Florida Atlantic University
garciagarreton@hotmail.com
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Gonzalo Garcia is a postdoc in the Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, in charge of the design of a control system for an underwater robot with an undulating membrane for propulsion. He also is developing an advanced control design for terrestrial nanorobots in collaboration with researchers in Chile and Spain. He received his bachelor’s degree (1994) in electrical engineering from the Naval Polytechnic Academy, Chile, and his master’s degree (2006) from Federico Santa Maria Technical University UTFSM, Chile. In 2013, he earned his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the University of Kansas. He has been a postdoctoral associate, lecturer, graduate research assistant, chief scientist of control systems, and area director of automatic control at the University of Kansas and a visiting researcher at Microsoft Corporation. He is the recipient of numerous scholarships, including the Ph.D. Fulbright Scholarship from the Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (CONICYT – Chile). He served as a member of the Chilean Navy from 1989-2008 and has held teaching posts in the Chilean Naval Polytechnic Academy, University of Kansas, Andres Bello University, and Santo Tomás University. He is a member of The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Golden Key International Honor Society, and Sigma Gamma Tau. His philosophy is that an instructor should be the first one to enjoy a class, deriving in a spontaneous and motivational effect on students.

Research Interests

Control systems design for autonomous vehicles