José Manjarrés

Assistant Professor of Physics and Engineering

Dr. José Manjarrés received his BS in Mathematics and BE in Electronic Engineering from Universidad del Norte, Colombia, in 2014. He completed his Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Universidad del Norte in 2020. He worked as a visiting scholar at the Intelligent Interactive Internet of Things Lab at Duke University in North Carolina for a year. Then he taught at Olivet Nazarene University for three years. Dr. Manjarrés came to Point Loma Nazarene University in 2023.
 
Dr. Manjarrés teaches courses including Analog Electronics, Digital Electronics, and Electricity and Magnetism. 
 
His research interests include machine learning, embedded systems, smart systems, and wearable devices. He worked developing self-powered wearable sensors that used the motion of the human body to generate electricity and detect physical activities and physical workload. He has led undergraduate research in machine learning for astronomical applications, robotics, and machine learning with mobile and embedded devices. 
 
His hobbies include soccer, basketball, trying new foods, and reading.

Education

  • Ph.D., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Universidad del Norte
  • B.E., Electronics Engineering, Universidad del Norte
  • B.S., Mathematics, Universidad del Norte

Courses Taught

  • Analog Electronics and Lab - EGR 3053/L
  • Digital Electronics and Lab - EGR 3093/L
  • Electricity, Magnetism, and Waves II - PHY 3083/EGR 3083
  • General Physics Lab - PHY 1054L 

Experience in Field

Dissertations, Presentations, and Publications

  • Manjarres, J.; Lan, G.; Gorlatova, M.; Hassan, M.; Pardo, M. Deep Learning for Detecting Human Activities From Piezoelectric-Based Kinetic Energy Signals. IEEE Internet of Things Journal; 2022.
  • Manjarres, J. Wearable-based Human  Activity Recognition: From a Healthcare Application to a Kinetic Energy Harvesting Approach. Diss. Universidad del Norte, 2020.
     
  • Manjarres, J.; Pardo, M. An Energy Logger for Kinetic-Powered Wrist-Wearable Systems. Electronics; 2020; Vol. 9.
  • Manjarres, J.; Narvaez, P.; Gasser, K.; Percybrooks, W.; Pardo, M. Physical workload tracking using human activity recognition with wearable devices. Sensors (Switzerland); 2020; Vol. 20.
  • Manjarrés, J.; Dasuki, K.; Parody, H.; Gomez, O.; Pardo, M. Monitoring System for Kinetic Energy Harvesting in a Mobile Platform. In Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS); 2019; pp. 1–5. 
  • Manjarrés, J.; Russo, V.; Peñaranda, J.; Pardo, M. Human Activity and Heart Rate Monitoring System in a Mobile Platform. In Proceedings of the 2018 Congreso Internacional de Innovación y Tendencias en Ingenieria (CONIITI); 2018; pp. 1–6.