Ace Virgil Villaruz
Faculty rank:
Asst. Professor IV
Contact Information:
Email Address: acevirgil.villaruz@g.msuiit.edu.ph
Tel. Number: (+63) (63) 221 - 4050 local 4652 or local 4131
BIO
Ace Virgil Villaruz is a dedicated and accomplished faculty member of the Department of Electronics Engineering with over 7 years of teaching experience with excellent academic record. He graduated Cum Laude and ranked 8th in the Electronics Engineering Licensure Examination. As a former DOST scholar, he brings a strong foundation in academic excellence and a passion for lifelong learning. Specializing in electronic circuit analysis and design, he has a proven track record of delivering engaging lectures, mentoring students, and developing curriculum that bridges theoretical knowledge with practical applications. Committed to fostering innovation and critical thinking, he actively contributes to academic research and strive to empower the next generation of engineers.
EDUCATION
Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering –Integrated Circuits Design, National Taipei University (NTPU), Taiwan. June 2021
Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering, MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology, March 2014.
RESEARCH INTEREST
energy harvesting circuits,
data converters, biomedical circuits, and phase-locked loops,
RF IC design
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (Scopus indexed)
Abdul Rahman C. Ibrahim and Ace Virgil D. Villaruz, "Design of a Self-Investing Circuit for Synchronous Electrical Charge Extraction for Piezoelectric Energy Harvester," 2024 23rd International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT), Bangkok, Thailand, 2024, pp. 53-58, Sept. 2024.
Olga Joy L Gerasta, and Ace Virgil D. Villaruz, "Reconstruction filter for Delta-Sigma oversampling digital-to-analog converter implemented in 0.18 um CMOS technology," in Proc. 2015 International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Environment and Management (HNICEM), Cebu, Philippines, pp. 1-6, Dec. 2015.