About Us
//CAWT
Center for the Advancement of Wearable Technologies
Vision: To advance the fundamental and applied science of biosensors, portable power, and data analytics to enable next-generation wearables while providing an engaged and diverse workforce for the Nation’s wearable technology (WT) sector, and stimulating the economic development in the Commonwealth in concert with the Jurisdiction’s robust medical device industry.
Mission: Create and sustain an internationally competitive center that will conduct R&D and innovation, insert a WT educational component into the K-20 continum, promote human resource development in WT, and promote innovation and commercialization in the Jurisdiction.
// Center Components
INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH GROUPS
// CAWT Task Force
Project Directors
Center for the Advancement of Wearable Technologies
Dr. Arturo J. Hernández-Maldonado
PD - Professor, UPR - Mayaguez, Chemical Engineering
Dr. Brad R. Weiner
Co-PD - ProfessorUPR - Rio Piedras, Chemistry Dept.
Dr. Madeline Torres-Lugo
Co-PD - ProfessorUPR - Mayaguez, Chemical Engineering Dept.
CAWT DEMOGRAPHICS
// CAWT Jurisdiction
Multidisciplinary Expertise in the Jurisdiction
External Engagement
