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Dr. Jorge Fernandez | Insulator Awards | Best Researcher Award 

Dr. Jorge Fernandez, Unicamp, Brazil

Jorge Rufino Fernandez Herrera is a highly accomplished individual with a strong background in electrical engineering, specializing in optics and telecommunications. He completed his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the State University of Campinas, Brazil, with a perfect GPA, focusing on the application of plasmonic sensing utilizing prism and waveguide coupling platforms. Prior to his doctoral studies, Jorge obtained a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the same institution, where his research concentrated on optical lenses fiber for coupling. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the National University of Engineering in Lima, Peru, where his thesis work involved developing a propagation model for TV digital coverage.

 

Professional Profiles:

 

SCOPUS

 

💼 Experience

  • Layout Designer and Laboratory Supporter
    INICTEL-UNI, Lima, Peru | 2nd Semester 2023
    🛠️ Designed chips for training purposes and supported alignment and measurements in optical setups.
    📈 Led the complete chip design, culminating in successful submission to Applied Nanotools INC (ANT) foundry.
    🔧 Configured Klayout with ANT and SiEPIC 0.4.3 Py3 package libraries.
    🔬 Tested the optical platform using MPS150 Cascade and Light Wave Probe LWP NV23Q.
  • Teacher Assistant
    National University of Engineering, Lima, Peru | 1st & 2nd Semester 2022 – 1st Semester 2023
    📚 Courses: “Computer Networks” and “Optical Fibers”
    📚 UNICAMP, Brazil | 2022
    📚 Course: “Guided Waves”
    🧑‍🏫 Delivered lectures, demonstrated lab experiments, and organized weekly online tests.

Research Assistant

INICTEL-UNI, Lima, Peru | January 2010 – December 2012
🌐 Collaborated on wireless channel characterization and digital television signal propagation projects.
📊 Collected and analyzed power measurements, developed GUIs in Matlab.

🏆 Honors and Awards

  • 2022
    🥉 3rd Place: Student Paper Competition SBFoton-IOPC – University of Pernambuco
  • 2019
    🏅 Grant for Assistance: SBFoton Conference – IPEN (São Paulo)
  • 2018
    🏅 Grant for Assistance: São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Frontiers in Laser and Their Applications, SPSAS+SWIECA, IPEN

 

 

Publication Top Notes:

Plasmonic sensor design using gold and silicon nitride waveguide at visible and NIR wavelengths

Ti/Au layers impact in prism-based plasmonic sensing of ethanol-fuel purity detection

Geometric Characterization of Conical Lensed Optical Fibers

Coupling experience between conical micro-lenses fiber and SOI photonic chip

Dr. Jorge Fernandez | Insulator Awards | Best Researcher Award

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