Ruben Del-Rio-Ruiz

Postdoctoral Scholar at Tufts University, specializing in the 3D design, fabrication, and assembly of biomedical devices, which includes wearable and flexible electronic platforms for communication and passive powering of devices.

New Hampshire

Research Expertise

Biomedical devices
Ingestibles
Wearables
metamaterials
electromagnetics
Hardware and Architecture
Computer Networks and Communications
Control and Systems Engineering
Signal Processing
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Biomaterials
Bioengineering
Biomedical Engineering
Biophysics
Condensed Matter Physics
Instrumentation
Metals and Alloys
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Biotechnology
Polymers and Plastics

About

**Education** Ruben Del-Rio-Ruiz is an electrical engineer specializing in biomedical engineering. He completed his B.S. in Electrical Engineering at the Universidad de Deusto in 2013 and pursued his M.S. in Telecommunications Engineering with a focus on Flexible RF Electronics at the same university, graduating in 2015. Recently, Ruben obtained his Ph.D. in Engineering for the Information Society and Sustainable Development from the University of Deusto in 2021, concentrating on wearable Antennas design and Propagation properties. **Experience** Throughout his academic journey, Ruben has garnered extensive experience in the field of telecommunications, with a specific emphasis on textile planar antenna design and in-body comunications. He has worked as a Research Assistant and a PhD Student at the University of Deusto. Additionally, he served as a Postdoctoral Scholar at Tufts University, where he combined his prior research acumen with the development of biomedical devices for rapid diagnosis and treatment of diseases. More specifically, he has protrotyped a variaty of ingestible devices as a tool to better understand the gut microbiome. **Purpose** Ruben's research is centered on creating innovative and sustainable solutions for biomedical devices. He has disseminated his findings through publications in various peer-reviewed journals and presentations at international conferences. Committed to advancing non-intrusive biomedical devices, their safety, and sustainable development, Ruben is dedicated to utilizing his knowledge and skills for this purpose.

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Publications

Planar Textile Off-Body Communication Antennas: A Survey
Electronics
2019
Design and performance analysis of a purely textile spiral antenna for on-body NFC applications
2017 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes for RF and THz Applications (IMWS-AMP)
2017
Recent progress in electrospun nanomaterials for wearables
APL Bioengineering
2022
Reliable Lab-Scale Construction Process for Electromagnetically Coupled Textile Microstrip Patch Antennas for the 2.45 GHz ISM Band
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
2020
2 × 2 Textile Rectenna Array with Electromagnetically Coupled Microstrip Patch Antennas in the 2.4 GHz WiFi Band
Electronics
2021
A Combination of Transmission Line Models as Design Instruments for Electromagnetically Coupled Microstrip Patch Antennas in the 2.45 GHz ISM Band
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
2021
Experimental Frequency Tuning Methodology of a Cantilever Piezoelectric Harvester Validated in a Multimodal Transportation
Electronics
2020
Design and Performance Analysis of a Purely Textile Proximity Fed Microstrip Patch Antenna for On-Body Wireless Communications
2018 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting
2018
Ingestible pH Sensing Capsule with Thread-Based Electrochemical Sensors
2022 IEEE Sensors
2022
Smart Nests: IoT for Ornithology
2018 Global Internet of Things Summit (GIoTS)
2018
Preliminary Results on Sensing Pillow to Monitor Head Movement using strain sensing threads
2022 IEEE Sensors
2022
Distance-based thread analytical devices coupled with dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction for melatonin detection
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
2023
Ingestible pH sensing device for gastrointestinal health monitoring based on thread-based electrochemical sensors
Microchimica Acta
2023
Soft Injectable Sutures for Dose‐Controlled and Continuous Drug Delivery
Macromolecular Bioscience
2023
Flexible Textile Based Electrooculogram Wearable Eye Tracking System for Human-Machine Interface
2023 IEEE 66th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS)
2023
Multiplexed Sensing Probe for Bioreactors for Cellular Agriculture
IEEE Sensors Letters
2023
Real-time soil nutrients monitoring
Unknown Venue
2022
Improving efficiency of RF energy harvesting in wearable IoT applications
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on the Internet of Things
2021
Towards More Accurate Design Models for Electromagnetically-Coupled Microstrip Patch Antennas between 1 and 10 GHz
2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting
2020
Gold Nanomaterial-Based Microfluidic Paper Analytical Device for Simultaneous Quantification of Gram-Negative Bacteria and Nitrite Ions in Water Samples
ACS Sensors
2023
Highly Sensitive Photothermal Microfluidic Thread-Based Duplex Immunosensor for Point-of-Care Monitoring
Analytical Chemistry
2023

Education

Universidad de Deusto

B.S. Degree on Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications / May, 2013

Bilbao

University of Deusto

M.S. Degree on Telecoomunications Engineering, Flexible RF electronics / May, 2015

Bilbao

University of Deusto

Ph.D on Engineering for the Information Society and Sustainable Development, Antennas and Propagation / May, 2021

Bilbao

Experience

Tufts University

Postdoctoral Scholar / March, 2021Present

Designing and fabricating medical devices such as microneedles, ingestible devices, thread-based electrochemical sensor platforms, as well as thread- and paper-based analytical sensing fabrication platforms and smart wearables. Expertise includes electromagnetics, planar antenna designs, energy harvesting systems, and the miniaturization of electronic and mechanical-based devices.

Universidad de Deusto

PhD Student / February, 2015March, 2021

University of Deusto

Research Assistant / January, 2011June, 2015

Developing engineering research-based projects involving the design, fabrication, and prototyping of PCB boards for a variety of applications.

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