Research in the ECE Department

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Research in the ECE Department

• November 8, 2005
• S-229
• 1045am

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Power

• Efrain ONeill
• oneill_at_ieee.org

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POWER ENGINEERING _at_ UPRM Energizing the Future

• Power Systems and Power Electronics
• To become the best power engineering program in
  Latin America and a top ten program in the U.S.
• Resources at UPRM
• Ten professors (8 with PhD)
• Dedicated infrastructure 2,500 sq. ft.
• Only program in the U.S. with two IEEE/PES
  Outstanding Young Engineer Awards (Vélez-Reyez,
  ONeill-Carrillo)
• Partnerships with top universities
• Only EE area associated with two NSF Research
  Centers ERC CPES and I/UCRC PSERC
• Over 4M in funding in last 5 years
• Only EE area with two NSF CAREER Awards (one
  PECASE)
• One of 12 EPNES projects awarded in the first
  year of the program nationwide (12 out of 66)
• Only EE area with both an NSF MRI and CCLI Grants

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Power Engineering Researchers

• José R. Cedeño
• Power system operation and control, TD,
  optimization, evolutionary computation techniques
  
• Carlos Cuadros
• Bidirectional power conversion for motor drives,
  uninterruptible power supplies, renewable source
  applications
• Agustín Irizarry
• Renewable energy systems, power systems dynamics
  and reliability
• Efraín ONeill-Carrillo
• Power distribution systems, power quality, load
  modeling and social implications of technology
• Lionel Orama
• Diagnostics tools for electric power apparatus,
  PV systems in PR
• Alberto Ramírez
• Power system operation and control, dynamics and
  stability, transients and protection,
  deregulation, power markets, congestion
  management
• Miguel Vélez-Reyes
• Modeling, simulation and control of energy
  processing systems , application of distributed
  control and sensing to energy processing networks
  

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Power Engineering Projects

• Center for Power Electronics Systems
• Principal Investigator (PI) M. Vélez-Reyes
• Opportunities for graduate students M. Vélez, C.
  Cuadros
• Opportunities for undergraduate students E.
  ONeill, K. Venkatesan
• Power Systems Engineering Research Center
• PI A. Irizarry
• Opportunities for undergraduate students A.
  Irizarry, E. ONeill
• Power Quality Research and Education
• PI E. ONeill-Carrillo
• Both graduate and undergraduate students

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Controls

• Raul Torres
• rtorres_at_ece.uprm.edu

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Research on Control Area

• Robotic Soccer
• Different leagues to choose
• Machine Vision (Color Manipulation)
• Robots Design and Assembly
• Artificial Intelligence
• Research in Medical Device Manufacturing
  Applications
• Automation using vision and special manipulation
• Design of bio-acceptable sensors
• Acoustic research inside the human body
• Research in Assistance for the Human Impaired
• Systems to assist blind persons

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Communications Signal Processing

• Mario Ierkic
• ierkic_at_ece.uprm.edu

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Atmospheric Dynamics with Radar

• RESEARCH DESCRIPTION
• Design Radar Experiments Arecibo, CHILL
• Data Collection (Real Time), Analysis and
  Interpretation.
• Skills EE (Electromagnetism, Telecommunications,
  DSP, Basic Physics, Substantial programming
  experience MatLab, C) Other Transportation.
• LOOKING FOR
• Undergraduates (INEL 4998)
• Graduates (MS)-- with Teaching Assistantships.
• CONTACT INFO ierkic_at_ece.uprm.edu.

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Communications Signal Processing

• Shawn Hunt
• shawn_at_ece.uprm.edu

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Optimal Resolution in Quantization
Using Hyperspectral Images
Shawn Hunt
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Communications Signal Processing

• Domingo Rodriguez
• domingo_at_ece.uprm.edu

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Automated Information Processing

• Lola Bautista
• Java Signal Processing
• Ana Ramírez
• Real-Time SAR
• Iván Rivera
• Time-Frequency Implementations
• Jorge Villamizar
• Computational Image Algebra
• Yuji Yunes
• FPGAs Distributed Sensor Networks

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Computer Engineering/Software

• Kejie Lu
• Kejie.Lu_at_ece.uprm.edu

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Research on Wireless Mesh Network

• I am looking for both undergrads and grads
• Assistantship available for graduate students
• Research Description
• What is wireless mesh network?
• What are we going to do?
• What are required?
• Contact information

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What is wireless mesh network?

• Compared to wireless local area network, such as
  RUMNET, wireless mesh network can
• Cover a much larger area
• Provide high data rate services
• Challenges
• Multi-hop communication
• Multiple frequency channels
• Multiple transceivers

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What are we going to do?

• Build a real testbed for wireless mesh network
• Hardware PC, wireless LAN adaptors
• Software Modify the communication procedures in
  Linux
• Design protocols for the next generation wireless
  mesh network
• Evaluate the performance of the protocols

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What are required?

• Background and Skills
• ICOM and INEL students
• C/C programming skill
• Familiar with Linux is a plus

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Contact information

• Website http//ece.uprm.edu/lukejie
• E-mail lukejie_at_uprm.edu

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Other Research Projects

• Network security
• Internet anomaly detection
• Wireless network security
• Wireless communications
• Cooperative communications
• Advance optical networks

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CE/ Software

• Nayda Santiago
• Nayda.Santiago_at_ece.uprm.edu

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Research on Performance Evaluation

• WIMS
• Cochlear Implant
• Micro-Gas Chromatograph
• Undergraduates
• Performance Evaluation of HPC systems
• Analysis of system metrics
• Graduate Student
• CenSSIS
• FPGAs, Implementation of ISRA algorithm
• Arithmetic Logic Design
• Undergraduates
• Contact Nayda.Santiago_at_ece.uprm.edu, S-215,
  x3510

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CE/ Software

• Fernado Vega
• fvega_at_ece.uprm.edu

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Knowledge-based systems research

• Applied
• Digital Publishing
• Workflow Management Decision Support
• Artifact Recognition
• Basic
• Multiple Ontology Management
• Semantic similarity
• Text mining for semantic document analysis

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CE/ Software

• Wilson Rivera
• wrivera_at_ece.uprm.edu

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Parallel and Distributed Computing
http//pdc.ece.uprm.edu

• Distributed Systems Design and Implementation
• What are you looking for
• computer engineering undergrads
• Java, Eclipse, GridPort, Web Design
• 10 hours per week (6.50/hour)
• 3 credits undergrad research
• Ph.D. Students
• Adaptive Grid Computing
• Dr. Wilson Rivera (wrivera_at_ece.uprm.edu)

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Electronics

• Manuel Jimenez
• mjimenez_at_ece.uprm.edu

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CAD Tools for Automatic Layout of Power
Electronics Boards

• Layout Methods for Power Electronics PCBs
• Algorithm design for EMI-driven automatic layout
• 85 software, 15 Electronics
• Open positions 2 Undergrad 1 Grad
• Minimum GPA 3.0
• Skills Algorithm design analysis, data
  structures, good programming skills, basic
  electronics (PE)
• Available for 1 to 1.5 years
• Contact information
• Dr. Manuel Jiménez, S-222B Ext. 3780
• mjimenez_at_ece.uprm.edu

Signal Plane Power Plane Floating
Ground Ground
Board Layout
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Applied Electromagnetics

• Sandra Cruz Pol
• SandraCruzPol_at_ieee.org

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Research on Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the
Atmosphere (CASA)

• Research Description
• Develop network of radar to monitor lower
  atmosphere
• Programming Skills
• What are you looking for
• Undergrads- GPA gt3.25
• Grads (MS, PhD)
• Contact information SandraCruzPol_at_ieee.org

CLiMMATE Lab S-201
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Applied Electromagnetics

• Rafael Rodriguez Solis
• rarsolis_at_ieee.org

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Wideband Slot-like Antennas

• Very large bandwidth possible
• Gain is nearly constant at 7 dBi
• Compact, planar design