Robert A. Paz Background

Education:

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, May 1985, New Mexico State University
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, May 1987, University of Illinois. Thesis title - "Step Accuracy Measurement of Hybrid Step Motors by Fourier Analysis Techniques", Advisor Benjamin C. Kuo
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, May 1991, University of Illinois. Thesis title - "Robust and Reliable Control in Discrete Time", Advisor: Juraj V. Medanic

Work Experience:

Assistant Professor: New Mexico State University, January 1991 to present.
Teaching Assistant: University of Illinois, Department of Electrical Engineering, Lab Instructor, under Dr. William R. Perkins, September 1989 - December 1990.
Research Assistant: University of Illinois, Coordinated Science Lab, for Dr. Juraj V. Medanic. Summers of 1988, 1989 and 1990.
Summer Intern: Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY. Worked in the Applied Technology Organization on the implementation of industrial process controls and in the Engineering Research Labs developing a micro-processor controlled slide-to-video unit, Summers of 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987.
Laboratory Instructor: New Mexico State University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Instructing EE 265 lab. September 1985 - May 1985.
Co-op Intern: Eastman Kodak Company, Windsor, Colorado. Developed process controls and assisted in various aspects of facilities engineering. Spring and summer of 1982 and 1983.

Honors:

Member, Eta Kappa Nu electrical engineering honor fraternity
Member, Tau Beta Pi engineering honor fraternity
Member, Sigma Xi scientific research society
Outstanding Paper in Session, "A Reliable Control in Discrete-Time," by R. A. Paz and J.V. Medanic, 1991 American Control Conference, Boston MA
Outstanding Paper in Session, "Robust Stabilization and Disturbance Attenuation for Systems with Structured Nonlinearities," by R. A. Paz and E. Yaz, 1993 Automatic Control Conference.