Lorena Garcia Email & Phone Number

Bogotá, Bogota, Co

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia

Bogota, D.C., Capital District, Colombia

Profesora del programa de Ingeniería Electrónica. Coordinadora de educación continua para la Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Básicas.

Bogotá D.C., Colombia

Responsable de gestionar, de manera integrada, eficiente y estratégica, los espacios y recursos de laboratorios y la infraestructura de la Facultad, para responder adecuadamente a las necesidades de docencia, investigación e interacción social. Esta labor incluye coordinar el personal técnico asociado; planear, definir y hacer seguimiento al proceso de compras de insumos, bienes y servicios; diseñar, proponer y ejecutar estrategias para la promoción y prestación de servicios especializados de laboratorios al sector externo; diseñar e implementar programas de mantenimiento y control de inventarios de los espacios, equipos, materiales e insumos de laboratorios; liderar los procesos de aseguramiento de calidad y los relacionados al sistema de gestión de seguridad y salud en el trabajo; liderar la promoción y divulgación de los recursos de los laboratorios, tanto a la comunidad interna como externa, como un vehículo para aumentar la visibilidad de la Universidad Central; apoyar los procesos de autoevaluación y acreditación de los programas de la Facultad; diseñar, proponer y ejecutar estrategias tendientes a la creación de una cultura de servicio al interior de los laboratorios.

Bogotá D.C., Colombia

Responsible for the planning, management and monitoring of digital transformation projects with government institutions and companies

Bogotá D.C. Area, Colombia

Professor of the courses Digital Systems Design and Computer Organization

Bogotá D.C. Area, Colombia

• Instructor of the Workshop "Internal telecommunications networks and structured cabling" of the Colombian Association of Engineers ACIEM - Bogota, 2016• Instructor of the courses "Regulation for Internal Telecommunications Networks - RITEL", offered by ACIEM, in Bogota, Medellin and Cartagena and courses for telecommunications companies (Claro, ETB) - 10 courses between 2014 and 2015.• Instructor in the Course Project Management of Telecommunications Engineering and Control of the Francisco Jose de Caldas District University - November 2015.• Consultant for the company AGR & CIA LTDA, in the design of the internal telecommunications networks according to RITEL, for various projects of housing buildings and shopping centers. 2013-2015.• Lecturer of the RITEL (Regulation of Internal Telecommunications Networks) Dissemination Workshops, organized by the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC), in Villavicencio, Ibague, Tunja, Cucuta, Neiva and Manizales - December 2013.

Bogotá D.C. Area, Colombia

Responsible for the academic administration processes and the activities of the Electronic Engineering and Systems and Telecommunications Engineering programs, including:• Managing of the faculty and administrative staff.• Lead the processes of curricular updating, self-evaluation and high-quality accreditation.• Prepare, execute and monitor the annual budget and investment plans.• Attention to students and parents and provide them with relevant guidance on academic processes.• Design and implement strategies to promote the programs.• Define and articulate research areas and projects.• Coordinate and promote inter-institutional agreements related to professional internships, academic exchanges, internationalization or cooperation.• Ensure the satisfaction of the student community.Some of the achievements obtained during this term:• 12% increase in the total number of students• Improvement of administrative and academic processes related to the program, including tutoring, degree options, elective courses, bilingualism, laboratory administration, among others.• Creation of the research group on Internet of Things• Support of student activities, through the reactivation of the IEEE Student Branch, the creation of extracurricular groups "Makers Club" and "Interest Group on Software Programming", the establishment of the Robotics Competition and a Solar-powered car race.• Creation of the course Digital Entrepreneurship, in conjunction with the School of Law, the School of Publicity and the Entrepreneurship Center, focused on the solution of real problems through digital tools• Impact on the visibility of the programs through the organization of lectures and technical visits, the 1st IEEE Colombian Conference on Robotics and Automation, TECHFEST (electronic engineering promotion event), among others• Institutional representation in the Association of Directors of Electronic Engineering (REDIE), as Vice-President

Bogota

Coordinator of the curricular area in Digital Electronics and professor of the subjects Digital Systems and Circuits Analysis.• Outstanding results in course evaluations, above the average of the School of Engineering• Curricular and bibliographic update of the Digital Electronics courses• Proposal for equipment renovation related to the curricular area.• Creation of virtual classrooms for the courses taught, on Moodle platform

Bogota

Professor of the course Digital and Laboratory, of the Mechatronics Engineering program.

Bogotá D.C. Area, Colombia

• Professor of the Fundamentals of Digital Systems and Basic Electronic courses, with outstanding results in the teaching evaluation.• Creation of virtual classrooms for the courses on Blackboard platform and development of a virtual learning environment for the Digital Systems course.• Advisor of final projects and member of the evaluation committee of multiple final projects and master thesis• Researcher at the Microelectronics Center of Universidad de los Andes (CMUA), in charge of projects related to the hardware implementation of learning algorithms.• Support to the administrative activities of the department, including the organization of technical and academic events.• Maximum qualification obtained in the Teaching, Research and Institutional Development areas, in the professor's performance evaluation.

Maestría En Ingeniería Electrónica, Microelectrónica

Activities and Societies: Centro de Microelectrónica de la Universidad de los Andes (CMUA)

Ingeniera Electrónica, Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica Y De Comunicaciones

Activities and Societies: Rama estudiantil IEEE UniNorte