Curriculum Vitae

Nayda G. Santiago

Contact Information

P. O. Box 9042
Mayagüez, PR 00681
(787)832-4040 x-3178, 3090
Email: Nayda.Santiago@ece.uprm.edu
WWW: http://www.ece.uprm.edu/~nayda

Citizenship

USA

Education

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering, July 2003

Evaluating Performance Information for Mapping Algorithms to Advanced Architectures

Committee Chairperson: Diane T. Rover, Ph. D.

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Master of Engineering Degree in Electrical Engineering, August 1990

Master’s Project: Design of an interface between the Cornell University Portable Radar Interferometer and a DEC Workstation.

Advisor: Dr. Michael C. Kelley, Ph. D.

University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez

Mayagüez, PR

Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, June 1989

Concentration in Electronics (Digital Design) and Communications.

Professional Experience

Research Assistant August 1997 to Present

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Work on research in the area of performance tools for Message Passing Interface (MPI).

Supervisor: Diane T. Rover, Ph. D., Associate Professor and Director of Computer Engineering

Summer Intern June 1996 to August 1996

Cornell Theory Center, Ithaca, NY

Coded application on Syntetic Aperture Radar image speckle reduction for the MultiMATLAB system. MultiMATLAB is a version of MATLAB that runs on the Cornell Theory Center IBM SP2 parallel system.

Supervisor: Anne E. Trefethen, Ph. D., Associate Director for Scientific Computational Support

Teaching Assistant August 1995 to May 1996

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Teach Laboratory Electronic Instrumentation. Taught Laboratory of Microprocessor Interfacing using the 68XXX family.

Supervisors: H. Roland Zapp, Ph. D., Associate Professor and Associate Chair, and James A. Resh, Ph. D., Associate Professor

Instructor August 1990 to June 1994

University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR

Taught courses Introduction to Computer Aided Design, Electrical Systems Analysis I, Fundamentals of Electronics, and Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering. Member of the Basic Courses Committee. Supervisor of the Parallel Signal Processing Laboratory. Research work: On the Implementation of FFT Algorithms on Computational Structures. Co-Director of the Industrial Affiliates Program of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.

Supervisor: Samuel R. Irizarry-Milán, Ph. D., Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. Director

Research Assistant September 1989 to May 1990

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Graduate Student Researcher Program 1989/1990

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Designed interface between CUPRI (Cornell University Portable Radar Interferometer) controller and DEC Workstation.

Supervisor: Michael. C. Kelley, Ph. D., Professor

Digital Electronics Laboratory Instructor August 1988 to May 1989

University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR

Taught Digital Electronics Laboratory to senior students. Prepared new laboratory manual.

Supervisor: Ramón E. Vásquez-Espinosa, Ph. D., Professor

Research Assistant Summer 1988

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program (NSF-REU)

Worked on research project to design RISC processor to support C language. Used Apollo DN3000 Workstation at VLSI Laboratory at Texas A&M University. Developed circuit layouts using MAGIC software.

Supervisor: Karan L. Watson, Ph. D., Professor

Licenses Held

Registered Professional Engineer – Puerto Rico – 11970 PE

Awards and Academic Honors

· NSF Dean's Distinguished Fellowship for Minorities and Women (1994-1998)

· University Graduate Fellowship (UGF) (Fall 1997, Fall 1995)

· GTE Corporation Fellowship Award (Spring 1996)

· Georg Simon Ohm Award (Best EE Student in Class 1988-89 at University of PR, Mayagüez)

· NASA Graduate Student Researcher Fellowship (1989-1990)

· USAA Scholastic All-American Award

· National Collegiate Engineering Award

· Honor Student (University of PR Dean's List)

· The National Dean's List

· NACME Fellowship (1984-1989)

Honor Societies

· Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honorary)

· Phi Kappa Phi (General Scholastic Honorary)

Professional Organizations

· Student member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) since 1988.

· Student member if the IEEE Computer Society since 1995.

· Member of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) since 1992. Currently student member.

· Member of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) since 1992.

· Member of the Colegio de Ingenieros y Agrimensores de Puerto Rico (CIAPR – Puertorrican Society of Professional Engineers) since 1989.

· Student member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) since 1997.

Software Grant

“Evaluation of problem solving environments for image processing applications”, DADiSP 1998 Academic Grant, March 24 1998, six user licenses of the full commercial version of DADiSP development software for the Scalable Computing Systems Laboratory at Michigan State University, cost $30,990.00.

Teaching

Michigan State University (1995 – 1999):

· ECE 345 – Electronic Instrumentation and Systems – Laboratory Instructor

· ECE 360 – Signals and Linear Systems – Teaching Assistant

· ECE 411 – Electronic Design Automation – Teaching Assistant

· ECE 482 – Capstone: Computer System Design – Laboratory Instructor

· ECE 809 – Algorithms and Their Hardware Implementation – Teaching Assistant

· CPE 479 – Software Tools for Concurrent Systems – Teaching Assistant

University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez (1990 – 1994):

· INEL 3105 – Electrical Systems Analysis I - Instructor

· INEL 4075 – Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering - Instructor

· INEL 4076 – Fundamentals of Electronics - Instructor

· INEL 4165 – Introduction to Computer Aided Design – Instructor

Institutional Service

College:

· Comité de Métodos de Enseñanza y Ayudas Audiovisuales (Teaching Methods and Visual Aids Committee), 1990 – 1994, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

· Curriculum Committee, 1996-97 Academic Year, Michigan State University

Department:

· Basic Courses Committee, 1990 – 1994, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

· Industrial Affiliates Program, 1992-1994, (Co-Director, 1993-94), University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

Professional Activities

· Short Course: Introduction to MATLAB with Signal Processing Applications, Domingo Rodríguez and Nayda G. Santiago, December 7 – 8, 1993, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.

Outreach Activities

· Pre-College Engineering Program (PCEP) at University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Summer 1993 and Summer 1994. Supervisor: Gerson Beauchamp, Ph. D.

· Math, Science, and Technology (MST) at MSU Outreach Program, Summer 1997, Supervisor: Diane T. Rover, Ph. D. and Daina Briedis, Ph. D.

Professional Development

· Computing Research Association (CRA) Workshop on Academic Careers for Women in Computer Science, May 20 – 21, 1996 and SPDT’96: SIGMETRICS Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Tools, May 22-23, 1996. Federated Computing Research Conference ’96, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Publications

· D. T. Rover, N. G. Santiago, and M. M. Tsai. Active learning in an Electronic Design Automation Course. To appear in proceedings of 1999 IEEE Computer Society International Conference on Microelectronic System Education, July 19 - 21, 1999, Arlington, Virginia.

· M. A. Jiménez, N. G. Santiago, and D. T. Rover. Development of a scalable FPGA-based floating point multiplier. In proceedings of the Fifth Canadian Workshop on Field-Programmable Devices, pp. 145 - 150, June 7 – 10, 1998, Montreal, Canada.

· N. G. Santiago. SAR Images Speckle Reduction for Classification Using Wavelets on MultiMATLAB. Technical Report CTC97TR269, Cornell Theory Center, March 1997.

· D. Rodríguez, A. Rodríguez, and N. G. Santiago. On the Implementation of Fast Algorithms for Linear Codes Using T805 Microcomputer Arrays. In 38th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Vol. 2, pp. 1284 - 1287, August 1995, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

· D. Rodríguez and N. G. Santiago. On the Analysis and Design of Linear Codes Using MATLAB and MAPLE. In Symposium on Intelligent Systems in Communications and Power, February 1994.

· D. Rodríguez, N. G. Santiago, and C. Vélez. Implementation of a New Class of FFT Algorithms on Transputer Computational Structures. In 36th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Vol. 2, pp. 1105-1108, August 1993, Detroit, Michigan.