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Juan Pablo La Torre

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  • About me

    Optoelectronic Engineer at TOMRA Sorting Solutions

  • Education

    • University of genoa

      2010 - 2013
      Master of engineering (m.eng.) electrical and electronics engineering 108/110

      Final year project title:"Low power wireless biomedical acquisition system based on novel dry surface electrodes"Achievement: IEEE publication.Description:Conventional biomedical devices used to acquire body signals (ECG, EMG, etc.) are based on traditional 'wired' sensor that might cause discomfort or required bulky and expensive machines. Plessey's novel sensor allows biological signal measurement for instance using only the simple finger touch that triggers the… Show more Final year project title:"Low power wireless biomedical acquisition system based on novel dry surface electrodes"Achievement: IEEE publication.Description:Conventional biomedical devices used to acquire body signals (ECG, EMG, etc.) are based on traditional 'wired' sensor that might cause discomfort or required bulky and expensive machines. Plessey's novel sensor allows biological signal measurement for instance using only the simple finger touch that triggers the sensor operation. The goal of this project was the realization of a system platform to monitor such biological signals and to wireless transfer data to a remote node. Low power and efficient design were considered throughout to project.Skills:- Electronic circuit design, simulation and testing- Microcontroller programming (embedded C/C++)- PCB design and realization- Zigbee wireless communication protocol- Signal acquisition- Teamwork (2 students and 2 supervisors) Show less

    • University of genoa

      2007 - 2010
      Bachelor's degree electrical and electronics engineering 96/110

      Final year project title:"Study and implementation of an assistive technology system for Dyslexic users"Description:The reading daily activity for a person that suffer from dyslexic is not an easy task to perform. With this project it has been developed a windows graphic user interface program to ease this operation. First the decomposition in phonemes was required and later the development of an .exe standalone application able to interface with common documents (word, plain… Show more Final year project title:"Study and implementation of an assistive technology system for Dyslexic users"Description:The reading daily activity for a person that suffer from dyslexic is not an easy task to perform. With this project it has been developed a windows graphic user interface program to ease this operation. First the decomposition in phonemes was required and later the development of an .exe standalone application able to interface with common documents (word, plain PDF, etc. ) and web pages was achieved. The software was successfully testing by dyslexic users and performance improvement were observed.Skills:- C# programming- GUI development- Continuous interaction with final user for feedback Show less

    • University college cork

      2014 - 2017
      Doctor of philosophy - phd electrical and electronics engineering

      Thesis title: "Smart optical imaging systems with automated electronics"Supervisor: Prof. Nabeel RizaExternal examiner: Prof. John Sheridan, University College Dublin 2 Feature publications:- N. A. Riza, J. Pablo La Torre, and M. J. Amin, “CAOS-CMOS camera,” Optics Express, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 13444-13458 (2016).- J. Pablo La Torre, M. J. Amin, B. Thompson, and N. A. Riza, “Optical shape sensor using electronically controlled lens,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol… Show more Thesis title: "Smart optical imaging systems with automated electronics"Supervisor: Prof. Nabeel RizaExternal examiner: Prof. John Sheridan, University College Dublin 2 Feature publications:- N. A. Riza, J. Pablo La Torre, and M. J. Amin, “CAOS-CMOS camera,” Optics Express, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 13444-13458 (2016).- J. Pablo La Torre, M. J. Amin, B. Thompson, and N. A. Riza, “Optical shape sensor using electronically controlled lens,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 16, no. 12, pp. 4776-4785 (2016). Show less

    • University college cork

      2012 - 2013
      Erasmus placement electrical and electronics engineering

      Activities and Societies: Sport clubs (soccer, squash, table tennis an others) | Social clubs (international students meetings, languages evening courses) With an awarded European scholarship grant (Erasmus placement) I had to possibility of joining University College Cork to complete my final year project at the Embedded system group lead by Dr. Emanuel Popovici. See master section for more details.

  • Experience

    • El.co. srl

      Jun 2013 - Aug 2013
      It consultant

      EL.Co. provides software solutions to improve productivity of health-care infrastructures. Main responsibilities:- Improve and update the software products- Design new product solutions- Provide assistance to third party clients and software users (Doctors)Skills:- Java programming- Database (Oracle SQL)

    • University college cork

      Sept 2013 - Dec 2017

      The main focus is to continue the development of the research work deriving from my PhD where its main contribution is without doubt the CAOS camera prototype idea. In particular it is desired to have a solid working unit on where I am responsible to manage its automation an correct operation. In order to improve its performance, a better performing unit is now used: DMD from VIALUX . Such device allows fast execution, better external interface with additional peripherals and bigger imaging sensor active area. Additionally, being senior group member, I am also a PhD mentor and I coordinate the research work providing guidance and suggestions.Responsibilities:- Improve hardware and software performance of the novel developed CAOS camera prototype- Developing in VB. NET and C++ to improve the user experience when testing camera performance- Design and implementation of novel application which can benefit from the CAOS camera use- Teaching/Tutor assistant for electrical and electronic engineer students - PhD mentoring Show less Thesis title: "Smart optical imaging systems with automated electronics"Supervisor: Prof. Nabeel RizaBrief description:My research work can be divided in two part. First, I have studied and implemented various shape sensing techniques (including distance sensing) combining free space lasers and optics all being automated (programmed) electronically by a single processor unit. In the second part I have been working in a team dedicated to the development of a novel camera prototype idea (CAOS) on where I was responsible of the programming part as well as the opto-electrical design of the elements involved. The satisfaction and gratification of the hard work carried on during college is all summarize in 4 conference publications and 7 international journal publications and additional online press covering. Keywords:Optics | embedded systems | photonics | programming | Digital Micromirror Device | coherent and incoherent imaging | embedded laser profiler | multi/hyper spectral imaging | PCB design | C/C++ | MATLAB | electronically controlled variable focus lens | optical system design | Graphic User Interface | display projection | DLP projector | free space laser | photodetectors | silicon photo-multiplier | imaging sensors | signal processing | image processingSkills:- Cope with the pressure - deadlines must be respected and this implies an excellent time management.- Patient and perseverance - sometimes many experimental results are not what you expect; I have learn from my mistakes.- Team work - had the pleasure to strictly collaborate with my mentor and later on being a mentor myself.- Attention to details - I have learn that in optics even a micrometer can make a difference.- People management - I was supervisor myself for students in their final year as well as teaching assistant. Show less As recently graduated in electrical and electronic engineering I had my first time exposure to the optics and photonics world.Description: The goal of the project was to design and implement from an embedded laser profiler using a DMD device. The challenge was to start from point the mere idea and start to develop the idea. Planning was essential from the feasibility to the actual implementation. Starting from the DLP projector unit tear-down, my main task was the realization of a software program (C++ based) to control the DMD operations required for the idea realization. Additionally, the design and implementation of an electronic circuit board (bread-board first and PCB later) for signal acquisition was required. To efficiently manage the operation involve, a microcontroller was used in the opto-electrical design. The successful implementation of the proposed board was tested and demonstrated to be suitable for:- laser profiling- spectrum analyzer DMD basedTowards the conclusion of my contract as research assistance, I decided to further enrich my knowledge by pursing my PhD in this field. Later on, the work that I started in this period would result to be fundamental for the development of the CAOS camera prototype idea. Show less

      • Researcher

        Sept 2017 - Dec 2017

      • PHD Student

        Sept 2014 - Sept 2017

      • Research Assistant

        Sept 2013 - Sept 2014

    • Tomra sorting food

      Jan 2018 - now
      Optoelectronic engineer

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