helped found.

Role Project Lead / Build Officer
Org 210 Robotics · UTSA
Location San Antonio, TX
Status Open to internships
01Projects
ADD PHOTO: RoboRowdy hero shot
(robot on print farm, or Realize Live stage)

Siemens Immersive Design Challenge · Finalist

RoboRowdy

An autonomous robot that automates 3D print farm post-processing: removing finished parts, cleaning build plates, and restarting prints without human intervention. Designed in Siemens NX, validated with FEA and topology optimization, and presented on stage at Realize Live Americas 2026 in Detroit.

Siemens NX Simcenter 3D Altair Inspire Jetson Orin Nano AprilTag vision
Full writeup

Organization · Founding Member

210 Robotics

An all-freshman robotics organization at UTSA competing in VEX U and the Siemens Immersive Design Challenge. As Build Officer I lead physical fabrication and prototyping: 3D-printed structural parts in PLA-CF and PETG-CF, servo and electronics integration, and the hands-on build work that turns CAD into hardware.

VEX U 3D printing Electronics Team leadership
02Skills & Tools

Design & CAD

  • Siemens NX (parts, assemblies)
  • Design for 3D printing
  • Bambu Studio / slicing
  • Drafting & documentation

Simulation & Analysis

  • FEA in Altair Inspire
  • Topology optimization
  • Simcenter 3D
  • Custom material cards (PLA-CF, PETG-CF)
  • Digital twin workflows

Build & Code

  • 3D printer operation & repair
  • Electronics & wiring
  • Java (OOP)
  • Arduino / embedded basics
03Contact

Looking for engineering internship and project opportunities in robotics, simulation, and mechanical design.