JORGE ANDRES PIRES
§ Master of Science in Electronic
Engineering Fall
2014 – Spring 2016. Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
§ Bachelor’s Degree in
Electronic Engineering
5-year professional degree program with engineering certification.
National University of Patagonia
“San Juan Bosco”, Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina. November 2012.
GPA: 8.77 of 10.
Thesis: “Study, modeling and simulation of a
vertical underwater acoustic channel for coastal monitoring”
§ Argentine Presidential Fellowship in
Science & Technology. June, 2013. Administered by the Argentine
Fulbright Commission and funded by the Argentine Federal Government to enroll
in a Master Degree Program in the U.S. beginning Fall 2014.
§ CIN scholarship. 2011-2013. Fund to motivate young
people to pursue scientific vocations. The scholarship was awarded in 2th place
in order of merit for the Patagonian region. The scholarship demanded a 12 hour
per week schedule plus the obligation of writing monthly progress reports. The
topic researched was underwater acoustic communications. It was studied how to
send data streaming from an underwater sensor network to a coastal station
using acoustic waves that propagate through sea water. A simplified underwater
acoustic channel model was proposed for the local area of San Jorge gulf and
simulations were carried out. The results of this work were summarized into a
paper that was published at IEEE’s congress Argencon.
§ Balseiro Institute’s summer
scholarship.
Bariloche, Argentina. Particles and Radiation Detection Laboratory February
2013. One month stay. All costs covered. Worked on the calibration of a cosmic
rays detector to be sent to Antarctica as part of a solar activity study.
§ TICs scholarship. 2009-2010. National scholarships
to promote specific careers: computer science, electronic and
telecommunications engineering.
§
J. Pires, M. Colombo, J. Gallardo, C. D. Marziani, and R.
Alcoleas, "Modelo de canal acústico subacuático vertical en
redes de sensores para monitoreo costero," published at IEEE Argencon
Congress, Córdoba, Argentina, 2012. ISBN: 9789875720763.
§ J. Pires, M. Colombo, J. Gallardo, C. D. Marziani, and R.
Alcoleas, “Vertical Underwater Acoustic Channel Model in Sensor Networks
for Coastal Monitoring," published in IEEE Latin American Transactions
Magazine, Vol. 11 No. 1, February 2013.
§
C. D. Marziani, S. Murano, A. González, F. Pino, G.
Guazzone, R. Alcoleas, J. Gallardo, J. Pires, "Implementación
de la técnica de Escalado Métrico Multidimensional en FPGAs para
posicionamiento relativo en espacios interiores," published at
Applied Microelectronics Congress, Bahía Blanca, Argentina, 2013. ISBN:
9789871896189.
§ Member of the research group on Data
Processing belonging to the Electronic Engineering department at San Juan Bosco
University.
§ Participated in the research project
“Study of a linear electromagnetic generator for marine
applications” funded by San Juan Bosco University.
§ Electrical Machines &
Installations San Juan Bosco University. Electronic
Engineering department. August 2013 – present. The course
deals with an introduction to electrical machines such as transformers and
DC&AC motors. The second part of the course consists of basics about
generation, transmission and distribution of electrical energy. This course is
taken by all the engineering careers. The average course size is around 80
students.
§ Electronics Circuits I
San Juan Bosco University. Electronic Engineering department. March 2013
– present. In this course electronic devices such as diodes, operational
amplifiers and transistors are introduced and used to study practical analog
circuits. An emphasis is made in circuit design and its verification by
simulation software. In addition, laboratory classes are carried out in which
students must build and test circuits seen in the problem resolution classes.
The laboratories and problem resolution guides have been improved and enlarged
with more sections and activities.
§ Physics III San Juan Bosco University. Physics
department. August 2011 – present. The course starts with an introduction
to quantum mechanics, which is needed to study the second part of the course
that consists of physics of semiconductor devices. An
online website was implemented in 2012 in order to make available further
material for the course.
§ Teaching Assistant in Elemental
Mathematics San Juan Bosco University.
Mathematics Department. February 2008. It is a one month course freshman
students must pass to apply to any engineering career. The average course size was around 160
students.
§ An Introduction to Statistical
Signal Processing. La
Plata National University, La Plata, Argentina. Electrical Engineering Department. September -
December 2013. 90 hours. This graduate course covers the topics related to the
treatment of random variables and stochastic processes.
§ Digital Systems III. San Juan Bosco University.
Electronic Engineering Department. 2010. 120 hours. Grade: 9 of 10. The course deals
with advanced topics on digital systems, such the programming of FPGAs on
hardware description languages.
§ Involved in the launching and maintenance
of two oceanographic buoys as part of an agreement between San Juan Bosco
University and city’s government.
§ Member of the tutoring system aimed
to help freshman students of engineering adapting to the University life. May
2013 – present.
§ Student member of council committee
for Electronic Engineering at San Juan Bosco University. 2010- 2011.
§ Advanced knowledge of computer
networking and maintenance (software and hardware).
§ Computer software: Matlab,
Mathematica, AutoCAD, PSpice, Proteus, Eagle, MS. Office.
§ Computer languages: C, Assembler,
Visual Basic, HTML.