Nicolas Cavalluzzi

Sophomore Electrical Engineering Student at the University of Notre Dame

New City, New York, United States

About

I am a Notre Dame electrical engineering student who is passionate about driving the advancement of electronics to improve quality of life and create positive impacts across a wide range of engineering fields.

Experience

  • IrishSat (Notre Dame, Indiana, United States · On-site)
    • IRIS Chief Avionics Engineer
      May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

      • Directing a 10-person multidisciplinary team of High-Altitude Balloon (HAB) mission in the planning, design, analysis, and testing of robotic parafoil for autonomous guidance of payload. • Coordinating communication with team members and other teams for smooth system integration.

    • IRIS Project Member
      Sep 2024 - Apr 2025 · 8 mos

      • Debugged and parsed data from sensors in Visual Studio Code using C to relay information about location, temperature, pressure, and trajectory from a High-Altitude Balloon with the ground station and log information onto flash and microSD card. • Wrote serial and flash logging code in Python to organize data from drone and cryogenic testing.

  • Moreau Peer Leader at University of Notre Dame
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    • Coordinate with a Moreau faculty member to offer a group of 19 first-year students a personalized application of class topics informed by diverse texts about how to live a life well-lived. • Offer a 5-minute testimonial each class session that connects readings and discussions with life at Notre Dame, encouraging self-reflection in students. • Lead students in course-sponsored co-curricular events and informal class gatherings by using active participation.

  • Senior Pool Technician & Consultant at Epic Pool & Spa
    May 2022 - Aug 2025 · 3 yrs 4 mos

    • Completed 30 pool vacuums or service calls a week, working with and training junior pool technicians. • Organized business’ QuickBooks and sent 2 worker crews out to 5-7 jobs a day 6 days a week. • Offered pool consulting to both current and prospective customers on equipment, chemicals, and any questions clients had on the phone or in person. • Tested 50 clients pool water daily to sell pool chemicals and equipment via QuickBooks POS.