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Miguel Abrahantes teaches the primary electrical engineering courses, which include Signals, Analysis and Communication; Electronic Devices and Design; Logic Circuit Design; and Dynamic Systems. He also collaborates with students on robotics research.

He joined the 熊猫在线视频 faculty in 2004, and over the years he has served on the Cultural Affairs, Curriculum, and Professional Interest committees, chaired the Academic Affairs Board, and served as a racial-ethnic harassment advocate.

He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Areas of expertise 

• Robotics
• Controls
• Modeling

Education

• Ph.D., control systems, Universidad Nacional del Sur (Argentina), 2000
• B.S., electronic engineering, Universidad Central Las Villas (Cuba), 1993

Selected grants, honors and awards

• 鈥淚mplementation of a Tetrahedral Robotic Platform,鈥� Michigan Space Grant Consortium grant, 2014
• 鈥淚nspiring the Next Generation through Research and Development in Lunar and Planetary Science Exploration, NASA grant, 2009鈥�2013
• NASA/Exploration Mission Directorate Fellowship Program at the Goddard Space Flight Center, 2006, 2007
• 鈥淕ait Design and Hardware Implementation for a Tetrahedron Robotics Walker,鈥� Michigan Space Grant Consortium grant, 2007

Selected publications and presentations 

• 鈥淢USSE: A Designed Multi-Ultrasonic-Sensor System for Echolocation on Multiple Robots,鈥� with X. Wu and M. Edgington, IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Intelligent Robot Systems Proceedings, 2016
• 鈥淕ait Design for a Tetrahedral Worm,鈥� with K. Cook, IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology Proceedings, 2016
• 鈥淩obotics Echolocation Test Platform,鈥� with P. D鈥橭razio et al., IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology Proceedings, 2015
• 鈥淒istributed Control System Implementation for Tetrahedral Walker Robots,鈥� with J. Swett, IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology Proceedings, 2014

Outside the college 

Dr. Abrahantes left his native Cuba after college to attend graduate school in Argentina. Upon receiving his Ph.D. he came to the US as a refugee and immediately settled in Michigan. He enjoys traveling and gardening.