Scholastic Publications:

Nava, P., V. Granda, and B. Flores, Increasing Women's Impact on Technology: UTEP-VDC Site, Proceedings of Frontiers in Education 2003: Engineering as a Human Endeavor Conference, November 2003.
Nazeran, H., V. Magdum, B. Vikram, P. Nava, and E. Haltiwanger, A User-Friendly Integrated Software Environment for Heart Rate Variability Analysis of Sleep Disordered Breathing, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Electrical Biomedical Engineering (EBMS 2003), September 2003.
Lorandi, L., B. Diong, P. Nava, F. Solis, R. Menedez, G. Ortiz and H. Nazeran, Parametric Sensitivity Analysis of Human Respiratory Impedance, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Electrical Biomedical Engineering (EBMS 2003), September 2003.
Gomez, R., A. Arciero, P. Nava, E. MartinDel Campo, and B. Flores, Giving Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Support and Leadership Experience through a Women in Science and Engineering Program at The University of Texas at El Paso, Proceedings of the ASEE 2003 Conference, June 2003.
Contreras, G., P. Nava, and F. Shabani, Design, Implementation and Testing of an FPGA-based Neuro-Coprocessor, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Electrical Engineering, May 2003.
Cano, J. and P. Nava, A Fuzzy Method for Automatic Generation Of Membership Function Using Fuzzy Relations from Training Examples, Proceedings of the 21st NAFIPS International Conference, pp. 158-162, June 2002.
Jafari, S., F. Shabani and P. Nava, Neural Network Algorithms for Tuning of Fuzzy Certainty Factor Expert Systems, Proceedings of the 2002 WAC Conference, June 2002.
Nava, P., Interval-based Neural Networks for Soft Decisions, 2001 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC2001), pp.3264-3268, Tucson, AZ, October 2001.
Nava, P., Use of Intervals for Soft Classification in Fuzzy Neural Networks, Proceedings of the IEEE Neural Network Council & IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society's Joint 9th IFSA World Congress and 20th NAFIPS International Conference, pp.2003-2007, Vancouver, BC, July 2001.
Nava, P. The Formal Research Group Model as an Undergraduate Retention Tool, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM, June 2001.
Dehghani, A., F. Shabani, and P. Nava, Off-line Recognition of Isolated Persian Handwritten Characters Using Multiple Hidden Markov Models Proceedings of IEEE Computer Society's International Conference on Information Technology: Coding and Computing Conference, pp. 506 - 510, April 2001..
Flores, B. C., and P. Nava, Undergraduate Student Retention Strategies for Urban Engineering Colleges, Proceedings of the ASEE Gulf-Southwest Conference, Las Cruces, NM, 2000.
Lucero,Y. and P. Nava, A Method for Membership Function Generation from Training Samples, Proceedings of the 1999 International Congress on Electronics and Electrical Engineering (ELECTRO 99), Vol. XXI, pp. 7-10, Chihuahua, Mexico, October 1999.
Nava, P., Implementation of Neuro-Fuzzy Systems Through Interval Mathematics, Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Joint Conference on the Science and Technology of Intelligent Systems: IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, Intelligent Systems and Semiotics (ISIC/CIRA/ISAS 98), pp. 365 - 369.
Nava, P. A Neuro-Fuzzy System for Speech Recognition, Proceedings of the 1998 International Congress on Electronics and Electrical Engineering (ELECTRO 98), Vol. XX, pp. 503-507, Chihuahua, Mexico, October 1998.
Au, S.F., and P. Nava, Applications of A Fuzzy-Logic-Controlled Neural Network: Optimization of Training and Performance, Proceedings of the 1998 International Congress on Electronics and Electrical Engineering (ELECTRO 98), Vol. XX, pp. 508-512, Chihuahua, Mexico, October 1998.
Nava, P. and J. Taylor, Voice Recognition with a Fuzzy Neural Network, Proceedings of The Fifth IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE'96), pp. 2049-2052.
Nava, P. and J. Taylor, The Optimization of Neural Network Performance through Incorporation of Fuzzy Theory, Proceedings of The Eleventh International Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSE'96), pp. 897-901.
Nava, P., New Paradigms for Fuzzy Neural Networks, Ph.D. Dissertation, New Mexico State University, December, 1995.
Heiden, E. and P. Nava, Computer Engineering I Laboratory Manual, Text and Exercises to accompany the Computer Engineering I laboratory, New Mexico State University, 1993.
Nava, P. and B. Osorno, Innovative Use of PC/Data Acquisition System in Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories, Northern Arizona University Sponsored Equipment Research Report, 1988.
Nava, P., Bit-Slice Emulation of Eight- and Sixteen-Bit Microprocessors, Masters Thesis, New Mexico State University, October, 1982.
Taylor, J., P. Nava, et. al. Demonstration Prototype Cascadable Microcomputer Module, Final Technical Report of U.S. Army Research Contract, August, 1982.
Recent Presentations:
Issues facing Minority Engineering Students and Proposed Solutions, invited panelist contribution, SACNAS 2002 National Conference, Anaheim, CA, September 2002.
Opportunities and Challenges of an Electrical Engineering Career, invited presentation, Women in Science & Engineering Exposition (cosponsored by El Paso Insights Museum and the Rio Grande Girl Scout Council), El Paso, TX, May 2002.
How to Become an Electrical Engineer, chair, IEEE-sponsored panel, Expanding Your Horizons Conference 2002, El Paso, TX, April 2002.
The Neuro-Fuzzy Systems Research Group at The University of Texas at El Paso, invited presentation, SACNAS 2001 National Conference, Tucson, AZ, September 2001.