De la Fuente

Juan De la Fuente

Assistant Teaching Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
College of Engineering

Juan De la Fuente

Assistant Teaching Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
College of Engineering

Biography

Dr. De la Fuente received a B.S. degree in Mechatronics Engineering from the Tecnológico de Monterrey, in Monterrey Mexico, in 2008; an M.Sc. degree and a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University, in 2013 and 2016, respectively. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Global Research Initiative in Sustainable Low Carbon Unconventional Resources group at the University of Calgary. His research interests are the design and control of mechatronic devices.

Degrees / Education

  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2016
  • M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2013
  • B.S. in Mechatronics Engineering, Tecnológico de Monterrey, 2008

    • Research Areas

    Research Interests

    Mechatronics, Control, and Automation

    Select Publications

    1. De la Fuente, J., Sugar, T. G., and Redkar, S. (March 9, 2017). "Nonlinear, Phase-Based Oscillator to Generate and Assist Periodic Motions." ASME. J. Mechanisms Robotics. April 2017; 9(2): 024502. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4036023
    2. J. De la Fuente, R. Shor and S. Larter, "Single Actuator Peristaltic Robot for Subsurface Exploration and Device Emplacement," 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Paris, France, 2020, pp. 8096-8102, doi: 10.1109/ICRA40945.2020.9196823.
    3. Juan De La Fuente, Susheelkumar C. Subramanian, Thomas G. Sugar, Sangram Redkar, A robust phase oscillator design for wearable robotic systems, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Volume 128, 2020, 103514, ISSN 0921-8890, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2020.103514.