Ph.D., Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications, Paris, France

Miguel Bazdresch, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Electrical, Computer & Telecommunications Engineering Technology Department having joined RIT in August, 2012.  Previously he was an associate professor at ITESO University, Mexico.  His research interests include: digital communications, wireless communications, error-control coding, space-time coding and hardware implementation of communication algorithms.  Bazdresch is an active member of IEEE. 

Research interests include: Recruitment and retention of female students in Engineering Technology is a major area of interest. Scholarly work involves the design and implementation of embedded systems, specifically with applications in the fields of power and energy and entertainment.

Current Role/Title/Years at RIT: Assistant Professor - 1 year

Previous Role: Adjunct Professor - 6 years
Digital Design Engineer - Harris RF Communications - 5 years
Integrated Circuit Design Engineer - Texas Instruments - 5 years

Areas of Interest, Scholarly Work, Research

Recruitment and retention of female students in Engineering Technology has been a major area of interest for me. I am a founding member and have remained actively involved in Women In Technology (WIT) at RIT. WIT is a group that was formed in 2003 to provide both social and academic support to female students enrolled in engineering technology disciplines. The objective of WIT is to help retain female engineering technology students with the ultimate goal of increasing the number of female graduates in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Civil, Electrical, Computer, Telecommunications and Packaging Science. Within WIT, I am the coordinator of the Girl Scouts in Technology Days offered three times per year on campus. This highly successful outreach program, aimed at girls in grades 4-7 attempts to show girls in this age group that science can be both interesting in fun and, most importantly, that females can be scientists and engineers. The Girls Scouts in Technology Days are currently being funded by a grant from the Rochester Area Community Foundation.

My scholarly work involves the design and implementation of embedded systems, specifically with applications in the fields of power and energy and entertainment.

The project I am currently working on is the hardware implementation, in an FPGA, of a Fourier Series Waveform Classification algorithm for Digital Signals.

I am also developing a set of modules that can be used to teach and integrated hardware/software approach in embedded systems. Each module includes lecture material, questions and a hands-on demonstration. The ultimate goal for this set of modules is to be published as a textbook.

Boards and Professional Affiliations

ASEE - American Society of Engineering Educators
WEPAN - Women in Engineering Program Advocates Network
NYSETA - New York State Engineering Technology Association

Research interests include: Ultra-Narrow Band Radar and Tomographic Imaging which involves many of the same topics that are fundamental to the college's ECTET Department's areas of distinction.

Steve M. Ciccarelli is an associate professor for Electrical Engineering Technology. He has been at RIT for seven years and previous to his current position, was an instructor of Electrical Engineering at RIT. His research area focuses on Ultra-Narrow Band Radar and Tomographic Imaging which involves many of the same topics that are fundamental to the Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Department's areas of distinction. For example, RF/microwave component and subsystem level work, high-frequency circuit design and analysis as well as communication systems are all central to the concept of the "Smart Power Grid" being developed. In addition, Ciccarelli's research area offers additional challenges and opportunities in the areas of signal processing and system-level design, analysis and integration that are key to the technical side of entertainment engineering.

Some areas of real-life application for this technology are: RF sensors and networks for threat detection, ground penetrating radar for rescue and recovery, and high-resolution imaging systems for border security. This research requires a great deal of system-level design, analysis, and the integration of technologies including RF/MEMS and sensors. The spatial diversity requirement is likely to necessitate sensor networking and communications on a broad scale.

Additionally, Cicarelli is an active member in the following organizations:

• Electrical Interest Group Chair, The New York State Engineering Technology Association (NYSETA) (2007 - Present)
  
• The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), member (2003 - Present)
  
• Eta Kappa Nu, Life Member (inducted 1989)
  
• Tau Beta Pi, Life Member (inducted 1989)
  
• The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), member (1987 - Present)
  
• The American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), member (2002 - Present)
  
• Co-Chair, Microwave Theory and Techniques Society of the Rochester Section of IEEE (IEEE MTTS) (01/2004 - 2008)
  
• Acting Secretary, Microwave Theory and Techniques Society of the Rochester Section of IEEE (IEEE MTTS) (01/2003 - 12/2003)
  
• Chairman, Rochester Section IEEE (01/2002 - 12/2003)
  
• Vice-Chairman, Rochester Section IEEE (01/2001 - 12/2001)
  
• Secretary, Rochester Section IEEE (09/1999 - 12/2000)
  
• Technical Committee Member and Exhibits Chair, IEEE ASIC '97
  
• Technical Committee and Organizing Committee Member, IEEE ASIC '96

Ciccarelli's honors and awards include:

• The RIT Disability Services Certificate of Recognition - For commitment to equal access, and for demonstrating awareness
  and sensitivity in the course of serving R.I.T. students with disabilities
  (11/2004 and 11/2005)
  
• The IEEE Third Millennium Medal - In recognition and appreciation of valued services and outstanding contributions (2000)
  
• Rochester City School District Certificate of Appreciation - For Outstanding Contribution to the Educational Program at Edison Technical and Occupational Education Center (1996)

Research interests include: analog and digital circuit design and circuit design that supports the Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology (ECTET) department's area of interest in power and entertainment.

Richard Cliver is an associate professor in the Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Department and has been at RIT for nine years. Previously, he was an assistant professor at RIT. Cliver's areas of interest include teaching, analog and digital circuit design and circuit design that supports the department's area of interest in power and entertainment. He has also completed the following scholarly work, most relating to pedagogy.

2009

• Making Circuit Theory Matter, ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference, Conference Proceedings.

2008

• Imagine RIT Innovation & Creativity Festival, presented Engaging Today's Freshman in Abstract Theory. Several students joined in the presentation, RIT, Rochester, NY.
• Digital Imaging Conference - Bringing the Pieces Together, poster session, Quick development of Functional Test Fixtures using Educational printed circuit boards, 2008 Kodak conference, Rochester, NY
• Tech Signs DVD series, presentation, Electronics and Circuit Analysis Overview, DVD disk #14, Deborah Makowski interpreter, funded by an NSF grant, NTID, Rochester, NY.
• MCC ELT Industrial Advisory Board (IAB), Electrical Engineering Technology Program Review Report, reviewed curriculum rigor in a special IAB sub-committee for MCC's Engineering and Technologies Dean.

2007

• Faculty Institute on Teaching and Learning (FITL), Presenter and Poster Session, Creating an Environment for Deeper Learning in Circuit Theory Laboratory, RIT, Rochester, NY.

2005

• NYSETA, Presentation, Getting to Know Your Students, RIT, Rochester, NY

2004

• Paper, ASEE, 2004-410, Freshman Orientation Activity, primary author Richard Cliver, presented at ASEE by Michael Eastman, contributors Jeffrey Lillie and Steven Ciccarelli, Rochester Institute of Technology

2003

• "Fiber Optics laboratory for EET Optoelectronic Minor" grant proposal to NSF and Agilent Technologies, not funded.
• Presenter, Kodak's Engineering Conference, Rochester, NY, Current Engineering: Finding the Root Cause to Manufacturing and Customer Problems.

2002

• "Opto-electronics Minor" grant proposal to NSF and Agilent Technologies, not funded.
• Speaker, American Society of Engineering Educators, Montreal Canada, National 2002 Conference, Using PowerPoint in Distance Learning Laboratories.

2001

• Speaker, New York State Engineering Technology Association, Buffalo State University Fall 2001 Conference, Comparative Analysis MicroSIM 2001 and Orcad (P-Spice).

Cliver is an active member of Technology Accreditation Commission (TAC) Commissioner and ABET accreditation team chair, Monroe Community College Industrial Advisory Board Member, and serves as a consultant for The Eastman Kodak Company and a senior design engineer. He is also a member of IEEE and ASEE.

Cliver has also been awarded the following honors:

• 2003: Recognition of Exceptional Performance, Graphic Communications Division, Kodak, for solving A/D latching problem when machine door was opened.
• 2002: Recipient of the "2002 Richard and Virginia Eisenhart Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching and Campus Leadership".
• 2000: Recognition of Exceptional Performance, Output System Division - Professional Imaging (OSD-PI), for solving Electrical hardware problems without assembly interruption.
• 1998: First CAST professor to received "Excellence in Adjunct Teaching Award"

Degrees/Credentials/from what university? AET - Vermont Technical College, BSET - RIT, MSCS RIT

Current Role/Title/Years at RIT: Professor, Department Chair/13 years at RIT

Previous Role: Associate Professor

Areas of Interest, Scholarly Work, Research
Embedded computing systems, algorithm implementation in hardware, computer architecture.

Boards and Professional Affiliations
ASEE, IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, ECETDHA

In May of 2013, Lindsay Elliott joined the College of Applied Science and Technology as an Academic Advisor in Electrical, Computer, and Telecommunications Engineering Technology.

She is a great problem solver and thoroughly enjoys helping students navigate the waters of higher education. Lindsay started her career at RIT in the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships as a financial aid advisor in 2008.

Prior to joining the RIT team, she worked as a financial aid counselor at a small technical school in Indianapolis, Indiana. Lindsay is very much looking forward to her new role in student advising.

Lindsay earned a Master’s degree in Communication and Media Technology from RIT in 2011 and a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Plattsburgh State University in 2005. Never one to sit still, Lindsay was a nationally recognized figure-skater, and enjoys a wide variety of hobbies from motorcycling to knitting. She and her husband foster dogs for a local animal rescue agency, and she is an aspiring long distance runner.

Research interests include: network planning and design, computer networking, next generation networks and telecommunications policy, regulation and law.

Ron Fulle is an associate professor in the Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Department. He has taught at RIT since 1998. Previously he was an executive with AT&T. He teaches disciplines that he practiced in industry to both on campus and to on line undergraduate and graduate telecommunications students. Fulle's special areas of interest and courses taught include: Network Planning & Design, Computer Networking, Next Generation Networks and Telecommunications Policy, Regulation and Law. He also created a 3-in-1 topics course that includes: Engineering Economics, Ethics and Project Management. Fulle's first book was published by the RIT Press in 2009 and is titled: Telecommunications History & Policy into the 21st Century. Fulle is an active member of IEEE, IEEE Communications Society-Past Chair of Rochester Society, ASEE and the NSP Alumni Association.

Research interests include: SmartGrid, low energy consumption electric vehicles, cars that do not crash, applications of technology to the field of entertainment and entertainment systems.

Clark Hochgraf, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Department. He joined RIT in 2008 and was previously the Systems Engineering and Electrical Engineering Supervisor for General Motors Research and Development. His research focus is SmartGrid, low energy consumption electric vehicles, cars that don't crash, applications of technology to the field of entertainment and entertainment systems. He is an active member of several professional organizations including the International Council on Systems Engineering Finger Lakes Chapter for which he serves as Treasurer; UL 1741 and UL 1778 Standards Technical Panel Member; IEEE p1547 Interconnection of Distributed Resources Standards Development Group Writing committee member; IEEE, ASEE, INCOSE, Tau Beta Pi, and Eta Kappa Nu. Hochgraf has been received numerous prestigious awards including the Westinghouse Signature Award, the Grainger Outstanding Power Engineering Student Award and was a Teaching Assistant Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Research interests include: understanding the effect of sociological change on technology leadership.

James J. Hurny is an associate professor in the Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Department. He has taught at RIT since 1999. Previously he was an adjunct instructor in his discipline. His teaching interests include Circuit Analysis, Electronic Devices, Circuit Theory, RF Communication, and Business Principles for Engineers. His scholarship and research interest centers on understanding the effect of sociological change on technology leadership. Currently, Hurny is an active member of the American Society of Quality, American Society of Engineering Education, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York State Engineering Technology Association, Industrial Advisory Board, Morrisville State College and ABET, Inc.

Research interests include: Real Time Audio Collaboration (RTAC) and the feasibility, logistics and implementation of live recording sessions carried and delivered over IP networks.

Mark J. Indelicato is an associate professor in the Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Department. He has been at RIT since 1989. Previously, he was a Business Systems Communications Engineer for NEC America. Currently, Indelicato is researching Real Time Audio Collaboration (RTAC) and the feasibility, logistics and implementation of live recording sessions carried and delivered over IP networks. Recording engineers and musicians would be in disparate locations anywhere in the world where they have access the commodity or Internet 2. It is the expectation that the commodity internet would not be the best choice for this application at this point. Research would begin using Internet 2.

Anomaly Detection for Music

Using the D-Transform Anomaly Detection/Classification (ADC) algorithm to profile sections of popular music, Indelicato will be studying consistencies and inconsistencies in digital music to determine if common traits that can be identified. Various parameters will be changed in order to determine statistical, repeatable factors that separate average and exceptional music.

He plans to show if there exists consistently observable characteristics of popular songs. The "hook" or clearly identifiable piece of hits songs will be analyzed using the D-Transform Anomaly/ Detection/Classification (ADC) algorithm of Chance Glenn, Ph.D. It will be determined if these characteristics are consistent within genres of music or across genres. The Top 10 songs in specific categories, according to Billboard, will be the source of our sample pool of music for this initial investigation. Once a robust set of profiles are developed, we will use Prof. Warren Koontz's clustering algorithm to determine if these profiles tend to "group." This will lead to a method to predict if music will be popular based on the proximity to established profiles of already accepted popular music.

Indelicato is an active member of IEEE, ASEE, ITERA, and AES.

Personal Website: http://people.rit.edu/wpjiee

Research interests include: Legal/regulatory and engineering aspects of technology deployment (IP, products liability, municipal zoning/planning issues, etc) with emphasis on wireless communication systems and RF/microwave passive components.

William P. Johnson, Esq., is a full professor in the Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Department and started teaching at RIT in 1989. He is also an attorney and counselor-at-law in the state of New York and a municipal consultant for Wireless Site Zoning. Previously, Johnson was a Vice President/Director of Engineering. Johnson's work is focused on legal/regulatory and engineering aspects of technology deployment (IP, products liability, municipal zoning/planning issues, etc) with emphasis on wireless communication systems and RF/microwave passive components. He is a an active member of the New York State Engineering Technology Association, IEEE, New York State Bar Association, Monroe County Bar Association and the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Research Interests include: The auditory depth control integrated with 3-D visual display, the perceptual process and the associated attributes that provide convincing immersive sound fields, the brain response to immersive sound field, and the training methods of faster acquisition of critical listening ability.

Sungyoung Kim, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Department.  He joined RIT in August 2012 and was most previously a research associate for Yamaha Corporation in Hammamatsu, Japan.  Initiated from working experience of a broadcasting audio engineer, Kim studied interaction of capturing methods and musical contents and their influence on listener’s preference of multichannel-delivered sound fields during his Ph.D. study. Later Kim was invited to Yamaha Corporation to investigate various rendering methods for listeners’ enhanced auditory impressions. His recent interests cover the auditory depth control integrated with 3-D visual display, the perceptual process and the associated attributes that provide convincing immersive sound fields, the brain response to immersive sound field, and the training methods of faster acquisition of critical listening ability.  Kim is an active member of the Audio Engineering Society and was awarded the Japan Award in 2009 by the Japanese Audio Engineering Society.

Research interests include: Electrical power systems including alternate energy sources.

David G. Krispinsky is an associate professor in the Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Department. He has been teaching at RIT since 1980. His interests are in electrical power systems including alternate energy sources. Krispinsky is the IEEE Chair, Power and Energy Society, Rochester Chapter, IEEE Chair, Industry Applications Society, Rochester Chapter; ASEE and an Automotive Service Excellence (ASE), Certified Automobile Mechanic. He is listed in "Who's Who in America," and is a member of Tau Alpha Pi, the Honorary Engineering Technology Fraternity at RIT and Eta Kappa Nu, the Honorary Electrical Engineering Fraternity at Purdue University.

Research interests include: Basic electrical theory, motors and power.

Eldred Majors is a lecturer in the Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Department. He has been lecturing part-time at RIT since 1981, and was previously an adjunct faculty since 1977. He also worked for Eastman Kodak as an Engineering Manager. His research interests focus on basic electrical theory, motors, power and the success of freshmen coming in to his classes. He is a member of IEEE and was awarded RIT's Excellence in Adjunct Teaching.

Personal Website: http://people.rit.edu/dnmiee

Research interests include: Fiber-optic networks and communication systems, all-optical signal processing, photonics and opto-electronics, optical phenomenon, and nonlinear optics.

Drew N. Maywar, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Department having joined the department in 2009. Previously, Maywar was a Member of the Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories - Lucent Technologies and a Scientist at the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics. At Bell Laboratories, he prototyped their next generation DWDM, 10-and-40-Gb/s, Raman-amplified fiber-optic transmission system and earned the Central Bell Labs Teamwork Award on return-to-zero differential phase-shift keying transmission. Maywar serves as an Overseas Editor for the Japanese Journal of Applied Physics and has earned several awards for research and education in Japan, including a Fulbright fellowship for laser-physics research and Japanese-culture study at Osaka University’s Institute of Laser Engineering, a "US-Japan Cooperative Agreement on Photonic Memory Devices" grant from the US National Science Foundation for research at the University of Tokyo, and the University of Rochester's Take-Five Scholarship for Japanese language and cultural studies at Nanzan University. He is the co-author of over 40 peer-reviewed journal papers in the fields of fiber-optic communication systems, all-optical signal processing, photonics and opto-electronics, optical phenomenon, and nonlinear optics. Within these fields, he has also received funding as Principal Investigator from both the US National Science Foundation and the US Naval Air Systems Command. Maywar holds two US patents on all-optical memory devices and has co-authored a book chapter on active optical resonators. Maywar is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Optical Society of America (OSA).

Personal Website: http://people.rit.edu/afmiee

Research interests include: Analog and digital implementation of communications systems, analog and digital integrated circuit design, verification and validation, physical design, quality and reliability, electronic system level (ESL) design and electronic design automation (EDA) tools and methodologies.

Antonio F. Mondragon Ph.D., joined the Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Department in 2009 as an assistant professor. Previously, he was a member of the technical staff at Texas Instruments. His research is focused on analog and digital implementation of communications systems, analog and digital integrated circuit design, verification and validation, physical design, quality and reliability, electronic system level (ESL) design and electronic design automation (EDA) tools and methodologies. Mondragon is an active senior member of IEEE. He was awarded a MOSIS Fabrication Grant, the Zelie &WM Wilson Graduate Competitive Fellowship and the Fulbright-Garcia Robles Scholarship at Texas A&M University.

Research Interests include: Electronic design, servomechanism design, embedded systems design.

David Orlicki, Ph.D., is a lecturer in the Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Department having joined RIT in 2009. Previously he was an adjunct professor. His areas of interest include electronic design, servomechanism design and embedded systems design. He has won the Kodak Doctoral Award, is a member of the Eastman Kodak Inventors Hall of Fame—with over 20 US Patents—has won the Kodak Outstanding Innovation Award, Photographic Manufacturers Association Product of the Year Award and the MIT Electrical Engineering Teaching Assistant of the Year.

Research Interests include: Curriculum development and instruction for 9-12 pre-engineering and university freshman engineering technology students.

George H. Zion is a professor in the Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Department and serves as Director of Project Lead the Way. Zion joined RIT in 1984 and prior to his current role, served as Program Chair for Computer Engineering Technology. His professional focus is curriculum development and instruction for 9-12 pre-engineering and university freshman engineering technology students. His teaching and scholarship focus is the pedagogy of teaching and learning with a primary interest in active-learning technique. Additionally, his technical interest is in the area of software development for embedded systems.

Zion is the lead curriculum author and assessment coordinator for Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Digital Electronics Curriculum and is a member of Tau Alpha Pi National Engineering Technology and Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Societies.