Juan Alvarez
Juan Alvarez
Teaching Assistant Professor
(217) 300-5452
3046 Electrical & Computer Eng Bldg

Education

  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Illlinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004
  • M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Illlinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000
  • Engineer (B.Sc.), Electronics and Communications, ITESM-CCM, 1997

Academic Positions

  • Teaching Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, August 2019-present.
  • Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, Jan. 2013 -August 2019.
  • Visiting Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, Jan. 2011 - December 2012.
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Canada, Sept. 2007 - June 2009
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemical Physics Theory Group , University of Toronto, Canada, Sept. 2007 - June 2009
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, Sept. 2006 - Aug. 2007
  • Sessional Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, Sept. 2004 - Dec. 2006
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Mathematical Sciences Group, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, Sept. 2004 - Aug. 2006

Resident Instruction

  • ECE 463: Digital Communications Laboratory
  • ECE 461: Digital Communications
  • ECE 459: Communications, I
  • ECE 211: Analog Circuits & Systems
  • ECE 210: Analog Signal Processing

Research Interests

  • Response to Failure and Success in Engineering
  • Improving study skills in undergraduate students.
  • Applied probability
  • Mathematical modeling of polymers and biophysical systems; in particular: - configurational and statistical properties of lattice models for polymers - steric stabilization and sensitized flocculation of colloidal dispersions - adsorption and localization of random copolymers - ion transport

Research Areas

Selected Articles in Journals

Articles in Conference Proceedings

Recent Courses Taught

  • ECE 210 - Analog Signal Processing
  • ECE 211 - Analog Circuits & Systems
  • ECE 313 (MATH 362) - Probability with Engrg Applic
  • ECE 459 - Communications Systems
  • ECE 461 - Digital Communications
  • ECE 463 - Digital Communications Lab

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