member of IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTTS) Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Member Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society Member
selected publications academic article Remote Sensing of Weather Hazards Using a Low-Cost and Minimal Infrastructure Off-the-Grid Weather Radar Network. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 51:2541-2555. 2013 HSense: A High Performance Framework for Distributed Weather Sensor Networks, Ibersensor. Revista Iberoamericana de Sensores. 7. 2012 Design of Tunable Balanced Amplifier using Ferroelectric Materials. Integrated Ferroelectrics. 56:1097-1106. 2003 Design and Simulation of a Tunable Multilayer Lange Coupler. Integrated Ferroelectrics. 42:313-321. 2002 article Red de Radares Meteorologicos con Energia Solar. Revista Corriente Verde. 2010 conference paper First Observations of an X Band Dual Polarization Weather Radar on the Western Coast of Puerto Rico. IEEE International Geosciences and Remote Sensing (GRS) Symposium. 2011 Low Cost and Minimal Infrastructure Off the Grid XBand Radar Network Development for the West Coast of Puerto Rico. Radar Conference. 1026-1031. 2011 Distributed Collaborative Adaptive Sensing (DCAS) for Improved Detection, Understanding, and Prediction of Atmospheric Hazards. Symposium Integrated Obs. Assim. Systems. 2005 Tunable and Dual Band Rectangular Slot Ring Antenna. Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium. 4308-4311. 2004 Design and Characterization of a Tunable Aperture Coupled Microstrip Patch Antenna with Ferroelectric Films. Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium. 536-539. 2003
presentations presentation Implementation and Development of an Attenuation Correction Algorithm for Off-The-Grid X-Band Radar Network, Collaborator, American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting 2013 First Observations Of The Initial Radar Node In The Puerto Rico Tropinet X-Band Polarimetric Doppler Weather Testbed, Collaborator, IEEE International Geosciences and Remote Sensing (GRS) Symposium 2013 Polarization Effects On A Single Polarized Radar Off-The-Grid X-Band Radar, Collaborator, IEEE International Geosciences and Remote Sensing (GRS) Symposium 2013 Weather Radar Data Visualization Using the First-Order Interpolation, Collaborator, IEEE International Geosciences and Remote Sensing (GRS) Symposium 2013 Development of Low Cost X-Band Radar for Rain Reflectivity Measurements in the Western Region of Puerto Rico, Collaborator, American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting 2011 Off-the-Grid Radar Design and Implementation for Remote Sensing Education, Collaborator, American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting 2011 Off-the-Grid Weather Radar Network for Precipitation Monitoring in Western Puerto Rico, Collaborator, International Symposium on Weather Radar and Hydrology 2011 Development Of An Off-The-Grid X-Band Radar For Weather Applications, Collaborator, IEEE International Geosciences and Remote Sensing (GRS) Symposium 2010 UPRM Weather Radars at the Central American and Caribbean Games at Mayaguez 2010, Collaborator, IEEE International Geosciences and Remote Sensing (GRS) Symposium 2010 Design and Simulation of a Tunable Ferroelectric Lange Coupler, Collaborator, Ferroelectrics Workshop, San Juan PR 2001
research overview Research Interests: -Microwave Remote Sensing -Microwave Circuit Design and Simulation -Numerical Techniques for Electromagnetics
principal investigator on Development of Mobile Sparse Array for Multistatic Experiments awarded by Universal Technology Corporation Air Force Research Laboratory (UTC-AFRL) 2011 - Development of Weather Radar Network for Western Puerto Rico awarded by National Science Foundation - Major Research Instrumentation Program (NSF-MRI) 2007 -
other research activities Strengthening Diversity Collaboration Trough a Student Led System Test Bed on the Island of Puerto Rico ERC for CASA Investigator 2005 - Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) Investigator 2003 -
teaching overview Academic Interests: -Microwave Circuits -Microwave Radar Systems -Computational Electromagnetics
organizer of event Introduction to Electrical Engineering Introduction to Radar Systems Microwave Active Circuits Microwave Engineering Laboratory for Undergraduate Students
professional service activities Penn State Univeristy TA and RA 1994 - 1998 Motorola Development Engineer 1993 Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory RA 1988 - 1991
education and training Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Penn State Univeristy , Microwave Engineering 1998 M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Massachusetts , Microwave Engineering at the Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory 1991 B.S. in Electrical Engineering 1987
awards and honors GTE Corporation Fellowship Award, 1995 - 1996 Paul Anderson Fellowship, 1994 - 1995 NASA Graduate Fellowship, conferred by NASA, 1989 - 1991
