Rate My Professor Cesar Ortega Sanchez

Professor Cesar Ortega-Sanchez is a faculty member in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Curtin University, specifically within the School of Electrical Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences. He earned his degree in Computer Systems Engineering from the Metropolitan Autonomous University in Mexico, followed by a Master of Science in Digital Systems from Brunel University in the United Kingdom and a Doctor of Philosophy in Electronics from the University of York, also in the United Kingdom. He joined Curtin University in 2005 as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, where he taught courses in digital design and embedded systems. He has since assumed key leadership roles in teaching and learning at school and faculty levels, currently serving as Academic Leader of the Engineering Foundation Year program, which caters to more than 700 student engineers annually, and as Director of Curriculum and Student Affairs. Throughout his tenure, he has supervised over 100 undergraduate and postgraduate theses.

Professor Ortega-Sanchez's academic interests include embedded systems, bio-inspired architectures, intelligent systems, assessment, and curriculum design, with significant contributions to engineering education. He has authored over 60 publications on electronics and engineering education. Key publications encompass "Validation of custom wearable sensors to measure angle kinematics: A technical report" (2019), "Measuring human joint movement with IMUs: Implementation in custom-made low cost wireless sensors" (2017), "Written Exams: How Effectively are We Using Them?" (2016), "Pattern recognition using fragmentation and concatenation" (2016), "Digital Talking Book Player for the Visually Impaired Using FPGAs" (2011), and a paper in the International Journal of Computer Systems Science & Engineering (2010). In 2015, he was awarded a Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning by the Australian Office for Learning and Teaching for his outstanding work in facilitating activities to improve students' employability skills. He holds Senior Fellow status with the Higher Education Academy, is a Fellow of the Curtin Academy, a Senior Member of the IEEE, and serves as Curtin University's representative to the Worldwide CDIO Initiative. He has provided consultancies on curriculum design, assessment, capstone projects, and first-year experiences, and actively participates as a reviewer and keynote speaker at higher education conferences.