Ramiro Velázquez Guerrero is a full-time professor in the School of Engineering at the Aguascalientes campus of the Universidad Panamericana . He has served as director of the Mechatronics Engineering program, dean of the School of Engineering, and vice president for research. He is currently the academic vice president at this campus.
He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from the National Institute of Applied Sciences of Aguascalientes ( Universidad Panamericana , Aguascalientes, MX), a Master’s degree in Automatic Control Systems from the National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon (INSA-Lyon, FR), and a Ph.D. in Robotics from Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris, FR) in 1999, 2002, and 2006, respectively. He has served as a visiting professor at the University of Magdalena (Colombia), ASKSiM (Poland), and La Salle University (Colombia).
Dr. Velázquez is recognized as an expert reviewer by the European Commission, the Swiss National Science Foundation, CONACYT (Mexico), COLCIENCIAS (Colombia), FONCyT (Argentina), CONCYTEC (Peru), and the Ministry of Science and Technology (Israel). He serves on the editorial board and as a reviewer for numerous indexed journals and international conferences.
He is the author or co-author of more than 200 articles in indexed journals and at international and national conferences. His research interests include assistive technologies for people with physical disabilities, robotics and mechatronics, image processing, and human-computer interaction. His research has been covered and featured by IEEE Spectrum, CNN, CBS News, and the BBC.
Dr. Velázquez is a Level I member of the National System of Researchers.
Research Areas
- Assistive technologies
- Mechatronic Systems
- Image Processing