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Ricardo @ UT Austin

Research Area Integrated Circuits & Systems (ICS)

Email rramirez at ieee dot org


The University of Texas at Austin

Computer Engineering Research Center

201 East 24th St, Stop C8800

Austin, TX 78712-1234

Advisor: Prof. Deji Akinwande

Dep. of Electrical and Computer Eng.

Research Interests

  • Analog Integrated Circuit Design 

  • Artificial Intelligence (Industrial Internet of Things - IIoT)

  • Neuromorphic Architectures (Computational Epistemology)

  • Nanotechnology (Non-linear devices & Metamaterials)

  • Computer Architecture (Open Instruction Set Architectures)

  • Brain-Machine Interfaces (non-invasive brain stimulation)

  • Wireless Networking (RF NEMS/MEMS)

Education

  • BSEE, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2000

  • MSEE, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2005

  • MSEE, The University of Texas at Austin, 2012

  • PhD, The University of Texas at Austin, Present

Grants

SBIR Funding

  • Principal Investigator, NASA - NEMS-based Software Defined Radio

Publications & Patents

  • @ Google Scholar

  • @ Research Gate

  • @ ORC id

  • @ Scopus Author ID

  • @ IEEE Author's page

  • @ Publons (Editorial Contributions)

  • @ CvLAC (Colombia)

Professional Licenses & Certifications

  • Professional Engineer (PE), Texas Board of Professional Engineers

  • Certified Systems Engineer Professional (CSEP), International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)

  • Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute (PMI)

  • Professional Engineer (PE), Colombian Association of Engineers (ACIEM)

  • Amateur Radio License, KF5FVF

Professional Societies Membership

  • Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

  • Senior Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

  • Member, Association for Automated Reasoning

  • Member, International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)

  • Professional Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)

Professional Activities

  • Elsevier

    • Ad-hoc Reviewer

      • 2022 Internet of Things: Cyber Physical Human Systems Vol. 20

  • IEEE

    • Professional Member

      • Technical Committee on Healthcare and Medical Systems

      • Technical Committee on Industrial Agents

      • P1451-99 - Standard for Harmonization of Internet of Things (IoT)

      • P2510 - Standard for Establishing Quality of Data Sensor Parameters in the Internet of Things Environment

      • P7009 - Std. for Fail-Safe Design of Autonomous Systems

    • Ad-hoc Reviewer

      • 2022 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II (IF 3.691)

      • 2021 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II (IF 3.292)

      • 2022 IEEE Sensors Conference (Dallas, TX USA)

      • 2021 IEEE Sensors Conference (Virtual)

      • 2020 IEEE Sensors Conference (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

      • 2021 IEEE Systems Journal (IF 4.802 )

      • 2020 IEEE Systems Journal (IF 3.931 )

      • 2019 IEEE Systems Journal (IF 3.987)

      • 2018 IEEE Systems Journal (IF 4.463)

      • 2017 IEEE Systems Journal (IF 4.337)

      • 2016 IEEE Systems Journal (IF 3.882)

      • 2015 IEEE Systems Journal (IF 2.114)

      • 2014 IEEE Systems Journal (IF 1.980)

    • Community Manager & e-Newsletter Editor

      • 2014-2015 IEEE Houston Section e-Newsletter

  • INCOSE

    • Professional Member

      • Oil & Gas Working Group (SG1)

    • Technical Papers Committee

      • 2025 INCOSE Int'l Symposium (Ottawa, Canada)

      • 2024 INCOSE Int'l Symposium (Dublin, Ireland)

      • 2023 INCOSE Int'l Symposium (Honolulu, HI)

      • 2022 INCOSE Int'l Symposium (Detroit, MI)

      • 2020 INCOSE Int'l Symposium (Cape Town, South Africa)

      • 2019 INCOSE Int'l Symposium (Orlando, FL)

      • 2018 INCOSE Great Lakes Regional Conf. (Indianapolis, IN)

      • 2018 INCOSE Int'l Symposium (Washington, DC)

      • 2017 INCOSE Int'l Symposium (Adelaide, Australia)

      • 2016 INCOSE Int'l Symposium (Edinburgh, Scotland)

      • 2015 INCOSE Int'l Symposium (Seattle, WA)

  • SIAM

    • Member, UT Student chapter

  • Industrial Consortia

    • Speaker, 2020 Emerging Computing Technologies in Oil & Gas

    • Speaker, 2019 Internet of Things in Oil & Gas

    • Panelist, 2019 Machine Learning in Oil & Gas

    • Speaker, 2019 Emerging Computing Technologies in Oil & Gas

    • Panelist, 2016 OpenFog Consortium Forum

  • IADC

    • Speaker, 2020 IADC Advanced Rig Technology (ART) Conference

    • Contributor,IADC Advanced Rig Technology (ART) Drilling Control Systems (DCS) - Rig Sensor stewardship project

  • SPE

    • Speaker, 2020 ADIPEC

    • Member, 2017 Drilling Systems Automation Technical Section

    • Judge, 2016 SPE Local Paper Contest (U. of Texas at Austin)

  • Technical Advising

    • Scientific Advisor, FUPACTECNO

Awards

  • US DoE Fermi National Accelerator Lab, Scientific Collaboration

  • Young Engineer of the Year (YEOY), 2015 Houston Engineers Week

Other Interests

  • Austin Area Rocketry Group - Group I.O

  • Travis County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) - Group I.O

  • Toastmasters International

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