CURRENT POSITIONAssistant Professor (Oct 2020-present)
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
The Samueli School of Engineering
University of California, Irvine. CA - USA
EDUCATION - Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering (August 2017)
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL – USA
Dissertation Title: “Engineering microscale magnetic devices for next-generation microrobotics”
Advisor: Professor David P. Arnold
Research Funded by NSF, NIH, DARPA, AFOSR MURI
- Microsystems Technology Certificate
- Engineering Leadership Certificate
- Engineering Entrepreneurship Certificate
- M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering (2015)
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL – USA
Research topics: MEMS, microfabrication, magnetic materials, nanoparticles, reliability of AlGaN-GaN HEMT.
- M.E. Electronics and Computers (2012)
Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá – Colombia
M.E. Thesis Title: “Design and fabrication of a microfluidic system for size particle separation”
Research topics: Lab on a chip, Microfluidics, MEMS, Particle Separation, micro fabrication.
Advisor: Dr. Johann Osma
- B.S. Electronic Engineer (2007)
Pontifícia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá - Colombia
B.S. Thesis Title: “Design Methodology and Implementation of a Monolithic Frequency Synthesizer Circuit in a 0.25 μm CMOS Fabrication Process”.
Research topics: VLSI design, PLL, VCO, mix-signal design, Digital VLSI design, Analog VLSI Design
Emphasis: Processor architecture, digital logic, digital/analog electronic design.
