Heriberto Reynoso

  With limited resources, Heriberto began building robots from scratch at the age of 14 for national competitions. At first, robotics was just a hobby, but it quickly turned into a profession and passion over time. He later worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA and at Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. While at NASA, Heriberto developed code for military spy planes used by the Air Force Research Laboratory automating camera calibration procedures, low-Earth orbit satellites utilizing Android phones, dubbed PhoneSat, and Graphical User Interfaces for robotic missions such as MoonRise and Mars Sample Return. In 2016, Reynoso was awarded distinguished alumni by UTRGV.