Idalia Ramos 

Associate Professor

Department of Physics and Electronics

Office Phone: 787-850-0000 ext. 9017

E-mail: iramos@mate.uprh.edu

Personal web page: http://www.uprh.edu/~iramos

Since she was hired in 1993, Prof. Ramos has organized numerous activities to increase the number of women in physics and electronics.  As part of that effort, she has organized workshops for women admitted to the Program of Physics and Electronics, a mentoring program for new women students, conferences with women scientists who serve as role models for the students and recruitment activities for high school students.  She is the advisor of the student association Laboratorio Feminista, a group of women students in science at UPR-Humacao.  Prof. Ramos has supervised more than 30 students in undergraduate research projects and leads funded research projects including a NSF partnership between UPR-Humacao and the University of Pennsylvania.  Her current research is in the area of materials for sensors and actuators.