Our Team
// our Cawt team
Center for the Advancement of Wearable Technologies
Arturo Hernández-Madonado
UPR-MayagüezProject Director
Madeline Torres-Lugo
UPR-MayagüezCo-PD, IRG1
Brad R. Weiner
UPR-Río PiedrasCo-PD, IRG2
Liz Díaz
UPR-Río Piedras Education and Outreach
María Amador
UPR-Mayagüez Innovation Ecosystem
Emmanuel Arzuaga
UPR-MayagüezIRG3
Abel Baerga
UPR-Medical Sci.IRG1
Zhongfang Chen
UPR-Río Piedras IRG2, IRG3
Gladys Colón
ExternalEvaluator
Maria del C. Cotto
UAGM-GuraboIRG2
Lisandro Cunci
UAGM-GuraboIRG1, IRG3
Ubaldo Córdova
UPR-MayagüezIRG3 Co-Leader
Yeiza M. Hernández- Bianchi
UPR-AC Project Administrator
Sra. Noelma Galiano
UPR-Mayaguez Administrator
Moraima de Hoyos
UPR-Mayagüez Innovation Ecosystem
Abniel Machin de Jesús
UAGM-Cupey,IRG2
Maribella Domenech
UPR-MayagüezIRG1 Co-Leader
Eduardo Juan
UPR-MayagüezIRG1
Ram Katiyar
UPR-Río Piedras IRG2 Co-Leader
Manuel Lobato
UPR-Rio Piedras Innovation Ecosystem
Juan López-Encarnación
UPR-CayeyIRG2
César Lozano Paulino
UAGM-GuraboIRG2
Vilmali López
UPR-Río PiedrasIRG1
José Lugo
UPR-MayagüezIRG3
Francisco M. Marquez
UAGM-GuraboIRG2
Gerardo Morell
UPR-Río PiedrasIRG2 Co-Leader
Eduardo Nicolau
UPR-Río PiedrasIRG1
Santander Nieto
Univ. del TuraboIRG2
Luis Pericchi
UPR-Río PiedrasIRG3
Rita Frontera
UPR-Central Administration
Pedro J. Resto
UPR-MayagüezIRG1
Manuel Rodríguez-Martínez
UPR-MayagüezIRG3 Co-Leader
Luis Rosa
UPR-HumacaoIRG2
Juan A. Santana Palacio
UPR-CayeyIRG2
Heydi Sierra
UPR-MayagüezIRG1, IRG3
Wandaliz Torres
UPR-MayagüezIRG3
Josee Vedrine-Pauleus
UPR-HumacaoIRG2
José Vega
UPR-Mayagüez Innovation Ecosystem
Julian Velev
UPR-Río PiedrasIRG3
Mari L. Zapata
UPR-Mayagüez Innovation Ecosystem
Camilo Mora
UPR-MayagüezIRG1
Xianyong Wu
UPR-Rio PiedrasIRG2
A. Ahmed ElSaid
UPR-MayagüezIRG3
Jose E. Lugo Martinez
UPR-Rio PiedrasIRG3
Dr. José M. Rivera
UPR - Rio PiedrasIRG1
Dr. David Suleiman
UPR - MayaguezIRG2
Dr. J. Guillermo Araya
UPR - MayaguezIRG3
Wilson Rivera Gallego
UPR - MayaguezIRG3
Claribel Acevedo Velez
UPR-MAYAGUEZIRG1
Roberto Delgado
UPR-MayagüezIRG1 PDF
Rajesh Katiyar
UPR-Rio PiedrasIRG2
Balram Tripathi
UPR - Rio PiedrasIRG2
Danilo Barrionuevo Diestra
UPR - CayeyIRG2
Javier Rodríguez
UPR-Rio Piedras Innovation Ecosystem
Edu B. Suarez-Martinez
UPR-PonceIRG1
Umberto Ciri
UPR-MayagüezIRG3
Raquel Feliciano
UPR-MayagüezIRG1
William Meza
UPR-MayagüezIRG1
Birendra Ale Magar
UPR-MayagüezIRG3
Said Cifuentes-Maury
UPR-MayagüezIRG1
// CAWT EOD Main Goal
Contribute to the diversity of the national
Contribute to the diversity of the national
workforce in HTI and ML.
Overall goals and strategies 1
CAWT - Advance science research towards wearable technologies.
* Strengthen existing and develop new critical science research facilities to carry out cutting-edge research in WT.
* Promote the development of interdisciplinary R&D at the Human-Technology Interface(HTI) at UPR’s research universities and 4-year colleges.
* Promote the development of interdisciplinary R&D at the Human-Technology Interface(HTI) at UPR’s research universities and 4-year colleges.
Overall goals and strategies 2
CAWT - Contribute to the diversity of the national STEM workforce.
* Introduce concepts and principles related to the HTI and Machine Learning (ML) in K-12 and University level curricula.
* Enable Hispanic students to obtain graduate degrees in fields related to the HTI and ML.
* Enable Hispanic students to obtain graduate degrees in fields related to the HTI and ML.
Overall goals and strategies 3
CAWT - Develop leadership in the field of wearable technologies.
* Partner and collaborate with national laboratories and centers, including the Georgia Institute of Technology Center for Cell Manufacturing Technologies (CMaT) and Manufacturing Institute (GTMI).
* Mentor postdocs, graduate fellows and young faculty with strategic partners.
*Establish cross-sector partnerships, including with industry.
* Mentor postdocs, graduate fellows and young faculty with strategic partners.
*Establish cross-sector partnerships, including with industry.
Overall goals and strategies 4
CAWT - Enable the Jurisdiction to attain long-term sustainability for wearable technology R&D applications.
* Mature three IRGs into internationally competitive research groups.
* Develop infrastructure to insert PR into the Big Data revolution.
* Attain research cohesiveness to partner and compete successfully for national science and engineering centers and institutes.
* Develop infrastructure to insert PR into the Big Data revolution.
* Attain research cohesiveness to partner and compete successfully for national science and engineering centers and institutes.
Overall goals and strategies 5
CAWT - Contribute to PR’s economic development by enhancing the capacity for innovation and technology transfer in wearable devices.
* Partner with the industrial sector in PR, particularly medical devices, to commercialize intellectual products from CAWT.
* Contribute to the implementation of the Jurisdiction S&T policy, particularly in the strengthening of science, technology and innovation in PR’s economic development strategy.
* Contribute to the implementation of the Jurisdiction S&T policy, particularly in the strengthening of science, technology and innovation in PR’s economic development strategy.
