Faculty
Eduardo Rojas-Nastrucci earned his B.S. degree from the Universidad de Carabobo, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of South Florida, all in Electrical Engineering; in 2009, 2014 and 2017, respectively. He joined the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2017, where he is currently an assistant professor. His research interests are in the area of microwave/mm-wave circuits and antenna applications of additive manufacturing; and wireless sensing for harsh environments. Rojas is the Director of ERAU’s Wireless Devices and Electromagnetics Laboratory (WIDE Lab www.wide-lab.com). He was the recipient of a CAREER Award from The National Science Foundation in 2019. Rojas has more than 30 peer-reviewed publications, and he is a reviewer for the IEEE MTT-S Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques and Proceedings of the IEEE, among other prestigious journals. Rojas has 4 U.S. patents and is a member of the IEEE MTT-S Technical Committee 26 on RFID, Wireless Sensor and IoT, and the RTCA SC-236 committee for Standards for Wireless Avionics Intra-Communication System (WAIC) within 4200-4400 MHz. |
Ph.D. Students
Noemí Miguélez Gómez was born in Barcelona, Spain, where she earned his bachelor's in Telecommunications Engineering at UPC-BarcelonaTech in 2017. She joined Embry-Riddle in 2017, where she finished her Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2019 and will start her PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 2020. Prior coming to ERAU, Miguélez was working in the nanosatellite and payload laboratory at BarcelonaTech in the development of a flexible microwave payload for Earth observation for a 1U CubeSat. The nanosatellite is planned to be launched in 2020 as part of the "Fly your Satellite II!" program from the Educational Office of the European Space Agency (ESA). During her master's, she worked at the Space and Atmospheric Instrumentation Lab (SAIL) as the ERAU’s student team leader of a Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR): "Integrated Measurement and Modeling Characterization of Stratospheric Turbulence". The ERAU team worked in the design, implementation and testing of high-altitude balloon communications and controlled descent systems to resolve questions related to how future hypersonic vehicle designs can account for the effects of ambient atmospheric turbulence and particles in the middle stratosphere. Parallelly, Miguélez worked in the design and development of a network of dual-frequency GNSS systems for ionospheric disturbances analysis.
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Carlos R Mejías M. is a Ph.D. student in the Electrical Engineer and Computer Science Program at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Master in Electrical Engineering from the Universidad de Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela, earned in 2008 and 2014 respectively.
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Seng Loong "Hanson" Yu received his B.S. in electrical engineering from University of South Florida in 2015; and his M.S. in electrical engineering from San Jose State University in 2017. During his time at University of South Florida, he was an undergraduate research assistant in the Center for Wireless and Microwave Information Systems (WAMI) lab. While at San Jose State University, he studied CMOS RF and analog IC design and was a lab instructor for the undergraduate electronics course.
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Master Students
Daniel Sommer obtained his Bachelors in Electrical Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) in Daytona Beach Florida. Prior to coming to Embry Riddle, he lived in New York City where he attended Aviation High School (AVHS). He spent five years at AVHS enrolled in a special program to allow for him to obtain both his Airframe and Powerplant ratings with the Federal Aviation Administration, which encouraged him to attend ERAU. While up in New York, Daniel was engaged in several scouting groups. Here, he became an Eagle Scout with Troop 235 in Whitestone, New York in January 2012, and later joined Venturing Crew 473, the longest living crew in the country, where he became their president for a year. He was also nominated into the Order of the Arrow, achieving their highest recognition, Vigil Honor, in April 2014. He is still involved in the Venturing Crew as an adult.
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Diego Rincon is a graduate student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering program at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL where he received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 2018.
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Undergraduate Students
Sofia Mvokany is pursuing her bachelor’s in electrical engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU). Prior to attending ERAU, she acquired an Associates degree in Engineering Science at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) in New York City. In 2016, she joined the CUNY Research Scholars Program (CRSP), a program that encourages high-achieving community college students to participate in faculty-mentored research, through which she worked for a full year on “Quantum Dots in 2-D TMDC materials”. Through CRSP, she discovered a real interest into research so when she moved to Daytona Beach, FL to attend ERAU, she was eager to get back in a lab.
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John I. Sahr is studying for a bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, with a specialization in astronautics, and a minor in computational mathematics. He joined the WiDE Lab team with a background gained from working with OneRadio Corporation, a startup in his hometown of Seattle, Washington.
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Isabella DeLorenzo is pursuing her bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics as an Honors student with a concentration in Spacecraft Instrumentation and minors in Applied Mathematics and Electrical and Computer Engineering. Prior to working at the WiDE Lab, she worked on ERAU’s NASA Robotic Mining Competition Team in RAER (Robotics Association at Embry-Riddle) for four years holding positions of electrical subteam lead, software subteam lead, PR manager, and mentor. She also worked with ERFSEDS (Embry-Riddle Future Space Explorers and Developers Society) on their payload/avionics subteam for the Pathfinder VII & VIII rockets, as avionics subteam lead for the Artemis Mk. IV rocket, as avionics subteam lead for the Zephyr rocket, and as current avionics worker for the Icarus spaceshot rocket. In addition to this, Isabella also worked for a short time with an Asteroid Prospecting UAV project in another lab within the MicaPlex. She has served as Secretary of RAER and is now the President while being involved with SWE in their Fundraising Committee. This past Summer, Ms. DeLorenzo is worked as a Systems Engineering Intern with Lockheed Martin Space and is looking forward to her internship in Customer Operations and Integration for SpaceX.
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Alumni
Currently at: United Launch Alliance.
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Currently at: Qorvo
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Eric Osorio is a skilled VR/AR/XR developer with a demonstrated history of creating professional level software. Eric’s belief in taking personal responsibility for solving problems and taking change into his own hands has led him to many accomplishments. During his time at Embry-Riddle, he rounded up enough of his peers to start a chapter of the College Democrats and led the organization as the first president. He directed the Makerspace Lab XR department run by Engineering Fundamentals and helped shape the department into a software development service offered to student and faculty projects at Embry-Riddle. He also ran the Dean of Engineering’s VR lab supported by Gulfstream and Northrop Grumman.
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