Welcome to Dr. Juan D. Castro's USF Research & Teaching Homepage
This is Juan Castro's Research & Teaching Portfolio at the University of South Florida.
Juan D. Castro, Ph.D.
RF/Microwave Engineer | Researcher
University of South Florida, College of Engineering,
Electrical Engineering Department,
4202 E.Fowler Avenue, ENB 118, Tampa, FL. 33620.
Email: juan.castro@ieee.org
LinkedIn / CV / Google Scholar / Researchgate / Web of Science / @_juandcastro_
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
Senior Application Engineer / HF at [ANSYS, Inc.], Irvine, CA., USA., (March 2021 - Current). (NASDAQ: ANSS).
Application Engineer II / HF, (October 2018 - March 2021).
- Application engineering for Antennas and Arrays, RF & Microwave circuits, ADAS, Radar, Radar-Cross-Section, & Advanced cloud computing for microwave & mm-wave applications.
- Leveraging advanced-level engineering knowledge, technical support, and relationships to support regional accounts in North America for the ANSYS High-Frequency Electromagnetics portfolio (HFSS, HFSS coupling with AEDT Icepak, OptisLang, and Ansys cloud).
Senior Electronics Engineer at [Cummins, Inc.] , Indianapolis, IN. , USA, (June 2017 - September 2018). (NYSE: CMI).
-Antennas, RF/Transceivers & Microwave circuits integration to automotive telematics - Advanced Development, Cummins Electronics.
RF/Microwave Engineer at [Cummins, Inc.] (Summer 2016 Internship). Indianapolis, IN. ,USA. (NYSE: CMI).
-RF/Microwave Engineer and Antenna Modeler at the EPLE ECM hardware department.
Project: "High-Performance Computing (HPC) EM Simulations of Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) of Installed Antennas in Complex Environments with ANSYS HFSS 17.2".
Ph.D. Research Associate at [USF, Tampa, FL. ] (August 2012-July 2017). www.usf.edu / http://ee.eng.usf.edu/
-RF/Microwave Engineer & Microwave Materials Scientist, Center for Wireless and Microwave Information Systems (WAMI Center), University of South Florida, electrical engineering department.
RF/MEMS Laboratory Manager at [USF] (June 2014-June 2017).
University of South Florida, electrical engineering department, Tampa, FL.
Teaching Appointments (Graduate Level) at [USF] (January 2013-May 2016).
-EEL 6935- (3cr.hr) (Advanced Integrated Circuit Technology), (spring 2014 / spring 2015 / spring 2016).
-EEL 5356- (3cr.hr) (Integrated Circuit Technology), (fall 2014 / fall 2015).
-EEL 4423L/ EEL 5936- (3cr.hr) (Wireless Circuits & Systems Design laboratory), (spring 2013).
RF-MEMs Transducers Laboratory Address:
USF Research Park,
3702 Spectrum Blvd. Lab. 215A,
Tampa FL. 33612.
