Ramiro Velázquez, Ph.D.

SHORT BIO 

Ramiro Velázquez is Full Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of Universidad Panamericana (Aguascalientes, Mexico). He is past Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, past Vice President for Research, and currently serves as Vice Chancellor (Provost) and member of the Board of Governors of this university.

He received the Engineering degree in Electronics from Universidad Bonaterra (Mexico) in 1999, the MSc degree in Control Systems from INSA-Lyon (France) in 2000, and the PhD in Robotics from Université Pierre et Marie Curie – Paris 6 (France) in 2006. He has been a visiting lecturer at Universidad del Magdalena (Santa Marta, Colombia), ASKSiM (Torun, Poland) and Universidad de La Salle (Bogota, Colombia). He has authored more than 200 journals and conferences papers. Prof. Velázquez frequently serves as an expert evaluator for the European Commission, the Swiss National Science Foundation, CONACYT (Mexico), COLCIENCIAS (Colombia), FONCyT (Argentina), CONCYTEC (Peru), and MoST (Israel). 

His main research interests are mechatronic systems, assistive technology, haptic and tactile devices, and human perception. His research projects in assistive devices for visually impaired and blind people have been featured in IEEE Spectrum, CBS news, and BBC Horizons, among others. He is a member Level I of the Mexican National Systems of Researchers (SNI).