Nathalie Risso
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Assistant Professor of Mining and Geological Engineering
Nathalie Risso is an Assistant Professor Mining and Geological Engineering Department at The University of Arizona. She received the B.S. degree in Electronics engineering from Universidad de Concepcion, and the M.S. and Ph.D degrees in Electrical and Computer engineering from the University of Arizona. Her research interests include Cyber-physical systems, Renewable Energy, and Machine Learning. Prof. Risso is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion, leading several associated initiatives in STEM related fields.
Degrees
- Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering
- University of Arizona, United States
- M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering
- University of Arizona, United States
- B.S. Electrical Engineering
- Universidad de Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile
Work Experience
- Freelance (2017 - Ongoing)
Interests
Teaching
Electric Circuits, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Control Systems
Research
Cyber-physical Systems, Automation and Autonomy, Machine Learning, Renewable Energy
Courses
Intro to Mine Power Systems
MNE 204 (Spring 2024)
MNE 204 (Spring 2023)
MNE 204 (Spring 2022)
Machine Learning
MNE 559 (Fall 2024)
MNE 559 (Fall 2023)
Independent Study
MNE 599 (Fall 2024)
MNE 599 (Fall 2023)
MNE 699 (Spring 2023)
Research
MNE 900 (Fall 2024)
Thesis
MNE 910 (Fall 2024)
MNE 910 (Spring 2024)
MNE 910 (Fall 2023)
Licensure & Certification
- International Engineering Educator, International Society of Engineering Pedagogy (IGIP) (2021)
- Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies, Stanford University (2020)
Selected Publications
Journals/Publications
- Banasiak, D., Budzik, T., Gudra, T., Herman, K., Opielinski, K. J., & Risso, N. (2020).
A Study of a Parametric Method for the Snow Reflection Coefficient Estimation Using Air-Coupled Ultrasonic Waves.
. Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 20(15). doi:10.3390/s20154267
Proceedings Publications
- Werner, J. D., Akbulut, N. B., Heath, G., Risso, M. ., Riley, D., Anani, A., & Tenorio Gutierrez, V. O. (2024, Spring). Preprint 24-069 Outlining a Roadmap for the Deployment of a DIgital Twin System for the San Xavier Mine Laboratory. In 2024 SME MineXchange. SME Annual Meeting, Feb. 25 – Feb 28, 2024, Phoenix, AZ, 4.
- Risso, N., Johnson, A. M., Olson, E. A., & Sprinkle, J. (2017).
Fuzzy control of an autonomous car using a smart phone
. In 2017 CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), 1-6.
- Nanez, P., Risso, N., Sanfelice, R. G., & Risso, M. N. (2014).
A symbolic simulator for hybrid equations
. In Proceedings of Summer Simulation Conference 2014.