School of Electrical, Electronic, and Telecommunications Engineering
Daniel Alfonso
SIERRA BUENO
Directora de Posgrados
Directora Grupo de
Investigación GED
DATOS DE
Contacto
dasierra@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000 Ext. 1219
General
Description
Daniel Alfonso Sierra Bueno is an Electrical and Electronic Engineer from Universidad Industrial de Santander (summa cum laude, 2001). At UIS, he completed a Specialization in University Teaching (2005) and an M.Sc. in Power Engineering (2004). He earned his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Connecticut (USA) as part of the Fulbright-DNP-Colciencias program (2005–2010). He is a Full Professor at Universidad Industrial de Santander, affiliated since 2003 with the School of Electrical, Electronic, and Telecommunications Engineering (E3T).
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He served as Director of Planning, June 2016–April 2022) and Vice President for Academic Affairs, April 2022–May 2025 at Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS). He played a key role in updating the UIS Institutional Project, 2018, formulating the Institutional Development Plan of UIS, 2019–2030, revising the Pedagogical Model of UIS, 2021, renewing UIS’s institutional accreditation at high quality (2022), and deploying the Misión Docencia UIS 2030 project (2023–2025), among other initiatives. He has served as CNA academic peer reviewer, Program Accreditation Leader at UIS, ICFES consultant for the development of the Saber Pro Engineering exam, UIS Institutional Delegate to the Consorcio Colombia (2018–2025), member of the SUE 2022–2025 Advisory Committee, and Deputy Director of Institutional Strengthening for the Colombia Científica Bio-Reto XXI program, in which UIS was the anchor institution (2018–2023).
EDUCATION AND
Qualifications
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Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering
University of Connecticut, 2010
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M.Sc. in Power Engineering
Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2004
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Specialist in University Teaching
Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2005
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Electrical Engineer
Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2001
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Electronic Engineer
Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2001
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CONTACT
Information
dasierra@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000 Ext. 1219
AREAS OF
Experticise
- Automatic Control
- Signal Processing
- Modeling and Simulation of Physiological Systems
- Higher Education
- Engineering Education
- Machine Learning
OFFICE
Hours
Tuesdays and Thursday
8:00 a.m . to 10:00 a.m.
Fridays
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
UIS Campus Central, Edificio Laboratorios Pesados, piso 2, 213B



Outstanding
Works
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Converted Wave Tomography based on Inverse Level Set and Adjoint Formulation
Article, Geophysical Journal International, 2024
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Cationic Peptides and Their Analogues Exhibiting a Broad Spectrum of Antimicrobial and Antiparasitic Activity with Low Hemolytic Activity
Patente de Invención Colombiana, Resolución 4651 de Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio, validity: 06/2017-06/2037
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Synthetic Cationic Peptides with Antimicrobial, Antiparasitic, and Hemolytic Activity
Patente de Invención Colombiana, Resolución 4648 de Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio, validity: 06/2017-06/2037
AWARDS AND
Recognitions
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Awarded in Recognition of Active Participation in the Negotiating Commission of Consorcio Colombia, Thanking you for your Contribution, Commitment, Experience, and Leadership, which were Instrumental in Achieving Successful Outcomes that will Significantly Benefit all Member Institutions of our Consortium.
Asociación Colombiana de Universidades (ASCUN), 2024
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Recognition as Senior Researcher
Convocatorias 781 y 833 de Colciencias, 2017 hasta la fecha