Faculty Record

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Name: Manuel Jiménez
Title: Associate Professor
Field of interest: Low-Power VLSI Design, CAD Tools for VLSI Layout Design, Embedded Systems/Rapid Prototyping, Mixed-s
Office: S-222B
Extension: 3780
Email: mjimenez@ece.uprm.edu
Bio: Professor Jiménez obtained an engineering degree from the “Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo” in Dominican Republic in 1986 with a major in electromechanical engineering focusing in the design of microprocessor-based power control systems. From 1986 to 1999 worked as an industry consultant in the area of microprocessor-based machinery control boards. During this period he also worked for the Dominican Power Electric Company as a system analyst in the load dispatch center. In 1991 he obtained a Master’s of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM). His master’s work concentrated in communication protocols for wireless channels and microprocessor systems design. Until 1994, he worked as an instructor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department of the UPRM, teaching, among others, courses in electronics, microprocessors, and embedded systems. At the same time, he also collaborated with several local industries in projects in the area of microprocessor-based systems. In 1999, he obtained a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University, in East Lansing, Michigan. At that point, he re-joined the UPRM faculty where he currently holds an Associate Professor position. His current research interests include embedded systems design, rapid systems prototyping, and low-power techniques in digital VLSI systems. In the last three years, professor Jiménez has received four grants from Texas Instruments, company with which he maintains a tight collaboration through several funded research projects in the area of mixed-signal systems. In addition he has been a visiting professor in the headquarters of Texas Instruments in Dallas, TX. The work of professor Jiménez has produced more than twenty technical papers published in local and international conferences and journals. Professor Jiménez is a professional member of the IEEE, advisor of the local Circuits and Systems student chapter, and member of the ASEE.