Eduardo J. Juan received a BSEE degree from the University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez (UPRM), in 1997, and a Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Purdue University in 2001.  Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez, where he teaches courses in control systems and biomedical engineering.  His research interests include medical instrumentation, biomedical acoustics, and biosensors.  Dr. Juan is the director of the Medical Devices Research Group (MDRG) at UPRM, and is co-founder and scientific advisor of SonarMed Inc., a medical device start-up company recently established in the state of Indiana.