Bio
Dr. Acevedo’s interests are to integrate modeling and monitoring applications to sustainability, particularly environment-energy relationships, and land-use change in rapidly urbanizing areas. Miguel earned his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley and joined UNT in 1992. He has delivered lectures and seminars at several universities internationally, and has organized Field Schools in Mexico, Spain, and Nepal on human-environment interactions.
Education
Ph.D., Biophysics, University of California, 1980
M. Eng., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, 1978
M.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Texas, 1972
B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Texas, 1971
Courses
EENG 2920: Project IV: Analog Circuit Design
EENG 4010: Topics in Electrical Engineering
EENG 4110/5110: Alternative Energy Sources
EENG 5940: Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering
Articles
Acevedo, M. F. (2011). Interdisciplinary progress in food production, food security and environment research. Environmental Conservation, 38(2), 151-171.
Garcia, O. N., Varanasi, M. R., Acevedo, M. F., & Guturu, P. (2011). An innovative project and design oriented electrical engineering curriculum at the University of North Texas. Advances in Engineering Education, 2(4), 34.
Stevens, K. J., Wellner, M. R., & Acevedo, M. F. (2010). Dark septate endophyte and arbuscular mycorrhizal status of vegetation colonizing a bottomland hardwood forest after a 100 year flood. Aquatic Botany, 92, 105-111.
More Articles
Segarra, J., Acevedo, M. F., Raventos, J., Garcia-Nunez, C., & Silvia, J. F. (2009). Coupling soil water and shoot dynamics in three grass species: A spatial stochastic model on water competition in Neotropical savanna. Ecological Modelling, 220, 2734-2743.
Yang, J., Zhang, C., Li, Y., Fu, S., & Acevedo, M. F. (2009). Integration of wireless sensor networks in environmental monitoring cyber infrastructure. Wireless Networks, doi: 10.1007/s11276-009-0190-1
Ramirez-Angulo, H. C., Acevedo, M. F., Ataroff, M., & Torres-Lezama, A. (2009). Crecimiento diamétrico de especies arbóreas en un bosque estacional de los llanos occidentales de venezuela. Ecotrópicos, 22(2), 46-43.
Acevedo, M. F., Callicott, J. B., Monticino, M., Lyons, D., Palomino, J., Rosales, J., Delgado, L.,…Vilanova, E. (2008). Models of natural and human dynamics in forest landscapes: cross-site and cross-cultural synthesis. Geoforum, 39(2), 846-866.
Ablan, M., Andressen, R., Vargas, M. P., & Acevedo, M. F. (2008). Propuesta metodológica para el control de calidad de datos de precipitación. Agronomía Tropical, 58(1), 57-60.
Callicott, J. B., Rozzi, R., Delgado, L., Monticino, M., Acevedo, M. F., & Harcombe P., (2007). Biocomplexity and conservation of biodiversity hotspots: Three case studies from the Americas. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 362, 321-333.
Monticino, M., Acevedo, M. F., Callicott, J. B., Cogdill, T., & Lindquist, C. (2007). Coupled human and natural systems: A multi-agent based approach. Environmental Modeling and Software, 22, 656-663.
Books
Yang, J., Zhang, C., Li, Y., Fu, S., & Acevedo, M. F. (2005). Remote near-real-time environmental monitoring with integrated wired and wireless sensors. In Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications, 224-236. Springer Verlag.
Raventos, J., Segarra, J. G., & Acevedo, M. F. (2005). Modelos de metapoblaciones y de la dinámica espacio-temporal de comunidades. Publicaciones de la Universidad de Alicante.
Acevedo, M. F. (2004). Simulation of ecological and environmental models. (2nd ed.). XanEdu press.
Monticino, M. G., Acevedo, M. F., Callicott, B., Cogdill, T., Ji, M., & Lindquist, C. (2004). Coupled human and natural systems: A multi-agent based approach. In C. Pahl-Wostl, S. Schmidt, A. Rizzoli & A. Jakeman (Eds.), Complexity and Integrated Resources Management, Transactions of the 2nd Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, 1,196-202. Manno, Switzerland: iEMSs.
More Books
Acevedo, M. F., & Raventos, J. (2003). Dinámica y manejo de poblaciones: modelos unidimensionales. Publicaciones de la Universidad de Alicante.
Urban, D. L., Acevedo, M. F., & Garman, S. L. (1999). Scaling fine-scale processes to large-scale patterns using models derived from models: Meta-models. In D. Mladenoff & W. Baker (Eds.), Spatial modeling of forest landscape change: Approaches and applications, 70-98. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Ramirez, H., Torrez-Lezman, A., & Acevedo, M. F. (1998). Análisis económico de diferentes estrategias de aprovechamiento en un bosque de los llanos occidentales venezolanos. In Memorias del Primer Congreso Latinoamericano de IUFRO, 436-451. Valdivia, Chile:
Acevedo, M. F., Smith, D. P., & Ablan, M. (1997). Vegetation dynamics in north central Texas: A prospectus for landscape scale modeling. In D. Lyons & P. Hudak (Eds.), Geographic Perspectives on the Texas Region, 115-124. Washington, D.C.: Association of American Geographers.
Acevedo, M. F., Urban, D. L., & Ablan, M. (1996). Landscape scale forest dynamics: GIS, gap and transition models. In M. Goodhchild, L. Steyaert, B. Parks, M. Crane, C. Johnston, D. Maidment, & S. Glending (Eds.), GIS and Environmental Modeling: Progress and Research Issues, 181-185. Fort Collins, CO: GIS World.
Acevedo, M. F. (1994). Greenhouse warming: Impacts on biodiversity. In S. Majumdar, J. Brenner, J. Lovich, I. Schalles & E. Miller (Eds.), Biological Diversity: Problems and Challenges, 136-150. Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences.
Posters/Presentations
Acevedo, M. F. (2011, July). Interdisciplinary progress in food production, food security and environment research. Lead Reviewer for the Science 4 session, the 6th international conference on environmental future, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.
Acevedo, M. F. (2010). Integrating environmental monitoring and modeling. Keynote address for the Jornadas de modelado y simulación, ULA, Aniversario del CESIMO.
Acevedo, M. F. (2010, May). Adaptive management of mediterranean forest ecosystems to climate change. Presented at the International Center for Advanced Agronomical Studies of the Mediterranean, Zaragoza, Spain.
More Presentations
Acevedo, M. F. (2009, December). Taller de aplicación de redes en proyectos de investigación en ciencias ambientales. Keynote address for the Conferencia internacional: Taller clara grupos de trabajo en redes avanzadas área 2: ecologia, oceanografía, climatología y vulcanología, Escuela Politécnica del Ejército, Quito Ecuador, Consorcio Ecuatoriano para el Desarrollo de Internet Avanzado, CEDIA, Ecuador.
Acevedo, M. F. (2009, April). Utilización de redes de alta velocidad en proyectos de investigación en ciencias ambientales. Presented at the Conferencia internacional: Encuentros temáticos regionales renata: Ciencias del medio ambiente y del hábitat, Universidad de Ibagué, Colombia.
Acevedo, M. F. (2008, June). Modelación de los cambios de cobertura del territorio y sus consecuencias hidrológicas. Invited speaker for the Water and land thematic week of water tribune, Zaragoza expo, Zaragoza, Spain.
Acevedo, M. F. (2008, February). Models of coupled natural-human systems: Applications to sustainability. Invited speaker for the University Level Lecture at east China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Acevedo, M. F. (2007, October 11). Biocomplejidad: Integrando lo biótico, físico y socio-económico. Invited speaker for the Ciencia Magallánica Conferences, Instituto Antartico, Punta Arenas, Chile.
Acevedo, M. F. (2007, October 11). Coupled natural and human dynamics: Cross-site and cross-cultural synthesis. Invited speaker for the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California.
Acevedo, M. F. (2006, March 20-24). Biocomplejidad: Un enfoque para la conservación y manejo de la biodiversidad que integra lo biótico, físico y socio-económico. Keynote address for the First International Congress on Biodiversity of the Guayana Shield, Santa Elena, Venezuela.
