Summary
Ivan Duran is a Profesor Pleno and electrical engineer with 13 years of experience designing and teaching hands-on robotics, mobile and industrial automation, and wireless systems in the Dominican Republic. He leads the Mechatronics Hands-On program and coordinates concentrations in Mobile and Industrial Robotics, combining curriculum design with practical lab mentorship to bridge academic learning and real-world system development. His background includes RF system and antenna design for remote sensing at Utah State University, giving him applied expertise in radio receiver design, signal decoding, and UAS ground-station operations. A natural team leader and mentor, he excels at growing student participation and developing new courses while staying focused on autonomous and electric vehicle technologies that improve quality of life. Despite a strong academic focus, he brings a maker’s instinct—comfortable with microcontroller programming, lab instrumentation, and field testing—that keeps his teaching tightly grounded in practice.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Masters of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Masters of Engineering, Electrical Engineering at Utah State University
Spanish, English