Faculty Profile

Dr. Aparicio Carranza earned his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from The Graduate School and University Center - CUNY; BSEE (summa cum laude) & MSEE from The City College of New York - CUNY and his AAS (summa cum laude) in Electronics Circuits and Systems from Technical Career Institutes of NY. He joined the Computer Engineering Technology Department of the The New York City College of Technology as full time faculty on fall 2000. Before becoming a full time, he was an adjunct faculty for four years at the same department. For several years he worked as an Engineer - Scientist at the Development Division of IBM Corp. (RS6000 parallel computers; and S/390 mainframe computers) in Poughkeepsie, NY. He teaches Analog Electronics, Digital Electronics, Programming Languages (MATLAB, C, C++, Java, etc.), Engineering Analysis, Data Communications, Engineering Design and other related courses.

Areas of Interest:

• Virtualization & Cloud Computing
• Software Defined Networking (SDN)
• Cyber Security
• Linux & Clustering
• Optical Networking & DWDM

Education:

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, The Graduate School of CUNY, 2004
• Master of Philosophy. In Electrical Engineering, The Graduate School of CUNY, 2002
• M.S.E.E. in Electrical Engineering, The City College of New York , CUNY, 1996
• B.S.E.E. in Electrical Engineering, The City College of New York , CUNY, 1993
• A.A.S. In Circuits & Systems, Technical Career Institutes, New York, 1988

Courses Taught:

• EMT1111 - Logic and Problem Solving
• EMT1130 - Electromechanical Manufacturing Laboratory
• EMT1150 - Electrical Circuits
• EMT1150 - Electrical Circuits Laboratory
• EMT1250 - Digital Control
• EMT1250 - Digital Control Laboratory
• EMT1255 - Electronics
• EMT1255 - Electronics Laboratory
• EMT2390L - Operating Systems Laboratory
• EMT2455 - Data Communications
• CET3525 - Electrical Networks
• CET3525 - Electrical Networks Laboratory
• CET3625 - Applied Analysis Laboratory
• CET4705 - Component Subsystems Design I
• CET4805 - Component Subsystems Design II
• CET4900 - Internship in Computer Engineering Technology
• CET4960 - Applied Digital Technology
• CET4962 - Applied Software Technology
• CET4982 - Special Projects in Technology
• CET4983 - Engineering Technology III

Publications:

• DeCusatis, S.C., Carranza, A., DeCusatis, C., "Cloud Computing Data Center Networking" (Book Chapter) - Handbook of Fiber Optic Data Communication (Casimer DeCusatis, Elsevier Limited 2013)
• Jose M. Reyes Alamo, Benito Mendoza, Aparicio Carranza, "Towards an Architecture for mobile Cloud Robotics", IIC Academic Conference, 2013
• DeCusatis, S.C., Carranza, A., DeCusatis, C., "Communication within Clouds: Open Standards and Proprietary Protocols for Data Center Networking", (COMMAG-11-0078 - IEEE Communications Magazine), (September 2012)
• Zaidi, S., Hussain, S. Carranza, A., "WiMAX Capacity Enhancement: Capacity Improvement of WiMAX Networks by Dynamic Allocation of Subframes", IEEE WTS 2012 (Eleventh Annual Wireless Telecommunications Symposium), April 18 -20, 2012, London, England UK
• Kwon, O., Carranza, A., "Optimizing Frequency Resolution Multi-tone Detection Using the WDFT", ICAI'12 (WorldComp'12 The 2012 World Congress in Computer Science Computer Engineering and Applied Computing), July 16 - 19, 2012, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
• Carranza, H., Carranza, A., "Virtualization in Linux a Key Component to Cloud Computting", Enterprise Computing Conference (ECC), Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY. June 12 - 14, 2011.
• Zaidi, S., Carranza, A., Zia, F., "Capacity Improvement of WiMAX Networks by Dynamic Allocation of Subframes", Enterprise Computing Conference (ECC), Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY. June 12 - 14, 2011.
• Zaidi, S., Sana, A., Carranza, A., and et. Al, "Next Generation Wireless WiMAX and its Integration with EPON", SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 7958, pp. 79580L-79580L-10 (2011)
• Jang S., Markowitz K., Carranza A., "Developing a Senior Capstone Project Course in Integrating Undergraduate Teaching and Research," the ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring 2010 Conference, Easton, PA, April 16-17, 2010.
• Zaidi, S., Carranza A., and et. al, "Introduction and Comparison of Next-Generation Mobile Wireless Technologies" [Paper 7620-3] OPTO -SPIE Photonics West, January 23 - 28, 2010, The Moscone Center, San Francisco.
• Carranza, A., Martinez, J., Migration of Legacy Storage Area Networks", Mid-Hudson IEEE Cloud Computing Workshop, November, 2009.
• Carranza, A., "Logic and Problem Solving", 2nd Edition, custom book published by Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009.
• Carranza, A., "Logic and Problem Solving", custom book published by Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005.
• Carranza, A., "Laboratory Manuals", custom books for 3 courses published by Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004.
• Carranza, A. DeCusatis, C., "Modeling photonic crystal fibers for use in quantum cryptography systems", IPRA/Nano (Integrated Photonics Research and Applications Topical Meeting - Optical Society of America (OSA). Uncansville, Connecticut, 24 - 28 April 2006.
• Carranza, A., DeCusatis, C., "Modeling of wavelength multiplexing networks for high reliability optical data communication", Proc. IEEE (LTIMC-5); Lightwave Technologies in Instrumentation and Measurement Conference. Palisades, New York, 19 - 20 October 2004.
• Carranza, A., DeCusatis, C. "Modeling of wavelength multiplexing networks for storage area networking", (SPIE 5598-16); presented at the Performance, Quality of Service, and Control of Next-Generation Networks II, part of SPIE's Optics East Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 25 - 28 October 2004.
• Carranza, A., DeCusatis, C., "Simulation of metropolitan area wavelength multiplexing networks for data communication", (04-C-258-FiO); Frontiers in Optics Conference - OSA (FiO/LS), Rochester, NY, 10-14 October 2004.
• Carranza, A., DeCusatis, C., "Computer Simulation of Fiber Optic Data Communication Topologies in Metropolitan Area Networks", Asian Journal of Physics, Vol. 41, No. 3, March 2003.

Grants:

Perkins Grants:

• Field Programmable Gate Arrays Technology (FPGAs) and Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs): These technologies have been incorporated at the Associate and Bachelor's level courses in our department:
  EMT1250: Digital Control
  CET4705: Component Subsystems Design I
  CET4805: Component Subsystem Design II
• Linux Cluster Computing: A joint effort with the Computer System Technology Department
• Networking & Data Communication: A joint effort with other CET faculties to improve our Data Communication Course (EMT2455)
• Robotics Systems - Lego NXT Robotics Technology: This technology has been introduced in a couple of courses at the Associate and Bachelor's Level programs:
  EMT1111: Logic and Problem Solving - Introductory level programming for freshmen students in our department
  EMT2320: Advanced Mechanisms - Basic programming, plus advanced programming making use of the Java technology were introduced in this project based course
  CET4711 & CET4811: Computer Controlled System Design I & II - In these 2 semester sequence class, these robotics systems are being used to implement a variety of solutions based on the student's interest due that these 2 courses make up a capstone project class.
  CET4864: Feedback Control - In this course the Robot systems were used in conjunction with MATLAB and SIMULINK to teach the principles of feedback control
  CET4962: Software Technology - In this course The Java Programming Language is used to control the Robots to have access to their different sensors capabilities

GRTI (Graduate Research and Technology Initiative):

• SAN: Storage Area Networks (Round 11) & Network Security (Round 14)
  Virtualization Technologies, DataBase Design and Management, Enterprise Data Center & Virtualization and Security topics were included in the elective courses of our curriculum making practical use of the equipment acquired through this grant

Membership in professional societies:

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• ACM Association of Computer Machinery
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)