Alejandro Von Chong

Main objective: to contribute to the development and advancement of open-source electronic equipment manufacturing through the integration of electronic engineering, manufacturing engineering, and software engineering.

• Leader of the Interdisciplinary Electronic Prototyping and Innovation Research Group. Over $350,000.00 in grants for research purposes.
• Recognition from the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) Panama Section and from the Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá for contributions made in engineering in the fight against COVID-19.
• Winner (first place) of the National Engineering Student Contest (Jornada de Iniciación Científica) for the last three years.

Sistema Nacional de Investigación - Investigador Nacional I (National Researcher I)

Associated Researcher, Centro de Estudios Multidisciplinarios en Ciencias, Ingeniería y Tecnología

• Martínez, A., González, C., Jaramillo, A., Cárdenas, D., & Von Chong, A. (2022). Low-cost, microcontroller-based phase shift measurement system for a wireless power transfer prototype. HardwareX, 11, e00311.
• Rua, E., Coronado, L., Donado, C., Correa, R., Solis, L., Spadafora, C., & Von Chong, A. (n.d.). A Low-Cost, Portable Device for the Study of the Malaria Parasite's Growth Inhibition Via Microwave Exposure. (Paper draft under review)
• Von Chong, A., Garcia, A., De Obaldia, E., Marin, N., Ibarra, E., Grossmann, J., Trujillo, J., & Gittens, R. A. (2021). Low-cost, rapidly deployable emergency mechanical ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic in a developing country: Comparing development feasibility between bag-valve and positive airway pressure designs. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, 2021, 7629–7635.
• Von Chong, A., Terosiet, M., Histace, A., & Romain, O. (2019). Towards a novel single-LED pulse oximeter based on a multispectral sensor for IoT applications. Microelectronics Journal, 88(June 2017), 128–136.