A professional with expertise in electrical engineering holds a PhD (2012) and M.E. (2006) in Electrical Engineering from The City University of New York, plus a B.S. (1997) from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. They currently serve as an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University (Aug 2017–Present), teaching courses like electric circuits, digital systems design, and embedded systems, while researching multi-robot systems and energy utilization in mobile robotics.
Previously, they were an Assistant Professor at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology (Sept 2012–Aug 2017), where they developed technical electives (e.g., Mobile Robotics Systems), co-built the Electrical Engineering curriculum, oversaw a Power Systems Laboratory, and advised IEEE/SHPE student chapters. They also have industry experience: as a Project Engineer at Schneider Electric (Colombia, 1998–2002), they managed high-voltage substation turnkey projects. Proficient in programming (ROS, Matlab, C/C++), engineering software (Labview, AutoCAD), and bilingual in English/Spanish.