Control Systems Design Course with a Focus for Applications in Mobile Robotics

Fernando Rios-Gutierrez was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Communications from the National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, in 1978. He was awarded a full scholarship to pursue graduate studies at the Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department of Tulane University, New Orleans LA, where he obtained a M.S. degree and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1998 and 2000 respectively. From 2002 -2007 he was an Assistant Professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering department of the University of Minnesota Duluth. Since September 2007 he has been an Assistant Professor at the Electrical Engineering department at Georgia Southern University. His main research interests include robotics, remote sensing, learning techniques for robots, digital systems, and microprocessor applications.