Matías Vázquez-Piñón, M.Sc.
PH.D. STUDENT AND INCUBATION CELL LEADER
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey campus
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Chair on BioInteractive Systems and BioMEMS
Incubation Cell "IBEX Microdevices"
Barranquilla #134A,
Monterrey, NL, México
Home: +52 (81) 1936-3797
Mobile: +52 (81) 8600-6859
Email: matias.vazquez@ieee.org
RESEARCH INTERESTS



Modeling, design and fabrication of micro- and nanofluidic devices for biomedical applications
Design and simulation of CMOS analog, mixed-signal and optoelectronic integrated circuits
Integration of micro- and nanofluidic devices with microelectronics circuits for Lab-on-a-Chip systems
EDUCATION
PH.D. STUDENT IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey campus. [August 2011 – Present]
Dissertation (tentative title): Modeling, Design, Fabrication and Characterization of AC Electroosmotic
Micropumps with High Aspect Ratio Electrodes Based on Carbon-MEMS Technology
Advisor: Dr. Sergio Omar Martínez-Chapa
Relevant courses: Microsystems • BioMEMS • Design of Heterogeneous Embedded Systems • Advanced
Mathematics for Electronics Engineering
M.SC. IN ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING WITH MAJOR IN ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey campus. [August 2008 – May 2011]
Thesis: Modeling of a CMOS Active Pixel Image Sensor: Towards Sensor Integration with Microfluidic Devices.
FULL TEXT
Advisor: Dr. Sergio Omar Martínez-Chapa
Relevant courses: CMOS Analog Microelectronics • CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits • Computer Simulations
B.SC. IN ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey campus. [August 2002 – May 2008]
Relevant courses: Analog Integrated Circuits • Digital Signal Processing • Communication Systems •
Communications Theory • Personal Communication Networks
eBOOKS


Dieck-Assad, G. & Vázquez-Piñón, M. (2013) “Simulation Practices for Electronics and Microelectronics
Engineering, Vol. 2”. 1st edition. Digital Publishing House of the Tecnológico de Monterrey, March 2013, p.
117, ISBN pending. DESCRIPTION.
Dieck-Assad, G. & Vázquez-Piñón, M. (2012) “Simulation Practices for Electronics and Microelectronics
Engineering, Vol. 1”. 1st edition. Digital Publishing House of theTecnológico de Monterrey, August 2012, p.
124, ISBN pending. DESCRIPTION.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS


Dieck-Assad, G., Camacho-León, S., Vázquez-Piñón, M. & Losoya-Leal, A.D. (2013). "Development of
eBooks as a Strategy to Enhance Electrical Engineering Learning at the Tecnológico de Monterrey".
Proceedings of the 11th Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology
(LACCEI): Technology for Teaching and Learning, Cancún, QR, México, August 14 - 16, 2013. FULL TEXT.
Camacho-León, S., Losoya-Leal, A.D., Dieck-Assad, G. & Vázquez-Piñón, M. (2013) “Simulation
Workshops on Microtechnology: Enhancing Multidisciplinary Engineering Education through eBooks”.

Proceedings of the 11th Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology
(LACCEI): Enhancing Undergraduate Education, Cancún, QR, México, August 14 - 16, 2013. FULL TEXT.
Vázquez-Piñón, M., Gómez-Quiñones, J., Camacho-León, S., Dieck-Assad, G. & Martínez-Chapa S.O.
(2011). “Modeling of a CMOS Active Pixel Image Sensor: Towards Sensor Integration with Microfluidic
Devices”. Proceedings of the 8th IEEE Conference on Electronics, Robotics and Automotive Mechanics
(CERMA), pp. 14-19, Cuernavaca, MO, México, November 15 – 18, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-4577-1879-3. DOI:
10.1109/CERMA.2011.10
PATENTS

Vázquez-Piñón, Matías, Martínez-Chapa, Sergio O. and Camacho-León, Sergio. "Portable Microfluidic
System to Quantify a Cancer Cells Colony in Suspension"; Spanish; Application number:
MX/a/2013/015285; status: pending; México, December 19, 2013.
DIPLOMAS AND HONORS




Math Modeling of Microfluidics and Electrokinetics Problems Employing COMSOL
Instructor: Dr. Ahsan Munir. COMSOL Multiphysics. November 2013, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Microfluidics and Electrokinetics with LabSmith
Instructor: Dr. Yolanda Fintschenko. LabSmith. November 2013, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Yo Emprendo [entrepreneurship workshop]
Instructor: Eng. Clelia Hernández-Orta. Treasury Secretary of México. March – July 2013, Monterrey, NL,
MX.
First Generation of Authors of the Digital Publishing House of the Tecnológico de Monterrey
Digital Publishing House of the Tecnológico de Monterrey. March 2013, Monterrey, NL, MX.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TEACHING ASSISTANT
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey campus [August 2008 – May 2011]



Laboratory instructor of the following undergraduate courses: digital systems • electric circuits I •
applied electronics • electronics circuits design
Design of laboratory practices for the following undergraduate courses: electric circuits II • electronics
instrumentation
Design of laboratory practices for the following graduate courses: CMOS analog microelectronics •
design of digital integrated circuits
INTERNAL SALES MANAGER
LASSO Automation Consulting Group [September 2007 – April 2008]




Sales and quotes for electronic equipment
Maintenance and testing of electronic equipment
Costumers follow-up
Warranty and records administration
ELECTRONICS DESIGN ENGINEER
Computronix Group [September 2007 – December 2007]



Microcontrollers programming
Design and fabrication of digital electronics circuits and printed circuit boards
Electronics circuits testing and validation
ELECTRONICS DESIGN ENGINEER
EXPERTiS Technology [May 2007 – July 2007]



Computer simulation of electronics systems
Testing and characterization of PCB-mounted electronics systems
Printed circuit board assembly
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR
Vitual University of the Tecnológico de Monterrey [August 2006 – December 2006]


Supervision and configuration of video conferences
Elaboration of wire diagrams for internal communication networks
EXTRACURRICULAR TRAINING






Founder vice-president of the Lambda Rho Chapter of the Honor Society IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu at the
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey campus [2013 – Present]
Vice-president of the IEEE Young Professionals Committee (formerly GOLD) at the Monterrey section
[2012 – 2013]
Organizer and coordinator of the XXII International Congress of Electronics and Communications at the
Tecnológico de Monterrey [2007]
President of the board of students from Oaxaca at the Tecnológico de Monterrey [2005 – 2006]
Organizer and coordinator of the 1st National Entrepreneurs Congress. Oaxaca city, OAX, MX [2005]
Coordinator of the board of students from Oaxaca at the Tecnológico de Monterrey [2004 – 2005]
LANGUAGES



SPANISH: Native
ENGLISH: Fluent [583 TOEFL ITP]
FRENCH: Basic
TECHNICAL SKILLS





Computational modeling of microfluidic devices and electrokinetic phenomenon through the finiteelement method
Design, fabrication and characterization of PDMS microfluidic devices
Design and layout of CMOS mixed-signal and optoelectronic circuits
Electric/electronic circuit simulation through SPICE software tools
Programming languages/software tools/operating systems: C/C++ • Java • HTML • CSS • VHDL • Mentor
Graphics • CoventorWare • SPICE • Electric VLSI • MATLAB • COMSOL Multiphysics • Maple • LabVIEW •
LaTeX • AutoCAD • Adobe Creative Suite • Microsoft Office • Linux • Mac OS • Microsoft Windows