Thaddeus A. Roppel, Associate Professor

Contact information Mailing address: 200 Broun Hall Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. Auburn University, AL 36849-5201  · Email: roppeth@auburn.edu Phone: (334) 844-1814  Fax: (334) 844-1809 Resume Community of Science profile

Research Interests: Cooperative robotics, sensor fusion, and MEMs sensors.

College of Engineering  TIGER Rover    SPaRC Robotics Page Remember Scotte. Laugh. Engineers Without Borders

Teaching Links	Research Links	General Interest Links	Outreach/Service Links
COURSES - Electronics, Labs, IC Fabrication, Sensors (incl. student presentations and reports), Senior Design (CARS) How to succeed in Graduate School: A Guide for Students and Advisors, by Marie desJardins in Crossroads, Oct. 1994 (PDF) PSPICE Links - Where to get PSPICE, where to access it, how to use it.  LogicWorks digital logic layout and simulation software - where to get it and learn about it. Java-based demos- RLC circuits, CMOS logic, IC fabrication. Java-based plotter - very useful! Online Temperature Sensor Calibration tables - for RTD's and Thermocouples Electronics at Auburn - an overview of some student projects Electronic Parts (with prices) available from the Scientific Supply Store  for labs and senior design. Software Guides for MATLAB, SIMULINK, PSPICE, VHDL, etc. Where to get drawing templates (useful for producing neat drawings on homework and projects) Introduction to MEMS Design – UC Berkely Lecture Series Wireless Curriculum Development (.ppt 335 KB)	Cooperative Robotics Research Learn about the Sensor Fusion Laboratory: Goals, People, Research (ppt) Visit the Sensor Fusion Laboratory -including publications and presentations. Software Radio (MS Thesis defense, Oct. 2003 by Fraidun Akhi) Odor analysis research using neural networks Dr. Roppel's Graduate Students  Alabama Microelectronics Science and Technology Center (AMSTC)  Forestry Research -including GRA position announcement Materials Engineering Seminars - Fall 2001 Biorobotic Vision Laboratory at the Australian National University Technology Readiness Assessment	Apple's design process Business Week: March 8, 2008 Engineering TV - short videos of engineering topics updated twice each week. Jeff Hawkins - "On Intelligence"  (NPR radio interview)  - posted 7/23.07  website mp3 Joe Albree Seminar Feb. 2006 "The Professionalization of Engineering in America" Flyer Rockwell Automation Fair 2001 - photos and info MEMS Seminar Preview (Dr. Jennifer English-UAH) Nanotechnology Slide Show "Let's Get Small: A Closer Look at Nanotechnology" James E. Hutchison. Keynote Speech at SAE/IEEE Meeting, Portland, Oregon, February 22, 2001.  CMOS Imaging Sensors (throw away your CCD's ?) Interactive Demo - Fabrication of Diodes and IC's Interactive Demo - Formation of a pn junction Ten Commandments of Electrical Safety The REAL Ten Commandments Richard Feynman, the great physicist, gave this talk in 1959. The subject is miniaturization of machines. It is amazing how well he understood what was to come with regard to computers and nanotechnology. Secrets of Success  Captain Mike at Sea, Summer 2001 San Diego -> Hawaii -> Alaska Ship's Log, Map, Photo Album	Auburn Technology Museum. Proposed virtual museum including oral histories. Faculty Senate Food Safety Chart showing safe tempeatures for cooking, canning, and storing foods. Acupuncture Seminar presented by Dr. Leigh Scott, Spring 2001.

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