José Mireles Jr. received his B.Eng. and M.Sc. Electronics degrees at the Instituto Tecnológico de Chihuahua, Mexico, in 1986 and 1996 respectively; his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), in 2002; and a Diploma in Microsystems Technology from The Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 2003. José is an Adjunct Professor of The University of Texas at El Paso, Texas, and Professor at Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ) in Juarez city, Chihuahua, Mexico. He is Head of The Applied Science and Technology Research Center at UACJ, and his current research interests include MEMS development and packaging, as well robotics path planning.