José Baca, Ph.D.
He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC), USA. His research interests include the development and integration of Modular Robots and Modular mechatronic systems across different domains such as in Unmanned Autonomous Systems, Space, Industry, HealthCare, and Education.
Dr. Baca has worked in the Uncrewed Autonomous Systems and Modular Robotics fields for over a decade and his work has led to multiple publications in leading conferences and journals, as well as, organized and co-chaired international conferences and workshops. He has been involved in projects funded by Federal agencies such as DoD, NSF, and NASA, as well as from the Nebraska and Texas Space Grant Consortiums, Peter Kiewit Institute, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station.
He is co-founder of CORAL (Collaborative Robots and Agents Lab) and Faculty member of the NSF CREST-GEIMS (Center for Geospatial and Environmental Informatics, Modeling and Simulation) at TAMU-CC.
Website at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Experience:
Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, USA [September 2017 - Present]
Assistant Director, CMANTIC Robotics Lab, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA [2014 - August 2017]
Research Associate, Computer Science Department, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA [2015 - August 2017]
Postdoctoral Fellow, Computer Science Department, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA [March 2012 - 2015]
Engineer Assistant, Daimler-Chrysler Automotive Company [2006]
Education:
Ph.D. in Automation and Robotics, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid [UPM], Spain
M.Sc. in Mechatronics, University of Applied Sciences in Aachen [FH Aachen] , Germany
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Instituto Tecnologico de Matamoros [ITM], Mexico