Engineering / AI / Materials Research

Hi, I'm Jaime

MIT PhD Candidate in Materials Science and Engineering • DoD NDSEG Fellow • Bridging Automata, AI, and Materials Design

With experience ranging from biomaterials and bioelectronics to nanoparticle therapeutics, thin-film fabrication, and lunar materials research, I now focus on uniting cellular automata and generative AI to design adaptive, sustainable, and multifunctional materials inspired by nature.

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Focus: Cellular automata + generative AI
Field: Bio-inspired materials design
Output: Published research + applied systems

Selected Projects

Top Publications

Advanced Science · 2026

AutomataGPT

Forecasting and ruleset inference for 2D cellular automata using transformer architectures.

npj Artificial Intelligence · 2025

LifeGPT

Decoder-only GPT for Conway's Game of Life on toroidal grids, with grid-size generalization experiments.

NASA BIG Idea · Lunar Forge 2023

ACRE: Autonomous Casting RovEr

Autonomous lunar infrastructure concept using concentrated solar energy and in-situ casting for landing pads and roads. Team lead for NASA BIG Idea.

Advanced Healthcare Materials · 2023

Skin Hydration Sensor

Soft, wireless thermal sensor for rapid noninvasive skin hydration measurements.

Nature Communications · 2023

Bioresorbable Heart Strain Sensor

Laser-structured eco/bioresorbable electronics with wireless cardiac strain-sensing demonstrations.

Research in progress

Conway Trees

Exploratory study of branching structures in Conway’s Game of Life; research write-up forthcoming.

Research in progress

Turing Mill

Experimental cellular automata pattern generator; research write-up forthcoming.

Research in progress

Spherical Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles for Gene Therapies

Early-stage spherical nucleic acid nanoparticle research concept; detailed project summary in progress.

Publications

Top Projects

AutomataGPT: Transformer-Based Forecasting and Ruleset Inference for Two-Dimensional Cellular Automata

Advanced Science (2026)

LifeGPT: Topology-Agnostic Generative Pretrained Transformer Model for Cellular Automata

npj Artificial Intelligence (2025)

Learning from Nature to Achieve Material Sustainability: Generative AI for Rigorous Bio-Inspired Materials Design

MIT Exploration of Generative AI (2024)

Observational Pilot Study of Multi-Wavelength Wearable Light Dosimetry for Erythropoietic Protoporphyria

International Journal of Dermatology (2024)

Thermoplastic Elastomers for Wireless, Skin-Interfaced Electronic and Microfluidic Devices

Advanced Materials Technologies (2023)

Wireless, Soft Sensors of Skin Hydration with Designs Optimized for Rapid, Accurate Diagnostics of Dermatological Health

Advanced Healthcare Materials (2023)

High-Speed, Scanned Laser Structuring of Multi-Layered ECO/Bioresorbable Materials for Advanced Electronic Systems

Nature Communications (2023)