Profile

Jordi Madrenas (Telecom. Eng. 1986, Ph.D. 1991) is currently Associate Professor with the Department of Electronic Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain. He coordinates the Integrated Smart Sensors and Health Technologies (ISSET) Research Group, UPC.

From 2000 to 2003, he was the Vice Dean of Studies with the Telecommunication Engineering School of Barcelona, UPC. He has participated in 5 European projects and he has coordinated 11 Spanish national research projects and several contracts with companies. He currently leads a national project on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) on-chip and microsensor bioinspired signal processing. He has coauthored 46 scientific articles, more than 140 international conference papers, two books, five book chapters, and holds one international patent. His current research interests include analog, mixed-signal and digital VLSI and FPGA design, CMOS-MEMS design and conditioning, ultra-low-power design and bioinspired/neuromorphic system implementation.