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Bio
Leandro G. Barajas received the Honor degree in Electronics Engineering from the Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (UDFJC), Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia in 1998. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2000 and 2003, respectively, from the Georgia Institute of Technology with major in control systems and Digital Signal Processing (DSP), and minor in Mathematics.
Dr. Barajas’ work experience involved applied research and development in telecommunications, printed circuit board (PCB) design and manufacturing, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems (SCADA), embedded-controller data acquisition, automation, and control as well as biomedical measurement equipment.
During his graduate work, Mr. Barajas was a Graduate Research Assistant at the Center for Board Assembly Research (CBAR) at the Manufacturing Research Center (MARC) under the advisement of Professors Edward W. Kamen and Magnus B. Egerstedt. His current research focuses on process control optimization using hybrid controllers based on Kalman filtering, Statistical Process Control (SPC), optimal linear and nonlinear estimation, fuzzy logic, and neural networks.
Dr. Barajas is an active member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and the Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA). Between 1991 and 1996, he received eight E.E. Honor Scholarships and he was granted with the Francisco José de Caldas Honor Degree in 1998, the highest honor awarded to a student in the UDFJC. In 2002, he received a Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA) Atlanta Scholarship Award and in 2003 a Georgia Tech OMED Tower Award. In 2003, Dr. Barajas joined the General Motors Research and Development Group at the Manufacturing Systems Research Laboratory in Warren, Michigan, USA, as Senior Research Engineer.
Awards, Honors & Distinctions
- 2007 NSF GOALI Award No. 0729552: Real-time Performance Prediction of Multi-Stage Manufacturing Systems Using Nonlinear Stochastic Differential Equation Models
- 2007 Society of Manufacturing Engineers Kuo K. Wang Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award for exceptional contributions and accomplishments in the manufacturing industry
- 2006 "Boss" Kettering Award for the Emulation for Virtual Validation of Controller Logic. This award is GM's highest honor; it recognizes individuals from every region of the globe who have developed truly outstanding inventions or innovations which have provided identifiable and substantial benefit to General Motors; it also confers a significant monetary prize
- 2006 "Boss" Kettering Award for the Maintenance Toolbox Development for GMPT Plant
- 2006 GM Chairman’s Honors Award for Virtual Control Logic & Hardware Design Validation at the Lansing Delta Township's Assembly Plant
- 2006 GM R&D Center People’s Choice Award for "Most Creative" as recognized by Research & Development Center Colleagues
- 2006 GM R&D Charles L. McCuen Special Achievement Innovation Award for extraordinary technical accomplishments on the development of a Decision Support Tool (DST) for Plant Floor Systems (PFS) maintenance and its implementation at GM Powertrain Plants
- 2006 Elected IEEE Senior Member
- 2005 General Motors R&D "Spark Plug" Award for work with global R&D collaborators
- 2003 Georgia Institute of Technology Ph.D. OMED Tech Tower Award
- 2002 SMTA (Surface Mount Technology Association) Atlanta Chapter Scholarship
- 2000 Georgia Institute of Technology M.S. OMED Tech Tower Award
- 1998 Professional Engineer (P.E.) License (Colombia)
- 1998 F.J.C. Honor Scholarship. Full Graduate School Scholarship at any Colombian University
- 1998 F.J.C. Honor Degree. The highest honor awarded to a student in the U.D.F.J.C.
Other Interests
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