Abraham Michelen

Abe is an accomplished professor of engineering who has been in academia for over 30 years. He retired as a Full Professor from Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC) in Troy, NY, where he developed several new programs and certificates, including the programs of Photonics Technology and Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology.

Abe is pursuing a second teaching career at the prestigious Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE), in Albany, NY, in the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) Department, teaching electronics, semiconductor manufacturing, nanotechnology and related courses.

In 2010 Abe – as a Principal Investigator (PI) - was awarded a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop the Northeast Technological Education Center (NEATEC) for semiconductor and nanotechnology education, serving the states of New York and Western New England. NEATEC has been renewed for ten years with total funding of over $10 million.

More recently, in 2019, a three-year $6 million grant from NSF was awarded to SUNY Poly. Abe is a Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI). The project, titled Development and Implementation of a Semiconductor Workforce Certificate Program based on a Unified Advanced Manufacturing Competency Model, will develop and pilot an industry- wide Semiconductor Workforce Certification Program based on an innovative Unified Competency Model.

Abe has presented many papers in several national and international conferences in topics including electronics, semiconductor manufacturing, nanotechnology and others.

Education

  • M.S., Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1998
  • M.S., Electrical Power Engineering, Union College, Schenectady, NY, June 1981.
  • Power Systems Engineering Course, General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY, June 1981.
  • M.S., Nuclear Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagu¨ez, PR, June 1972.
  • B.S., Mathematics, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagu¨ez, PR, June 1970.
  • B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagu¨ez, PR, June 1969.

Courses Taught

  • Analog and digital electronics.
  • DC and AC Circuit Analysis.
  • Network Analysis
  • Microprocessors and embedded systems.
  • Engineering programming.
  • VHDL logic programming.
  • Control systems.
  • Digital logic design
  • Semiconductor and nanotechnology manufacturing.
  • Other technical courses.

Publications

  • Book: Abraham Michele´n. Digital Systems Laboratory Manual, Prentice Hall, 2000, ISBN: 0-13- 087418-3
  • Book: Abraham Michele´n. PIC Microcontrollers Projects Using PicBasic. To be published.
  • Abraham Michele´n. Ph. D. Thesis: Simulation and Analysis of Petri Nets using Parallel Algorithms”, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
  • Abraham Michele´n, Gary Kardys. Integrating Search and Online Content into Curricula, presented at the 2007 Annual ASEE Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 24-27, 2017.
  • Abraham Michele´n, Gary Kardys. Using Globalspec in the Classroom, presented at the 2015 Annual ASEE Conference, Portland, OR, June 12 - 15, 2015.
  • Abraham Michele´n. The Chip-Making Process: An Overview, a tutorial presented at the SAME TEC Annual Conference, San Jose, CA, July 25 28, 2015.
  • Howard Kaufman, Abraham Michele´n. Model Reference Control of the NASA SCOLE Problem”
  • The 26th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. Los Angeles, CA. December 9-11, 1997.
  • Howard Kaufman, Abraham Michele´n. CGT Applications to the NASA SCOLE Problem.” Presented at the 3rd Annual SCOLE Workshop,” at NASA Langley Research Center. Hampton, VA. November 17-18, 1996.
  • Howard Kaufman, Abraham Michele´n. “Model Reference Control of Distributed Parameter Systems.” Presented at the International Federation of Automatic Control. Fourth IFAC Symposium on Distributed Parameter Systems. Los Angeles, CA. June 30 - July 2, 1996.
  • Howard Kaufman, Abraham Michele´n. “Model Reference Control of the Linearized SCOLE Model.”
  • Preliminary Report to NASA Langley Research Center. Langley, VA. November 1995.
  • Abraham Michele´n, Aviva Gileady. “Comparison of X-ray Diagnosis Associated Radiation Exposures in Puerto Rico: 1973 vs. 1968.” Presented at the Third European Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association,” Amsterdam, the Netherlands. May 13-16, 1985.
  • Abraham Michele´n, Aviva Gileady. “COMSYS - A computer Code to determine Fission Product Inventories and Related Quantities.” Presented at the VII Congres International de la Societe´ Franc¸aise de Radioprotection.” Versailles, France. May 28-31, 198

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