Armando Rodriguez is an educator, Solar System Ambassador, former engineer and an educator member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). As an engineer, he supported multiple programs with mechanical engineering, computational fluid dynamics analysis, test data analysis, and design for underwater vehicles, thrusters, structures and electronic equipment assemblies. As an educator, he developed and implemented project-based learning curriculum across a number of engineering courses. He has mentored student teams in the Conrad Challenge, American Rocketry Challenge, Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) and numerous other academic, engineering and robotics competitions. As a Solar System Ambassador, a volunteer spokesperson for NASA, he shares the latest science and discoveries of NASA's space exploration missions through a variety of events in the South Florida communities. Currently, he teaches engineering and mentors student teams at a high school in Miami, Florida.