Dr. Jorge M. Vargas

Associate Professor

Dr. Jorge M. Vargas
(615) 494-7615
Room 172, Voorhies Engineering Technology (VET)
MTSU Box 19, Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Office Hours

MW 10:45 am – 12:45 pm

T 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

R 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Degree Information

  • PHD, Florida International University (2005)
  • MS, Florida International University (2001)
  • BS, Florida International University (1999)

Areas of Expertise

RF/Microwave Engineering, Superconductivity, Magnetic Sensors, Radar Sensors for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) and Machine Learning

Biography

Dr. Jorge Vargas earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Florida International University in 2005. Dr. Vargas has over 15 years of experience in academia and has worked with multi-million-dollar funded projects in the fields of RF/Microwave Engineering, Microelectronics, Radar Sensors for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Sensor Fusion, and Machine Learning. Prior to joining MTSU in January 2021, he worked as an Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering at Florida Polytechni...

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Dr. Jorge Vargas earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Florida International University in 2005. Dr. Vargas has over 15 years of experience in academia and has worked with multi-million-dollar funded projects in the fields of RF/Microwave Engineering, Microelectronics, Radar Sensors for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Sensor Fusion, and Machine Learning. Prior to joining MTSU in January 2021, he worked as an Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering at Florida Polytechnic University, where he taught several undergraduate and graduate courses on electrical circuits, electronics, logic design, radio frequency, microprocessor design, and sensors. Also, he had the opportunity to design and develop the Electrical and Computer Engineering curricula for the undergraduate and graduate programs, supported collaborative educational grants for external funding opportunities, provided outreach projects to the community, and served as an academic program coordinator in the Electrical Engineering department. His industry background at IBM involves product and process development of RF/Microwave devices.

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Publications

  • Vargas, Jorge, and Antonio Saavedra. "Sensor Analysis and Semiconductor Process Advances for Autonomous Vehicles." Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10.5 (2022): 199-206.
  • Vargas, J.; Alsweiss, S.; Toker, O.; Razdan, R.; Santos, J. An Overview of Autonomous Vehicles Sensors and Their Vulnerability to Weather Conditions. Sensors 202121, 5...
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  • Vargas, Jorge, and Antonio Saavedra. "Sensor Analysis and Semiconductor Process Advances for Autonomous Vehicles." Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10.5 (2022): 199-206.
  • Vargas, J.; Alsweiss, S.; Toker, O.; Razdan, R.; Santos, J. An Overview of Autonomous Vehicles Sensors and Their Vulnerability to Weather Conditions. Sensors 202121, 5397. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21165397
  • O. Toker, S. Alsweiss, J Vargas, R. Razdan, “Design of an automotive radar sensor firmware resilient to cyber-attacks,” IEEE SoutheastCon 2020, DOI: 10.1109/SoutheastCon44009.2020.9249731
  • H. Chintakunta, J. Vargas, S. Alsweiss, D. Holton, “Using peer led team learning (PLTL) approach to improve retention in ECE gateway courses," 2020 ASEE Southeastern
  • Vargas J., Alsweiss S., Jernigan M., Amin A., Brinkmann M., Santos J., Razdan R., “Development of Sensors Testbed for Autonomous Vehicles,” 2019 IEEE, SE Conf., Network Sensors. DOI: 10.1109/SoutheastCon42311.2019.9020344
  • Akbas M., Sargolzaei A., Alnaser A., Sahawneh S., Alsweiss S., Vargas J., Razdan R. “Unsettled Technology Areas in Autonomous Vehicle Test and Validation,” SAE EDGE, SAE International, June 2019, DOI: 10.4271/EPR2019001
  • Carpenter M., Yakymyshyn C., Micher L., Drake C. and Vargas J. “Proposal-Based Learning for Freshman Introduction to Engineering,” ASEE, 2016. DOI:10.18260/p.26009; and permanent URL: https://peer.asee.org/26009
  • Vargas J. M., Hijazi Y., Vlasov Y.A. and Larkins G.L., Jr. “ Effectiveness of BaTiO3 dielectric patches on YBCO thin films for MEM switches.” Journal of Physics: Conf. Series Institute of Physics, 2014, 507(4):042045
  • Vargas J. M., Bogozi A., Noel J., Hijazi Y., Vlasov Y.A. and Larkins G.L., Jr. “Reliability of suspended bridges on superconducting microstrip filters using MEMS switches.”  IEEE Trans. On Appl. Supercond. , 2011, v. 21, no. 3, p. 567-570

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Research / Scholarly Activity

Research Grants:

  • Walker Library Seed Grant: Radar sensor tested simulations using Matlab/Simulink
  • MRI: "Acquisition of Real-Time Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation for Verification of CAVs” by NSF 2019-2023
  • "Renewable Energy and Sustainability Education" by Florida Energy System Consortium (FESC) 2015-2016
  • "Embedded Discovery Platform" by Harris Corp. 2015-2016
  • “Samuel P. Massie Chair of Excellence in Environmental Disciplines" by the US Department of Energy 2010-2015, Sub-Project: Spintronic-Based Radiation Sensors

Special Projects

Sensor testbed research for autonomous vehicles (AVs)

Machine Learning