RAYAS SANCHEZ, JOSE ERNESTO

José Ernesto Rayas-Sánchez received the B.Sc. degree in electronics engineering from ITESO, Guadalajara, Mexico, the Master’s degree in electrical engineering from Monterrey Tec, Monterrey, Mexico, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from McMaster University, Ontario, Canada. He is Profesor Numerario (honorary distinction) and Emeritus Professor with ITESO – The Jesuit University of Guadalajara, where he was Chair of the Doctoral Program in Engineering Sciences from 2013 to 2019. Since 2004, he leads the Research Group on Computer-Aided Engineering of Circuits and Systems (CAECAS) at ITESO. He is a member of the Mexican National System of Researchers (SNI, for its initials in Spanish), Level III. His research focuses on computer-aided knowledge-based and cognition-driven modeling, design and optimization of high-frequency electronic circuits and devices.

Since 2024, Dr. Rayas-Sánchez is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters. Since 2019, he is the IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S) Representative for the IEEE EDA Council. He was Chair (2018-2019) and Vice-Chair (2016-2017) of the former Technical Committee on Computer Aided Design (MTT-1), now MTT-2 on Design Automation, of the IEEE MTT-S.

Dr. Rayas-Sánchez serves as reviewer for many scientific publications, including IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters, IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation Journal, International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, and International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields. He is member of the Technical Program Reviewers Committee of the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS). He was the General Chair of the First IEEE MTT-S Latin America Microwave Conference (LAMC-2016, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Dec. 2016). During 1994-1996, he was the IEEE Guadalajara Section Chair. During 2004-2005, he was the IEEE Mexican Council Chair, as well as the IEEE Region 9 Treasurer. Since 2013, he is IEEE MTT-S Regional Coordinator for Latin America. He was an elected AdCom member of the IEEE MTT-S for the years 2016-2024.