Biography
Prior to joining the faculty in 1990, Armando Rodriguez worked at MIT, IBM, AT&T Bell Laboratories, and Raytheon Missile Systems. He has also consulted for Elgin Air Force Base, Boeing Defense and Space Systems, Honeywell, and NASA. He has published over 120 technical papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings. This includes over 50 invited papers. He has authored three engineering texts. Dr. Rodriguez has given more than 60 invited presentations at international and national forums, conferences, and corporations. This includes over 10 plenary talks. He is a Boeing A.D. Welliver Fellow and he received a 1998 Presidential Excellence Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring. He is currently the Co-director of an NSF-WAESO funded Bridge to the Doctorate Program.
Research Interests
Control of nonlinear distributed parameter systems; hierarchical fault-tolerance; hypersonic vehicles and space systems; sustainability; low power electronics; sample-data control; rapid prototyping; embedded systems, visualization
Education
- Ph.D., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990
- M.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987
- B.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Polytechnic Institute of New York, 1983