Ramon A. Mercado
Reyes
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
343 Durham Center
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
Department Phone: 515.294.2663
Fax: 515.264.8432
E-mail: rmercado@iastate.edu
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Education
· Currently working on a Ph.D. on Computer Engineering at Iowa State University
Research Interests:
o System-Level Design
o Communication-based Design for Embedded Systems.
o Engineering Education.
· B.S., Electrical Engineering, 2004
Publications, Presentations, and CV
· IEEE Transaction on Education, 2008
o Reflections on Teaching and Learning in an Advanced Undergraduate Course in Embedded Systems (pdf)
o Also featured in the Annals of Research on Engineering Education, 2009
· IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology 2010
o Mixture Models for System-Level Communication Analysis at Higher Levels of Abstraction (pdf)
· IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology 2009
o System-Level Memory Modeling for Bus-Based Memory Architecture Exploration (pdf)
· Frontiers in Education Conference, 2008
o
Enhancing Student Learning with Hands-On RTOS Development
in Real-Time Systems Course (pdf)
o Presentation (ppt)
· International conference on Microelectronic Systems Education, 2007
o Reflections on Implementing and Teaching an Advanced Undergraduate Course in Embedded Systems (pdf)
o Presentation (ppt)
o This publication was awarded with the Best Paper Award of MSE 2007.
· Frontiers in Education Conference, 2006
o
Developing and Teaching an Integrated Series of Courses in
Embedded Computer Systems (pdf)
o Presentation (ppt)
· Resume (pdf, 6/10)
· Curriculum Vitae (pdf, 6/10)
· PhD Thesis
o Thesis Proposal (pdf)
o Executive Summary (pdf)
o Technical Review (zip)
Courses of Interest in Iowa State University
· CprE 488: Embedded Systems Design
o Other Resources
§ MSE 2005 - A Platform FPGA-based Undergraduate Laboratory
· CprE 588: Embedded Computer Systems
o Other Resources
§ MES 2005 - Teaching System-Level Using SpecC and SystemC
Previous Research and Work Experience
· Texas Instrument
o System Design and Verification for OMAP at Texas Instruments, Dallas TX
· University of Michigan
o Application developer at the WIMS Engineering Research Center (Poster, pdf)
Extra Curricular Activities