Dr. Jose Daniel Velazco-Garcia

Hi — I'm Daniel. I'm a Senior Software Engineer at Tietronix Software , where I lead research and development across digital twins, physics-based simulation, and extended reality. I earned my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Houston in 2022, with a dissertation on augmented reality for medical imaging visualization and human-computer interaction with medical data.

My work today builds on the same question that drove my doctoral research, with a wider lens: how do we design interactive 3D systems that help people understand, predict, and influence the physical world? Whether the domain is healthcare, aerospace, energy, or infrastructure, I want the software I build to leave society a little better than it found it.

My obsession with computing started in my teens, with my first computer — which I broke more than once trying to figure out how it worked. Pairing that curiosity with a strong math background turned into a degree, then a Ph.D., and now a career.

The thread running through all of it is the same: I want to build solutions that help society and humanity, while doing something I enjoy. Digital twins, in particular, sit right at the intersection of things I care about — math, simulation, software craftsmanship, and real-world impact.