User:Fzamora00

 Francisco J. Zamora fzamora@udistrital.edu.co | http://comunidad.udistrital.edu.co/fzamora/ KR 7 40-53 ., Bogota D.C., Colombia | Cell: Summary Experienced engineering professional, university professor, e-learning researcher and technical writer seeking a challenging position in IT and telecommunications industry technical training, course development, training equipment and learning platforms managemen

Education
2013-2015 - Present Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas Bogota DC, Colombia Information Science and Telecommunications (Master of Science - research project on Wireless Sensor Networks and Intelligent Tutoring Systems).  1998 - 2000 Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas Bogota DC, Colombia Teleinformatics (Professional Specialist - 2002).  <p data-rte-fromparser="true">1986 - 1990 Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas Bogota DC, Colombia <li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Electronics Engineering (B. S. Emphasis in Telecommunications and bioengineering -1993). </li></ul> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"> Experience <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Sept. 1997 - Present Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas Bogota DC, Colombia <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">'Assistant Professor: Technology Faculty - Transmission Lines, Radio Communications. Engineering Faculty,' <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Electronics Engineering Program - Semiconductor electronics, microcontrollers, embedded systems <li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Curriculum designer and tenure professor in Transmission Lines, Radio Communications, Digital Design with Microcontrollers, Embedded Systems, Analog Electronics, Electric Circuits and Electromagnetism courses. </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Former Electronics Laboratory Chief (Technology Faculty): recommend, order, configuration, assembly and maintenance of professional and training laboratory equipment. In charge of three faculty employees. </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Founder of the First Circuits and Measurements Workshop Fair: an experimental exhibition on electric circuits and physics paradoxes. </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Review, design and develop step-by-step training and lab materials for electronics engineering students (2<sup data-rte-washtml="1">nd, 4<sup data-rte-washtml="1">th , 6<sup data-rte-washtml="1">th , and 10<sup data-rte-washtml="1">th  semesters). </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Designer of low cost and high performance laboratory equipment: "ez transistor trainer”, "Microchip´s PicKit 2 compatible I2C memory and MCU programmer - debugger”. </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Technical Writer - Author of text books: "Digital Design With Microcontrollers” (2013) and "Modern Electronics for Engineering” (2005, 2<sup data-rte-washtml="1">nd  rev. 2014), both in revision process for publishing. </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Researcher, Technical Writer - Author of more than six papers related to applied IT in engineering education, e-learning and digital systems (1999 - 2014, Tecnura Magazine, Technology Faculty). </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Develop, implement and manage new hands-on seminars on new technology, e-learning, concept and mind mapping for Faculty Teachers. </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Develop, implement and/or manage instructional design, online courses and websites for University Extension Institute (IDEXUD - Government contracts) with Moodle LMS and Drupal CMS, conform with open and interoperable standards (SCORM 1.4, IMS-LD and IEEE LOM). </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Former member of Electronics Engineering Program Council at Engineering Faculty. </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Invited speaker to academic and industry events, seminars and courses, related to concept mapping, Mathcad software, virtual learning environments and Moodle. </li></ul> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">1997 - Present Embedded Systems Designer Bogota, Colombia <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Independent firmware and embedded systems designer <li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Design systems for consumer electronics and automobile products. </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Design and implement firmware on 8 bit Microchip MCU embedded systems. </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Technology and engineering consultant for small and middle size companies. </li></ul> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">Sept. 2004 - Jun. 2009 Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieria Julio Garavito (University) Bogota, <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Colombia <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Associate Lecturer Electronics Engineering Faculty - Digital Systems III (microcontrollers), <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Creativity and Thinking Seminar <li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Curriculum design and instruct students on basic concepts of microcontroller architectures and peripherals. </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Curriculum desing and instruct students on digital electronic systems design with advanced use of simulation tools (conventional and interactive) and mathematic tools (Mathcad, Matlab and electronic spreadsheets). </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Instruct students on basic relaxation and breathing techniques in order to promote creativity and lateral thinking. </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Prepare lessons for lab tutorials and design class examples </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Prepare and grade assignments and exams </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Founder of the First Creativity and Thinking Fair: exhibition of innovative engineering projects. </li></ul> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">Aug. 1996 - Jun. 1998 Universidad Antonio Nariño Bogota, Colombia <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Lecturer at Electronics Engineering Faculty and Bioengineering Faculty - Analog Electronics, <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Microcontrollers. <li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Curriculum design and Instruct students on basic concepts of semiconductors, diodes, transistors and application circuits, 8 bit microcontroller architectures, interfacing and embedded systems design. </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Prepare lessons for lab tutorials and design class examples </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Prepare and grade assignments and exams. </li></ul> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">Aug. 1993 - Jun. 1996 Several Institutions and Universities Bogota, Colombia <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">'Lecturer at Electronics Programs, technical and engineering level. Escuela Colombiana de Carreras' <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Industriales, Centro Distrital de Sistemas, Corporación superior del trabajo, Universidad Distrital FJC, <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Universidad Antonio Nariño. <li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Curriculum design and Instruct students on basic concepts in technology areas, prepare lessons for lab tutorials, design class examples, prepare and grade assignments and exams. </li></ul> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"> Awards, Scholarships, Organizations &amp; Research Interests <li data-rte-spaces-before="1">IEEE member, societies: Education, Communications, Computer, Industrial Electronics, Power Electronics (1996 - 2002). </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Tenure Professor Category Promotion research: E-learning experiences synthesis for Technology Faculty (Universidad Distrital FJC, Bogota, 2001). </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Colombian Institute for Promotion of Higher Education (ICFES) Invited Academic Peer for review and assessment of Electronics Technology Program (FCECEP, Palmira, Valle, 2002) </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Invited lecturer for ITU Telecommunications Specialization Virtual Program, telecommunications transmission lines, RF and optical communications (ITU Telecommunications Excellence Center, 2007). </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Research Project director of first remote Telecommunications Transmission Lines lab practice for UDFJC Technology Faculty using LabView, Hitachi Digital Oscilloscope and embedded 8 bit control system over Internet (For ITU Telecommunications Excellence Center, Telecommunications Specialization Virtual Program 2007). </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Freescale Technology Forum participant (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, at Orlando FL, San Antonio TX and Dallas TX). </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Director of student David Espejo´s Laureate Research Thesis "INTEL´s High-K MOSFET Model Construction and SPICE Integration”. </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Digital Signal Processing using SPARTAN 6 Atlys board and Matlab, international course participant (ISTEC - Technology University of Panama City, Panama, 2012). </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Microchip Masters participant (2014 at Phoenix, AZ). </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Research interests: active learning in engineering, m-learning, e-learning rapid prototyping and open standards (xAPI - formerly SCORM -, ADDIE, LOM, IMS-LD), intelligent tutoring systems, web agents, affective learning, embedded systems (ARM Cortex M and PSoC) TCP/IP and cloud computing development tools, wireless sensor networks (WSN), Internet of Things (IoT), satellite and digital communications, analog electronics. </li></ul> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"> Skills <li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Full command of spanish language, over average speaking and writing performance. </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Application Software: <li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project Professional (and their LibreOffice counterpart applications). </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">PTC: Mathcad and Mathcad Prime. </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">CadSoft: EaglePCB </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Microchip: MPLAB IDE and MPLABx </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Freescale: Codewarrior and Kinetis Design Studio (KDS). </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">ARM: mbed (online) and ECLIPSE IDE toolchain configuration. </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Linear Technologies: LT-SPICE </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">LabCenter: Proteus </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Learning and Content Management Systems: Moodle and Drupal. </li></ul> </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Hardware: Telecommunications and lab equipment handling, PC Assembly, Troubleshooting, General Computer Repair and Wireless Network Installation and configuration. </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Programming Languages: Microchip Assembly (8 bit), ANSI C, C/C++ (for ARM Cortex M MCU). </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Operating Systems: Windows, Mac/OS, Free RTOS. </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Virtual Machines: Parallels Desktop </li></ul> <p />